Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-10-19

Mustered out OF service, in ALL 10 l3
Aggregate. q %
Veterans re cniued. 0i
Enlisted in taeU s.Nsvy Army and MarneCorps, l. .S5
DrAlied men, paid commutauon, l97
Total number Of men furnished BY MT, state, 1923
NORMAL AND COMMON SCHOOLS
For nsny years ere has been an increasing strength
ofplblc sentiment In this favorable the ad po
OF some adequate means Of supplying specih
course Of instr1col Tor The teachers OF our
schools This sentiment has increased very rapidly,
has bee me more and defined within the past fey
years, until the great maj GRITTY OF thoughtful friends b
popular education seem thoroughly united in desrni
the establishment Of some system Of State Normal In
structon
The national troubles and the very large expenditure
Induced thereby have hitherto delayed any attempt Z,
inaug such system as you'd respo I'D 10 The genera
demand for while ali have been united In opinion tha
we were in duty o1und TO lose nothing of the grouad al
ready gained IN the hed OF edaeaioua labor AL have
eqiA agreed that the heavy 0arden Of par taxes ren
dered It unadviable undertake any new enterprises
however aadable which must necessarily increase a.
largely the State bardens would be done by h. az
tempt 10 establish system Of state Normal SolOols
similar to those Of some Of our sister States.
Within the lastyear, the way seems TO have been open
ed by which beginnng may be made in the plsh
mCnt Of woi and very slight expense
70 the State 1ne Trustees Of Orange County GRAMMAR
sohoo-an institution Of established chafacter-have
pupOsed to the Board OF Education TO surrender mp the
use Of their school property for OF years fr the
purpose Of converting their soAoOl into State Normal
Sch ol the Board o Iueauin to establish courses Of
study first 70 Include all the branches required by
to be taught in the schools and the second
TO be more rigid and to require in its mastery year
longer Il mel the Board 10 determine the qualifications
for admission to aud graduation from the sihOo aud 10
attend by its agents upon all examinations and decide
who shall be aiowed TO enter and TO graduate
the Board nominate the principal and the tru tees TO
mated BY the Board the trustees TO keep the school
property in good repair and TO determine the rates Of
tai on and receive the for their benefits gradu-
from the hrs receive certificates which
shall nure 20 then benefit qualifying them TO teach
in any common school in the state Tor five years and
graduates from the higher to receive oredenti ais
which shall avail them as perpetual certificates This
proposition has approved bF the Board u Education
and vi. appear at length in the report OF their Secretary
aud, at their req lest commend the subject TO your
careful oousidefadln.
l teeommend the enactment Of law by which the
Board Of Education may be empowered to accept the
proposition reiercG to, and also % accept Ia their dis
ereti0n similar Jsiti1ns trO her schools ID diff
rent par Of the state and carry che oompacts
that will result from such accapttnces bg attending, ia
person by agents. the EXAMINATIONS for adm siiUn to
and graduation from any schools thus adopted, and
granting to graduates the appropriate eertih sAtes
desire also ~ cjmmend 70 youc attention tne matter
OF the auth orize iss Of sch ol textbooks sOmeeht At
extended discussion Of WI c. will be fodnd la the report
OF the Board Of Education - your honorable body e
original selection Of school books was ade in 1859 TO
eKpire in 1884, but the ine originally appointed for its
duration Afterwards extended 70 1857 and will
soon expire This plan OF an authoritative selection of
school books although strongly Op Josed hrst
to nave won its way to very geaefal approval.
Some legislation at yoar pfesent session will be nee
essay TO prevent return to an unli nited diversity OF
books. hat eannol but mi the schools and
end tnst the Board OF Education De wefed 10
wise the sutboriz d list Of school books aad publish tue
same AS soon may be ptascabe, aud tha the au
thurlty OF the present t be cOnuaue1 until such reyi-
81 N be made public.
REFORM SCHOOL
Under the act approved November9 ., 1865, entitled
An act q establish he Vermont Reform hool
pointed by aud with the adyIe OF ths ste Aaron g.
Pease Acting Com missioner, and Lewis A. Dunn and
Lewis Pratt Advisory Com nssiynsrs wno soon at er
wards oeated said school az Waterbury, W.. and in
counccl ln vita ssil ocldon the Com mtssoness pur-
chased aSout sixty acres Of land part Of the Old
Governor tier farm, ca led taking deei OF the
TO the State the price Of six thousand Fo hun
dred IlArs This purchase exceeded BY two hurdred
d5ilArs the they authoz BY said act 70 pay
for aud Ihey pail towards It six thousand dollars.
and gave lafaltee to deed back one acre Of toe
south east clTnsr Of The land uchased Ia case the
at its p;es N ssssion should fail make
urhef appropriation OF tn two hundred dollars The
land pu ch,sed had large and lu able bu dlnss on it,
suited ths wants OF ths school and though the Com
mis- uuresrc,ed in the amount OF expense
IN erecting all suitable buildings for the accumulation
Of aid sen OIL as these buildings came vita the aad,
NE restriction as ~ the SUN 10 De pAll Tor tle land ap
pied tde whole purchase. 1 most heartily recOm-
ld the apprJp iatiOn OF the AIMING twJ hundred
illars, the to be conveyed back Is wodh much
more than that sum.
