Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-12-06

office of commissioner of the insane, when the
assembly very quietly whistled his nominee
down the wind and elected DR.. Il. himself to
the position A better selection could not
have been made. But, notwithstanding
the fact that the members are of good ma
terlal, the Legislature as a whole,
as working body, has been a
failure. Eight-ninths of it was new
to the work the result was more
than the usual waste of time at the outset
The further result has been that, in the
later rush OF business, committees had only
time to satisfy themeelves of the advisable
lty of many proper bills and not enough to
become 50 thoroughly posted as to carry the
House with them. 1t has been laughable
to any outside tax payers to see an appro-
priation of few hundred dollars for very
worthy purposes killed one minute, and in
the next to behold a bill involving an ex-
pense Of thousands, with no earthly good to
be obtained therefrom, slide through with
the utmost case
The feature of the session has been the
Investigations, and the various committees
on this duty have 81 leave to report" after
adjournment. The investigation into the
board of education has been 4 good thing.
for 1t has brought the action Of the board
fairly before the people and has, no doubt,
strengthened it in general favor. Two
new members go upon the board, +.
{. hathaway ofMOrristOn "a town which,
by the influence of the powers that he
has Il representative about everywhere,
and George W Grandey Of Yer
gennes, taking the place Of d. NJ Camp
and Merritt Clark By the way. Henry
Clark, son Of the latter, and long secretary
OF the Senate, leaves the editOrShip of the
Rutland Herald. rumOr having it that the
editorial and publishing departments fell
ont, and the latter proved too many for the
former in this particular ease No wonder
for the number of futile, in the Herald firm
Is incomprehensible To any ordinary mathe-
matician
The committee to investigate the Brattle-
boro asylum has not reported The general
impression seems to be that that institution
is not all itsattorney painted it. How much
credit can be given to the stories Of the in
mates, who claim 10 have been unjustly
placed there, i hard to tell, but if their
testimony l. the result of halucination,
there Is most remarkable coincidence Of
crazy imaginings regard to certain things.
ct the trustees and leading otiice.S are all
honorable men
The Vermont Central has shown before
1t, committee how innocent and necessary it
was to retain able lawyers in the leading
railroad centerS, such a M0rrisyille, to
look after - lost freight" '' jess So"
There Is an old story that there was in 1869
a project for railroad along Lake Cham
plain, north of Burlington, which was sup
posed to be backed by the Rutland road and
Gov Page That project wasn't success,
not brilliant one 1t was about a. thor
oughly lost as anything ever was, but it
could only in Pickwickian sense be called
'' lost freight" 1t l. said that the COM
mittee Is to inquire into reputed mysteri-
ous change of opinion on legal question
10y the attorney Of the Ogdensburg road.
after a visit o. St Alban,, in connection
with which there Is talk Of 50 900. About
next July these two committees may re-
port, and they Will perhaps find themselves
able To give the people Of the state some en-
tertaining ESSAYS. OYERI0N.