The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-12
OF ihe corn aud hnckwheat


Randall Waite has gone TO Ports
mouth, \. H.. where he has a position
in the government service.
New ladies' coats reasonably
priced. new dresses. new mems and
young mems suits and overcoats, new
children's suits. new furnishings, new
ladies'. mems and children's sweat
ers, new shoes for men. ladies' and
children arriving daily at Joe Levin's
Vtore
Street COMMITTEES Chairman VII
liam II. Wills and Village Clerk w. p.
Hogan, vii tomorrow make a tour of
the village to ascertain how many
signs will be needed TO comply with
the recent order of the state highway
commissioner requiring that signs be
placed on all thoroughfares distances
of $50 feet from all school houses.
The board OF selectmen held its
regular weekly meeting Tuesday af
ternoon, but transacted but little bust
ness other than the paying of the US
ual bills The heavy thunder storm
of August 16 placed considerable
expense on the town in the way Of
highway repairs. No large amount Of
damage was done in any particular
locality. but all of the Hill roads were
washed to some extent.
A. w. Moore. whose hand was Sc
verely lacerated recently when it was
caught between the rollers of a print
ing press at the plant OF the Benning-
ton Wax Paper company on Scott
street, left for the Samaritan hospital
in Troy today, where he will under
go an operation The injury to the
hand has healed, but the operation is
necessary TO restore the flexibility of
the fingers Mr.. Moore expects to
be at the hospital for about a month.
1t is reported that 10 men have
been transferred back to Company |
of the First Vermont from the am
munition train Company now has
46 men The ones transferred back
are said to be partially those who
have violated rules, partly men who
| need more training before going into
active service. and two or three who
are not strong enough for the heavy
work of the ammunition train The
/ remnants of the First Vermont are
now a part of the depot brigade from
which vacancies in other regiments
arc filed
Ray Fisher, who will be remem
bered by many Of the baseball fans Of
! Bennington. pitched a remarkable
game for the New York American
team Monday against Philadelphia
. Philadelphia made but one run to IL
s for the New York team. The lone run
scored By the Mackmen was made IN
. the last half of the ninth inning and
up to the ninth period tines had mace
/ but two hits In the hnd' half in
+, ming Fisher tossed up the bal in the
hope of retiring the Philadelphia bat
/ ters on flies but they connected with
the slow ones for three safe hits
u County Agricultural Agent F. elf
! ford Shaw was at Selklrk, n. Y.
I Tuesday to inspect the sheep thai
! have been brought from the west fol
the purpose of restocking the state Of
New York. A large number OF thC
animals have been sold to the New
| York state farmers but there are still
1 about two thousand sheep at Selkrt
that can be purchased at SIS head
| The expense OF shipping the sheep tC
any farmer in Bennington count,
iwould be about fifty cents. The sheer
Mr. Shaw found, were good loolinl
animals. mostly cross between Lin
coin and Merino. and were originally
purchased in Oregon