Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-05
local and slnie Items.


MIppI.EnURY-W have before us the
report ef the town utlirrrs Of Middiebury,
printed by futile \ Co, from which We
cull the following items;
For poor, mot on farm $40 3s
For poor on farm, lose GO
Town bonds and interest, l,1l5 90
Roads and bridges, 1889 81
Services Of town oilicers, a3t o.
Miscellaneous expenses, a95 %
Amount of liquor purchased, G.0sa 90
Salary of liquor agent, 300 90
Amount Of outstanding debts, 1871 ~
Estimated amount to be provided
for by tax, 4,sGl 3S
4 tax OF 80 cents ON the dollarJ,is re-
commended. The keeping Of paupers al
the town farm has been $3.50 per week.
while the cost was only ~ G6 in 1866,
being AN increase Of $i1i per week.
Among the features Of this report We
have not observed elsewhere, is list of
the price paid per gallon for each kind OF
liquor purchased and the price per gallon
for which it was sold
We also notice another commcndalle
feature that every nccessitous person who
applies Tor aid is not hurried Oft 10 the
town farm, but that wood and flour arr
distributed among the poor, and in some
instances house rent is paid, thus enabling
them TO earn something for themselves
and the town aiding occasionally TO help
them on. This is feature which has
been practiccd by Mr. Billings, our
own oyerseer, during the present year,
which indicates tina, human sympathy is
in the breasts of some Of our officers who
have 10 deal with the poor. But we can
assure our readers that these two instances
are exceptions not the rule, for in
majority of our communities our worthy
and industrious poor who, with little aid,
would earn their own living, receive the
cold word or kick and ARE hustled off 10
the poorhousc, without any regard to
feeling or sympathy Many poor widows
Of our deceased soldiers and their chill
dren are to-day occupying pauper's homes,
much TO the disgrace of the community
in which their lot is cast, when but
little fond sympathy from the community
or town for which the husband and father
died, would enable them to live comfort
ably in home by themselves. But TO
hustle them away they are only paupcrS.
BONDING Towns The Newsletter
describing the discussion on bonding the
town of Johnson in aid of the I.amoille
Railrnal sars. ..IL.a I'D
by Rev. DIR. Dougherty, who is, to our
mind, the most ddyoH debater the opposi-
tion will be able to produce. 1t has been
well said of the Rev. Doctor that he is a
full-blooded Irishman and full-bloodcd
Yankee to boot \ man of large and
varied culture, Of great weight of personal
character, and gifted orator, he threw
his whole soul into the opposition"
CAsrLEToS,-W We have before Us the
report of the Auditor and town officers for
the town of Castleton. for 1867 Is from
which we gather the following items:
Whole number of poor during
the year, -
Average number during the
year a
Paid for poor outside of the
farm, S5.5 93
Total expenses Of poor, $2,245 O6
Earnings Of the town farm
above expenses of the poor, s3s2 %
Liabilities of the town over the
assets, $3,32S 10
/ Paid on Selcctmcns orders, S2,l5G %
Services of Seloctmcn. $lSi 30
Services of Listers. SIS 90
Amount of liquor received, Sss1 50
Profit 10 the town, S343 81
Amount Of liquor sold, resident, 81 1925 80
Amount of liquor sold, nom
resident, $224 OF
The cost Of supporting the poor per
week is estimated at $500
Two thousand dollars has been appro-
priated during the year to the Rutland
/ County Grammar School for the benefit
Of the State Normal School In this the
people Of Castleton have shown Ii public
spirit worthy of commentator, and if a
| proportionate interest was shown in each
town toward the cause of education, a
much better system Of education would
prevail
Tho auditors recommend tax of only
| forty cents on the dollar
The reports Of Castleton for several
years, indicate that its affairs are man
aged with prudence and foresight beyond
almost any other town in Rutland Coun-
! ty A cause for this IL found in the fact
that they do not change their town Off
GERS every year, eleeting new men. They
get an efficient board Of town officers Sc
leeted from among their most prudent and
efficient business men, and elect them to
the same office year after year, profting
from their experience Frequent changes
in town officers are usually followed with
increased expenditures.
Coon CoLTs.-Sevcral of the inhabit-
ants in East Charleston can boast of colts
hard to beat Calvin Dutton has three
which weighed on the I'd day of last
October as follows one two years old,
9O4 lbs; one yearling, 922 lbs. last
spring colt, 600 lbs f. d Goodwin and
Thomas Dolloff have, each, two years
old weighing over 900 lbs.