The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-11-11
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Speaker Stickney has a patent method
of adjOurning. Some member gets up
and makes the motion. The Speaker
"The gentleman from Beartown moves
that his House do now adjourn. Will
the House adjourn? Those in favor will
say aye" Thirteen members in unison,
AYE" The Speaker-"Those posed
will say notheayeshaveit (bang) and the
House is adjourned" Just as the
Speaker is leaving the rostrum, those who
intended to vote no, recover com mand of
their faculties, and say mo-" but it's too
late.-ArguS and Patriot.
Wednesday was Ladies' Day, and the
wives, sisters, cousins, aunts and other
female connections of the members, Off
cials and attaches are as the leaves of the
forest. Some are tolerably good looking
all have their best and newest clothes on
and are having an awful good time. All
the usual sounds of revely by night are
hushed during the visit of Marier, and
she looks upon Josier as self-sacrlfcing
and terribly overworked statesman.-
Hardlcick Gazette.
Last Friday the committees on the
Vergennes Reform School was given its
biPnial reception by the superintendent
and staff at the school, junketing there
for that purpose, and filled with admira-
ton and other things, as usual. They
went hungry, came away happy, and
their report will 90 to show that the
State would have to secede if it were not
Tor the magnificent administration of
the Reform School officials. The report
of every other junketing committee will
begin and end in the same way, and will
invariably include the phrase "the ex-
cellent work of those in charge was man
ifest in the cleanliness, taste and good
order apparent on every hand" first
used this statement of alleged fact in my
newspaper report of an insane commit
toe junket during the administration of
judge Peck, and it has done faithful
service for every Legislative committee
since. If l had had it copyrighted and
received royalty l would have been
drinking champagne instead of water
now. The phrase, with perhaps an ad-
ded clause. will be used by Farmer Vail
in his report of the condition of the Ex-
pertinent station.-St. JOhnSbury Repub-
Hcdn.
It is understood that scheme is to be
sprung on the Legislature to help the
Gold Cure at Montpelier, the preli-
minary steps having been already taken
in getting the members to an entertain
ment where was exhibited quite num-
ber of persons who were claimed to have
been cured of the liquor habit. The
first point is to give power to Judges and
Justices to suspend commitment to the
House of Correction after conviction on
a third offense if the respondent will
agree to inflict himself with the Keeley
treatment and on receipt of certificate
of cure, signed by the Institute manager,
the judgement is to be entered as salts
fed. This would of course make it i'm
possible to punish an habitual drunkard
as most of his class would do anything
rather than work. 1t would result in
throwing more drunkards and paupers
on to the community. This, however
would be unobiectionable compared with
another point which will, it is rumored,
be attempted to, "work." 1t is no more
or less than to empower selectmen to use
money of the town to send men to this
institution for treatment. Some people
doubtless believe that the cure for drunk
ness offered by the Kelley concern is