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The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
blessing to the congregation.
Priests Kiss the Ring.

Immediately after Bishop O'Reilly
had been presented with the ring, the
insignia Of his Office, and the shep-
herds crook, each of the priests pres
ent formed in line and marched with
in the chancel, where each one kneeling
kissed the ring, this being a symbol
of the power that had just been con-
ferred on the bishop and of their will
ingness to observe it.
Rev. Father Considine, the venerable
priest of Mimic parish, made an ad-
dress on behalf of the clergy of the
diocese, in which he bade the new head
of the church in this diocese warm
welcome.
Bishop o'ReiIIy's Response.
Bishop O'Reilly said In response to
the address of welcome delivered by
the venerable Rev. Father Considine
of Mimic:
II first desire to thank Father Con-
sidine for the very kindly welcome
that he has given on behalf of the
clergy of the diocese Of Fargo. heart
lily appreciate it, and hope that he
expresses the feelings of every MEM
ber of the clergy Of the diocese. I
know of the great work of the late
Bishop Stanley and I appreciate the
hard work that is before me to come
anywhere near his high standing. I
gives me strength I will use that
strength to build up the church and
for the saving of souls. Henceforth
I shall know no nationality, but shall
live for the diocese of Fargo and her
clergy. I hope that shall never be
recreant to my duties in any way and
that the Holy See will never regret
appointing me to this high and holy
office. thank the priests and the peo-
pie who have assembled here on this
OCCASION"
Archbishop Ireland Speaks.
In his sermon the venerable Arch
bishop of ST. Paul paid fitting. tri-
butte to the work Of the former bishop
OF Fargo, -Rt. Rev. John shan1ey. He
told of the wonderfu1 growth of the
church in the Fargo diocese during the
twenty years of Bishop Shanley's Of
flee. He then went on to tell of the
work of the future and his expecta-
tions for the diocese He presented
Bishop O'Reilly in these beautiful
words:
ITO the Fargo people 1 want to say,
Christ has sent you good shepherd.
He will have no otner aim but your
good, and the good Of the Fargo do
cese. He comes here capable, with
energy, with his love and with his
blessing. He comes to you with his
prudence and his experience, and you
will be his care and he will be ever
watchful of your interests"
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11
Not a Religious Question.

This is not religious question at
ALL It is a matter of simple justice. !
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

when are you going to put out your
new history, dear?" asked the wife OF
the schOolbOok manufacturer.
II don't know: perhaps never!' he
groaned. "Ive sworn not to publish
the book until can say, authentically,
who discovered the pole"
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

Ashley (angrily) "Your chickens
get into my garden every day."
Seymour-"I know they do, my
friend; and right here l want to give
you a little advice. If you don't use
more gentleness hereafter, when driv-
ing my chickens home, I'll report you
to the Humane Society. Why some
times you scare my hens so badly tina,
they don't lay for week."
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

Phelps-"I heard the people in your
town were determined to widen the
sidewalks?"
Ives-"They were. but they have
changed their minds; they concluded
1t would be cheaper for them to let
the sidewalks alone and hope for Z
change in the style of women's hats"
The Irish standard., 1910-06-11

"Yes, said the woman who some
times thinks aloud, ats a fact"
"What's a fact?" we queried.
THAT a man who growls about his
wifes cooking at home will cheerfully
eat any old thing when he's camping
answered the noisy female thinker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07
The Petitions.

