Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-01-09


That august body turned sharply round,
! The peer of all that in such place
ilal ever looked in speakers fnCe.
| such a weight OF wisdom flied the floor
! lhat If stopped the clock at the entrance door
lust one lone member was all knew
That came from the old House into the new -
| he mCmbcr from Franklin with solemn all
On the lett hand side Cf the speakers chair
And he seemed to say, with lips c.o9e set
,N0w som"thing is gong to be done, you bet;'
And started the legislative mills
he very first day with fourteen bills.
\ solemn man, with = hollow check,
W no never once rose in the House TO speak,
But eat through the session unmoVed and still
Had the seat of the N .mher from CnderulIl.
Where License had argued, ihunder-tonei,
y majestic Silence sat CnthrOned.
Twas strange To get not even a smile
From that single seat in tho middle aisle.
The member from Rutland was not there,
i{"l another sat ia MooneYs chair.
lie might IL Il deacon, lac locke! 80 good.
Nnu acted Just IT, a deacon should,
'isvour,cd ON iiut!and'a great renown
y the leading l':unIUilio town,
The Agricultural College pra sod
Us the noblesi thing thc state mad raised,
And Oft as he heard ''pucen Cily' bcs,ed,
Big tenrs Of love dropped down on his vest
iiut no one on earth will ever know
ny l;ut.and should love queen City" SO.
\ lean, lank scholar with hair ike flax,
VINO arrr,nd vim ali ;, nn,yrr.
On he tlonr Of The films, tni. ',",, hnurs
ihhi arnca's uplum-, hcll"upIr's
"
Whore Cross and Merrill like brothers sat,
\ Republican and a Democrat,
Met Sidc by side, but They DIDN'T blend,
.Anut Won dn't 81 much "a Coudc-ccud
10 whisper in their superior airs.
1t wasn't 50 once in tlo-- two chairs.
~,
" here tie member from Chri7ea once arose
~ Say a few words, ~ every one hMoHo
n stranger appcHrrI !, VINO War free TO state
lh@t tarlncr7 aun soldiers were 90 I'd and great
i1llt Vhl!c admitting their sterllu.: worth
lHcN ma IN II mort -;ucc on The earth.
Ana he moved, ~ nc closed ms i,-t a Id ross,
nat do@cn papers. ami not one less.
Pc 1uppilrd the M nlhtrs. H-uitst Their Wills,
AHd the state np ordered - uJy the bis.
one like Mcthuec had the .acc
W here Marshall ri With a hI\ .sh face.
oyer IA. lrasD"r+ HrSN Ma5 bowed
TO bear Oh hs shoulders Of r.;.-.!c clay
lhr1U- "a the komaa C1'truu .r.u great day.
StattShurI sent one. HHd her h""uf otvei
W no iookcI like a b.-Ip. anj 20 IIc.dt
\ man with toWc lnS FORM, the trace
VI surf"" hthl al. over IA Lace,
As though he had a"a"oNoI tine school bill
whole,
into the seat of Woodstock ,toe.
t4!ttePIrh %cht re simon Pure
" h2'l'.-"l ch'lr from i'arton came
~ ''"HH '""o more III az one 1hCAtal view
~ ,"i nt ne -" ''H7oA eyer Nh "
~ 'i"''-h, ne ''"!'' ana me- Va th"rt'
To- 10 ~ a. III ?I-Ht 10 De- ME! ,h1. chalr.
~. ,'V - ~ "l" ohiA ln-' "'-dh
- Ht'i lT 'n-I tnr ha'l t. t"h'h%'h won,
Xxx ~, ,'' !n'' sg'"i ,i-nt rtooa once more
~ hr i:'t-c "as 50 abe with no weak spots.
-! 4r. i"ruci the comm Ices d. drawing lots.
he o.G2- IN each Was t..I.r.uIu Wade
N'tN.-c ilcrc Was lHi IT, ....-t d-Itltc shade
81 difference In tttrnt all mo .ik thrcaI
\ committees tail a Luod is lis head.
It. Wa worth Il SOLD ,iA days walk
is .,.t ~ ,,ri'' , ,,'' Ivy " I.'ceN
/ hoIr In iva tn'',,a '',t ,,.,,ii '',NNl,i.
Sometime, WIN = m. =. ,i, 1,,,.t ~, nav
Even JIu,,,s ,,ns nv al -, ,' ''' ~ i.'
They talked So ONT Of n II rnr,I,,,,., r,a,.I ~
- he drnnned hi4 non,Ii n,d ,n'..l ',,ay.d
When The mighty intellect, burneiand btnIed
The law of Inc clrrg ~ las ga We. ,va,.
iii fnu',ra r,s,.ai - g.. b. y way
And r"aJin,r was pS,, ~ , d..
~tcAney alone ~uth Ic.t rn,I,G hear.
i ,,er "f sI co ANU D,' ,.r wU,H mere,
And he str,ih n,'r,. ,tG ,re itorso
And rn,s1 H., Inc nm ,ar 10Y u M yen
Another was last seen brain iist rns.n i''V"
ISoa liz, ~ ~, -, '"iu V ti'.9cu'
'o''''''S "'sh' tram Tor the West
Nh s,,
i, &c , '''9 y. we lnsl AN'clloE came
They moulded over ana made Them sound
To the school bill wickcdcst OF these lhws
They added another redeeming clause.
Subicctiur MARY 10 inns now rn7,.
That She must not take her lamb to school.
There now " as thrv IrnrI Ina 80 clauea
read,
is bill worth passint," the "a .cs said
And peace is restored thro Igu rlectIny US
To lind out the lamb ma a, nil thi. mss
I wish to state, and il, unlv fair.
That knrigh was not IN the Windsor chair
Or the rights of the l,n'h v.n,,'d lao. hoor
shown,
And protected too. or the wool had flown
, o,.a,.,
4 movement was made To re-instill
New life IN the Agricultural Bill
ana az Rutland college slto select
IN houSh every one knows she would OBJECT.
10 nul lIcslueu' buH hAm came ana sad.
IL was wrong to disturb the peaceful. dead
or " lew snort hours OF grief and pain,