The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

martyrs viii set nothing. nit dollars and
cehls.
Then the house maunder-d away abou
two hours aud hall yesterday aiternool
about the question Of COW consumption
They didn't get anywhere. didn't do any
thing, didnt rrseh any conclusion eaecp
10 come around today and refuse 10 abol
ish the cattle commissioner and the tuber
culin iest, Later an they intend 10 max,
up their minds; this will happen abou
Jan, 3ni, 1909. They had Wilson ON the
stand all afternoon and jos Martin ask-t
the star question oi the session. said he.
'Mr Wilson, II them COWS hadn't been
killed how much longer do you think they
would have liy-dg" This mental decrcpi.
tude must be contagious.
BARRIERS committee IN wrestling with
three public service commission bills, and
you can take Il from me, children, that
unless II. q. secs the moving pictures on
the wall, his ball IL deader than a split
smelt, The farmer have got leery Of it
and don't blame them. After that in.
sane attempt TO ram Il down their throats
before recess aud the extremely idioiic de-
iencc made Of Il by John Redmond and
Others, who sccm 10 want 10 grab the cor
poraiions by the throat and then make
the corporations pay for being throttled,
wouldn't bet punched rain cheek on its
chances. II he's wise, he will modify the
competing companies clause and eliminate
the scheme TO make the corporations pay
for being regulated, aud do il right OF,
All this came out IN hearing last
night that lasted two houn. II was a
noble occasion. Governor Prouty's name
was banded around as a stockholder in a
Bell telephone branch company, and
something or other that Playwright Hill
dreth OF the Newport Express and Stand.
ard wrote about him was characterized
as "a dirty attack, Several lies were
also nailed, and finally Howe OF st. Johns.
bury stuck pin through John Redmond,
and, after lmpaling him against the wall,
permitted the members To observe his buz.
zing activities aud enjoy themselves.
|; Barber's bill is killed, he has cause
OF action against those inconsiderate
champions, Williams and Redmond. lie
won't sue, but he ought 10 slap them Sc /
verely ON the maxillary process.
Miss Edith NJ. Wills, once OF Tunbridge |
and now OF the higher education in |
'Bwoston," has been permeating the halls |
IF wisdom this week and leading members |
INTO a better life. Edith has a beautiful
lark.brown voice that she can give a tone
II pathos 10, well calculated TO cause the
sensitive members TO burst into tears of
Denitence and throw away their cigarets.
Ter long suit is the sad domestic tragedy.
where the children are doped with brandy
Irops and led into eating booze. She was
Ieaking before committee the other
light and exhibited bunch of pamphlets
hat lead children astray. Edith did not
bserve the gaslight and in her fearful
eroration got too close to the Welsbach
fhch Immediately set Edith and her
peech on fire. This really was the hot.
est collection of remarks made at pub ,
C hearing this fall. II it hadn't been for
er noble presence OF mind the fire de-
artment would have had to put Edith
ut.
There were FIVE public hearings, divided
lually into six rooms this evening.
ttended seven of them and the rest {
idn't amount to mucn. A public hearing !
a mere oratorical dissipation anyway.
he only effect it has on committee is |
compel them to kill an orators bill as a t
after of compensation, or in reverse a
nglsh if he appears against it. I
The only real thing to do with this leg I
Iature is to set it to music and run it as t
, after.piece in one of your local min o
rel shows.