The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Strictly for Busy Readers

News Of the Town and Village Told
Strictly for Busy Readers
Thomas Dockum spent Sunday with
relatives in Salisbury
Mrs. Sheldon lockwood returned
Saturday from a visit in Syracuse.
Mrs. A. c. Lewis OF Springfield is
the guest OF her son Dewitt L. Lewis.
s. w. Greenberg of Passaic, y. j. is
the guest Of his daughter, Mrs. Abe
Satte7.
Wayne Adams ana friend Oscar
Sharpe of Boston are camping for two
weeks at Red Mills.
G. S Palmer, manager OF the Allan
tic and Pacific tea store spent the
week end in Rutland.
Miss L. NJ. Barney leaves today for
New York and will be absent during
the remainder of the week.
George Lucier of Adams. former
singer at the Library theatre, was a
s. 3ay guest Of John b. Harte,
John O'Hare of Gage street return
ed from North Adams Saturday where
he had been spending several days.
Prof. A. Craig Bayard of Bates col
lege, who has been the guest of Judge
and Mrs. Edward l.. Bates, left Sunday
for Lewiston, Ne.
Dexter Camp of Kansas has ro.
turned home after spending three
weeks at the home of Mrs. j.
G. Harwood of Beech street.
Daniel Hays and party from Brattle-
boro visited briefly in town Sunday.
Mr.. Hayes was formerly manager of
the Atlantic and Pacific tea store
here
Mr.. and Mrs, n. Noveck and son
George, Abe Satter and b. Cantor left
Sunday by auto on a trip to New York
and will return the latter part OF the
week.
Dewitt E. Lewis and Samuel \.
Patterson jr., motorcycled to Science
tady Sunday where they were enter
tanned by Frederick Sturdy a friend
OF MI. Lewis,
The Bennington-D Dorset Auto Bus
| Line car which was damaged in a
collision recently in Arlington has
been repaired and resumed its trips
Saturday evening.
The check list which will be used at
tomorrow primary will contain be-
tween 255O and 1850 names. The polls
will open at y O'Clock noon and close
at s o'clock in the evening.
William f. Scott of Valentine street
employed by II. W Myers and Son.
is laid up as a result of injuries re
ceived last week while opening a
| pocket of coal Mr. Scott was using
an iron bar for the work which slip.
ped and struck him on the head.
Good progress is being made on the
construction of the new Henry W. Put.
a strike among the brickmakers it has
been impossible to do much on the
outside walls but the tile lining has
been carried up as far as the second
story.
Grover Lyons. who recently under.
went an operation for the removal u
q piece OF steel from one of his eyes
at the Samaritan hospital in Troy. is
making good progress toward recos-
cry The injury was severe and for a
lew days after the operation the sur
geons were not at all confident that
the eye could be saved. The piece of
steel was removed with the aid OF a
large magnet.
The hunting season in Vermont will
open next Friday. September 10. About
the only game Tor the hunter in Ben
nington county during the first two
weeks OF the season will be ruffed
grouse or partridge. The open sea
son for quail begins on the 18th. but
there are few OF the birds in the state
The season for shore birds plover and
snipe. opened on September !, hui
there is little shooting OF this kind ex
cept on the shores Of Lake Champlain
The season for wild ducks and geese
opens on Saturday, but only an occas
ional stray bird OF either species Is
seen in Bennington county. Wood
cock are protected until Oceober b!
the national migratory bird Law
Hares, rabbits and gray squirrels ma!
be hunted after Friday. the 18th. Fully
as many licenses, combination ant
fishing have already been taken on
at the Office OF Town Clerk Booth a.
were issued during the entire year il
1915. The clerk estimates that whei
the deer season ends on December
a.