The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18

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A0s ordained In 1865, hiS first ministerial
charge being Narberth. where he proved
and indefat!gaDle worker. From Narberth
he removed to Lewisham--in lS6S-where
he has remained ever since His present
proud position as chairman OF the Con-
gregational union speaks everything that
Is possible OF the scenes that has attend-
cd the gentleman's career in England.
TEN thousand dollars is the munificent
sum which, according to the "Dydd," has
Just been secured for the DR.. Williams En-
dowed school for girls at D0lkelly by Miss
Fewings. the energetic head mistress, who
has now resigned that appointment. 1t is
explained that the executors. under the
will OF the late Mrs. Sarah Slias Baker.
OF BromsgrOve. Worcestershire, were EN-
charitable object. and Miss Fewings hear
Ing or this placed the case OF the Dolgelly
school before them with such irresistible
force that they resolved to add the fund to
the Dolgelly endowment. It is to be hoped
that many other like endowments will
soon follow. but these prizes are not 10
be picked up every day.
The Rev, Canon sllvan Evans, b. D..
rector Of Llanwrin, Montgomery shire, W no
Is at present engaged upon dictionary
OF the Welsh language-"Geiriadur GYM
raeg"-is. In the estimation OF the Brit
ish Weekly" lone OF the most distin-
guished Welsh scolars living" The work
Is to contain twenty volumes, three or
which have just been published complet-
ing the letter &. "Undoubtedly this die
tionary." adds this paper, when COM
plete. Will be one Of the most learned pro-
ing 1t to be the fruit of one mans labor,
1t will be a remarkable work. In the three
volumes published the historical develop
ment OF every word with unerring accur-
acy Is traced"
Few people are aware Of the direct
cause of the defeat Of the French
at Waterloo" said Merthyr man
once: THE French soldiers are
At this the man from Merthyr. whose
wrath was evidently kindled by this re-
mark. cried OUT Read our history, man.
and see what Napoleon said about the
Welshmen:" ls.a, en- About the Welshmen." re-
when the English and the Prussians
were about retreating, Napoleon observed
company OF heroes approaching. Ma
poie0n's countenance changed, and. with
uplifted hands, he exclaimed: Save who
can. It's all over with us now. Here are
the boys from Merthyr coming!'"
Notwithstanding the denial of the Morfa
ghost stories, tales of curious sights and
strange sound underground are still be-
lieved by many. From the Rhondda Val
ley comes the old familiar story OF the
Underground funeral once seen by old
JOhn LleWelyn, of Clifton Village, but the
sequel Is more singular than the story IT.
self. When going home during the early
hours. 20 he declared, he was seized by his
satanic majesty, rolled down u steep EN-
bankment. and trodden upon by a whole
army or little people. who carried lamps
1t was found that the old mans clothes
were not only besmeared with clay, but
there were distinct foOtmarks traceable
on his back!
Lord Butte Is one Of the most scholarly
men in the ranks of the British peerage,
according to the London Star. and he has
done much for the preservation of the
antiquities OF the land. But he has also
keen sensibility for the arts Of poetry
and music, and 1t may be interesting to
mention, as proof of the thoroughness
with which he carries out his predictions,
that he has recently engaged Il lady of
some mark In her profession as Il resident
children, all of whom bid fair to become
enthusiasts with the bow. We may, per-
haps, some day find them carrying OIL the
hOnors of the eisteddfod
Morien must look to his laurels! Pro-
fessor John Morris Jones, of the Bangor
university, and the official Welsh trans.
lator for the Gladstonian government, IL
preparing for the press an article on the
antiquity of the Bardic Gorsedd. What
ever he may be In politics. he Is u staunch
conservative in Welsh Bardism, and
would perpetuate until doomsday the fet-
ters with which Dafydd alb Gwiym bound
the genius of Welsh pOesy. Morien UNDER
stands now why the Bangor professor was
SO anxious TO secure the Archdruid's own
scholastic treatses on Welsh mythology.
1t Is not generally known that Llandilo
vicarage was originally built as n hotel.
This fact accounts for the very large un-
dergrOund cellars II possesses. At the be-
ginning OF this century body of dra-
gOOns was quartered in the house, and
during their sojOurn the cellars were used
as a place of detention for dragons who
were guilty of misbehavior. The offenders
must have spent the term of their imprs-
onment In carving their names, etc, on
the stone wall One sentence carved out
of the stones Is: ~ don't care a d"
The Swansea intermediate school Is slow
collecting students together SO far, for
only 100 hundred attend out of several
hundreds provided for 1t Is said the fee
is too high compared with the higher
grade schools for boys of one class to at
tend it. and too low to secure the neces-
sary divinity which must hedge a certain
other class. 1t Is said that this makes the
committee desirous of ruling the science
and art class as well, SO that they will get
ome more subjects to rule over.