Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-02
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
BOuntfcs on NoxiOus Animals and whnt
Legislator Has TO say on
the Subject.
To the Editor of the Free Press:

lfc nf bo
snort" that the members of the Iopis |
lature had with me and the bill thai
introduced giving a bounty on hedge |
hogs
Now I'm consideration of the 'sport'
there furnished and the ridicule he |
slowed upon the bill by the public press !
if seems NO morn than fair thnt I sbou1d
have nv saw ON the subject for once
one thing is suro-it GOT there in snito
of the ridiculc and il was about the only |
bin that nassnd nftnr heinz ronortcd mn
favorably bv the committee TO whom il
WAS referred
I introduced tho hill at ,bo roouost Of
several members who nrornisod to aid
in its passage. This promise thov FIJI !
filled and to my eurnriso many, otbars
with whom had never exchanged a
word on the subject were ready TO sneak
in its favor The massage Of the hill was
not due to any spec ial skill in its man
agcmcnt but rather to its intrinsic NOR
it's which the former members of tho
House who had suffered from the denro-
dations of ohio thornv yarmirtsn vvero
not slow to pcrccivo.
Right here | would ash, IL IL NAV not
be possible that a Northumberland al
though he may NOT he verscd in noIito
society or wear = coat Of the latest
stvle. may vet understand some matters
hrttor than tho ritv hrnd r.ro Iror in.
stance what should a man know about
hedrebops who never saw one and rho
only ouills with which thov evor came
i'm rontact wctc of a far difforo,,t sorto
ono manor .,.o, v,.,t go f,r -. ia TO
urc M the cash v,lio Of Tho time
wasted in the discussion Of This question
in the House while if had not =. ,yord If
comment rcq.r,lino Tho hoi,rs tba, wore
spnnt 10 vorv IttIo nurtosn ,,non othor
matters | can forrivo thorn hoca,,se
thov d,dn't know anv ho,tnr
|
were indeed something Of a surprise to
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shows Thar rho maqrit,,do of tho ovil t@
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tho DAMAGE Inv ali otber animals ,non
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