The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-31
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Happenings of July, 1870
Taken from the Files of
The Phoenix


The Methodists of this village will
picnic in Hunt s grove at Vernon Aug
ust 10.
David w. Miller of this place com
menced building a dwelling house Tor
Mr.. Fay on Chestnut street, on Wednes
day. July 13 and had it finished ready
for use on the following Saturday.
July 16 Mr.. Miller says this IS the
shortest time in which house was ever
built in Brattleboro.
The house of Thomas Cummings on
Elliot street was entered Thursday
morning, July 28th, and robbed of bed
ding, trunks, clothing and other ar
ticles. The bed has been found in the
woods, but the other articles have not
vet been recovered. The person who
took the articles is known and the of
fcers are in search of her.
The members of st. NTiehael's Cath
ollie church are to have II fair at the
Town hall next week commencing Mon
day and continuing on each succeeding
evening through the week This is o
new thing for that church here, and
under the guidance of the Rev. Mr.
| Halpine it will doubtless be well man
aged, and we trust prove successful.
We are glad to learn that the Uni
versalist society in this village is 60
| ing on tremendously and prosperously
under the charge of their new minister
| Mr.. Harris. Their pews are all rented.
the church we'll filled at the Sunday
services, they have purchased an or,
gan to add to the interest of their mu-
| sic and are about to make some needed
| repairs to their house of worship.
! The school in district No. 7, West
Brattleboro, taught by Mary A. Mich
| OILS. closed July 23rd. Jennie F. Good
enough, Lucy f. Goodenough, Eta F.
| Jones, Cora ]. Whitaker. Charles AXE
! lev, and Myron P. Jones were neither
absent or tardy. Chester Warmer, Ny
ron Mather, Eddie Mather, Edwin Whit
aker, Nellie NJ. Carter, Ida Holland
and Addie Kathan were absent hut not
tardv. Nellie Mather, Nellie Barrett
and Eta Mather received but one tardy
| mark, Hattie Mather only two. The
whole number of scholars Il.
The fair of the ladies of the Unitar-
ian society of this village, held in the
| town hall on the evening of August 2
passed off in a pleasant and satisfac
! tory manner. The refreshments Were
of the best quality, prepared and served
in the incest manner. The articles for
| sale and the boquets of flowers were
| highly attractive and found ready
sale The elegant writing desk of black
: walnut made by L. r. Sargent, fell tc
, the lot of Mrs Barrows and the beau
/ tiful wax flowers made by Mrs. George
4 Hall, to be given the young lady hav-
! ing the most votes, was won by Miss
| Emma Frost. The wood carved work
/ by Lizzie Lawrence attracted much at
/ We congratulate the ladies on the sue.
cess of their endeavors. The gross re
tention and found ready purchasers
ceipts were about $3.50.
An alarm of fire was given in our vii
4 lage last Friday, the 2Sth of July, al
mid day, just as people had left theil
work and gone to dinner and in very
short time the engine companies were
on hand and the fremen at work to
: subdue the flames. 1t was the large
building owned by J. Estey & Co., on
the south side of Milestone brook neal
ing caught in the attic and consumed
the roof of the building before it was
extinguished. The building was occu
: pied by n. SteaTns & Co, manufactur
ers of spring beds and clothes frames
: Holden & Newhan, stove and tin store
!, l. K. Allen, lumber office; G. B. Boyd
fish market; A. F. Boynton, shoe dealer
John Davis, painter; J. Estey & Co
carved work. The building was in
sured in the Vt Mutual and those VIII,
occupied it were insured so as to cove
: the amount of their loss. Estey & Co.
have taken measures to have the build
ing repaired and in a few days all will
E be right again. The fire is supposed t.
have been the work of an incendiar.
as an attempt was made to fire tn
building a second time on Saturda.
evening. A young man named Lee wa
: arrested on suspicion of being the in
I cendiary and was held for a hearing
but nothing being proved against hin
! he was discharged.