Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-29
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srrittSo match aud dramatic entertain
ment under the auspices Of the academy and VII
lage schools, came Oh at the Town Hall. on Tues
day evening Of last week. II vas we'll attended
and pleasant time. The entertainment con.
sisted In a spelling exercise and the performance
OF the pleasing and interesting farce entitled
More Blunders than One The cash prizes Of
dollar and fifty cents respectively were offered
for proficiency in spelling The first was won By
Mrs. W u. Ward, and the second by Miss Della
Ford. small admission fee was imposed, from
which was realized eleven dollars and twenty
cents which. added 10 the net proceeds Of for
mer similar entertainment, makes sum sufll-
ciont to provide tine set of geographical wall
maps Tor the use " the schools. to which pur-
pose II i 10 be- devoted March, snowy
and clustering, il al last asserting IT, usual
character. Two and onehaf feet II snow has
fallen during the last eight days in three storms
which makes the present depth Of snow much
greater than at any previous time this season
The furious gale attending the storm Of the 10Th
and 2lst, and doing so much damage in other
places, seems 10 have favored this locality By is
absence. NO sugar has yet been made, hut
most farmers are ready Tor the bushes. when the
for the school year ending April T. 1876. Number
Of weeks Of school Supported hy the eleven dis
tricts in town, two hundred and sr,ont, five.
number Of legal scholars registered, three hun
dred aud forty three aggregate attendance of
legal scholar 10 all the schools, thirty thousand
two hundred and seventy days. amount expended
for teachers wages. exclusive 81 board. one thou-
sand three hundred and forty dollars and
fifty cents, amount raised by taxation Of districts
one thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars and
siXty-tWo cents amount Of public school fund
distributed by division OF March -, 1876, i've
hundred and cighty-seven dollars and ten cents
The rates Of district taxation for support Of schools
varied from ten to fifty per cent Of the grand list
averaging about thiry-two per cent Why not
equaze taxation by the adoption Of the " town
system ?'.... The statement Of last week, rela-
tive 10 the Republican caucus for choosing dele
gates 10 the state convention at Burlington, seems
by full investigation TO need further explanation
1t now appear-, that the delegates chosen, though
some Of them with antecedents and sympathiss
hitherto anything but Republican, have declared
their intention 10 accept of and support the Just
and liberal Republican principles embraced in the
call Of the Republican state committee, and 60 to
the convention pledged TO the support Of Rcpub-
lican candidates. We are glad to bcable 10 make
this announcement, and hope the present "eyi-
denees Of conversion will stans the test Of time
and that they may prove their newborn zeal by
their works, and continue faithful to the end -"
straws often determine the direction Of the winds
and currents John Birks, late hotel-kcoper at
this place, has sued the town to collect pay for
keeping tnmps while he was in the hotel
here. 1t is believed the town will have little
trouble in proving complete settlement of his
account on which the suit is based