The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-30
Legislative Notes.
ArRoPos OF THE AFrER-DINNER SMOKE,
OCTOBER 3.

ArBoPos OF THE AFrER-DINNER SMOKE,
OCTOBER 3.
What's this Desires the ballot?
We are stung with apprehension
That nineteentb-century woman
Should foster such intention.
Nay; rather let her meekly sit
In the shadow of our vices,
While we puff choice Havana
And bemoan the coming crises.
What II the rounded cheek doth blanch?
And deathly nausea rend her?
We like the taste and smell, you know,
And zoe are her defender
But let the dreadful ballot come
To form and mould and change her;
Our filthy habits won't " 90 down -
Ali brethren, there's the dangerl L. s. P.
THE house went into committee Of the
whole, last week Tuesday evening, for the
first time in five sessions.
SEEMS just as though settlement earlier
in the session could have been made Of the
school bill, over which the conference COM
mittee fought all night. 1t probably isn't
entirely satisfactory to any body at present
THE governor sat up all of Tuesday night
barring a brief siesta upon the execu-
tive sofa. 1t was about seven o'clock A. NJ
when he signed the last bill, and announced
lative jig was up.
JOHN II. MERRIFIELD, the faithful and
efficient clerk of the house, was the re.
cipient, last week Tuesday evening, of q
handsome gold watch and a purse of money
presented by members of the house. Mr.
Barber of Arlington made handsome pre-.
sentation speech. Mr.. Merrifield was very
percep tibly touched and ratified" but he
gathered himself and made his usual mod
est speech. In fact he did not get over il
for several hours afterward.
JUST as the hands of the clock got
started toward midnight, during the clos.
ing session, a recess was taken for the
relaxation of mock session. Mr., Martin
nominated Mr.. Fish of Ira for speaker, and
a howl went up. Messrs. Clark of Fairfax
and Brown of Nottingham were selected to
conduct the speaker to the chair, and were
subsequently chosen as pages, while the
regular pages sat back and threw peas and
paper balls at the speaker and clerk. Mr.
Martin was chosen as clerk, and Hold -
Ellis came in just in time to be elected
chaplain. "Uncle Ira " was bowling sue
cess as speaker. He motioned," got all
snarled up, and when he couldn't think oil
anything else, raped loudly for order. In
return he got more chaos. Bills and resolu-
tions came in thick and fast. Mr. Martin
wanted Barre annexed to Canada, and Mr.
Barber moved to amend so that Barre could
take the electric light plant with it. Mr.
Boynton moved that the gentleman from
Barre be ordered to lie. Mr.. Stafford called
the chairs attention to the fact that in the
latter's famous weekly payment speech the
chair spoke of putting his foot on his own
throat" and now called on the chair to il.
lustrate the feat. A shot at the genial gen
tleman from Manchester was secreted in q
bill prohibiting the hotels in Montpelier
from selling anything stronger than ginger
ale to any member who had a folding bed
BY this time papers and debris were flying
through the air. and disorder reigned su
preme. Everybody got tuckered out by the
absence of humor, and speaker Stickney re
sumed the chair, A recess was then taker
for lunch.