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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-03-14
BETTY'S Talent


And Betty is the only one of you girls who isn't
wage Garner, said Mrs. Devon to her oldest niece
Katherine Lowe. "How does it happen that she
hasn't chosen profession.'
'Ehe has never displayed a talent for any spe-
clal line of work. and as the rest of us manage to
keep the exchequer large enough to cover expenses
we have never felt it was necessary for her to try
to get anything to do
Il think it's very generous of you girls" re-
turned Mrs. Devon, who had just come from long
distance to visit her widowed sister and daughters
for the first time in many years. "Probably" she
reflected, there is pet in nearly every family but
l do hope Betty isn't being made selfish"
Betty was her favorite niece, perhaps because
she was her namesake, but more probably for the
reason that she had long been her correspondent
and kept her well informed about the family do
1ngs III bright newsy letters that came with de-
Gghtful regularity. She could not bear to think
that Betty was an idler in the household hive and
she watched her with particular interest during her
visit.
DO you know, Katherine" she said the evening
before her departure, Il think have both been
mistaken about Betty When ] first came Won
said she had no talent, and while didn't say so.
feared that she was being spoiled and the truth
IS she has great talent, and it is for spelling other
people"
Spelling other people. Why. what do you
mean" asked Katherine, laughingly
Perhaps helping would be better word She
has perfect genius for giving assistance. Why
IN the short time I've been here I've grown to rely
on her help, and it seemed perfectly natural and
right to let her pack my trunk today I allowed
her to do it just freely as you girls let her do
much of your work"
katherine looked greatly surprised. but said
nothing, and Mrs. Devon went on: "Her helpful
ness has become matter of course"
why, aunty, why do you say that?"
You aren't surprised, are you, when you find
one of your stories or newspaper articles neatly
copied the typewriter"
NO but Betty loves to the typewriter"
Yes, and she likes to mark arithmetic papers
too. l suppose, for l often see her correcting and
marking the ones that Grace brings home from her
school every day. And I've no doubt she is equal
ly fond of housekeeping, for she is your mothers
right-hand man.
From the number of buttonholes she has made
in the blouses the dressmaker left unfinished I'm
led to suspect that she has quite fancy for sew
ing; and she must like ironing for | notice that
she presses Mans office skirt two or three times
a week. How fortunate she is in having such OPP
portunites for indulging her versatile tastes"
ooh, aunty, what realistic picture you draw
of the family! You see things clearer than we
do, and it's time eyes opened. | always
thought Betty had talent, but she really seems
to be the only of us sisters to whom were given
the ten talents" Catholic Tribune.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-03-14

linen ne drew the agent aside into the ticket Of
lice he crowd looked on curiously almost sym-
pathetically. The hard-faced young fellow iingled
CONS together in his pocket, whistling slowly
through his shut teeth
he tall gentleman returned and bent over the
WIDOW putting ticket into her hand
That is yours" he said gently "Tbe bodv
must go IN the baggage car 1t is all arranged for,
ana the tralnmen will be careful of your dead The
agent told me where you wanted to COS There will
be no more trouble" He pressed some money into
her hand Get coffin for him down there and
nave everything respectable and as you would like
1t. You are right to carry him home. Our loved
feel" '''' nv" S0u
one caught her breath in hard sob Il dunno
what to say. Ito God Almighty bless Won.
sab! God Almighty bless you!"
lie stroked and patted her shoulder "There,
there' nanny, it's all right, it's all right Now,
you must pull together for the train is ready to
start, and you've more work before YOU"
lie led her along to the car stumbling a little
because OF the tears IN her eyes, The station agent
and one or two others put the coffin into the bag
gage car.
who's that man." the hard-faced man asked
abruptly of the agent. He had taken his hands out
OF his pocket and several coins were enclosed in his
fist.
Major Stewart" the agent replied. handing up
his bills to the eXpressman. He owned one of the
biggest plantations in Virginia before the war.
That little game about broke him up-lock, stock
and barrel. He's travelling now for New York
clothing house. He stops off here this trip All
right ahead there"
The hard-faced young man jumped on the
platform and entered the rear car. As he passed
the woman he leaned over and dropped his coins in
her lap For the funeral" he muttered and hur-
ried away before she could speak-Le Couteulx
Leader.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-03-14
Our Mistakes.

