The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Anian yn eli Charpiau n wylo
Am ci mantell nos a dydd;
Dedwydd ydyw r ddoeth wenynen
Dlgon yn ei meddlant sydd,
Dlwyd fu, am hyn mae N Haven
Err fod natur OIL yn brudd.
-Cadle.
A member Of the Aberystwith Board Of
Guardians said in a meeting of that board
recently that the salt butter supplied for
the paupers appeared to contain mix
turc of white paper" Paper is better
than straw.
Tourists who want to hear a Welsh
psalmady festival are advised by the
Musical Herald" to be at the Carnarvon
Pavilion on the 1st of July. There will be
eight thousand Calvinstic Methodists un-
der Mr.. David Jenkins.
An extensive scholastic migration from
Ireland to Wales is predicted, for 1t is
said that the education department are
about to allow teachers holding certili-
Gates under the Irish Education board to
have free access to the schools of Great
Britain.
During n foot ball match between Liam
ely and Aberavon at Llanelly recently a
young man named Evan Evans. brother OF
Jack Evans, the well-knowh Welsh inter-
national forward, who was playing for
Llanclly, fell dead.
Rltuallsm is gaining ground among the
ClerEymen of the Establish church In
Wales. 1t is said that Eucharistic vest
ments are in use in AZ churches in Wales,
incense in Z, altar lights in 100, and the
mixed chalice in Il, while the eastward
position is adopted in nearly 200.
So far there appears to have been no
Ibid" for the National Eisteddfod of 1899.
Liverpool is in the field for the Welsh
Olympia of 1900, next year Ffestniog is
to be the cynCsure of eisteddfodic eyes,
and it is thought that Carmarthen and
Aberystwith might with propriety extend
a welcome to the gathering still un-
claimed.
There is a good deal Of humor among
the Welsh workmen. For instance, a
Dowlais notability, David Davies, who has
just died. was popularity known as David
Davies, NJ. p" The NJ. =. had no refer
ence to parliamentary dignties, but to
the fact that the bearer of the sobriquet
was master puddler."
"Cymru" is republishing Anna Beynon's
! letters, written to America in the latter
part of the last century. They were
| copied from Banner America" (Scranton)
into the Haul in 1S7O-71, and again re-
| published in "Y Dywysogaeth." They are
| remarkably good reading, and it is pity
! to know that they were composed less
than thirty years ago. The author is still
| alive and well.
Leon" the Newport bard who died re-
! Gently, was native of Caerleon-upon-
! Usk, from which he borrowed the appel
! lation. Leon" is a modified form of legio
| genitive legionis, and in the name of the
! Monmouthshire town is reminiscent of the
| fact that one of the legions during the
| Roman occupation was stationed there
| There Is another Caerlleon-Chester--
which derived its name from a similar
| fact.
Cardiganshire may justly pride itself or
| having as its high-sheriff a member of one
of the oldest of Welsh families. Colone
Lewes, of Llysnewydd, is the sixth repre-.
sentative of his family to hold that of.
Fl, flee, the first having been David Lewes
| OF Llysnewydd, who was high-sheriff OF
Carmarthenshre in 1906. We find in ar
old calendar, dated the Sth of March, 1913
that John Lewis, Llisnewith, was a notec
| delinquent, and very active for the King
A concert in honor of the Diamond Jubi
| ice Is 10 De given Dy the Royal CnOra
society, the premier choir of England
This will be in May, and royalty and the
| nobility will be present. The solists en-
| gagged for the occasion include sucl
stars" as Madame Albani and Mr.. Ed
| ward Lloyd. But what is particularly
gratifying TO Welsh people is the fact tha
Mr.. Dan Price, Of Dowlais has been Sc
cured as the principal baritone.
Pontypridd Is the most attractive anC
picturesque place in the wide world Th
opinion is given on the strength, not o
a visit to Pontypridd, but of a souvenir,
containing views Of the town and distric
(which Mr. Talverin Lloyd has sent us
1t is one of those half-mile series of photo
graphic views which, we blush to say
are manufactured in Germany" but /
1t were made in Timbuctoo the presen
| souvenir" would still be interesting, TO
Pontyprid1, on the hills, looks like Jeru
salem, II you close one eye to shut ou
the railway sheds, while ladies with th'
| lat Partisan dresses are shown waikiki,
aloh side the crystal river which timdl!
| flows under the famous bridge built by