Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05

fourth miles from the Aedft OF tne plaVt,
with Minard's pond water now within
so rods and readily carried onto the
ground, with shade trees that have no'o
got their growth, with soil well adapted
for cemetery use this spot is offered the
town by the owners for a cemetery for
less than $4,000. Another spot | will |
call attention TO owned by Mr.. o. III.
Black, Just south of the village but in
plain sight from the square of the vii
lage, not one and one-fourth miles from
it and bordering upon the main road
good soil and easily got at, with bluff
facing the river, mountain upon the
east, and our village upon the north,
with shade and ornamental trees all
grown, spot of thirty acres that can be
purchased of the owner for some $500
a spot that can be beautifed so as to
possess every attraction that large,
nice cemetery ground is susceptible of
a spot when once secured would be a
source of pride to the auhole community.
Both Of these places are placed at our
disposal and can be had if we but say
the word. Now can any fair, candid
and impartial person, who has single
eye to the wants of our village long hes
itate to choose one of these places over
this small, contracted and costly place
that is sought to be forced upon us?
But it may be urged that one is out of
town and the other partly SO. Very
well, what of it? There is no legal OBJ
lection to our purchasing the ground up
on that account If we were called up
on to sequester either place the objection
would be valid. But bear in mind that
the proposition is to bay and that the
owners offer their land to the town.
Neither can there be any objection to
them on account of being just outside
the town limits We are situated in the
south east part of the town. Our cor
poration limits are bounded on the south
by these tracts, and it is a matter of com
mon experience, when places are so To-
Gated, that cemeteries and town farms,
when they are acquired by purchase, are
located outside of the territorial limits.
1t may be further said, that as long as
we are undecided which of these two
places to take, better take the one they
urge upon us and settle the whole ques.
ton. But let us see a moment. We are
now deciding upon the ground, Shall
we then take an undesirable lot for feal
we shall not geta better one? Why car
we not decide which is the most prefera
bic and take that? Is there anything Il
hinder Suppose we meet together il
town meeting on the Sth of this montl
as we propose to do, prepared to settl'
this question, can Mr.. Elwell and other
say to us, take our lot, though not tn,
best, though you may urge some yer.
good reasons why it should not be taken
but you had better take it, because yol
may not get any if you don't2 Shout,
we not say to these persons, why, gooC
sirs, that is what we are here for; her
to decide upon the best location and t.
purchase it, and we can just as well vot
to purchase a good lot as we can poo
, one, and with good deal more common
dation to our judgments in the one cas-
than the other. Would not that be
complete answer to such proposition
We are going to get cemetery. w
are going to vote on the 9Th day of Feb
: ruary so as to settle this question, and
e only behooves us to so settle it that herr
r after we shall have no occasion to regrt
what we then do.
i At our last town meeting there wa
Y only one location presented to us, an
= many men urged to, and many did vol
i for that location upon the ground tbs
by not so voting, they were arrayin
7 themselves in opposition to any and a
i locations.
3 1t will not be so at the next tow
y meeting. A person as DESTROYS as M
: Elwell that we should have cemeter,
! may vote against his particular groun
y and be consistent, because he will the
i and there have an opportunity for votin
7 for another place of superior advantage
| would before / close, like to examir
J why this matter is thrust upon us in tt
$ very peculiar way it is. Who autho
/ lied Mr.. Eddy to go into the market an
Z look out place for the cemetery, NAH
g purchase, and then coolly call the tow
J together to ratify what he had done
e Was it matter of so much dismteres
Is edness upon his part to take all this r
sponsibility, entirely unsolicited upc
is the part of the town or village, or WI
!? there another motive about it ? Why d
Of he not call the town together last Oct
ct Der, when he found it could be had, as
y says, and respectfully ask the village
II they ,Canted it for that purpose befo
y buying or obliging himself to buy? w