The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-10-22
The Legis azure.

Tho third week OF session has dcve
oped oratorica talents not before appar
ent. The real works of the session is be
gun. Both houses have been putting i
faithful and earnest work. The Senat
have put forty-fve bills into the legisla
tive hopper TO be ground out at thei
leisure, and the House have one hundre
and twenty.six bills and about as man
petitions in consideration by the Commit
tees. Eleven of the House bills hav
been disposed of by the refusal of tn
House to order the third reading. o
these, seven were the aboriiye attempts O
ambitious, legislators to tinker the stat
utes Two were propositions to chang,
names, one from Orwell. Two were dis
missed because Senate bills covered tn
same grounds. Three bills have passc,
both houses aud received the approval o
the Governor. One lays tax on thu
County Of Caledonia, one amends thu
charter of the Rutland Railroad, and thu
other defines the powers Of town superin
tendents Of schools. Some ten or lively,
House bills have passed the House, anC
several have passed the Senate, and viii
doubtless receive the approval Of tn,
Governor, and become laws The friends
Of the scheme to refund money paid il
communication by drafted men are pushing
the matter more vigorously and pertina
ciousl y. The Committee on Claims. tC
whom the matter is referred, is flooded
with petitions for that purpose. But il
Is thought the effort will be futile. Mos
OF the members reason that it is more
properly matter to be presented in the
Congress of the United States, as the
General Government. not the State, re-
celved the benefit of the service secured
by the money paid in by these victims oil
the draft Many Of the soldiers of the
late war are uncivil enough to denomin.
ate the bill to refund this money" An
Act TO pay premium on Sinking mill.
tary service in the late war" One OF
the victims, the originator of the scheme
to have the money refunded by the state,
we believe, asst gus as one of the reasons
why he is entitled to it of right, that af.
ter he had paid his three hundred dollars
there was no further draft and that his
town afterwards paid nine hundred dol.
lars bounty, and that he had to help pay
it. One member suggested that he might
have volunteered taken the 5000, and
saved 5000 by the operation.
Friday afternoon the Legislature and
Executive differs of the state with a
number Of ladies', visited the Reform
School at Waterbury. A special train
left Montpelier at half past wo and re.
turn at six in the evening. The school
Is evidently in good hands and satsfac-
tory In all its appointments. Mr.. Fair.
banks aud his efficient corps of assistants
are evidently the right ones in the right
place The members expressed great
qualification with the exhibit made by the
school. There are now one hundred and
eighteen inmates. The daily programme
OF the school includes four aud quarter
hours OF school exercises, six hours of
work, and the remainder Of the time de.
voted to recreation, toilet. eating and
sleep. The boys gave evidence Of pro-
gress IN mental capacity and efficiency in
manual labor. They gave exhibitions of
their skill at botiomiDg chairs, pegging
shoes, darning stockings, washing dishes
NC, as well as examples Of their profcien.
cy IN mental arithmetic, geography and
vocal music Governor Converse address.
ed the boys quite ielictously giving them
words OF encouragement and exhortation.
The Hall Of the House has been grant.
ed for three addresses since the opening
OF the session. Rev. Mr.. Cyr gave an
address on Father Hyacinthe, Hon. l.. Z.
Chittenden, before the Vermont Histori.
cal Society on the subject "Who captured
Ticonderoga ?" and last Thursday evening
DR.. ). ii. French, Secretary Of the Board
OF Education, Interested a fair audience
upon the subject OF Practical Education,
Tor an hour and "a half or more, IN which
he made some valuable suggestions and
recommendations for legislation upon this
subject.
Among outside matters at the Capitol
we might mention torchlight procession
IN honor Of the October elections on
Tuesday evening IL was a slim affair,
and not house in the village responded
by respectable illumination. The near
est TO an illumination, which was noticed
by cur observing informant, was one
modest dwelling house, at the windows Of
which two red heated Misses were finely
displayed. If the procession didn't stop
and give them ,hrec cheers it should have
done SO.
Montpelier is out III her gayest colors
and looks fnel, at present. Most of her
shade trees are naples and their foliage
is now most beautiful 10 their variegated
colors, but the leaves are fast falling to
the ground under the influence of the
latse Irosts'
The minor state officers will probably
be filed next week, though the time is
not definitely fixed yet,