The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-23
DORSET

| +. II. KENT OF hutiuuu "as III to"i
Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Davis We're in
Rutland several days last week.
Mrs. R. S. Gilbert has recovered
from a recent attack Of the grip.
Kimball o. Tiff finished work Wed
nesday as clerk in A. w. Phelon's
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. II. Purdy of Man
chester spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. +. G. Stone.
Ruby Harwood returned to 7. c. A.,
Poultney, after spending ten days va
cation at her home.
Postmaster A. W. Phelon returned
Friday from Boston where he has been
on business for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs George w. Lille an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Mae, to Arthur A. Hoe
tor of East Dorset.
! The women's missionary society will
hold a sewing meeting at the home OF
Miss Hattie Gray on Church street
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Bessie Humphrey returned on
| Monday from New Haven, Conn,
| where she had been guest OF her
| sister for several months
There will be a public auction at the
| Moses Tiff place next Saturday, Mar.
25th. at 1 o'clock A, L. Bowen of So.
Dorset will be the auctioneer.
Frederick F. Gilbert left Wednesday
for Orangeburg, n j., where he has
accepted position as farm manager
Of the New York & New Jersey Stock
| and Poultry Farms.
George w. Lille has taken the
agency of the celebrated Blue Hen In
cubators and Breeders. He has sold
a 1900 capacity brooder to C. P, Kent
which will be installed at his plant.
A musical organization to be known
as the Dorset Glee Club has been
formed with about twenty-five men,
bers. The first meeting and rehearsal
was held in school hall Wednesday
evening.
r. NJ. Campbell left Monday for Bel
lows Falls to attend conference
called by the Master of the State
Grange for the purpose Of considering
the establishment OF indemnity fnsur-
ance for the members Of the Order.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Durand and
daughter, Caroline, arrived Saturday
from Chicago to inspect their new
house which is nearly ready for &C.
cupancy. While in town they are
making Wade Inn their headquarters.
Washington Pomona will meet with
Dorset Grange in School hall Friday
afternoon and evening. The business
session will he held in the afternoon,
and the installation OF officers and lee
turer's program will be held In the
evening. II
Edw. Stone, our local tonsorial art
list, was in Rutland Friday and Satur-
day on business in connection with
his rapidly increasing agency OF the
Victor Victrola. Mr. Stone is plan
ming to increase his stock of machines
and records for the coming summer
trade.
Owing to the storm, the Grange
meeting scheduled for Wednesday
evening was held the. next evening
with a fair attendance. 1t was voted
to hold field day with the East Dor
set and Manchester Oranges on the
Fair Grounds at Manchester some
time in August
The Dorset Society of Natural
Science offers four prizes for the best
home made bird houses which shall
be occupied as nests this coming sum-
mer by any wild bird except English
sparrows. First prize $500; three
prizes OF $500 each. Competition
open to Dorset boys and girls under 16
years OF age. Information regarding
the bird houses may be obtained at the
library. George H. Gilbert, Anna e.
Gilbert, E. II. West and w. w. Fahen-
stock are the committee.
The large amount OF snow and the
old fashioned winter we are e1per-
fencing is the main topic Of discussion
among the towns people at the pre-
sent time, Many OF the older resi-
dents claim that the snow drifts have
not been so deep on the cross road
near A. o. Chapman's and on the
West Mountain road since the '88
blizzard. Not since the line was opened
have the officials Of the NJ d. e. G. rail-
read experienced such difficulties as
they have encountered during the
past week in clearing the track OF the
huge drifts. Many OF our farmers
feared a grain famine on account Of
carload of grain being stalled on the
line, but our hustling grain merchant,
Charles N. Williams, managed to keep
his customers supplied during the
blockade
Your correspondent is able to con-
firm the rumors that were mentioned
in the Banner several weeks ago in re-
gard to the industrial life Of the COM
munity being revived again" About
fourteen men are to be employed on
the old Norcross-West quarry to re-
open the plant for operations under the
direction Of Mr.. Davis of the West
Rutland quarry. A line has been sur
veyed to the McDermott farm near