Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-09
Local Items.

March I'd, and entered into temporary
organization by choosing Hon. Henry
Richardson Chairman and NJ. F. Yarney
Secretary pro tenn, none Of the regular |
officers being present.
Rev. J. P. Lane, delivered an in
teresting and instructive address, show
ing the influence of our common schools /
in determining the character of the youth
Of our land, and the responsibility resting
upon teachers and parents, in relation to
our schools. After the address, the
Rev. B. p. Spaulding made some re-
marks showing thatRhere is also respon-
sibility resting upon students, as well as
teachers and parents. Remarks were
also made by NJ. F. varney and D. F.
Boynton.
So very few were present owing TO
the extremely bad travelling it was
thought proper to adjourn at the close
of the afternoon session, hoping that tho
committee would deem it proper to hold
its next meeting at Westfeld, as this
part of the county is rarely favored with
meetings Of this kind. Any who may
attend may rest assured that they will
meet with favorable reception among the
people of Westfeld.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DECISION
We understand that at the late session of
the Supreme Court held at Woodstock,
the case of Conn. and P. r. r. Co. VS..
Vim. H. Baxter, was decided in favor of
the defendant Baxter and adversely to
/ the conpany--thus reversing the decision
of the county court. This case has been
in court some time and has excited con-
siderable interest in this county among
the subscribers to the road, from the fact
that the decision in the case would estab-
lish a precedent for a large number Of
others, involving some 100000. The
grounds Of defence we suppose are gen
orally known: the subscribers claiming
that the company had not fulfilled its OBJ
= legations by putting the road under con-
tract TO Derby Line rillage, while the
company declared that they never agreed
r, to 60 to the village. Judge Pierpoint
gave the opinion of the court, and deci-
ded that the company must establish the
y fact that they had put the road under
2 contract to Derby Line village, which
o. they do not claim to have done. This il
= most important decicion, and we sup
3 pose settles the question of the extension
f of the road several years at least; the
road will therefore stop at Barton, unles,
t the company shall devise some new mod,
o of raising the means to extend it.
k As the case of the company agains
K Baxter settles the question of all othel
o subscribers, and the company acknowl
6 edge themselves in debt to the tune O
y $4,000, upon arriving at Barton, wha
5 becomes of the money that has been ex
It pended between that place and the Land
= ing, and in West Derby? We think tina
: money will prove n rather poor invest
d ment.
SrovE UP.-A few days since stow
" in the possession of Mr. Abel Scott, G
- this village, was blown almost to kingdom
come as he was sitting very quietly b
It's side, Illuminating on the mutability {
human affairs. 1t appears that one {
Mr.. Scots neighbors had bored a hol
into a stick of wood that belonged to hi1
the neighbor-and filed it with pow
der when some evil minded person boz
" r0soed it and put it into the general
stove, so that when it got well TO burnin
it went eff, though not exactly in th
same way that it left the premises of il
first owner
a LIQUOR CASE IN IRAsBURGu-
Rum, Rows, AND RAsCALITY.-Barto
n is not the only town in Orleans count
III that can boast of rot gut and rascalit,
he for Irasburgh now disputes with her tn.
al questionable honor. Rum reigns hel
- too. On Friday last, one Joseph Allel
native of the Boys of Barney" wit
o. a countenance like a stump fence, an
who may be better known as the feathe
,o bed exterminator," opened his stock
n liquors TO a private but very select aud
~ ence, at the residence of one Frank A,
.. ans, in the.loft of Cooks depot, and lie
os his stock in trade in charge of dame A,
~ ans, who dosed it out in quantity suf
!, cient to make some four or five foo
- quite mellow and painfully happy. d.
49, ring the carousals at this house, some OF
=, OF the company stole 81 of Mr. Prat
- poor blacksmith who was so foolish
70 to get caught in this bad company,
consequence of which he set up a gre