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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
HANCOCK.

Blanche Manning was home from
Rochester over Sunday.
Misses Abbie and Bernice Eaton, We're
home from Rochester over Sunday.
James Goodyear is at home from his
work in Rochester for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Claflin of Bethel
called on relatives and friends here last
week.
The w. C. I. U. viii meet with Mrs.
Emily Spencer this month; topicy
"Woman's Suffrage"
The dance at the hall Friday evening
was well attended. Music was furnished
by the Spaulding orchestra of Roxbury.
Bears are getting more plenty since
our champion bear hunter, Merritt Rob
bins, passed away. Several have been
seen and an old bear and three cubs
were shot in Granville recently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

The Burlington Clipper continues its
progressiveness after election BY calling
upon Vermont TO 'cut loose" as regards
expenditures that have promise Of de.
Nelopiug the state IL would have the
legislature open the noodgates Of appro-
priations, all regardless Of the prospect
Of direct state taxes, and generally and
specifically get move on" Among
Vermont newspapers. the Barre Times
IS the premier Watchdog Of the state
treasury, and The Clippers "cut-looses
proposition is respectfully passed along
to the tender mercics OF The Times
consideration.-kut News.
The Times never has posed as the
watchdog Of the state treasury. but
il has at times expressed displeasure
ut seeming waste Of money or over
expenditures which might better have
lcen made in some other direction. In
that position, who have shared with the
esteemed contemporary, We believe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
A NEEDLESS SACRIFICE.

After all, it would be needless sacri-
flee to place Governor Hadley on the
national ticket with Taft to be voted for
by the electoral college. The Repuhli-
can ticket is assured of only so many
votes as were accorded it at the election
last Tuesday, and there is no chance
whatever of securing any more. There
fore, to put Hadley on the ticket would
be merely to set him up to be knocked
down; and it doesn't help ones prestige
to be knocked down in politics. 1t
would be more reasonable to place some
one else on the national ticket as can
didate for vice-p resident-some person
whose period of usefulness as a candi-
date has been passed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
The New Year of St. Nicholas.

A notable feature Of the new volume
of st. Nicholas, which begins with the
November number, will be series of
drawings, in color and black, by the
famous English artist, Arthur Rackham.
picturing some Of the favorte verses
and characters Of Mother Goose.
Serial features of the volume viii in
clude the story of an American lads ad :
venture In Egypt. "The Land of Mys-
terry" by Cleveland Mofrett; Beatrice
of Denewood," a sequel to THE Lucky
Sixpence," by Emile Benson Knipe and
Alden Arthur knipe; series OF inspir-
ing biographical articles entitled More
Than Conquerers," series of articles
covering the history Of architecture, and
serial articles under the heading Of
with Men Who Do Things" giving
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

much information about the wonderful
details involved in some Of the great
constructive engineering Enterprises UNI
der way in and around New York.
The st. Nicholas departments--Hilde-
gard Hawthorne's Books and Grad
ings,' Professor Bigelow's inspiring Ma
ture and Science" and the St. Nicholas
League-will be continued, with a num-
her of new features. The work of the
St Nicholas League will be broadened
to offer contests to readers OF st. Mich
olas who have passed the eighteen-year-
old limit of the league membership.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
A Woman Who Doesn't Know Which
Way to lump.