One of the experiences that is probably common
to most of us is to look back period of five
or ten years and wonder how we could have been
so foolish as to do things and say things on certain
occasions which we too keenly remember. Today rs
we recall the circumstances we bitterly reproach
ourselves that we could have been so fatuous and
short-sigbted. But probably five years hence
we shall look back upon these periods with much
the same feeling We are going to continue to do
foolish things to the end of the chapter. By di-
vine grace one may largely overcome sinful ten
denotes, but there seems to be no help for unwisdom
and poor Judgment and inability to adjust ones self
to circumstances but the bitter discipline of exper-
fence. There is ray of light, however upon this
course of reflection, and that is the fact that we
recognize our mistakes in the past is the best sort
of reason for believing that are improving. We
have got our eyes open to some thnos and though
we shall probably make mistakes in the future just
as in the past they viii not be the same ones And
then too we should not blame ourselves too Sc
verely for these errors In the nature of the case
there were things when we made these mistakes that
we could not know as know now. The man who
is standing on the mountain top and sees the path
winding up should be charitable to the down
in the valley who is losing his way in the thickets
We need to cultivate charity for our own mistakes.
-~-@~~--
Jesus Christ from the standpoint of his
saw the vision of regenerated world, recreated
humanity, spiritual republic in which mankind
was to be filed with the spirit of God-Rev. J. G.
Bcauchamp.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-03-14
SAINT JOSEPH.

Dear Saint! Thy name was spoken with love bv
Lips Divine,
The hand that sways the planets was placed with
trust in thine,
The little feet that faItered upon the earth He
made
We're led by thee, while angels stood in awe. dis
mayed.
Al wise He sought thy counsels: King. at thy
command,
He rose to do thy bidding: Prophet in the land
He dwelt obscure and humbe-and silent day bv
With only thee and Mary; God. He kneIt to
pray!
Beside thee in thy workshop. unknown to all the
world
He IaboTeed at thy calling-white shavings peeled
Breath the plane He handled-His hammer rose
and fell
And 10, He smiled to hear thee: my Holy One,
MS we'll"
And Mary, sat enrapturod adored, and wondered
At all the myst,ry round her the wood thrilled at
His touch
The sun shed softer radiance. and moon and stars
aflost
And there was more than music in ev'rv song
birds throat.
Dear Saint! o holy Joseph! 0 man of men! How
great
Must be thy light and power, to guide each human
Beneath thy sweet protection and tender st'ring
How safe are all our wishes. if we but lay them
there
Belle Guerin in Canadian Messenger.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-03-14

have been opened $4,000 miles of railroad built, the
City of Mexico enlarged, embellished and thorough
ly poiced the army reorganized, schools opened in
every municipality the harbors of Tampico, Vera
Cruz, Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz built
larged, and the CULTS of Campeche ON the Attain
tic and Tehuantepec on the Pacific joined by
splendidly equipped railway. Today Mexico is at
peace with all mankind save and alone the Yaqui
tribes of Sonora
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-03-14

Ill, 5enartment is conducted solely in the ints,
- - otlr girl and boy readers.
go INT Busy Is glad to hear any time from tha
Is and nephews who read this page and to give
In al The advice and help in her power
write on side of the paper only.
No not have letters too long
original stories and verses will be gladly received
and carefully edited.
The manuscripts of contributions not accepted will
Address all letters TO Aunt Busy. Intermountain
-o+tolic Salt Lake City.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
Ferry Notice.

Passengers wishing to 60 to Clay
Bank. Cappshosic. or any points in
Gloucester county. can be met at
either Williamsburg or Biglers BY
Mr.. William Campbell. who has
Just assumed charge of the ferry
formerly run by Capt. Casper Dull,
of Biglers. Mr.. Campbell IS prc-
pared with boats and vehicles &C
naadle passengers and treigh
promptly. safely and reasonably
Address all communications to
Mr.. William Campbell.
Magruder. Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
Diascund News.

Diascund. Va. August 2o-Ten
car loads Of watermelons have been
shipped from here TO the northern
markets. The price IS low and
dealers say il viii not justify them
in hauling and paying freight
The telephone line from here 70
Toano will soon be completed.
Mr.. Crutz. OF 'Barhamsville. IS
having several cars loaded with lam-
Der from his mill on MrsManning's' s.
place.
The bsptzng which was TO have
taken place az Liberty church was
postponed on account Of the rain.
This is the fourth day OF the rain
and the sun would be a welcome
visitor.
Mrs. Leroy Hicks. who has been
quite sick for severs. months. lett
Tuesday for the Memorial hospital
where she will be treated by Dr.
Ben Johnston.
Miss Ruby Tyree has been e'ected
TO teach in the Toano high school.
Chills are very prevalent in this
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tnce. OF Mineral.
are guests at Mrs. NJ. NJ. Goddin-
Mrs. Mary Duvall. OF Richmond.
is visiting Mrs. w. N. Farthing.
Mrs. Bozarth and children are
making a brief stay at Mrs. G. 7.
Hockaday's.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29

