St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-04-03
Opera House Meeting.
MIR. HOvEY FREES HIS MIND AND MIR. OR
CUT WANTS TO TAR THE REPORTER.

MIR. HOvEY FREES HIS MIND AND MIR. OR
GUT WANTS TO TAR THE REPORTER.
There was no meeting of those in
terested in the Opera-hOuse project
Monday night, Chairman Hovey hav-
ing some family matter to attend to
which kept him away. A few collected
at the Universalist vestry, but finding
their chief absent adjourned till the
next evening.
The meeting ut that time was quite
interesting. Mr.. HOvey started off by
saving that SG,350 had been raised.
He wanted to see something done. The
thing was dragging along and Mr..
Howe was getting impatient to go on
with the repairs on his hotel. For his
part he wanted Il full expression of
opinion and to have some definite ac-
ton taken or to give up the project
like men and go home.
II. f. Woodruff inquired if Paddock
village and Summerville had been
thoroughly canvassed. Mr.. Hovey
thought not.
AT the last meeting" continued Mr..
Woodruff, "we elected committee to
solicit subscriptions. Now what have
they done p
Considerable desultOry talk followed,
the burden of which was that but very
little had been done by the committee.
+. c. Spencer then said he could not
see as this talk about circulating the
paper amounted to anything. He came
to see if they were going on with the
hall. If it was thought that the vii
! lage had not been well canvassed, he
! thought it should be done at once and
asked Mr.. Howe how much more time
he could give them.
Mr.. Howe replied that he had al
ready been pretty lenient. AS far as
repairing the hotel was concerned he
could wait all summer, but his tenants
were unsettled, not knowing whether
they had got to leave or not. He
wanted to see something done one way
or the other and thought if the money
could be raised ut all it could be raised
before Saturday night.
o. w. circuit moved to form u cor
poration of the eighteen stockholders
and 90 on with the work. If necessary
he would favor hiring the money and
placing "A mortgage on the hall. The
motion was not seconded. 1t seemed
to be the sense of the meeting to lei
the ultimate decision go till Saturday
night. Sias Randall declined to serve
on the committee to solicit subscrip'
tons and w. }. Bray was chosen t.
:, fill his place. Il. C.. Spencer declined
to serve, but did not insist upon i
and II. f. Woodruff was added to the
committee. b. q. Howe declined t.
serve.
"SOmehow or other, Remarked Chair
man Hovey, 81 cannot express m.
thoughts. You heard what | said Il
the last meeting and you saw tn
newspaper. Now | don't pretend t.
= be bright and witty aud smart ant
! with Il head so big that it takes five
pail kettle to cover it, but | reall
thought when | said Mr.. Howe had
lot of cheek | was paying him a com
pliment. But you saw how the news
p paper twisted it about. Some think
l am throwing cold water on the ha
l. project, but it isn't so, | want it to 6
t if | never get back dollar of tn
u money put into it. | don't care wha
t fools write anyway. But if Mr.. How
Il insists on resigning shall have t
u again make my modest request to b
excused. Now Mr.. Howe do yon pos
4 lively decline-"
Serving on that committee; ye
" sir. Why tried to ask "A man to Civ
/ o-day, but my cheek gave out befol
e got through my request. | declir
to serve"
,e "Well," said another, 1--WE want
IL do something or these newspaper me
! will get sick of coming to the NEE
:, ings. They came last night but wei
away disgusted.'
III .Are there any here tonight r. ask'
:" somebody.
&c II guess if you look around sha
'e you will see one" was the reply.
" Ifthere is, they have come unaske'
III snapped ont T. c. Spencer.
We "Mr. Chairman said Mr.. Orcutt q
u ergetically, eff there is a newspap
u reporter here, motion that a comm
'e tee be appointed to get kettle of
y" and by that time we will have a col
mittee to apply it,
- The motion, however, was not emit
'' tanned by the chair and the meeti
was adjourned to next Saturday mig
tie Changing Methodist Pastors.
This seems likely to be another z,
Ole eral overturning year for Method
,ur preachers The record of the Nerm,