The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12

nections all made with the dynamo.
The switchboard is also practically
completed and the transformers all
up. Barring accidents and allowing
one or two days which it will be nee
essary to run the dynamo to dry out
any dampness that may have gathered
about it before any lights should be
connected we believe it safe to pre-
dict that before the close of the pres
ent week the long slumbering water |
power of Molly's Falls will be com
pletely harnessed and Plainfield and |
Cabot besides our place be partici-
pants in the benefits derived there |
from. A current of 1000 volts will |
be run to Plainfeld and 1000 to Cabot, |
and it is safe to say that unless you
wish to experience some of the sensa-
lions of the electric chair it viii be
well to give the main feed wires a
wide berth from now on
For the second time since the organ
ization of the knights of Pythias
lodge in this place, death enters their
ranks and claims beloved and highly
respected member and brother i'll the
person of Webster II. Haskins, who
died Sunday evening of blood poison
| ing, having been i'll only about week.
Funeral services under the auspices
| of the order with Howard p. Martin
as conductor were held from his late
! home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. G. w.
| Manning officiating. Mr.. Haskins
was one of our most progressive farm
| ers, a thorough business man and a
| highly esteemed citizen His sudden
| taking away has shocked and sadden-
ed the whole community who extend
their heartfelt sympathy and condo
lence to the bereft wife, children and
aged mother who survive
Town Meeting.
There was good attendance at the
annual town meeting and business
moved along with harmony and good
feeling although several ballots were
required to elect some of the officers
The only breeze to rutflle the calm
surface was the election of first lister,
when considerable eloquence was UNI
corked that 1--WE the taxpayers might
! be heard in the matter. The various
reports of the town officers were lis
, tened to with close attention and all
, reports accepted and adopted without
, question. The standing of the town
at the close of the year, briefed from
the auditors report is as follows
Whole amount received by the treas
, urer from all sources, S9S12. SO. Dis
: bursements during the year, amount
' of orders drawn by the selectmen
! $1,000. 81; by school directors, $2995 ~
by road commissioners, $2762. 81 by
overseer of the poor, $3.50. II. Tota
/, assets of the town, S915. 81 liabilities
: | unpaid orders, 1886. SO; balance i'll ia
e vor of the town, $50. As. Amount re
! ceived from sales at the liquor agency
= | Il nj 40 G1QQQ The fnl
- board of officers elected for the yea.
:, enuing is as follows Moderator, E
: A. Thomas; clerk, w. H. H. Mears
q treasurer, E. w. Gilman; selectmen
E. A. Thomas, A. N Flood, Brook
~ Buxton; listers, Harris Eaton, A. r
" Cole, o. II. Smith; auditors, Mari
Mears, E. @. Pitkin Ira H. Edison
r overseer, S. w. Cole; first constable
}. J. w. Pike; town grand juror, S. w
y Cole surveyor of wood and inspecto
k of lumber, Lee Townsend, 0. @. Pit
l. kin inspector of leather, Henry Bolls
j. fence viewers, O. H. Smith, M. II
1t Bullock, Jacob Martin; law agent c
e d. Smith road commissioner, G.
l. Buxton; cemetery trustee j. II. Ea
II tom school director for three years t
IS succeed a. N. Flood, Lee Townsend
1t trustee of Jaquith library to succee
d himself, o. H. Smith; grand jurors
II j. A. Ennis, Charles Holt; peti
% jurors, E. A. Rosebrook, r. r. Ide.
J. L. Severance, Ira H. Edison, J. j
~ Sanborn, @. G.. Lamberton, O. II
10 Holt, Horace Hill, S. H. Unwin, H
n J. Flood. Appropriated $3.50 for tn
~ Jaquith public library Town taS
n seventy five cents; highways, forty
~ five cents; school, fifty cents. Articl
four of the warning to see if the tow
<, would vote to hold town meetings a
lie Marshfeld was laid on the table al
Is ticle five, to see if the town woul
7, vote to instruct the selectmen to re
N pair the town house was carried al
lg ticle six, to see if the town woul
A. vote to exempt the Molly's Falls Elet
ee trio Light and Power company frol
,e taxation for five years was vote
IL down. Ten ballots were cast in cleo
De ing the various officers, one for frs
IL selectmen, three for third selectmaI
l. three for first lister one for thir
j. lister and one for road commissioner
l. Adjournment was reached about 4 Z
- p. m.