St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-03-07
TOWN MEETING.
Much Interest i'm tho Business and the
Contest over Overseer of the Poor.

Contest ever Overseer of the Poor.
Despite the stormy weather there
was good attendance of voters at
the Town Meeting yesterday and at
its opening Lieutenant Governor
Bates was chosen chairman of the
meeting in the absence of Moderator
Dunnett.
The business OF the meeting was
transacted Immediately after dinner
and under the second article tax of
80 cents on the grand list was voted
which was FIVE cents more than last
year.
On the third article the usual
amount was appropriated for the
observance of Memorial Day.
Quite debate arose over the dis
cussion of the fourth article relating
to the sale of the present Summer
vile schoolhouse and land. Capt.
Hovey offered to give land on both
sides OF the new schoolhouse for the
old schoolbouse and site and on mo-
tion OF Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks
the whole matter was left in the
hands of the school directors, with
authority to act.
The 6ftb article was disposed of by
the adoption of a motion introduced
by Rolfe Cobleigh, that 5000 be ap-
propriated toward establishing FIRE
company at the East Village. Both
Mr. Cobleigh and Rev. G. w. Patter-
son supported the motion and Mar
shall Montgomery wanted to amend
it by adding that the same be not
paid until the people of that section
had raised $100 themselves. Mr..
Cobleigh informed the voters that
they proposed to do this anyway
and the amendment was lost.
The sixth article in the warning
was disposed of by the passage of
the following resolution introduced
by J. W. Sault:
Whereas, in excavating for the new
schoolhouse in Summerville, the town of
st. Johnsbury cut off the vein of water
supplying spring owned byC W. Farr,
from which he drew water to supply
three families, in Snmmerville, thereby
destroying said spring and water supply,
to the great damage of said Farr;
And whereas. equity and good con-
science on the part OF the town demand
that reasonable compensation be made
therefor, therefore
Resolved, That the selectmen are here
by directed to draw their order in favor
of said Farr, upon the treasurer OF the
town, for the sum of $500 and deliver
the same to him, in settlement OF said
damages or at the request of said Farr,
to allow him to enter upon said school
house grounds and lay his aqueduct and
take water from the vein so cut off in as
full and ample manner as he heretofore
has taken it from the spring so cut off
and destroyed.
Lawyer Slack hoped the motion
would not prevail but that the mat
ter be left in the hands of the school
directors and Arthur F. Stone, speak
ing for the school board, agreed with
Mr.. Slack. Mr.. Farr made fair
statement of his case and was SUP.
ported in his plea for damages by
short but vigorous speech from John
Nc Donald.
The last article was in rela tion to
abating the taxes of B. G. Howe on
the St. Johnsbury House property.
Mr.. Howe said that if the building
sold for $4,000 he did not think
he ought to pay taxes on property
which had been listed at $4,000
and $4,000 in the past years and
asked for the abatement of one.half
the taxes. Lawyer Porter made a
motion to that effect and his taxes
were abated. The motion was de.
bated by John Mcdonald and A. H.
Mcleod.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Moderator, Alexander Dunnett.
Town Clerk, Elijah D. Blodgett.
Selectmen, 1st, L. B. Hartshorn, ID,
Ellery P. Potter, Sd, Curtis c. Follansby.
Town Treasurer, Elijah D. Blodgett.
First Constable, George R. Crosby
Collector of Taxes. George X. Crosby.
Overseer, l.. Sulloway.
Listers, 1st, Delos M. Bacon I'd, Orrin
S. Abbott, 81, Dennis E. May
Auditors, 1st, Vim. T. Horton, I'd,
Philip H. Stone. Sd, Gilbert E. Woods.
Trustee of public money, Elijah D.
Blodgett.
Road commissioner, Horace Jackson.
Town agent, Leighton P Slack.
Inspector of leather, Henry F. Girls
wold.
Town grand jurors, Sias Randall, c. A
Sylvester, L. w Fisher.
Fence viewers, (selectmen,) L. B.
Hartshorn, Ellery P. Potter, Curtis G
Follansby
Pound keepers, (selectmen,) L. B
Hartshorn, Ellery P. Potter, Curtis c
Follansby.