The Newtown bee., 1893-10-06
GOSHEN.
GOSHEN'S TOWN MEETING

| - GOSHEN $ TOWN MEETING.
 The morning of October ?, 1893. was bright and warm, on which day the vot- CTS of Goshen were duly warned by the authorities ''to elect officers, lay a tax, hear and act on reports of selectmen, etc.," in accordance with which notice the voters, or smaller part of them, be- gan to assemble at the usual place. James A. Stewart was appointed moder- ator. The reports of selectmen and treasurers of town deposit fund and of | town and report of school visitors were duly examined and accepted and the fol- lowing votes passed. On motion of E. | 5. Richards, that the names of the school visitors with thesexpiration of their re- spectlve terms ct office be given in the future town reports. Voted, on motion of G. s. Hammond, that an appropria- tion of $75 be made, to be applied by the board of school visitors to furnish text books on physiology and hygiene re- xuired for use in the public schools Voted, on motion of E. s. Richards. that the necessary portion of said appropri- ation be used to pay for the text books used by children of joint school districts, who reside in Goshen. Rate of tax on list of '93 to be eight mills on the dollar, | and to be collected for one per cent. The | matter of the discontinuance of certain I piece of road was continued over till the next annual meeting of the town. The 1 balloting for town officers seemed to be wholly lacking in spirit, as was proved | by the check list, which had 2O6 names thereon, of which only 99 were checked l as having voted and of the women there | were five names registered of which three were duly voted and checked. With the vote cast, there was clean sweep for | the republicans, the democrats having the cold comfort only of the slight mi I nority representation. The vote was as follows:
 Selectmen, Wilbur H. Wadhams r 56. Lorrain Apley 49, John D. Barton d 3S, Sherman Kimberly d 37. Board of relief, George W. Humphrey r B, Robert l.. Allyn B. Frederick Dickinson fl, Elihu Carlisle 30. Assessors, Albert Sperry 52, Daniel N. | Lucas 52, Lucien N. Whiting d II. Town clerk, Willard E. Gaylord g, J. Howard North Al.
 Auditor, Willard E. Gaylord B, Hen- ry c. Wright d II.
 Collector, John NJ. Wadhams, Jr.,r54, Orion J. Hallock d 40.
 Treasurer town deposit fund, John H. | Wadhams and 94.
 l Constables, John M. Wadhams, Jr., r 52 John P. Porter B, George Cook d F, John Hagaman 40. 1 town ITedSufer; CIlafIeS J. IOTtef and 94.
 1 Registrar of voters, Charles J. Porter r 5, John H. Wadhams II. l School visitor, A. c. Hubbard 49, George J. Johnson 43. Grand jurors, John H. Tieman 52, Frank E. Wadhams 52, J ohm NJ. Lucas r 51, Benjamin F. Lamphire fl, Theron 5. Ludington 10, Charles G.Adams d fl.
 Agents of a patent medicine firm enliv- ened our town two evenings last week with free show and called out crowd They did some very good playing on variety of musical instruments and gave a small sized negro minstrel performances The audience had their fill of laugh ghter and they filled their pockets from the sale of their remedies
 The Goshen brass band furnished music for the HarWintOn fair and the day being perfect, a large number of our people at tended and had a fine time.
 Mrs Eliza Gaylord has been entertain ing Mrs Elizabeth Forbes from Smyrna, Turkey. She is a daughter of Rev Grant Powers, who more than 50 years ago was pastor of the Congregational church here and who delivered the Centennial address in 1S39, which is so often referred to and of which there are still many copies in town. Mrs Forbes found many among the elderly people who remembered her and her memory of them was equally fresh.
 Mrs Lindley of Bridgeport has been visiting Mrs Carlisle. She is the Eveline Collins of younger days, a native of Goshen.
 The surgical operation on Miss Sarah
 Norton in New York, Saturday, was a
 successful one. We hope to hear soon
 that she she is out of danger.
 MT and Mrs Edwin Wright, Miss Flora
 Wright, Miss Harriet Davis and Miss
 Mary Beach are at the Worlds fair. Mrs Gray has closed her house for the
 winter.