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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08
M,DpLEBuRY VICTORIOUS.
Fsstsr Team Swept Worcester 2.
I. eff lee Feet.

Middlebury College's snappy football
team defeated the Worcester Polytech-
mic Institute team on the local field Sat-
srday afternoon. 1S to 0. The two teams
were evenly matched as to weight but
Middlebury's superior team work count
ed, the varsity being able to gain al
most at will, whereas Worcester was
weak in the offensive game.
The varsity fumbled badly in the first
half, thus losing two chances to score.
In this half Fisher punted over the goal
line; a Worcester man attempting to run
the ball in was thrown back for a safety.
Score, Middlebury 2, Worcester o. Wor-
cester kicked out from the 25-yard line
and Middlebury by line smashes and
skin tackle plays soon showed Fisher
over for touchdown. Vaughan kicked
goal. Score, Middlebury s, Worcester 0.
In the second half Middlebury rushed
the ball to the 35-yard line where Wor-
cester bracing held and Vaughn falling
back dropped pretty field goal. Score.
Middlebury 12, Worcester 0. Middle
bury scored little later, Vaughan carry
ing the ball over. Vaughan punted out
to Fisher, who made fair catch in front
of the goal posts. Vaughan kicked goal.
Score, Middlebury Is, Worcester O.
Cottrell and Wagner played well for
Worcester and Vaughan and Stevens for
Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08
Century Club.

The next number of the course will
take place Nov. 10, when DR.. Thomas e.
Greene will give lecture which will re-
pay all who come.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08

Touchdowns. Fisher, Vaughan; goals
from touchdowns, Vaughan 2: goal from
field, Vaughan; safety, Worcester; re.
feree, June, '0S; umpire, Donnelly of
Worcester: timekeepers Pettingill and
Grise time, % and 80 minute periods.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08
Church Notes.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

DIR. Dickinsons morning subject,
"Jesus Was Very Happy Man" Even
ing, Judge Mott" sermon against
your favorite Sin. At 1915 in the audi
torium, church and college Bible class,
Professor Wright, leader.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08
MEMORIAL BAPTIST.

The pastor, Rev. George r. Stair, will
preach Sunday morning upon 'The
Emancipating Truth" In the evening
his sermon subject will be 1.-The Untold
Half"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08
METHODIST CHURCH

Services conducted by pastor, w. II.
Washburne. Morning subject, "Our
Lords Business in Heaven "
Connected with the evening service
will be the report of the Rutland con-
ventiOn.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08

Farnsworth & Co. sells Longfnan &
Martinez l.. & NJ. Paints in pints and
quarts at half-gallon price
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

expected, but the rlverF lack much in affording
facilities to relieve the lroad congestion reported
from time to time to exist III cities situated on
navlgable streams. Railroad rights of way belong
to private corporations which expend millions of
dollars to keep the road beds in condition to carry
the traffic. With all th@ agitation against the rail
roads, it must be confessed that the service rem
dered is no more lamentaby inefficient than that
of the river systems
Senator Warner recently made the assertion that
for $20,000000 the channel of the Missouri river
between St. Louis and Kansas City could be deep
ened and made to have freight carrying capacity
many times greater than that of all the railroads
between those two cities. If he is right and his
assertion is based investigation and careful esi-
mates, the permanent improvement of that stream
seems an economic necessity. Indeed. the work
should even now be completed, and the benefits
derived by the people at the present time. In the
past many times the cost of this improvement was
appropriated by congress, in the form of land
grants, to the railroads. The railroads being pri-
vate enterprises and the water courses public prop
erty may afford the explanation why the latter have
not received the attention which their Importance
deserves
SO in the consideration of public ownership of
public utilities, the river improvements, with ap-
preparations to meet the demands of congressman
seeking reelection rather than the accomplishment
of the public good, may be pointed out as hor-
rble example The theory is good but the prac-
teal working out of the theory requires more than
the mere demonstration of the idealist.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

