The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy Readers.

Tor BUSY hedoefS-
The Molly Stark bridge club meet
with Miss Edith Dewey Monday eve
ming.
Joseph Nash went to Schenectady
today where he is to take position
as conductor on the street railway in
that city.
All members OF Bennington Court,
Foresters Of America are requested
TO meet this evening in their hall on
Main street Sunday afternoon at
2:30 a number of candidates will be
initiated
Four engines of heavy type have
been received at Rutland. These
new engines are a part of consign-
ment of eight ordered from the Sche-
nectady locomotive works several
weeks ago.
All members of Bennington Aerie,
Fraternal Order of Eagles, who in
tend TO attend the annual memorial
exercises of the North Adams Aerie
tomorrow afternoon. should leave
here on the 12:45 car as the exercises
will start promptly.
The public schools will largely de-
vote Monday afternoon to patriotic
exercises. The grades from one to
five inclusive will give programs in
their respective rooms from two to
three o'clock; and the grammar
school grades six. seven, and eight,
will unite In exercises to be given in
the high school assembly room from
three to four o'clock. The public is
cordially invited to attend
Today so a local weather man
says. makes 80 days OF sleighing con
tinuously so far this winter. Since
Thanksgiving day. sleighs have been
able to run with almost no stop.
Several thaws spoiled the sleighing
more or less in the country but in the
village sleighs have been running for
nearly 80 days. 1t is many years
since as much snow has fallen as this
year which promises to break all rec
ords.
The Cooper Manufacturing Co. at
Bennington today told the Transcript
that there was no truth whateversin
the report that the concern had
bought, or is to buy the Wright prop
erty IN Pownal, VT A story to the
effect that the Cooper company was
making inquiries about the water
power at Pownal first came to the
Transcript from its Pownal cores
pondent. Today 1t was reported In
the city that the sale Of the Wright
property had actually been made anC
that a large new mill was to be bull
in the spring-North Adams Trans
script
The Colonial Partee" to be giveT
on Washington's birthday at the Con
gregational chapel at 3 o'clock by the
local chapter of the d. A. r. bids
fair to be an entertainment of unus
ual interest. The concert will not b.
a repetition OF the one given by the
Fortnightly few weeks ago although
some of the same music will be sung
The chorus will be larger and mucl
time has been spent in rehearsal ant
in preparing costumes A daint,
colonial tea will be served by CO
lonial maids. Taken altogether
will afford an opportunity to spen'
an afternoon in an unusual and mos
enjoyable manner Tickets can b.
procured from any member of tn
chapter or at the door on the 22nd.
Spencer Trask & Company, Invest
ment Bankers, State Street, Corne
James, Albany, N. Y, with branc
Offices at River Street, Corner Fulton
Troy n. Y, and Home office in NeN
York City, have published the 1871
edition of their Statistical Table:
copies of which are mailed to inve:
tors free of cost, In accordance wit
the custom for the past 20 years. Tn
current edition comprises SO pages
and gives capitalization. earnings
fixed charges, dividends, etc, OF raj
road, street railway and miscellan'
GUS companies, including informatio
ON preferred stocks whether cumul
tive or non-cumulative as to div
dends,) high and low prices for bond
and stocks during 1909, last recor'
ed sale, approximate income yiel'
etc. etc. .