Automobiles TOR hire. Call
phone 81.
It is rumored that two of our well
known young people viii soon wed.
Mr.. J. w. Clements has przcd-
cally completed his large hotel at
Lee Hall. It is larger than any
Williamsburg hotel and is a modern
building.
Manager Hugh Mercer, OF the
Williamsburg baseball team. says
that his nine will play another game
at West Point early in September.
and that they arc going over TO win.
All day service viii be held al
James River church tomorrow. con
Quoted by the pastor. Rev. ]. B
| Childress. Revival services viii be
gin the first Sunday in September
beginning at II o'clock a. m.
Mr.. M. B. Garnett. formerly man
ager of Kings mill farm. but nov
travelling for the tobacco trust.
spent several days here this week
NJ. B. is a good Democrst. but hk
! ius fellows who smoke trust mad
tobacco. says nothing but saw
wood.
Among those who heard Judg
{ Taft's speech at Hot Springs la
5 week were: MesSrs. B. D. Peachy
v H. G. Spencer. A. L. Squires. JnC
n s. Charles. J. T. Christian. DR.. +
{ <. Davis. of this city. and <. !
Martin. of Toano. Our Republics
c friends were greatly encouraged Z
0 the candidates. speech. and hoE
i that the Democrats present We.
n converted.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
A WEEKS LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Things You and Your NeighbOrs
Have been Doing.

The cool weather viii soon drive
all our people who hnve been sum-
mering at the resorts. back home.
Miss Estelle Kennard. of this city.
was maid of honor to Miss Bessie
Louise Modiste. who was married to
Mr.. NJ. Garrett in Roanoke Mon
day night.
Get your clothes pressed at How
, ard WiIkinson's cleaning establish
ment. Everything up-to-dste- es'
work; prom Fl delivery. In OIL
ken news building.
Mr.. B. B. Wolfe. one of VII
liamsburg's veteran farmers. IS nov
sojourning among former friend.
and relatives in Delaware and Mary
land. In the former state he Wi
ride over the old forty mile rae
course over which ne rode IN an en-
Surance race when boy.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
BTYan-HObSOR.

A pretty high noon wedding was
celebrated in Bruton Parish church.
Wednesday. when Miss Mary Nor
rison Hobson became the. bride of
Mr.. John G. Bryan. of Trenton,
South Carolina. Rev. Roger Tyler.
of Hamilton. Va. was the otficiat-
ing clergyman.
The church was beautifully deco
rated in ferns. golden rod and clem-
ats. The bride entered with her
brother. Mr.. Jennings Wise Hobson,
by whom she was given away. Miss
Alice Ware Hobson. sister of ths
bride. was maid-of-hono- and only
attendant. Mr.. John Butler. o.
South Carolina. was best man
Messrs. Wilfred Roach and Georg'
Durfey acted as ushers. Amoni
the out of town guests present a
the wedding were: DR.. and Mrs
McSparran, the latter mother of tn
bride; Mrs. Mary Mercer and Mis-
Blankenship. all of Richmond.
The bride is the daughter of th
late John Camm Hobson. an'
great granddaughter of Governo
Wise. of Virginia.
i The groom is a prosperous cottoI
planter of his native state.
The happy couple left on the af
ternoon train for their future hom'
in Trenton. S. c.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
Editor of The Gazette:

Editor of The Gazette:
Ny Dear Editor:-I noticed an
editorial in your issue of the 7th
inst. relative to the population and
church membership of Wise county.
The editorial was based upon the
address of field worker who spoke
at the Baptist church. in Williams
burg. some few days ago.
He says there arc 10000 people
in Wise county. while the census Of
1900. 8 years ago. shows about
20. 600. and careful estimate places
the same now at $4,000. This is
very conservative.
Again he says that there are not
more than 1000 church members
in the county. or an average of 10
per cent. Very conservative est
mates together with authentic stats
tics. show that there IS at least 2S
per cent. of the entire population,
and IS per cent. of the native pop
ulation members of the church. Of
an aggregate of $500. We write
you lest the people of Williamsburg
might get an erroneous conception ol
what was termed The darkeS
Southwest" and in order that th'
people of Williamsburg may no
have to take my word for it, / wish
you to print the enclosed letter
which was among the many re
. ceived relative to the situation wher
I wrote inquising about the same:
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
HE DECLINES
TO QUALIFY.
.MP. Bird not to
| DGaCOllCiInal.

