The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

On Monday evening the Brother
hood meeting will be held at the Sol
diers' home.
The inimitable Violet Mersereau in
a two part modern drama, The Doll
Doctor, opera house today. ADV.
george Robinson OF Shaftsb-ry has
been appointed administrator of the
estate of the late Jesse Vaughn.
Mrs. Thomas Shea and Mrs. Fayette
DEMO are spending a few days in New
York
L. H. Nichols has just returned from
New York where he has been to select
large line of suits and coats which
are now on sale. ADV.
Casperin Nimens has given up his
job at the American house to accept
position in Springfield, Mass. He left
yesterday to take up his new work.
Miss Elizabeth Houran, who is en-
ployed as stenographer in a contrac.
tors office in Cambridge, Mass, is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Houran.
All the members of the A and b.
society are requested to be present at
the home of Miss Fannie Levin, 1O4
River street at o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon.
Alfred King, employed at the local
brush back factory, suffered badly
lacerated hand while at his employ
ment Thursday. 1t was necessary to
| summon a surgeon to dress the wound.
Mrs Rachael Pepper, who is in her
9ith year and who has lived at her
| house on School street for many years,
has reluctantly decided that she has
reached an age which entities her TO
retire from the charge OF house and
will make her home with her niece,
Mrs. A. NJ. Torrance.
The public is cordially welcome to
he Christian Science service held at
sos Main street Sunday at II a. m.
Subject: Are Sin, Disease and
Death Real?" Wednesday evening
Meeting at 7.9O o'clock The reading
DOM is open Tuesday, Wednesday,
nd Thursday afternoons from to )
clock.
| Hearing a scratching at her door
a few days ago, Mrs. Frank Albee, OF
South Nottingham, opened it and
ound a large skung, evidently looking
or something to eat, as Mrs. Alice
had few minutes before thrown out
| some crumbs for the birds She was
not slow in closing the door, and the
lnimal withdrew to nearby pasture
| Friends OK Mrs. Pearl b. Burns OF
Main street are extending their sym
)athy in the loss Of Mrs. Burns infant
| laughter Beatrice Dorothy Burns, who
lied at the home on Main street this
| morning aged months. The funeral
to be held from the house Monday
II o'clock and Rev. Thornton +
Turner will oliiciate.
The soldiers at Plattsburg hay,
| been holding themselves In readiness
or orders to proceed to Mexico "NI
hree of them are in town this week
to visit friends before the expected
,al to face hostilities. Corporal A. j
smith, who has been stationed a
Plattsburg is stopping at the Putnam
house and two privates have been Wis
ting Fred Stone on Park street.
| At the Methodist church Sunda.
morning there will be a reception o
| MEMBER, preaching by pastor; II
Sunday school; p. M Junior Lea
que; $50. Epworth League; 1870 eve
ming service, preaching by the pastor
subject "Jehu." The members Of tn,
Brotherhood are requested to meet il
the lower rooms Of the church at lis
The public are cordially invited. Seat
j ire free and a welcome to all.
Letters received from DR.. Lucid
Andreola, a practicing physician il
, Barre until last fall, when he joine
, the Italian colors, contain the new
! that he has been assigned to servic
in the Medical Corps of the 2l7th NJ
| lanese Contingent. Interesting side
!, lights on Italy's contribution to tn
. war were not deleted by the censor
=, although the postmark was erased o
- the letter
The freight traffic on the Centr;
n Vermont railway is very heavy an
h has been so for a few weeks, in fac
. since the embargo occurred on othe
roads in New England. \ couple {
days ago train composed OF some
cars drawn by two heavy supe
heating engines ran from st. Albar
If to White River Junction. The engine
were drawing 220O tons. At Mon
pelier Junction the load was reduce
to 2OOO tons which is probably I'll
heaviest train that has gone over IL
n line in a long time
:. Sunday morning services in S
Peters will be at 7SO, Holy Commu
:, ion; at $50 Sunday school, and
10 1890 Morning Prayer and Sermon
4. subject OF sermon Resurrection
p the Dead (Heb. 6:2) At the afte
W noon service, y. m, Schneider
IF STORY Of Calvary will be sung TT
preacher for Friday evening April IA
will be the Rev'd a. j. Holley of tlo
sac school. On Sunday there will
Is service at North Pownal at 10 a. n
and at Green Mountain Valley at
m.
" Norman f. Greenslet will adore
the Junior Boys club Monday night
r the Y. NJ. C.. A, on the fish and gan
o. subject, Those boys interested a
!. | forming a simnle organization as