The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-11-04

in seventeen states, including New York,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Nebraska and Rhode Island.
New HAMPSHIRE clergymen resident in
Connecticut river towns are not allowed, by
the Vermont statutes, to come across the
river and perform marriage ceremonies, even
when the woud-be bride and groom on this
side desire their presence. New Hampshire
allows Vermont ministers to cross the
river and tie matrimonial knots. This
does not make honors even between the
clergymen of the two states. The enact
ment of law extending to the Granite
State ministers that privilege would seem
to involve no great amount OF improperly,
and move to that end might well be made
at this session.
CLERK Rowland has posted on the House
bulletin. board notice that, in accordance
with an act approved October 20, entitled
IAN act ia relation to the election of cleo
tors of president and viCe-president," he
will be in Room II at the State House on
Tuesday next from one to half past two
O'Clock in the afternoon to receive the bal
lots of members and officers of the legisla-
ture employees at the State House, judges
Of the supreme court, and members of the
| bar in attendance upon that court. Won
der If Fired" wants any help in counting
the ballots he will receive
THE committee on education are having
| an interesting time with the people of I'm
derhill and Jericho. Two years ago por-
| ton of Jericho was set off to Underhill for
| the purpose of establishing a graded school
district, and now the Jericho people ask to
| have Setback in their behalf. The prop
osition is sire uuously opposed by the Un-
derhill people, who see in any favorable ac-
| ton by the committee the ruin of the graded
school and general condition of affairs
| not to be desired. At the hearing Under
hill was pretty generously represented by
her population, while nobody save the gem
tleman from Jericho appeared to argue for
| the setback.
A CORRESPONDENT, one of Vermont's
most intelligent citizens, in private note,
writes: ~ notice that the legislature has
commenced tinkering with the highway
| law. OF course it is the gentleman from
| Wayback who wants to go back to the
old law, and pay his tax in labor and lean 1t
| out on a hoe-handle. Some one should
| offer an amendment restoring the highway
| surveyors and making towns liable to fine
| for using 1oad-scraper. Under the present
| law, our roads rapidly improving and
| have never been so good as at the present
| time. And now that our schools are run
ming so nicely under the present law, 1t is
| fair to presume that some representative
with an itching for Office, will introduce
bill to go back to the old school.district
system, hoping he may be elected pru-
dental committee 1t is to be hoped the
legislature will give little time to these anti
| quarians.'
THE big committee room was the scene of
| an animated discussion, Wednesday over the
bill providing for board of medical ex-
| aminers with view to protecting the peo-
| pie against quacks and humbugs in that
particular profession. Drs. Hamilton of
Richford, Crane of Rutland, and one or two
| others, talked plainly, not so much in sup
port of the provisions of this bill in question,
but in advocacy of closer watch over man
| who comes into Vermont to formulate pre-
scriptions and deal out drugs to the sick
| They argued that Vermont was, to alto
| gether too great an extent, dumping
| ground for the cheap doctors of other states,
and they wanted such legislation as would
| shut out this sort of thing and sustain the
regular practitioner in his proper standing
| before the public. Drs. Smith of Brandon,
| Hubbard of Plymouth, land Others, talked on
| the other side OF the question, and saw no
| demand for any such law as the one pro-
posed. The proceedings were mighty in
terestin'" to the spectator outside the pro-
| fesson.
FLooD-TIDE in the festivities of "Ladies'
| Week" was reached Wednesday evening,
when Mrs. Governor circuit and Mrs Lieu
tenant-Governor Fisk gave reception in
the executive chamber to the visiting wives
and lady friends of the officers and mem
bers of the general assembly and the ladies
of Montpelier. The affair was brilliant
success. During the two hours the line
| was formed fully two thousand people from
all parts of the state were introduced to the
receiving party. Those who assisted Mrs.
Grout and Mrs. Fisk in receiving were Mrs.
j. Gregory Smith and Mrs. F. S. Stranahan
OF st. Adams; Mrs. U. A. Woodbury. of
Burlington; Mrs. u NJ. Mansur of Island
Pond; Mrs. Roswell Farnham of Bradford.
The members of the receiving party carried
| huge punches of roses, and the state flower
was conspicuous on Mrs. CIRCUITS gown
Miss Bsbee OF Chicago, a niece of Mrs.
Grout, Miss Charlotte Gibson of Phladel-
nj ntarD ont
Hovey, U. S. A, and Captain D. r. Bisbee
and Lieutenant Badger of the SpenC or
Rifles of Barre, assisted the members of the
governors staff in presenting the guests.
Those of the staff present were the following:
Gen. I. S. Peck, Gen. w. III. Gilmore, Gen.
j. III. JENNIE, Col. Doty, Col. Dale, Col.
Nelson, Col. Fletcher, Col. G. e. Clark,
Col. j. G. Clark, Col Haskell, Col. Moore,
Col. Osgood, Col. Hubbard and Col. Bald
win. Prominent among the guests were
Col. w. Seward Webb and wife OF Shell
burne, and their party, which included
Mr. and Mrs. j. FL. Purdy, Julian Kean,
Renegal Ronalds, Miss Cora Randolf and
Mr. and Mrs. George Bird of New York.
Among Others present were Gov. Josiah
Grout, Congressman w. w. circuit, Miss
CIRCUIT, Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Ford of st.
Johnsbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Theophilus Circuit,
Miss Addie Lou Grout, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles T. Grout, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A.
Prouty. Mr.. and Mrs. George Fl; Prouty,
! Ouuko duu MIS-. Il IL hllrcu VI INbWpoIti
Mrs, NJ. M. Haskell, Col. Ii. S Haskell,
Col. j, g. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles X.
Bates, Miss Florence Bates, Gen. and Mrs
f., g. Butterfeld, Mr., and Mrs. M. A.
Adams, b. Human, Aaron H. Grout of
Derby, Mr. and Mrs. f. w. Baldwin of Bar
ton, Mrs. p. III. Dale and Miss Dale of
Island Pond, Mr.. and Mrs. B. Cannon, Jr,
Harry W. Thompson, Col. Carroll Moore
Col. Osgood of Bellows Falls, w. w. Stick
ney of Ludlow, Senator Weeks and wife,
State Treasurer Field, Secretary of State
Brownell, wife, son and daughter, ex-GOv.
Woodbury., Col. e. e. Burnett, ex-senator
Gibson and daughter, Col. r. j. Coffey aud
wife, Mrs. w. H. Kingsley, Miss Valentine,
Gen. j. G. Mccullough and ii. S. Bingham
of Bennington, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Coolidge,
Mr.. and Mrs e, c. futile. Mrs. p. M. Mel
don, DR.. and Mrs. j. K. Thomson, Senator
! Chaffee, Mrs, N. X. Chaffee of Rutland, ex-
Gov. Stranahan, ex-Gov. Stewart, wife and
daughter of Middlebury, Senator Albee and
wife and Representative Smith and wife of
Burlington, Senator Harrington and wife
and Mrs. Ripley of Brandon. Representa-
tives' Hall was thrown open, and here the
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