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LEGISLATORS
NEED REST
So They Adjourned Today
Until Monday.
A LONGER DEER SEASON
Bill introduced This Morning to,
Add Ten Days to
Open Season. I.
A LONGER DEER SEASON

Montpelier, Oct. 4.-The Legislature
adjourned today and went home to
rest up until Monday after its arduons
1abors of this week. The House was
in session this morning for 40 minutes
and the Senate just half as long The
House will reassemble at 2 and the
Senate at 230 Monday.
Governor Bell and Secretary Wall
| ter went home this afternoon and Sec
rotary OF State Fleetwood went he me,
| this morning. The senator's and rep
resentatives began to scatter last night
and this morning there were only l25
| representatives in their seats
House bill II facilitating the taking
of land for school purposes was order
ed to third reading Monday.
Bills introduced today we're:
By O'Sullivan of st Adams increas-
ing allowances to widows, giving them
all the household goods where there
are no children and the husband dies
without making will.
BY Dart of Springfield making it a
Unable otfense for transportation COM
panies to carry live stock more than
"A hours without food or water.
BY Phelps Of Barnett lengthening
the open season for deer hunting to 20
days.
The Senate bill making husband and
wife competent witnesses in courts is a.
special order in the Senate for Mon
day afternoon
Montpelier, Oct IA lull on new
bills came yesterday and the commit
tees went to work after adjournment to.
get some Of those on hand out. of the,
way. Sessions in both houses were
featureless. Speaker Merrifeld an
nounced this morning the caucus bill
committee, of which John F. Lewis of
Troy is chairman, and the Joint tenn
perance committee on the part of the
House this afternoon. C. NJ. Graves,
of Bennington being chairman of the,
latter.
The Senate adoped resolutions of
sympathy for the serious illness of it's
chaplain, Rev Marcellus Farnham>
Mr. Farnham OBLIGATED in the Senate
yesterday, but was taken i'll during
the night at his boarding place. He
was removed to Heaton hospital this
where two operations were,
performed, one for the removal Of the,
BYE, and the other for cancerous
growth. The operation was perform
ID by DR. C. E. Chandler of Montpelier
md DR. f. j. Fish of South Royalton,
\ member of the Senate from Wind
'or county. Mr. Farnham was a candi-
late recently for the chaplaincy of the,
United States Senate.
The various bills abolishing alb
counties on noXious animals were
AIKEN up yesterday by the general
ommittee of the House, and the game
nd fisheries committee of the Senate
he various committees voted to re-
ort the bill favorably, and it is very
kelly that some one bill abolishing
IL bounties shall be passed
Senator Proctor, who was in rowne
Wednesday night and Thursday, put
| busy day at the state house shak-
'g hands. A resolution passed the
ouse thanking him for historical
orks given the state.
Senator Skinner and President Pro
EN- Prouty of Orleans county, gave
complimentary banquet to the repre-
from that county at the
ontpelier house last night.
he democrats held acaucus last night
I'd voted unanimously to support
'hn n. Senter of Montpelier for.
nited States Senator Tuesday. He,
II be nominated by G. Fl. Pape of
ARE who was chairman of the meet
2. Representative Malone of Fair
sven was secretary.
The sub committee from the claims
mmittee continued in the auditors