The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-12
so Years Ago
Happenings of March, 1871.
Taken from the Files of
The Phoenix

The bell-ringers played to n slim au-
dience Saturday night.
David Miller has sold his house near
the asylum to that institution for ST.
600
j. L. Whipples house on Clark street
has finally been bought by Frank Stock
wen of Guilford, for $l,5l5.
A yellow butterfly was seen on Elliot
street last Sunday, fitting about as if
1t expected to find buttereups in bloom.
John Adkins has bought building
lot OF, Widow Fisher, in Centeryille, and
IS making preparations for erecting a
dwelling thereon.
Our readers viii be gratifed to learn
that the beautiful actress and reader,
Mrs. tt-Siddons, will visit this place
on the y inst. Fun particulars next
week,
As fine a casket as we remember to
have seen was on exhibition the other
day at Soule's, two doors north of the
Phoenix office. and the price thereof
was only S45.
DIR. A. d. Putnam, dentist has decided
to reopen an office in this village about
welcomed by many of his old patrons
and friends.
The second annual calico ball given
by the members of Sedgwick post. G.
\. r., last Friday evening, was attended
by about so couples and was a very
pleasant affair.
Maple sugar has made its appearance
in the. market and the season of sap
gatherings and sugar fTOlics is evidently
at hand. The only drawback is the en-
tire. absence of snow which is so con-
Yenlent In gathering and so desirable in
waxing The prospect OF large crop
is not very hattering.
The high school closes Friday with an
exhibition at the town hall in the even
ing commencing at seven o'clock. The
exercises will consist of recitations, dec
lamatIOnS and ESSAYS, to which will be
added a couple of farces by way of var
lety. The exhibition is planned as a tesI
timOnial to Mr. Bingham and the schol-
airs may be suUe of crowded house.
Mr.. \, Holland of this place. for III
years proprietor of the Vermont House
at West BrattlebOro. has bought theI
Sip Pond house in FitZwi lillian, \. II:
mountain on the road to WinChendon,
and will take immediate possession. The
house fronts on the lake which Is two
miles long and affords excellent fishing |
The school in Centerville closed on !
Friday. March 3. On Thursday there !
was an examination at which there were
a good number of parents and friends
present, The scholars are deserving of
much credit for their good behavior and
prompt recitation. showing they had
been under good discipline. Mrs. Jen- |
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school for the past wear and has fully
sustained her reputation as a thorough
and successful teacher
The executive committee of the new
musical society have decided to hold q
grand musical festival commencing on
Tuesday evening, March II at seven !
by Prof. J.. Q. Emerson of Boston, as
sisted by !. Il. Cobb, humOrist and vo-
calist and c. T. Schuster, pianist. Com
certs will be given on Thursday and Fri /
day evenings.
town meeting on Tuesday and the at
tendance was large. The principal t,
struggle was the election of the first Sc
lectman. the most prominent candidates
being S, !. Herriek. lprssent iGGum-
bent bent d. :, 5 ~, Pratt and G. G. A AI1
eratar and the officers finally elected are
as Blows: Town clerk, VIM. :. New
ton; selectmen, s. \. Herrick, +. Wing
Packer, Oliver H. Carpenter; treasurer.
George Newman; overseer of the poor.
Henry Akley: town agent. II. F. Smith;
constable, s \. Herrick. ]. W. Simonds:
listers. c. II. Steven, Eugene Frost, J..
S. Cutting: auditors. J, Dunklee. ir.. A..
b. Simonds, J. A. Robbins; school sup
crintendent, J. NJ. Tyler; grand jurors,
F. C. Edwards. P. F. Perry; fence view
ers. Geo. S. Dowley, Wells Frost, T..
Afelbaum: sealer of weights and meas
ures, Lockhart Barrett; inspector of
leather J. H. Simonds; inspector of
lumber, !. X. Allen: pound keeper, II.
{. Harris.
The school Sin district No. in Dunn
merston, closed February 2Sth. The
following pupils were not absent a day:
Ansel J. Miller. BERTHE w. Sargent,
Thomas III. Gallagher. Willie Reed,
Mary Reed and Minnie Reed. Eva Web
ber Ida Osborne. Eugene Sargent, Ed