Petition to Congress of T j. Deav-
lit of Vermont, favoring legislation
abolishing pension vouchers and to
Lay pensions directly to pensioners
at maturity. Introduced into the
United States Senate by Carroll S.
Page, as Senator from Vermont:
To the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives of the United States of Am
erica in Congress assembled:
Your Petitioner T. ]. Deavitt, a cit
izen of the United States residing at
Montpelier. Vermont, an attorney at
Iaw, has prosecuted claims for pen
sion, executed pension vouchers and
resided among pensioners for forty
years, prays your honorable body to
enact laws abolishing pension vouch-
ers and to provide for paying the
blood bought stipends of pension di-
rectly to pensioners at maturity with
out vouchers or grace, as install
ments of interest are paid bondhold-
ers.
The right to pension il established
by law and confirmed and made good
by pension certificates issued by the
Government, always npossession of
the pensioners. Let pensioners estab-
lish their identity at the postoffice
where pension checks are received OF
at the bank where paid, 10 be a suf-
ficient protection to the Government.
II business enterprise was as dila-
tory in meeting its obligations as the.
nation is in paying pensions its paper
would go to protest and its business
into liquidation.
For executive officers to pay grud-
glngly pensions the American people
sive cheerfully is as deplorable as
| the unhappy allegations of politicians
made for Southern consumption-that
patriots who fought to save the Ma
ton are no better than traitors who
fought to destroy it, as both displayed
American valor, when indeed any ma
tional valor other than patriotic VAL
or is un-American valor or a crime.
The policy of executive officers, in
curtailing and Withholding pensions
is responsible for the hardship. ex-
pense and delay in paying pensions.
The executive officers OF the Bureau
of Pensions TO augment that policy.
strenuously advocated consolidating
the eighteen existing pension agen-
cies into one and retaining the PEN
sion vouchers.
The annual cost to the Government
in paying a pension with vouchers is
90 cents, while it costs the pensioner
to execute four pension vouchers a
year not less than 81 for notary pub->
lie fees. If transportation is com
puled at five cents a mile for pen
s!oners residing from three to 10
miles from Notary Public. or a post-
Continued on page 6. column A.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
Montpelier Has to Bow to the Ineyit-
able-ScOres OF Citizens Prove 1t.


After reading the public statement
of this representative citizen of Mont
pelier, given below. you must come to
this conclusion: A remedy which
cured years ago, which has kept the
kidneys in good health since, can be
relied upon to perform the same work
in other cases. Read this:
Lewis B. Butterfly of Montpelier,
Vt, says: Early in 1896 | endorsed
Doan's Kidney Pills through our local
papers after they had cured me of an
attack of backache which had bother
ed me for some time. My back was
SO lame and stiff that l could hardly
get around, and | was obliged to stop
and rest Learning of Doan's Kidney
Pills | procured box at w. e. Pooles
Drug Store and they brought me re-
lief. 1t was not long before / was
cured and there has been no recur-
renee of my former trouble, / can re-
commend Doan's kidney Pills just as
highly today as ! did eight years ago"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Miburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

check without a voucher and never
suffered loss therefrom.
1t probably would be more salts
factory to the American people if the
President of the United States would
execute the existing laws faithfully
and well than to make new laws to
include the dead issues Of the Repub-
lican platform that he regards as the
stepping stones to his election as
President, while a great many people
believe he was elected in spite of that
laundering platform, by the endorse
ment and influence of President
Roosevelt
T. j. DEAVtTT,
Montpelier, VT, Mar. %, 1910.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07
UNCONSIDERED TRIPLES
Some Facts, Serious and Friyilous, OF
Interest to the People of Montpelier
and Vicinity.

About that Fourth of July celebra-
ton. There is a good sized fund on
hand now to meet some of the eX-
penses. After the last celebration
some twenty years ago there was a
surplus after all the expenses had
been paid and all the prizes had been
awarded This surplus fund was de-
posted in a local bank and has not
been drawn out. That is an encour-
aging start. All we need now is to
set together and stir up some enthu-
siasm to set affairs in motion. With
this fund for a starter one will not
have to dig down very deep for his
share of the expenses.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

In these days chat are witnessing
such remarkable development OF
electric cover it is well to remember
that a Brandon man first applied
electric power to a printing press
and that the electric motor iteslf is
a Vermont invention. In the collec-
ton of the Vermont Historical Soci-
ETY. at the State House is the model
If an electric motor, probably the
first one ever built, and the man
who built it is still living in Calais.
He was living in Montpelier at the
time he constructed the model and
for a long time it was in operation
in his show window Its operation
excited the wonder of the populace
bat no one at that time dreamed that
it was anything more than toy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

We organized a historical society
here last week that ought to be of
much benefit not only to Montpelier
but to the State at large, in saving
from destruction valuable historical
material. The State society has
done some good work in that respe ct,
but there is opportunity for local
society to supplement and extend the
work and to bring to light mat
ters of interest in regard to old days.
So general an interest in the society
has been manifested by the citizens
that it should accomplish effective
work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

