The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-28
Legislative Notes.
THE wIFE'S APPEAL.

alleged 10 hare been written Jy a tdryer's nVe.
Husband, dear husband, come home to your work,
Nor spout meath the Capito's dome;
Since read your vile speech on the suffragist bill
wish had kept you at home.
knew that the byways were reeking with mud
AS filthy filthy could be;
But did not suppose yoa would gather ii up
To sling at the baby and me.
Husband, dear husband, your manhood you lost
When woman you sought to defame;
And the members who cheered conclusively proved
Their manhood was only a name.
Don't hatter yourself that the victory is won
Or the movement is nipped in tine bud;
'Tis the victor that's vanquished bespattered and
foul,
Who wins through the singing of mud
THAT was an awful close call on the
Grand Isle bridge question.
THE bill in aid of the towns bonded for
railroad Indebtedness received forty-seven
votes in the house.
THE gentleman from Wells proposed tC
amend the bill which places cider on the
black list by adding "a clause forbidding
any person from going within ten yards of a
sour apple tree
THE governor has appointed as tax com
missioner Hon. James l.. Martin of Brattl tie
boro, as state geologist, Rev. G. w Perry
of Rutland, and on the board of health DIR.
j. II. Hamilton of Richford.
AS all the trouble with the present law
on the town system of schools seems to be
in the matter of equalization, why not so
amend the law as to have the school prop
erty in the hands of the districts?
THE bill eXempting wages or compen-
sation due the debtor to the amount of ten
dollars from attachment, was reported from
the judiciary committee with majority re-
port in its favor and a minority report
against it.
THE st. Adams Messenger is just rioting in
glory over the passage of the Grand Isle
bridge appropriation bill. This is in accord
ance with the eternal fitness of things,
Where the carcass is, there will the eagles
be gathered together"
THE highway bill emerged from the grave
Friday morning and protested against its
untmely entombment. The sudden change
in the sentiment of the house from two ma
jority against the bill to twenty-seven for it
shows that a goodly amount of trading "
was done Thursday night.
MR.. BALLARD of Burlington has made in
the house several very able and eloquent
! speeches, ,-one in favor of woman suffrage
. one in favor of eXempting from attachment
by trustee process pension money due to a
soldier; and another in favor OF granting
money to the University of Vermont.
The gentleman from Middetown Springs
proposed an amendment TO the house
rules providing that bill which has been
acted upon shall not pass from the posses
sion of the house till after the following
day. This was designed to prevent ID repeti-
ton of the Grand Isle limited express style
of legislation.
THE attempt to revivify the Grand Isle
bridge issue failed. The agricultural COM
mittee reported bill to amend the act
already passed, in such way as TO defeat
its purpose, but the speaker ruled that the
house could not act second time on the
question without suspending rule twenty
six, which II refused TO do.
JOHN VooDRY claims the banner for his
group of boarders. He has tive-Shattuck
OF Bridgewater, Atwood of Barnard Lyon
of Peru Rogers of Tinmouth, Bolster OF
Winhall, none OF whom smokes, chews or
drinks, is tucked up in bed by ten O'Clock
every night and all voted against the Grand
Isle bridge appropriation.
THAT was an awful close call on the
Grand Isle bridge question. "-Montpelier
Journal. "Close, certainly; but the bridge
got there, while the Journal got left. 81,
Adams Messenger. The state Of Vermont
! "got left " also. The end is not yet. All