The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02

lroW anu r. w SJanyan were elected oil
rectors. These directors subsequently elect
ed A. d. Morse president; W. A. Stowell
vice-president and managing director; II.
w. Stanyan clerk and treasurer, and W. A.
Stowell, A. ID. Morse and e. l.. Smith ex-
ecutive committee.
Another special city meeting has been
called for next Saturday evening to see II
the city will vote to authorize the city coun-
Gil to borrow money and pledge the credit
OF the city, In addition to the amount that
the city council can pledge the credit OF the
city Of its own motion, for the purpose Of
paying running expenses and the indebted
ness OF the city; also to see IL the city will
vote to raise special tax to pay the band,
and other expenses connected Herewith,
said tax to be in addition to the taxes re-
CURED by law and that can be laid and as
| sessed by the city council without the vote
OF the city; and finally to see If the city will
| vote to issue its bonds or notes for the pur-
pose OF procuring money to defray the ex-
penses OF the band.
The granite manufacturers OF Barre who
| do not belong to the Manufacturer Asso-
| citation have issued a circular in which they
| say that for the better protection of their
| interests they have determined to organize
an independent association. This move
ment has been agitated for some time, but
now the plans take definite shape and 1t is
the intention to call meeting early in
June for the purpose Of organization. 1t
has been rumored that several members Of
the Granite Manufacturers Association
have signifed their intention Of severing
their connection with that body, and join
ing the new association. This Independent
organization is intended to meet the re-
quirements of all, and is projected by
goodly number OF manufacturers who claim
that they are tired OF the misrule Of the old
association.
At the regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil, held last week, the committee on legis-
lation was given more time to consider the
request of g. W. Scarf of Burlington that
the clause demanding the payment Of an
annual license for the New England Tele-
phone Company be stricken from the fran
chise A. b. Coffin was given permission
to connect with the sewer. The petitions
of e. M. Cheever and John Tierney for sew
ers were referred to the street commission
ers. The council appropriated 800 to pay
witness fees anu other expenses in the trial
OF the case OF Crockett against the city of
Barre to be tried in Orange County Court
at the present term, Building permits were
granted to W. II. Sulham, p. M. Maberini,
l.. j. Bolster and II. d. Segel. The COM
mittee on streets recommended that the bid
OF Orrin Simonds for putting sewers on Hill
and Townshend streets be accepted. The
street commissioners were authorized to see
that all telephone and telegraph poles in
side the city limits are painted. An opin-
ion from City Attorney Hoar was read that
the city cannot lay out and maintain
street that is less than three rods wide,
which excludes Warren street.
Mayor Gordon sent spicy letter to the
board of aldermen last week in which he
suggests that the city 60 into the peanut
trade to raise money to pay its bills, and
that it sell the fire engine and use the money
to buy band wagon. In closing he uses
the following vigorous language: 81 have
no grievance against the band; it can have
none against me, unless it is because have
always. subscribed for its support, while
some of those who would now be color bear
ers in raid on an exhausted treasury have
lodged their duty. II the band had been
left to itself, believe that it is composed of
too sensible body of men to have present
ed such an unjust and untimely claim upon
us in the hour of our financial troubles, and
would have waited until our citizens would
have supplied the money by voluntary sub
scription, even If it had taken all summer
The fact that we have some wealthy 'hogs"
or skin-fints," as it is said, who will do
nothing, is no reason for this new burden.
The method adopted will not hurt them.
The great majority Of the taxpayers are not
wealthy but poor. You will hit fifty OF the
latter class to one of the former. During
the last winter l have known of several in
stances where the small amount Of this band
tax meant warm feet for child or days
necessities for the table"
Berlin.
George M. Stewart is at home, having
finished his course at the Albany Business
College.
Henry Perrin, who has been in the West
for the past few years, is visiting his mother
and other friends here.
Some sneak thief broke into G. P Ptkin's
cottage last week and after doing consid-
cradle mischief, took away with him q
quantity of valuable fishing tackle, CT
CARS. etc.
There is to be strawberry sociable at
. Hoo 10. n
for the benefit Of the library. All are cor
daily invited, and it is hoped that all those
interested in our new library will endeavor
to be present.
Pleasing and appropriate Memorial SER
vices were held in the church last Saturday
morning when the following programme
was rendered: Prayer; music, Drum Corps;
address, Col. j. Fl. Lucia OF Montpelier;
music Drum Corps; concert exercises by
the different schools were rendered in such
a manner as to win the hearty applause of
the audience. Individual selections by
| Misses Maude Bailey, Edith Waterman, Jo-
sic Perkins and Mabel Stewart, all deserve
special mention singing national Memorial
| hymn Misses Boyles, Gate and Crandall, our
faithful and efficient teachers, deserve much
credit for their hearty inter est in this initial
| public observance of Memorial Day. A
| formal step was taken in a project to have
! joint committee of veterans and citizens
| appointed by Comrade Worcester to perfect
arrangements for next years observance Of
the day. Sunday morning the church was
very prettily decorated when a most elo-
quent discourse was delivered by Rev. j. j.
| Goodacre.
Lower Cabot.
Mr.. Hubbard Of Kansas City has rented
the Coburn farm and Is working the same.
Hermon Osgood has bought the lot con-
tanning three and one-half acres at the
lower end of Main street, Of L. p. Cole.
Addison Baker and wife have returned
to their summer residence in this town. Mr..
Baker is just recovering from a severe sick
ness of pluro-pneumonia.
Our enterprising hardware dealer, j. T.
Drew, has bought the lot in front OF the
hotel where the stores were burned sixteen
years ago and has since stood vacant and
Is to erect business block on the same. He
has commenced putting in the foundation.
The Methodist church was filled last Sat
urday to listen to very long programme
of patriotic exercises given by the schools
in town. They were interesting but at the
last 1t was quite a question which excited
the most interest the exercises In the
church or the base ball game going on in
the park six rods distant.
Tuesday OF this week the post-ofice left
its pleasant home and located in its new
quarters in the store OF Morse Brothers