The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
1e"s Of the Town and Village fold Briefs-
'0r Busy Render

Clayton Cook was in North Adams
Thursday.
Fred o. Graves is spending the
afternoon in Troy.
The Joseph Chase house on Branch
street is being painted.
R. E Healy went last evening TO
Brattleboro on business.
Miss Zenobla Roys is visiting in'
Springfield and Ware. Mass.
James Cross has rorurnol 10 Wood
ford after visit in the village.
Joseph Pellerin has taken situa.
ton at the Holden-Leonard mill
Miss S. l. Rogers has returned
from brief visit in Schenectady
Miss Orpha Cyr and friend OF
North Adams were in town recently.
Frank Adams has returned TO New
Berlin after visit at his home here.
Mrs. Dennis Pratt has returned
from visit with Mrs. Nelson Stone
of Woodford.
Mr., and Mrs. p. C. Cornell and fam
lily took an automobile trip to Troy
last evening
Garrett Mccarthy of West Stock
bridge, Mass was in town Thursday
on business.
John Purcell, Jr, has accepted a
position at the Holden-Leonard com
pany's plant
Mrs. Adele Smith has recently pur
chased new carriage horse from
George H. Moore.
Joseph Kennedy of Haverhill
Mass, is the guest of his brother
Fred J. Kennedy.
Sheriff James Blake of Bowens
Corners, Readsboro, is spending the
day in town on business.
Miss Martha Carney left today for
New York where she will enter Prof
Rohrers school OF beauty culture.
Mrs B. S. Wyman has gone to Bos
ton, called there by the sudden deatt
of her brother-in-law Frank Potter.
Wanted-Fowls at the Putnam
House. Will pay IA cents for fowl:
and lie for chickens, live weight
T. c. Cornell
]. X. Dawson has returned to Ben
nington after an absence of five oil
six weeks in looking over gas plants
in other places.
John Kirby who sustained painful
injuries in runaway at Tudor Park
two Sundays ago. has recovered and
is able TO be out again
For the first time in a number OF
weeks the newly purchased street
sweeper was in use yesterday, being
used on East Main street.
A year ago today Forepaugh and
Sells Brothers circus exhibited in
Bennington A terrific thunder
storm set in towards the close of the
afternoon.
Invitations were issued today by
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B, Jennings
Miss Elizabeth Jennings to George
Small Franklin OF New York Satur
day, September End at Fairview, No
Bennington.
The ,toman's Christian Temper
ance Union OF Hoosick Falls and that
OF North Bennington united and held
a picnic Wednesday afternoon at Bat
tleheld Park The ministering circle
OF the Kings Daughters also enjoyed
one at the same place.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Buss and Mr.
and Mrs. j. NJ. Blaisdell of Lynn and
Mr. and Mrs w. Rawling, Mrs. X. B
Rawling, Miss J. 7. Buen. NJ j. Gun
ningham and b. Z. Hamilton OF New
York City two auto parties. were
registered at the Putnam House yes
terday.
President Judson of the University
OF Chicago which was heavily endow
ed by John d. Rockefeller, has re
turned to Chicago after a stay of sew
eral days at the Walloomsac Inn. Pre-
sident Judson is we'll pleased Will
bennington and contemplates a muct
longer sojourn in Bennington mex
year.
Philip B Jennings will shortly be
gin the erection OF fine house il
Old Bennington to replace the one
destroyed by fire about year ago
The old house was OF unusually larg'
size and three stories and a half higl
but the new one will be only two an,
q half stories as the work can b.
much easier done in a lower house
Mr.. Jennings and family are in Eur
ope and when they return work will
be commenced on the proposed new
house. the plans for which were &C
cepted some time ago.-Benningtol
correspondent of Troy Times.
A party consisting OF Col OH
Scott, James X Batchelder. Il. I
Griswold and Elijah Dewey driven b.
the veteran John Flynn yesterda,
made a raid on the Harmon Inn
Breckenridge Farm, Henry Bridge
Battlefield and other historic point
OF interest. They captured three Rev
dictionary pieces dated 1910 consis
ing of one Jug and two tin candle
sticks. supposed to have been used b.
Col. Seth Warner upon retiring Aug
ust Is. l777. Mr.. Dewey receive,