The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-07
Uncle jeremiah on Legislation.

Dear ObVe Il rite yer dereck frum Their
capetel terday. We air ingaged in biznes
of importance NV coarse. Legislators alters
air. We doai't hev ter settal rite daown ter
manuile laybur ez me n you du ter hum,
but we hev ter du sum tall head thinkin
we hev ter exercise aour branes. In most
legislayters branes seem ter be sevearlie
lackin'; there is preponderashun of
valentines in Their regun of their brane
holders. They seam ter be dazed by Their
imensytie of their bizness ter be dun, m
consekuentlie they doaint du nuthin.
Wun klass amooses me more'n all Their
rest tergeather-ther fizyshuns. Thare at
temps at interdoocin' bills is simylr ter
Their attempts ov er chickin ter eat hot
dow; thay like Their smell, but they doaint
jest know haow ter circumwent Their i'm
pOssybility's of immeadyate consumpshun.
l shd think they d be Their ones ter instytoot
legislayshun fer impruvein' their roads,
but Their fack is nobuddy wants ter tackle
that bill in dead airnist yt. Byme by,
when we git fairly settled ter bizness We'll
make ther fer file lie two fitein' bull dorgs
Since my last was writ thare hez been no
important laws past Their cheat INTEREST
sentered in Their ralerode comshuners' re-
port. 1t wus good one N pruved with no
discountin haow much sech a comishon
wass headed in aour state. Some radikle
reforms will be brot abaout by that com.
ishun yet. Farmers doant hev fair m
names jeremiah.
1t beets everything which sensliss peace
OF bisness the opposishun tew Their $1,000
appropriashun ter the Dairymans' Assoshi-
shun is. Why not industry in aour whul
state creates so much welth annually es this
one OF dairyin'. 1t makes evry man woman II
chile over $40 richer each we're, ter say
nuthin ov Their improvement in Their farms
WHARF er large daery is KEEP. No farmer
orter oppose it m eff any of our professional
members feel disposed ter take Their bull by
Their horns, es it were, let him bea tost 50
high he wunt come daown ennywhare neer
ther capetel. One thousand dollars amt
much ter donate fer everything rally bene-
fitin' ter ther states INTEREST," but when it
comes ter askin fer state ade ter cushun ther
seets N carpet ther tloars of the rumes Of
state offycers who are DRAWN a large selery
then it is time ter call a halt. Another
queer peace of biZness in that canal
skeem-askin' fer charter frum Vermont
Naow l like ter see aour state branchin'
aout inter all feeds of Industry and akcumu-
lation Of wealth N prestige, but l dount
list see Their pint in presentin' this bill.
Their trubble with Vermont now is it is
spred raound ter much. A little consentra-
shun OF capitile, little more attention tew
aour own matters, m less ter investments
in some hare braned skeme like this niger
canal, n we sh'd find Vermont ii be again
leadin' ther vanguard of states es stu did in
the wars. see yew are giyin' my letters
ter Their papers. / hope the publick wunt
mix my sentiments with thoze of the gentle
man from Sheldon-George Stebbins.
doant knows he's got emmy sentyments-
he shurlie hazent mentshuned Their fack eff
he hes. Yours Agin the Niger Canal,
JEREMIAH STEBBINs.