Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-12
The Cemetery Question.


The special town meeting on Monday
afternoon was very fully attended from
this village and the vote very decisive
against the proposed five acre purchase.
The meeting was called to order at
o'clock and the session lasted two hours.
The discussion was by G. b. Eddy and
L. Nj. Read in favor of the FIVE acre lot
and by j. ID. BridginM and George Slate
in opposition. The discussion was very
earnest one, and the close of decidedly
spirited canvass in this village during
the past two weeks. The result of this
cemetery campaign is that nearly all
of our people have in some way given
the subject their attention and made up
their mind what was best to be done, and
were prepared to and did act according
ly at the special town meeting. The re-
suit we think will be received with more
satisfaction by both parties from the fact
that it was so decisive, much more so
than if it had been close vote. The
first test vote at the close of the discus
sion, was on the first resolution offered
by Mr., Bridgman to repeal the vote of
the town on the 22d ult. directing the
purchase of the five acre Hurd lot. This
resolution was adopted by yeas, 145,
nays 81. Mr.. Bridgman then offered a
resolution directing the selectmen to Sc
lect and purchase lot for cemetery
within FIVE days.
Mr.. Eddy offered substitute that a
committee composed of Z. r. Osgood,
@. NJ. Doran and----be chosen
who at some future time should locate a
cemetery for this village. The substi-
tute was voted down and the resolution
offered by Mr.. Bridgman was adopted.
A large majority of the meeting were
determined that this matter which had
been subject of more or less local agi-
tation for many years, should be settled,
if possible, and Mr.. Bridgman offered
three other resolutions, which were adopt
ed without opposition. All the resolu
tions adopted were offered and acted up
on separately, and as they will be mat
ter of interest to the town, as showing
what was actually done, or directed to
be done, we copy them all as follows;
LIST. Resolued, That the vote passed in
special town meeting held on the 22d
day, of January, 1879, instructing the Sc
lectmen to purchase the lot upon the
Hurd terrace, belonging to Mr. Elwell,
at price not exceeding 500 per acre
for cemetery, be and the same is here
byrepealed and rescinded, and the select
men are instructed to take no action un-
der the same.
I'd, RESOLVED, That the selectmen be
instructed and they are hereby instruct
ed and directed to select and purchase,
within five days from this date, a suitable
and proper place for cemetery for Bel
lows Falls.
3, Whereasit appears from offers made
personally by o. II. Black, that the
town may have 80 acres Of his fat land
just south of the village, for SIS per
acre, and an offer from Seth Hapgood
that the town may have his lot, being
some Is acres, for $1,000, and an offer
from C. L. King to put enough of his
land with the Hapgood land, at the same
proportionate price, to make 20 acres,
Therefore resolved,
That it is the desire and sense of this
meeting that the selectmen select and
purchase one of the two places above
mentioned for a public cemetery.
4th, Resolped, That should the select
men neglect or decline to make a selec-
ton and purchase, as provided in the
foregoing votes, for the full space of FIVE
days from the day of this meeting, then
and in that case only, A. I'll. Fisher, 0.
| d. Gray, and F. G. Butler are hereby
appointed committee to select and pur-
chase, and, in case of such refusal and
neglect upon the part of the selectmen,
they are hereby authorized, empowered
and directed for and in behalf of the
town, to select and purchase a suitable
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and in behalf of the town, to take and
have properly recorded deed of pur-
chase of such place, and the selectmen
are directed in case of such purchase by
said committee to draw their orders upon
the treasurer of the town, for the pur-
chase money and majority of said COM
mittee can exercise the powers herein
given.
9th, ResoEved, That should said COM
mittee select and purchase a suitable and
proper place for cemetery, as provided
in the foregoing resolutions, they are
hereby requested to select and purchase
one of the two places, mentioned in one
of the foregoing resolutions.
KEENE, n. II.
EliphaleC Follett, highly esteemed