In the November Woman's Home Com
panion Christine Terhune Herrick writes
an article in which she says that, on
the suffrage question, she is ION the
! fence" An extract follows:
"'Women will vote against the liquor
evil / am told.
"Are they going to be permitted to
vote against it, The men most interest
ed in upholding it are of two classes,
those who live off it, and those who live
on 1.-THE purveyor and the consumer.
VIII the woman of the purveyor vote
against her bread and butter, her roof
and clothing and those of her children
win the woman of the consumer be
able to resist
The social evil? While brothels are
managed by women, while girls are lured
to them by women as well as by men,
while the wretched inmates of such
places are unable even to communicate
with the would-be rescuers in the world
outside,--I say nothing of the large class
who cling to this mode of life as their
only means of support,-can we hope
that the virtuous woman can win her
way against all these and the venal
vote at the command of the best-paying
politicians! In Colorado women have
had the franchise for seventeen years,
and yet | am told that Denver is a
'wide-open town. that nowhere else in
the country does the social evil fiaut it.
self as il does in that city. Votes for
women have not cleaned up conditions
there.
II wish / could be convinced My
heart burns within me when | think OF
the burdens of the working woman. |
long to change the conditions in which
she tolls, 10 establish a minimum wage,
70 lead her by any path out OF oppres
sion, TO aid in finding means 20 redeem
her from the cruel Industrial bondage
which robs her Of her real woman's
rights.
.'My very soul is wrung by the wrongs
Of the child laborer. II the ballot in
the hands OF women would open the
doors 10 the little bondservants, II II
would mean freedom and life and child
hood 70 them, and the right to the best
womanhood to the working girls,
would no longer be on the fence, but
iwn among the suffragists. with my
back against the wall. fighting with
might and main to win votes for WON
m!
As Il is continue to balance myself
sreeariously On the fence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

The United States Senate will lose
n capable man, although somewhat Civ.
en- to namboyance, in the resignation
of Senator Bailey OF Texas, who an
nounces that he is through really
through this time, with the Senate. The
resignation comes, too, at just the time
when Senator Bailey might find his
greatest usefulness as a member OF the
majority party in the Senate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
nostgradnate


Those postgraduate preparatory
schools, Exeter and Andover, have
proven themselves to be in lonesome
class by their athletic superiority over
the ordinary preparatory schools of New
England, so their clash on the gridiron
Saturday was quite contest, as usual.
The athletic ranks of Exeter and An.
dover are recruited from high school
stars in large part WHO desire to get
a reputation" before entering the large
colleges, which easily accounts for the
supremacy of the two schools over their
lesser opponents. Indeed, the players on
the Andover and Exeter teams often.
times have had the benefit of as much
high school training as the students of
most colleges Therefore, the meeting
Of these two teams can well be called
the big college game of the prepare
tory schools.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

There is admirable moderation in the
statement given out from the White
House that 'in view of rumors of posi-
bic disturbances in Turkey" the presi-
dent has ordered two ships to proceed
to the Mediterranean. Few would doubt
the possibility that, if things keep on,
Turkey may be disturbed Springfield
Republican.
And few would deny that such mod
Grafton is better than declaring war on
Turkey or perhaps one or two of the
Balkan states just for a diversion. The
United States doesn't want any terri
tory over there. All it does want is
to protect Americans as much as pos
sible, and two warships can do this az
well as dozen can do it, inasmueh as
the chief value in such a case is dem
onstration of the American flag in the
vicinity of the disturbance. Stick to
your program, President Taft.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

Montpelier voters are digging down"
for their new high school building in a
very liberal manner, as the additional
tax of seventeen cents on the dollar
for an annex goes to show, but in vot-
ing for an up-to-date high school they
know that they are only meeting stu
ation which has confronted them for a
long time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

benefit larger proportion of the people.
We have not studied out the details Of
such a plan but submit the suggestion
to the people and the law makers for
their thoughtful consideration. St.
Johnsbury Caledonian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
The Linz far Errrv Man

20 make sure n his tomorrow j. today.
Many men are nov living on the pro-
rects Of their endowments taken, as it
now seems, only yesterday Natioual
l-ife Insurance Company 81 Vermont.
Aiuiuali s. s. Baliard, general agent.
l-aNreuoo baiiding, Montpelier, W.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

Ii was enough TO defeat "Unclc Joe"
Cannon, without burning him in eligy.
The old man ought to have been spared
the latter humiliation in his home town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

Ilcave sigh for Boston, now that
Mayor Fitzgerald thinks he will not be
candidate for recollection. lie is the
real big feature of Boston.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

The 1913 Fords, Just arrived. They
are lower in price and higher in quality.
Call at our garage, at the rear of the
City hotel, home OF the famous Ford, and
let us tell you about them. Perry Auto
mobile company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