Russell Bader is the owner Of about sixty five OF
and which adj Jas tlat purca Ased AMI is part OF tAe
Did 'yetnor 4ter farm This he proposed to sell 90
TIE state as pat OF tue Reform School farm at the
price Of four thousand two hundred dollars an he gave
bond convey il that price, hOIld tae Legislature
the present session Appropriate mohcY for its pu
ph This land is nearly destitute Of bdidings
ou OF It IS rich meadow la I'd, potion eX lelent pas
nfage and the residle--twentY - twenty-five acres
excellent wood land This land Is ric a. worth pnes
,sked, ald would. in M oPiaiOn, be very jldlcJus
for the State, as It seems really necessary in
der 10 constitute such alarm the School needs aud
sho aid the present opportunity pure II neg
eoted do not huk 1t oodll Ain be obtained
lny thing like the price asked. | therefore
mend an appropriation for its parchae at the price
named.
The buildings purchased have been repaired and
arged, nmoiate from tweuty 1--WE to thirty
,ehl and the school nlw open for the reception OF
"a emile offenders, qdt nanoef Il wing aHeAdJ osen
-eeeived and think It gives good promise OF accom-
plishng all that State expects from sush al insta
lon
The first rep ort Of the Com has beea lde
% ne ald have caused the 70 be pdn ed, ready
or immediate distribution. co nj its suggestions
md accommodations to you careful consd ;rAtioa.
FISHING RGUL ArIONsIN LAKE OHAMPLAIN.
Pursuant to the act Of he General Assembly entitled
IAN act prevent taking shad Hhite-hsh in Lake
hamplain or its tributaries" approved ivember @,
S85 caused copies thereof TO be forwarded TO the
n General OF anada an the Governor OF New Hk,
sh the req Iest hat 'thelr respective governments
,copt like measures prohibiting the tAking killing,
destroying Of shAd ~hehsh in the parts OF said Lake
sthin their respective Jursdotions. The subject WAS
aiken into consideration with pfOmpness and courtesy
BY the Government Of Canada. and the l3h day Of
April, 1866 the folio wing regulation approved by
he la Couaeii, under the Canada hsh
Fry act viz "No person shall, during the months OF
October aud November take kll destroy
any Or whiIesh IN the wtets OF tn part of Lake
yhAmpiain situated within the Province of Canada
alton from the Governor OF New York. Of Nay
l9th 1866 nfrmed thA early In the session OF the
Legislature of that State he sent copy Of said act TO
hat body and by special message called their entiOn
10 the law passed by the General Assemy of Vermont.
and urged upon them the importance OF similar enact
their part, but that owing 70 press Of other
business the Legislature djourned without final action
thereon. The Of this state, is, therefore, b. its
terms, still inoperatvs
OF sEA-FGsH TO THE CON
NECTIJUr RIVER.
Under the Joint resolution Of the last session Of the
relative the restoration Of ,h TO the
Connecticut river and lis tfibua les, appointed AL
bert n. HAger state Geologst, and Hon Charles Bar
tett, Commissioners | also communicated copies Of
said 1int resolution TO the Governors OF Masschusts
New Hampshire snd Connecticut. The Commssioners'
report may be expected uIuug your present sessi IN
Under another Joint resol ion OF the as session.
Atng the impoYdent de luct,on OF shAdia the Con-
neetout river, addressed rvp pmunicAtion to he Gov
ernor OF Connecticut, requesting him TO call the alten
ton OF the Legislature OF tnat state then In session 10
the subject and to the resolution OF state, verified
copy VI which Ianauitted 90 hun also transmitted
copies o. he 10 the Governors OF Massachusegts
aud New Hampshire In response 10 the application
the Stale Of Connecticut, herewith transmit TO
you the certified copy of nt resolution, passed BY the
LegsAtur Cf that State at Tvs last sessoa showing
Ia willingness operate with the other states in
10 the restoration OF shad 70 the ~atefs oi The
JOule stieut
NATIONAL sTATUARY HALL.
Under the joint resolution OF the Legislature relating
10 the Matt n4l staluuy Hail. adopted a. its lat ses
,on, 1 at an earl day lpOinted IL n. solomon FJJt
nd Hoa Justin S Morrill,, Commissioners 10 ca tmine
h subject fat It relates 70 this tate and to make
epOrt the present session, with such facts and sug