The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-11

to remain at home, to carry on his mothers
farm, this year.
Segee Moore is not yet able to return to
granite work, by reason of trouble in his
throat.
Oliver s. Walker seems to be failing. His
disease, we hear, is thought TO be softening
of the brain.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Riddel have this
week buried their little boy, some nineteen
months of age
Mrs. II. Dwight Abbott has not returned
to Springfield Mass, since her illness from
erysipelas, but is yet in West r lndolph
The recent lecture here by Rev. G. II.
Morse of Brookfield on the Armenian
Massacres was listened to with great in
terest
Frank Bailey, having finished his winter
term of teaching in Barre, will soon return
to his law studies with Mayor John Gordon
of Barre.
Mrs. G. Elizabeth Tarbell, who has been
spending the winter with her brother, Prin-
cipal Daniel h. Martin of Pullman, Ill TT
turns East now.
Rev. Henry Wilson, son-iu-law of James
Nj. Bass, and for some years past Congre-
gational minister in Dakota is taking a
post graduate course in theology in Chi
cage.
j. Ell. Walbridge is in town, writing up
Men and Things for the Williamstown
and Northtield papers. AS we understand
it, any one can be thus written mp on the
payment of So, or an additional sum if the
sketch is illustrated by cuts.
Charles Holden started for our town meet.
ing on Saturday last, with horse belonging
to "Gus" Wetmore of West Roxbury, and
which was seized with spinal meningitis on
the way. The wonder, however, is that the
disease is not epidemic among both men
and beasts here-going to March meeting a
third day, and the terribly stormy kind Of
last week
Perhaps no other family of its size has
had more prominent part in the affairs of
our town throughout almost its entire his
tory than that Of Joel Bass, ESD. who was
one of its early settlers We have just come
into possession of a list of his ancestors,
back to the sixth generation before him.
This list is headed by Samuel Bass, who
came to- Rox bury, Mass, in 1880 A. ID. On
the 81 day of February, 1857, his son John
(the second On the lisD married Ruth,
daughter of John and Priscilla M Alden,
who came in the MAY flower " in 1920 A.
d., and whose names have been immortal
lied in New England history and song.
The name Of Ruth has been found in at
least two generations succeeding Squire
Bass, and we hope it may never die out of
the family.
Saturday, the third day of our March
meeting, was occupied chiefly in electing
these officers: Listers, Erwin H. Martin,
Henry Martin and Herbert p. Martin; au-
ditors, Irving Covell Nelson Carleton and
Henry #. Erskine; road commissioner, o.
A. Blanchard. Every inch OF the ground
was contested in balloting. After a little
time spent in electing petit and grand ju-
rors the meeting was again adjourned, TILL
proceedings on Monday ended our four days
session of March meeting. The tax voted
was: Town, lao cents; highway, twenty-five
cents. A meeting will be called later to see
what, in addition to fifty cents, will be
raised for school purposes. 1t is thought
the total OF school tax may be sixty cents,
this making grand total of 225 cents, or ten
cents more than last year. Next year be
gins the payment of our railroad bonds,
So, 900 yearly, which in itself will require
nearly 100 cents on a dollar of the grand
list George Beckett was cleo ed trustee OF
the public money. The town voted that
taxes may be paid to the town treasurer,
with the usual four per cent discount. 1t
seems probable that enough men can be
found here, next year Cwenty, at least,
being necessary TO avail themselves OF the
privilege accorded by law, to call for
checklist and the election of some of the
leading officers by plurality of votes.
AS was to be expected, perhaps no other
feature OF our March meeting awakened more
vital interest than the matter OF the finding
OF our seectmen az to the amount due the
town from its treasurer, consequent on
self and some other officials. The sum was
so, As, and was paid by the treasurer %
the selectmen before the meeting. Nelson
Carleton, to whom the town is indebted, we
believe by unanimous consent for the dis
covery of these mistakes. and who sat, by
in vitation, with the town officials in the in
vestigation of the whole matter was not
willing to accept as final the result attained,
believing the sum found was too small by
hundreds Of dollars. In the discussion OF
this point vote was taken, which, we I'M
derstand, showed the sentiment of the ma
jority voting to be that they were satisfied
with the result reached by the selectmen
and would not encourage further ngestiga-
ton, expert or otherwise. 1t is very nat
ural that Mr.. Carleton should have not a
few sympathizers with his opinions, and
equally 80 that to one and all of them this
action of the majority should be rather dis
tasteful and so there may be truth in the
rumor that single Taxpayer, II he Is
min ed to do so, can compel state investi-
CATION OF the whole case, and that it will
yet be done. But we know OF no one here
who has any desire to shield any wrong in
the matter, il such has been knowingly
done.