The worse wrcnchiug will be for SEQ
rotary OF Agriculture Wilson TO tear
loose after sixteen years in the cabi'
ret.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
$3.50

The village Of Wilder IS yet more SO.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

New bags. har ornaments and neck
wear Henry W. knight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11

In the alb
sence OF the
financial secre-
tary of the Ea-
giles, dues and
communications
may be sent
Ayerill street,
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24

cendants of those who erected the
and kept it erect for the two centuries
Of the Penal laws, of the cruellest
laws against religion that men ever
dreamed of, and of which great
Protestant, Burke, said, "Only hell
could DREAM" and of which the Eng
fish DR.. Johnson said, "they were more
villainous than all the plaques of
Egypt and all the Pagan prosecutions
Of Christianity put together
The memory of Elizabeth and James
l., and STAFFORD and Cromwell and
the Georges, does not shame to ST.
lence those who are the children Of
the prosecutors, whose broad lands
and generous wealth were wrested
from Catholics.
The Irish Orange Party has nothing
but barrenness and bigotry as it's rec
ord. The patriots of Ireland have a
splendid and clean democratic past in
history.
They can point to Emancipation, to
the disestablished Church and free re-
ligion, to the many land laws which
have eliminated in the happy peasant
proprietary position of agricultural
Ireland of today, and above all to the
veto measure as regards the British
House of Lords. which makes England,
indeed, democracy.
Ireland, poor broken Ireland of the
beginning of the Nineteenth Century,
by her ceaseless work for the freedom
she loved has enriched constitutional
Britain and lifted herself out of the
shadows.
To think that the lineal descend
ants of those who loved only perse-
cution should now pose as apostles of
religious liberty is a piece of disgust
ing hypocrisy that would make
Caiaphas blush and PLATE hang him.
self.
Ireland Is ashamed, not afraid, of
the present struggle, ashamed even for
the Orange bigot and the unrecon-
structed Ascendancy man; for, after
all, even the Orangeman is here and
it is her hope that in the sunlight of
the new freedom he also will be hers,
in spirit and truth of useful citizen
ship.
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24

is responsible, some government off,
cial who has failed to report to the
proper authorities the conditions as
Il ey exist. Even in that case it
would seem that the state should be
sufficiently interested in the welfare
of the few Indians still remaining
within it's confines to take cognizance
Of their condition. If the official whose
duty it is to distribute the rations
allotted by the government to the In
dams can become so careless as to al
low them to go on suffering without
making an effort to alleviate their
condition or to secure aid for them,
the state should institute an investi-
cation which would result in calling
tie attention of the proper officials to
the matter. It is shame that in
state with such wealth and facilities
MS Minnesota has the few Indians that
:emain here should be allowed to go
unhoused and unfed and to die from
the effects of durable diseases con-
tracted in unhygienic dwellings,.
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24
A PARTING SHOT
Story Of How an Irish sharp-shooter
Obeyed Orders,

A recent controversy in an Ameri-
can paper brought to light the name
of an Irishman, Timothy Murphy. who
made his name by his prowess with
his rifle in American wars, and who
performed feat at the battle of Sara
toga that changed the fortune of the
day.
Murphy was one of that band of
frontiersmen from the Shenandoah
Valley who composed the celebrated
rifle corps commanded by Colonel
Daniel Morgan of Virginia. This
gallant aggregation of fighting men
wore upon their breasts the motto:
Liberty or Death" Losing says: "a
large proportion of them were Irish.
men, who were not very agreeable to
the New Englanders." The men at
tracted much attention throughout
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

