The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-27
80 Years Ago
Happenings of August, 1871,
Taken from the Files of
The Phoenix.


High school opens Monday, September
IA.
Estey & Warner of the Valley Mills
have dissolved partnership.
The Episcopal society of this village
lis building q parsonage near the resi-
Idence of Judge Royal Tyler. +. ii. Har,
/ ris is doing the work and the outlay will
be about $1,000.
The failure of the apple crop is partly
| atoned for by the enormous amount OF
/ bIackberries which are pouring into
/ market and which are selling freely att
six to ten cents quart.
/ About 200 people joined the picnic at
! Hunts grove in Vernon on Tuesday ana
the day was well enjoyed. No speech
J making or other tiresome formalities
were INDUCED in.
i \ party consisting OF Henry Willard,
J.. II. Capen, Il. +. Brooks. @. \. Jen-
ningS. c. 4. Miles, VIM. S. Guild and
b. f. Bingham left Monday afternoon
! for New London and weeks cruise on
! the ',briny blue
The Methodist Sabbath school picnic
Mt Guilford Center on Thursday of last
week was attended by about 40 persons.
Proceedings were held in a grove a short
distance from the springs and were
/ wholly of q social and recreative char
| acter.
An old barn and shed on Elliot street
! belonging to Martin Martin were des-
: troycd by fire on Thursday night of last
week together with the contents, CON
sisting of one horse two cows, and about
/ 1 e ho, 1yralIiu0 hnr4Gn adj
/ iacent was also considerably injured.
| The fire is thought to have been the
+ work of some malicious person or per-
sons. \ reward of $500 is offered by
/ the selectmen and bailiffs for the detec-
! ton of this or other incendiarism within
the limits of the town.
! Mr.. Edward Crosby. we are informed.
/ is about to start on his annual western
tour to visit mills and -four dealers which
| furnish his firm with the choice grades
of -four which i'm the past few years have
| become so popular in all this region of
country. We trust he will derive sub
stantial benefit from his journey and in
due time return with renewed health and
vigor.
| Dexter French. a brakeman on Conduc-
tor CAROLS train on the Conn. River
| road. was seriously and perhaps fatally
| Injured on Tuesday afternoon. On the
arrival of the train at BernardstOn
/ French was missed from his accustomed
post on the hind car. The engine was
detached and sent hack and he was
found about three miles above the Bern
ardston station. He was taken TO Bern
!ardSton in an inSensible condition. At
/ last accounts he was reported as still
living with a chance of recovery.
Members Of the Brattleboro lodge l.
- - HI Il. al MI ia
nic at Lake Pleasant last week. Repre-
ISentativcs from the lodges at keene.
ISbelburnc Falls and Greenfield, were
IpreSent, the whole numbering about 600.
! Londonderry-About twenty persons
/ visited a disreputable house in London
derry on Saturday night of last week.
occupied by family by the name of
Duryea and administered a coat of tar
and feathers to the inmates.
u Pondville-The school in Pond
/ vile taught bv Miss Emma Warner.
closed August II with good success. The
scholars having no absent or tardy
marks are: Mary II. Morse. Linus
bingham. Johnnie Morse, Willie Morse.
Those having no absent marks: Mamie
Morse. Annie Morse, Julia Morrel,
Johnnie Fisher. Absent one-half day:
Eli MorreIl absent one day: Ida Morse.
Those having no tardy marks. Nellie
Adams. Cora Bingham. Herbert Hough-
ton. George Houghton. Lucius Mason.
Alice Stratton, frankie Perry, Ebert
Worden.
Il IIinsdale-Some of our Good Temp
lars much enjoyed on Saturday last an
excursion to Spofford lake, Chesterfield.
A table was spread and bOuntifully sup
piled. which. with sailing upon the lake.
4 fishing and other amusements. afforded
much rational and healthy recreation.
and. as no intoxicating beverages were
INDUCED in. they were all soberly happy
and jubilant and able to reach home the
next day.
i IIinsdale-Two men here few DAYS
since good naturally began a scuffle.
Soon one. small in stature, became veXed
and began to pommel away in great
fury at the other who was a large and
powerful man. The latter very DELHI
crately and pleasantly laid the little
man over his knee and gave him an old
fashioned mothers spanking. The affair
was finally and amicably settled not far
from Evans soda fountain. 1t still,
however affords considerable amuse-
ment for ''the crowd