St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-03-08
VOL. LVIIl---NO. 3OO6.


at length upon the expenses of the
overseer of the poor. He called at
tention to the fact that in the last
three years of Sias Randal's admins
tration the total expenses of the de-
partment averaged $5963.70 a year.
Mr.. sideways expenses last year,
adding one month not yet reported,
would figure at about $6779.88.
This in the face Of the fact that all the
necessaries of life were at lower
price than last year. He then took
up the matter of salaries of town of
fcers. In 1892 these were $1171;
in 1898, $1400; in 1894, $1700; in
this years report the salaries are
$2111.80, to which must be added
the salary OF the overseer of the poor,
making the total $1,000 more. Mr..
Stevens then introduced the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, The salary of our select
men be $500 per day for each work
ing day, with horse charges not to
exceed $25 in any one instance; that
the salary of the treasurer be 5000,
and that the salary of the overseer be
$500
The moderator informed Mr.. Stew
ems that the salary of the overseer
was fixed by the selectmen and hence
could not be regulated by his resolu-
ton. 1t was, however, adopted as
far as the other items were concerned.
1t took several hours to count the
ballots and the crowd waited in the
hall to hear the result of the voting.
These officers were declared elected:
Moderator, Henry c. Bates.
Town clerk and treasurer, E. D. Blod-
gett.
Selectmen, Daniel Carpenter William
B. Johnson, Freeman A. Pierce.
Overseer, L. Sulloway.
Constable and tax collector, A. D.
Pike.
Listers, Crawford Ranney, Delos M.
Bacon, Albert Harris.
Auditors, John c. Clark, Dennis E.
May, W. T. Horton.
Trustee public money, E. D. Blodgett.
Town agent, M. Montgomery.
Road commissioner, F. V. Powers.
Fence viewers, the selectmen.
School director for three years, E. L.
Hovey
Town grand jurors, Horace Brockway,
N. M. Johnson, George X. Crosby.
Surveyors of wood and lumber, L. D.
Stiles, ]. w. Webster, William Wetherby,
Sias Randall, A. L. Bragg, D. Carpenter,
w. P. Stafford D. Streeter, Alexander
Dunnett.
County grand Jurors, William Higgins,
Charles Cobb, Jacob G. Hovey, Elmore
7. Ide.
County petit jurors, VIM. Henry Har-
ris, c. M. Spencer, P. L. Pierce, Charles
A. Calderwood, Byron Wright, H. r. AL
bee, c. c. Follensby, George R. Crosby,
John A. Moore, Frank Hovey, L. B.
Hartshorn, W. H. Ward.
Notes of the Ballot.
E. D. Blodgett led in the voting,
receiving S43 votes. Lorenzo Sullo-
way had 666 for overseer and the
vote for selectmen stood F. A. Pierce
1853, Daniel Carpenter 729, w. B.
Johnson COG.
For moderator H. c. Bates had
462 and N. M. Johnson 222.
For constable A. D. Pike had ATS
votes and George R. Crosby 366.
For tax collector Mr.. Pike had 44S
and Mr., Crosby 335.
The vote for listers was, Crawford
Ranney 724, D. M. Bacon $50, P. L.
Pierce 376, Albert Harris 337.
For town agent the vote was as
follows: M. Montgomery 491, L.
Sulloway 24S.
The closest vote was for road COM
missioner William Higgins getting
All votes and F. V. Powers 406.
The vote for school director was as
follows: E. L. Hovey 423, w. S.
Boynton 323, F. V. Powers Is, scat
tering II.