The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-09-01

These figures are here and now pub
lished for no other purpose than to
serve as an illustration of the danger Z
Gus doctrine which the st. Adams Hes
scngcr has deliberately sought to foist
upon st. Adams rs a part of its econ
omy. We invite careful attention TO .
them, for they are at once comment
airy and robuke Of the sort of village ,
economy to which the Vermont TnAN-
SCRIPT is stoutly opposed and of which
the st. Adams WesSrHgcr is the blatant
and acknowledged champion,
The gross amount Of money collected
by voluntary subscription and paid to
the committee Of arrangements having
charge Of the last Fourth of July cele-
bration in St Adams village, was ff-
teen hundred and thirty-four dollars. /
OF this sum of money, the amount ex-
pended for stand" and seats, orator,
flag and fireworks, was as under-men- /
toned
Cash paid in Boston for fireworks $500 90
4" for trcmans bill and board
in 81. Adams who came to superintcnd
these fireworks, II %
Cash paid TO Hon. J. A. Goodwin, orator
Of tho day. 100 90
Cash paid for expenses Of committee in
procuring orator, II 10
Cash paid for T. $ flag and expenses So
seats around the libdrt, pole, Sc %
and fro, II 81
Cash paid for lumber used in building the
stand now remaining on the green, 3oll
sl,15l %
Besides these expenditures, there
was the moderate one of $72.75 for
the st. Adams Cornet Band. The
amount expended for martial music
was $1,000 and for powder and nails
/ S39.S4. The st. Adams Messengers
bill for printing for the celebration
aforesaid is by no means an insignih
cant item AS presented, it amounted
to forty-three dollars and sixty-hve
cents; of which thirteen dollars was
I disallowed by the committee. The
TRANscRpT's bill for printing, amount
ing to $500 was allowed at $500 by
said committee and duly paid. Other
charges which it would be tedious
now to particulariae, will absorb, we
understand the balance of the 81, 534
fund. 1t is neither malicious nor i'm
proper, however, to state that, among
other reasons which the Messenger
calls unavoidable why the committee
have not, nearly two months after said
celebration took place, succeeded in
closing matters, is the suggestive fact
that the deduction of the thirteen dol
lars from the bill of the "Steam Book
and Job Printing Establishment Of the
Messenger buildings has not been sat
isfactory to the claimant. The Mes
seagcr claims $43.65 and is unwilling
SO settle for the amount of their claim
as examined and audited by the com
mittee
To the subscribers to the 81 ,534 Ot
, fund it may have already occurred that
nothing now remains of the celebra
ton, aside from the pleasing memory
of that occasion, beyond the L. S. fae
which was purchased and we hope cal
be had for future use, and the frag
mentary architectural ornaments
which surround the liberty pole OF
the green. Individually we preferred
the publication of the Grafton and Pc
EN- and their distribution to thos,
who did not or could not hear them
, and especially the eloquent truth
;, which the Grafton so ably and grace
fully embodied. Individually, we pre-
ferred less of the pyrotechny i'll tn
y evening, and more of that which,
y printed, would have reflected homo
upon the town and been permanent
:. useful; such fireworks, III our humbl
,r opinion being an expensive luxury, i
lie these times of bounty and other taxes
s. at the rate of over four hundred do
:. lars an hour!
" The Committee, acting undoubtedl
ie for the greatest pleasure of the greai
n. est number, thought otherwise. Tn
+ matter is alluded to simply by way {
F. illustration. and no malicious motiy
n prompted this on the previous articl
d. complained of.
in When the Committees success j
e; settling outstanding bills, that of I'll
- Messenger establishment inclued, W
70 unite with our assailant in hoping I'll
e, information in detail will be furl
al ished to the public-hrst, because I'll
fund subscribed was large and ougl
y y, to be accounted for to the uttermo
I'd fartmng, and then such publicatio
is would establish wholesome prec
OF dent and safeguard in the future.
io would tend TO remove all doubts al
10 fears, which any of the subscribe
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