The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Sews Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy Readers

Miss Title Hervey of Main street
spent Thursday in North Adams.
Charles Barnes, who became sud
denly i'll with acute indigestion while
at work in North Bennington some
days ago, is recovering.
NJ. s. Flynn, former poultry farm
er in White Creek, who left about a
year ago for Erie, Pa, is visiting in
this vicinity, having made the trip
here from Erie by automobile.
Paul Jewett, formerly of Bennng-
ton, and who has been spending a
few days with Harry Remington of
jefferson avenue returns Saturday af-
ternoon to his home in Burlington.
The district schools and the graded
school will open next Monday. The
plumbing is nearly completed in the
graded school on School street and
everything will be ready for work
Monday morning.
Lost:-Lady's gold watch, between
5 and 6 o'clock Thursday, probably on
the lower part of Union street. Mon
ogram, IN. d. r., engraved on case.
Finder will be suitably rewarded on
return to the postoffice. 76t1
Mrs. George F. Graves and son, Eu-
Their, arrived home Wednesday, after
three-months' European trip. Mrs.
Graves spent the greater part of the
time with her daughter Mrs. Harold
d. Hazeltine at Cambridge, England,
while Luther travelled on the CONT
nent with a party of school friends.
They came home on the Lapland At
this season of the year it is difficult
to secure passage owing to the large
number of Americans coming home
from Europe.
The baseball game tomorrow after
noon at Morgan park between the No.
Bennington Autumn Glories aud the
Bennington Has Beens is TO have a new
feature. At q meeting of the North
Bennington managers this morning at
4 o'clock it was unanimously voted to
put in DR.. Woodruff at any time that
a triple play seems to be needed. The
news leaked out over here today and
the Bennington team is a good deal
discouraged. The game will be called
at $3.50 p. m. sharp and all who want
to see an exciting contest and are will
ing to contribute Is cents to help re-
pair the diamond at the playground
are urged to be present.
John Flynn has returned home
from a stay of nearly three months in
the Samaritan hospital in Troy. On
April % while caring for horse at
the Henry NJ. futile company sta
bles, where he has been employed for
many years, the animnl became fright
ened, threw the man to the stable
floor and broke his leg below the
knee. He was treated for some time
at his home but did not make much
progress and he was then taken to the
hospital He is still wearing a plas-
ter cast on the injured leg but he has
been assured by the surgeons at the
hospital that the leg will eventually
be nearly If not as good as it was be-
fore the accident.
The third assistant secretary OF
state has given notice that October
90 1913, an examination will be held
in the department of state at Wash
ington for the positions of secretar-
les in the diplomatic service. Fun
information as to details can be OBJ
tanned by addressing the Third Assis-
tant Secretary of State promptly. Rep
resentatiye Frank l.. Greene, Room
1870 House Office Building, Washing
ton, will be pleased to respond to any
inquiries concerning this matter that
may be addressed to him by persons
interested in it, and will be glad to
do all that he properly may to pro-
mcte the opportunity of deserving and
ambitious young men in the first dsi-
riot 10 take this examination.