Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-11


that purpose. | was satisfied TO leave the matter /
in the hands Of the trustees, under the law passed
In 1880 ] knew them all to be conscientious, |
humane and Just men, who from their frequent |
visits to the school knew much more about II than
could. cannot speak too highly Of the present |
superintendent and the matron, his wife, in all |
that pertains to the care and instruction Of the
pupils under their charge. They seem to have |
the same interest in them that parents have in |
their own children. Indeed. tho state Is fortu- |
nate in the superintendent Of all its institutions
Four years ago the legislature appropriated ten |
thousand dollars for the enlargement and i'm |
provement 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 nee !
essary, but Governor Proctor declined to approve
of the expenditure Of the money. The legislature
OF two years ago reapproprated the same sum
without requiring the approval of the governor
for its expenditure The present trustees have
made the proposed changes and improvements,
and now the buildings are every way ample for
the wants Of the state in that respect, and more
than ample for the present number of pupils.
| Two large wings have been added to the former
main building, which contain all the rooms and
| conveniencies so specifically provided for in the
act of $780, No 2, section 49, The additions are
neatly but not extensively finished. The new
dormtory, 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 construct beTths one above an
other, but now there is ample space for single
cots The new hospital seemed quite as neces-
| sary as the new dormitory, but the health of the
| boys has been so remarkably good that there
| has been but little occasion to use it, July 3lst,
| 1880, there were one hundred and twenty-five
| pupils in the school; on the same day in 1882
there were but eghty-six, decrease of thirty
six in two years. | ought to add by way OF ex-
| PLANTATION, that my predecessor pardoned eighteen
| from the school Just before the close of his term
OF office that are included in the decrease Of
thirty-six. The fact that there are one hundred
and nine less offenders confined in our prisons
| school a % ig
| our considerations and the causes should be AS
certaned II possible, and further advantage taken
OF them. The trustees in their report suggest
some changes in the law and recommend the
repeal Of so much as requires towns to pay
portion Of the expenses of the pupils while in
the school, and such other legislation as may
present improper commitments. This seems to
be advisable.
STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The University of Vermont and State Agrcul-
| tural College have been fortunate in many re-
spects during the past two years John p. How
ard, Esq, has given the institution fifty thousand
dollars, the income Of which il to be devoted to
pay the salary of professors and for other pur-
poses lie is expanding nearly thirty thousand
dollars in reconstructing the main building of the
university, and has provided the means for erect
ing a statue OF Lafayette in the park in front of
the college buildings, the cornerstone of which
the general laid in 1875. There have been quite
number OF donations of scholarships more than
twelve In ALL believe. And as further indica-
beginning OF the present academical year with
class of forty students. The president is e1 oticiO
member of the board Of agriculture and during
the past two years has, with professors OF the
college, delivered addresses at various meetings
OF the board. The college furnishes instruction
IN all the branches connected with agriculture
aud proposes to establish professorship Of agr-
culture as soon as 1t can find the suitable man for
the place At the last meeting of the corporation
this matter was definitely arranged The pros
poets OF the institution are more favorable than
ever before, believe.
THE HUNTINGTON WILL.
A final decision has been reached in the courts
Of the Dominion of Canada, in which this will
was contested, and the judgment Of the highest
court gives to this state personal property amount
ing to 100000. Out of this to be paid the
expenses of the suit. With slight exceptions the
will of Arunah Huntington gives all OF his prop
erty, both real and personal, to his executor,
I Ebenezer Roy, Of Brantford, Canada upon the
trusts mentioned in the will. 1t then provides
that the executor shall convert his estate into
cash and pay it over to the government and legs.
lature Of the state of Vermont, to be disposed of
as they shall deem best having regard to the
= recommendations made in the will. He then
recommends that the legislature appoint three
} trustees for the management of the fund in ac-
cordance with his wishes thereafter expressed,
and he afterward suggests and recommends that
the profits arising from the investments which he
} provides for shall be for the use or benefit of
common or district schools. The court decided
that the real estate did not pass by the will.
There remains some action to be taken in the
probate court, and the legislature, after inform
ing themselves more fully in regard to the circum-
stances, will need to the trustees called for
in the will. The bequest has already been ac-
cepted by the state, and that fact communicated
] to the court before whom the case was tried
: SUPREME COURT
On the 18th day of January last, Hon. John Pier
Q point chief justice Of the supreme court of the
state, died at his residence at Vergennes On the
.f tha anaa I ~ nfaA
7 f, Royce, who was then first assistant Judge OF
the supreme court, chief justice, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of Judge Pierpoint
then reappointed all Of the other assistant Judges
9 advancing each one OF them one step, and to fill
1 the vacancy thus occasioned, | appointed Hon.
, John W. Rowell Of Randolph sixth assistant judge
of the supreme court, and such he has acted
< since that time.
VERMONT BENEFICIARIEs.
: There are in the various institutions at which
! the benefcares of this state are being educated
i the following numbers, viz: At the American
4 Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Hartford,
Conn, seventeen; at the Clarke Institution for
I Deaf Mutes at Northampton, Mass, four; at the
Perkins Institute for the Blind at Boston, Mass,
eight; at the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and
: Feeble-Minded Youth at South Boston, Mass,
three. To aid in supporting these pupils the state
\ has expended during the past two years the fol-
4 lowing sums, viz; For the deaf and dumb at the
American Asylum, S5,6S966; for the deaf and
. dumb at the Clarke Institute, 81, fU7l; for the
i piinu at the Ierhhs Institute, StioouVO ior INT
T. feeble-minded at South Boston, 80, 1865. The
: entire appropriation per annum is five thousand
\ dollars for the deaf and dumb four thousand fol-
!, the blind and two thousand for the feebe-minded
THE INSANE
) The report OF the trustees Of the Insane Asylum
% at Brattleboro shows that the number Of the in
= mates OF the asylum August /, 1882, was foul
: hundred and forty-one, of whom three hun
q dred and fifty-six were residents OF Vermont
!, an increase of twenty-seven within two years
!. They say that the institution has indeed becomt
= almost exclusively devoted to the state, only
. three having been admitted from outside its lin
II its in the past two years. suggest whether 4
= ought not to be altogether a state institution
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
n In 1870 tha lenialntnra nrnrided for iha rnhli