The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-22


Vardd, the great Welsh pessimist.
please deny this?
WELSH SAINTS"
The Cardiff eisteddfod, held in 1884.
is rendered memorable by its giving the
incentive to the valuable essay of
Professor Reese. of Lampeter. William
Reese. Of Llandovery, entitled, 1.-The
Welsh Saints The reward was but
a silver medal. value fifteen dollars,
with a premium of fifty dollars.
MEDALS.
The following Welsh triad defines
very clearly how medals are to be worn,
and the subjects they were awarded
for: 'Tri thlws euraid neu ariaraid y
sydd wyr with serdd; cadair aur neu
ariau fr goreu o brydydd neu WI with
gerdd dafawd; Telyn aur neu arian i'r
goreu o delynwyr. Il thafawd aur neu
arian ir goreu gyfarWydd, sef hyny
datgeiniad: a gwisgo'r olysau hyn ar
yr ysgwydd neur fraich ddeheu. yn
warrant gradd o Bencerdd Graddawl az
Athraw ar y Gelfyddyd, aur mas dylai
amgen fod yn athraw."
Trioedd Llogell Rhison, o lyfr Mr..
Davies, . Benygroes.
EPITAPH.
At the Leangolien eistcddfod, 1858,
Islwyn was awarded the prize for the
best epitaph ON Prince Llewelyn, (which
is as follows:
ira thyner adeof ac all ymofyn--
Bydd llu iwylo uwch ben bedd Llwe'yn;
In rhyddid dirfawr mae'n arwydd tcrfyn
Dwys; trwy y dalaeth dystawa delyn;
Gwna Breinau III ei ddilyn-rw feddrol
Yn ei waelod cydorphywys u wnelyn.
NOTES.
Interest in Mr.. Owen NJ Edwards
charming little volume entitled, 'Tro
yn Llydaw." and dedicated to the late
Master of Baliol-Profcssor Jowctt--
will be greatly enhanced in consequence
of the sad fate of the Drunmoud Castle
and the kindly treatment measured out
by the Bretons to the survivors ana
their intensely sympathetic conduct of
the funerals of those who perished. Mr..
Edwards has dealt eXhauStiVely on the
predominant tracts of our cousins"
across the channel, and his compari-
sunS of the BretonS with the Britons
who inhablt Wales are remarkably
! striking. He eXIeIienced little or no
difficulty in making himself understood
in Welsh. Place-namcs in Brittany
have striking resem Aance to Welsh,
while such names as Castell NeWydd,
Corlan, pantWeTn, Caerdu, PontglaS,
Maespant, Tymawr, Coedmawr. Trecas-
tell, cannot fail to be recognized. There
are several places bearing the name of
Daulais. which. of course, is only an
other name for DOwlais.
In speaking of the programme of the
national eisteddfod, the vernacular
press of Wales is very severe. Many
of the newspapers very naturally ask,
if it is not about time the programme
We're transformed into a decent looking
publication? Vt is the system that is
wrong; not any of the publishers, So
long as the right of publication is sold
to the highest bidder it is a necessity
that the buyer should make all he can
out of the book. Yet there is a degree of
disgrace about Il programme which
puts soap and pills into as much evi-
dence as the item of the national cele-
bratiUn. What feast of reason and
flow of soul" may be offered is sadly
marred by advertisements of eating
houses and of drinks both numerous
and various. Nor will the most lenient
reader dissent from the proposition that
a programme should not be so stocked
with eXtraneous matter as to make it
troublesome to discover the days do
ings. Cannot the authorities afford to
abandon the old system, and to issue an
official programme free from addenda
which makes the handbook resemble a
cattle show guide? These suggestions
are applicable to our own eisteddfodical
committees.
The many friends Of the Rev. J. a.
Morris present principal Of the Aberyst-
with Baptist college, will be glad to
know that he has been honored by
the William jewell University with the
ID. ID. degree.
Mr.. Charles Morley, NJ. p, for Brec-
Onshire, has accepted the post of chair
man of the committee for the year 1896
I of the Brecon Congregational Mem0r-
ial college.