The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-28
Y Diafol YIN y Gwaitfl,
.f4orien and the Ghost.
Soufhey and the Gorsedd and lolo Morganwg.
Ffrangcon Davies and Robert Morris EisteddfOd.

the pit It is known that there are nj
less than six corpses of the disaster OF
six years ago are in the pit. The report
of spooks in the nit has created great
stir in Wales and the sensational news
papers have greatly benefited thereby
a Notable Eistcddfoi.
The DenbiSh eisteddfod, 1928. was held
! during three days upon the open space
within the walls of the ancient castle
| Sir Edward Mostyn presided. and the
| attendance of all classes was very large
on each day. on the first day letters
were read from Sir Walter Scott
! Thomas Moore and Robert Southey
| expressing their qualification at having
I being elected honorary members of the
! Cymmrodorion society in Gwynedd. and
! breathing respectively the tones of
/ national sympathy from Scotland. from
| Ireland, and from England. Southey,
! in the spirit of poetic fellowship. said
THE honor is peculiarly gratifying to
me, because one of the works by which
I hope to be remembered hereafter &C.
] lates mainly to Welsh tradition and
Welsh history" The Rev. Thomas
Price tCarnhuanawc) On this occasion
appeared before his northern fellow
countrymen. and appears to have been
| endowed with double portion of the
spirit of his forefathers on one day of
the eistcddfod. His Royal Highness. the
Duke of Sussex honored the scene. and
witnessed the contest for the gold harp.
| The distinguished harpist and com
poser. Bard LlaW. who conducted the
| musical arrangements, requested Mr..
Price tn announce the contest. and, in
most remarkable and impressive
speech. he made the following observa-
ticns on the Wolsi, nationa. instrument
II have heard the guitar Of the South.
and have admired its light and airy
tones. So cunCcniai With its native
blue and ethereal skies. have heard the
harshrr, hut not less characteristic
strains nf the North the pibroc
Of i'onal, Ddu al the gather
ing place II lEverlochy. the war
song or iocl.irl. With the Gaelic address
10 the wolf and the RAJ en-, Come to me
and vii! give thee .lesh." / have like
wise listened 20 the melodies If Erin
among he! own emerald hills. the melo-
dies so much in accordance with the
genius OF tho people among whom they
originated, whose gay.st moods are not
unfreGuently Urged with east of pen
sveness, ana of whom 1t has been OBJ
served that even il their liveliest move
mino,. ti,i,.l ~. 60 s,... III .i'
which cas,s ;ts sb,In ., - 80. %" ~, .,;
makes mirth over, intereet;,% ha,ra .r,,
also hear the no less joyous strains of
Merry England. But it is with pride I
can venture to aSscr. that not i'm Eu-
rope--1 might safely add not in the
world--thcre is found among the peas
antr,- ,r n country tbot tbe criterion of
popular taste must be sought, and we
may challenge the world to produce
another cnurtry in which thcrn js found
IN Nv, banl,, nf ibo ,,,nI ,,,osa,,t -
;,,o,, ,,,;,.,.,, ''' n'aa".. tn'
,,''",' 80, ~ ~, W. "n ii.Ht
m,n, 70 n,n,nnto ~. '.,,I,ivo,in,, ~, i, 10y 10y
upon the audience was transporting,
ana ms RoEai HlEAhess the Duke OF
hSSeN throu%houl IN" Wh"le course "i
the proceedings was charmed, ana re-
,i'arheu l" Lazy i'aF''et Wghh IN tone
iouo 'rouSh :" ne scierai'y heard' IL
Is not AT AZ sur!r'sinG 'hat the sweet
strains ., the Ncssh narp ana the cheer-
lilS "apet -, .h'se wv; naNe Sc. VI,
',,ea Sn,.' 80 ite" as .,'at VI MI ~
~. ,l'c 'Tii,aupo e, '.'s'r.',on, "T'' III u,u
S.a. va ,,o,, '''s ~ ',i,'l,
,.. -, rt, ,mI =. = u,l' 49,, ,,,
lor 'he pes' eli.apii o.i "a, W.
Il
sltlons were receansu' am ,,, r'un' W., nun
Hma,ueu I,'. anr n,.i,,,. ~. ot a,.o,, rho best
n'.ioic ",S honn,,so ~
put ~ t"-e 10 ,.,rotv nc !,
~ u'@ ~ ,'i'.,u,.;,n ora a L,rner
S'e"' ''t''. ,,.,,,l, ,,,rot. the Fol
,ne ta.S ,'i.;ai, t1,, g. v,os the hest eni-
.oN. "i~'' ~ "
'"p" .-,.,,
Mwyn, isel gymWShaswr M W., wrw''''i' ID"
a phursl iauS ', =, w ,,ror n, t.,od
t"smnu'iiinST r,,,, iinS tss,n NON hsneswr.
r. foots ~ connection with the
ohoye we are Indebted to Cadrawd, of
tho south Wales News.
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,n
ro"' wv .,
Very few readers are fami'iar VIII
the legend connected with the bulidnhs
of the DEVILS Bridge in CardiGanshire
All Welsh men and women have hearo
Of the romantic old bridge. ana the le-
gend, no doubt, will be worth repeating
again. 1t has been considerably cur
tailed from the original. but the facts
remain the same. j. Bagnall evans
NJ. A.. Cardi of emirence, telis the
tale at length, but we Will tell 1t in a
shorter manner: An old woman. who
lived in q cottage on one side of the
valley, rose one morning and went TO
look for her COW which she had left over
night grazing in a field near by. To
her dismay she spied the animal on the
other side of the chasm, which there
was no way of crossing save by long
tramn either up or down the valley.
In her perplexity Mr.. Devil came to
her and offered to build a bridge from
rocl, to rock. on condition that the first
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