St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-06

We noted. last week. the passage of
certain acts of the Legislature all of
general interest. Tn" Legislature adj
i"urncd "Wednesday morning. after
which event mock sessions were holden
in each House. This custom has PIE
vailed in the House tnr many Years. but
was initiated III the senate. this veal.
for the first time. Why this should hc
"" cannot div inc. since Cough had -"
recently lccturcd at the capital. In
charity. however. We must r"mrlud"
that it >impl, indicates that the SENATE
WAS more hoy i>h than it, predecessors.
The con>rabulary hill WAS defeated in
the senate yeas. 10 mays. |" ~ fol
lows:
Yeas Mr>>r>. Barnes. Carpenter. Is
tcy. IIinckIcy. Kellogg. Mason. Morrill,,
Powers. Rogers, Spraguc. 10.
NAYS Mc>>l>. Adams. Bailey. Bal
lard. Bartlett. Ibi"cl"w. Buttcrlicld.
C"lhuIn. Cotton. lI"ught"u. Humphrey.
King. Lamb. Reynolds. Scott. ~hcdd.
smith. stiles. Ncazcy. Wilson. 10.
\ hill relating to railroad bridges. be
came Il law Also the one layim" Il tan
on the county of CALIFORNIAN. and ais"
one regulating railroad trains in ap-
preaching crossings. and for the COM
plctiom of the Reform >caonl. passed
each House Many bills were dismiss
Il Il - ,,.,,,.,.,l Lii.
tcrc>t. were passed druiu" the closing
day and night of the session. The sen
ate thanked the Lieut.. Governor and
almost every body else tur the ''ahlc
manner in which they had discharged
their ar,luou> duties. In the House.
Judge IIchard of Chelsea. presented Il
resolution which WAS unanimously
adopted
That the thanks of the House are due
to Hon. franklin Fairbanks. speaker
If the House. for the honorable. fair
impartial and digniiicd manner. in
which he has discharged the delicate
and arluor> duties of his office. and
that he will carry home with him ON
best wishes and Warmc~t regards. and
that we shall ever remember our inter
course here only with feelings oi tlatcr-
nal interest and delight; adopted
unanimously.
fv Mr.. Crane of Concord. that the
thanks of this House hc extended L" the
speaker. Clerk. and all other officers
connected Herewith. f"r THEN gentle
manly department. and for the able
and acceptable manner III which they
have performed thr several duties as
signed them during the now closing hi
cmniaI session of l~12: adopted.
The usual messages wee exchanged
between the two HOUSES and the GOV
rIn"r. and tIIcrrup"n the Speaker adj
dressed the House ~ follows:
Gentlemen Of the HoH&c Of HcprC$cHtd-
tires have Just been informed of Il
resolution passed 10y this House. while
WAS temporarily absent from the
chair: and | cannot express to Nou the
feelings that enter my bosom H. ! read
the kind words in which You have rN-
pressed your thanks I" me. for the man
nrr in which have discharged the du-
ties of this position. came to the
chair with feelings of doubts and dis
trust a> To my abilities To discharge lis
duties. and H. | read the Ion. array of
names of illu~trIoII> men who had here
tot"rc occupied the place. my di>lru>t
OF my nN II ability WAS Increased. l;ut
with your sympathy and support.
have been encouraged and supported III
the discharge of the aIdu"u> duties in
cumhrmt upon me. and | return to Nou
my most hearty and sincere thanks. ioI
tI.. anal nv tIi.If
have uniformly extended Ia me. And
while N"u express the desire that | may
carry home with me NoUr best wishes
and sympathy. pray cod that h" may
accompany Nuu to Nour homes, and
that You may find Your families we'll
and | sincerely pray that N"u may en-
JOY Ion" lives. and that We may ut last
meet in a better land where We shall
know no more parting forever. I'm CON
clu>ion | hid You Il last farewell. and
declare this House adi"urucd sine die.
Gun readers will shortly Ice supplied
with all of the acts of the recent >c>-
particular mention of the numerous adj
diti"ull ones
We have not seen the act rc"ulatin"
the erection of railroad bridges. hut
learn from private sources. that II re
pIirc> new bridges to he of Il certain
height. and all old ones to hc raised he
fore the expiration of eight Years. The
raising of the old bridges must mccc>>;l-
rilN involve Il Large expenditure of mon
,N Inn i'm th, StrII,.t ion nt u,.N nII,>
ii will hc less The law. We under
stand, does not require the bridges to
he raised sufficiently I" make il SAFE, fnI
men L" stand mp upon hay cans. hut
only upon ears of the ordinary height.
- The Investigating committee of
the Legislature found no occasion to
ccn>urr the Board of Education. nor amy
one else. We have NOT heard of serious
charges against the Board. and the com
mittcc. Doubtless. were justified in their
report ct cNculpatinn. The public
complain of the frequent changes of
books. and the Board will no more than
do it, duty 10y exercising sound di>crc-
tI"n III this respect. and the greatest
vigilance To defeat all parties with self
interests to serve. VIII" may urgr ummcc-
c>S;lly changes. especially such parties
~ may L." connected officially with om
school Interests. Here was the difficult
~ wears ago. and ON Board of Edura
ton WAS instituted +" hecomc gnardi
ans of the people III respect To this one
matter.
If the investigation stopped short of