The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-02

has won no fewer than thirty prizes
in the last three years.
Principal Rhys states that the first
English poet. Caedmon. was Welsh
man, or. what Is much the same u
Yorkshire Briton, a descendant Of the
conquered natives Of Bernicla, or Deira
Caedmon IL only the Saxon or Anglian
form Of Catumanus, q name which sur
wives in mediaeval Welsh Cadman, and
modern Welsh as Cadvan.
Colwyn Bay is to be served by Ro-
man Catholic priest. the Rev. ID. Cum
minss, of Wrexham. At present the
services are held In the Imperial hotel.
Catholicism is making strides In North
Wales since the appointment Of Bishop
Mostyn IA vicar apostolic. In the
beautiful vale of Clwyd two Jesuit
priests have been engaged in delivering
series Of early church history lectures,
and churchmen and Norconformists at
tended in large numbers. Some Of
these "hcretics" presided. and others
took part by proposing vote of thanks.
etc.
Llanelly will be visited by a d!stin-
guished visitor this summer. the Rev.
DR.. llewelyn Bevan, Of Melbourne.
Australia. and formerly Of the Brick
church, New York city, who acted rs
one of the first vice presidents OF the
first International CONGREGATIONAL
council. in America. DIR. Eevan Is one
of the most genial and brotherly of men.
and he Is certain to receive an enthusi-
astic welcome. and will be one Of the
attractions Of the May meeting season.
Two of his sons are to enter Cambridge
university this year.
Lady Augusta Mostyn. who has just
been publicly honored at Llandudno, is
the mother of the present Lord Mostyn.
who owns the whole Of that popular
Welsh holiday town. Lady Mostyn
lives hard by in the ancient Elizabethan
mansion Of Gloddaeth. When Lady
Augusta married her husband. Liam
dudno was merely a pretty little sandy
beach. which knows not Barry lsland)
The queen Of Welsh watering places.
and Lord Mostyn's income will Increase
by leaps and bounds as the leases Of
the houses fall In. A few years ago
Lord Mostyn gave little bit OF land
for public park. His son, the Hon.
Edward Mostyn, was to have opened
the park. but something occurred to
prevent him.
Replies In answer to the circular sent
out to the guarantorg Of the last Cardiff
triennlal eisteddfod inviting their
opinion as to whether It Is desirable, In
the face of the financial losses upon
previous occasions, to continue the fes-
tivals. have been coming In slowly Up
wards OF 200 circulars were sent out.
and up to the present time there have
been about 1870 responses. About nine
ty Of those who have sent In replies are
! In favor OF the festivals continuing and
O considerable proportion OF the re-
, mainder also approve for the holding of
future festivals, but qualify their ap-
! proval by certain conditions.
1t Is not generally known that Loug-
| hor, which Is supposed to be the Len
! carum Of AntoDius. was the birthplace
| Of a noted harpist. known as Hugh,
who composed many Of the most popu-
lar airs in the "Beggar's Opera"
| A Swansea man who was smoking In
his garden some months ago missed his
tobacco pouch. which he had just
filled. When the garden hedge was be-
ing trimmed recently a workman found
! the pouch acting as birds nest, the
| tobacco forming q most comfortable
lining.
| Some attention is now being paid to
| Welsh literature by Roman Catholics,
especially by the Society Of st. Teilo,
whose headquarters appear to he To-
| Gated in Cardiff. Up to recently no
| great efforts have been made to con-
vert the Cymry. 1t Is true that two
cf our earliest printed Welsh works
were written by Roman Catholics.
These were "Yr Athrawiaeth Griat.ono-
gawl" and "Allwedd Paradwys." A
copy of the latter Is in the cathedral
clan Bonaparte reprinted the former in
fac-simile from his unique copy. A
Welsh prayer book. Of about 450 pages.
small octave. was issued in 1857. The
title !s as follows: "Llyfr Gweddi y
Cathollg: neu Ymarferlon Bywyd
Criationogol. yn ol Athrawiaethau
Gw!r EglMys Iesu Grist. &C yn ol Eg-
wyddorion ac Yspryd ei Efengyl If"
The printers were Rockllne and Duck
worth, Liverpool C'Lle'rpwl.") 1t is
remarkably free from typographical er-
rors: the Welsh Is somewhat stiff and
pedantic. but grammatical The pre-
Talacre. At the mansion of Talacre q
chaplaincy has been maintained from
pre- Reformation times.
How many Welsh Radical Members
Of Parliament owe their parliamentary
position and popularity to their revolt
ing practices. Mabon owes his scot to
his successful rebellion against the then
Liberal association for the Rhondda;
Mr.. David Randell did the workingmen
the same service in Cover; Mr.. Prltch-
ard Morgan mounted the steps Of St.
Stephen by smashing the Merthyr Lib
eral association: even Mr.. Tom Ellis
first made his reputation as the uncom-
promising critic Of Welsh parliament
no small share Of his personal popular
ity in and out of parliament to his IRE
volt" two years ago; and Mr.. d. A.
Thomas. for q time. shared in Its re.
flected luster: and now we have Mr.
Ellis ]. Griffith taking his cue from Mr.
Tom Ellis earlier journalistic ventures
and In the columns of a daily contem-
porary laughing at his parliamentary
colleagues pretensions. and condemn.
ing their inactivity. Altogether 1t IL q
very amusing, II not instructive picture
The progress Of the Daniel Owen
movement fund is very slow, especially
in South Wales, the number Of sub.
scribers Is very small. and the amount
Of subscriptions Is equally measer The
secretary. Mr.. ]. A. Jenkins, b. A., sec-
retary and registerer Of the University
college Of South Wales and Monmouth.
shire, has sent out thousands Of ap.
peals and has distributed some hun
dreds Of collecting books in South
Wales and Monmouthshire. 1t is to be
hoped that the Welsh public will sub.
scribe without any further delay, and
thus ensure for South Wales at least
4 respectable number Of subscribers &c
the memory of Daniel Owen, the Welsh
novelist, The success Of the Movemen,
in North Wales is far superior to thai
in South Wales. 1t is true that DAME
Owen was a North Walian. For al
that his works appeal to every Welsh.
man who loves the literature of his
country. The chairman Of the genera
movement as Archdeacon Griffiths, Of
Meath, and the secretary Of the genera
movement is Mr.. Llewlyn Eaton, Of
Mold, Mr.. ]. A. jenkins undertaking thu
work of the South Wales movement.
A member Of the Cambrlan Archaeo
logical association has made an inter
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