The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-14
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FIFTY YEARS AGO !
Happenings of August, 1870
Taken from the Files of !
The Phoenix !

The lookup is well employed nowadays
in furnishing cheap and convenient
lodgings for wandering and unfortunate
humanity. Would that this were IT'S only
use.
Wood & Marshall have for sale cast
iron apple grinders for cider mills, capa-
be of grinding go bushels of apples an
hour. Cider makers would do well to
examine them.
The Universalist Sabbath school picnic
at Hunts grove in Vernon Friday VIII
be enlivened by the presence OF the Brat
tleboro Cornet band A delightful time
is anticipated.
We are indebted to Cheney & Clapp for
new and, convenient war map showing
the seat of the present conflict IN
Europe We have also received from
the publisher, T.. NJ Read of Burlington,
Vt, specimens of sheet music with the
following titles: "Picllle Polka" Free
dom's House." song and chorus, and
Never Push Man When He's Going
Down Hill"
The annual fair of the Connecticut
River Valley association is announced to
be held in this place September 27th
2Sth and 18th. The managers intend 1t
shall excel any previous fair held by
this association. Among the prizes
offered are $500 silver pitcher by Geo.
c. Hall and three Jersey heifers valued
at $l25 each. ... 49,.
The trot arranged for the 25th will
excel all previous trots given by the asso-
citation. The entries thus far are as fol-
lows: First class, w. H. Walker enters
LADY Forest; A. Hill, Black Diamond;
John TYLER, Frosty; j. j. Bowen;
Vixen; W. H. Mandell, Capt. Law
renee; d. B. Harrington, "Silvertail."
Second class, f. S. Hager, "Wild Biz;
Geo. n. Cook, Daniel Webster; G.. A.
Boyden, Nellie MARSHALL; NJ. H. King,
Robin"
The Catholic festival closed on the
evening of the 10th with balance of
over 81 800 in the treasury. The social
dance on Friday evening was numerously
attended OF the prizes drawn, the fol-
lowing are worthy OF mention: Miss
Kate Brosnahan, gold watch valued at
1OUs MARY CdlHOIs SlIFtI TEA SET WOl III
$45; r. Bradley, silver castor; III. F..
Smith, mammoth doll; w. p. Cune, fancy
wool skirt; DIR. Horton, fancy bed
spread; Daniel Doyle, barrel of -four;
John Plummer, family bible (Douay
version, very nice. Our Catholic friends
may well congratulate themselves on
their brilliant success.
Mr.. Roswell Harris, for many years
the successful and popular principal of
the academy at West BrattleborO, viii
open a select school for boys in that viii
lage the 5th of September. We hope that
many of the lads and young men of
Brattleboro and the towns adjacent will
avail themselves of this opportunity for
study.
On Thursday evening, August 18th,
several members of Prof. Welch's class
in gymnastics and other boarders at
Glenwood gave public entertainment in
the way of eharades, etc, in the seminary
Gymnasium. The performance was a
good one, but was sadly married by the
untimely discharge of a pistol in the
hands of one of the actors and by which
another actor, Mr.. A. f. Martin of
Northampton, Mass, was severely though
not dangerously injured. His face and
eyes were badly peppered with powder,
but his vision will not be permanently
destroyed. Lesson-AIy son, handle fire
arms with caution and be thou afraid of
powder.