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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

BILE before the eyes of the world!
You know all these things, yet you
procrastinate. When are you going
to settle your conscience"
Father Paul arose and paced the
room twice and turned, facing Burton
squarely.
The big rancher looked gloomily
into the fire.
Father Paul continued "sir, you
are trifiing with grace. You've been
in these woods so long and you've
been away from your duties so long
and you've been so taken up with
temporal things that you are a Cath.
Ole only. in name. You're sliding
down an abyss, and I know not how
much longer God will suffer you. You
are taking terrible chances-no Sac.
raments, no Easter duty, nothing.
"Once again | beg of you before
return to the mission to make your
peace with God. Let's have that cere.
mony performed and you go to Con
fession right now-its already within
the Easter tide-then you make it
your business day after tomorrow
it's Sunday, l hope you remember
and come up to the mission and re,
ceive Holy Communion. It's many a
year since you've done so, John, isn't
il ?"
The good Father spoke earnestly,
-; ,ki n
rebuke
"But in the eyes of the world" per.
sisted Burton, everything is"
THE eyes of the world are not the
eyes of Cod interposed the priest
God is not Knocked"
The woodsman strobe to the win.
dow of his mountain home and gazed
thoughtfully into the twilight A
memory of his First Holy Communion
came to him. He saw again his pious
mother, now long at rest with her
God, as she fondly caressed him after
that happy morning of long ago when
he had received his Lord for the first
time.
He heard her words as she babe
him remain true to his Church and
to his God He sickened in his heart
as he recalled how far he had strayed
from that beloved mothers teachings.
His eyes moistened and he had diff
ficulty in seeing Alright the stamping
burro of the missionary as it paved
the ground, impatient to be off.
Slowly he turned and spoke. Il
know you are right, Father, and I'm
determined to settle my conscience
with God the very next time you
come. I pledge my word, and you
know the word of Burton is"
do it now, John, do it now. God
alone knows whether either you or
may be here next time as you call
it."
Burton laughed nervously. Five
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
CATHOLIC INCIDENTS
In CALIFORNIA
OLD BOOK BRINGS SEVERAL IN
TERESTING AND IMPORTANT
FACTS TO LlGHT-MANNER OF
LIVING OF EARLY Settlers
WAS BASED ON SIMPLE CON-
DUCT.

Those who have come in contact
with the Spanish people in Mexico
and in our own country have often
found occasion to not rare refine
ment of character and manner which
is readily traced to the influence of
the Catholic religion. Non-Catholics,
os for instance, the historian Lummis,
have learned to love the Spaniards
in the Americas because of the vir-
tues acquired through the benign in
fluence of the Church, and more than
one student of history and ethnOlogy
has praised the truly early Christian
hospitality of these people and their
wonderful tact and success in man
aging the Indians and in educating
the latter to lives of peace and in
dustry.
A fascinating description both of the
happy life and charming manners of
Spaniards in California in the sixties
and seventies of the last century, be-
fore the coming of the railroads, and
also of the skill and success with
which they cared for their Indian
charges, is offered incidentally in a
book written nearly fifty years ago
by a noted traveller, Charles Nord-
rolf, who has written of California I'M
der the title: California, for Health,
Pleasure and Residence The whole
some mode of life of the Catholic
Spaniards of that time and place is
pictured by him thus:
"The people are kindly and anna
bic, and though their pursuits Chiefly
cattle raising) might be thought to
tend to loud and rough ways, and do
so where our own people manage cat
tie, here all went on quietly and decor
Ously, as though it was Sunday The
animals are handled firmly, but with
great care and humanity.
Spanish Californian houses, so far
as / have seen their interiors, are al
ways scrupulously clean; their life
has the merit of fitting the climate
and the pursuits of the people. There
remains in it, too, something which
is too often lacking in our Eastern
houses, a degree of trust and conf
dence and affection between master
and servant, with not the least famil-
iarity, however. I saw men-Indians
fathers had been in the same
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
A THOUGHT.

