The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-08

way during the winter.
Mrs. Sarah Mallory is this week
with her sister, Mrs. Fred Wood Of
Bennington, who is i'll.
The condition of Mrs Jennie Bow
les is about the same. She does cot
gain strength very fast.
Harley Bowles of Bennington and
Joseph Wells of Manchester Depot
were in Ferndale Sunday afternoon.
Edward Estes and c. P. Kellogg at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Estes bro
Their Loren, at North Adams last Fri
day.
Abram Tiff, aged n, has been cook
for John Reed and workman on the
Dewey lumber job The stock Is now
sawed out
Mrs. Nellie Stone was a guest over
Sunday and Monday at the home OF
her cousin, Mrs. VIM. H. Woodward
of Bennington.
Olin Smith Of Searsburg who had
been in North Adams, Hoosick Falls
and Bennington, was in Ferndale. on
Monday night and Tuesday.
Some of the boys and girls were
quite hilarious Halloween night with
Jack o'lanterns of the witch variety,
and serenading paraphernalia.
Robert Mallory of South Shafts
bury was recently in town on busi-
ness and at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Mallory.
A Woodford man AYERS that he will
learn the German language, so that
his wife can't understand what he
says when he talks in his sleep.
Frank Colwell and Henry Mccain
of Pownal were in town last week en-
route to Somerset to work on the
Johnson and Brown lumber Job.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Briggs and
Master Arthur of Bennington were in
town Saturday, going to Searsburg
for a visit at the Briggs homestead.
Miss Leona Cook and Mrs. c. r.
Farnum of Bennington were week
end guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Higgins at the home OF James Hig
gins.
William Nichols, John Davis Ell
ais, from Bennington were in town
early Sunday morning, with an eye
for future hunting grounds and other
things
Joseph NJ. Ayres and Elmer Shultz
put in a couple of weekend days and
nights in Dunville. Maurice Wall
was their guest Saturday night and
Sunday.
Indian summer is looked for this
month. The local weather forecast
er says that the surest sign" of Q
severe winter is the thick, tough
skin on apples.
George W. Knapp was in Benning
ton Monday. Recently Mr.. KNAPP
bought a valuable pair OF black hor
SEES in Petersburg, N. Y. Leslie Hyde
is driving them.
The cold snap last week dampeneC
the ardor of fern pickers and mos
of them have gone home. Local pick
ers will doubtless have some ferr
weather in November.
While chopplng logs in the woods
limb fell from tree which strucl
Frank and Newton Hagar. injurinl
them quite badly. A wound on tn,
head will prevent Frank from work
ing for some time.
The 13 Greeks who have been her,
picking ferns since early In Septem
Der left for their homes In New Yorl
City Monday morning. II is sal,
that some OF them will go TO Bridge
port, Conn, to gather laurel.
Charles d. Sawyer and Harley Bow
les OF Bennington came up on Nor
day to commence operations on th
big lumber job taken OF T. j. Ma
Tory on the Stone tlmbered lots nea
Little pond. Otis Healey Of Benninl
ton Is one Of their employees.
A big buck deer was seen sunda
morning in the meadow opposit
Il N'Ni ~ W. Nhuil - hHioiNhAil 4
nearly an exhausted condition. prol
ably the animal had been chased
hounds. After making several a
tempts to jump a wire fence, II flnall
succeeded, and slowly wendell It's wa
out of sight.
| The SSth birthday of Stephen |
Gleason was observed last Sunday
the home OF his niece. Mrs. wlllai
Bowles OF Bennington. This vene
able veteran was born In Rowe, Mas
| but removed to Woodford In ear
boyhood For many years he was
prominent citizen OF woodford. Du
ing the Civil war he served In Coz
pany f, Eleventh Vermont Volunteer
Mr.. Gleason Is Christian and a fir
| believer In the Unlversalist doctrir
He Is now enjoying life az the Sol
iers' home. Bennington.