The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-04


taken that Sir Il. Wynne presented to
the queen OF Charles H., and that now
adorns the crown OF England; the ir-
regular cOnfiguration Of the town, al
ways compared to that Of the national
harp: the adjoining castle. the adjacent
woods, and the surrounding hills. The
wall round Carnarvon Is nearly entire.
though only q portion Of 1t Is open to
public enjoyment. We may see 1t al
most exactly as Edward I. saw 1t when
Henry Z. Elreton, master mason, and
his worhmen and the conquered Welsh
peasants delivered 1t and the great
castle into his hands, finished. or, as his
queen, Eleanor, saw 1t when she took
up her residence in the castle that her
babe might be born in Wales. There
are two chief gateways to 1t. one facing
the mountains, the Other the Menai
Straits, and there are many round tow
ers along it-chosen in such works.to be
circular or semi-circular, as less likely
to be injured by the possible operations
of battering rams. The Beaumaris
walls have been preserved.
NOTES.
Mr.. Thomas Gee Is exceedingly wroth
that the authorities OF Methodist church
in his diocese have had the temerity to
ask three good churchmen to lay the
foundation stones of their new place OF
worship.
Mr.. Charles d. Fowler, in his Rambling
Sketches" says that rhe porches OF
churches are very much richer and better
built in Monmouthshire than In Glamor-
ganshire. The former were built long
ago, when the men OF Monmouthshire
bulked larger than they Go at present.
Some Of the Oldest yew trees in the
kingdom Of England are in the church.
yard OF Mamllad, in Monmouthshire.
l'ney are over thirty feet In slrth, anu are
iaSt decaying. so:ro OF their prnn:hcs be-
ins held Up with iron ena:ns ami bands
Ii is said tha they wsro planted ABOUT
the tyne Of the Norman conquest OF
Glumorgan.
IN ite streets are to DO seen every day
many Welsh women in strict Welsh cos.
tumo selling cokies.
Welsh centenarians havo not all died
of. One hundred and thre Is understood
10 be the age of an emigrant from North
Wales who dignihes the paradise Of Bed.
welty.
Benjamin Jeans. the oldest guard on the
Great Western railroad, to whom II f.;
proposed to present a testimonial upon
his retirement after ffty-three ycars' Ser
vice, has Travelled some 1000 900 miles on
his train. When he Joined the service the
railway guards Wore guinea beaver hats,
were not permitted the adornment of a
moustache. and ON Sunday it was impera-
tive that they should wear white trousers
Sir Lewis Morris IL about to Join the
ranks Of playwrights.
Tlnplates in the Swansea district are
looking almost cheerful Last weeks
shipment was O record one this year. and
although the production was heavier than
usual stocks ut the warehouses were re-
duced to the extent Of $500 boxes.
II there Is a man in the whole world that
can knock fumor out of blue book, that
man Is the Rev. E. Gurnos jones' LII. d.
The other day he read an adjudication
upon q literary composition at an els
teddfod. and this Is how he began: '1n
this composition We have set down fifteen
as the maximum number of marks. The
first competitors has got two marks-not
one for the quality Of what he has writ
ten, because 1t was not worth II, but two
for he excellent foolscap paper he has
used" In giving his adjudication on tho
English competition at Brynmawr, Gurnos
got on the same tack. Only two candi-
dates survived the preliminary test, and
Mr.. Home Brynmawr, and Miss Burley,
Liverpool, had to recite before the audi
ence. Gurnos said that he had set down
twelve as the maximum number Of marks
to be awarded, and out OF that number the
gentleman had ten. He had not thought
1t possible that anybody could get more
than twelve marks. but the lazy had done
so marvellously well that he had given
her fifteen marks.
"Cynonfardd," says the Western Mail,
'the welrknown Congregational minister,
who Is equally popular on both sides Of the
Atlantic and Is now on visit to Wales,
found on his arrival that his first grand
child had just been born, and that an I'M
Gle who had been a father to him In his
younger days had just died. He attended
the funeral Of one and will christen the
other. In connection with Cynonfardd's
ministry at Ebenezer chapel, Cardiff one
Of his earliest duties was to marry
Cardiff journalist. and one Of the last
things he did before returning to America
was to christen that journalists first
born child The reverend gentleman was
in Cardiff recently and was called In to
christen the second child"
Among the mountains in Wales the hat
most in vogue is made of strong, coarse
straw, with large, rather shallow. crown
and narrow brim, which is the most con-
venient shape for carrying loads. On the
top Of the head is placed the "torch,"
kind of pad made of stocking stuffed
with wool. Over this the hat Is fast
ened, and it is an usual thing for the ~o-
men to walk five or six miles to the near
est town. buy their groceries and other
necessaries and carry them home on their
heads, walking up and down the rough
mountain paths with a baby tied to their
backs, while their hands never cease the
knitting, without which no true Welsh
woman is ever perfectly happy.
The gravel walks leading from the en-
trance gates of the Treorky cemetery to
the church are bordered with beautiful
beds of flowers, and curious inquirer
sauntering in the other dag learned that
for the year ending March. 1896. II, LOB
bodies have been buried there. The bu-
rial board report shows that 2,TO0 have
been inferred in the F'erndale cemetery,
and 7,G2j in the Ller Ddu cemetery at Tres
law, which is in the middle of the Rhondda
Fawr, the total number of burials being
| a. 495 since the cemeteries Were opened.
| Welsh ready wit crops up in unexpected
places At yarmouth a case Of furious
driving was heard by two magistrates.
| The defendant stated that the mare was
not only % years old. but was in foal, and
he asked the magistrates. with their
knowledge of horses. If they thought that
| mare In that condition could 90 furi-
ously." The magistrates showed "their
| knowledge of horses" by fining him half
] a crown.