St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-11-01

shall be selected as the one best suited
to the wants of the State, may defeat
the plan of consolidation, and continue
the present triangular division of the
States fostering care.
An attempt is being made to remodel,
in the hope to reform, our divorce law.
That some legislation is needed on this
subject, there are few to doubt but
just what will best tend to decrease the
number of petitions for divorce which
are crowding the dockets of every
county court in the State, is not so
easily foretOld. There have been sew
eral bills introduced, but the one pro-
posed by Mr.. Huse of Montpelier, on
Friday last, seems to attract the most
attention. Its principal provisions are ::
"Q) The granting of divorce from the
bond of matrimony in case of adultery,
or Imprisonment at hard labor in state
prison for five years or more. (2) For
fixture of the right of marrying again
to the guilty party. (3) The immediate
trial for the crime of adultery, of the
party from whom divorce is granted
for that cause. (4) A divorce from bed
and board but not from the bond of
matrimOny, for the causes of intolerable
and repeated acts of personal abuse !;
for wilful desertiOn for three cOnsecu-
tive years; or when either party shall
have been absent from the state seven
years, and not heard of during that
time, and to the wife when the hus-
band, having property, voluntarily and
cInelly refuses to aid in her support.
(5) The denial of divorce, in all cases,
when the occasion or cause for which
it is asked happened without the State"
There is wide diversity of opinion as
TO the effect of the passage of such
law, it being claimed on one side that
it Twill largely diminish the applica
tions for divorce, preserve unbroken
many families, serve the cause of public
morals, and rejoice the hearts of all
good citizens )" while, on the other
hand, there are equally good men who
see iii the fourth and fifth provisions
only the wide open door to an increase of
RIGHTEOUSNESS and prostitution. When
doctors disagree, who shall decide
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
With business coming in so much
faster than it is disposed of, there is
no foretelling when the day of final
adjournment will come. Next week
will be the last week in which, accord
ing to Il resolution of the House, it will
be admissible to introduce new bills
and as the special election is to take
place i'll the third congressional district
on the 5th of November, it is quite GER
tain that both Houses will adjourn over
from next Friday, virtually if not in
reality, until Wednesday of next week.
AT that time four weeks of the session
will have passed and a busy week it
must he this week, to enable the most
hopeful to say that the work of the
StSSloH Is Hull uOne. DuU III any OF
Your readers are fearful that the session
will he too long, let them select from
their flock the choicest and incest
turkey and forward to the Governor, as
Il reminder that they are ready for an
early Thanksgiving, and perchance the
stake beyond which our legislature sell
dom ventures will be struck ut so near
IL day in the future as to hasten the
peoples servants in their legislative
work.
THE WEATHER.
For most of the time, thus far since
the session commenced, Montpelier has
appeared at her very best. Day after
day of beautiful sunshine, with but an
occasional cloud, have added to the
pleasure of those whom the legislature
has attracted here and, with the add
vantages of half fare offered by all the
railroads, the numbers have been by
no means small. 1t il not to he ex-
pected that such fine weather will con-
tinue much longer to favor our law
makers; but thus tar your correspond
ent has found pleasure in being free to