The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. C. II. Resseguie is the guest
of relatives in burlington.
John Olin of Salisbury was bust
ness visitor in town Tuesday.
The remains of Miss Margaret Low
rie were taken this morning on the
George Biggart of North Adams is
spending few days with friends in
town.
Edward Sweet, formerly of County
street, is in Hartford, where he has
employment.
Wayne Adams has been confined
to the house by illness since the lat
ter part of last week.
Mrs. James Barber, who has been a
guest at the homo of Charles I. Burt,
has returned to Dorset
Harold Mathews of Now York city
is visiting for a few days in town as
the guest of John Gleason of Union
street.
Miss Alice f. Cunningham of New
ION Lower Falls, Mass, is guest at
the home OF Mrs Anne McCue OF
School street.
Albert Fisk, who has been undergo
ing treatment during the past ten
weeks at the Samaritan hospital in
Troy, has returned.
The first engagement which the Neil
O'Brien minstrel show has booked for
the coming season is in Bennington
during the first week in August.
early train for Pittsburg where the
interment will take place. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Lutte II, Sutton
of Colilngswood, N. j., a sister OF the
deceased
Mrs Charles Silars, who has been
spending three weeks in town with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Tho
meyer returned to her home in Nova
Scotia Tuesday.
Miss Mary c. Burt, who is making an
extended stay at the home of her
uncle, Charles T. Burt Of Elm street
is visiting her brother, Frederick D.
Burt. in pittsheld.
Howard Gavin, a former resident OF
bennington, but who has lived DURING
the past lS years in Schenectady
where he is employed in the locomo
tive works, is passing his vacation in
the village.
The tax book for the year 1916 was
delivered on tho 18th by Town Clerk
| y. A. Booth to Town Treasurer Chas
II. Dewey and the latter official has
the receipts ready for any resident
who is ready to pay his taxes.
The beautiful United States nage
which The Banner has been supplying
at % cents are going rapidly and those
who wish to get one should not delay
The flags are 5xS feet and are guaran
teed by the manufacturer to be endur
ing in color and made of first class ma
terial in every way. Bring the ilal
coupon cut from the Banner and 9S
cents and be prepared to display the
| national colors on all patriotic occas
| ions. In this time of war and rumorS
OF war nothing can be more appropri
ate than the star and stripes Get
one now as the supply will not last
lone.
| The concrete abutments for the
new bridge over the Furnace brook
at IIarmon's crossing on the Nortl
| bennington road have been completed
and as soon as the cement sets Tn,
iron viii he laid. Il had been the in
tention Of the selectmen for some tim,
to replace the wooden bridge and Tn,
iron for the new structure was pur
chased in February. Other work de
layed the laying of the iron but whel
the wooden bridge went down unde
| a big automobile truck a few week
ago the necessity for the new bridg
became Immediately pressing. Tn
selectmen were fortunate in maxim
the purchase of the bridge last win
or when the iron, to the amount of liv
tons, could be bought for . 81 cents
The same material today costs fou
: cents n pound.
While the number OF fishing an
hunting licenses issued from the Ollie
OF Town Clerk T.. a. Booth Is not y,
E so large as the total for 1915 IL Is a
parent that a much larger number ,
permits will be taken by Benningto
: sportsmen. There were $50 license
of all kinds issued last year. Alread
there have been issued during Il
present year 500 combination and 4
n fishing licenses. or a total of 50
h AS the fishing season does not cloi
until September |. IL is safe to pr
= diet that a few moro anglers will n
Il ply for permits during the next
: days. Then will como the bird hur
= ers and later the sportsmen who W
tramp the mountains during the de
~ season In November and Decemb,
!, II is probable that the number
licenses issued during the year W
n he considerably in excess OF thot