The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-13
POWNAL

Mrs. Percy Haswell and infant
daughter of Springfield, Mass, are
visiting her sisterin-law, Mrs. A. f.
Towne.
A party of six from this town at
tended the amateur play Down East"
in North Adams Tuesday evening.
DR.. r. ID. Stafford had the leading
part in the play.
John w. Gardner went to Rutland
Monday to make the final arrange
ments for installing electric lights
in mis- home Maple Lawn. When
this feature is added J. w. will have
one OF the most up-to-date residences
in the county
William Brown has secured a posi-
ton in a large machine shop in Mil
Ter Falls, Mass, and will go there
soon.
The many friends of A. B. Gardner
will be glad to know that he was
able to be out for a short auto ride
Monday.
Daniel T. Bates went on Mason
| Hill Sunday and fumigated the house
| occupied by Norman w. Haley, who
with a number of his family are i'll
of typhoid fever in the North Adams
hospital
1 The coal question in Pownal is
| getting acute as neither of the local
dealers have a pound in their sheds
One of them received a car last week
which was only enough to make the
scarcity the more apparent.
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159 miles Sunday, which was the long
est run he ever attempted in Noyem.
Der The trip was to Schenectady,
the outward trip being through PI,.
field and Albany and the homward
journey was through Troy the reser-
voir. and Eagle Bridge. Mrs. Gard
ner T. Parker was the only passen-
ger going out, but Mrs. Abner r.
Towne, who had been to Schenectady
TO visit her friend, Miss Edna Norris,
returned home with them. The trip
seemed destined to bad luck at the
start as just outside of North Adams
tire blew up, notwithstanding the
time necessary to change a tire, II
miles were made the first hour out OF
Pownal, the next % and the 5rd q
which brought the average up to over
20 miles an hour including stops. The
homeward trip of 65 miles was made
in 2& hours.
Ralph Wright and Joseph Proud OF
Pittsiield, Mass, are at their home
here for two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Elmer Rathbun is enjoying q
visit from her brother, George
Smith of Crescent, n. Y.
James Hannigan was quite severely
injured last week. He was Telling &
tree which pinned him to the ground
when it fell. He had been there fol
a considerable space of time when
Rural Mail Carrier c. c. Kately
came along and heard his cries. Mr.
Kately was unable to move the tree
alone, but summoned some men from
Verne Peckhams and their united
eforts were just able to move tnt
tree. Mr.. Hannigan will probably b,
confined to the house for some time
Nor-t Pownal was the scene of tn,
paying of an amusing election bet last
Saturday. Orlando Ramsdell is q
red hot Progressive and was so Ger
tain that the Moose would carry Yer
mont that he told LIST Selectman, DR.
f. +. Potter, who is an ardent anC
staunch Republican, that If Roose
welt did not carry Vermont that he
would wheel him in a barrow from
the North Pownal station to the flag
pole and back again. OF course in the
event of Roosevelt's winning Potter
was to be the busy man with the
barrow. Its needless to say that the
genial physician won the bet. which
gave our North Pownal friends the
best comedy they have enjoyed in
years. The doctor weighs about 24C
and Ramsdell showed that he has
some muscle amongst his avoidupois
the weighs 230) as he only rested
twice in the trip to the flag pole
The back path came harder, however
and Ramsdell was ready to swear
that Potter weighed 500 before he
got him back to the station again
The doctor enjoyed the ride immense
ly. especially when the large drop:
began to run race down the hard
working Ramsdell's face. Before
the trip was over Ramsdell was
ready to admit that the way of the
transgressor is hard. but notwith
standing all his trials his belief in
the principles of the Bull Moose par
ty are as strong as ever.
George S. Northrup OF Hartford
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