The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
views Of the Town and Village Tod Briefly
Cor Busy Reader

views Of the Town and Village Tod Briefly
Cor Busy Readers
Mrs. R. Gouthier has recovered
from an illness.
o. Betit has returned to Jackson
vile after visit in town.
Daniel Donovan of Bridgeport,
Conn, is visiting in town.
Mrs. William H. Murray of Gage
street is visiting In Pittsfeld.
Mrs. William Pellerin and son Rob
ert are visiting in Jacksonville.
The residence OF Mrs. Ella B.
Wells of Main street is being paint
ed.
There will be a regular meeting at
the Young Woman's club, Wednes-
day evening.
James Martin, who visited his wife
here over Sunday, returned 10 Pitts
field Monday.
Searles Prouty of Cohoes has ac-
copied a position as barber at Firth s
barber shop.
Mrs. Charles P. Luther of Pleasant
street went to Troy this afternoon
for few days visit.
Miss Agnes Van Santvoord has re-
turned from visit to Miss Louise
Robinson of Providence, r. !.
Repairs and improvements are
being made in the interior of the
Rogers house on South street.
Chester Houston, who has been
visiting his wife, has returned TO Co
hoes where he has employment.
E. A. Smith of Cohoes, who has
been a guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John McCue has returned
A fresh shipment of geraniums
at Is cents each, Burt, the florist,
Main and Valentine streets, tel. con-
| nection. Adv. IL
C. f. Snow has leased the piece of
ground adjoining Frank Hewitt and
will erect a dancing pavilion for the
summer
Belrose and Kennedy arrived this
morning from New York. They are
to fill days engagement at the Ii
brary theatre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Elliott have
Mr.. Elliott has just finished the sea
son with the Faversham company.
Division c, OF the Second Congre-
gational church, Will meet with Mrs.
j. Z. Burke on Grandview street,
Wednesday afternoon, at o'clock
Last Sunday was Peace and Arb-
tration day and the Cnly flag seen
hanging in observanC e OF the day
was at the residence of Town Clerk
+. A. Booth.
The ladies of the Old First church
will give a Rumage Sale at the Old
Academy on Friday and Saturday,
May Both and 31st, from 10 a. III. to
p. M, and from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m,
each day All are invited. Adv. S6t9
The opera Patience, under the aus
pieces of the Board of Trade, will be
given by full cast of seventy sing
ers on Wednesday evening, May
2Sth The box office will be open at
o'clock this week Friday evening.
The first carload of scenery arrived
today and is now in the opera house.
Local taxpayers, some of them
with good sized lists, are not COM
plying with the law this year as
| speedily as the listers would like TO
see them. The listers have a large
| amount of work to do, the time is
growing shorter every day and the
hampered by the deity on the part
of these delinquents. The statutes
contain some pretty stiff sections in
relation to the making out of tax
lists but the local officials have no
desire to take advantage of these
privileges. There are no offsets to
figure this year and there is really
] no excuse for the taxpayers who
have not complied with the law.
The Bennington Board of Trade
has arranged for the performance OF
the comic opera, Patience" at the
opera house, Wednesday evening
May 2Sth. The subscription list will
be found at Coles drug store, and
the boxoffice will be open for the sale
of reserved seats on Friday evening
of this week, beginning at sever
o'clock. This company of seventy
people comes here under a large
guarantee of the Board of Trade, but
If the citizens patronize the enter
tainment generously, there is a gooC
chance for the board to make a pro
fit; otherwise there will undoubtedly
be a loss. Everybody in Bennington
ought to be interested in seeing the
board of trade come out good in thi:
enterprise and should be willing t
do everything in their power to en-
nance the success of the undertaking
II you cannot possibly be a subscrib
er to a ticket, then do what you car
to secure others and add to the stocl
Of enthusiasm. This opera is the
kind that will amuse and interest
children. as well as grown people
and it is hoped that every seat will
be sold out, thereby enabling tn,
board to realize quite a handsom,
profit. The prices are 35c. soc, 75c
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