The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-12

has given better schools and, after short
experience, has proved so satisfactory that
II would be impossible TO induce parents to
return to the old way, There is no reason
why 1t should not work equally well in this
state. At least, 1t should have candid con-
sideration and fair discussion. - Burlington
Clipper.
A PLEASANT incident occurred in the ex-
ecutive chamber, Thursday afternoon, when
Adjutant. General Peck, Quartermaster-
General Gilmore and Judge Advocate Gen
eral Alfred surrounded" Governor Page
and presented him beautiful album, con-
tanning the pictures of Lieutenant Governor
Fletcher, General Peck, General Gilmore,
General Alfred, General Rutherford, and
Colonies Webb, Brigham, Slack, Horton,
Abbott, Folsom and Cutler. On the first
page of the album are the words, in gilt,
:" To Governor Carroll $. Page-compli-
ments of his staff" General Peck made the
presentation speech, and Governor Page re-
sponded, thanking the staff for its goodwill
and referring to the harmonious relations
which had existed in it throughout its term
of service.
GOVERNOR FULLER does things with mill
tary method and promptness. Lieutenant
Harmon of the Fuller Battery arrived from
Brattleboro at the WATCHMAN office, about
eight o'clock Monday morning, with type
writer copy of the governors message, with
instructions to wait till it was put in type
and to bring back 90 Brattleboro a printers
proof Of the message The seventy odd
pages of copy" were taken in hand, and be-
fore nine o'clock the type had been set, the
work corrected and revised, and Lieutenant
Harmon departed by the night express bear
ing a printed copy of the message. The
WATCHMAN's typos had helped the lieuten-
ant to obey instructions to the letter, and
Colonel Fuller by his admirable methods,
had helped the printers to do their work
with dispatch.
THE St. Johnsbury Republican thinks the
legislature will probably amend the ballot
law in some of its details, pass weekly
payment law, and tinker the school law.
1.-THE ghost of the Agricultural College will
walk again." it thinks. The above are
some of the things that are going to happen.
The following ought to happen, in the
opinion of the Republican,: The abolition
of the double taxation of mortgaged real
estate; the passage of free textbook
law; a change in the system of selecting
state officers by which all the officials now
elected by the Legislature should be APP
pointed by the governor; a law compell-
ing all railroads in the state to sell
thousand-mile mileage tickets at the rate of
two cents per mile and making one mileage
book good on all the roads.
SPEAKER STIcKNEY's announcement of
the house committees on Friday afternoon
have invariably incubated " several days
before they have been able to hatch out the
somewhat formidable list of committees
Mr.. Stickney has made his selections with
"neatness and dispatch" In this act he
has given very striking illustration of his
fitness for the office of speaker. A casual
inspection of the list shows that Speaker
Stickney has made no hasty punching of his
committees, The selections are made with
evident care and good judgment and an in
telligent regard for the fitness of things"
Now let the house follow the speakers
very admirable example of " business like
prOmpttude and go to work.
THE resolution directing the clerk to fur
nish the members with one daily paper at the
expense of the state brought out the usual
desultory opposition. =. w. Clement of
Rutland, from the point of view of public
man, opposed the resolution, which was
offered by Mr.. Colburn of Manchester, and
informed " Nose on the quiet that if he
took the Rutland Herald he would have to
pay for it. Mr.. Darling of Chelsea, il will
be remembered, was a most vigorous OPP
ponent of the measure two years ago. He
allowed, however, that he had received new
light and was decidedly in favor of the
resolution. Mr. Colburn thought he was
very modest in his resolution-and the
house apparently thought so, too, as it
passed it. The senate, as will be seen by
the report, was shade less modest.
THE names on the roll-call of the house
always present some novel features. This
session it is noticeable that the Jones fam
lily has but one representative, and the nu-
merous host of Smiths is no better stu
ated, though it had seven members in the
last house. But while the Smiths are ap-
parently out of politics this year, the hith-
erto retiring Newtons have done consider
able successful log-rolling, and monopolize
the Ms on the rol-call exclusively these
three descendants of Sir Isaac being the
only gentlemen in the house whose names
commence with that letter. Among the pc
culiar names Fefee and Rustedt take good
rank, but the medal in this particular UNI
doubleday belongs to Mr.. Tevyaw, who,
being member of some influence, ought to
be able to work through a bill before the
session closes that will remedy his misfor-
tune.
COLONEL f. HENRY POWELL, the retiring
state auditor, was presented with Sixth
Corps badge Monday afternoon by eX-
Governor Page and brother officials of 1890.
Colonel Powell was called into Adjutant-
General Pecks Office, where Secretary OF
State Brownell made the presentation
speech. He spoke of Colonel Powell's rec
was held by his brother officers, and the
regret with which they saw him retire from
the office of auditor after more than four
teen years of service. Colonel Powell was
taken by surprise, but made handsome
reply, thanking the officers for their gift
The badge is a Maltese cross of gold and blue
enamel. On the reversed side is engraved,
Col E. Henry Powell, First Vermont
Infantry, First Brigade Third Division,
Sixth Army Corps. From Gov. Page and
his brother officers of 1890"
THE law of the state relating to the taking
of trout is in a somewhat uncertain shape,
owing to botch-work in amending it at the
last session, and its amendment, in the di-
rection of clearness and certainty, ought to
be one of the first jobs undertaken by the
Legislature, And the law relative to the
bird ordinarily called partridge is not much
better. The revised laws of 1880 speak of
it as the "ruffed grouse; but all the
amendments to the game laws since passed
have it rutiled grouse" Now, no bird OF
that name is known either to scientists or
to sportsmen. 1t has been named by the
former bondSd umbeiluS, and by the latter
it has been called, in one locality or an
other, rulfed grouse, ruffed heath-cocl
brown rutfed grouse, shoulder.knot grouse,
drumming partridge tippet grouse, white
| itesher, pheasant and mountain pheasant
but no one except the legislators OF
Vermont ever set it down as "rutlled -
grouse. Middlebury Register
The slight rain, Wednesday evening, was
announcement, but did not prevent the recep-
ton of Governor and Mrs. Page from being a
pOmnlptp Tho