The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-17
THE LEGISLATURE.

Of the 25a Members in the House 213
 Are Married, Thirty Three Are Single
 and Six Are Widowers.
 The roll of the general assembly of Connecticut for 1897 has been prepared in the office of the secretary of state, and 1t shows that of the 252 members in the house 21S are married SS are single and are wldowers. The oldest mem ber in the new house is John Brown of Wlndham, who Is so years of age, He served in the general assembly in lS4S and 1854, and was a member of the senate in 1858. The youngest member in the house is Robert II. Perkins, farmer from Warren. He is a bach elor and is 25 years old. The oldest bachelor in the house is William Fl. Mansfield, a farmer from West Hart ford, He is 61.
 The occupations of the members are given as follows: Farmers, 99; mer- chants, 2S manufacturers, 21; mechan- ics, 3; physicians, 5; lawyers, IS; su- perintendents, 3; millers, 2; mill hand, 1; tobacco dealer, 1; druggist, l; furni- ture dealers, 2; undertakers, ?; weaver, 1; civil engineer, 1; bankers, 8; manu- facturer and banker, i; contractors, 3; real estate dealers, 3; butchers ?; mar ketman, l; piano dealer, 1; secretary of paper company, 1; retired, 8; meat dealer, l.; ice dealers, 2; coal and ice dealer, 1; editor i; rubber worker, l; oyster grower, 1; jeweler, 1; hotel keep CTS, 8; coal dealers, 2; grain dealer 1; builders, 8; clerks, 2; vice president or shipping and marine railway company, l. school teacher, 1; liquor dealer, l; insurance dealers, A. junk dealer, l; railroad employe, 1; town clerks, 2 re- tail grocer, 1; station agents 2; cattle dealer, 1; clergymen, 2; tinsmith, l; clothier, l; accountant, 1; wholesaler, 1; proprietary remedies, l.
 The political classification of the members is given as follows: Repubh- cans, 21S; democrats, 29; and national democrats, 4 James L. Lee, a farmer from Brookfeld, does not state his poll- tics.
 Of the 99 farmers, 20 come from Hart ford county, 3 from New Haven county, 13 from New London, Il from Fairfield from Middlesex, and Il from Holland county. Of the IS lawyers 1 comes from Hartford county, from New Haven county f from New London, 3 from Fairfield, from Windham, from Litchfield and from Holland county The manufacturers come from the diff ferent counties as follows: Hartford 5; New Haven, ?; New London, l. Fair field, 5; Windham, i; Litchtleld, i; Mid dlesex, 2; Holland. 1. One undertaken comes from Hartford county, and the other from Windham county. Wash ington, Litchfield county, is the home of one of the clergymen and Somers, in Holland county, is the home of the other. Derby has the proud distinc- tion of being represented in part by an editor He Is a democrat and a bache- Tor of 31 years.
 In the senate the "A members are all republicans, B of whom are married and the other is a widower. Linus B. P1impton of Hartford is the oldest member and J. Carl Converse of Staf- ford is the youngest. The former is 66 and the latter 33 The occupations of the members of the senate are given as follows: Manufacturers, [; merchants, 4; lawyers, 5; physician, 1; president Of street railway, 1; accountants, 7; real estate dealers, ?, printer, l. farmer and miller, 1,