The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. d. W. Elwell is able to be out
again after a several days illness.
Mrs. E, G. Moulton of Gage street,
who has been i'll, is much improved.
Charles Harrington has returned to
his work after an attack of the grip.
William Delong of Bradford street
is confined to the house with rheuma-
tism.
Mrs. Newman Elwell, who has been
ill with bronchitis, is somewhat i'm
| proved.
Miss Mary Guiltinan of Division
street is i'll with the general COM
plant.
i Y. w. c. dancing class in their
rooms Friday evening. Admission 10
cents. Adv.
| Hi-press Brown Rubber Boots with
the red line around the top, sold at
Harris. Adv.
Order your fish tonight for early de-
livery from Estes market. Telephone
203. Adv.
Atty. Il. r. Tiffany of Hoosick Falls
was a business visitor in the village
Wednesday.
Mrs. Fanny Mallory OF Bradford
street, who has been Ill for some
time is improved.
Edward B. Mcmillan, steward OF the
Bennington Club, is tardy addition
to the waning grip list
| Mrs. Harry Hufnagel of Gage street
has returned from visit with her
parents in Hoosick Falls.
Mrs. w. j. Lennon and son William
Lennon, who have been i'll, are on the
daily growing list OF grip recoveries
c. n. Morse and family, who have
been confined to their home on
Branch street with grip, are i'm
proved
Mrs. Earl Darling went to Pittsfeld
this morning where she will spend
the remainder of the week as a guest
of relatives.
Mrs. Lawrence Moore OF Weeks
street S visiting this week in Pownal
caring for her sister Mrs. Mark Hig-
gins who is i'll at her home there.
Spinach, kale, caulifower, string
beans. celery, curley and head lettuce,
bunch onions, leeks, radishes, cucum-
hers, egg plant, satisfy, green peppers.
etc, at Estes market. Adv.
There will be basket ball game
Il Friday evening between the b. IL. S.
{ and Burr & Burton in Library hall
This is the first game of a series and
I a cup has been offered for the best
out of games. There will be dane.
y ing after the game.
!, The Special scenery and effects by
:. the aid of which the third act of that
pastoral classic, Little Miss Susan"
!, is staged is said TO be an exact repro
. dnction OF the cell room in the Ben
Iton county, Arkansas jail. Opera
! house tonight, 10. 20 and 80 cents.
Adv. M
j, A Novelty Dance--something out of
. the ordinary--is to be given the COM
: ing Saturday evening in F'orcesters'
hall from until II O'Clock. There
: will be double orchestra. Donnellys
! famous local players being assisted
, by Fogg's orchestra of North Adams.
!, Come and see something new! Adv.
Colonel Il. +. Bottum represented
the musical element of Bennington at
! the entertainment in Troy last even
ing by Evan Williams, the Troy
Music Hall being crowded to the S.
r. o. signs. Mr. Williams rendered a
vocal program of Is numbers with en-
cores. He is native of Poultney.
Several local music lovers are consid-
ering an attempt to get Mr.. Williams
to give a concert in Bennington II
enough support could be realized to
defray the expense.
e. B. Patterson, Il E. Bottum, A.
w Braisted, III. Fl. Webster and p. II.
II. Pierson constitute the committee
which has in charge the mems supper
to be given at the Congregational
church next Tuesday evening by "the
stronger SEX of the parish TO the lad
les and other friends. The ladies are
waiting to see how strong they will
come out on the cooking. II the
cuisine is as strong as the manner in
I which tickets went on sale by the
| Congregational men this morning, the
success of the departure is assured.
| The Albany papers are giving con-
siderable space to the resolution Of
Senator George Wellington offered in
the upper house Monday night amend
ing the senate rules so as to compel
committees to report on bills within
twenty days, with the alternative that
they will then be brought automatical
y before the Senate for debate. The
general opinion is that 1t will not pre-
vail 1t will not be buried, however,
until after the Rensselaer, county sena
tor has had his day in court and has
thoroughly ventilated the subject to
which it refers. Mr.. Wellington is
summer resident of Old Bennington.
George Maloney, tie 19-year-old