The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-31

atep by former legislatures has been ni wisely
expended
The resolution offered by Mr.. Lord ON
the death Of Mrs. Fred A. Rowland and the
remarks with which he prefaced it may be
found in The official proceedings. The
dice of clerk Mortified was husky with
emotion as he read the res olution, AZ waI
that OF Speaker Stickney as he laid il be-
fore the house. The sadness of this event
cannot be told in words
REPRESENTATIVE u l. PIERCE OF Stan
nard is detained at home by the illness and
death OF his wife, who passed away about
nine O'Clock Sunday evening after long
ana painful sickness, reaching back at in
terVals to severe attack OF the grip nearly
three years ago. Mr.. Pierce himself has
oeen twice seriously threatened with pneu-
mona since the opening of the session.
A CONFERENCE Of those Interested in ma.
PIE sugar bounties was held at the state
mouse on wednesday Oct "a. No definite
action was taken. The matter was inform
ally discussed, and the prevailing sentiment
was in favor of waiting until the next con.
gress meet, and keeping the subject before
the attention OF the Vermont delegation,
with view to securing favorable ieRisla.
ton in the near future.
In his weekly letter to the Bennington
Banner the " Hermit of Woodford," who is
strongly suspected of being the genial NJ
h lwles, has this to say of the WATcHMAN
ohice Last week / spoke of the ar.
gus and Patriot building, with its great
golden letters that can be seen a long dis
lance, and will say that the Waterman office
is finely equipped, and from its able and
genial head down to the devil, is attractive
AMI pleasant in all its features"
THERE will be universal regret, not only
here at home but wherever in the state his
good work is known and appreciated, that
under the principle, or practice, of rotation
in office Governor Woodbury. has felt com
PEELED to appoint another man than Hon. j.
H.. Martin to the important Office of tax co n
missioner. Mr.. Martins service in this
office has been conspicuously able and
efficient, and through his quick insight and
independence of action the corporation tax
law has been amended and perfected and
| the income of the state increased by many
| thousand dollars an 1ually Editorial Brat.
Heboro Ph0ni1.
NOTWITHSTANDING the stand taken bv
State Superintendent of Education Stone in
favor of the new school law in his report
recently published, there seems to be an
inclination on part of the present legisa-
ture to tinker with the act, and the Weston
bill, providing for the wiping out of all
graded school districts and incorporating
them with the town systems of the vari rus
towns, is receiving considerable attention
Mr.. Stone presents some good arguments in
his report which go to show that the schools
have been materially improved in many
ways under the present law, the expenses
decreased, and as a general thing the
schools have given better satisfaction -
Lyndonvile Journal.
Mr. HINES of Brattleboro introduced, by
request. bill on Monday entitled AN
act to estabi N board of commissioners on
tuberculosis" which provides for dealing
with the matter in different manner than
in the bill introduced by Mr.. Winslow of
Brandon. BY the provisions of the bill in
troduced by Mr.. Hines, the matter is to be
in charge OF board of commissioners ap-
pointed by the governor. This board is to
have authority to enforce such regulations
as will prevent the spread of the disease.
They shall report to the governor every
three months, and the chief executive is
authorized to expend such sums as he shall
deem necessary in the matter, not to exceed
$4,000 in any one year.
In conversation with State Geologist
Perry on Saturday, /" Notes " learned that
the collection of birds now in the state cabi
net contains specimens of nearly every
bird ever found in the state. The colec-
ton of birds of prey is complete, and that
of water birds nearly So There are about
$50 species represented, 600 birds in all, and
three-fourths of these have been added to
the state collection during the last six years.
The collection of quadrupeds is complete
of all animals larger than rat. This year
a Canada lynx, otter, and Jet black hare
Perry is badly handicapped for want Of
room, and for this reason has not been able
to expend all the appropriation during the
past few years. He is authority for the
statement that no country on the face of the
earth Can make such showing of different
varieties of marble as can be found to-day
in the Vermont state cabinet. This collec-
ton includes over fifty varieties The col
lection Of specimens Of granite is not yet
complete, there being now only about sixteen
specimens to be seen To his collection
constant additions are being made.
THE Joint committee on game and fisher
les, with Commissioners j. w Titcomb and
C. C, Warren, and invited guests to the
number of sixty or more, visited the state fish
hatchery at Roxbury last week Wednesday.
Through the courtesy of the officials of the
Central Vermont railroad special car was
provided for the party, and the Boston ex-
press south and mail trains north were
stopped opposite the ha cherry. An ex-
haustive write-up of the hatchery recently
appeared in the columns of the WATCHMAN,
and any description of the plant here would
be simply repetition. On arriving at the
hatchery, under the guidance of the COM
missioners, the party inspected first the
various springs and pools outside the latch
cry In ons of these pools are LOCO breed
ing trout that will average one pound each
in weight, and some OF them will tip the
scales at three pounds. Mr.. Warren and
his assistant took drag net and repeatedly
/ pulled up as many of these lusty fellows as
/ they could haudle-a bushel or more at
| haul-and the sight of them set the blood
tiugling through the veins of the excited
/ spectators The ice-house the meat-house,
| and in fact the whole plant was thorou ghly
| inspected. distant view of the huge mas
tits that guard the property at night was all
/ any member of the committee was anxious
1 for The irrepressible Ballard of Georgia
thought he could handle one of them, but
no one cared to see them break their chains.
/ A light lunch was served inside the hatch
cry, and there the process of stripping the
eggs and fertilizing substance from the
trout was shown and explained. Mr.. Tit
comb made a brief speech to the commit
tee, showing clearly the need OF
the $1,000 appropri alton that has al
ready been asked for in the shape Of
a bill, for the further maintenance aud EN-.
largement of the plant. Eight acres OF land
just below the hatchery, now owned by Mr.
Warren, can be purchased for $50 and this
ground is needed on which TO construct ad-
ditional pools. A house for the occupancy
of the keeper of the g.ound is also a neces-
sity, as he is now obliged to live at Rox bnry
village, nearly two miles away. Mr. III
comb lucidly explained the theory OF hsh
q. Il ,,,I and afa