The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers
". c. Bull is in New York.

for Busy Readers
W. c. Bull is in New York.
David Quebec of Burlington is Wis
iting friends in town.
Miss Florence Northouse is visit
ing relatives in Great harrington,
Mass.
The taxicab is again on duty after
being laid up for two weeks on &C
count Of the great amount Of snow.
Mrs. Douglass ". Hyde Of North
Adams is visiting her sister-in-laws,
Miss Gertrude Hpde and Mrs Ed
ward j. Swan.
February maintained its reputation
for cold weather this morning by
sending the mercury down to zero
and in few places a few degrees
below.
The Junior girls Y NJ. c. A. gym
class will resume its sessions Satur-
day afternoon from TO 4. From 4
to on the same afternoon the high
school girls basket ball team viii
practice in the gym.
An interesting basket ball game
will be played in Williamstown Sat
urday evening when Williams will
meet Tufts. The Berkshire team this
season is one of the best college
teams in the country.
The Berkshire Champions of North
Adams will play the local Y. NJ C. A
basket ball team in the gymnasium
Saturday evening, The game which
will be one of the best of the year
will be called at o'clock.
Acting upon the suggestion of sew
eral of our customers who could not
conveniently get near enough to sci
ect their valentines last night, We
will have them displayed on both
sides of our store tonight and tomor-
row.-Griswold
The retail price of farmers prod.
uce at the local stores is as follows:
Eggs, strictly fresh, 80 cents; stor-
age, 81 cents; potatoes, 60 cents a
bushel; apples $100 a bushel butter,
creamery, 80 cents; dairy, 35 cents 5;
potatoes. 65 cents a bushel
Coasting, which has been popular
form OF sport this winter was enjoy
ed by large crowds on South and Sill
yer streets Thursday evening. A
large quantity of ice makes the sliding
excellent Despite the recent thaw
sleighing is good in all parts of the
town.
One of the largest pickerel caught
out of Lake Bomoseen was brought
in by DR.. Ray f. Smith Wednesday
afternoon, the fish weighing II
pounds and measuring about 40 in
ches in length. DR.. Smith was with
a party from Rutland and they were
fishing off the bay near Dunn's hotel
j. II. Dugan captured one weighing
about II pounds.
The mills of the Cooper Mfg. Com
pany will soon be run and lighted by
power generated from the company:
dynamo. A new generator of larg,
size has just been received anC
large engine has been purchased t
run the plant Hereafter the ma
chimes will all be run by motors
each bench having separate power
The mill is now being wired and the
work of installing the motors will bt
rushed as rapidly as possible 1t il
understood that an addition to tn,
finishing department will be con
structed this spring.
The last event in the first series o
indoor athletic contests at the Y. Nj
c. A. gymnasium took place Thurs
day afternoon at the high schoo
class in the form of a running lonl
dive. Warren Moore was first scor
ing 10 feet. five inches; Buel Van
Week, second, 10 feet, two inches an,
Carl Paulson third, 8 feet and thre
inches. The total number of point
awarded contestants in the first ser
les is as follows: Warren Moore, 24O
j. Dyer, 22l.