The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-17
WELSH NEWS NOTES.

Swansea was noted in the last CEN
tury for its straw hats and its pottery.
Out of thirty-four members of parlia-
ment for Wales and Monmouthshire,
only fourteen are able to speak Welsh
Abel Thomas, NJ. p, holds several
medals for bravery in saving lives from
drowning.
The present dean of Bangor was at
one time vicar of Dolgelley, and for
some years the present bishop acted as
his curate.
Nearly 1000 members of the Cymru
Fydd league have already been enrolled
in South Wales, while even greater
number have been enrolled in North
Wales.
Sir John Jones jenkins Is a native OF
Clydach, near Swansea, and Is married
to the sister of Il. Il. Daniel, the well
known owner of the Pentre Tin-plate
works,
There are from 5000 to 1000 chapels in
Wales which have been erected during
this century, and it is estimated that
"a, ,OOO, 900 have already been paid for the
buildings.
Six Welsh members will not seek re-
election at the end of the present
parliament. They are Il. p. Price, Full
ler-Maitland, w. Williams, william
Rathbone, T. P. Lewis, and George I.
Kenyon, while one, If not two others,
may at the last moment decide not to
contest their seats.
Sir John Puleston is constable of Car
narvon castle. His ancestor, Roger
Puleston, was collector of taxes in the
reign of Edward ii, and was hanged by
the infuriated Welsh on the battle
ments of the castle Of which his de-
scendant is now the custodian. Sii
John commenced life as chemists as
sistant and was at one time editor OF
the Pittston Gazette and is we'll known
to many Scrantonians.
Welsh literature is the work of anna
teurs. Ceiriog was stationmaster
Hiraethog was an Independent minis
ter; Devil Wyn was a miller; Myny
ddog was a farmer; Watcyn Wyn com
menced life as collier; and his cousin
Gwydderig, is collier still; and one o
the chaired bards is an agricultural la
=, borer.
Sir John Llewelyn derives his Welsl
name from his mother who was tn
daughter of Mr.. Llewelyn, of Penller
gare. Sir Johns father was Mr.. Dill
wyn, brother to L. ii. Dillwyn, late M
Z. for Swansea, who changed his nam
: on marrying the heiress of Penller
= gare. The Dillwyns were an old Quak
er family.
e Arthur ], Williams, M. p, is the sol
s Of the late DR.. Williams, of Brldgend
4 and is also descended from the celebrat
I ed DR.. Price the Unitarian divine o
S the last century, who anticipated man,
: of the discoveries which Adam Smitl
i made in political economy. He
!. married to one OF the Crawshays, o
n Cyfarthfa.
:, The bishops of st. David's seem I
: take kindly to eccentric genius. Iol
: Morganwg, though he never went I
bed, but slept in an armchair In tn
kitchen, was always q welcome CUES
: at Abergwili. Carlyle's dyspepsia wa
, no proof against the genuine kindlines
!, and courtesy of Dr. Thirlwall; and tn
j present bishop reckoned among hi
closest friends. DR.. Freeman, the hi.
II torian OF the Norman Conquest.
IS Lord Mostyn Is the descendant of tn
J. Mostyns who We're privileged by Quee
It Elizabeth to hold an eisteddfod at tn
q end of the sixteenth century. Th
It older branch remained Catholic but tn
& younger branch, of which the preser
peer is the representative, turned Pre-
testant under the later Tudors' One q,
the Catholic Mostyns, who is prizes
sang at the Carnarvon eisteddfod,
the Blrkenhead choir.
Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer an
rescuer of Livingstone, is Welshma
can read Welsh and converse in Il
mother tongue. He was born in OF
of the aim houses in the quaint ar
$. small city OF st. Asaph, and commence
L. his adventurous career from one Of Il
90 quletest spots in Wales. Owen.
81 For the coming Thanksgiving carr
your turkey with pavidow Bros. carvir
III sets