St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-31
Masonic.
Village School Meeting.


The adjourned meeting of school
District No. |. waS held at the Union
school house Monday evening. There
were three articles in the warning.
First. to see if the district would raise
money t" dcir;y EXPENSES and pay an
inStalment ON the debt. Second. to sec
if the district would vote to continue
the High school. Third. To sec if the
district would vote to indcrdict bali
playing upon the Park.
The first article WAS disposed of 10y
voting to raise thirty five cents ON the
dollar of the grand list. The second
article. that of continuing the High
school. CAUSED considerable discussion.
hut all upon one side. No one advo-
Gated abandoning the graded school
system. but all the speakers Thought
such ii misfortune should not even he.
considered. After IL quite lengthy dis
cuSSion of what our town needed. of
what graded schools were in some other
places, and What it might he in this
town participated in 10y MeS>r>. II. I.
Idle. DR.. Brooks. c. =. Dana. +. Fair
banks. \. g. Chadwicl,. and others, Il
motion by Mr.. y. Bnyuton that the dis
trict vote to continue !hr High school.
unanimously prevailed. cod. +. Fair
banks offered the following resolution
which also passed:
Rcx0ircd. That the Prudential Com
mittcc hc instructed to establish Il grade
of scholarship for each department. and
annually appoint Il hoard of cNHmin-
cr> of which the principal of the High
School shall he Il member, which shall
decide what scholars shall hr advanced.
The third mtrle being called up.
Elisha May. Esq. introduced the fol
lowing preamble and resolution:
Whereas. the practice of playing foot
ball and base ball, in the Park of this
district has become veXatiouS and an
moving to the whole neighhorhood. and
especially to the owners and occupants
of adjoining premises and Whereas,
&. :. Dana IN adjoining owner aud oc-
tiIllul 10 DIblttl lllIliStll iI'lIl
upon and damages to his premises has
commenced to build and purpoSed Ia
build IL high fence on the line between
the premises of said Dana and said Park
which if built will injurc the good APP
pcarhnce and beauty of the school
house ground and Whereas, said Dana
has suspended the erection of said fence
and agrees that if the district will vote
to prohibit said ball playing. and all
other games in said Park which cannot
he PLAYED therein without committing
treSpass. and doing damage to the
premises of said Dana or other owners
and occupants of adjoining premises
that he the said Dana will not build
said high fence, but agrees Instead to
build such fence aS shall he satisfac-
| tory to the district and also agrees tn
reduce the fence which he has already
built between his house and the engine
house to such height as the committee
shall approve: Therefore it is voted.
| that foot ball, base ball, and such other
| games as cannot he played therein with
ont committing trespass upon and do
| ing damage to the premises occupied by
said G.. :. Dana OF to the premises of
any adjacent occupant or owner he and
is hereby forever prohibited in said
Park. and the Prudential Committee
are directed to enforce said prohibition
The resolution was supported 10y
Messrs. May, Dana, Chadwick, Fair,
banks, and others. A. j. Willard and
others. although evidently in favor ot
the article in the warning, were oppos,
ed to the form of the resolution, as II
was asserted by legal gentlemen pres
ent, that such vote would hold the
! district to the contract forever