News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-10-18
Legislative Notes.

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The genial Lieut.-GOv. has the SYM
pathy of all, who hope for Mrs. Man.
sur's speedy recovery
Representative Smith of Morris
town evidently wishing to keep solid
with the boys, has introduced a reso-
luton to abolish the six inch law
regarding trout. 1t will proba-
bly, go through with little or no
opposition.
Hard times and the public be
| burned, the members could not resist
the temptation to make the State
pay for two daily and one weekly pa
per for their use each, reformer Lynde
of DummerstOn to the contrary. y
Hardwick Gazette.
A Joint resolution has been adopt
ed authorizing the committee on mill
itary affairs of the two houses to
visit and inspect the Soldiers Home
at Bennington, and recommend any
appropriation that may be needed
for the two years next ensuing.
Senator Shattuck of Windsor is the
oldest, and Senator White of Rutland
theyOungest man in the upper house.
The former will reach the four-score
milestone next year, while Senator
White has just turned thirty, bring
ing him within the age specified by
law. In the house, Mr.. Burnham of
Stanford is the "father of the house"
in years. He is seventy-eight, and is
as bright and active as is his towns
man in the nationol senate. Charles
H. Grout of Stratton is not only the
youngest but the smallest in stature
of any one in the lower branch. He
is twenty-five years old, and has as
seat-mate Wilbur Brown of Berlin,
the heavyweight of the house. Seat
ed directly at the speakers left, they
can both be seen and heard.
In the Senate there are nine farmers,
three bankers, three physicians, five
merchants, seven lawyers, two manu-
facturers, and one newspaper mana
ger. They represent, in religious be-
lief, seven Congregationalists, six
Methodists, four Episcopalians, four
Baptists, two Universalists, three
Liberals, and four without any pref
erence. The oldest Senator is Lem
uel Shattuck of Bridgewater, born in
1915, and the youngest is Frank D.
White of Rutland, born in 1864.
There are in the House 141 farmers,
33 merchants, IA manufacturers, s
physicians, 5 carpenters and build
ers, 8 railroad employees, one hotel
proprietor, one speculator, B clergy
men, one teacher, 3 treasurers of cor
porations, one mill superintendent,
II lawyers, one mill employe, one
editor, one book keeper, one civil en-
gineer, one sawyer, two clerks, and
one teamster. Their religious prefer
ences are divided 50 Congregation
alists, 40 Methodists, 80 Universal
lists, Is Baptists, s Episcopalians, 3
Adventists, 4 Unitarians, 2Catholics,
2 Presbyterians, 2 Splritualists, II
Liberals, and 80 without creed.
The Daily Journal of the 9th says
The subject of tuberculosis was very
forcibly brought to the attention OF
the house after adjournment this af-
ternOOn when DR.. F. A. Rich, the vet.
Urinary surgeon at the State expert
ment station, exhibited the lungs
liver and glands of a Jersey COW killed
yesterday in Burlington. The doctor
apologized for taking such revolving
objects into representatives hall, but
the apology was not needed, for the
members were deeply interested in
the subject and piled him with many
questions. The COW was as sleek a
Jersey as one often sees, and appar.
emily perfectly healthy, but was killed
after the test had been applied. The
milk from this cow has been fed al
summer to four young children. The
lungs we're a mass OF corruption, sc
far gone that they would not hold
together, and the liver was little bet
ter. DR.. Rich said that he had work.
ed on 80 herds in the past s months
and, out of 941 animals tested, 222
that had responded to the test haC
been slaughtered, verifying the test
in every case. Thh larger herds that
had been examined were those that
had been fed highly, but iudicious
high feeding will tend to prevent the
disease or keep it down if it exists
while poor feeding and insufficient
nourishment tend to produce the dis
ease. Cotton seed meal will not cause
the disease, but by high feeding O
this meal the disease may be devel
oped. Testing a COW with tuberculir
will not make her more predisposeC
to the disease. Boiling milk destroys
the germs Of life, but not the chemica
poison. All this and much more DR.
Rich stated in response to questions
, He considered the test infallible il
had never yet failed, to his knowl
edge, and that the meat of any ami
NAL affected with tuberculosis is unf
for human food. DR.. Peck of Bran
don, and DR.. Lindsey of Burlington
urged the Legislature to take SOM
action upon this subject that shall b
far reaching among the 800, 000cow
, in the State.
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