St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-21

If used for domestic purposes.
! ii. i. Fuller said he should he very
sorry to have water brought from the
Passumpsic river for domestic purposes.
He had been acquainted with just such
Il scheme in another town, and it vas
wholly unsatisfactory and disastrous.
and he believed it would he the same
here.
Mr.. Bracket was called out to answer
questions in regard to the comparative
purity of streams and ponds. He said
ponds purified themselves. and their
water was considered much healthier
! than rivers. especially rivers that run
| through villages. Also that the poison
which entered streams from sewers. etc.
it was impossible to remove. He gave
several instances within his own knowl-
edge.
The discussion was continued 10y
McsslS. IIarvlin Paddock, Mitchell. f.
F. Brown and Others Mr.. Paddock
was afraid of the PassumpSic water
He believed it had typhoid fever in it.
f. F. Brown thought this water question
OF the greatest Importance, and us one
of the Trustees was glad to have it
thoroughly and freely discussed.
DIR. Billiard said that after all. the
health of the community. The expense
of getting water was of little moment
compared with the question of pure
water. He felt that before. dny water
was introduced into our place for do
nestle purposes. the matter should he
thoroughly investigated not simply
the water tested 10y chemical analyst
but the surroundings should he eN-
amined by Il competent sanitaIlan.-aS
the seeds of the most fatal Infectious
Diseases haifled discovery 10y any chem
zeal or mirroscopical examination yet
known The Doctor gave incidents
touching this point which had come
under his notice. and which were mat
tiers of history.
Mr.. Willard'S motion having been
laid upon the table, Geo. May moved
to reconsider the vote of two weeks ago
! GnStructing the Trustees t" take water
out of the Pas>umpsir river 10y the Elan
dcrs pump. etc., Motion carried 10y Il
Stand-hp vote.
At this stage of the meeting quite Il
lengthy discussion was had upon plans
of introducing water other than from
the river, and mainly the STYLES pond
project This discussion WAS engaged
in 10y MrsSrs. David BnNnt"n. |. Il.
Gorham. ii. {. Idle. \. &. Mitchell and
others. Mr.. Willard> motion WAS then
taken up, aud after amendment. passed
with one solitary no" As ammcmded
it reads rs follows:
Moved that the Trustees of the vii
llwc he directed To bring water 10y
aqucduct into he village for Il sum not
exceeding >cNentN-fivc Thousand dol
lars. in accordance with the amended
act of the village. passed 10y the Lrgis-
laturc of Vermont. l-12.
Although the Trustees We're not in
>tluctcd 10y direct vote. they We're
urged 10y many speakers 1" investigate
other plans than the river and the
pump: aud this resolution WAS r>pc
cialIN Wordcd So as not to tie them NJ
t" ANY plan. "r company. az limit the
amount of expense I. StiO.MW. ~ W.l>
done two weeks ago.
On motion of II. G. Idle. it WAS unam
imoIsk J'otcd that the Trustees pre-
pare their plans aud specifications Z"
the work to hc done. and then public
" advertise tur bids for doing tn,
same Adjourned.
Barnet.
There WAS an unfortunate litigation
between two brothers last Thursday
: Alex. Roy W. VIM. Roy. for damage
+ incurred while passing each other "l
r the highway last summer. Trial h,
: jury. Peter Lindsey. Justice. \cIdic
foI deft. to recover his costs. Diokc,
for pin. Bcldrn tor dett.
. Will Emery of Monroe. shot Il vile
= goose on the Connecticut, opposite here
= last Friday. 1t WAS in good "Idtl hI
I had an empty crop.
II We had the pleasure last Sabbath "
II again hearing Rev. Mr.. Humphrey q
East ST. John>hurl. This people vii
t not soon forget the appropriate an
Il effective sermon he preached here lie
e months ago.
- Everything in the shape of Il w""
= team was at work Monday and Tues
Y day. They have been running Haze
IL < MolliSnn'S wood in Sp"lItS.
l. worked pretty we'll. but wood is Yer
: much like sap, running the hest dow
:. hill.
Milton Brown. the veteran miller
II wishes it understood that he resemble
!, Daniel Webster in this one respect. /.
he isn't dead yet" He also rises I
e explain that he has showed of all Ia
e old corn and meal. and bought Il ne'
IL lot which he is selling close ut cost. ii
It also has good assortment OF flour an
Is oatmeal coarse and fine also barley
e rye, oats and other grain, which he
% selling at reasonable rates.
r East Burke.
u Last week Thursday, while the mile
WAS absent from the griSt-mill. Sm"k