News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-10
CADY'S FALLS.

Louisa, wife of the late Richmond Fair
banks. died at the residence of her son.
r. L. Fairbanks, on Thursday, April 8
aged 81 years. Thus another of our ex-
cellent neighbors and friends has been
added to the score of departed within the
past few years. Funeral services were
held at the house Saturday afternoon,
Rev. G. L. Story of Hyde Park, officiat-
ing. Her mother, Mrs. Hannah Gates.
survives her, at the advanced age of sc
years.
The Cady's Falls insurance agency has
been thrice notified of a dangerous fire
bug in the shape of an old and neglected
tenement house in Morrisville on the cor
ner of Main and High streets. If the
village wardens in district No. l have
neglected their duty, we hope that this
will be a reminder of danger in their
midst that exposes to destruction by fire
the bulk of the business of Morrisville.
houses, need looking after often by the
authorities.
The following circular from the New
England Exchange is right to the point
and we ask its publication for the benefit
of property owners. Charles Dodge,
agent of Continental, Sun, Northern and
New England Fire Insurance Companies:
As one method OF checking the alarm
ing increase of fires i'll New England the
coming year, the New England Insur-
ance exchange urges the adoption OF
faithful and thorough investigation by
the city or town authorities, into the or
igin of every fire. Fire inquests are pro-
vided for IN some parts of new England
by statute law, but to be valuable must
be rigidly insisted upon. If the cause of
every fire be inquired into, we think it
will deter the incendiary, and not harm
the honest sufferer. Valuable statistics,
showing. perhaps, new and peculiar haz-
ards, will be made available for use at
our home offices.
An extraordinary interest was manifest
in our district school meeting called last
Saturday evening. Two distinct propo-
sitions were voted upon in accordance
with the articles in the warning. First,
to see if the district would second the
vote of the last annual meeting to relieve
Ralph Boardman from paying certain
note he had given to make up deficiency
when he was collector few years ago
Second, to see if the district would vote
a third term of school. The district was
thoroughly canvassed. which resulted in
a rousing school meeting, the largest
ever known in district No. 3. A large
tax was voted upon the list of 1879, TO
build new school house, and Mr.. Board
man elected collector, and his compen-
sation agreed upon. Like many other
collectors, he found himself short upon
settlement with the treasury, and gave
his note, something over S25, to make up
the deficiency. He claims he never col
lected the money but could not account
for the shortage. The general theory is,
that he crossed out his own tax, which
amounted to just about the sum of the
deficiency, aud failed to credit the amount
to the district. At the annual meeting
Mr.. Boardman's friends and relatives. by
a close vote. relieved him from further
payment of the note. Ten dollars had
been endorsed by the previous payment
of that amount. By the same party our
third term of school had been voted
down, which added injury to insult. In
dignant mothers that are tax payers de-
clared that they would assert their rights
and turned out en- maSSe at the school
meeting, armed for the first time in their
lives with that powerful weapon, the bal
lot. Judge Waterman. presiding, felt
called upon to briefly explain the qualifi-
cations of voters to this new element of
power, but the women perfectly under
stood their business without instructions,
and upon the motlon Deln z carried TO DaI-
lot, deposited their votes in Judge Water
mans lofty hat in ladylike manner.
The result of the ballot was an over
whelming victory for the minority of the
annual meeting. Upon the first propo-
sition. to rescind the vote of the annual
meeting, relieving Mr.. Boardman, the
motion was carried by vote of "a to r.
Upon the second article in the warning
motion was made for full term of ten
weeks of. school, which was carried by a
vote of 20 to IA. Notwithstanding there
was some intense feeling and anticipa-
lions of stormy meeting, it was due to
the presence of the ladies that the meet
ing was perfectly orderly Throughout