Teachers in Catholic schools do not approve of
elaborate entertainments. The time spent in pre-
pairing for these exercises might be devoted to
something more useful for the pupils. Again
school exhibitions seldom show the public what the
children have learned during the school term. 1t
is customary to have these commencement exer-
cises, but custom does not make them either use
full or necessary,
Sister NJ. Florence, teacher at Mt. st. Joseph
Hamilton county Ohio, in a letter to the Catholic
School Journal designates them as a nuisance, and
whilst the sisters letter refers to parochia schools
it is equally applicable to academies and colleges,
In the letter she says:
Il would like to see some one begin a crusade
against school entertainments and elaborate com
mencement exercises. Surely pastors and parents
cannot realize the sacrifice of time they entail
Teachers know that it takes from eight to ten
weeks to train children to do creditably on the
stage, and that during that time lessons are greatly
interrupted and the minds of the children distract
ed from their lessons. Again, these entertainments
come at time when the children are already over
worked. The spring term brings first communion
class examinations and preparation for the enter
tainment, all at the same time. Something must
suffer. Of course, the object is to make one hun
bred and fifty dollars for the school, but could this
not be made in one collection or one supper, or lee
ture? I am sure this waste of valuable school
time is the greatest drawback in our parochial
schools"
When and where there is valuable waste of
time it is injury to the child and its future vel
fare, and pecuniary gain cannot right a wrong
Time is valuable and the childs school time should
be devoted to learning something practical for the
future.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
FASHIONS.

Humanity makes good deal of trouble for it
SELF adds to its burdens if indeed its burdens are
not all of its own creation, and makes itself un-
comfortable and miserable by inventions of style
experts which are readily, nay eagerly, adopted by
those who can afford them, aped by those who can't
but do afford them. and Knocked by those who can't
and won't afford them, and who take comfort in
the discomforts of those whose sartorial courage is
limited only by what is fat, or what few
years ago fin de steele. (That expression looks
so good it's pity it doesn't mean something these
days. Somewhere on this earth, far away from
mountains and farms and irrigation bitches, where
men and live from years end to
other without seeing fashion journal; somewhere
there Is center from which emanates periodically
an announcement that fashions henceforth shall
be changed No longer is the male human form
to be adorned with ree-buttoned getaways; no
longer shall the shoes into whose shape we have
squeezed our feet for the past year be the correct
thing; no longer shall the baggy trousers which
have bagged at the knees for these six months meet
the sartorial requirements of fashion And the
wide expanse of shoulders which have made puny
men look like prize ring champions for season
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

strain or danger. Every pastime, such as ball. foot
ball. swimming skating and bicycling, are sure to
produce excellent results in the way of mental az
we'll as physical results of a child. Walking to
and from school is a splendid exercise and should
be encouraged even if the distance be several miles
It is only necessary to start little earlier in the
morning. and the student who does walk will feel
much better all day than the who rides in
stuffy street car.
Games and contests are a strong factor in the
moral wellbeing of a child. The desire to excel will
be such that everything viii be done to keep in
good condition, and boy will soon find out that
he cannot keep in good condition if he INDUCES in
smoking. drinking or other bad habits
The results of physical development shown
in more striking manner in the college graduates
of the present time than of those generation
ago Formerly all the attention given to de-
veoping the mind and the body allowed to-
remain undeveloped. The result was that college
graduates were VIGOROUSLY inefficient and dipIo
ma was regarded as a badge of Incompetence I'm
the practical affairs of life For the past ten or
fifteen years. however, the colleges have devoted
much time to physical development, and the result
is that the typical college graduate of today is IN
demand everywhere at high salaries to conduct the
business enterprises.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
THE TERMoUNTAN AND cooRAo CATHOLICS SEPTEMBER A. 1907

these are to be tabooed or have another addition
built to them, we have forgotten which, but 1t is
all in the fashion journal with which we started
our breakfast fire.
Every spring, every summer, every autumn, every
winter. comes an announcement of radical change
in styles for men, The funny part of it all Is that
we never see two men dressed alike, excepting only
those who are uniformed,
And as for women, if one another rugged up
in costume similar to her own-well, neither could
forgive the other. and neither could be persuaded
to like the dress any more, no matter how expen-
sive how beautiful how becoming or how altogether
lovely it might be.
Fashions do change, but why one knows.
Knickerbockers of velvet with brass buckles and
pink ribbons at the knees 1--WE assured by his
torical dramas with authentic costumes to help out
what the play lacks of other INTEREST," once as
popular as is the more sedate raiment of the pres
ent time. And what miseries humanity suffered
from bustes and crinone Certainly the change
which relegated these monstrosities was most
welcome one.
Perhaps some day some style maker will discover
something fit for man to wear at any time dur
ing his waking hours, something shaped to fit the
body without any extra padding to falsify his wide
expanse of chest, something of cheerful hue, not
quite so heathenish as blanket nor nconvenient
as understanding resembling overalls and
iumper-and set fashion for the fashionable
which would include about eight hours of honest
toll each day. Alas and alack, it is not fashion,
able to work. and we fear the nincompoop whose
clothes furnish most of his ideas couldn't do much
worth while if he tried.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
AN ANCIENT HERITAGE.

