Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-10
Things Written from MONTPELIER.


End, writes
g In the House, yesterday the most notable
work was the defeat of the bill introduced by
Mr. Colby of Hartand, repeating the Act
establishing the Board of Education, and, of
course, the existing Common School system Mr.
Colbys bill is short and simple in its provisions,
but would have operateu, had it become law,
to undo all the large and unquestioned amount
of good that has been done and lnaugurated
under the intelligent management OF the Board
Of Education and their very competent ana
faithful Secretary, and to introduce +" confusion
worse conlOunded > in lieu of the harmonious
compact and consistent arrangement OF en-
couragements, incentives, checks and balances,
which is just beginning to give unity. vigor and
usefulness to our Educational system.
The bill of Mr.. Colby found no advocates in
the House. Even its experienced and well-in-
formed author let 60 to its inevitable death
without word of encomium or eulogy. Mr..
FERRlN, of llinesburgh made a short and for
chile speech in opposition to it, and in com
mendation of the existing School Law, which is
deseivedly popular and becoming more so as its
practical operation is developed. Experience
and observation will best suggest such amend
"N'eo va "ieNiopiNiIo 10 ihuJ pO ANd"hNN, "hN ~
is certainly matter for congratulation that the
radical and ruinous change contemplated by the
bill OF Mr.. Colby met with SO little favor. The
bill was denied its third reading by very large
majority.
The Committee of Ways and Means (of the
liouse) this morning reported bills approprla-
ting some $40, 600 for the Furniture, Fixtures,
Re- n,d lo+,,1 +bo do
work supposed to belong by law to the
Sergeant at Arms) of the State House, and for
the salary of the Superintendent, DR.. POWERS.
This last item CSC ,325) is figured up at the
extraordinary rate Of $1,000 per annum, or
pretty nearly So per diem, Sundays included
yearly allowance 50 unprecedented in Yer
mont can be accounted for only on the suppos-
ition that the Committee intended to include
pay for the work of Superintendent, Engineer
and Architect and reasonable sum for loss OF
professional business! The services of compe-
tent Superlntendents are paid for in nelghbor
ing States, and easily obtained, at SIS per day ;
though it is indBputably true that such a
Superintendent as ours was never before known
The General Term of the Supreme Court for
Eastern Vermont commenced yesterday, in the
Court House in this village, Chief Justice RED
FIELD and Justices BENNETT, POLAND, PIER
POINT, Adds and BARRITT, constituting the
entire Bench, are present. There is large ac-
cumulation of business, and the term is likely
to be II long one. Judges Poland, Adds and
| Perpont have quarters at the Pavilion, which,
under the quiet but efficient supervision and
contrivance of the attentive and even tempered
PALMER, is made to accommodate satisfactorily
about three times us many as it will actually
hold PALMER is a Genius
[The Col. ought to enlarge that Pavili on.
The incursion of dimity and crinoline into
the Capitol, is without any previous precedent !!
Everybody and his wife. and the rest of man
kind and their sweethearts, appear to be on a
pilgrimage to this Vermont Mecca, to the sensi-
BILE improvement of the streets, and the pleasant
impeding of legislation. The proverbial hospi-
taty of the people of Montpelier is well illustrs
ted and sustained.
The correspondent of the Windsor Journal
has the following, among other things
The room devoted to the Natural History Of
the State has been put in order to a very consid-
cradle extent The Vermont Whale has been
mounted in glass case fifteen feet in length
and is, of itself, sufficient object of interest to
Justify visit to the Capitol. This whale, it
will be remembered by your readers, was exca-
vated from clay bank in the town Of Char
lotte, eight feet from the surface, in the year
1910. 1t is of the specie Of the black whale
found on the coast of Africa. 1t is an argu-
ment, of no inconsiderable magnitude, to es-
tablish the truthfulncss of the Deluge, as SET
forth in the Divine Word.
The halt-fare system adopted by the various
Rail Roads throughout Vermont, during the
session of the Legislature, is bringing crowds oil
people to Montpelier by every train And il
Whale would more than compensate the ex-
pcnse of the trip.
For the first time since the completion of the
State House, ladies assembled to the top of the
dome on Saturday. The view from the top il
grand and beautiful. The placid Winooski
dividing the little village below; the steep and
rugged hills that form the outline of the town
and seem like ramparts thrown by nature tC
protect the little valley from the too severe en-
} croachments OF storm and wind, while upon the
very tops grow the giant maple and beech
throwing out their strong arms like faithful SEN
tinels, almost defyng the angry elements, make
up picture which the artists eye would fully
appreciate and the pen of the poet fully de-
scribe.
| In the same article the very worthy cor
respondent, for whose compliments we have be-
fore been indebted, has the following relative tt
our good people which is probably as much a
7 they expected, to say the least
Thus far during the session, the weather ha
been of the most uncomfortable character
Storms of snow and rain COLI, raw, easterl,
:, winds; u dark, unpromising sky, giving 70 boil
. nature and art most cherries appearance
e have persistently maintained the ascendancy il
a Montpelier. And, were it not for the sunshin
8 of the social circle for the generous hosptall
ty for which Montpelier has always been dis
II tingushed for the Langdon's and Keith an
= Colamers and Jewetts and the hosts of other
e whose names are familiar to the people in al
sections of the State there would have been
prevailing feeling, very much akin to nome
sickness, long since epidemic. One might cas
t ly suppose that this annual prolussn of hospi
f taltty would flag, as years increased: that tn
Il people of the Capitol might grow weary in thi
well-doing, but, such, am told, is not the case
J There is no reason why this courtesy should b
t shown to strangers, except that the people @
0 Montpelier are well bred IN the amenities an
civilites of social life and in this respect set
' example worthy of emulation Certainly it
. not Montpelier that is indebted to the State
g but it is Vermont that owes debt of gratitud
J, to its Capital; and the debt increases as tn
J. years roll round.
70 If the above is complimentary to Montpelier
J. the following from Gen. Clark, of the Times,
interesting to those wishing to know what tn
:. effect of the half fare arrangement has been
!, MONTPELIER Nov. 3.
n The Capitol is getting to be the center of a
IS traction for the fashion and gaiety of the STATE
= A larger assemblagc of mere visitors, KNOWN