The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15

Cardiff for once, shows it's heels to its
rival college, but then, Aberyswith will
have very fine London list for the year
to counterbalance it. London matricula-
tiohs present it with seventeen successes.
Kilsby Jones has had many would-be
biographers. One of them turned up at
the house OF well-known Swansea doctor
who knew Kilsby intimately. and asked:
you knew Kilsby Jones. believer"
"Yes,"
"What do you know of hfm2. we
"a good deal"
"Was ne good-temoeredA
yes" (Note taken.)
WAS ne generous?'
Yes" Mote taken.)
"Was he witty?'
Yes" (Note taken.)
WAS he healthy?'
Eyes" (Note taken.)
"Can you give me a specimen Of his good
temper?'
"Oh. there are plenty of instances"
(Note taken.)
"Of his generosity?"
Everybody knows IT," (Note taksp.)
"Of his wit?''
"They are public property" Caote
taken)
And 80 on. in the same manner. Poor
IL
be known in his Biographies az ne was
known to those of US who saw him and
heard him speak.
"Billy." the goat Of the First Volunteer
Battalion, Welsh regiment, now under
canvas at Fort Scoveston, Milford Haven,
has found rival in a young African SOL
dier named "Jacko' wearing the uni
form of the regiment, is coporal. The
Carmarthen detachment Of the regiment
claim the latter, and he looks we'll. but he
has to be carefully watched, for 1t IL
feared he will make use of "Biliy" as q
charger.
Canon Edwardes, of Llandevand, writ
ing to a recent number Of THE Men Of
Harlech," claims for st. Patrick q Welsh
origin. Discarding the theory that the
saint was born in Scotland. the canon
says, But II we transfer the scene from
Scotland to the coast of Glamorgan, we
have at Llantwit Major both local tradi-
ton and local circumstance In entire
keeping with the confession of st. Pat
rick. He describes himself as the son
of Calpurnius. a deacon. and the grand
son OF Politus, a presbyter, and states
that he was born at q farmhouse in the
village of Bonaven. The village so called
would seem to be Boverton, near the
Roman town of Llanwt Major, and local
tradition says that st. Patrick's father
managed farm near Boverton, from
which the famous college of Llanwit Major
was supplied with meat for the students.
He duly proted by the instruction given
at the college of Llantwit Major Of which
he became. in the course of years, the
principal. At the age of 45 he was Or
dained bishop of Ireland and during a pc
riod of more than sixty years labored so
successfully among the people of Ireland
as to earn the title Of their apostle and
chief pastor.
o cline renown'd of old for men of might
Fam'd for thy mountain-majesty, and
power
Land of Caradoc, lion of the fight,
OF streams, and woods! whose ruined cas-
ties tower.
zen in their wreck. abode the loftiest pile
Which modern art hath raised within our
Isle!
Land of Liywelyn! who in arms with
stood
The ruthless Norman In his hour of wrath:
Land of. Glyndwr, who, like the torrent
flood
Overwhelmed the foeman. in his stormy
path,
o ancient land! my memory joys to trace
The long-past glories of thy princely race
Amid thy Wales l love thy mountains
hOar,
And absent from thee only love the more
Miss Edith Rowland. the winner of the
chief soprano prize at the National els
teddfod recently, has not attained her
twentieth year. Her success has been
phenomenal. Her first appearance in com
petition was at the eisteddfOd at Mountain
Ngtn los hon t.. ha
soprano solos. Miss Rowlands was also
one of the six selected at the Llanelly ma
tional eisteddfod last year.
The Congregational union conference. in
appointing its representatives on the new
NonconfOrmist league, paid Mr.. Beriah G.
Evans the compliment of unanimously Sc
lecting him as the convener Of the Con-
gregational section Of that league. Mr..
Evans has taken so prominent and active
a part in the Anti-Education bill campaign
as secretary to the Non n-conformist Edu-
cation Council of Northwest Wales that
the union conference felt Mr. Evans SER
vices We're required for this post, al
though he had already been elected con-
vener of another of the unions commit
tees.
Mr.. Dan Davies, the conductor of the
Merthyr Choral society, after. 4 holiday
at Tenby, returned to Merthyr on Fri
day. Touching choral competitions at els
tcddfodau Mr.. Dan Davies. in "a CONVEX
sation with a correspondent, expressed
the opinion that adjudicators in future
should be in all cases first-clas-s choral
conductors, and that they should be set
apart so that they would be unable to see
the competing choirs. There should also
be a detailed adjudication to follow the
brief announcement of the result. In the
latter particular. IL not otherwise, Mr. Da-
vies agrees with the sentiments of one of
the gentlemen who acted as national
adjudicator. and who sent a reply the
other day to Mr.. J. Beynon, the secretary
to the choir, upon points raised as to the
Llandudno adjudication, in which he had
hapn engaged