The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
NswG OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Just received new ladies' waists
75c values special 45c, New York
store. Adv.
G. Thornton is spending the week
end with his mother, Mrs. Guy John
| SON.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson Brown, who
have been visiting in Salem, n. Y,
have returned to their home here.
Mrs. Elijah Barber has returned
to her home in Pownal after visit
with friends in the village
Save 25c on that pair of boys high
cut shoes by purchasing at the New
York stores shoe department Adv
A. b. Clark OF Readsboro, president
of the Readsboro Chair Company
spent Thursday and Friday in the vii
lagc,
Branch No. l of Saint Mary's Guild
will meet with Mrs. John Hayes of
Gage street Monday, Nov. 8 from 8
to 5.
Children's gun metal, lace shoes,
cloth tops, new styles, lowest prices,
at the New York stores shoe depart
ment. ADV.
Miss Irene Lassor and Miss Rose
l.assor of Main street left yesterday
for two weeks visit in New York
and Philadelphia.
The Ladies Sewing Society of the
Old First church will meet with Miss
May Clark in Old Bennington next
Friday afternoon.
Just received at Joe Leyin's, a full
line of ladies' fashionable coats
which we will sell at greatly reduced
prices today ADV.
The herd.blooded story of the north
woods, THE Man Trail, a siX-past
V. l.. S. L, feature, opera house Tues
day. ADV.
Two splendid new models in Sports
skirts are being shown at Drysdaes
"a rich hollow cut corduroy and
clever Tweed mixture in browns,
greys and greens $3.50 and $3.50
Adv
Do not forget that the tickets for
the minstrel show, to be given under |
the auspices Of Mt Anthony Lodge
No. 10 f. & A. NJ. 90 on sale Tuesday, |
Nov 9th at p, m at Gokay's drug !
store. No one person viii be permit |
ted to purchase more than six tick
cts. Adv
Marathon muffg, capes and stoles
are extremely fashionabe-as mat
ter of fact they are always appealing |
and the Drysdale store are offering |
splendid lot of them at most attrac-
tive prices OF black fur muffs they |
also have nice assortment, all |
bought before fur prices went sky |
wards. Adv.
The undersigned will sell at public |
auction, Nov. 10 all personal property |
on the Edwin Stratton Farm located |
on Park street extension. One mile |
north Of village of Bennington; con-
sisting of about 30 head of cattle.
horses, 500 bushels oats so tons |
hay. 500 bushels potatoes and all !
farm implements on said farm f.
f. lockwood, C. S. Estes, Admins |
traitors Adv.
Next week the senior and business
men gymnasium classes start at the
Y. NJ. c. A.. The seniors will meet |
Monday and Thursday evenings from
7.45 to 800, and the business men
Tuesday and Friday afternoons from
to 6. There are at present enrolled
in each class several men who have
had experience in gymnasium work,
and ii is planned to use their suggest
ions together with the regular pro-
gram, which will insure a vide varie-
~ OF work.
Mrs Samuel Allen who died yester.
day in White Creek, aged 81 years,
was well-known in Bennington and
vicinity She was born here March
II, 1853 the youngest daughter of the
late Or, Gideon and Eliza Atwood
Turner Besides her husband she
leaves eight children James I. Allen
Atwood c. Allen, Mrs. Larmon Mast
en-, Mrs Horace Lake, Mrs John
Niles, Mrs Byron Pierce, Miss Har-
riet and Miss Grace Allen. The fun
eral is to be held Monday afternoon
at O'Clock, Rev. J. c. Mitchell offic-
iating.
Frank A. Remington of Jefferson
avenue has a peculiar hobby, employ
ing his spare time in the manufacture
of imitation deer heads with which
he is trimming his private hall on
Jefferson avenue. The heads are
constructed with a pine block founda-
ton covered with canvas stuffed to
lifelike proportion. Imitation eyes
are sunk in the wood and the horns
are an excellent production of knife
carving. The whole is then tinted
brown, white and black and the effect
from a few feet is extraordinary. Mr..
Remington is making border of the
heads to go around the top of his
hall, no two of which are alike.
The fern picking season for south
ern Vermont closed yesterday when
the last shipment was made to Pitts
field, and the colony of foreigners
who have charge of the Grating in