"The weak things of the world hath
God chosen that He may confound
the strong" (Cor. 1920 In every
period of the Church's history from
the day when Our Divine Lord COM
manded His Apostles to go and teach
all nations and to be His witness in
Judaea and Samaria and in the utter
most parts of the world, up to the
present day, these words of the Apos-
tie of the Gentiles have been endorsed
by historical facts.
1T was not the philosophers of
Greece and the orators of Rome, who
by their wisdom and eloquence were
to preach the glad tidings of salvation,
and it was not the mighty legions of
Rome who were to direct the feet of
the pagans into the way of peace, but
the chosen few to whom Jesus Christ
promised His eyer-abiding presence
and assistance"
Rep Dom Mote,nus Spfs
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
THE CALL OF BURTON

John Burton sat before Father Paul
and looked hard at point above the
head of the aged missionary.
Well remarked the good Father,
what are you going to do about it?
Confession, I suppose you mean y
The pioneer woodsman shifted I'M
easily on his chair.
Yes, and to mend your ways, too,
john gently added the priest.
The man shifted again and then
broke out petu1antly.
''Why, l never killed any one. /
never stole anything. I've lived in
this community for years and I'm
considered eminently respectable. /
don't owe man a penny, and" he
added with a smile, sometimes |
find time and money to do a. little
charity here and there. | can't see
why you take things SO seriously.
think Pm
Father Paul, Benedictine missionary
from Saint Maurus' Abbey, stared
steadily for a full minute at Burton.
Slowly the red crept over the face of
the rancher
It was nearly forty years since a
bright, energetic young man left his
good Catholic, home fired with ambi-
ton for wealth and adventure, and
when John Burton same to the West
a trackless forest lay before him. He
plunged into the unbroken wood and
cleared homestead for himself amid
such hardships as are ever encoun-
tered upon entry into virgin coun-
try.
Soon after he married. With the
years came children and prosperity
For lack of opportunity he had be-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
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in spite of the disturbed state of the
East he tried to develop schools, hos
pitfalls and orphan asylums. In No
vember last he received the French
Croix de Guerre for his brave attitude
during the Turkish occupation.
In view of the tragic death of Arch
bishop Sontag, it is gratifying to read
an announcement stating that Mgr.
Camassei, Patriarch of Jerusalem, has
just been liberated by the Turks, and
is returning to the Holy City
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
GROCERIES

come careless of religious duty until
now he scarcely remembered the days
when he, as a boy, regularly attended
Holy Mass and received the Sacra-
ments.
True, his children had been bap-
tized, and he considered such mat
tiers as quite settled except, perhaps,
for the hospitality extended at odd
and infrequent intervals to a pious
missionary who journeyed into Hem
lock Centers seeking the scattered
members of his flock.
Deep down and hidden away in
Burton's mind lay a thought, of
course, that some time he would ap-
proach the Sacraments; but he had
stored up this thought so long that
it had grown almost a second nature
to him to argue the old, deceiving
device of the evil one-"plenty of
time; why hurry?" And now the
troublesome thought was upon him
as the priest awaited an answer.
Il suppose you refer to that mar
riage ceremony, Father he said
slowly, really, intend to have it
looked after by a priest some time,
| but what's the hurry? After all, it's
only matter of form and the judge
performed the ceremony all right
and"
"All these years you've been talk
| ing this way, John. You are not
ignorant of Catholic doctrine and you
know this is serious, and were you to
go before your God this way / don't
know
The sentence remained unfinished
as Father Paul obviously shook his
| head.
Well, Father, next time you come
I'll"
John Burton, do now what you
would wish to have done at the hour
of death. You know quite we'll
enough Catholics cannot marry before
judge. You can't plead any excuse
now. Moreover, isn't it true that
aside from the seriousness of it all,
you would feel better about it, John
Right here and now, let me perform
this ceremony. This is your oppor-
tunity once more.
God had decreed marriage Holy
Sacrament which must be received
only at the hands of His priesthood.
You know that. No matter what the
world may say nor how any civil tri-
bunal may enact laws, the Holy Sac
rament of Matrimony is not and can
never be a mere simple contract, to
be entered easily or set aside accord
ing to the whims of the contracting
parties. f.
For the past ten years He has sent
one of His servants into this part of
the country, and yet you keep put
, ting off Fighting this serious matter.
What wonder you have not the grace
to go to Confession? You are Cath
Ollie enough to know that before you
can receive any Sacrament worthi1y
you must make what is wrong, right.
and then make your peace with God,
All the judges. in the world cannot
set you right before God, though, as
you say you are eminently respecta-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

