The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
The Town Meeting.


ELEcrEp-AN APPROPRIATION FOR TIL
RAILROAD
The turn out of voters Tuesday, though
much larger than usual, was less thar
last year. Col. llaskins was chosen mod
orator, and except in few instances pre-
sided with fairness and justice. After the
acceptance and adoption of the auditors
and selectmens' report, the first matter
that came up for consideration was the
uhcoliected taxes. III. +. Smith opened
the discussion by inquiring why the Sc
iectmen had not enforced the bonds fol
70, 70 and II, and moved that they be
instructed 10 DO SO. Mr. Pratt replied
tnat tlle seieGtlheh had thought II best To
hio' push .lo oo'ioe, ,, from 'he TAX
KY o'a "G i''i O.. eodoo on 'i,i. my nag
anno ;st ,,i'G ,,,aI o'ie pal'
,,on ou n,,or TIC s,,j;ant ,,,a az f Doiu',
discussed Inv II w Stoddard r X E'i
Ter S. N Herrick. C. N. and 4. G. Daven.
mort. G. b. Kirwan. S. M, Waite and 9th.
ers. Mr., Herrick was asked if he consid.
cred himself liable on the bond of rs TO
which he made no direct reply, but said
he would pay if he was, and then narrat-
ed what took place before the board of
civil authority, in which he told not a
word of truth, but probably from forget
fitness, and IN which he was contradict
| ca by " N davenport, ana could have
peeh by any other MEMBER OF the board.
MI oiiii.li liio;loii' however, was passed
wmii nt; opPo "t tI 40 was aiso yo.e IN
,,hioh tbo hond ia r,nrthia i VI 10, :, vi
nnt Of w S;mond,s h ,I' VI m .;feii
~ tho coilector of this wear to be- oasa noh
IN '0N
For first selectman the vote n, tho rot
ballot .tood 277 far Jacob E.tov lac e.,
n { pratt 12O for 8 N H,4.ricL ana =
for r w Rrooks On acconnt If a n,;s.
lake by Col Haskins it was at first snp.
noeed that there had heen mn cho;oo NJ,
pratt then announced that he had not
hef,re been n candidate. that be did not
know that there was a vote for him in
Tho hall fThis was irne As tho Rrroy,,.
mr. office nrinted the votes and sent ihen
tn the hall entirely without hi. knowI-
edoe but he said he would now stand.
if lhe people desired and would serve if
elected. But soon after The ballotino wa,
becnn. the mistake was discovered. and
Deacon Estey declared elected. For
,econd seleciman. f w Rrooks was
chosen IN the first ballot nv 81 ooodlv ma.
ioritv. and for third se,ectman SAMor.
ris was chosen yiyn roce. On motion of
L X Fuller. J w Frost was reelected
first lister by acclamation. For second
lister. S Nj Waite. though he had AN.
nounced that he was not candidate, was
elected by IA vote of l43 to 1O3 for II w
Slmonis and 4 scattering. FORTIFIED lister,
w I Richardson had 1874 to 10Y for j S
Cutting, and was elected. Mr. Stevens
declined to be reelected tax-collector. if
he had to assume the load of 1877. and
The candidates nominated we're : N Uar.
.;a,. .,i S,,,,,au A. /. 80, 1.a,,,
l., !, ,,,r, ~, NJ S,,ri,a,, -, a.
y hno"u .''I. ~ "ou'u uo'
serve anyhow II ciectoa' MI iierr OK was
eiec'eu Wy vo'e o. NV " Or .or otaihey
ana scattering. ne o'ler oiiicerS eject
eu were 'tuoiors' Lvnue, y u Eduv,
r'uiNher' trustee y . nepo'n'
Newton ieGce viewers, CONNER,
A night u Ferry; grand Jurors,
Timothy Vinton, w III Alexander; in
spector OF leather, w kimbIli; pound
Keeper, y ii Davenport; town agent, IL
+ Smith; sup't OF schools, ID h Miller;
ms pector of lumber, X Allen; highway
surveyors. E f StockwelI &C Howard.
Henry Akeley Slm'l W.rriner Ashlpv
W,swell T. 4 B,rnev. S,rgen, = p
Miller Barnabas Fitch. Dnnklee 7
r Tracy. Oscar N Ware. r w Cntlar
Henry Hall. nc Newton
VIII roo,rd - ,ho g. aou,u.. :.
WIN , ."S'u u " tno nie uepal'nieh. .
, mS ou !, "a ,h no n" uoo. NV
$50 ~, oio IT,, -, as ~ 80 "a
na,t ,axns Th. saiaa'r,. u 80 r.o,n ,, '.o"
ized and ins,ruc,ed IN exn.,d s,,,, No,
exceeding $1,000 in MAKING sncb ren,irs
upon the Town hall and binding as m,v
be necessary.
The railroad question, which was the
most important of the day. was opened
by motion from w. Ii. Alexander to
appropriate money to pay the interest
and SooO0 OF principal now matured.
He argued that the town had foolishly
got into the scrape, and should now pay
up and learn something by experience.
Col waite suggested mat IN MS opinion,
Vote that oay wouiuh aHect the town S
iiaoiiity one way OF the otnef' and mat
.ne Nr''I,e X; ,ne Warrant DC dismissed.
.nPo. ms.u .iia' lne pes.
MIL NV, W. oo,ohar n,,,aa !, WV n ,.u s,
hat ,he rsiIrnad sbomId ha "aIn,,l..,sI "
No harm, ha said cn,ld In ha -
and II the town ,ben 20, Tho roaa !,
shnuld nav for II fnlly and n,ont,,i,n. -
il did not get il i, wonld he a. Ihnr,,
hold its Commissioners r.snon.;hIa fnr
their ILLEGAL and nnwarr,ntaJ nannan,
of the towns monep CoI Hoak.r 80
C. f Thomson dsnonncad Mi. as va
nrdi.t;nr .nd s,;d H.,
10 nav irs de,,s wne,ber or No NJ.
ID ,v.nnort retor,.d ,h., IVA ols, 49,
Ali honest oblig,,inns n,id hr, ,uan,aI
the ~ xnavers 20 h,ve snn,e rro,ao,iom
too and ran,arL.d ,b., 10 hltI;n,r,.I ~
had aIwars maid bis own dah,s 49,.
having been rhronob h,nkrnr,ou n,
RI,ck Friday mr. ,nZ a,har ,;,lo A..
Thnmnson ,bonobi he s.w onat hara
which would t;r hin, ;,n,nod ;n,, :, -
,lacritv ard renIied in personol;,;.s w
Mr. nv nnort d n ti,..;s -, -
..nar.onal exnl.na,innn ra,sr aiio ,nt h;7
'lise. The animals seemed to be much
TIRED up all around. but their personal
elections On one another. as Mr.. Fuller
Justly remarked, were entirely out of
'lace and unjustidable there. Col. Fuller
lso argued that the enterprise was in
much better shape than ever before, that
would help Brattleboro to two RAILROAD
ullets-here he was evidently mixed
nd that the town should now appropri.
te its money, because it would have
list as good remedy against its commits
oners next year as no ". if finally cheat
l out of the road. In this ne was also