The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-24

the line of reason and common-sense: d)
that there be more definite provisions as TO
the way the penalty for neglect shall be i'm
posed (2) that some provision be made for
making known TO aggrieved parties the
proper method of procedure against delin-
quent towns; (3) that guide-boards should
not only indicate the direction to an ada
cent town but the distance to it. He pays
deserved compliment to certain towns which
enforce the law, and contrasts them with
others which do not, to the disparagement
of the latter.
THE committee on manufactures held
public session Thursday on house bill thirty,
introduced by Mr.. Mann OF Wilmington,
providing for the appointment of a com
mission to investigate the agricultural and
manufacturing interests of the state. Mr..
Mann appeared before the committee and
spoke on the need of such a measure He
quoted from the statutes of several of the
western states showing the attention paid
by them to this question of securing immi-
grants. The gentleman thought that Ver-
mont possessed natural advantages equal to
those of the states cited but had failed to
take measures to bring them TO the notice
of prospective immigrants. The climate,
water, facilities for stock-raising, and
scenery OF Vermont were, he said, equal to
any in the United States, and there was no
reason why a tide of immigration could not
be turned in this direction, if a bureau of
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luton, which was adopted at the last meet
ing of the state grange, was read. This
resolution covered substantially the same
ideas as those embodied in the bill under
discussion. The committee is not yet ready
to report on the bill.
WHEN the senate bill four in relation to
the dedication of Bennington battle monu-
ment, came before the house Wednesday,
| Ex-Governor Proctor arose and said that al
though not personally opposed to the bill,
| he should not feel that he was true to his
| duty as a member of the ways and means
committee and of the house, il he allowed
the bill to pass without saying a word in
reference to the appropriations that were
| likely to be made by the Legislature. He
| said that the financial condition of the state,
| though in the main satisfactory, was not
! such as to warrant the legislature in max
ing too numerous appropriations. There
was likely to be large call for outlay by
present legislature The Soldiers Home
the insane asylum, and the report of the
normal school commissioners, all called for
appropriations. There was also likely to
he an outlay called for by the University of
Vermont and State Agricultural College,
the school legislation and the militia bill, if
passed. Governor Proctor said that he
| hoped some means might be found of in
| Creasing the revenues without putting adj
ditional burdens on the people. He said he
wished the friends of the measure would
! consent to postpone its consideration for
two years, or at least till later in the session
when all the measures calling for appropria--
tions could be considered together. The,
governors remarks were received with ap-
| plause. On motion of Mr. Ballard, the bill
was then ordered to lie
THE commission to locate the Gettysburg
battle monuments reports that 81 800 of the
$500 appropriated for the purchase of
lands for monument sites was paid to the
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Associa-
ton, and $1,000 of the $1,000 appropriated
! for monuments was set apart for a state
monument, standing where the second
brigade fought, one of the most central and
conspicuous on the field. This is designed
to be commemorative of all the Vermont
troops that were on the field Separate
memorials were given the first brigade on the
ground it held, Company f, First, and e and
H, Second, United States Sharpshooters,
| each at a cost of $500 and s 900 memorial
| where the Vermont cavalry charged the
confederate cavalry. For the state monu-
ment the design is a Corinthian column, the
model the Nelson monument in Trafalgar
Square, London; for the first brigade lion
in granite upon a pedestal; Company f,
Sharpshooters, a marble shaft twenty feet
high surmounted by an eagle Companies
f and II, a rough granite monolith. 1t
| is proposed to place a marker at a cost of
| 500, and to erect monument at a cost of
not less than s., 900 sat the farthest point
reached by the cavalry in its charge on the
afternoon of the third day, near the spot
where General Farnsworth fell at the head
of his regiment. The monument appro-
pration has been increased to S10,6lSj0 by
| private subscriptions The monuments
will cost Sl2,950, and the bronze statue of
| Stannard to surmount the 5 tate monument
5000, requiring an additional appropria-
tion of $4,000 by the legislature.