Their only thought and their only care
is for the patient. The orders of the
physicians could not be carried out
more religiously. | am Methodist,
but l must voice my appreciation of
their heroism.''
Statement of DR.. John NJ. Fisher,
distinguished physician and consult
ant, at Emergency Hospital No.
Philadelphia, in reference to work of
Sisters during epidemic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

burden weighs so heavily ON my Shout
ders that several times I have asked
my bishop to relieve me, but he re-
sponded, Your mission is holy
cross, which means much suffering,
but also triumph
Here, as elsewhere. native cate
chists are a great aid to the mission
airy. With the help of an increased
staff we could gain a greater number
of these poor Africans
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
DELEGATE MURDERED.

The report of the death of Mgr Son
tag, Lazarist, Apostolic Delegate to
Persia, has been confirmed. The ter
rible Kurds once again fell on the
Christians and massacred them with
out mercy. Archbishop Sontag was
made Apostolic Delegate in 1910 and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
SISTERS INCOMPATIBLE NURSES

in my thirty-three years expert
ence among the various hospitals in
this city, | have never witnessed such
heroic devotion to duty as that man
ifested by these Sisters, beautiful
souls that they are. The equal of the
Catholic Sisterhoods, as they have
worked before my eyes, in this emery,
ency, cannot be found, l feel safe in
saying. They are Incompatible. Their
conduct is an example to every one
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
NOTES..

Whenever it seems as if the bark
of st. Peter would be overwhelmed by
the waves of schism and heresy, per-
secution and calumny, the Lord in His
own good time Gained the tempest and
raised His chosen instruments to lead
her safely through the storm-beaten
waves.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

A missionary nuns gratitude for
gift sent by the S. P. F. to her or
phans: I'VE would be very glad to
express our thanks to all those who
so kindly sent in their contribution.
But since we do not know them, we
shall pay our debt before the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, Who knows them ALL
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

Mgr. Reynaud, G. NJ, Vicar Apos-
tolic of E. Che-Kiang, is one of the
veteran apostles of China. He has
been forty years in the Lazarist mis-
sions of that country and thirty-siX
years in the episcopacy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

BILE before the eyes of the world
You know all these things, yet you
procrastinate. When are you going
TO settle VOur conscience"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
Rev. Daniel Winsate Waldrcn

Rev. Daniel Wingate Waldron. for
40 years chaplain Of the Massachusetts
House OF Representatives, whose
death occurred Thursday in Boston
at the age of IS years, was born III
Augusta, the Son of Daniel Waldron.
a prominent lumberman who at that
time lived at the corner OF State and
Oak streets. Mr. Waldron's mother
was Wingate, one of the prominent
older families of the city. Young
Waldron was educated in the Au-
gusta schools, the building at that
time standing where the Smith school
building now stands. The lower floor
Of the building was used for gram
mar school and the second floor for
high school. In speaking yesterday
of the school, an Augusta gentleman
who remembers the school. said that
they never had more than go scholars
at the high school in those days.
After leaving the High school Mr..
Waldron attended Bowdoin College,
from which institution he graduated.
and also the Andover Theological
Seminary. He left Augusta fully SO
years ago. For As years he was presi-
dent OF the Boston City Missionary
Society. and was well known for his
work among people of limited means.
,, So far as has been learned his only
immediate surviving relative in this
vicinity is one sister. Mrs. Annie
Gould of Hallowell. Mr.. Waldron is
remembered as a man of imposing
stature, being six feet in height and
weighing 800 pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
Red Cross Notes

The Home Service committee Of the
Red Cross is very anxious to have
the names and addresses of all dis
charged soldiers. People are again
reminded that the headquarters Of
that department Of the Red Cross is
at room 205. postoffice building. The
members Of the Home Service COM
mittce are: Chairman. Willis e.
Swift; executive secretary, Mrs.
Daniel Weeks; corresponding secre-
tary. Miss Muriel Haynes; Mrs. Dem
mis- Donovan. Mrs. Charles F. Bio
deau. Mrs. G.. r. Campbell, Mrs. Job
Cartledge, Mrs. Annie Drummond.
Mrs. Charles T. Penney, Mrs. H. w.
Bcecher and Alfred Lacasse.
Contributions to the Red Cross lin
en- shower are still being received at
the headquarters of the Augusta
Chapter in the Augusta Trust Co.
building. Towels. sheets andh and
kerchiefs are very acceptable.
+ All Christmas Roll Call captains are
urged to make up their teams at once
and send the lists Of names 10 the
local headquarters as soon as pos
Sible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
Shower for Miss Wyse

