The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

DIX y diutn III SIOtS ioi tiiN Nhp't
family at the New York store shoe
dept. Ad
Cherry Stone CLANS, seal-shipped
Cucumbers, String Beans, etc, at
Estes Market Adv.
Cherry Stone CLANS, sealshipped
Oysters innan Haddie and Scollops
at Estes Market. Adv.
Mems 1-bucltle good quality over
shoes, only 95c; 4-buckle only $1.98
at the The New York Store. Ad
At The New York Store, men
suits and overcoats greatly reduced.
See them before buying elsewhere.
ADV.
Mrs. j. NJ Garrison of Troy has
gone home after visiting for few
days Mr.. and Mrs. F. X. Russell of
North street.
Oscar Elwel has returned to the
home of Albert Burgess after few
days visiting relatives in Holyoke
and Springfield.
Miss Mabel Cooper has returned
from the Emma Willard school in
Troy to spend the Christmas holt
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
A, ]. Cooper, oatif
Mr. and Mrs. Robert s. Drysdale
have returned from New York where
they accompanied Mrs. Kendall and
daughter who sailed for England
Wednesday.
George Harmon of the North Ben
nington road is reported confined to
his home with an injury to his leg
and back received in fall from his
wagon yesterday.
Fred l.. Bottum has returned from
a business trip to New York and
Philadelphia and brings back an ex-
cellent account of business especial
ly for this time of year.
There was no game on the Y. NJ. C.
A. alleys last night, only one man Oh
each side appearing, the Braves hav-
ing been scheduled against the hide
pendents 2nd Next week: Monday.
Mohawks VS.. Independents; Tuesday,
Hillsides VS.. Tigers; Thursday. Pr
ates VS.. Braves; Friday Red Sox VS.
Independents end.
William j. Cullinan has on exhibit
ton in his South street market
twin squash grown by H. b. Law
renee OF Sunderland The vegetable
consists of two ten-pound squashes,
perfectly formed. securely grown to-
gether and with a single stem. The
core was sound and the vegetable
was grown with a number of others
exceptional for their size and quality.
The subject Of Rev P. L. Dow at
the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing will be "a Personal and House
held Friend" Sunday school II,
Junior League 8. conducted by
Misses Winifred Field and Orissa
Parker, Epworth League $50. Eve
ming service 730y pastors subject,
THE Word of The Lord as it Came
to Hosea" The four hymns that
were the most highly favored, of the
forty-four different hymns chosen as
fayorites by the members OF the con-
gregation last Sunday evening, will
be sung and brief history given.
Wonderful Love. by Charles H. Cab
riel will be sung by the Choir. Mr..
Dow will preach at the White chapel
at 3 p m. Meeting 0 fthe Brother
hood Monday night.
Forty barrels of cement have been
used thus far in the construction
work in progress on the Woodford
road in the vicinity of the Rocks. The
banking on the river side Is being
reinforced with stone work and con-
crete preparatory to laying a solid
foundation for the new road surface
which will be laid in the spring. The
job of blasting 20 feet from the solid
promintory which rises on the left
hand side of the road at this point is
proving somewhat of problem to
the dynamite artists. The rock is of
flint and the toughest steel and dia-
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far enough into the material to allow
injection of either black powder, dy-
Mantle or nitro-glycerine for sue
cessful blast before becoming dull
and useless. The ledge is full of
seams and the blasts merely rend it
into chips. Despite the difficulty the
men are making fair progress under
County Commissioner Davis who is
giving the work his personal super
vision.
The Birth of a Nation" was well
attended in the Hnrte theatre last
evening Those who attended Thurs
day advertised the picture enthusi-
astcally and the effect on the size Of
the crowd was evident The last
show is to he given tonight at SIS.
The picture runs for three hours
with Commute intermission, yet
dispite it's length, owing to the vivid
theme and its execution, no one has
complained of monotony. The pic
ture is given in it's unabridged form
here and the interest is maintained
from the first reel to the last Out
of-town patrons OF the theatre will
find the trolleys held until the close
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