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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY.

Gratifying effects are noticeable in
every trade and amongst all classes
of toilers throughout the state. Where
ignorance and vice once walked
abroad in the land, education and
morality have become the pleasing
boast Of happy and prosperous peo-
pie. Whisky distilIeries have been
displaced with industrial plants and
over the remains Of the saloon have
been erected splendid school build
ings and magnificent church edifices.
In Castor County alone tWenty-six
distilleries were in operation under
former conditions. 1t now boasts Of
forty-seven textile plants, employing
more than 1000 people, and makes
the further claim of having one of the
finest systems of public schools in the
state.
M L. .ShiDn,dn. Commissioner
of Labor for North Carolina.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
AN EVIDENCE OF TOLER-
ANCE.

During the month of December
the Rev. Q. A. Welsh, G. S. p, who
gave a mission at the old Cathe-
dral of st. Paul and at st. JOS
eph's Church last spring, had a
unique experience in the West.
He gave a course of lectures to
non-C Catholics III the Congregation
al Church at Cheney, Wash. The
local Catholic Church was entirely
too small to accommodate all who
wished to hear him and the Con-
gregational minister offered the
use of his church for that purpose,
thus showing commendable spir-
it of broad-minded tolerance,
Quite a number of non-Catholics
took advantage of the opportunity
to hear Father Welsh S instruc-
tons on points of Catholic doc
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16

A woman entering upon an en-
gagement to marry and who con-
ceals from her intended her in
tention to shirk the responsible
ties Of the married state is not
entitled to the protection of a
court of justice if she seeks dam
ages from the man whom she has
fooled. Such, says the Catholic
Standard and Times Of Philadel-
phia, is the ruling Of Judge Ben
ton, of the New York Supreme
Court, in a case heard there the
other day The plaintiff sued for
breach of promise. but it was
shown by her own letters that she
did not contemplate motherhood
when agreeing to marry, believing
that her husband had no concern
in the matter. The Judge very
properly pointed out that it was
not the concern of the contracting
parties alone, but of society at
large, saying:
The question Of matrimony is
one that concerns not merely the
man or woman to be wed, but the
whole human race Civilization
itself demands not only that chill
dren be born, but that they be
born to proper heritage mentally
and physically.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16

Some time ago the Administers
ton sent Mr.. Paul Fuller, Of New
York, to Mexico for the purpose
Of investigating conditions in that
country with a view to suggesting
a remedy for the unsatisfactory
state of affairs prevailing there,
especially in regard to religious
persecution. We have been told
that Mr.. Fuller, who is convert to
the church and has occupied sew
eral public positions Of honor and
trust in this country, has made his
report to the authorities. 1t would
be interesting to know the gist of
this report; and it would seem as
If the general public who are in
terested in Mexican affairs were
entitled to the information which
it contains. If the report is not
given publicity very soon, it will
cause, in some quarters at least, a
suspicion that the Administration
is not sincere in it's professed eff
forts to remedy the deplorable
conditions that menace the future
Of the Catholic Church in Mexico.
BY all means, let us have the re-
port with as little delay as posi-
bic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16

We learn from an exchange that
Frank p. Walsh, chairman of the
Federation Commission OH Indus
trial Relations, one Of the most
prominent sterling Catholics of
Kansas City, has announced that
on January II the Commission
will open i'll New York an inveSti-
cation of the Sage Foundation, all
the Carnegie and Rockefeller do
nations, the Hirsch Fund and the
Rockefeller Foundation. The pur-
pose of investigating the founda-
tions, according to Chairman
Walsh, is to determine chow their
policies are shaped and by whom,
their relation to high finance, the
extent to which their charters may
be stretched under the United
States Constitution, and whether
they constitute a menace or q ben
eft to the nation
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16

The Catholics Of the United
States owe a debt of gratitude to
the Church Extension Society for
going to the rescue of their per-
secuted co-religionists in Mexico
and the appeal which the Society
is forced to make for contribu-
lions to enable it to carry on the
work and complete the task it
has undertaken should not go I'M
needed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
SING A SONG OF WHISKY.

