The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21

but he had forgotten the namc of the
station, and the booking clerk ratified
through the names without hitting the
right one. AT last the musician said, II
want to go and see my friend. Tom Steph-
ems" "Oh, you want Ystrad," said the
clerk; and the matter was settled through
Tom stephens being so celebrated.
Miss Gertrude Drinkwater of the Royal
Female party that visited Scranton Few
years ago, was invited by Sir Alexander {.
Mackensie, principal of the Royal Acad-
emy of Music. to sing recently at the
annual banquet of the WorshiDful Com
pany of Musicians, at which function the
medallist for the year was presented to
the court. She was certainly the star OF
the evening; and her contributions were
enthusiastically encOred, and at the close
she was congratulated by Sir John Stain
er.
The oak episode at Newcastle-Em mlyn
in connection with "Dafydd ap Gwilym
is correct. The poet was somewhat FOND
ally as many as two dozen fair damsels
to meet him. But the Newcastle-Emiyn IN
lasses had the best of 1t on the occasion
he tried his game there. The four joined
to lie in wait for poor David Williams, ana
on his dismounting from the oak they
seized, and frog marched him through the
town, and, as a finale, pitched him very
unceremoniously into the Teiti, at spot
known from this event as lwll pan VIII, Will
Jams. "Dafydd ap Gwilym,' OF course,
was only his bardic appe!lation.
When Gwallter Mecham was vicar OF
Llanfechain, a spirit troubled in the
parish church, until the vicar. with the
aid of a Bible and prayer book. "layed
the ghost and placed it in bottle. which
he took to church for that purpose. Many
years after when the church was being
repaired, the wOrkmen found a bottle
|
recolected the ghost story. and they
sought the advice of the village shoemak-
er. He was a daring man. and he tooi.
the bottle in his two arms and carried
it to the River Cain. 1t was there broken
on the stones to release the spirit to its
natural elements" But, instead of hear.
ing the shrieks of an escaped ghost. the
worEmen were sorry - find that they had
sent to waste some well-preserved sacia-
mental wine.
"Welsh ale as described by a wit
ness before the pure beer committee. IL
IL libel upon Wales, for the name does
not denote its place of origin, but is simply
| Il pleasant sounding description of "a
thick. gluey kind of beverage" made half
of foreign barley and half of sugar and
sold to lockers and others of the !aborng
| class. The secret of its popularity (says
the Daily Telagraph) is said to be the
power of producing thirst instead of as
suaging 1t, for in this respect it is war;
TdIltu 10 give IDlUlS 10 lUt 'DuSnPSt mar
vest beer that was ever brewed. Mr.. f.. j..
Grimmett, who gave this testimony,
makes beer for the farmers and laborers
of South Lincolnshire. They are ex-
cellent judges of what ale should be and
1t is his proud boast that never since he
has been in the trade that he has used
anything but English barley. malt and
hops in its manufacture, except for a lit
tie while in 1880. when the state of the
crops compelled him to use some sugar.
Beer may. he said, be occasionally adul-
terated in London. brt ii is very seldom
tampered with in the country. After this,
Mr.. y. Gordon Salamon. vice-preaidant of
the Society of Chemical Industry, was
examined He averred that there was
nothing whatever Of a deleterious nature
in the subs flutes used by many brew
ers. and declared that Mr.. Qulter's Pure
Beer Bill would do great harm If it would
become law, inasmuch as it would un-
fairly handicap the British brewer his
competition with the foreigner. \ man
which made beer ought to be allowed free
choice of material. provided he used moth
ing that was injurious.
1t seems that Mr.. Jacob Davies. father
of Mrs. Clara NoveilO Davies. conducted
choir of 200 voices at the Crystal Palace,
when he was l. years of age, and he has
been at Ii ever since.