The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-11-06
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL.
MugrEIm, Nov 2, 1883

I
now stop to ask myself only rW oongratu-
| late YOU II you have got home-and that
know for hasn't Hal done fhy miles in five
hours with that same "Irue" pair Of bald
flees9 How suggestive was that meeting by
/ the "way Ia thgTt16os ~ the paths" and
though / should have bren still more charm
ed 10 have seen Phrl for the whole thing
was done IN such whire there was no time
t 10 even group you In iahleauX, for less 10
/. contemplate you Individually Ike was Il
/ 10 o peep into q kaladofoope before tho COM
pnnent items have shaped themselves into
any symetdcal vhole,yet suggostyely charm
] Ing was the encounter. IL certainly was, In
that long dive, under dr1zliug rain, and
through plastic mud, something 20 be thank
r ful for, even 10 have glimpse Of those oii,
familiar faces, BE Il enough TO Say. eauied
ihc buydcn Of YOU with mel but the burden
was pleasure such % old Anohises Phubo
win understand thatD was TO the shoulders
Of A.ncns,
The past week hns been crowded foil Of
unimportant bills for changing names, re-
storing 10 their legal rights and privilege
certain persons, same Us before commission
OF cdmc,--umoug which latter class was one
restoring the gentleman from MIcndon," the
same a. before be .joiped The jiack RcpubG-
cous' Petitions for, and petitions against
annexation Of the towns Of Concord aud
Ncwbury TO the county Of Cacdouia,-mc-
MORALS protecting lsh In Joe's, Molly and
other mmiIy-uame ponds, appropriation
. Tor the Ethan Allen monument, while Among
the more important ones is au act relating TO
our Common Schools embodied Ia which
the prominent features are that no Town
/ Superintendent shall receive his compcusa.
/ ton as such until h. file with the County
Clcrl, the receipt Of the Secretary OF the
/ Board Of Education for the statistical return
Of the preceding school year The cNomra
/ ton Of teachers 10 be public in the months
Of May aud November, and ma oheIs. The
Town Sup'l is empowered, under certain cir
cumstauecs, TO revoke the decision of the
: prudential committee and discharge teachers,
the public money now divide / on the num-
Der Of scholars in districts, hereafter to he
divided on the doiiy crerage attendance.
Orange and Windsor counties have each
bills before the House for the incorporation
4 of Fair Ground Compuuics, thus following ia
the initiative step taken by Caledonia.
r. 4 general discussion Was had on Friday
upon bin renting the penalty Of $4,000
incurred by the bank at ST. Adams, Tor non
/ redemption OF bills in October and Noycm-
her Of las, year, aud finally Dismissed GA
Saturday morning il again came ulGuaIns
motion to reconsider. Tonight | see many
Of the "solid men" Of st. Albans arc here,
and when it again comes before US, Linslry,
/ Rounds. aud Olmsted will oppose, while
/ Deanc, Ilcbard. Randall and many others
will 20 for reimbursement TO the bank.
/ In ordinary times, with n, bnuk concerned
! but the one named would hold the bank
/ TO the exact provisions Of the law but who
does not remember the Idcs Of last October,
as scathiug, SCATTERING as the lightningi as
sweeping as the simeon, and as relentless as
the great waves Of yawnng sea 1t is not
always best TO insist upon "thc pound Of
flesh" The Woodstock, Royulton and other
banks lay behind this bill aud Of course arc
here at RaIk---aa
Senator Nicholson is at this moment Of
my writing speaking upon the projected fu-
gitye slave law. lie is now arguinx,upon
the broad principle Of humanity. lie says
his key note is something deeper than mere
morbid love Of the negro something MS
broad as the constitution itself guaranteeing
equal rights TO all
Tk,rc - ala, h.F,r, l., u.,..
compiling the laws Of this state, relating to
railroads, and to extend the powers Of the
railroad commissioner. 1t gives him carte
blanche to repair and run as he thinks prop
or. With an amendment that the state pay
all damages caused by the rules and regula-
tons he may give, have no objection 10 the
tili--though I think the public would have
The committee on Public Buildings arc
the subject of good deal Of remark, and to
day noticed "chisl amang them, taken
notes" for Burlington Daily The testi-
mofS is volumnous, amounting already to a
hundred pages Of fools-cap, and quite likely T,
to extend to n hundred more rich letter
from the Doctor to Silloway, "ante JelI,p,"
as one OF the counsel remarked, warning him F.
against the "gull traps of Montpelier, who /
would offer him all the kingdoms of the
Earth, when they didn't own one" was read.
yesterdoy,to "lurgc and highly interested /
audience"
These are some of the subjects of lcgisla-
ton, that have attracted public notice since
my last There has also, been given us, vari
Gus entertainments of an intellectual charac-
ter and among them, not the least interest
ing, was the lecture of our quondam friend,
aud your fellow townsman,-Rev Pliny Ii. |
White upon the life and character of Math-
.cw Lyon, before the Historical Society,"
Two thousand copies have been ordered to
be printed, and l will not speak of the pleas