Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03

e]anohter- we -express our heartfelt SYM
pathy in this, their hour of great hereave-
! ment.sWe have lost cOmrade, associate
and fellow worker; they friend, broth
er and father; our loss is great, theirs is
much greater; none but those similarly
bereaved can estimate the loss sustained
may the Good Father of all comfort them
in their affection and sustain them until
! the sundered ties of earth may be reunited
in that happier, brighter land, where no
| affection enters, and where no sorrow can
invade.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
| entered upon the records of this AssOcla-
| ton and published in the RGatUdy Mat,
| and copy be sent to the familytof our de-
| ceased brother.
M. A. BUTRICKs,
Ell. KNOWLES, Com.
c. E. MACGREGOR,
We publish the following article at the
request of Mr.. Page. Space will be given
the trustees to reply if they wish to do SO.
Editors of the MONITOR you kind
ly allow me little space in your paper IN
which to set before your readers few
facts that may be of interest to them and
possibly useful as we'll. Briefly stated, the
case to which l would direct attention is
as follows: / own a lot on Harrison Ave-
nue. OF which I intended to build two
commodious houses of good style and pro-
portion which would be ornamental and
could be sold or rented to people of means,
thereby tending to. keep out an undesira bic
class of tenants and so preserve the peace
and harmony of the nelg hbOrhOOd. When
/ began to stake out the line on which l
proposed to build, carried it twenty feet
from the street line, but was told by the
village trustees that I must set back ten
feet further, making it thirty instead of
twenty feet from the street line. object
ed to that as it would necessitate change
in my plans and I would be compelled to
build smaller than I wished to. But the
trustees were relentless and it was thirty
feet back or no building could go up. L
then asked council of our village attorney
who advised me to try and effect a COM
promise with the trustees and make the
distance twenty five feet instead of thirty,
which was willing to do, but was met by
prompt refusal, and SO have suspended
operations and am in doubt what to do.
Now all | ask is fair treatment in this
matter; to be accorded the same privilege
as others. There are buildings on this
same street which stand much nearer the
street line than have any wish to build,
and no exception was taken when they
were located. This same board of trustees
allowed a citizen one year ago to erect
house on our main street, not more than
ten feet from the sidewalk, and now they
insist that / shall set back thirty feet from
a street that can never become great
thoroughfare, only in name. | do not
object to anything reasonable, but / do
object to such discrimination as in the
case l have mentioned. The trustees tell
me that can call a village meeting if 1
wish to, but that if every man should vote
against the course they have taken in this
matter it will make no difference with
them, they will still adhere to the position
they have taken. Do we elect officers to
be our servants or lords? One of the truS-
tees asked this town to exempt his bust
ness from taxation for a term of five
years, which request was refused. Now
he proposes to try it again, saying that he
has not been fairly used, inasmuch as heti
denied what has been granted others.
That is all / am asking and he refuses to
listen to me. If he gains what he hopes
to, must help pay his taxes, but he is un-
willing to grant my request although his 1
pocket book would be In no wise affected.
1 hope the intelligent and fair minded
people in this community will investigate
this matter for themselves and look the
premises over with view of settling in
their minds the justice or injusticeoof the
action of the trustees, and while they may
be unable to help me in this matter, | be-
lieve that any unprejudiced person will
nothing unreasona BILE, and that there is
really no excuse for the trustees not al
lowing me to build where had intended.
j. G. PAGE.
Barton Landing. ~ To
Guy Hazelton is home for short time
E. o. Wilson has moved into the tene-
ment over G. S. Gibbs shop.
E. A. Miller spent some time in Boston
last week. See ad. on another page.
G. A. Damon of Dixville, P. O., has come
to this place to work for the summer.
Howard Fletcher of Boston, Mass,
spent the Sabbath Of j. E. Chamberlin's.
Walter Gray, who has been working for
E. L. Chandler, moves to Glover this |
week.:
Miss Jennie Wiley starts this morning
for Franklin Falls, n. H., where she is at
work.
Mrs. Mary Badger has returned home
from Coventry, where she has been for
several weeks past.
Hon. Porter HI. Dale of Island Pond |
preached an excellent sermon at the Cong. /
church yesterday.
Several of our fishermen have gone to |
Lake to improve the opening
of the fishing season.
The people of this place are very glad to
learn that Rev. B. F. Rowland has been
to the pastorate of the M. E.
church for another year.
c. H. Goodnough of this place claims to
have made from the sugar place which he
carried on this spring 155 pounds of sugar
per tree. He says that only one tree in the
woods had two buckets and no tree had
more than one spout.
Albany.
B. L. Shedd is home for short vacation.
G. w. Winget is building an addition to
MS shop.
Geo. N. Tenney reportes that his injur-
ID foot is improving.
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