Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-03-06
Annual Town Meeting.

voters gathered in annual meeting,
the interest IN one or two "Scraps''
which were in the air being sutfi-
Client to draw out a larger crowd than
usual. FIRST selcctman George NJ.
Rood called the meeting to order.
The reports of the officers were
accepted and adopted.
I'll. {. Lockwood then gave Il very
interesting account OF the Curtis
Hollow COLONY OF paupers, with
which as ovcrsccr he had had some
eXaspcrating experiences the past
year. The family of David Newton
had caused the most trouble, the
male members refusing to work even
If the opportunity was offered them.
They had asked for ten bushels of
potatoes, but were unwilling even to
90 to the poorhouse after them,
although they had il team at their
disposal. He told the men that he
was willing to help them during the
dull season, but when work was Of
fered he should expect them to help
1t seemed to have come
to the point of working or starving,
and in this emergency the Ncwtons
skipped ont to Ludlow. calling on
the overscer there for help. Other
members of the colony were also
more or less troublesome, and Mr..
Lockwood felt it his duty to explain
to the meeting how matters stood.
MIR. i.ockwood's statement was
vouched for by {. O. Thompson,
who was we'll acquainted with the
Curtis Hollow people referred to,
and Mr.. Lpckwood's declaration that
he would make the paupers hustle
for Il living if he was reelected was
received with considerable applause.
The meeting voted to pay the
school directors $I25, the same COM
pensatiol. as last year.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
Aoderutor-H. w. Walker.
CIerk-Gcorgc w. Paul.
Selectren-Georgc NJ. Rood,
VIM. II. ,'mith, \. l.. Wood.
Trcasuler-l'. {. Southgate.
Ovcrseer OF Poor--H. G. Lo,k-
wood.
Constablc-E. A. Thomas.
Irsters-E. q. Spaulding, l.. J.
: LAYTON. II :. Perry.
Nudlt,rs-C. G. Buck, {. O.
Thompson, Harold S. Dana.
Trustee of public money F.
Chapman.
encc,vewers-G. w. Marble,
L. II. Pratt, E. p. Tewksbury.
Town Grand Jurors--O. l.. Rich
mond, Chas. W. Smith.
Inspector of Leather Thomas
Smith.
Pound-kecpcrs-G. Il. Winslow,
&. n. Hill.
Surveyors of wood AMI inspectors
of lumber and shingles-C. w. Say
ward, Mason Mills.
Road Commissioners ID.
lloughton.
School Director. f. Simmons.
AgcDt-lI. {. Lockwood.
The school directors were author
lied to purchase site and build Il
school house near Bridgewater viii
lagc, to accommodate the Curtis
Hollow scholars and also few for
whom the town had been paying
Bridgcwatcr tritio on; the house to be
built as soon as practicable
The matter of disposing of the
Fair ground school house was left to
the discretion of the trustees, they to
tear it down or let it stand as they
dee ned best. The question was
asked whether the town could give q
valid title to the land ON whic h tine
house stood if it wished to dispose
Of it and G. O. Thompson stated
hat there was no title on record to
he original school lot on which the
present building stands. Charles
Marsh, he SAID, decided to the dis
:rict a strip of land ON two sides of
he old lot for school purposes, and
here was shadow of title in three
directions. First, Mr.. Marsh deed
I'd all his real estate in Woodstock
20 Frederick Billings; second, he
viled all his property, personal and
zeal, to three persons, only one of
whom is now living: and third, of
lis direct legal heirs two are living
Mrs. George +. Edmunds and
Willis Lyman. However, Mr..
Thompson believed the town would
De safe in giving a deed to the prop
,rty.
n tax of 100 cents was voted.
Fifty dollars was appropriated for
he observance of Memorial Day.
AT the conclusion of other bust
less Mr.. Lockwood referred again !
he Newton family's travels and sal d |
lie had sought legal advice, opinions
being rather divided as to whether
IN overscer had right to bring |
oaupers back to town in order to
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