The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-25

asking Mr. Thomas why are you sit
ting in my chair?" and other impertin.
ences of the same kind. the truth being
that Mr.. Thomas had taken the chair al
the request of Mir. Rhys himself. In the
| end the worthy Rhys called apOn Mr.
| Thomas to come out of that chair,
which the latter did at once, and Mr.
| Rhys then proceeded to remand the re.
naming cases for q week, the motive OF
| this step presumably being to obtain q
| tribunal less inclined to show mercy
towards the crime of wasting water
| One advantage of stipendiary magls-
| trate is that he Is independent of the
! local interests and prepossessiOns
which seem to have prompted the un-
seemly behavior in this instance, and
it Is to be hoped that the Aberdare Sti-
| pendiary will soon be in his place
| again.
According to a daily contemporary
| there lived in 1859 vicar of MerthyI
| named David Grifliths. who was alsc
master of the grammar school at Brec-
on. 1t would be interesting to know
how this versatile cleric performed ...e
double duty of incumbent and school,
master. 1t is only reasonable to sup
pose that parents would not allow their
children's education to be neglected
and 1t Is more than reasonable to be-
lieve that the vicar would not neglect
| the collection of the school fees. In
order to have Officiated at Merthyr ev-
cry Sunday 1t would have been neces-
| sary for him to travel thirty-six miles
In day. Local church records have
no mention of so noble an instance of
self-sacrfice as this. The cure of souls
was function no doubt more honored
In No hnr ,lc
which may account for the lively pic
lures of the morality of the village
which we get about this period.
The Rev. Elwyn Thomas. of Newport
who has been writing short stories late
ly to several English periodicals. has
just commenced another series of Welsh
idylls in the Independent. 1t Is hoped
by his friends that Elwyn will soon see
his way clear to put these productions
Of his pen in book form and publish
them.
An interesting story is told of
| 'Lleurwg." the veteran Welsh preach
| er When quite a lad he left his plough
to preach, and. among other invita-
tfons. he was asked to Officiate at Ara
| rat Baptist chapel, Wountreoda. White
church. He did nc. appear to be a
| great success. however, and at the
inevitable after meeting one of the
| brethren slipped a shilling into the
young mans hand, and advised him
| to stick to the plough. This was just
| the, kind of speech to make the lad
| more determined than ever to succeed,
| and from that hour he worked with re-
| doubled energy, with the result that
| his name now occupies high position
on the roll of honored Welsh ministers.
"A sale of pictures in Glasgow recently
| the following pictures were sold. view.
in South Wales" by L. Ellis $. =. A.,
| realized nine guineas and half; "Ro-
man Bridge. Bettws-y- Coed" by s.
Johnson thirteen guineas and a half;
and "Old Cottage Near Bettws-y-
Coed" by A. Frazer, Il. S. A., forty
guineas.
"Glasynys" was one of the sweetest
poets and romancers of Wales during
| the present century. He Ievelled in
Welsh folklore and antiquities He
| once made a pilgrimmage to Stone
henge. and visited Devices. While at
the ancient Wiltshire town he came
across lady with whom he had in
teresting conversations. Before leav-
ing "Glas" (as he was familiarly called
ny HE IrieiuS) )'pTesenteu ner Win MS
photo, on the back of which he wrote
pennill. in which he expressed the
thought that after he had gone his
face would still linger on the card
Death had already beckoned on him.
Punch" (London) Is obliged to ad-
NIT that sometimes there - something
In a name. For instance, thS pictures
que and apparently harmless one of
Pentremoch. village in Flintshire,