The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-23
Legislative Notes.

county fight seemed to lack terminal facili-
ties.
So far as forensic fire is concerned, the
house of '92 ranked we'll with its predeces-
sors.
con, magnanimous St. Johnsbury. Oh,
unsel6sh st. Johnsbury!" apostrophized
Mr.. Boynton.
"I HAVE it from one of the lips of one of
the men," observed a Demosthenean
speaker, the other day.
THE northwest corner of Waterford is
still to remain and not become one of the
parks of the Jerusalem of Vermont.
BY the adoption of the town system of
schools, women are deprived of the limited
suffrage the law formerly gave them.
CAN'T monkey with the speaker. Every
time he assumes the role of "czar - he
chances to be parliamentary correct.
THE gentleman from Newfane ingenu-
ously remarked that he " had been in Jail
many times-professionally as well as other
wise"
Mr.. BIGELow, the member from Brook
field, was called home on Friday by a dis
tressing accident to his son-the breaking
of leg.
CLIFTON HEAToN, page in the adjutant-
generals office, entertained his companion
pages, Thursday evening, with dinner at
his home.
THE senate did about six lines of bust
ness Friday afternoon, and then HE'D them
to the Waterbury insane asylum, to look the
institution over
STANDINGRooM only was tackled up by the
doorkeepers Thursday afternoon. 1t was the
largest crowd of the session, and large num-
bers were turned away.
so near and yet so far" the senator
from Burlington unused at the end of the
fourth ballot, after the stuffing had been
knocked out of his vote.
DR.. WESTON of Newfane made pretty
good lawyers plea on Friday, which sug-
gests that the lawyers might reciprocate by
looking after the doctors patients.
IT has been remarked by many of the
members that Labor Agitator Huffmire of
Rutland damaged the weekly payment bills
chances more than any other one thing
"THE committees are merely the servants
of this house," says Mr.. Dale, "and it
is their duty to prepare something which
the house takes the responsibility of revis-
ing"
WITH reference to the fence around the
house of correction, to build which $4,000
was asked for Mr.. Clifford offered to bind
himself to build a bully good fence for
thousand dollars.
A FAIR maid of Addison came up to see
the wisdom and virtue last week, and when
she left she was heard to murmur, as the
train moved out of the station, Goodbye
dear Montpelier"
ONE of the interesting bits of legislation
at the Saturday evening session was the
changing of the name of Mary Ann Buscock
of st. Johnsbury TO Mary Ann Paddleford.
Not very valuable swap.
l.. BART Gross gave dinner, Thursday
evening, at which were present ex-Speaker
Martin, Mr.. Colburn, Speaker Stickney,
Mr.. Hunt, Senator Merrill, Senator Fletcher
ID. Proctor and j. w Brock
MR.. READ of Rockingham, in his powerful
philippe against the Windham county spe-
cial committee, stated that nothing in Ken
mans articles on Siberia described anything
worse than the county Jail at Newfane.
THERE is to be national farmers con-
gress at Lincoln, Neb., November 26 and 81.
Farmers who intend going will find some
thing of interest by addressing letter to
the secretary of civil and military affairs.
THERE was no effort made Wednesday to
prevent the death of the interchangeable
mileage bill. The committee reported it
adversely, Mr.. Bacon, who introduced it,
offered short prayer, and the bill passed
away.
Mr.. DEWEY of Bennington made his
second speech of the session Friday evening
Mr.. Dewey is down in the biographies as
farmer, or we would naturally size him up
as a lawyer. He is eloquence and earnest
ness itself.
THE senate "played horse Wednesday
morning, and devoted half an hour in com
mittee of the whole, considering the impor-
tant II. 40, relating to fees of notaries pub
lie. The bill was reported favorably, and
then killed.
THE fish and game committee held a
hearing in the senate chamber to con-
slider half a dozen or so small bills on
fish and game matters, including the act for
the protection of eagles, the bill asking for
bounty on hawks, etc.
Discussion on the fish and game bill
wound nm Friday aftarnoOn Mr. Colhurn