St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-03-01
TOWN AFFAIRS.

TOWN AFFAIRS.
The annual town meeting will be
held in the Town Hail next Tuesday
morning at o'clock. The usual
business of Importance will be trans
acted and the officers elected. The
only additions to the ticket are the
nomina ton of three listers by the
"citizeus reform ticket" Crawford
Ranney appears on the latter ticket
and the two new listers are William
B. Johnson and F. V. Powers. The
| town reports have been delivered to
| the selectmen The orders draw
last wear were $50, ,54S. 33. A profit of
! 1912 O3 was derived from the liquor
| agency and the net cost of the poor
department was S10,231 S3. For
repairing highways $1369.O2 was
spent, and for building new roads
and damage paid for land 1883 So
Road Commissioner Higgins reports
$19S6.47 spent in his department.
The special orders amounted to $31, :
O65 ST. The town has a bonded
debt of 100000 at 412 per cent and
$40, 900 at 4 per cent. The first
amount will be paid up in 1900 and
the second in 1910.
THE SCHOOL REPORT.
This is an interesting document,
bringing cut in detail as it does the
results of the first years operation
of the new town system. Chairman
Fletcher and his associates on the
board have laboFed to get the best
possible results, and this report,
which is printed separately from the
town report. should be carefully
read Mrs. Fletcher, the superin-
tendent, reviews the work IN the
outside schools, and makes some
good suggestions for the future.
The school expenses for the year
have been S16,773 80, divided as
follows: Teachers salaries, $685.
90; janitors Sis 80; tuition at
St. Johnsbury Academy $1579,9O
fuel $915. .4S; carrying scholars
1922 so; repairs S1262. 10; school
supplies 81 1888. SO; general expenses
$9S1.65.
LOCOMOTTVE AND STALLION
The Barton Monitor Of this week
tells how a locomotive chased q
stallion and how the race ended:
"On Saturday noon, as the noon
train left West Burke coming north il
was learned that valuable stallion, be
longing to Lewis Winsow, had got
away from his hitching place in shet
and had started up the track at great
speed. A little way north are two
bridges of ten or fifteen feet in width in
to which it was thought the horse mus
fall as he attempted to cross. The engi
neer kept close watch and soon came il
sight of the team, the horse making great
speed up the track. Somehow he crossed
the bridge below Sutton station safely
the engineer following him and footing
him up when his speed slackened. A
Clark s crossing 1t was hoped the hors'
would leave the track, but he struck of
at terrific rate for the Summit, fou
miles farther. The engineer followed al
!, fast as he dared and succeeded in fright
ening the animal off the track mile O.
more south of the Summit. The anima
plunged down over a railroad embank
ment, piling up with the sleigh TIL
train was stopped and by a dint o
strong help the horse was got back OF
to the track behind the train and led vi
to the Summit telegraph station, having
received no serious injury"
THE OFFICERS SCHOOL,
Capt. Bonett and Lieuts. MoultoI
and Steady returned yesterday from
the officers school at Burlington
and report profitable trip. The OF
, hcers visited the new military pos
. at Essex Junction, Fort Ethan
Allen" and were greatly pleased
with the arrangements there. Tn
: school was conducted on the prin
+ ciple of less play and more work, ant
was very beneficial.