Mr.. Hugh S. Bird. one Of the re-
Gently elected City Councilman VIII
not qnslify. and the new body VIII
have 20 chose ? member 70 I'll the
vacancy. Mr.. Bird gives as the
chief reason for not qualifying pres
ure OF business. AS head Of the
knitting mill he is compelled to DC
away from the city very often.
Mr.. Bird says he had no idea Of
serving after he heard the result Of
the primary RE said he felt conf
dent from the vote he received that
the people wanted a new deal. He
received o3 votes out OF a total Of
12T. or one less than one-half the
vote cast. Mr. Bird also SAYS that
he came out as a candidate only az
the earnest solicitations of certain
gentlemen whom he has every rea-
son 10 believe did not vote for him
in the primary. He counts himself
as very fortunate TO be able 20 get
lid of the troubles OF the office
Mr.. Bird has made an excellent
councilman. Il was his fight that
saved the city about 81. .20O He
gave days OF his time. which is val
liable. 70 the city with no hope Of
reward othey than the knowledge Of
duty honestly performed.
II was stated bsfore the primary
that Mr.. Bird would not yots for
Mr. Bryan. This 20 our knowledge,
cost him votes IL IS now more
than probable that he viii vote fo
! Bryan for the same reason that Ger
tain OF his friends are going 10 voo
Tor Taft-to be regular How
ever. Mr.. Bird has never inteude,
voting for Taft. but ne did think O
going fishing. which would be
8 half vote for the Republican ticket.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
An Alleged Horse Thief.

George Fred Avery. who claimed
to be a sailor from a private yacht
at anchor off Newport News. was
arrested by Policeman Gillian al
Ewell Saturday evening on the
charge of horse stealing. The
young man was about 80 years Of
age and had evidently been on a
spree.
It appears that Avery hired the
animal from DR.. Mills. the New
port News veterinary. for a halt
hours horse back ride. The time
dragged into hours and the owner,
becoming uneasy. began phonine
along the line and finally learned
that the man was heading this way.
A minute description was giver
Mr.. T. F. Johson. who placed the
matter in the officers hands with the
result as stated. On this informa
ton Mr.. Johnson swore oat a war
rant and Avery was lodged IN jail
An officer from Newport News tool
him to that city Sunday morning.
Avery said be had been offereS
$50. $40 and $50 for the horse be
tween here and Newport News
He is alleged to have offered il 70
party west of town for slO0. H'
contended that ne was only iokinl
about selling the horse.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
DEFENDS DARKEST SOUTHWEST
Professor HiIlman shows that Wise is a
Christian County.

J. NJ. Carter.
Pastor Trinity NJ. <. Church South.
Big Stone Gap. Va.
August Il. 1908.
Mr.. James n. Hllman,
Coeburn. Va.
Ny Dear Sir;-In answer 10 yours
of August 10. just to hand viii say
that there are about 1850 members
of churches in the town of Big Stone
Gap not including East Stone Gap
which has 800 more. You can
probably get at it better by taking
the county as a unit. For instance
our annual shows we have in Wise
county l 400 members and church
property valued at $4,000. Bro.
Haynes can give you the strength Of
the Baptist church in the county
with almost exzctness / suspect.
There are would say not less
than 600 primitive Baptists IN the
county.
There arc from 200 to 400 mem
bers OF the NJ. K. Church and about
as many members of the Christian
or Campbelite church.
The pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Norton can tel you tho
strength of the Presbyterian church
in the county. probably not far from
$50. while there are probably Isl
Catholics.
The negro churches Of the county
have o membership of over 1000
(Continued on page 8. }
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
NOTICE.

A competitive examination for the
& pointmtn Mt to the u. S. Naval A
raoemy from this district ~il; be
held at the Custom House in Rich
mond on Sept. 9. For particulars
apply to John Lamb. Ills. z. Main
street. Richmond. Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
KILLED ON
THE ROAD.
MalglGd Remains
Of White Man.