,at en-. The various States are a.
low ed by the Government to make tue |
equations as to settlement and final
lroving up on the land
The usual requirement is that the
entryman shall establish a residence
on the land within six months after
official recognition of the fact that
water is ready for irrigation. He may
continue his residence on the land and
defer his final proof to any convenient
time within three years from the date
of entry or he may plough, plant and
lirrigate one-eighth of his land and
make final proof at the end of thir-
ty day residence period. A certificate
of final proof then is given and pat
ent to the land follows. Further res
idence is not required by law, but
the great value of the land with it's
water right induces rapid and per-
manent settlement
Land and the water that irrigates
are forever inseparable under the
terms of the Carey act. The usual
plan gives the entire irrigation system
over to the landholders after a GER
tain amount has been paid. After this
transfer the landowners own and ad-
minister the system perpeJually, so
that the annual cost of water is only
the expense of operation. A water
users association is formed among
the holders of the water rights. The
members elect their own officers and
pay charges according to acreage,
whether their land is cultivated or not.
1 The present success of irrigation
is credited to a combination of fav-
orable circumstances, and it is be-
lieved some of the things which have
made it profitable to water the land
will make it equally desirable to drain
the soil, or to reclaim it in any other
way that may become necessary. The
YER growing eagerness for land makes
it certain that there will be prompt
purchases if the would-be settlers are
satisfied that the project is soundly
financed and certain to be construed
according to announcements. The
richness Of the soils in the arid re-
gions is another consideration. These
soils never have been subject to
lleeching rains and retain all of their
primitive and valuable elements for
crop growing. The regular sunshine
the definite water supply, and the gen.
eral healthfulness of the semi-arid re-
gions are all important factors which
conduce to the highest success in ag-
ficulture, in addition to giving life an
added charm.
Under the system now In use both
settler and capitalists are protected.
The Investigations, first OF the engin-
eer, then of the Government inspector,
both of whom must pass on the FEAST
bility of the project, combine to con-
firm the soundness of the enterprise.
Then the whole project becomes sub
ject to a bond issue, and finally the
individual farmers take over the bur-
den, each having a share, according
to his acreage. The settler is pro-
tected in his first payment in the bond
given by the irrigation company to the
State or Territory.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

We don't know enough about our
State. What we don't know we can't
teach our children. The teachers in
our public schools teach what Ma
son Stone requires as the proper cur
riculum of an institution of learning
under his supervision But many of
them have come here from other
parts of the State or from other
States and have no personal knowl-
edge of the great wealth of history
and tradition of which Vermont may
well be proud and of which those
who know the facts are proud.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?

If it does you should know that
Dackaehe is generally caused by weak
or diseased kidneys. A medicine call
ed "kidnets' has all its ingredients
printed on the label so that everyone
may know just what is in it. 1t is the
great kidney and bladder medicine. 1t
stops frequent urination. Druggists
and dealers sell it for soc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

In fact Vermont has a wonderful,
record in the matter of Inventions.
Levi X. Fuller, after he had retired
as Governor, read one night before
the Professional Mems CLUB o. Brat
tleboro paper entitled Vermont in
= Century of Invention" tnlt ournt
to be printed ard used as text book
H. the school SCI the State.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

One of the best authorities on
the geology of this section, a man
who was consulted by the profess
sors of various colleges, whose
theories were accepted and whose
work was respected, was common
laborer, a man uneducated in the Or
binary meaning Of the term, who
entirely lacked what we call formal
education, who worked as a common
messenger for old Governor John
Gregory Smith.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07
After all, what's the use?

Just this-that the man who has
the willingness to go ahead with his
own proposition, who will work be
cause he likes the work, and not
alone for what he may be paid for, it
is the man who makes good. He
doesn't get paid for it and too often
he doesn't get credited with what he
has done, but the world profits by
his work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

How many of the children in our
schools know about Zerah Colhurn
uneducated and untaught, was in his
special line-mathematics--a more
wonderful illustration of precocious-
ness thaa young Sirlis. who, at the
age of eleven years, lectured to the
professors Of Harvard on the fourth
dimension9
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

If you will look over the pages Of
history with care you will find that
the men VINO have done the great
things for their people and their time,
and for future ages and other peoples
have not been those who drew large
salaries or held high positions. They
have been those who worked for the
love of working, who did their work
because they enjoyed it, not because
they were paid for it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

1t is the fate of great discoveries
to be ignored. Americas Vespucius,
who came along some time after Co
lumbus, gave his name to our con-
tinent. Fulton gets the credit for
building the first steamboat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Our children don't know about the
system CT shorthand that or gimated
ger il Orange ounty witnout arv
a.! ,Wledgr Of wrat Isaac and Ben
Pitman were framing up. They know
nothing o! the school glob" that E
re"m0n;e: first devised, of ~: siuc-
hill :'lCv. of the system OF musical
LOtati, Il.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Whenever Montpelier does any
thing of a public nature it does it in
a way that makes the whole State
proud and there is a fine glow of sat
isfaction in the bosoms of all Mont
pelier people for months afterwayd.
The celebration next July will be of
the same high class and Montpelier
will be proud and glad Of it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

