Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-11-27
LETTER FR9n MONTPELIER.

LII IN =
As the session Of the legislature draws
70 4 close. the business multiplies. aud
the busiest constituent would not want
% work more hours IN a day than does
bis representative here. During the
past week. the senate. beside acting on
3 large number Of minor bills from the
House. has passed very elaborate act
called the insolvency Act. which IS viz
tually State bankrupt act. The bill /
was prepared that it might, Is Is quite
generally believed. protect many persons /
who would Be sued and broken down. if
the national bankrupt act should De re-
pealed. There will Be quite 4 lively 0p- I
position 10 this measure IN the House /
Many amendments 70 the temperance /
law have been made. the most important
Of which Is oue that provides that the
second offence against the lav shall be
punishable By 6us and imprisonment
This bill passed the House BY large
majority. Another measure called the
Nuisance Act. provides that all beer sa-
looms nav Be aba,ed as nuisances, aud
the person running the sane shall Dc
fined. The grand lisS bill herstofore
mentioned 10 these letters, provides that
after the ball g0es into effect in ISIS.
every taxpayer shall make out
list q all bis personal property aud shall
swear 10 the sane. and that listers shall
appraise real and personal estate at their
fed value. The bill aims II all classes
Of property. and would cure many Of the
present evils IN yel1ti0a % unequal tax
alton. we're is provisions enforced The
Reform school At Vergsnnes. Is quite 4
state pagPeF and Is nov asking for for
" thousand dollars; this large apPro-
priation will come rather hard At this
tine. The Governor recommended thai
the State take some action IN regard q
the Centennial celebration. which Is {,
be held at Bennington next summer. anc
there Is bill befJie the House. whict
asks for = donation from the State o
$4,000 tor ! monument. and 500,
for assistance IN the celebration Their
= quite 4 manifest desire 10 do some
thing tovari the erection q q saitabt
and respectable monument on the iupoE
taut battlefield az Bennington, an
which shall be = memorial structure de'i
icated 70 the nerves Of the revOlutiOI
There will probably be some aPPrOPria
ton made for this object.
The present board Of Supreme Judg'
have been r. elected. as has State 81
perinteudent C0uaut. The m4uagsmeI
Of the states prison fvE the Po,s ye'
Is reported TO have been bad. and ne
laE 10 relation to the saueis II the LEI
islativs mill. The usual complaint
regard 70 the Insane Asylum at Brattl
boru has been made. and some legisl
ton in regard to this institution Is d
nanded An attempt will De made
consolidate the Normal schools. hzyI
Ouly one in the state The re-nappi
measure 'drags It's slow length along
and there Is 10 knowing when 1t n
emerge from the committee The doct'
propose to pass bill that shall prev:
the public from being huubugged
quack physicians, and the druggists P
pose 70 have only experienced and
sponsibls parties dispense medicines a
poisous. How the legislature will
in regard to these measures remains
be seen.
The Methodist Seminary and Fen
College has Just closed successful ts
This school Is comparatively young,
is ginning an enviabls reputation, |
deserves patronage Montpelier has
excellent union school. where studs
may pursue their studies and st tn
selves for college. The Catholics b
large and fOurishiug school Of Z
own. This town Is heavily loaded '
debt. bat business seems TO BE z
We made little estimate Of the te
hitched upon and in the streets, the
er day. aud there were not less than
hundred The marks Of the great
that lately visited this place. have
nearly e1tinguished. aid large. 1
eoamOdious blocks have taken the ?
Of the old buildings destroyed
The new Pavilion hotel IS fairly
rouized By members Of the lsgislai
and is the general home Of the travs
public Il IS probably the best hot
the state The other hotels in tow
doing fair business. There are I
clearinghouse IN this place that
taken session boauiers at prices 4
lover than heretofore We hope
week to Be able 70 give a more exts
account Of What the legislature has
N0HfPeiier. Noe %
THE DUTY oP THE PRESS