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Show Senate Loolcs Gift Horce in the Mouth land constituting such national park for the use and accommodation of visitors to such park, and should employ em-ploy suitable caretakers to the end and purpose that the woodland should bo properly cared for and preserved so far as possible In Its primitive beauty; and "Whereas It Is deemed Inexpedient to accept said devise asd to establish a national pnrk In accordance with the terms thereof : Be It "Besolved by the senate (the house of representatives concurring), that the acceptance of said devise o mmle by Joseph Bat'ell In his last will nnd testament he declined by the government govern-ment of the Un ted States, and that the estate of the ld Joseph Batfell he forever discharged from any obligation obli-gation to the L'nlted States grow'n out of the devise before mentioned." The bill (S. 10SO) to provide for the establishment of the park was retorted re-torted from the public lands committee commit-tee with the recommendation that It be Indcfin'to'v postponed. In explanation explana-tion a le'ter from Acting Secretary I'ltr-ey of thn InJcrior department wi read. In which he said the department had made no InveFtl-atlon rid wits therefore in no position to ren''- a rervirt. Kvldcn'ly T'kIp f'am d'xn not want the Bnttell National park. UNCLE SAM. though the efficiency experls say he probably Is the poorest business man on eurth, never hesitates to look a gift horse In the mouth. For example, here ts a Joint resolution passed the other day by Hie senate: "Whereas Joseph Hnttcll, decerned, 'ate of MIddlebury. county of Addison, Addi-son, state of Vermont, In nnd by his last will and testament devised to the government of the Un!tel States of America nhnut .I.OiH) acres of land ait-inted ait-inted In the towns of Lincoln and Warren. In tie stnt of Vermont, for a national park ; and "Whereas said lands were devised to the United States of America upon certain conditions, among which were the followlnir: That thf government should construct and nmlntir" suitable suit-able rnniM and buildings upon the |