The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-19
5O Years Ago
Happenings of August, 1872,
Taken from the Files of
The Phoenix


I'LL The Phoenix
The proposed excursion to Long Island ana
Sound under the auspices of the band mas
been given up.
George Brooks, proprietor of the
Brooks House, has bought out the inter
est of Messrs. Boyden and Hare ana IN
stalled Charles Lawrence, proprietor OF
the Brattleboro House, as landlord.
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Those new Pullman palace cars COM
menced running on Thursday. They are
of the most elegant and luxurious pat
tern and offer a new inducement for
trip to the salt water or the White Noun
tains.
The grocery store in the Marshall &
Esterbrook block, near Main street
bridge has a new proprietor in the per-
son of Frank c. Howe. Mr.. Howe mas
had several years experience as clerk
and is worthy of a generous patronage.
s.
In another column of this issue viii
be seen a notice of petition for the char
ter of a railroad to run from some point
on the West River railroad TO connect
with a railroad running south from
Woodstock and intersecting the Rutland
road.
Col. W. S. B. Hopkins of Greenfield,
NIass-the man whom the Greeley club
couldn't get to do their talking, as no
ticed last week-will speak on the Grant
side of the question at the town hall on
Saturday evening. The colonel is good
speaker and should have full house.
III. Hadley has just put up a new
slaughter house near the Vernon road,
short distance below the village on land
purchased of George Lawrence. The To-
cation is an excellent one for the pur-
pose.
George Landerfin's barber shop on
Elliot street was discovered to be on fire
Tuesday night about II O'Clock and a
general alarm was sounded. Fortunately
the blaze had not gained much Roadway
and was easily subdued. The building
is owned by Orion Clark, whose loss is
about 500.
The lecture course is to open about the
25th or September with a first class
musical entertainment by Persis Bell
the celebrated violinist. She is consid-
cred the equal of Camilla Urso and only
Second to Ole Bull himself. A positive
engagement has been made with Mrs
Scott-Siddons, who will give a Shakes
pearean reading on the 10th of October
John b. Cough will deliver a temperance
lecture Nov. 10.
East Putney F. L. Pierce, who en-
pl0ys a dozen or u hands in the manu-
facture of chair stuff. spokes, etc. has
lately replaced his old saw with a cir
cular one. and substituted a 30 horse
power steam engine for his old one of u
horse pewer.f : = n
Guilford: Deacon John Carpenter of
the Hinesburg district was taken sick in
the midst Of haying, and on Wednesday
of last week his neighbors to the number
of is turned out and finished up the job
for him, the women taking charge of the
indoor affairs while the men did the hay
ing. The act speaks well for the neigh
borhood and shows the estimation in
which the deacon is held.
Putney: DR. D. z. Webster and II. E.
Baker were returning from East Putney
Tuesday afternoon and as they were
crossing the bridge that spans the rail
read near George Leach's the o'clock
train going north came along. The horse
became frightened and overturned the
buggy and both occupants were severely
injured and the buggy was badly demon
alIZed. The carriage passed over the
person Of Mr.. Baker. The doctor pro-
cured another buggy, helped Mr. Baker
in and started for home, but before driv-
ing far the doctors eyesight began TO
fail and he soon became blind and lost
the use of his left arm and was thought
TO be in critical condition but both he
and MIR. Baker are now both doing well
and it is thought will be about soon.
Townshend Townshend has com
pleted its subscription of eight times its
grand list in aid of the West River rail
road.
West Brattleboro: The school in dis
trict No, ID taught by Miss NJ A. King
closed July 26th with an exhibition at
which but few of the parents were pres
ent as it was very stormy The pupils
recited well. Those who We're neither
absent nor tardy were Willie Harris.
Lewis Harris. Emma Carpenter, Mary
Carpenter, Alice Iescock and Matte
Newton. Those absent but not tardy
were Laura Powers, George Wellman and
Frank Harris.
West Brattleboro Miss NJ. l.. Sted
man has accepted an otter as teacher of
painting in the young ladies' college at
Aurora, n. y.
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