The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-21
p EANlRGTON BRIEFS
News Of ne Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

Mrs. w. c. Houran is confined to
the house by illness
Mrs. James Higgins of Woodford
city spent Wednesday in town.
Mrs. Charles Wood OF Woodford
city visited friends here Wednesday.
Miss velma Wilcox Of Pownal is a
guest OF Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gard
ner.
John Meredith of New York is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs Edward Forcier
on Park street
II. c. Gleason Of Burlington, United
States internal revenue collector
was in the village yesterday.
George lockwood is home from
Bliss Business college at North Ad-
ans for the Christmas vacation.
New York state turkeys PC per ID.
Home dressed chickens 1Sc at
Burkes Cash Market. South street
56tS
+. S. Scott an experienced hotel
cic.a OF New York will have charge
GO me desk at the Putnam house az
tcr Jcnlary L.
The Evelyn Sisters arrived this af-
ternOon from New York. They are
to fill three days engagement at the
Library theatre
Joseph Nash. Joseph Hackett and
Matthew Mahar are at home from ST.
Michaels college, Winooski, for the
Christmas holidays.
J. b. Harte has made special ar
engagements to run a first class tur-
key dinner Christmas day at the
Harte restaurant oil Main street.
Come and see our stock before buy
ing. New York state turkeys &c per
ID. Home dressed chickens lSc.
Burke's Cash Market. South street
5GtS
Miss Pauline Cornell, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. =. c. Cornell of the
Putnam house, Is az home from her
school at Albany for the Christmas
vacation.
Frank Quackenbush went TO AL
bany today TO return home with his
young son, who eight weeks ago UNI
derwent an operation at one OF the
hospitals in that city.
Zebra Graves, the young son of
Postmaster Collins NJ Graves, Wed.
nesday evening stepped from the
curbing on Main street and was hit
by the hub Of rapidly moving wag-
on. The boy was thrown to the
ground with such force that he was
picked up in an unconscious condi.
ton. He was taken to his home in
a wagon but outside OF the lameness
natural TO such an experience is
none the worse for the accident.
Joseph McDermott OF the Whitney
cigar store received this morning q
Christmas postcard from John Bosk
the former Bennington baseball play
er who was so seriously injured some
months ago by being hit on the heat
with pitched ball in game a
Fitchburg, Mass Bosk sustained
fracture OF the skull at the time ant
was in a hospital for weeks followinl
| "h Nf'AaAi HtttsNdIN 10 save MI
life. On the card TO MIR, McDermot
he wrote that he was doing nicely.
Manager Wood OF the opera hous,
wishes to state for the benefit OF 10
cal theatregoers who are constant,
asking the cause of the dull season
that II is general Some OF the hes
shows on the road have disbande
for the season. The following is al
extract from letter received by MI
Wood from his New York bookln
agents: Attractions are very scare
and Weber's theatre has been close
for nearly three weeks owing to IN
fact that they cannot get nm attract
ion This also applies to the Knlci
booker which is now closed and IN
new Amsterdam which has bee
closed two weeks When this cond
ton In New York city exists wha
/. can the one uight stand managers q,
! pect During the past 10 days owe
40 companies have disbanded."