The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-07-25
HUNTINGDON.

HUNTINGTON.
Rev G. W. Boylston of Long Hill will
ofiiciate at st. Paul's, next Sunday, Jul,
81. Morning service, sermon and Hol,
Communion at 10 40. Evening praye
and sermon at l 80.
Frederick Wooster now rocks the
cradle; a boy.
III. F. Glover has new Wilcox & Howe
duplex spring milk wagon, with EARN
Produce in gold leaf on the sides, the
work of Il. j. Chadeayne.
Sickness has kept S. B. Brownson from
work for a week.
E. S. Hawley has another hired man.
| f. S. Gorham and William Bedell spent
Sunday at Mrs Bedell's.
| Mrs Theodore V. Hubbell entertains
four little girl friends from New York.
In F. F. Johnson's absence, service
was read, Sunday, by Hon D. N. Nor
gan.
E. S. Hawley has built substantial
driveway to his barn, formerly the wheel
factory.
A pack peddler, one day last week,
stopped at the bridge in the Center and
leaned against the railing to rest himself
1t gave way and he went over the bank,
pack and all, but escaped with a few
bruises and slight damage to his goods.
This is the same bridge-where Mrs Bald
win was thrown off, some two years ago
and the town had quite a bill to pay.
W.F.Upton of Florida was with his son
E. Upton of Isinglass, over Sunday.
Miss Dubois of Brooklyn is visiting
Mrs Bedell at the Episcopal rectory; her
son William was there over Sunday.
j. E. Palmer, Jr, is still at work on
his barn, having put ON a cupola with a
costly gilded vane and letters to tell the
points of compass. William Thompson
is still at work there.
Dan Shelton butchered the OK that Or
| ange Plumb had hurt by a moving ma
chine.
The board of education of Huntington has
taken hand in the dispute in regard TO the
| election of committee and clerk in the Center
district, and have elected the gentlemen who
| were declared elected at the annual school
| meeting, June 81. The iIlegality of the school
meeting has been questioned by goodly num-
| Der of the legal voters OF the district and the
causes are as follows The call for the annual
school meeting, for the election of of1fcers and
to do any other business proper to be trans
acted at said meeting, was given to be held
at the school house at I 80 p M, June 81, by
the committee, E. S. Hawiey. The call was
dated June IA. The law requires that the per
son giving said notice on the day of giving 1t
shall leave a duplicate of it with the clerk of
the district, yet Mr. Hnwley did not leave
copy with the clerk, j. NJ. Bassett. until June
Is. kt5f
The meeting convened at the school house,
june o. was called to order by the committee,
and r.. W Linsley was elected chairman. 1t
was voted to take an informal ballot for com
mittee, collector and treasurer. Number of
votes cast, 10; S. B. Brownson s. I'll. j. Brown
son 2 S. L. Buckingham L. I'll. ID. Shelton l,
Blank L. The chair announced that nine votes
and one blank had been cast and that S. b.
Brownson had o majority. +. S. Hawley
moved to make the Informal lotformal and
that s. B. Brownson be declared elected COM
mittee, collector and treasurer. The vote was
by reclamation and declared carried by the
chairman although the law requires that all
officers shall be elected by ballot and by a
major vote of all votes cast. Again it was
voted to proceed to the election ofclerk. The
| chairman declared the vote cast, F. Wooster
| 5, H. d. Shelton 2 II. I. Brownson l, Blank 3.
The chairman said he presumed that F.Woos-
ter meant Francis NJ. Wooster, and declared
him elected clerk to1 the ensuing year.
An animated discussion ensued between the
chairman and E. J. Buckingham in regard to
the blank ballots, but the chairman decided
4 that it did not require majority over all to
elect, and said that he had yet to learn that o
| white piece of paper cast in the regular way
was a ballot. E. S. Hawley, in a neat speech
explained the need OF new blackboards, AlsC
4 OF painting the school house and made mo
ton to empower the committee to procure
the blackboards and to paint the school house
two coats of paint. e. j. Buckingham sait
that he was heartily in favor of the motion
yet as there was nothing in the warning to
i substantiate the motion he had doubts as II
its legality. Mr. Hawley said he would in
form Mr. Buckingham that as anything prop
err to be done at said meeting was in the warn
ing it would make it legal After an amend
ment was added to the motion it was carried
and the meeting adjourned.
Il A copy of the warning and meeting was tax
en- to Judge e. B. eager for his opinion. Hi
opinion was that the district had failed t.
q elect its officers at the annual meeting as re
4 quired by law, and the vote taken in regart
to painting the school house, fence and GU
buildings was notwortll the paper twas writ
ten on. A petition was then circulated ant
= signed by thirteen legal voters of the dfstric
4 asking the board of education to appoint thu
i officers for the ensuing year and to give thu
petitioners hearing at some future date
i The petition was presented by Horace Wheeler
i at the meeting OF the board, Monday evening
July IA, who stated the facts in the case as biz
& understood them. e. s. Hawley, who, by the
way, Is secretary Of the board of education O
J, the town. in a bitter speech criticized the pc.
titioners. claiming that it was all spite and
that the election was fair and straight. The
board OF education decided not to grant q
i bearing but they elected the same gentlemen
!, wliowere declared elected at the Centred une
4 II.
The petitioners are happy ana smiling over
their victory and, with malice toward none
and charity tor all, Will continue on In the
even tenor of their way IT II Ansonia senti
mel.
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