Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-15
THE TOWN MEETING.
Edward Stebbins Elected First Sc
lectman-Full List of Officers and
the Appropriations.

] L hS luuSlCdl lOueS OF Jne new TOWN
| hall bell rang out on the air for the
first time at a. m. Tuesday, to as
semble the voters of the town for the
annual town meeting, which was call
ed to order by DR.. w. e. Fay, moder-
ator, at Grand Army hall at $3.50
After the reading of the warrant. it
was voted that the moderator cast
| one ballot for Frank II. Fuller for
town clerk. The report of the select
men was accepted and adopted. 1t
was voted to vote for three select
men on one ticket, and to vote by the
check list. For first selectman N. Nj.
Worden received 100 votes, and Ed
ward Stebbins 204; Robert McCauCh-
ern for second selectman received the
entire vote, 347, his name being on
both tickets; for third selectman, a.
ii. Latham received 1852 votes and f.
a. Davis 1879. 1t was voted to have
three road agents, and Fred Chandler,
Fred Sergeant and Arthur Taylor
were elec,ed. For chief of fire de-
partment Fred Buckley was elected
by 1870 votes. w. D., Holman was
made sealer of weights and measures.
and F. A. Buckley Q. d. Streeter,
Henry Streeter and Arthur TAYLOR
measurers of wood and bark; l.. =.
Liscom, w. n. Hall, and r. p. Minis
surveyors of lumber; John Corliss and
w. +. Fay cullers of slaves.
f. w. Robertson was elected audi
tor and +. w. Cotton bid off the col
lection of taxes for $6A. The hog
reeves for the coming year are DR..
b. F. Worthing, +. c. Robertson y. 4.
Hosford, Fred Knapp and George Brit
ton. The appointment of fence view.
ers was left in the hands of the select
men. The appropriations of money
are as follows Ordinary town charges,
$4,000; support of poor, 5000; fire de-
partment, $3.50 High school, S21OO.
1t was voted to notify the gas com
pany to remove their lamps within
three months. and for the sclectmen
to investigate better methods of light
ing and report at a future meeting.
One hundred ana fifty dollars was APP
propriatcd for the support of tho
public reading room 500 for rent of
library and reading room while in
present temporary quarters; $50 for
the library and S35 for the support of
water barrel.
1t was voted to pay the firemen 80
cents an hour for the first two hours
when water is used in hose and %
cents an hour after. Forty dollars
was appropriated for playground for
the school children, or for the public !
when not wanted by them $50 for
street sprinkler, for sprinkling around
town property. Voted to adjourn un-
til May at 2 p. m,
Mrs. Harriet Bartlett is among the
sick ones.
Miss Hazel Roberts is spending the !
week with friends in Brattleboro.
Miss Carrie Minis of Bellows FANS |
visited at her home here this week.
j. A. Pearson left Monday for ais |
new place of business in Bellows |
Falls.
Rev. L. j. Dcane has been laid up
for several days with the prevailing
influenza.
Miss Mildred Russell of Farley,
Mass, is visiting Miss Melissa How
ard on River street.
Thomas Butler and family will occu- |
Ply the Cooper house recently vacated |
by the Jacobs family.
DR., and Mrs. w. S. Leonard have |
both been confined to their beds by |
sickness for several days.
Miss Mary Hall of Shelburne Falls, |
of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. >. Leach.
Mr.. Jacobs has moved from the |
Cooper house on Kilburn street into |
one of Parks tenements in the rear |
of the Methodist church.
There was no morning service at |
the Calvary Methodist church last :
Sunday on account of the illness of |
the pastor, Rev +, j. Deane.
this week from the house in the rear |
of Holland & Richards's store to the |
upstairs tenement in Frank Stearnss |
house off Kilburn street.
Mrs. Almira Fox of Keene visited |
her niece, Mrs. Addie Z. Dix, from |
Saturday until Wednesday. Miss Liz |
zie Reed of Westport was also a |
guest at the same place this week.
The Hinsdale savings bank begun
on Wednesday to pay final dividend |
of z per cent to depositors upon |
presentation and surrender of books. |
Miss c. S. Welman, assignee, will be
at the Office in Stebbins block daily, |
form 9 to u a. M and . to p. ~,
for one month.
An aged tOwnsman, Philander Pack
ard. met with a sad accident last
W
ed to his room for many weeks by
serious illness. He had so far recov-
cred as to be able to get from his bed |
to a chair and back again unassisted. |
On the morning of the accident and |
only about 10 minutes before it Oc-
Cured his son was in his room and |
left him sitting in his chair. AS Mr., |
Packard was about to lie down again
it seems he stopped to pick up some
thing from the floor, and being weak,
as he arose he fell against the bed
stead, fracturing his left hip. AS he
is so much advanced in years, this is
a serious matter for him, although he |
is fully as comfortable as could be |
expected.
Perley Gates of Putney is a guest at
William Walkers.
Miss Lillian Britton is spending the |
week in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Bert Brooks of Hartford, Ct, is |
visiting relatives in town,
Willie Beleville has finished work at |
Amidon's clothing store.
VIII Lahiff visited his sister Mrs. w. |
D. Holman, over Sunday.
Michael Cookery of Saxtons River has |
been calling on Hinsdale friends.
Miss Mamie Austin of Keene is a guest |
at Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Kelley's.
C. e. Snow of Winchendon, Mass, was |
a recent visitor at his mothers
Miss Sarah Pearson of Keene is the |