St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-02-23
TOWN AFFAIRS.
The Caucus.-Commentso on the Caucus.
Call for Town Meetine.-Facts and
Figures from the Forthcoming Town
Report
TOWN CAUCUS.

ihS oSSulIcu dl the opera mouse OH
Saturday afternoon last, and was
participated in by large number of
voters, about 800 being present.
The list OF officers placed in nomina-
ton to be voted for at the town
meeting next month is as follows:
Moderator-Harry Blodgett.
Town clerk-E. D. Blodgett.
Selectmen-Daniel Carpenter, P.
l. Pierce, L. B. Hartshorn.
Treasurer-E. D. Blodgett.
Oyerseer-Sias Randall.
Constable-A. D. Pike.
Collector of taxes-A. D. Pike.
Listers-F. H. Clement, L. B.
Heald, Crawford Ranney.
Auditors-C. A. Calderwood, Vim.
T. Horton, George Cree.
Trustee Of public money-E. D.
Blodgett.
School directors-T c. Fletcher,
W. p Stafford, H. Paddock.
observation-disclosures.
Town grand jurors-W. S. Boyn-
ton, George H. Cross, Ira G. Smith.
Road commissioner-Wiliam Hig-
gins.
Inspector of leather-H. F. Girls
void.
Surveyors of wood and lumber-B.
F. Weeks, c. L. Carpenter, F. V.
Powers, I. c. Fletcher, Jovite Pin
ard, Daniel Carpenter, Sias Randall.
L. D. Stiles, William Wetherbee.
Agent to prosecute town suits-D.
Carpenter
County grand jurors-A. H. Nc
Leod, L. B. Hartshorn, Vim. E.
Peck, F.V Powers.
County petit jurors-W. P.
Chaffee, Cyrus Sargent, George P.
Moore, Fred H. Potts, George H.
Cross, D. A. Chase, George Cree, c.
A. Sylvester, T. M. Howard, John
A. Marshall, P. F. Blodgett, Frank
Spaulding.
Considerable interest centered
about the choice of school directors
and the road commissioner. AS one Of
the directors to represent the dis
tricts outside of the village, the
1 riame of E, H. Hallet, of the Center
was presented and he received some
thing over go votes. The members
of the old village school board were
hnally named, however, 7. {. Fletch-
er for the three years term, w. P.
Stafford for two years, and Harry
lin Paddock for one year.
Two ballots were required to name
road commissioner, William Hig-
gins, N. NJ. Johnson, Albert Law
renee and Asa L. Livingstone ap-
pearing as candidates. Mr.. Higgins
was nominated by a vote of 166 to
IA for Mr.. Livingstone, 1S for Mr..
Lawrence and 46 for Mr.. Johnson.
The second selectman was balloted
for, the vote being P L. Pierce 161,
Charles Cobb ITO. 1t took two bal
lots to name a third selectman, l..
B. Hartshorn getting 165, A. B.
Noyes A and Ira G. Smith 6S.
COMMENTS ON THE CAUCUS.
There are several changes in the
principal town officers. Two new
names appear on the list of select
men and the board of listers isentire-
ly new. For the new offices of road
commissioner and school directors
good men have been nominated but
there ought 10 have been one or
more citizens on the board of school
directors from outside the village.
This could easily have been accom-
plished by making the number six
instead of three and then nominal ing
the village school trustees and three
Others to serve with them. While it is
true that about IS per cent of our
scholars are educated in the village,
still the other Is per cent are entitled
to at least one representative on the
board of school directors. Daniel
Carpenter once more is named for
first selectman, and if he is elected it
will make his thirteenth year of SER
vice on the board of selectmen.
THE TOWN MEETING.
The warrant for the town meeting
has been posted. The meeting will
be held at the Opera House, Tues.
day, March Z at 9 a. m. There are
ten articles in the warrant. The
articles provide for election of Of
fcers, raising money for current ex'
penses, appropriation for Memorial
Day, fixing the pay of the school
directors and providing for educat'
ing advanced pupils at the Academy
Article six is a petition to see if "the
town will vote any sum to Randall
& Lynch for the killing of their horse,
May 80, 1892" Article seven refers
to the report of the special com
mittee upon the disposition of the
town farm, and article eight calls for
action upon the proposed foot
bridge across the Passumpsic at the