a great many people seem to think that graft is
something new and peculiar to the twentieth cen
fury alone. They assume that the "good old days.
were in reality better days than the present ones
! But we cannot acquiesce in this opinion Graft
is not The name is, perhaps, though we would
not be sure about the modernity of even the name
Old Herodotus tells some pretty tall stories of the
grafters in the Babylonian temple of Venus and
disclosures made by excavations on the site of
ancient Babylon indicate that Herodotus spoke
truly. And in Jerusalem, the seat of high ideals,
to which place the people always returned after
apses from ancient faith the grafters went so far
as to profane the temple until they were rebuked
and driven out.
And all through the history of the human race
the gentle CRATER has been a factor in the social
political and business life of the people, Public
liberation of years and centuries lies behind the
recent disclosures of dishonesty among people who
of right ought to be honest Thirty pieces of sill
Judass graft. 1t might as well have been
thirty cents for all the good it did him. Judas
very sly rascal, or thought he was. And the
modern grafters fondly imagine that they can sell
out and not get caught. They take the high moral
ground that being caught constitutes their only
crime, and then they take everything in sight, in
Guiding few bad chances
The psychology of graft is mystery, A few
may be so lacking in conscience as not to be wor-
ried by the still small voice Within but it is likely
that even those who successfully cover up their
evil doings take small pleasure in the profits of
their perfdy. And the fact that two or more per-
sons always involved in bribery cases and other
grating pursuits ought to deter man even more
than in cases of just plain stealing. 1t certainly
must be an uncomfortable feeling public officials
have when they know the other fellow might peach,
and vice versa. And how can they respect each
otherl
They say there iE honor among thieves, but
thieves must have distorted idea of honor if that
be true. And even thieves must feel that there is
some dishonor in serving a term in the pen. But
the Jail sentence is not dishonorable it is only the
penalty for doing dishonorabe act If a man
is innocent of crime and is convicted unjustly, his
incarceration in the Jail is by means a disgrace.
Disgrace attaches to the cause which places the
guilty one behind the bars. And now that the peo-
pie have got the habit of putting grafters in JAIL
perhaps the ancient habit will lose even the sem
blance of responsibility in these latter days
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

Advocates of government ownership point with
pride to the postofice department as an example
of what may be done by the system which would
make the federal government the custodian of all
public utilities. Nobody questions that there is
certain amount of efficiency in the postal affairs
of the nation, that the service is being extended
by rural free delivery routes so that practically
everybody in the country is beneficiary, but to
claim all this as a result of government ownership
is falacy 1t may be that all these things are
accomplished in spite of governmental control.
1t is not for the purpose of questioning the prin
ciple of public ownership but to show the fallacy
of the claims made by advocates of that principle
that attention is directed to another institution
which has belonged to the people since the foun-
dation of the government THE inland waterways
of the country. The rivers belong to the people,
and they present free right of way for the trans
portation of freight and passengers. The only ex-
pense attached to this transportation is the cost
of boats, wharves, labor and keeping the channels
in navigable condition.
Congress has appropriated vast sums of money
for the improvement of rivers and harbors and
probably has got as much for the money as was
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL VELOPMENT

Now that the school year has begun, parents and
others in charge of children should give serious
consideration to the question of the best develop
ment of their mental faculties But this result is
not determined alone by the amount of time spent
in study; in fact, too much time so spent will
retard rather than advance the mental development
of child One essential feature which is too
often overlooked is the physical Development 1t is
an old saying that sound body is necessary to
sound mind.
In order that the brain may be healthy and prop
erly developed it is necessary that the body have
plenty of fresh air and exercise This is such plain
common sense that it would seem to be unneces-
sary to state it, and yet it is frequently overlooked
on the part of those who have the bringing UP of
children.
The nations of the world illustrate this truism.
The world is ruled by those nations whose men are
best physically developed. This is not due to the
power of brute force but to the fact that the intel
ect is hest developed in those who minds are phys
cally s. lg.
Japan always a weak subject nation until
their people took up physical culture and after
fifteen years of such culture they proved the
periors of the large but lazy Russians. There IS
no nation in the world more highly developed men
tally than the Hindus and yet, on account of their
lack of physical activity their mentality has be-
cratic and they are subject race today.
The question as to what kind of outdoor exercise
is best depends upon circumstances Any outdoor
work is of benefit, but if circumstances permit t
is much better to allow portion of the time for
sports contests which ere purely for pleasure
An investment in baseball and bat for bow
will yield the largest returns of any which parent
can make That is a sport which exercises health
fully every muscle of the body, without undue
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
OBEDIENCE TO LAW.

