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the results arrived at by their Joint action
have been as salutary upon the whole rs
could have been expected bad the views Of
either been carried to the extreme. These
questions are discussed in the reports OF the
superiute and the trustees and the
suggestions OF both are we'll worth consider
ing by you before any further action IL taken.
! have had no occasion to pardon any from
the school, although frequent applications
have been made to me for that purpose. l
was satisfied to leave this matter in the hands
| of the trustees under the law passed in
1850. knew them all to be conscientious,
humane and Just mon, who, from their fire.
quent visits to the school, knew much more
about it and its inmates than | could. |
cannot speak too highly Of the present SUI
perin,endent and the iuatron, his wife, in all
that pertains to the care and instruction of
the pupils under their charge. They seem
| t. have the same interest in them thar pa
rents have in their own children. indeed,
the State is fortunate in the superintendeuts
OF all its institutions.
Four years ago the Legislature appro.
priated ten thousand collars for the enlarge
ment and Improvement of the buildings OF
the Reform School, subject to the approval
OF the Governor. The trustees at that time
thought the appropriation advisable, and the
proposed improvements necessary, but Gov.
Proctor declined TO approve of the expeudi-
ture OF the money. The Legislature of two
years ago reappropriated the same sum with
out requiring the approval OF the governor
| for its expenditure. The present trustees
have made the proposed changes and i'm
provements, and now the buildings are
every way ample for the wants Of tho State
in that respect and more than ample for the
present number of pupils. Two large wings
hoe lad to. I.rt, nj httl Il
ing, which contain all the rooms aud cOnve-
niences so specifically provided for in the
act OF 1880. No. 2, section l6. The add-
tions are neatly but not extensively finished.
| The new dormitory together with the old
one, gives ample and healthy sleeping room
When the whole school was crowded into
the old dormitory, it was necessary to con-
stiuct berths one above another, but now
there is ample space for single cots. The
new hospitals seemed quite as necessary as
the new dormitory, but the health Of the
boys has been so remarkably good, that
there has been little occasion to uss it. July
Slst, 1880, there were one hundred and
twenty-five pupils in the school on the
same day in 1854 there were bat eighty-six,
"a decrease OF thrty-six in two years.
ought to add by way of explanation, that my
predecessor pardoned eighteen from the
school Just before the close Of his term of Of
flee, that are included i'll the decrease Of
thirty.six. The fact that thee are one hun
dred and nine less offenders confined in our
prisons and Reform School than two years
ago. is worth our consideration, and the
causes should be nsceriained if possible and
further advantage taken of them. The trus-
tees in their report sngges, some changes in
tn. law, and recommend the repeal Of SO
much as requires towns to pay a portion OF
the expenses OF the pupils while in the
school, and such other legislation us may
prevent improper commitments. This seems
to he advisable.
state Agricultural college.
The University of Vermont and State Az
ricultural College have been iortunaue III
many respects during the past two years
John Z. Howard. Esq has given .he insti-
tuition tiftv thousand dollars, the income OF
which is to be d evoted To pay the salary OF
professors and for other purposes. He is
expending nearly thirty thousand dollars IN
recons,ructikg the main building Of the Uni
versi,y aud has provided the means for
erecting Il statue OF Lafayette in the park in
front OF the college buildings, the corner
stone OF which the General land in 1925
There have been quite number of donations
Of scholarships, more that lively. in all, ] be.
| lieve. As further indication OF its pros
peri,y, the college starts on ut the beginning
of the present academical year with n class
of fl rty students. The president is ex oficit
a member Of the Board OF Agriculture, and
during the past two years has, with profes
sors of the college delivered address s al
various meetings OF the Board The college
furnishes instruction in all the branches
connected with agriculture. and proposes to
establish u proicssorship OF agriculture as
soon US it can find the suitable man for ttt
place At the last meeting of the corpor
alton this matter was definitely arranged
The prospects OF the Institution are more
favorable than ever before. ! believe.
The Huntington VIII.
A final decision has been reached i'll til,
| case in the courts of the Dominion OF Can
ada, in which this will was contested, ant
the judgement of the highest court gives tC
this State personal property amounting Z
S205, 900 Out OF this are to be paid the ex
penses of the suit With slight exceptions
the will OF Arunah Huntington gives all q
bis property, both real and personal. to his
executor, Ebenszer Roy, Of Brantiord, Can
ada, upon the trusts mentioned in the will
1t then provides that the executor shall CON
vert his estate into cash and pay it over to tbs
Government and Legislature of the State OF
Vermont, 10 be disposed of as they shall
deem best having regard TO the recommends
mends the Legislature to appoint three trus
tees for the management of the fund in
accordance with his wishes thereafter ex-
pressed, and he afterwards suggests and
recommends that tue profits arising from
the investments which he provides for, shall
be for the use or benefit OF common or dis
trict schools The Court decided that the
real estate did not pass by the will. There
| remains some action to be taken in the Pro-
bate Court, and the Legislature after inform
| ing themselves more fully in regard to the
circumstances, will need to name the trus.
tees called for in the will. The bequest has
already been accepted by the State, and that
iact communicated to the cour, before whom
| the case was tried
Supreme Court.
On the It'll day Of January last, Hon. John
Pierpoiut, Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court of the State, died at his residence in
vergennes On the 10th of tho same month
appointed Hon Homer Royce, who was then
First Assistant Judge Of the Supreme Court,
Chief Justice, to fill the vacancy occnsioned
by the death of Judge Picrpoint. | then re-
appointed all of the other Assistant Judges,
| advancing each one of them one step, and IL
fill the vacancy thus occasioned, appointed
Hon. John W. Rowcll of Randolph, sixth
Assistant. Judge of the Supreme Count. and
as such he has acted since that time.
Vermont Bcnchciarics.
There are in the various institutions ut
which the benehcinries of this State are being
educated the following numbers, viz: At
the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
at Hartford Conn. seventeen; at the Clarke
Institution for Deaf Mutes ut Northampton,
Mass. four; Mt the Perkins Institute for the
Blind Mt Boston, Mass, eight; at the Massa-