The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-29
so Years Ago
Happenings of December, 1871.
Taken from the Files of
The Phoenix

About 60 persons from this village at
tended the Thomas concert at Springfield,
Mass, last Tuesday.
The ladies of the Methodist society of
this village are arranging for a fair and
festival to be held in their church Yestry
on the evening of February 3.
\ deep religious interest is in progress
at the Baptist church and baptisms are
frequent. Eivespersons received the rite
last Sabbath AND more arc to follow.
The seventh lecture of the course to
young men viii be given at the Universal
list church next Sunday evening. Subject,
Gambling" All are cordially invited.
Many and seductive will be the attrac-
lions at the Universalist fair next
Wednesday evening. Don't fail to go and
don't forget to take your female friends
and your pocketbook.
+. r. Haynes mas purchased of d.
Crosby & Co. = building lot of IL rods
front on Western avenue where he intends
to erect a dwelling house the coming sea
son. This lot includes the big elm oppo-
site the residence of d. S. Pratt and is a
very desirable location. Price $i,40O.
D
Hannibal Hadley is putting up a new
ice-hCuSe on Fla street, the capacity of
which will be 100 cords. He intends to
supply the public the coming summer. So
good a season for harvesting has been
rarely known and the amount gathered
viii be immense.
Petroleum V. Nasty has been engaged
to deliver the sixth and last lecture in the
association course on the 18th of February.
Subject, In Search eff the Man of Sin"
This lecture abounds in the characteristic
humGr and dry sarcasm of Mr.. Nasty
and is regarded as one of his best efforts.
No better or more popular selection could
have been made by the committee.
Manday last, January 23rd, was a ter
rible cold day'-the coolest of the season
thus far. Twelve below zero was the de
gree attained in this vicinity at s O'Clock
in the morning. In other places the cold
was much more intense.
The names of 40 additional members
were reported at the meeting of the Good
Samaritan temperance society last sun
day evening. the large part of which were
obtained by W. II. Alexander. Music was
furnished by the members of the Baptist
Sabbath school. The meeting was ami
mated and the attendance gratifying.
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The present scarcity of water i'm this
village is causing a discussion of the queS-
tion of future supply, and Indian pond. Il
large natural reservoir of water located
on the southeast side of Wantastiquet
mountain. ut an elevation Of some COO
feet above the village. is looked to as Il
means of supply. The pond covers some
five acres Of ground. is about - feet aver
age depth and has never been known to
vary. \ cur>ory examination indicates
the perfect feasibility .ef supplying our
village with water frdnistlEs source and
wU- nnrtoTEtar II r. pr6TT$TT 70 TeSt fhe
actual capacity Of the pond with a view
TO future need.
! There was an exhibition at T-nionville
last Saturday evening and some young
men-at least they called themselves 90
from Jamaica. went to have a good time.
but rs it happened they got put out OF
the house. To make the story short. they
had to much of the fighting spirit
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. item.
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Alrheus Ingraham of Gtfilford sends his
compliments to II. y. Clisbee and informs
him that he killed a pig January Ord.
which was eight months and % days old
II weighed ESQ pounds.
/ j. NJ, Buzzell of this place has taken the