Sing a song Of whisky,
A pocket without pence;
A purse that's always empty,
A head that has no sense.
Four-and-twenty jailbirds
Under lock and key
Curse the drink that cost them
The birthright of the free.
When their cells are opened,
Drinking more and more;
A drunkard's life behind them,
A drunkard's life before.
The brewer in his countinghouse
Is counting out his money;
The barman in lis parlor
Is eating others honey.
While starving little children,
And women lean and poor,
In rags and broken-hearted,
Beg from door to door.
Sing a song Of whisky
Sound it all the time;
The horrid song of whisky
Sorrow, sin and crime.
Everybody S.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
THE EXTENSION SOCIETY
AND THE MEXICAN
REFUGEES.

The Catholic Church Extension
Society of the United States de-
serves more than passing notice
for the splendid work Of Christian
charity it has done and is still do
ing ON behalf Of the religious re-
fugees from Mexico. Too much
credit cannot be given to it for
the generous way in which it has
taken upon itself the burden, not
only Of relieving their pressing
material wants, but Of providing
as far as possible for their future
welfare.
Under the direction Of Arch
bishop QuigIey of Chicago, and
with the approval Of the Board Of
Governors, DR.. Kelley, President
Of the Society, went to the Next
can border to visit the cities in
which the exiled priests, nuns and
brothers had found a temporary
home and to ascertain for himself
the true state of affairs i'll regard
to the condition Of the Church in
Mexico. He met the Mexican
bishops and the heads Of the diff
ferent religious Orders, and made
personal investigation Of the
whole situation, securing affidavits
and documentary evidence Of the
unspeakable atrocities committed
against the Catholic clergy and
members Of the different Sister
hoods in Mexico. He satisfied
himself of the truth of the reports
which had filtered into the United
States through unofficial sources.
In the meantime he had set about
dispensing the funds which the So
ciety had appropriated for the re-
lief Of the immediate needs Of the
refugees and with the cooperation
Of Archbishop Blenk, Bishop Shaw
and others, provision was made
for all who had suffered at the
hands of the Mexican bandits.
As a result of the investigation
carried on by Dr. Kelley, the Cath
olics Of the United States were
given, through the medium of the
Catholic press, the first succinct
and accurate account of the atroci-
ties committed against the Church
and religious in Mexico. This story
is now matter Of public knowl-
edge and not only Catholics but
intelligent and fair-minded non
Catholics have been moved by its
narrowing details to protest
against the continuance of such
conditions.
Nor did the work of the Catholic
Church Extension Society end
there. To safeguard the future of
religion In Mexico it has taken
upon itself the establishment of a
theological seminary at San An
TONIC, Texas, for the education of
priesis to continue the work of the
Church In the southern Republic.
With . generosity worthy of its
high purpose, the Society has I'M
dertaken to finance this semi
nary for . year, at least, in order
that new Eborers may be sent in
to the Mexican vineyard to take
up the work of religion where
their predecessors were forced to
relinquish- it by the brutal sol
diery who were acting under or
ders FROM geIf-styled leaders en-
joying a usurped authority.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
crashaw and the incarnation.