If some one were to ask you what
have Catholics done in the interest of
science, what would you answer?
Could you mention the names of half
dozen Catholic leaders in science with
whose work all who pretend to be at
all educated would have to admit they
were familiar?
If some one We're to tell you that
the Popes We're opposed to the ad-
vancement of science could you show
him that it was not so. or refer him
to some work for enlightenment?
If you heard the charge made that
the Church is undemocratic how
would you go about showing that it
is not? :a
If you were to be told that the
Church was not the friend of the poor
would you be able to give any
arguments to show that the assertion
was false?
If you were asked to give the
names of some of the greatest theO-
logians in the Church since the fourth
century would you be able to mention
two or three?
If you heard it seid that the Church
was opposed to education could you
show from history that the state
ment was untrue?
If you were asked why the Bible
was chained in Churches and Mon.
asteries in the middle ages could you
give a direct and conclusive ans.
Wer?
These are some of the charges we
often hear made. Every Catholic
would do we'll to ask himself these
questions and inform himself as to
how they may be answered. A
ready reply to person who thinks
he has an unanswerable question will
often dispel both the ignorance and
prejudice of the questioner and cause
him to become more fairly disposed
toward the Church.
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS.

A good school can't make a scholar
,ut of stupid student. but good
student may become scholar in q
stupid school. In other words; a man
WHO Is sincerely desirous of secur-
i'-g an education will gain his end
even against difficulties while the stu.
dent who has no ambition will find .
way of going through the best course
Of study without getting much out. Of
1t. And yet much depends on the
system Of education. There are some
students (and perhaps they are in the
majority who are willing to work
when they are kept under pressure
but who when they find they can loaf
end still not have their name for schol-
arship discredited, will relax and ne
elect their duties.
The present day tendency in our
educational institutions is to make the
courses of study too easy. The re-
oCirements in most of our UNIVERSE
ties will permit the student SO dis
posed to get his degree without get
tiag a fair grasp Of even one or two
subjects. He must take little rhet-
oric. a little mathematics and some
other science. Aside from that he is
practically free to choose for himself
The result is the average student gets
a smattering of many things without
solid grasp Of anything.
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24

1T is well for the British public
20 bear in mind, in the first instance,
that these threats do not come from
the general body of the Protestants
of Ireland, or from the general body
of the Protestants of Ulster itself
They come from the Orangemen, a
small, but noisy, minority amongst
The Protestants of Ulster. So far as
the Professionals of Ireland and of Ul-
s,er especially are concerned, Irish
| Nationalist have nothing but feelings
of the deepest respect for Them"
Il is strange how the Ulster opp =
si,ion which though only meagre and
ssich widespread notice. 1t is another
case of the effect OF an orchestra be-
ing destroyed by one discordant in
str ument The people of Ireland are
united in the fight for Home Rule.
They are supporting party which has
for it's fundamental tenet the secur-
ing of self government for Ireland
Unfortunately there is a disgruntled
handful of individuals in Ulster who
make it their duty to destroy the har-
mony of the program. To borrow q
figure, they must be given credit for
working together tremendously in the
production of the discord to which
their ears seem so we'll attuned
But because Ulster is able to in.
troduce discord into the program it
does not necessarily follow that the
Unionists of that quarter are to form
a serious opposition to the passage Of
II e Home Rule bill. A few men cap
make lot of noise. but when it
comes to the real struggle they can
ct put up a fight. The Belfast
meeting has proved that the Ulster
opposition is only an opposition Of
threats. Let the Home Rule fight go
u7. Why try further to appease tho Sc
who will not listen to reason? 1t is
c;lly wasting time and encouraging
resistance. Establish Parliament in
Dublin and the matter Of enforcing
Us DEGREES in Ulster will become very
simple. Ulster is ready to fght-so
long as it has nothing to fight
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24
SITS. coIumbu. and coIumbanus.

There are two Irish monks both born
in the sixth century whose names are
often COMPOUNDED even by eminent
scholars - COLUMBIA and Columbanus.
COLUMBIA was born in Ulster, in 521,
and Columbanus in Leinster in 543.
The latter we find In Italy at the mon
astery of Bobbio of which he was alb
bot. Indeed in the seventh and eighth
centuries Irish monks were the virtual
scholars of Northern Italy, Switzer-
land and Germany.-New World, Chi
cago,
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24
CARING FOR THE INDIANS.