The rooms OF the local department
of the Central Maine Power Co. were
the scene of most delightful occa-
sion Thursday evening when a mis-
cellaneous shower was given Miss
Mona Wyse in honor of her approach
ing marriage. About % young ladies
were present to greet Miss Wyse when
she called at the office on an errand.
She was a very much surprised young
lady but rallied quickly to the occa-
sion. All the packages were arranged
on a large table and the color scheme
was pink and white. Refreshments Of
ice cream and cake were served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
WORLD RELIEF DAY
IN MAINE SCHOOLS

Orono, Me-, Dec. 6.-School Conserve
ton day for World Relief was observed
by the school children Of Maine today
at the request Of the food administra.
tion. with appropriate exercises. feat
ure Of which was the reading Of a mes
sage from Administrator Herbert c.
Hoover. The message follows:
Now that the terrible war Is over
you must be glad that you helped win
it by saving food for our soldiers and
our unhappy friends across the sea.
But our work Of feeding hungry people
is now to be greater than 1t has ever
been. Many millions OF people have
teen made free by our victory, but they
are in the greatest danger Of death from
starvation. They look to America for
food until the next harvest
I'VE must 60 on saving and sharing
with them as faithfully as ever. AMI
of course you will want to do your part
as you have been doing. We have a
greater task than any Of US can imagine
in saving the world from famine, but we
can do it il each Of us does all he can.
am counting upon you"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07

The Saturday Specials at Russell &
weston Co.'S suggest Christmas
Gifts. Dresden Ribbons, extra val
ues, widths from 4 to S 1,2 inches,
1sc. Csc. and soc per I'd. Fibre Silk
Hose in colors, 75c per pair. Fownes'
Silk Lined Filosette Gloves, all
shades. s1.25 per pair. Big values in
Remnants Of Dress Goods. Resurrec-
ton Plants-the most marvellous, in
teresting and mystifying plant yet
produced. Nothing moro beautiful
for a table decoration. Price csc
each. A most attractive and COM
piete line Of stationery, while and
colors. ranging in price from CSC to
$3.50 per box. Huck. Damask and
Turkish Towels. Csc to $500 each.
Trimmed Hats, fine velvets in large
or small shapes. Chenille Hats and
Feather Turbans reduced from s4.s5,
S6.f5 and $3.50 to $1.95. Satin Dresses
all colors $12.95. reduced from $1,000
$3.50 and $22.50, sizes 16 to Al. Fifty
coats at s1975, all wool cloths, some
are full lined, some half lined, Jun
iors' Misses and Wcmen's sizes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
Funeral Of Thomas Thibodeau

Funeral services for the late Thorn
as Thibodeau were held at o'clock
Friday morning from st. Augustine's
Catholic church in the presence of a
large assemblage Of people. among
them the relatives. friends and delega-
lions of the st. John the Baptist So
ciety and the Catholic Order Of For
esters, of which the deceased was 4
member. Rev. FIR. Paul Buhrer Of
ficiated and the interment was made
in St. Augustine's cemetery. the bear
ers being from the two orders mem
toned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
WINDSOR

SOUTH Mrs. @. 4. Dunton has
returned from a two weeks visit with
relatives in Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Bullock were
business callers in Augusta Tuesday.
y. Q. Moody. who recently sold his
stock, has rented n place in Augusta
ind plans TO move there with his
family in the near future They will
b. ready TO see all friends at Moves
place.
The Red Cross workers were inter-
tanned by Helen Dunton. Sewing
on Belgian work was Gone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Elidden and
daughter e Jefferson. were Thanks
giving fsucsts a. @. A. Dunton's.
Mr.. and sfrs. Edwin Bullock were
entertained at B. o. Moody's Thanks
giving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
MADISON
Cut in Car Service-First Re-
turn of Camp Deven3 Boys
Local Items