1t is quite a descent from Milton to
Crashaw; but SO far as | can see his
Hymn Sung by the Shepherds" is
the second best Christmas poem in
the language. | write this subject to
correction, but can recollect no other
poem that can be put in this place.
Needless to say, we miss the exalta-
ton and vastness of concept we have
been dwelling upon in Milton's ode,
but we have a sweet simplicity which
is suitable in such hymn. Tityrus
and Thyrsis relate touchingIy the Won
drous sight they have seen:
I'VE saw Thee in thy balmy rest,
Young Dawn of our eternal day!
We saw Thine eyes break from their
And chase the trembling shades
away.
We saw Thee and we bless the sight,
We saw Thee by Thine own sweet
light"
And Tityrus calls upon the powers
of heaven and earth to contend ito
fit bed for this huge Bird to which
Thyrsis replies, aptly bringing out the
Babes omnipotence:
Proud world, said I, cease your con-
test,
And let the mighty Babe alone;
The phoenix builds the phoenix nest,
Loves architecture is his own;
The Babe whose birth embraces this
morn,
Made his own bed e'er he was born"
Crashaw expresses the mystery of
the Incarnation we'll though a little
tritely in the first verse of the full
chorus:
Welcome all wonders in one night!
Eternity shout in a span,
Summer in winter, day in night,
Heaven in earth, and God in man.
Great Little One! Whose all en-
bracing birth
Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven
to earth"
And we may all take for our own the
concluding words of the shepherds:
ITO Thee, meek Majesty! Lofty King
Of simple graces and sweet loves!
Each of us his lamb will bring,
Each his pair of silver doves!
Till burnt at last in fire of Thy fair
eyes,
Ourselves become our own best sacri-
fice.''
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
To SAVE MONASTERY

The fund which is being raised to
save St. AIMS Passionist Monastery,
Scranton, Pa, a 100000 structure now
abandoned on account of damage
caused by mine caves, went over the
$4,000 mark last week and the
workers are confident that the $37, 900
needed to insure the safety of the
structure will be raised within two
weeks.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
THE REDEMPTION OF THE RACE.

Think what it would mean If the
whole liquor traffic were to be sudden
ly abolished throughout half the CONT
nent. What a sea of sin and waste
and misery would disappear at the
same time. The example of America
would not leave Europe unaffected.
Total prohibition would touch many
Of us in our daily lives, but for the
little sacrifice on the part of the indi-
vidual what a rich compensation there
would be-the redemption Of the race
from the catalogue of crime now be-
gotten of drink all the year round
London Tablet tC0thoHc).
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
SATURDAY, JANUARY is, 1915

One divorce to every seven mar
riages is the record for Minneapo-
lis for the past year-a shade
worse than that for 1913, during
which the proportion was one to
eight. One day last year-June 1
the District Court of Minneapo-
lis heard and disposed of 136 de-
fault divorce cases "a record
never duplicated by any other
court in the United States.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
Sir Walter Scott.

pass by Sir Walter SCOTS descrip-
ton of Christmas in Marmion as mere
ly referring to the outer observation
of the day and missing it's real spirit
altogether, pausing just long enough
to comment on the lines:
"On Christmas eve the bells were
ruDg;
On Christmas eve the Mass was sung;
That only night, in all the year,
Saw the stoled priest the chalice
rear
as an example that poets when
speaking of religious rites refer to the
the Mass and it's ceremonies. No poet
worthy of the name has ever written
on Protestant service.
Shakespeare expresses the peace Of
Christmas in the welI-known lines in
the mouth of Marcellus in Hamlet"
beginning Some say that ever, 'gainst
that season comes" but otherwise re-
mains remarkably silent on this in
spring subject.
might enter into the consideration
of numerous Christmas poems written
by the minor poets, but space does not
permit, and | shall have to content
myself with drawing the attention of
my readers to that exquisite little
poem, "A Desire" by the gifted daugh-
ter of Barry Cornwall, with the last
lines of which | shall close this dis
jointed and hurriedly written paper:
20 to have seen what we now adore,
And, though yelled to faithless sight,
To have known, in the form that Jesus
wore,
The Lord of Life and Light
Hark! For He dwells among us still,
And a grace can yet be thine,
Which the scoffer and the doubter can
never know
The Presence of the Divine.
Jesus is with His Children yet,
For His word can never deceive;
Go where His loWly affairs rise
And worship, and believe
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16

