Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-03
The Town Meeting.

dssuulSu SuaAa',Ut UtF OF IuOueTdJOr, ana tne
town clerk in his proper official charac-
ter. The warning of the meeting was
impressively gone through by both. I'm
mediately thereafter john B. Page was
dominated as moderator, the nomina-
tion was submitted to vote by the town
clerk and Mr. Page was by him declared
elected.
Mr.. Page takes the stand, and then
breaks in a terrific chorus by several
hundred Tor less) "Finnegans." Mr..
Page calls the meeting to order. Mr.. Cain
calls the meeting to order. Mr.. Page de-
clares himself moderator of the meeting
under the decision of the town clerk.
Mr. Cain declares himself moderator by
virtue Of his cut-drawing election at the
| March meeting. Mr. Cain says "hark
hark !" to the Finnegans, and the Finne-
gans hark. Mr.. Cain crates. Applause
by the Finnegans. Mr.. Page calls Mr..
Cain and the Finnegans to order. Bed
lamitish yells by the Finnegans. This
repeated whenever Mr.. Page, or any one
else but Mr.. Cain, attempts to be heard
! After an hour, more or less, Mr.. Cain
consents to Mr.. Pages reading the law
and stating the case" in reply to his
Grafton. Finnesans less demonstrative,
but occasionally irrepressible, Mr.. Cain
calls the attention of the meeting to the
second article of the warning. Mr..
Page calls the Sheriff's attention to Mr..
Cain. Renewed, resoundiDg, double
burst out of the chorus. The Sheriff
calls the attention Of the chorus to the
I militia. Signs of dissent on the part of
the chorus. Mr.. Cain tearfully beseeches
the chorus not to attempt a rescue when
he goes to Jail. He is ready to be a mar
tyr. Groans among the chorus. Mr..
Page stands unmoved and expresses a
willingness to do so until the middle OF
next week. Mr.. Cain calls the meeting
to order. Mr.. Page calls on Mr.. Cain to
address the moderator when he has any
thing to say. Interminable yells by the
Finnegans And so on and so forth for
two hours altogether. Finally Mr.. Cain
succumbs and calls for a compromise.
1t is proposed that both he and Mr..
Page shall retire, with the understand
ing that Moses Hayward shall be nomi-
mated and elected moderator. This is
readily assented to. The Finnegans are
on-plussed, but have doubtless discOv-
cred before this that Mr. Cain is not
moderator of all town meetings during
the year.
The meeting was then called to order
10y Franklin Billings, LIST selectman who
read the warning, and Mr.. Hayward was
nominated and unanimously elected
moderator In the absence Of the town
, clerk, Chauncy x, Williams was elected
town clerk pro tem.
The attention Of the meeting was
called to the second article of the warn.
ing. when on motion of Mr.. Page the
vote of last March meeting to raise a
tax OF twenty-five cents on the dollar O
the grand list was recOnsidered, and OF
motion of J. L. Billings it was vOteC
that tax of sixty-fve cents on the dol
lar be raised with d discount of flv
cents on the dollar to all who pay thei
taxes to the treasurer on or before tn
18th day of July next This is the larg
est sum that was asked FOR at the Marci
meeting and was then opposed by Cali
and voted down by the Finnegans, with
: every other sum proposed over twenty
- FIVE cents on the dollar.
The third article of the warning wa
then taken up, and after some discussion
the following resolution was adopted
= Rcsolyed, That the Selectmen of tn
: Town of Rutland be and they are in
y structed to examine into the boundarie
!, of the several School Districts in tn
> Village of Rutland, and report at tn
Y next annual town meeting new divis
o ion thereof, if in their judgment it is re
K quired for the action of said meeting.
: The consideration of the fourth al
d ticle of the warning resulted in the pas
sage of the following resolution
Resolred That the selectmen OF Rut
3 land be and are hereby authorized t
e settle the claims of those men for bour
l. tv who are entitled TO the same fror
It the town OF Rutland, under a vot
passed at the March Town meeting G
=, 1865. for re-enlistment into the Z. {
l' military service,
e Under the fifth article Of the warning
4 the selectmen were instructed to repai
1t the fence around the burial ground nea
e. the house of Moses J. Perkins.
:. The matter Of bounty to the Leg
IN representatives Of George G. Babcocl
n Albert Hathorn and Henry G. Fell
u brown, who enlisted to the credit
he Rutland, was considered, and it was r
,a solved that it be referred to the selectme
ia to report at the next town meeting.
The meeting then dissolved.
ar MAY DAY FBsrIvAL.-In another CO