Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-10


 of the principles taught Is in successful op eration; and soon, it is expected, an oppor- tunity will be afforded the students of this institute to acquire facility in teaching by the Kindergarten methods in the primary and the industrial methods in the higher departments of our schools An institution intended, as this is, for tue technical education of teachers in the art of their profession ought to be of great public service. The Board of Educa tion, confident that better talent will be gen. eralIy required in the management of our schools in the future, are anxious that the Normal school shall receive all reasonable aid, that it's graduates may be competent to fill the places to which they are called.
 The judicial expenses, amounting to two hundred and twenty six thousand, eight hun dred and forty eight dollars and forty-two cents ($226 42) are six thousand three hundred and fifty nine dollars and thirty seven cents ($6, 359 37) less than those of the previous year. The chronic complaint against the laW's delay is not attributable in this State to the insuffioiency of our judicial force. There are five judges of the Supreme and xix of the Superior court, and the the former do circuit duty. Daring the year ending De- cember l, 1883, the records show that the aggregate sessions of the Superior court in the trial of civil and criminal
 
 da5s, scarcely more than one-third of the time of the judges of that court, if they, un- assisted, did the whole of the service. 1 re new the advice I offered in a previous mes sage, that the sessions of this court, now so inconvenient and so wastsful of the time of the judges, be rearranged, under your author ity, by the judges themselves, and that our civil courts, like courts of admiralty, bs al- ways open and complaints returnable to them monthly. It is shown by the statistics sub 1 mitted that the judges of the Supreme court | might be relieved from circuit duty, and | duties with less delay, without imposing an unreasonable burden upon their associates of | the Superior court.
 In every department of life other than | law business is done more rapidly and cheap | ly than ever before. The fault in our State, I fear, is almost wholly imputsble to leeisla | tive indifference.
 | LAW FORMS The American Bar associa- | ton, composed Of lawyers and publicists l from all parts of the country, St it's late con- vention requested legislatures in all the States of the Union to concur in adopting a uniform method of acknowledging deeds and other legal instruments. As such an enact. ment would relieve the embarrassment in the execution of law papers that now often arises from the existence of dissimilar forms in different States, it would seem to be ex- | pedient, so far as you can, to comply with the request
 CRIMINAL ESCAPES The frequent failures to discover atrocious criminals have created more comment within and beyond our limits | than the circumstances warrant. No State has more ample provisions for the detection | of crime. Upon the happening of 8 myste | rious murder the Executive department has | the right to offer reward for the epprehen- sion of the guilty; and States attorneys, | upon the approval of the governor, can, for 1 the same purpose, at the expense of the State, employ the best detective service of the country. No doubt escapes of criminals | from deserved conviction and punishment sometimes result from the loose practice of permitting juries in exciting capital cases to ! separate two or three times 8 day during the trial, and to mingle with the public. exposed to all sorts of improper influences. If in such cases, in the discretion of the court, | juries wers kept together, it is belieEed that disagreements would not so often occur |; that such trials would occupy less time, and | be less expensive; ana that the people would | be secured a more even chance than they now have in their legal contests with crime. AGRICULTURE.
 More than half the industrial element of the population of the country is engaged in agriculture and occupations connected with and akin to 1t. In this State nearly forty five persons, and more than one hundred and thirty five millions of capital are employed in it's prosecution. The changed condition occasioned by the development, within a few years, of railroad transportation, com psls the farmer of New England to avoid competition with the cheap lands in the West, by giving attention to such lines in his oc- cupatlon as require especial knowledge and skill to successfully follow. To assist in sus- tanning in Connecticut such policy, boun ties have been given to agricultural societies; an experiment station has been established, the first in the country; and school, for the special education of farmers, has been assisted by annual appropriations of money. All these department have so worked togeth- CT for the advancement of this policy, thet they deserve, it is believed, the continued support of the State.
 SToRRs AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL You will be asked, understand, to make small extra appropriation for the maintenance of the Storrs Agricultural school. The beginning of such a novel undertaking is always expen- sive and sometimes discouraging At the opening, I am told, of like school by the government, few years ago, in tho Domin- ion of Canada, now self supporting and one of the finest of the kind on the continent, scholars were actually paid for attendance The trustees of this institution are sanguine if awhile longer it is specially favored, that It Will ultimately prove success, and from knowledge obtained from personal visits am strongly inclined to share in the hope.
 FISH CULTURE AND SHELL FISHERIES.
 The action of our State in creating com missions to supply our lakes. rivers and streams with g variety of fish, and to pro- mote the cultivation of oysters in our inlets, harbors and along the shores of our coast, has been already productive of the most satisfac- tory results. The shell fish commission has within a few years developed--if not created -- -an industry that gives needed employ ment to large number of men, involves large amounts of capital, and promises to continually increase its proportions What ever Ieglslat1on experience suggests to en- courage and protect these important and growing interests will, I am sure, be favor ably considered. To avoid special legislation ln regard to fishing in different ponds. brooks and streams, that occupied Sc much of the time of the last General Assembly, and en- cumbers so many pages of the public laws of that session, would recommend the adop- tion of general law that might be applied either by the towns in which the waters are discretien.
 STATE BOARDS.
 The operations of the Boards having su- pervision of the matters their titles indicate will so fully appear in their several reports that do not deem it necessary to do more except In few instances, than to ackno wledge thelr etnclent services, and urge you to care- fully consider their opinions before acting upon the subjects to which they relate.
 BOARD OF CHARITIES experience of the Board of Charities, in attempting in crippled condition to discharge duties which like bodies in other States having a salRrisd superlntendents are enabled to perform. con-