The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-23
THE HERMIT OF wooDFoRo
Breezy Observations from the state
Capitol
Montpelier, Nov. n, 1908.

mits the following as the prize foolish
question, and by one OF the fair sex,
too:
The other evening woman rushed
into the street and waved frantically
at an electric car to stop. AS the car
slowed down she enQuired, does the
next car after this one 90 to Barre?"
Unless this year Is an exception.
dcndelions are abloom In the capital
city near the winter time as ! notice
quite a number Of them on lawns here
and there is a thin mantle OF snow
adjacent Doesn't require an agri
cultural nor an expert In forestry TO
explain this! We could easily under.
stand lots of things we don't, by study
ing just a little bit more.
A joint resolution was introduced
In the House of Representatives Wed.
nesday by Mr.. Barber of Brattleboro
to pay the attaches OF the House SO
per day except tbs tetegIqhe4nb @ko
murmur among seyeraH B9ettase the
young lady's work ~ afdpqsb5 bH
some and almost constant from 8. a
m, Until l4l30 pal If 1fefbartOk4ais
a bachelor he probably Ypudy Chav&
named So per diem for the efficient
RST NV Fathdfn. 9tR9 bind chan.
lain Of TIE Senate, 1s9BGsy Sometimes
outside Of his. iEork here. Last Sat
urdag' evening he lectured at West
Topsham. Sunday morning he preach
ed at East Orange and in the after
noon at Waits River, and in the eve
ming gave an address there,
An elderly lady, and evidently one
who doesn't mingle with the world
much was induced one afternoon to go
and see the moving pictures. She
gazed in speechless wonder at the
| life-like appearance and acting pro
duced by the pictures. Presently an
automobile came in sight In the far
| background, moving directly toward
| the audience at the rate of at least a
mile a minute Just as a catastrophe
/ seemed inevitable it swerved aside,
passed on and disappeared. The old
lady was frightened. Grasplng her
| granddaughter by the hand she ex-
| claimed: Come, jamie, can't
stand this any longer Let's get out
of here That thing'll run right into
us I'm afraid eff it comes this way
agin."
jamie could not console her grand
mother, who was trembling and they
walked out while others Uttered.
The question OF testing cattle for
tuberculosis is an important one. I ne
state has spent $1,000 In two years
/ for cattle killed on this account year
ly, about ope-tenth Of the states en-
I tire receipts. one honest old farmer
said to me the other day:
BY gum, il beats all what "A differ
! cnCe there Is about this cattle bust
ness. The last few years us farmers
! have had to be told by some cattle
! commissioner, veterinary surgeon or
! other expert whether our 'cooters'
are well or not In fact, away they
go and are killed and we don't have
much to say about IT, Darned eff
! don't believe a whole lot Of this Is
| legislated high-muckery that there's
no use in. We didn't hear much
/ bout sick cattle till all this tom
! foolery come about, and eff eny of 'em
was sick We used to doctor 'em in our
own way and hardly ever did one die
only as We killed 'em for the beef bar
/ rel. ! reckon there's tn much law and
science nowadays for us farmers
! ! will leave IL TO my readers to say
what they think Of this farmers
idea"
By the way there was another big
farmers meeting beneath the golden
/ dome after adjournment Thursday af-
! ternoOn with speakers from abroad
/ present Hon Henry 5. Wilson of
| Arlington. state cattle commissioner.
was also present. and held up his
end" as well as any Of the other fell
lows.
There is considerable being said
about the prospective length of this
session OF the legislature. For actual
point Of time this session has been cut
down over two weeks from that of
two years ago up 10 Thanksgiving. for
the opening day OF the Legislature this
/ year was nearly a week later than
two years ago and thanksgiving comes
nearly a week earlier. so that com
j PARSONS can only be made In actual
point of days consumed.
Two years ago the legislature was
lin session - days In all. Up TO Fri.
| day night of this week Il will have
been In session 40 days. II the leg.
II islature reconyened the Monday fol
lowing Thanksgiving and remains in
session up to the day before Christ
mas. It will still be a shorter session
by four days than two years ago.
Judge Edward c. Bennett OF Ben
nington. the plumpest. more rosy
checked than any one.-has been here
part of the week for various good
reasons. Ed" asked II would In
troduce q bill TO get him pension for
disabilities. We agreed that II might
help the case by his being present sc
that all the legislators could see how
frail he is. Finally / told him that
II he stayed In Montpelier long enough
there was no doubt but what the
bill would pass,
4 delegation from Brattleboro was
here before the special joint commit
tee ON taaXtion In the supreme court
room Monday evening and opposed
most vigorously the entire abolition Of
J Offsets While admitting there may
have been some dishonest Offsets they
contended that the utter elimination
would work an Injustice TO the mer
chant and business man who was do
ing a large share OF his business OF
borrowed capital
The state fair bill Is another prett,
good sized one TO be dealt with ate
the Thanksgiving recess. This call
for a $4,000 appropriation. Nothwith
standing the large number Of farmer
u the legislature some OF them winl
with their left eye aud say, Seem
10 us that the state fair bill with al
It's ways of making money can sus
/ tain and maintain ITSELF Yet II /
right TO help all commendable pre-