The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-10-30

Wilders orchestra fu niahed music aud @.
II. Lowe rendered vocal SELECTION Pre-
ca ding the feast Of good things prepared
ny Il udlord Viles, prayer WAS offered by
Rev. Z. 0, Judkins ami after cigars were
reached POSTMASTER j. Fl. Ssnter, presided
over me tossing. Nj. S,n or was intro-
duced by Judge Ross as the cook and so the
most 5lig bis to CO. llct ia. exercises Mr..
5enter respond in happy manner.
Hoo. James L. Martin OF Brsttleb1rs
responded % the toast, The Judges'. He
said we lived, breathed and had 0ur heinz
IN the atmosphere otjndge made law. This
sort OF law hands down to us the beat
forms OF com nOu law aud Saws us froa
the results OF hstty legislation. He mad
never seen the day whsn he was ashamed
Of The Supreme Cur, OF Vermont ss he
believed 1t TO be the pride OF TIE Vermont
bar.
shall women be admitted to he Bar Of
rmOnr, Was responded to by Judge
Wendell p. Stafford h said there ~ors
counties in the state where it would -
most prac icable to admi one UGH woman
~ Carrie Nation to practice at the bar. He
made pat hits upon his fellow members Il
the supreme bench. Thought il there we're
any good, bright young womsn who desired
to be admitted to the bar, the court wolA
receive them with open arms.
The Journalist" was responded to hg
y. A. g. Jackson. He said If one had an
limited me aus, no friends and no dread Of
he hereafter. be might publish every hing
he pleased and thus carry out the sentiment
often expressed by some portion OF the pub
lie. The editor is sometimes supposed to
leave out what the journ ,list writes He
said there WAS cry toisy against seusa-
tlonsl journalism, ut he asserted there
existed no more OF that sort today than .
hundred wears ago.
Tue Evolution OF Lawyer into a Chris
tan" was responded to bv Rev G. o. Jud-
kins He said he hoped the day would
me when hs minis ~ would make a.
persistent and untirinE Efforts 10 obtain the
ruth i'll building up Of soul char C or as dc
the lawyers in their efforts to establish the
truth in the trial OF their cases.
especial Masters aud Referees" Sas re-
sponded to by Hon. Alex. DCanett OF s..
Johnsbury. He id Special masters wers
forced upon us but tue referee is a little
lower than the angels aud tbs court, and
was IN fact an accommodating c)urr on
wheels created by agreement by DO b sides,
who dldn' . dare to go IN trial before a Try.
Felix W. McGetuick, e q, of 81 Al.
bans responded to the toast, THE Jury"
He related amusing incidents occurring in
his experiences befOry a jury. He Ii that
here were shortc mngs In the jury sys-
tenn but they occurre rather from The Sc
lection rather than The system. He believ-
ed better jules would be Obtained II elect
cd instead OF drawn al haphaz ird by he
sheriff. We should no more dispense with
trlHl UF Jury IMAM WIN our town m6rtlnR.
"Old Law Books" was resp nded TO by
Hon. @. II. Darling OF Bennington. He
said while he Was about to leave the breth-
rem he WAS not TO weigh anchor but simply
leugthen his cable little and would shOrs-
ly return to old friends, old times, old man
ners and old books.
The assembly then broke up with singing
AUD Lang Sine"
A an adjourned meeting OF the Vermont
Bar Association, held this morning, the
following officers were elected foI the year
ensuing:
President. John Young OF Newport; vios-
presidents, W johnson OF Woodstock,
r. @, Archibald OF Manchester, r. W.
Hnlburd of hyde Park; secretary, J. Il.
Mimms OF 81. Adams; treasurer, Hiram
j. II Senter OF Mo rp.l er, Alex. Dunnett
OF s.. Johnsbury, W. l. Burnsp of Burling-
ton, + M Butler Of Rutland, j, ID, ID nj
son OF Randolph.