Roxbury. Va. August 2o-Rox-
bury was the scene of an attempt al
robbery Wednesday night. when
strange negro came into the store OF /
Mr.. c. y. Binns and asked the clerk, |
Mr.. Kenny Post. for something to
eat. as it is the custom of these
kind-hearted young men never tirn
the hungry away from their door
empty handed. After closing the
store and the young men had re-
tired for the night they heard some
one trying TO open the door. Fail
ing to open it. the thief then went
around 10 the sleeping rooms and
tried the window. This was met
with a shot. after which he went TO
the c. & o. office and tried to get
in. He was foiled in the attempt
by the agent. Mr.. Mallory. An
attempt was then made to get into
the residence of the blacksmith.
Mr.. Rufus Jores. who fired two
shots at the burglar after which he
left, boarding the west bound freight
train and made his escape.
Friday morning the body of ar
unknown young man. badly mutila
ted by an east bound freight train
was found on the track. The younG
man was apparently about Is year
cd. dark hair. cut short. dark blu'
eyes, sandy moustache. Won
number five shoes. low quarters
Both hands were cut off and other
wise maneled. Nothing to idenif,
him was found on his person. II
wore good clothes and a cap. L
the pocket was found a photograpI
of young lady raken at the Ne'
York Art Gallery. Richmond. Afte
sn inquest it was decided the I'd
known victim had met his deaf
while beating a ride on the c. & Q
ain. The remairS were burie
near the scene of accident at the eH
pense of the county.
The young ladies of the neighboi
hood gave another leap year fis
fry at Long Bridge. on the ChickC
hominy. Wednesday. A large 81
lect crowd was present and the da
pleasantly spent. the ladies furnish
ing dinner.
The Sunday Schools of En-
maus and Cross Roads will give
picnic at the Bridge Mill Thursda,
a large crowd is expected. The d;
will be spent in boat riding. fishiE
and other amusements. Messrs.
D. Binns and Kenney Post. of II
place. have been invited 10 rend
some OF their fine selections as th'
sweet tenor voices always leave
lasting impression on the fair sex.
We regret very much the abSen
Of the popular ladies' man, b.
Evan. who is spending his vacati
with his affinity near Chsrlottesvil
Va.
AT the home Of Mr.. Leber, n
Q linton. lightning struck tree n
the house Wednesday night. ]
next morning while gathering We
tables two little girls gathered II
aprons full of little English sparrc
that had taken refuge in the TO
and net their death by the bolt
t:o',.n;rc Truthful Ieernc
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29

Sumption On The Farm.

Potatoes that have been well pro-
tected all through the season by the
Bordeaux spray. are not so likely 10 |
rot in cellar OF pit.
If your potatoes are rottng. don't
be in a hurry TO dig them. Let
them stay in the ground I'll they get
through roting. The first cold
days viii usually put an end to the
rot.
Il is good plan TO know and
note down the size of every field.
Measure a elothes-line. tie stake a,
each end. and measure the field both
ways. Then you can estimate fer
6lizer. crops and land exactly.
The only way TO decrease the
amount of smut in corn. is to pluck
off the balls and burn them.
Corn smut spreads rapidly il the
smut balls are thrown on the man
ure pile and the manure spread OF
corn fields. Never throw a smut
ball on the munure pile.
| II affairs at Washington do not &C
10 please you. DO not be afraid tC
write to your Congressman. He j.
your servant. sent 70 Washington L
attend to your business. Just as you
man does your work in the field
Moreover. your Congressman ma.
be needing a word of advice from
home 10 keep him in touch with hi
y people.
II you pour The potatoes owe
I into a deep bin. do not DC surprise
: If they are bruised so that they 70
y Potatoes are tender. Set the cra'
!. over in the bin and empty il care
: fully. Raise the bottom Of the pC
2 tato bins off the floor of the cellar
/, few inches. But do not use s6ci
of wood 10 do this If you can e
smooth stones of uniform thicknes
The sticks of wood viii decay mo
or less. and no decaying matter
+. any kind should be in the cellar.
The time to cut corn is general
=, given as when it IS glazed that
when the shucks are white and {
70 leaves are turning" Some, ho
ever. think il best to let their CO
ty stand longer until the grain IS haI
ened. thinking that the increas
ST value of the grain more than pa
for the loss of the fodder. says
p exchange. We can hardly adv
such methods. When the corn
glazed and the leaves begin to &
in color. the work OF the stalk
over.-From the September Fa
q Journal.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-29
Latest News from Local Stores

New goods at Jensen's.
Fresh bread every day at Jen-
sons.
If you want the best groceries. 60
70 Jensen's.
Fifty cent mems shirts for thirty
cents at JenSen'S.
We find that we Can get the best
forthe least money al Jensen's.