Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-03-09

form on which they were given beer
higher so they could have been seen bet
ter by the audience.
Town meeting called out perhaps some
thing more than the usual number of vot
ers and was fairly interesting. +. w
! Baldwin was chosen Moderator, james
| Boswell, clerk. Mr.. Dewey submitted
the report of the auditors and Offered
some explanations. There was quite {
| lively tussle over first selectman, which
resulted in the choice of H. Z. Cook. Da-
vid ellis and o. D. Owen were chosen
second and third on the board. E. s.
| Nelson was chosen overseer. Mr.. Mel
sons management of the town farm and
pauper business last year was very salts
factory and the town is glad to continue
him in the office. There was one ballot
| on constable and collector, and 0. HI.
Mossman was elected. Mr.. Joslyn, who
served in that capacity for several years,
was a very efficient officer and had pc
culiar knack of collecting doubtful taxes.
Mr.. Mossman is a new man in the Office,
as deputy sheriff and will make good
constable and collector. The town voted
to collect the taxes through the town
treasurer. The Old board of listers was
rechosen, only one ballot being required.
Some spite and antipathies were shown
toward one of the board, but the town
will not, when the case is understood,
throw a good officer overheard to crafty
the malice of a few tax dodgers. There
was some discussion on the question of
going back to the old district system in
the management of the highways. Some
of the back district men are feeling that
their roads have not received proper at
tention in the past. The present system
above the prescribed 10 cents on dollar
This is sum insufficient to do the work,
viz about 81 400. The money is to be
laid out by the selectmen and vote of
instruction in regard to an early repair
of the roads was passed. 1t was voted
to raise a town tax of 60 cents on dol
lar, this to cover the 9 cents required as
state tax, leaving 81 cents on a dollar for
the town-14 cents less than last year.
A school tax of 10 cents on dollar was
raised. The total this year is rs cents,
last year, 50, of which IL cents is a re-
duction on the state tax. After some dis
cussion on the matter of putting stream
of running water to the village cemetery,
it was voted to pay a rental of So year
to the village for the putting in and main
tanning of suitable supply of water, to
be run from the village water works.
There was an attempt to rescind the vote
of 1890, by which the Brown park was &C
cepted, but the effort failed. The select
men will fence and occupy the park the
coming spring. Find the full list of of
ficers in another column. A question was
raised in regard to the business of the
liquor agency. The report shows that
liquors were purchased during the year
to the cost of 5000. The expense
of running the agency, including freights,
carriage, etc, was about $3.50, and the
profits above expenses, $28. 65, which in
A report was in circulation that the Sc
lectmen, or some of them, were receiving
profit on the sale of the liquor-a story
probably set atioat for some selfish pO-
litical purpose, without any foundation
on truth.
Barton Landing.
AL. Putney has given up his tenement
in the ellis building and returned to
Coventry.
Clayton Keith, who was convicted of
forgery by the county court last week,
will doubtless receive his sentence this
week and be taken to Windsor.
1t is reported that the town of Brown
ineton requests Qua hardware merchant
to order 200 white oak hoe handles, to be
used on the highways the coming sum-
mer.
Quite a number are sick with the mea-
sles, but all doing week.-Mrs.. VIM. Bren-
nan is thought to be improving little
Franklin Farley is still in a critical con-
dition.
Ed. Stafford, who has been at West
Burke for some months past, painted go
wagons and sleighs while there. He is
home now to attend to business in his
line.
E. D. Stafford has sold his house to
Taplin & Rowell of Irasburgh and Mr..
Taplin will move here about March 25.-
c. H. Colley will move into rooms in He
Der Parker's house, and E. d. Stafford
into his fathers house.
In the death of Katie B., eldest daugh-
ter of G.. E. and Susan j. Joslyn, which
occurred Wednesday, Feb. %, the COM
munity and the church, of which she was
a worthy member and for years the faith
full and efficient Organist, sustains loss.
OF frail constitution and sensitive and
retiring nature, her desire for an educa-
ton was limited by her strength. This
led her to pursue at home the Chautauqua
course and music which she so much low
ed. She was long a sufferer when to the
casual observer in apparent health. A
year ago la grippe fastened the inevitable
result WHICH b0uuCl duo oSSiouOuS SUA v
could only delay. The widespread SYM
pathy manifested during her illness evinc-
ed the esteem in which she was held. Her
faith was bright, her end was peace. The
funeral was largely attended. Among
the floral tributes was an elegant one
from the Y. P. S. G. E., of which she
was valued member. Rev. J. X. Fuller
gave an appropriate discourse from the
words, ssShe hath done what she could. }"
ALBANY
Prof Annis is breaking and training
horses this winter.
VIM. X. Annis, Jr., expects to remain
at home this season. He has a job OF
building a house and will do other work.
The West Glover dramatic company
will play ssUnder the Laurels" at Maple
hall on Friday evening, Mar. ID, closing
with promenade. Admission 10 cents,
promenade tickets 20 cents.
Geo. H. Phelps, son of S. +. Phelps
who resides in Fargo, OAK, was lately
honored by receiving commission as
Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge