The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-18
I'D Years Ago
Happenings of December, 1870.
Taken from the Files Of
The Phoenix

uoratio Miller has sold his house on
south Main street to d. L. Dowley'
Price 5000.
II. p. SouIe, undertaken, has moved to
Rvthcr's block, two doors north OF Inc
Phoenix office.
The Universalist Sunday school will
celebrate Christmas eve by services at the
church and a Christmas tree.
Richards Bradley of this village has
recently sold five of his herd OF Jersey
nurebrcds to d. O.. Fiske OF SheIburhe'
Mass.
The Sunday school of the Unitarian
church will celebrate Christmas Eve at
the hall in Pratt's block.
Young Hosford, who stole a watch at
Fellows Falls and was pursued by othcerS
tn This place last week, was finally over
hauIod at Dummerston and the booty Sc
cured. He was then allowed to go ON ms
way under promise of future good oeha-
yior.
The house of Martin Madden on Elliot
street was discovered TO be on hre ABOUT
: o'clock Wednesday morning, but the
flames were subdued without creating a
general alarm. The fire appears TO nave
ORIGINATED in the shed and there are suS-
melons that it was the work Of an Incen-
diary. The damage was slight.
o.
As George TreadweI, an employc OF
Holden K Newhall of this village. was
driving from G%uilford on Thursday of last
Week. the horse. by a sudden spring. jerked
the lines from his grasp and in leaping
from the wagon his foot caught in such a
manner as to fracture the small bone OF
the right ankle. The accident will lay
him up for some time.
The dramatic entertainment given by
the members of Post ~Sedgwick, @. \. X,
on Monday and Tuesday evenings of TINS
week drew full houses. Considering IN"
limited time for rehearsals, the play was
we'll performed and especially 50 on the
second evening. The music was good.
and the assistance rendered by the band
is worthy Of mention. their efforts calling
forth much praise. We congratulate the
BOYS of the G. a. II. on their gratifying
success.
The temperance meetings continue to
draw full houses. At the meeting last
Sunday evening there was excellent speak
ing by w. II. Alexander. \. Van Doom,
Il. L. Bingham, {. +. Thompson and
Charles y. Davenport. Some interrupt
tion was 0ccasi0ncd by a harangue from
a well-kn0wn disciple Of st. CriSpin,
whose language for vivid unintelligibihty
can only be compared to the handwriting
of Horace Greedy. As a whole, however.
the meeting proved a fine success and 30
new names were obtained for the pledge.
The new Brattleboro Savings bank. in
c0rporated by the legislature at its last
session, was organized at a meeting held
at the office of r. w. Clarke, by the adOp-
ton of the necessary bylaws and regula-
tons and the election of the following
officers President. Farley Starr of
Nottingham vice president. Il. W.
Clarke secretary and treasurer. no choice.
Board Of trustees George, }. Brooks, :.
y. Herrick. Edward Crosby, A. b. ST.
monds, William b. Cutting. J. w. Bur
nap. II. T. Houghton. II. T. Smith and
J. J. Fstey of Brattleboro. John Hunt Of
Vernon. w. W. Lynde of Marlboro, D. A.
Dickinson of Ncwfanp. s. E. Wheat Of
putney. w. .. Miller of Dummcrston.
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J.. p. BrIknap II West Dummerston
killed a hog II months old that dressed 547
pounds. What representative Of the por-
cine family will do better?
At Vernon, Vt. Col. Jarvis Fish Bur
rows received by express a box six feet
long that seemed. to be of a suspicious
character. The express was paid to Bos-
ton. but from whence it came or by whom
sent is entirely unknown to him. Upon
opening the box therein was discovered
a body of gigantic proportions. Its length
was nearly six feet, grit of the shoulder
three feet and three inches. eye socket
two and onc-half inches. and weighed rs
pounds dressed. It's awful mouth. widely
extended eight by ten inches, had in it a
sealed bottle and one suggested that it
might have been thrown from some
wrecked vessel and picked up, ~Jonah-like.
by this monster of the deep, which is no
OF the numerous friends who partook of
this great luxury, or received a generous
slice of it, all were most happy to be
classed among the Goldfish aristocracy.' -