Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-05-04
THE VILLAGE MEETING.



A PARTIAL REPoNI of '.H .,,,.,.,,,,x,rs
WITH OBSERVATIONS on fEhf'NMN''''
,,,,,, 49, rurN TOOK PLACE.
'NN' 90 ,.,.,,t,,,,.. st fine annual
There was g9ni slAe ,,,,'i,,g aud We
village meeting helu on u9 ~, .i,s,s ,gef, nf
wish We could Say WV, th i Liter ,gblch brnts
that orderly and digniied chaIa.Ivr b,,t ibe
In public gatherings gu s,i'h ill.,, ,s aii,l la
case was far Otherwise rue lll,'''i'I w. 1,ard nf
order 10y ~ NIusuy W., ,.ad by 4 a Dnven
bailifs aud the warrant was t, th ,ydtor and of
port the clerk Inc teporI w t', pi'i and i'm the
The chief engineer Wlllol Wns W. u anJ adntted
hands NJ the voters was hI'e!.u 6i,9.rs nnd
The next business was the election ~ o. III ~
A. G.. Davenport was n9ullilaiteu ~ s.ye bnv,
Mr. Davenport poslil'ey ueIlneu ~ ~, o,r tNo
ever; =. BarruWs' u y. iyW' III III, ems finally
others also Declined anu ~ d" Va w. u,0ler was
elected, and ne H,'INe'l al 't.,,i',u f,Iny,d
nominated Tor illsl 'hlslil "'i, ,,tif ended the
without opposition Jus 9IpH1t 49,, tbis time
serious business OF tne tNesIE' 'u'i i,,,,s ,,as
ON each successive stcp Oh Wy W. ~ nc, ioritv
treated as Joke ana the conuuI,., n Wv yi,d ,yb
of the assembly was such az lnlght my ~ itr,
the occupants OF tine lnJ w u" " 'tsit,,. ,,r,.
Col Hooker being OUT OF toWnj h'' ia y III,
sided until src"hu ha''' '""'" wv
list OF ballliIs m . i..t t,,, bis ai.rtinn
George u. HIT was nonnated, nu, il'9 ~ Tr
was refused, ana lhrn we Jill N,i,, ,i N,itnd
a while untH q W uli'I was y - ,,..,i,,,'
and assumed the chairman;hip Of me meeting.
This seemed Z" DE ItBarne,I Guy W ,hot stems
Jokes OF the tv'nhg. 10 u. Wy d,,,,,,.rg ~ tRs
the election Of the other three ,lri,ints m NV,
hoard was accohlP!sheu MIiu i ',,,ii H.. pr,
account Of the CONFUSION Whlch hl'.nu,' Wv,
ceedngs. The Once repeatedly WI TEL T.,
and several Hlrn were tlV' - 49,, al \ n
serve. Among these were y u. NilBH' a.lu y, -
Ryan, members OF Tue ON W ,iu ~. ~, H.
was occasi9nrd wren a. a. P nv III, ~ L il,
cned for Mr. Ryan surprising n n i liu' W w
the meeting, When Mr ryan uhaiy, AP3nh' t",
himself he sald itW ulEWneu Wo!us ,t ~ ,,Ihh
the spirit which prevailed ana saying tIia, W..
meeting seemed To have been tufn9u mo DD'SS
play The three men IlHaliE elV'lcu VIZ - . ~
Clay, a. Is. hirWah anu ", W ~ y, - ,t.,r
Highly was elected treasurer ana ~. lWIhttI
\
Taylor, collector were reelected. 10. ,..,,or,i .,
The next aruclc OF business wa J" -, vbT r'',
moving No. 6hreengine To- EsteN Nli1; Mr iu' i
was asked about inns anu san lHt t.Sv'N wv u
other like parts OF the village ousht 70 nav io,
protection against IRE. ne tnoH ", ,ho o
that II would bt tnt cheaP'I way y" N.,i,'. ~
machine and BUY cheWiSa ehkhts he a,,,nut ~
- gallons capacity could p' puikHt u" 80 49, ''i'
motion was inhhe 70 ul9lll7s iii' alu'u ~
was carried, and an attempt was ll,n , ,i!alr 70
have vote passed lhstructns lHr nhlllll9 t gu"
chief engineer 10 blly chtncal elgiitA ~, ~ ~,
est square EstrN Nilie anu I"Hl.ct MI III ','i'
was raised that this conil NOT pt hga,IS I9 I'M
there being 40 article Tor thai puTplS 'ol nus
kins sustained thls point a. @is2 "a l.fu, 10y,
FULLER; there was gpod heal ~ ulacusaigh V'rl
it, Tut vote was finally passed nstIuctnk Tue
proper officers To- investigate the suuJect anu ~
port at special meeting 81, .,,..,, A..
The article 70 see II the village Wuuid hcceI lU'
Prospect MI PARK was dlslillN7'd "'h"u ui9o"7
sion
me ohly drhhtt proposition on az l!'ts D., ~ ~
gafd to eltttIc llshtS, was ii.ph Ioiii ~, - -
carpenter 10 nave tht Ilslt~ HlI"uuFh W hsuy
Vile. aud the crowd was amused when the chair
man asked Mr. Carp inter- HON many hghts O."
! you want over there Mr. crosby Warheh lh'
! meeting against lraNlitg al loose ems th' Ula'u
! Of extending tn" lights, saying thht thch added
| light meant an eflrnse OF SlUl Inc matter was
finally left 10 the halihs to investigate ana report
| on az the special meeting.
Lieut.. Gov. Fuller and others opposed the
proposition to pay the baliits Tor their services
| saying that the time had not yer come Wh'h such
services ought t. BE- matter ol dollars ana cents
| Mr. Crosby thought the duties ana rsp2hslbillths
/ Of the bailins had grown TO point where th',y
ought to H. reimbursed. The hftirl" WAS ihdllN
/ dismissed.
! The final business transacted under the seventh
ani last article, was Ia vote tax "i ~ cents a.
/ recommended by IN" auditor anu bahHs
! We suppose that legally the meeting must ~
! still III session, Tor NO adjournment was taken
| though the aSseinbuge broke up while u. w
Perry was trying TO get action taken on his motion
| 10 buy som" new hos.
| Inc slHrt anu conduct ui TINS meeting can only
! h. hkened 10 the famous Democratic caucus OF
! lS,b. II would IT, easy To MAKE report ~ u a.
! ludicruus as tue report of that d~ledable gather
/ ing Is reputed To have b~n, but the performance.
seems To us 10 br too much cause Tor shame ana
! humiliation Tor such treatment II the members
81 political party chouSr To- get together ~ eau
! Gus aud hold circus or 'brar dance. that
! Is one thlng; but when the voters OF village lik'
Brattlrborp come together to transact legal bust
| ness and 10 ADJUST years Affairs II X quite an
! other thing n they allow II 70 b~ turned mt" a
| roaring farce or "a hoodlum performance
! throughout the evening We couldn't avoid the
! thought W nat Wuulu an Intelligent Ehgilslllnan