The State of Colorado is receiv-
ing some unenviable notoriety on
account Of the discrimination
made in some places against Cath
olics who apply for positions as
teachers in the public schools.
The School Board Of Oak Creek
will not stand for a Catholic
teacher, according to the state
ment of Mr.. Albright, Principal
of the school, and he himself de-
clares that he would not consider
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
Such is Milton's vast concept Of the

Such is Mi1ton's vast concept of the
Nativity, and in it's vastness is the
truest imaged by poet. The Incarna-
ton is the most stupendous act that
has ever taken place on earth, and it
is fitting that the poet of vastness
should have taken it as the theme of
one of his sublimest poems.
Strange this poem should have been
written by a Puritan, stranger still
that this Puritan's mighty mind did
not burst the narrow bonds of Puri-
tanism, but let us leave Milton and his
ode with thanksgiving that human
gratitude to the Infant Jesus has found
apt expression in Millions lines and
with remembrance of the picture he
has described and Correggio has
painted:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
CHRIST MAS IN The Poets
r ANDOM THOUGF: FROM
POEMS ON THE FESTIVAL OF
CHRISTMAS.

No feast brings more joy to the
human heart than Christmas, the day
whereon peace was brought to sinful
man in the person of the Infant
Jesus, and which most appropriately
has been the children's day of all
days ever since.
What would childhood be without
Christmas, and all it's beautiful
legends and fairy tales and what
would old age be without the joyful
memories, though sometimes tinged
with kind of happy sadness, that
this season brings in its train? Half
the sunshine would be gone from our
lives if we had no Christmas to re
member and none to anticipate. The
birthday of the Incarnate God has in
formed the lives of men more than
they think, and if this day were re-
moved from the calender blank that
could never be filled would be found
in their lives. Legend, fable and ro-
nance have been built around this
happy day which gives it a delight
lully pOSIlCdl atmosphere Wu1Cu we
all feel and revel in, but strangely
enough Christmas is a subject that
has been little treated by the English
poet.
At first this may seem incredible,
but it is nevertheless true. A large
number of the greater poets, such as
Dryden, Pope, Shelley, Byron, Keats,
Wordsworth and Tennyson, hardly
mention Christmas, and have written
no separate poem on this great feast
and even the great Shakespeare only
introduces it casually into some of his
plays. On the other hand, the poets
who have treated the Christmas story
have made the strings of their Tyres
sing in manner as nearly worthy of
this great event as any human work
can be, and it is the object of the fol
lowing lines to give utterance to a
few random thoughts arising from a
consideration of the poems on Christ
mas.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
"But see the Virgin blest

Hath laid her babe TO rest;
Time is our tedious song should have
an ending;
Heavens youngest teemed star
Hath fixed her polish'd car,
Her sleeping Lord with handmade
lamp attending,
And all about the courtly stable,
Bright .harnessed angels sit in order
serViceable."
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and from this beautiful thought turns
to the death of all the religious and
superstitious that are in their final
agony at the birth of the Babe" who
can in His swaddling bands control
the damned crew"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16

Rev. James M. Reardon, Editor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-16
Milton on the Nativity.