A Fourth of July celebration in and
of itself may not he of much conse-
quence, but anything of public ma
ture like that develops the get to-
gether spirit and that is what Mont
pslier essentially needs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Stored near this old motor is the
model of Samuel Morey's steam en-
CINE and there is today no doubt that
Mo"ey was the first man to apply
steam power to the propulsion of
boats.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

A well-defined sense of humor and
a Willingness to laugh are great helps
over hard places. Laughter, It's the
poor mans plaster" Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, who is one or the party with
which c. ID. Mather is travelling in the
East, has been accused of perpetrat-
ing these lines:
Laugh and the world laughs with
you,
Weep and you weep alone;
For this gray old earth must borrow
its mirth,
1t has troubles enough of its own.
Perhaps some literary friend can
tell me the author of this:
ut is easy enough to be pleasant
When life goes by like a song,
But the man worth while is the man
with a smile
When everything goes dead wrong"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

"Trif1es light as air are to the jeal-
Gus confirmation strong as proof of
Holy Writ This quotation often oc-
ours to me when / hear that some one
has developed a crouch because the
Trifler has touched some pet weak
ness. The varying views people take
of this column show peculiar sensi-
tiveness and a great lack of humor.
Though these trifles are unconvention-
al they are not intended to stab any
one under the rib nor is this column
to be considered the organ of the
Knockers Club.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Everybody complains of high
prices, but some old account books
of Montpelier merchants show that
we ought not to complain. Prices of
many articles in common use were
as high as they are today, while
wages were much lower. We are
not content to live on the same scale
that people did fifty years ago, so
the disparity between income and
expense is more noticeable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Not one school child in fifty knows
what the names of Morey or Colburn
or Davenport mean.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Corn
plexion sallow? Living needs waking
up. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
lacks. 20 cents at any drug store
Adv.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Did you ever stop to think in this
time of high prices where every dol
lar must be squeezed until the eagle
hollers that it is only the life of SER
vice that counts in the end?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Says Carlyle: There is not
single red Indian on the shores OF
Lake Winnipeg can quarrel with his
squaw but the whole world must
smart for it." VIII not the price of
beaver rise?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Loosen up. Don't be afraid to laugh
or to say pleasant word. Don't be
like old John Henderson, about whom
friend told me this story: He had
reputation for never positively COM
hitting himself to anything in favor
or any one. During a revival meeting
Continued on Page 6, Column 60
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

A hen brought into the Greenwich
police court in London as evidence in
a case celebrated the occasion by lay
ing an egg in court.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

No man liveth to himself and nc
man dieth to himself.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

Those old Eastern philosophers
knew about all there was to know
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-07

How would those who regard Hap
good as a joke look on it if the joke
should be carried so far as to bring
about his nomination?
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-05-27
U. s. As POLICEMAN.
Keeps Peace In Nicaragua and Pre-
vents Bomb ars'ment.

Washington. May 21.-Commande.
W. w. Gilmer. U. S. N, commanding
officer Of the gunboat Paducan. now at
Bluefields, Nicaragua, has served no.
tice on the two factions that no fight
ing will be allowed In he city OF BluC-
fields and that only such armed forces.
not exceeding 100 men, shall be allowed
In Bluefields as are necessary for po-
Icing the town until a stable govern
ment Is established. Commander Gil
mer will not allow Senior Arias. the
commander OF the steamship Venus. 20
lombard the city. as there Is no armed
force In Bluefields. Such a lombard
ment Commander Gilmer bell yves,
destruction of the lives and property
of American and other foreign nom
combatants. Senior Arias served notice
on the revolutionary forces that he in
tended to lombard the town II the in
surgents did not surrender. Thomas
p Moffat, American consul at Blue =
fields. advised the state department
that the Venus has 800 man and
mounted guns on board. A deTand
for the surrender Of Bluefields and the
customs house was made through the
gunboat Paducah and the American
consulate. He also reported that
Senior Estrada. president o: the pro-
visional government. had replied. re-
fusing surrender. The steamship Die
tator Of New Orleans was prevented
from entering the port by the Venus.
which has established a blockade.