The investigation of conditions
among the Indians of northern Min
nc sofa shows, unless the reports are
overdrawn, that the poverty and
sickness due largely to the neglect OF
the government is appalling. Men,
bers of the investigating committee
have found that in six townships IL
the White Earth Reservation, cover
teen square miles, all of the Indians
old and young are afflicted with an
eye disease called trachoma. This
disease if treated properly is durable
In the case of young persons, but if
left unattended becomes practically
incurable among old people. The in
vestigation revealed further that there
is only one physician provided by the
government to attend the needs of the
Indians In the large area mentioned
and that the physician in charge has
himself contracted the disease
1t has been found, moreover, that
not less than twenty-five per cent Of
the Indians are afflicted with tuber-
eulosis. They are compelled to live in
dsngy one-room novels. sometimes
several persons, some of them afflicted
with contagious diseases, occupying
the same room. Specific cases of the
worst imaginable wretchedness are
mentioned in the report, all of which
goes to show that the government has
been woefully lax in its care Of the
Indians on the White Earth Reserva-
tiGn.
What is the cause of laxness that
results in such wretchedness, poverty
and destruction Of human life as this
report seems to indicate has been per-
United to go unnoticed on this reserv-
ction? There must be someone who
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24
ACT IN TIME.

| st. Patrick's Day is yet some weeks
distant but not so distant but that the
different shops will soon begin to dis
Elay their stock of st. Patrick's Day
novelties. Many of those novelties,
though intended to be gotten up in a
spirit of humor. cannot be accepted in
that spirit by Irishmen. 1t would,
therefore. be prudent for Irish socie-
ties to consider this matter in time
and to see that those stores which
display insulting emblems are inform
cd of the attitude of their Irish pat
rons towards them.
| We will doubtless hear people say
that this or that st. Patrick's Day
r.ovelty is not intended to be insult
Ing to the Irish people. It is an in
eongruity which has humor, not mall
ice, for its purpose. TO them it must
lie answered that not all incongruit,es
ale humorous. Uniting the sublime
with what is obviously base does not
come within the definition of humor.
The green which is worn on St
!'atricks Day was originally identify
With the shamrock which in turn s.
Patrick associated with the Trinity.
Now any attempt tc associate the
green with what is low as, for in
stance, covering toy pigs with it, is
carrying incongruity to the extreme.
1t is indirectly assoc:ating the idea of
God himself with one of the grimest
species of the animal kingdom, steI
which the Catholic cannot be expected
to make easily.
1t. is the duty of Catholics to call
the attention of those who overlook
The meaning Of such an association
to it. No one would like to see the
American flag made into the shape of
grunting swine and placed in the
windows of stores for sale on flag
day. And yet the flag represents only
Il nation, while the green is emblem-
t,tic of the Triune God. Think it over
and be ready to give your reasons for
objecting to the association of the
:,reen of the shamrock with unbecom-
Ing objects.
The Irish standard., 1912-02-24

1t would, of course, be just as much
a mistake to formulate a rigid course
which all, regardless of their natural
ordinations, would be required to
take. Some students find the study
II an exact science nothing short Of
drudgery. Their talents are in other
directions. To compel such as they to
follow rigid scientific course Of
study would be to discourage educa-
ton. They may be quite as useful
with minimum amount of that
branch of learning.
Elective systems have supplanted
Fixed courses Of study. The purpose
originally was to give the student the
cest possible opportunity to follow his
cWn bent. In SO far as it allowed the
student to develop his special talent
the end was commendable enough.
But there are so many students who
have no higher purpose than to fol-
low the line of least resistance that
it can hardly be said the result is
good.
1t is hard matter to determine
Just how to arrange a curriculum so
as to obtain a maximum of good re-
suits. The student must be allowed
some range of choice. His taste for
tle different branches of study must
be consulted. But one thing is GER
tain, school or college does not help
the cause of education by making its
courses of study easy. Whatever lib
CITY is allowed in the way of electing
courses the student should be required
to study a course which he once be-
gins intensively and not be given
credit for 1t towards a degree until
he shows that he is reasonably IA
iriliar with it. Nervous wrecks in
school are not due so much to over
work as to over indulgence in social
activities. The best results are OBJ
tanned where the requirements are
highest.