The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-10-17
A Letter from the CAPITAL.
MoNTPELICR Drf,,Ier I


session did. No. promised no sr,, H.:
for two of the best reasons-;mprim;x 7 corlJ
not if would secm,do, that as Won know
the human free-will is tcthered. and that W.
perform promises no better to ourselves
about our 0m" atfairs-to our wives. or sve.,
hearts, than to Editors-and moreover. who
can write by promise, or think by the Job
And if one cannot write to suit HemsIre,
how can they expect to please the thousands
who read THE CALEDoNIANe True
"A lite nonsense now and then.
Is reli>hed ny the wiscst men,
but how little? and that modic,m MAY
come to them when their spirits are chasten-
ed by Ill health, and when they are bowed
down with grief and sorrow-whcn
odd RamuS' ghost is busy at their brain.
When a"ghf that's genial, only adds TO pain
SO that he who attempts 70 please all. is sure
to crafty none. While therefore ] Will not
attempt the paradoxical feat of doing that
which cannot be done, will endcavor to hurt
none; and if anything say is uninteresting.
the reader will please imagine it one of those
monsters which gcographers cram into the
void of maps. and call it Terra Icoyaita.
The Session of 49,. begins very quietly.
Montpelier and its friends have very hand
somclv extended the calumet of peace to
Burlington and It's friends BIZ clectins man
imopsiy the Hon. Geo. Z. Edmunds. as
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
who. upon taking the oath of office. made a
pertinent and extremely fclicitous speech.
thanking them for the honor done him. The
organization of the House YOU have already
announced. was completed by Mr.. Geo. Il.
Thompson's election as Clerk
You Will not expect Your correspondent. in
the few days that have passed, to write of
anything that has tran>pircd. for as Vet there
, has been only succession of comings-to-
Scther and greatly to the an
novance of many. who are thinking of that
they ought TO be doing at home Nor is
there enough in our quiet State capital. out
side the Senate or House. to send You one
hundred and sixty miles by Rail-or that has
enough of the dazzle Of novelty. as NAV re-
bound in narrative. and cast a reflective glim-
mer across those intcrminahlc Cabot Hills.
l will therefore occupy the few moments
write by talking Of a few CT the members. that
perhaps You NAV .;'icss what viH he done.
The House, As whole is far more than an
average one. rhrcnolos;cally speaking. It
has Secdl: srrnkling of LAWYERS. promi-
ncnt among whom are the members from
Cavendish. Rutland. Middleburv. and Mont
pelicr; 50 that We stand in no t;-ar of iusfics
the use of words, as was said of Talverand,
being to d.ccive-not 70 enlighter. 4 few
ministers are scattered through the House
a class of gentlemen who make admirable.
politicians. but the poorest legislators. The
rest made NJ of business men-farmers and
"Mannerinrs the latter IF whom lock dig
Mt. ''"' 81 count, IA .lo House and AZ
the Hotels. 20 about melancholy. with hands
locked behind them. seeming to have some
thing in their heads which they don't ;.naart.
tno; they ! and continue walking to and fro.
through har-room. hail. and across the piaz-
zas. so long and pcrscverirSlv. that one can
no; resist the belief that they are thinking of
the coiicil Of some rich old relatives VIII,
which can: he too long, Others there are.
who. though quiet and unobtrusive. ten
chances TO one. Will do something good before
the Session closes.
and blush To find il fame
The Standing Committees are now all an
nounocd. | understand number of projects
are IN embryo or matured only waiting ia
vorahlc moimcnt-which depend bv the wav.
not much upon the members themselves
or their minds. as upon whether the lobby
members have arrived-to he forced upon the
consideration OF the Road Committee. From
the character of the gentlemen on that Com
mttec. generally. | think no detr;mcnt need
he feared by the State or the Railroad inter
est.
\ bill ahoIl>hlng the Office of Railroad
Commissioner has passed the Senate. as If
VIII the House The office is
mere Sinccurc. promotive OF no good. only to
him who Is the lucky holder. and it is de-
vcutlv to be wished that We have no more
'Bened;ct>' to originate another.
The town of Concord. through its sensible
member. Mr.. Hill. pravs TO be taken from Es-
sex and annexed to Caledonia Co. She is
sister. Twice before. about the
year 1900. and again in 1923. she belonged
to Caledonia County,a spirit of independence
Or some bitter family jar sent her of. now
she rcturneth again. and shall We not kill the
Iatted calf So mote it be,
bradford and Randolph arc pittcd against
Chclsea.thc present shire town of Orange Co..
70 take from her what she has. her Court
House and Jail. and give them to themselves
what they have not, these convenient iastitu-
ions
The combatants are gathering in their
strength, and another Caledonia Fiylt. NAV
DC the consequence. as ought also a similar
% be the result
\ caucus was held by the Republicans.
asst night, and the nomination for State off