There seems to be a popular opinion that all the
agitation against combinations in trade is for the
purpose of breaking them up, banllrupting them
and forcing them out Of business The recent i'm
position of a $29000,000 fine against the Standard
Oil company was hailed with delight by a very
large number of people. and was viewed with alarm
by others. Those delighted ones think they see the
beginning of the end of trusts and those alarmed
ones are fearful that capital will eventually be de-
barred from active participation in the affairs Of
the country
1t does not seem to to people holding either
of these views that all the prosecutions of trusts
so far at least, have been for violation of laws.
The Standard Oil company was found guilty of vio-
lating the law forbidding shipper to receive a
rebate. Even in the face of the verdict however
the company claims it was not really guilty, for
it shipped one railroad at the published rate
of another However, the verdict in the case was
that the law violated. The law is plain; no
doubt the Standard Oil company understands It's
provisions now, even if it did not before the trial
1t is a bad system of laws which made possible
the exploitation and development of such gigan-
tic corporation as the Standard OIL or if the laws
were all right, they were poorly administered
lue legality OF us every OJn6f dcJ III JS
the violation was proven, and the fine was
imposed for violation of the law. The general
belief, however is that Standard Oil is an old of
fender against the law; that it built itself up
through defiance of law, and that the long tolera-
ton of its lawlessness by the people explains its
almost disdain of conceament of its illegal acts.
The authority of the law may not be fouted
by any corporation or individual 1t has been a
long and uphill pull to get laws on the statute
books which would in a measure control the trusts
of which Standard Oil is the most conspicuous 1t
has been charged often that legislatures, con-
gress and the judiciary have been bought up by
the money power that people have come to believe
it and look upon the moral degradation as neces-
sary evil in commercial age. According to
old saw, when things get to the worst they
begin to mend" Law violation evidently has
reached its worst, for no longer hear of trust
magnates consigning the public to perditon, and
posing before the people at the same time as moral
examplars.
The prosecution of trusts and monopolies is not
based the fact that they have more than they
deserve, nor that they sell their products at an
enormous profit. They simply violated the law and
they had to answer to the people.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

Miamisburg prosperous city of Southwestern
Ohio recently let contract for 1000 tons of coal
at S215, delivered on the siding at the water and
light plant Last year the contract price $2.10
a ton. The town is farther from its coal supply
than is Salt Lake. Wages there run from 50
day for common labor to 81 for skilled, but meas
ured in coal the people there seem to have the bet
ter of it, with all the boosted high wages of the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

feel it my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time TO time that no person bearing the
name and garb Of priest sister, anyone else is
authorized or permitted solicit collect in this
diocese any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from permission
IN writing bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such a document, he or
she as the case may be- should be regarded by all as
a fraud and imposter. L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

Our grocery boy solemny asserts that all the
agitation against the butchers and grocers' trust
started by people whose credit at the stores had
been impaired for some unknown reason, from
which the only inference to be drawn is that all
honest men have become grocers and butchers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
IN ORR STrRSCRTBFRS

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home this diocese Its circulation In Mon
tana Idaho Colorado Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large Only reliable firms and
business advertise in the paper All subscribers
will find It their advantage when about to invest
purchase or consult business matters to read over
the list Of our advertisers. We not only recommend
but ask for them the patronage of all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

The Episcopal bishop Of Texas in dealing with
the question of foreign mission gave out the state
ment that the people of the United States make
an annual outlay of S6O,O00,OO0 for chewing gum.
entering protest at the comparatively small con-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

Salt Lake doesn't need government statistician
to find out that beefsteak butter, eggs, coal and
number of other things cost more than they should
and not a great deal of research to back up the
prediction that they will cost even more this win
ter
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

tribution to the mission field. Sixty millions of
dollars for chewing gum is a big sum to be spent
thus uselessly, but if the people must chew some
thing, certainly gum is much better than some
other articles-the rag. for instance
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

Vice President Fairbanks passed through Salt
Lake last week, but there was no noticeable decline
in temperature his enemies to the contrary not
withstanding.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

Bachelors and benedicts feel sorry for each other,
and all women feel sorry for themselves, whatever
their condition matrimonially
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

Being a dog has its drawbacks too, for man
can lay aside his collar on hot day, while the
dog catcher is looking for the canine in negligee
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

Industry, honesty and sobriety are pretty good
things to have in this world but these virtues are
only part Of christianity, and Christian life
comprehends them all.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

The apple crop of New England is reported to
be immense and of splendid quality, so there are
blessings left in some parts of our poor expensive
country
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

1t being nearly nine months since January l.
we can easily account for broken resolutions, and
so can see no real reason for announcing that
Nesuvius is smoking again.