When we think of Christmas in the
Poets, we naturally turn first to Mil.
toms matchless Ode on the Nativity.
He with his unerring instinct seems
to have caught the idea of stipend
BUSINESS in the birth of God better
than any other poet and to have mir
rored it in his lines.
"That glorious Form, that Light I'M
sufferable,
And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty
WhereWith he wont at Heavens high
council table
To, sit the midst of Trinal Unity,
He laid aside; and here with us to be,
Forsook the courts of everlasting days
And chose with us a darksome house
of mortal clay"
Here the great glory of the Second
Person of the Trinity is drawn in
few skilful strokes and contrasted
with His abasement when he "chose
with us a darksome house of mortal
clay" Milton is above all the poet
Of vast concepts, and therefore has
drawn a greater Satan than either
Dante or Tasso, and here has given
us mighty picture of the glory of
God-"That glorious Form" that
Light unsufferable," that far beam
ing blaze of Majesty
Stop and mediate on these words
for minute, until their full effect has
been photographed on your mind, and
then you will begin to feel something
of the glory that "He laid aside" and
be more competent to adore Him on
Christmas morning.
Then Milton begins his hymn to this
happy morn" with picture, rapidly
but perfectly drawn, of the shame of
nature that her Makers eyes should
look SO near upon her foul deformi-
ties" and continues with his match
less description of the vast peace that
suffused the earth, when "the Prince
of Light His reign of peace upon the
earth began" 1t begins with the
lines:
"No war or battles sound
Was heard the world around;
The idle spear and shield were high
up hung;
The hooked chariot stood
Unstain'd with hostile blood,
The trumpet spoke not to the armed
throng,
And kings sat still with awful eye,
AS if they surely knew their sovran
Lord was by.
Human peace with the weapons of
war and hate laid aside has never
been more perfectly described, but
this was not enough for Milton; he
has to hush the winds, calm the waves
and halt the stars and sun before the
peace brought by the King of Peace
is complete, and when all the world is
silent he breaks over it such music
sweet as never was by mortal finger
strook."
The song of the angels brings him
to the time when Heaven
will open wide the gates of her high
palace hail." but he remembers that
this time is not yet:
But wisest Fate says No:
This must not yet be so;
The Babe vet lies In smiling infancy
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But wisest Fate says No:
This must not yet be so;
The Babe yet lies in smiling infancy
That on the bitter cross
Must redeem our loss;"
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When we think of Christmas in the
Poets, we naturally turn first to Mil
toms matchless Ode on the Nativity
He with his unerring instinct seems
to have caught the idea of stipend
BUSINESS in the birth of God better
than any other poet and to have mir
rored it in his lines.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
MORGAN CENTER

Mrs. S. L. Blake is a little better at
this writing.
Several fine deer have been shot in
town this season.
Mrs. Maude Ewens was a visitor in
Island Pond Monday.
j. H. Gilmore is gaining so he is able
to sit up part of the time.
Miss Hazel Brown of Orleans closed a
successful term Of school Friday, Nov.
18.
John Grove and Ray Maxwell, his
son-in-law, has moved into the house
known as the Tatro house.
Mrs. Ora Foster and little daughter,
of Manchester, N. H., came last week,
Thursday to spend Thanksgiving with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Cargill.
Margaret, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lafa Dutton died Thursday morn
ing, Nov. Is, after painful illness of
several days of infantile paralysis. The
family have the sympathy of the entire
community in their affection.
The Helping Circle. of Kings Daugh-
tiers will hold sale of useful and fancy
articles at the M. w. A. hall Wednes-
day evening, Dec. LIST. There will also
be a sale of fruit and vegetables with
food and homemade candies. Supper
will be served for those who wish. All
are cordially invited.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
WEST DERBY.

James Tatro has gone to Springfield,
Mass, to spend Thanksgiving with his
daughters, and will visit Boston and
Fall River, Mass, before returning
home.
Mrs. Will Trip went to Hanover,
N. H., Friday and submitted to a surgi-
cal operation in the hospital there.
Mrs. Walter Human accompanied her
and acted as special nurse for the week.
The West Derby branch of the Meth
odist Ladies' Aid will have a Christmas
sale of fancy work and embroidery of
all kinds, also sale of food at the Meth
odist church, Wednesday, December LIST.
There will also be refreshment tables
where dainty lunches will be served.
Be sure to attend the sale.
Rapid progress is being made toward
the completion of the arrangements for
the Xmas sale at the Baptist church,
Dec. 7-S Quantities of useful and
fancy articles are already prepared and
numerous attractive looking parcels
from far and near are being received
for the Parcel Post Booth. Wednesday
evening at go an entertainment will
be given by the children, one of the
special features being a Cantata, 1.-The
Toys Rebellion" They will be assist
ed by Mrs. Warren Drown, reader, and
The Boys Orchestra.