The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-08
5OYears Ago
Happenings of April, 1872,
Taken from the Files of s-
The Phoenix.

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Thirteen persons were baptized last
Sunday at the Baptist church.
New maple sugar was brought in by
the farmers on Saturday in considerable
quantity.
The Phillip Pullen farm in the south
west part OF the town has been sold Did, to
Henry NJ. Cutting Of Guilford for $3.50.
Instead of going to the Weston House
at North Adams as stated last week,
Henri Campbell has accepted the more
agreeable situation of clerk at the Island
House at Bellows Falls.
About a foot of snow fell on Sunday
SO we had the unusual spectacle of the
people moving the first of April on run
ners The streets are now mostly bare
but the hills are still covered with
snow.
We learn that H. w. Simonds has
disposed of his interest in the boot and
shoe business with his brother, f. w.
Simonds. He purposes to go to Kansas
in May, having accepted position III
a new banking institution at Manhattan
.
The Drummer Boy" will be given
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings of next week. The proceeds
are to be appropriated to the purchase
of uniforms for Company G, and of
course the boys want to come out hand
somely. s...
The many friends of J. NJ. Tyler, Esq,
will be pleased to learn that he has so
far regained his health as to resume his
connection with Charles K. Field in the
law business after an absence of year.
4. W. Stoddard Tetires and has taken
an office in Union block for the prosecu-
tiOn of his business.
The door locks used at the newly
erected Brooks House are of a kind re-
Gently patented and never before used.
Their popularity consists in an arrange
ment by which when one enters his
room, by simply turning a bolt he locks
his door in such manner that no key
from the outside can unlock it or no
eavesdrOpper take observations through
the key hole. The inventor ought to
realize a fortune from it.
A concert is to be given at the town
hall this evening by the singing school
under the direction of Professor Kim
ball assisted by Misses NJ. c. Cooke
and VI. \. Sprague. 1t is desired to
raise funds enough by this concert to
open a free school of twelve lessons for
old and young and to awaken a deeper |
interest IN lItHSIC III 4rEOFdIIleDOTO. W.
hope this worthy object will be furthered |
by a full attendance.
Chesterfield: The fifth anniversary
of marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin =. |
ellison of West Chesterfield was cele- |
brated in a becoming manner on the |
18th of March. Relatives and friends |
to the number of two hundred assembled |
bringing with them a variety of tokens |
both useful and ornamental, amounting |
in value to SIP
Westminster West: Last Friday, |
while Austin johnson and Henry Cor
ham were splitting wood, Johnson |
stopped over to pick up a stick just as
Henry's axeES came down, hitting him |
and cutting a severe cash across the |
cheek.
The little one story building at the |
foot of High street, which is shortly to
become a victim to the march of i'm |
provement. is one of our historic land |
marks. The original building, now |
constituting the west portion was built |
in 1920 by Jonathan Hunt for use as
"a law Office. Ten years afterward when |
9ir. Hunt was "A member of congress. !
occurred the great Hayne controversy in |
which Webster immOrtalized his name |
and which is said to have had its incep |
ton in the little law office in the north !
west corner of High street.
PutneE: Henry Kathan, while cutting |
n large beech tree for wood, found near |
the center Of the. first log, which mea
sured nearly IS inches through. a live |
frog The position it occupied was
about three feet above where the tree |
was cut from the stump and within two
inches of the heart of the tree. The |
tree was perfectly sound and the frog |!
must have remained in the place where !
it was found for nearly 80 years.
Married-in this village by Rev. Addi- |
son Brown. Richard Jackman .Tubb> |
and Addie Eveline Wilson, both of Gull |
ford.
TO BOOM VERMONT