The Republican journal., 1897-02-11

kepG, at the expense OF said town, by a
oeacaer i OF teachers OF competent ability and
soou morals, sufficient number of schools
lor the instruction of all the children who
may legally attend public schools therein. in
oronoglapny, reading, writing, English
grammar, geography, arithmetic, drawing
tne history OF the United States and good
behavior, algebra, vocal music, agriculture
seMang, pnyslology, hygiene, and the use OF
tools, and cooking, shall be taught by lee
lures or otherwise, in all the public schools
III which the school committee deem if ex.
pedient.
Section 2. In any city or town where in.
sJructlon snail be given in the use of tools
and IN cooking in public schools, such tools
ana tne implements and materials required
Ior teaching cooking Or the use of tools NAV
be purchased by the school committee. al
the expense of such city or town. and shall
be loaned to such pupils may be allowed
to use them, free of charge, subject to such
rules and regulations as the school commit.
tee may prescribe.
Section 3 This act shall take effect when
approved.
The act was referred to the Committee on
Education.
By Mr.. Merrill of Bluehill, an act prohib-
lting the digging of CLANS between the irst
days of July and September or between the
Goth days of December and February in the
towns of Deer Isle, Sedgwick, Brooksville.
Brooklin, Bluehill, Castine or Swans island
in the county of Hancock. Referred to the
Committee on Shore Fisheries.
The legislation that the State Grange asks
for is in fair way to become a reality. After
long hearings on the bill to regulate sale of
agricultural seed, to regulate the sale of
commercial feeding stutfs, and to amend the
laws relating to the sale and analysis of
commercial fertilizers, the committee on ag-
riculture has voted to report ought to pass
on all three. These are important measures
to the farmers of Maine.
Feb. 5. The session this forenoon began
at nine O'Clock. The attendance of mem
bers was SMALL There was not a single new
bill introduced in the senate. In the House
Houghton of Fort Fairfield presented pc
tition for change in the present insolvency
law, which was referred to the committee
on legal affairs.
An act amending the law on loan and
building associations was presented and re-
ferred to committee on banks and banking
Resolves in favor of Gorham Normal
School, Eye and Ear Infirmary at Portland
Me, w. c. T. u, and Central Maine Hos
pital were passed to be engrossed.
A telegram from Mrs. Lttlefield inform
ed the House that Representative Little
field of Belfast, who is at home sick with
pneumonia, passed a comfortable night
Thursday and that the doctors have hopes
of his recovery.
The members of the House seem to have
been subject to its of illness from the time
of the September election. The saddest case
that of Representative Hncklev of
Blue Hill, who died before the legislature
met. After Mr.. Hinckley died the voters of
his class met and elected Captain John NJ
Merrill of Blue Hill as his successor. Cap
tain Merrill is the father of Mrs. Hinckley,
the bereaved widow. About two weeks
ago Captain Merrill received a telegram in
tbut MrS IL
i'll with pneumonia. He started for home at
once, but his daughter had died before his
arrival. The illness of Mr. Littlefeld and
Mr. Thurlough and few other cases have
caused feeling of gloom to pervade the
House.
The commissioners appointed to investi-
gate, revise and simplify the laws relating
to sea and shore fisheries say that system
OF laws has grown up apparently based upon
the idea that the shore fisheries We're not
one great industry to the whole State and
therefore to be controlled by general laws
The theory seems to have prevailed that
each town had special rights in the fisheries
along its shores. They recommend the en-
actment ul a general ,aw in regard to shore
fisheries, at the same time empowering the
commissioners to make such temporary
changes as may seem for the States inter-
est.
The Augusta correspondent of the Port
land Advertiser says; I" " hat will the Iegis-
lature do in the way of appropriation for the
State college? l0ur correspondent talked
with quite a number of the lawmakers on
their way home from Orono. Probably they
Were not feeling in 80 economical IA mood As
before President Harris told them the State
could afford to give all its boys "a college ed
ucation. Anyhow the prevailing sentiment
seemed to be that the institution should
have about the usual appropriation There
is no interest but that of economy to oppose
it, and all the college interests TO favor it,
A lra W HE illfaren1lA .,