Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

SEMINARY HILL.-Professor Southworth has
gone to New York. -. Miss Jennie Barstow, who
has been sick with diphtheria, is improving.
There is one case of mock measles in school and
quite a number are enjoying whooping cough.
The "mock legislature" held Friday night,
although necessarily somewhat long and tedious,
was well carried out and wthal a very enjoyable
affair. The speakers desk and chair clerks
desk reporters table and representatives desks
were arranged quite similar to the originals. The
chairs in the rear of the speaker, as no senators
were present. were occupied by representatives
wives. The pages were active and the members
seemed strenuously to endeavor to "carry out
the will of their constituents According to GUS
tom, Ely-Goddard occasionally buzzed the ladies'
large proportion OF the bills were OF local in
terest and only to be appreciated by those to whom
were known the facts concealed behind the bills
House bill No. 705 provided for the raising Of
money to provide for and maintain skating
rink on the side hill in rear Of boarding house,
said rink to be closed on Fourth of Julys" and
Horace Greeley's birthday. House bill No. $50
prohibited potato bugs from coming into the state
and allowed only shorttime after spring opened
for those wintering in the soil to " vamouse" 1t
enioined a severe penalty against any person 5
harborng or trusting any of the aforesaid bugs
knowing them to be such House bill No. 9l2 pro-
vided for house OF correction on Seminary Hill
for Maynard students. Senate bill No 800, en-
titled can act for prevention OF cruelty to ami
mails " provided for a fine to be levied and col
lected of young ladies OBTAINING gentlemen on the
| steps more than ten minutes during the present
| cold weather. House bill No. 1873, entitled " an
act regulating the punishment Of those persons
engaged in producing or using intoxicating
| liquors was even more strict than our new nui-
sauce law II reads as follows: 1t Is hereby
enacted, etc. Section Amy person persons
| raising or causing to be raised any rye, wheat,
corn, apples or potatoes, or other products con-
vertible into intoxicating liquor, shall be riddled
With boot jacks Section 2-Auy person caught
in the immediate act of drinking any whiskey,
coffee, oatmeal water, lager beer or lemonade,
shall be compelled To climb the north pole the
entire distance to the north star and pull the pole
up after him Section 3-This act shall take
effect from its passage" This is none too strict
1t passed to its third reading and would probably
| have passed and become law had not ad joummeni
nipped il In the bud. There were quite nun.
Der Of joint resolutions and many messages from
His Excellency, the governor, which Doorkeeper
| SkeeB announced IN MS usual sOnor0us tones
The governor signed and approved the following
named bills, viz. House bill No. L. entitled al
act providing for discontinuance of snow-storms.
House bill No II entitled an act providing for the
enlargement OF our state library by the addition
OF Htrper's Biographies Senate bill No. IL, on,
titled an act 10 amendment TO an act entitled an
act to tax cats Senate bill No, 3S, entitled an ac
to prevent the goddess OF liberty from speaking
when she Is not spoken TO. House bill No. 4l9
entitled an act allowing women the right ant
privilege to stay at home and take good care oil
the children while their husbands attend thu
polls" After much time being taken up II
euogizing, Mr. Stackpole was elected TO tn
United States senate by large majority, Tn
other candidates were +, EyGoddard and thu
Hon. John Smith from Pekin. II there was an.
, one thing more noticeable than another In Thu
our Iirst and last session, 1t that although tn
members had worked hard and earnestly, the,
did not make IL a lengthy session vote extri
pay 70 any one II was not necessary 10 have
"call OF the house" A telegram was recoive
: during the evening from democratic headquaTter
/ and read by the clerk, calling attention 10 tn
fact that the aforesaid party had reformed itsel
In new party to be called the free-trade-pro
tecti0n-hard money-reiormed anti-republican-
! greenback-horey-n igger-shooters.