The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News o. the Town and Village Tsls
Briefly fer Busy Readers

Quality sausage at Eddington's.
Adv.
Mrs. James Scarey and son, James,
jr., were in North Adams Thursday.
Fine line of secondhand goods at
Miss Selby's, 116 Pleasant street.
ADV.
Haviland Sibley has been elected
secretary Of the 1918 class at VIII
Jams.
Mrs. Emily Freeman of Troy is to
arrive tomorrow for visit with her
daughter, Mrs. G. L. Harwood.
Fred Babson, former employee Of
the E. z Waist company and who has
been in Hartford, Conn, is in the VIII
| lagc.
Walton C. HARDWOOD, who has been
employed at the Walloomsac Inn, Old
Bennington, during the summer, has
taken a position in the local express
office.
Joseph Plue, s years old, who lives
with Mrs. Ida Noyes at Bennington
Falls, while swinging, fell from the
/ swing which was high in the air, SUI
staining a break in his leg between
the knee and hip.
Shark Silver, one Of the Benning-
| ton boys, who enlisted in company |
| of the First Vermont regiment and
who is now on his way to France,
succeeded in mailing a postcard to a
friend in the village after the soldiers
were already on shipboard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry j. Cole, Mrs.
Laura b. Cole and John Cole are in
New York visiting the latter's broth
err, who has enlisted in the United
! States cavalry and who is now quar-
tered at Fort Slocum. His regiment
expects to leave Fort Slocum tomor-
row for one of the camps in the south
This morning there arrived at the
Drysdale store one Of the largest( al
most truck load) express shipments
| they ever received, consisting OF
splendid collections of the newest
ideas in women's coats for all pur-
poses. dressy or business suits and a
bewildering array of the newest
ideas in serge, silk and satin dresses.
Adv.
A delegation of Bennington sports
men went to North Adams Friday
evening to witness the match be-
| tween Lefty" Major and Silent
Mike" of Bennington. The bout was
called in the third round after the
Bennington boxer had demonstrated
that he was no match for his shifty
and experienced opponent.
Those who heard the two Cru
| brothers tell of their experiences in
the French army while they were
on leave last spring will be pleased
to learn that they are now connected
with American forces in France, act
| ing as interpreters and instructors in
| French for the American forces. They
were released from the French forces
so that they might join the Ameri-
cans.
| Elmer Mattison, who owns and OPP
crates taxi service automobile, is
confined to his home with broken
| leg sustained in peculiar accident.
| He had taken party to Hoosick Falls
and as he stepped from the car his
| foot slipped between the body of the
machine and the curbing. With his
foot caught in such manner that he
had no control of himself, he fell and
one OF the bones in the leg was brok
en- between the knee and ankle.
George NJ. Hawks returned Thurs
day afternoon from business trip to
Greensboro, N. c. Mr. Hawks says
that the factory construction In prog
ress in the south is fairly marvellous
The building in Greensboro alone, he
says, is running into millions. One OF
the structures Is mammoth hotel
which is to be named the o. Henry
to commemorate the name OF the
famous writer of short stories. who
was a native of the city.
County Warden S. b. Hawks return
ed Thursday afternoon from his visit
to the commercial hatcheries in east
ern Massachusetts. Accompanied by
State Commissioner, Linus Leavens
the warden visited three hatcheries
one at Plymouth and two at Kingston
He acted as messenger on the run
from Kingston to Boston for q ship
ment OF $500 lingering brook trout
which the commissioners purchased tC
| fill acquisitions from sportsmen in
the northern section OF Vermont. The
warden stated that the commissioner
would be in town next week and thai
Il is expected that work will begin al
once on the permanent building tC
replace the Bennington field station.