Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-31


looms. when the hearing was opened.
Tor 1t is regarded as something of an en-
tertainment, and the theatre at VILLAGE
Hall is not over brilliant. If the follow
erS OF the ''Veiled Propbetv boro
modified the mode of warfare 70
more subdued bearing, the intensity
when it comes TO a question of r;gbts
and a division of spoils. is not less or
dent though less sanguinary. 1t seems
that an enabling act is required TO do
certain thing which one party wants
done, and the other party is opposed to
The Legislature viii no doubt do both
sides justice if they can find out how 10
do it.
THR INSANE AsYITM.
The Insane Asylum investigation
promises to be one of the features Of the
present week, some forty witnesses hay
ing been summoned to appear before the
committee-''crazy," not ''clergy." as
you made US say, to the great scandal of
such la5n9en as Senators Ballard and
Morrill, There is evidently a determi-
nation to 90 TO the ''botton" this time
(where it is reported so many inmates
are confined and it is believed that the
committee who have the matter Ia
charge, is composed of just the men 10
make thorough work of it, and save.
hereafter, an annual OF biennial investi-
CATION. TIE State Prison seems 10 be
pretty well Strengthened out, at last. af
ter repeated efforts, and the Reform
School is all right. Now give us an
insane asylum that viii not outrank
either of these in its penal proclivities.
and being crazy viii fall within the cat
alogue OF misfortunes not regarded as
crimes.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
A bill TO re-district the State into con
gressional districts, introduced into the
Senate on Saturday afternoon. changes
the old boundaries and combinations
1t proposes for the First District. the
counties of Addison, Bennington. Ruf-
land and Windham; for the Second.
Caledonia, Essex, Orange. Orleans and
Windsor, and for the Third, the balance
of the State - Chfttenden. Franklin.
Grand Isle, Lamoille and Washington.
While there is an equalization of the
popular vote in this division that can
not be reached by any other, and a vast
advantage over the present make up, in
point Of geographical centers for the
several districts, there may be political
or personal considerations that will out
weigh these, and prevail in settling the
question. You cannot very well reframe
the slate without rubbing out some of
the figures on it, and as the political
slate is never without figures, or ''shad-
Ows," not of deceased uncles." who
forget Us in their wills, and then steal
back and occupy a vacant corner in our
family photographs. to remind us of If,
but shadows of coming men for places
already bespoken, that must not be rub
bed out by any change of boundary lines,
you viii see how difficult a matter it is
to manage. Enough, probably under
stand the situation alike TO prevent a re
adjustment Of Congressional boundaries.
and as we can never again expect so for
tunate an escape from losing man as
we had at the end of the last decade,
we shall probably 60 on in our old way
so long as the present count holds
good.
ART AT THE CAPITAL.
The new bust Of Ex-Governor Fair
banks, in the Governors room, attracts
the attention of visitors, and is readily
recognized by those familiar with the
features of the original, while living,
without the aid so thoughtfully rendered
our youthful projections of 'slikeness,"
by placing under the picture thereof.
this is a bear" The eyebrows are
prominently natural. 1t is a good face
Of a good man, and a worthy governor,
fit to be placed on file with those the
State most delights to honor.
As evidence of a patriotic impulse, on
the part of the Legislature, five hundred
dollars have been appropriated to build
a fence around the Ethan Allen monu-
ment. in Green Mount Cemetery, Bur
lington. to protect it from the ''vandals'
who did not go abroad with the limo
cents" We understand the monument
is soon to be completed, by putting a
head on il, or rather a heroic sized figure
Of the ''hero of Ticonderoga. If the
Vandals want an Ethan Allen. why not
let them have the one standing in the
porch Of the capitol. 1t would be a
cheap way to get it removed, and any
amount of chipping would not injure
t as a work of art. The artist who
it would not be flattered with
fulsome praise of this early effort. He
has established a name and fame since
hen, above all such grotesque figures.
LICENSE LAW.
We notice that an innocent suggestion
GldtlNc 10 the 1lGcuSC law NdlAtA lDIAI
many phrased communication from
iIidd bury, possibly from some one who
las a fear of expensive license,
md ''heavy bonds, as an impediment TO
business. As we have no pet-scheme OF
,ur own, in relation to this matter, we
would as soon see the dram shops des-
roy each other, as to see it done in any
,ther way; only 'if it were well done.
t were well it were done quickly,
which is evidently something that ''pro-
libition" never viii do. After twenty
ears of failure in that direction, we can
veil afford to defer to the views Of such
oted temperance advocates as John Il.
Tough, General Cary, and George W.
'ungey.
PERSONAL.
The Rutland County Senators pre-
ent a good working front, and fill a