Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-10-27
Montpelier N0ies.

Mr.. Dillingham;, of Waterbury, has in
PRODUCED in the House a bill providing for
Two annual sessions of tie Supreme Court
for the whole State, at Montpelier. in May
ana octooer. all the judges to attend. All
suits and actions now rsturnable to the Su-
preme Court in the vaious counties are
made retsrnable to the next term Of this
court, at Montpelier.
Senator Spaulding. of Chittenden county,
has introduced bill prohibiting fishing
with seine' and nets of any kind in
any Water Of the State, and making
1t lawful to cateh any kind OF fish
IN Lake Clamplaiu at any season with
hook and line.
Senator L,ayenwarth, of Chittenden coun-
ty. proposes to encourage tree-planting by
allowing anyperson setting oct shade trees
at the side Of public highways, twenty five
cents for each tree, the amount to be dedu CT
ed from the State tax of such person.
1t Is pleasant to learn that the prayer
meeting in connection with the Legislature
1t grand success. From seventy-fve to
one hundred meetevery morning in the room
occupied BY committee on elections. Among
those attending and deeply interested in the
meeting are some who have never attended
PRAYER meetings at their homes. The sing
ing Is inspiring, the spirit of the meeting is
excellent the prayers are fervent, and the
addresses are convincing. 1t is to be hored
that the managers will take in some mem
bers ct The - Third House " to practice on.
A oil has been introduced requiring dogs
to be described, registered and licensed, and
to wear collars ;all unlicensed and collarless
"purIs" to be ruthlesslY exterminated by
the police.
Mr.. Eaton's (of Rochester) sOlicitude for
the Sabbath is touching.
Sleaking about normal schools, the figures
seem 20 pan out" about as follows While
there ire twenty-five hundred common schools
in thisState, the total number of graduates
from our three normal schools during the
entire nue years Of their existence is only
six hunded 1--WE use round numbers pro-
portion OF whom, Of course, did not enter
the bushes of teaching in this State, or at
all. 1t would follow. then, that of the two
and one-hilf thousand teachers in the State,
less than Ole-fourth would be persons of any
previous ;mining for their vocation. OF
course this would not prove strictly true in
any one year, but the surprising dispropOr-
ton Of tie figures give some idea
Of the number OF inexperienced
teachers whom we annually commit
the debate task of teaching the
young ideahow to shoot" Now, two Of
our normalsc (the figures of the other
are lacking in the Superintendent report)
10, b., art ,-alpa1 Il
600, and tie annual income of the three Is
about IS, 5W-and all combined turn out, on
an average ,sbout O. graduates a year to fill the
desks of twenty-five hundred schools and in
struct the seventy thousand school children.
Why not, ten, consolidate the existing nor
nal schools into one strong. central instiiu-
ton, frmy established, financially, and
fully up tothe times in methods, apparatus
and instrutors?
That member "A little deal-who invaded
the Legislative prayer-meetng Friday morn
ing, and inquired OF participant in the
meeting What id great committee Is
this ," ought to have been better posted.
-JouWql
Somebody who sends dispatches from
Montpclie- maniiests a greater degree Of
precieuce Than ordinarily falls to the lot OF
mortals in these days, for he says speaking
of the elecsisn of judges, that - Pierpoint,
Barrett, v heller, Royce and Powers will
be reelected Why be leaves Ross and Red
field out nt apparent be only eompel-
Us to gue:s that it Is because ne wants to
substitute Judge Poland for the former and
save the bitter for Judge Smalley's place,
when lildeI i elected - ~ AHans
Messenge.
Our friend Q. g. " and those who agree
with him. Will probably he rejoiced in miad
by bill ntrod1ced By Senator Landon, of
Grand l,le, which bestows several new
rights On the oppressed and weaker sex
Senator Lando1's bill provides that no deed
or will disposin, Of personal property shall
be valid unless 'igned by both husband and
wife, and that a widow shall have all the
rights in her husbands estate that are now
possessed by widowcr in his wiie's. At
fr,t flush ,hi, bill would arpear to be Of
dubious merit.
The imp1rmn committee on Insane Asylum
i. we should judge, very wei and fairly
made Up. OF is eight members, three are
two lawyers. and one farmer,
merchant and t.erryman. respectiyelv