The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-09
Annual Village Meeting.

Like unto the last republican state con,
| ventlon was the annual village meeting last
Monday evening: about all the old board of
| Officers were deposed and ticket which
bore evidences of being the work of a ring
was put through by the ring-master, w. A.
Lord, Esq. The meeting was one of the
largest and most dsorderly that ever con
gregated within the -begrimed walls
of Capital hall
Business started in with a rush when
President Smile called the meeting to
order. w. A. Lord Esq, promptly nom
mated 7. j. Boynton, Esq, for president OF
the corporation for the ensuing year. APP
Parently as bit OF by-play, j. II. Senter,
reelection and Mr. Smile quickly and
peremptorily declined. On motion of w. A
Lord, Esq, Mr.. Boynton's election was
then made by reclamation and greeted with
wild yell of triumph. President Boynton
took the chair and directed the attention
of the meeting to the choice of five trustees.
For trustee from ward one, W. A. Lord,
| Esq, SHE'D the nomination of C. Def
Bancroft, as "a man who had been under
fire, at the chair, and after short pause
| Fred Blanchard nominated George III
Guernsey for reelection. Mr.. Guernsey de-
clined to be candidate, but his refusal was
dlSregarded and ballot was ordered prior
to the taking of which f. A. Sherburne was
nominated and H. c. Lull put in plea for
improvements in Happy Hollow" with
U L
of the ballots showed that f. A. Sherburne
had twenty-five votes, Mr.. Guernsey forty
four, and Mr.. Bancroft two hundred one.
For dramatic effect, the presiding officer
named the greater vote last and the effect
was Observation-Disclosures storm of wild ap-
pauSe.
For trustee from the second ward W. A
Lord, Esq, again braced up and nominated
Z. f. Robinson, who, with George w. Wing
in the third ward, was chosen by acclama-
\ ord
himself against settee back and "pre-
sented the name (hic) of A. b. Grant for
trustee (hic) from the fourth ward" f. A.
Dwinell and James Canning were also nom
mated, and ballot was ordered. Again it
appeared that preparation for all emer.
gencles had been made; printed ballots for
Grant were distributed, and the men were
on hand in overwhelming numbers to vote
them. Mr.. Grant received lS6 votes, Mr.
Dwinell 81, and James Canning 3, with
few scattering. Once more w. A. Lord,
Esq, came TO the front and hiccoughed the
name of T. Allard for trustee for the fifth
ward and he was chosen by reclamation.
No opposition was made to the choice of
James L. Sabin as clerk and +. L. Eaton as
treasurer, but some time was consumed in
balloting for collector, e. NJ. Irish being
finally elected over ID. p. Clark, by 40 ma
Iority. o. ID. Clark was elected chief en-
gineer OF the fire department, and John w.
Peck and Wallace w. Noyes first and sec
ohu assistant engineers. The auditors chosen
were A. w. Ferrin, A. q, Fay and c. NJ
Bennett; f. l., Laird, who was nominated
for third auditor, being sacrificed TO the
Moloch OF the assemblage.
The question of raising tax brought out
more oratory. W. A. Lord ESQ, proposed
fifty cents and George e. Holden one hun
dred cents Amid cries of throw him
out" Mr.. Holden moved to amend by sub
stituting ninety cents for fifty cents. The
motion for a tax of fifty cents was finally
carried. The time when taxes are payable
CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAaKl