The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-03-22
West NeWbury.

West Newbury.
A CARD. We desire to publicly ex
tend our sincere thanks to all thOs'
who so kindly and bravely assisted il
irving to save our buildings and prop
erty from the fire, March 14th.
AFRO b. RoDGERs AND FAMILY.
Oliver says, he will always remem
Der the water carriers and the ridge
pole straddlers, for to them he is in
debted for the roof over his head.-Mr
Goodwin remains on the Mclndoe farm
another year.-The donation for Mr.
Smith was quite fully attended and an
unusual good time enjoyed, leaving
$50 to gladden. the pastors heart.-Mr
and Mrs. Tuxbury made it very pleas
ant for those that went to the Social
last Wednesday eve.-Miss Garlic San.
born of Tilton, N. H., is visiting
friends in this place.-John Smith is
building stOre-house near South New
bury depot.-S. S. Tucker lost valua-
BILE COW by her breaking leg.-Mr.
B. Rodgers feels the loss of his beau
tiful house very keenly.-The person
that carried away two pair of ladies'
mittens, one navy blue pair and one
pair of black ones from the sociable at
s. w. Tuxbury's, will confer favor
by leaving the same at the parsonage
at West Newbury.
On Thursday eve, of last week the
fine set of farm buildings belonging to
AFRO B. Rodgers were entirely con-
sumed by fire. excepting small barn.
The fire was caused by the explosion
or upsetting of lantern in the barn.
Insurance paid $4,000. Loss about
$4,000. over nsurance.-Hattie Brock
spent Sunday at housekeeping has
begun in small way.-The sociable at
Mr.. Tewksbury's was we'll attended.
The rules of etiquette and common de-
cency were observed with vengeance
by some Of the visitors from other sec
tons of the ,town.-Mr. Joseph G.
Johnston and wife have returned from
their inaugural trip to Washington and
report delightful time. Mr.. john
ston IA one Of our most esteemed citi-'
zens, was soldier IN the late war, and
as q natural consequences takes much
pride in the ascendency of a soldier
loving president.-Mr. Dudley Garlic
ton general phosphate agent has just
unloaded a car at South Newbury.-So
it appears that the great cry over GER
tain supposed illegal marriage was
more cry than anything else, and if ev-
cry body had attended strictly to their
own business, no one would have been
called upon to publish the Statute law.
Mr.. David Eastman has purchased
of Edison McAllister the old Eastman
store, and it is rumored it will be open
ed up for business.
A small corner of the town like this
ought to be seen and not heard. Ii
its right for other sections of the town
to give opinions about our town meet
ing, its equally right for us to be
heard. The Argus and Patriot had a
letter over the signature of "Sam
Slick" dated at Centre City. That
don't prove that it was written at
Newbury Center. 1t matters not
where it was written, the letter was
all that it purported to be, namely the
proceedings of our town meeting as
they occurred and were in the main
facts, " it'll some little colorings to suit
the taste of the writer. The reasons
for the division of the town were not
given. The Wells River district was
not allowed single officer, not even a
petit Juror. The reason for this dates |
back prior to the republican caucus
last fall, to nominate man for rep
resentative. What happened after the
man was nominated is too well known
to need rehearsing. The ground TAX
en- by the Wells River people before
the Senate committee was that they
had not been well used. The rebutting
testimony was put in to the effect that
they had in twenty years just past held
far more offices than any one section
of the town. 1t, however, seems more
than probable that their chief dissatis-
faction lay with Mr.. Kimball, chair
man of the selectmen for the year past,
who had not attended to their numer-
GUS calls in manner just to their lik-
ing, even in this emergency they were
not happy in their evidence before that
committee, for Mr.. Pope, the highway
surveyor in the Wells River district,
whose evidence was introduced by the
Wells River people, did not help their
side of the case. In fact it was the
best evidence produced for the New
bury side of the case, Mr.. Kimball en-
tered his year as selectman with the
firm determination of reducing the
current expenses of the town, which
end he accomplished. Mr.. Kimball. in
his report on town meeting day, stated
the amount of orders drawn for high
ways and bridges $3,171, which would
be $1510O for each school district in
town. In the evidence before the SEN
ate committee, which evidence was not
rebutted, it was shown that the Wells
River district had received $174.41.
1t was also shown that the snow bills
were in excess of $1,000, and of this
amount only $500 were expended for
snow on all the river roads. So it
must appear that the Wells River dis
trict compared with other districts had
not been SO badly abused after all, and
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