The Portland daily press., 1892-03-31
NOT FIT FOR CATS.
Mr.. Dysr's Description in Meeting Of
Mr.. Parrett's Building.
CAPE ELIZABETH CITIZENS HAVE
LIVELY TINE.


Mr., PARROTS Son and the Dyer Boys Adj
iourn to Outdoors and Punch Each
Others Heads This Method of Settle
| age-Captain Boyd's Dignifed Answer
to a Statement That He Does Not Pay
His Taxes.
A special town meeting was held in
Cape Elizabeth town house yesterday
afternoon. There were about $50 people
present The proceedings were at times
quite lively and interesting to specta-
tors, and some portions Of the discussions
were decidedly breezy, indicating the
state Of feeling between the disputants.
Capt. Boyd, the hero of the contested
tax case, was present, but did not take a
prominent part in the meeting, except
that he rose to question of personal
privilege. On the tax question, the cap
tain's voice is still for war.
Mr.. John L. Parrott and Howard Dyer
had a lively passage in debate, the form
er getting the lie from the latter gentle
man. After adjournment, Mr.. Parrott's
son and the Dyer boys encountered out
side the house and punched each others
heads with their fists, but the trouble
was over in a minute and is not reckoned
serious affair.
The meeting was call to order by Town
Clerk Knight at 2 p m. The vote
for moderator gave 55 votes for Thomas
B. Haskell, and for E. c. Reynolds.
Mr.. Reynolds moved to make the cleo
ton of Mr.. Haskell unanimous. The
motion caused a general smile.
Mr.. Haskell expressed his thanks to
the meeting, but he said that for the
past two years he had declined to act as
moderator either at annual or special
meetings. In view of the fact that there
are many young men in the town capa-
BILE of filling the Office with dignity and
credit, he thought twas time the citi-
zens should bring forward some of the
young men. He proposed the name of
Mr.. E. G. Reynolds as moderator.
Some one in the back of the hall
moved to elect by reclamation. It was
pointed out that such an election would
be illegal.
On motion of MI. Haskell, Mr.. Stephen
Scammon was instructed to cast the
vote of the meeting for Mr.. E. G. Rey-
nolds.
Mr.. Reynolds took the chair.
The second article Of the warrant, "To
see if the town will vote to appropriate
the sum of $4,000 for street lights the en-
suing year," was then taken up. The
vote was taken by standing. Only a
small part of the people present voted
upon this article. The vote was an
nounced as carried in favor and that sum
| therefore was appropriated.
Articles 8 and related to taxes. The
meeting voted to rescind the vote of the
annual meeting relating to discount on
taxes. The meeting then voted to make
a discount on taxes paid within two
months from commitment.
Captain Boyd moved to make the dis
count one per cent. Mr.. A. j. Cash
moved an amendment of four per cent.
Mr.. Cash's amendment was adopted and
the discount authorized by vote of 81
to SO.
Articles 5 and were acted upon. 1t
was voted that the town raise $1,000 for
| discount on taxes.
The seventh article of the warrant, ''To
| see if the town will vote to sell the old
town house lot, SO called,'' was then
| taken up.
With the reading of this article the
sharpest contest OF the meeting began.
The lot in question is an unoccupied tri-
angular lot about a quarter of an acre in
extent located in the junction OF the
/ roads a few rods from the town house.
MI. Joseph Pickett was the first speak
er. He did not favor selling the lot. In
his opinion it would not bring
more than a few hundred dollars,
and the erection of a building
upon it would injure the town house
and school house property. He thought
| it would be much better for the town to
keep it and buy the Parrot lot adjoin-
ing, and thus keep an unobstructed
frontage from the town house to the
| main road.
Mr.. Louville Dyer thought the lot was
not near enough to the town house to be
damage in case itswas built upon. He
thought it would be better to sell it to
some one who would put building up
on it and add to the taxable pro perty Of
the town.
Mr. Howard Dyer followed nearly to
the same effect. He spoke in rather
heated and personal vein, and said that
if MI. Parrott had any property that he
wanted to sell the town he had better re-
pair his building which was tumbling in
to the cellar and not fit for cats to stay in
nights, so that the building could be
rented and pay some tax to the town.
Mr.. John L. Parrott replied. He spoke
briefly against selling the town lot, and
closed by saying there was man in this
house today who would give $500 for that
lot and Howard Dyer wants to buy it fol
5000. {
Howard Dyer jumped to his feet and
shouted, ''If any man says that, it is a
lie.''
Some one in the hause called for Capt
Boyd and wanted to hear what he had to