The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
80 Years Ago
Happenings of October, 1871,
Taken from the Files of
The Phoenix.


Messrs. r. Crosby & Co, are engaged
in supplying the market with western
| apples.
A. B. Simonds & Co., are selling off
their stock of dry goods at cost prepara-
tory to moving to Burlington, Vt.
Mr.. Loomis will meet those who are
| interested in joining his dancing classes
at Crosby's hall at $50 p. IN. and 7.3O
p. m. Thursday.
A delegation from Post Sedgwick, G.
| A. r. of this place will attend the dedi-
cation of the soldiers monument at
| Keene, n. H., today, October 20.
| The necessary number of names for
the new military company have been
secured and the organization will be COM
| pleted in a few days.
Among recent patents issued recently
we note the following: To j. Estey &
, Co. for reed organ to l.. X. Fuller for
/ design for parlOr organ; to Orion Clark,
proprietor of Orion's lustre and lotion,
for trade mark.
| O. L. Miner has been in the west buy
| ing apples and if the specimens he brings
home are any indication of what is to
/ follow, people in this section will not
be slow in sending their orders to him.
! A party of thirty or forty assembled
i by invitation at David GoOdelIs on Tues
day evening and enjoyed a good old
/ fashioned husking frolic. The supply of
refreshments, was no less bountiful and
the closing dance no less enjoyable than
| in the days of AUD lang syne.'
W. f. Richardson has removed his
meat business to the new Market block
on Elliot street. The accommodations
afforded by the new location are excel
| lent. The office is located near the en-
trance and a fine marble counter extends
along the east side and the whole inter
/ Tor, being new, presents a fresh and
cleanly appearance decidedly, agreeable to
customers.
E. J. Carpenters news and periodical
depot was removed on Monday to Market
1 block on Elliot street, opposite its former
location. The accommodations of the
new stand are ample and will give OPP
portunity for enlarging the stock of toys
! and fancy articles, which we understand
the proprietor intends to do.
, Horace Willis, son of Masa Willis of
I this town, arrived here from Chicago this
week. Mr.. Willis was in the employ of
the Burdett organ company at the time
of the recent Chicago fire. He reports the
complete destruction of the company's
works and the loss of almost everything
! on the part of the operatives, several of
whom were former residents of Brat
/ tleborO. 1t is expected that a part of the
/ funds raised here for the benefit of the
sufferers will be devoted to their benefit.
| .
| Two incendiary fires occurred in this
village on Thursday evening of last week,
/ but by prompt discovery were es,tin-
/ guished without damage. In the first
case an old lounge lying in the barn at
| tached to tie residence of II. F. Greene.
| on Elliot street, was discovered to be
4 on IRE, and the excitement incident to
/ the alarm had hardly subsidized when
smoke was discovered issuing from the
4 wooden. building in the rear of Crosby
Y block, formerly occupied by ]. w. Frost
x Co. A pile of old blankets on the floor
had been set on fire and as in the other
case, timely discovery prevented u ser
| ious confagratiOn.
Williamsville: 4 Iyceum will be held
at school house hall on Thursday even
ing, the 18th. Subject for discussion Re.
solved. that the raising of tobacco is an
evil and ought not to be encouraged
Leading disputants Il. NJ Pratt affirm
alive, L. r. Sewa1l, negative We trilst
our friends will come one and all and
take part IN the discussion. and thus
make the meeting more interesting.
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HinSdale: Captain Elihu Stebbinswas
stricken on the morning of the 18th inst,
by shock of paralysis and is not ex-
pected to survive but a very short time
In years past, Captain Stebbins has been
one of our most prominent men, has held
=, repeatedly honorable positions in town
and is highly esteemed by all who have
had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
Guilford: Some miscreant entered the
barn of W. Babcock few nights since
and carried away some ID bushels OF
husked corn which had been placed there
, to dry. Who have We in our midst can.
able of so mean an act?
= President Grant issued a proclamation
last Thursday, the 18th inst, i'm which
he ordered the South Carolina Klukluy
to disperse within FIVE days and deliver
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