Beginning with next week a change
is to be made in the number of cars
ever the line Of the Somerset Trac-
ton Co. between Madison and Show
hogan. There will be no car at $50
A.. NJ. from this. place and the last
car for the day will leave at z o'clock,
cutting out the s O'Clock car
Mahlon W-lch. who has been run
ming q farm at Palermo for the past
year. has moved his family back TO
Madison and will make his home in
this town.
The regular meeting Of Narcarct
Goffe Moore Chapter of D. =. II. was
held Thursday afternoon at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. e. A. Lander on Head
street with large attendance of
program consisting Of q number of
appropriate selections read ny mem
hers. Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Andrew Petley and Frank Fowke
arrived home Thursday night from
Camp Devens, having received honor
able discharges. They were the first
Madison men to return.
Superintendent w. +. Scott OF the
Madison Wooden mill arrived homo
Friday forenoon from n business "Trip
70 Bosto nand New York.
4 baked bean dinner was served
Friday noon in the ]. q. O. F. banquet
hall. under the auspices OF Marcellus
s. Perkins, G. \. r. Circle, in conncc-
tior with the meeting of the Somer-
set Count. Veterans Association,
There was considerable confusion
among Madison grocers and custom
srs up 20 Thursday night in regard
to sugar restrictions. County Food
Administrator l.. J.. Walton ruled
that the card system was still in
force and that ali restrictions were
not off. The matter was cleared up
Friday morning when word was re-
ccived from the state administration.
A. F. Oliver LETT town Friday morn
ing for Berlin, \. H.. where he will
pass the winter with his son. Henry
Oliver.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
BUSINESS MEETING
FOR THE RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL

Held Friday at the. Augusta HOUSE.
Chapter Will Strive to Secure
Membership Of 60 Per Cent of the
Adult. Population Of Its Territory
Not even the bad weather OF FRI
day morning nor the wretched roads
served to deter the representatives Of
the branches Of the Augusta Chap
ter Of the American Red Cross from
attending a dinner and a Christmas
Roll Call business meeting yesterday
at the Augusta House.
Representatives of 10 branches
were present as we'll as the officials
OF the organization and the captains
of the teams who will solicit in Au-
gusta.
Blaine S. Viles, chairman Of the Az
pusta chapter presided and introduce
ed as the first speaker Captain p.
F. bradbury of the U. S. Health Ser
vice. who spoke interestingly Of his
experience as a Red Cross doctor in
Germany at the beginning OF the war.
Mrs. II. w. Cobb, executive secre-
tary, was next called on to outline
the plan Of the campaign. and was
followed by Percy H. Whiting. pub
I;city chairman, who briefly suggest
ed points to be noted in handling
publicity. i.
Mrs. Blaine S. Viles, in charge OF
branches, spoke Of the work done IN
branches and the changes that had
resulted frcm the ending OF the war.
Mrs. Muriel Haynes discussed Home
Service work from the same angle
and made some valuable suggestions
n. to the handling of returning SOL
d;e,s especially those who were
u,ounded and partially incapacitated
from earring a living.
The local chapter Will strive 70
secure a membership of 80 per cent
Of the adult population OF ITS terri
torv In the Christmas Roll Call
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
BOARD OF REGISTRATION
Closes. Four Day Session With Total
Of 81 Registrations

The Board of Registration which
had been in session during the usual
hours each day since Tuesday morn
ing. in consequence of correcting the
voting lists of the city, held its fourth
session on Friday and reached its
final adjournment at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon. The registration for the
day was "a and that for the four
days was 81. The daily registration
during the four days was as follows:
Tuesday 9; Wednesday "a; Thursday
30; Friday "a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
CHINA

The members Of Silver Lake grange
No. 327 held a day meeting Tuesday,
Dec. for the purpose of electing
officers for the coming year. The
following were elected: Master, S. n.
Farnsworth: overseer, Wayland
Jones: lecturer. Amanda Pinkham;
chaplain. Lou Fish; gate keeper. w.
H. Metcalf; treasurer, e. C. Bailey:
secretary, Graoe H Thuryton; stew.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-07
Austrian Serbs, Croats
SIovenes to Join Serbia

Paris, Thursday. Dec. 5-(Havas)--
Prince Regent Alexander Of Serbia
has received a delegation from the
National Council Of the Jugo-Slav
peoples, which presented an address
demanding the union with Serbia of
all Serbians.. Croatans and Slovenes
formerly under the domination Of
Austria. Prince Alexander assented
to the proposal. according to Belgrade
adviceS,