The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24
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proposed Offices would be built on the !
style of the castle itself, Mr.. 1vor
James If located there, would feel like
an ancient Cymric chieftain, and would
no doubt. ask the University court to
supply him with a return of a hun
drcd archers and a harpist.
4 curious ordeal was witnessed re-
Gently i'm q Cardiff newspaper office.
one Of the apprentices managed in
some inconceivable way to get a small
chase Ga square of steel in which to
lock up type) over the head of one OF
his conferees. Try how the prisoner
would the chase could not be removed
until n brlehtsmith was sent for, who
chiselled the quarter-inch steel apart,
although il had been there over two
(y(ears'
The authorship of the following
amusing rhyme is attributed by the
London Kelt to the late Gwalchmai!
Mae gwlad tn draw rr lleuad,
Lie mae angylion pur,
Yn dawnsio wrth dcng-mil,
Ar fiaen nodwydd ddur:
Pan byddant wedi blrno.
Wrth deitbio mol a bla'n,
Chwareuant ar planedau,
Eel pc baent farblis men.
The new canon of st. Asaph, the Rev.
LleWelyn Thomas, vice principal of
Jesus college, who succeeds the bishop
elect of St David's, is not a stranger
TO the reghborhocd of the cathedral
city. 4 quarter of a century ago he
was at Ruthin Grammar school. but
returned to oxford on being elected
,,I1, To i-
a very genial man. full of ready and
plea sing wit. BY the promotion of
Archdcacon Howell there is still an
other canonry rendered vacant in st.
Asaph.
Mr.. Westlalte Morgan, late of Mer-
thyr has been telling Bangor audi
ence that Alfred the Great enjoined
study of music among liberal arts IN
the University of oxford, of which it
was said he was the founder. In the
wear 1856 King Arthur founded Il pro-
fessorship for the cultivation of music
as a science. The first professor came
from gallant little Wales-from ST. Da-
vids. His name was Friar John, and
in addition to his music lectures he
read lectures on logic.
Mrs. Janet Miles, who is hale and
hearty at rs years of age, has been
| for the second time elected (unopposed)
a member of the Michaelstone Higher
| (Pontrhydyfen) Parish council, and the
! talk is that she is to be chosen to fill
! the chair She told a representative of
| the South Wales Daily News recently
! that she had lived at Pontrhydyfen all
! her life. that she was a liberal in poll
tics. and that to show her independ-
ence she attended church and chapel
in turn. The old lady is possessed of
grea. energy and determination, and
the utmost Difference is shown to her
opinion on all parish matters.
Energetic efforts are being made by
the Newport Eisteddfod committee to
ensure the success of the art section.
| 4 step which is as novel as 1t is COM
mendabla has Just been taken by the
! art committee to bring the competi-
| tions in woodwork and carving, metal
| works, terra Gotta, and pottery under
| the same notice of the craftsmen in
| those trades. a special circular CIV
ing full particulars of the competitions
has been drafted by Mr. Alfred SWaSh
the secretary. and is now being spread
! broadcast among the artizans through
out the country, with q request ad-
dressed to the employees to post the
circular in prominent places in tht
workshops.
| Mr.. Tom Hughes, J. p, Llanelly, has
been nominated for the office of depu
ty grand master Of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, NJ. L. The elec
tion will take place at the a. M. c
in the Isle of Man in Whit week, ant
there is every prospect that Mr.. Hughes
tho only Welshman on the board o
directors OF the Unity-.will be elected
through the contest is likely to be
stiff one. IT, is stated that the "Ol'
, Brieade"-by which name an infiuen
tial section of the delegates is known
will strongly support his candidatura
t If so his election is assured. for MI
Hughes is exceedingly popular amon'
the English delegates, Wales has bu
t once been represented in the gram
r masters chair, which was very abl
/ occupied in 1866 by the late Rev. Di
5 Thomas Price, of Aberdare, who wa
, instrumental in bringing the A. NJ. {
for the first time to Wales, the meet
: ings being held in Swansea in 1858.
r Professor David, son of the rector G
T. ST. Fagaris, is the most prominen
phrenologist in Australia.
c General Lawrie, NJ. p, has been OF
r fered by the Prince of Wales, gran
e master Of the western division of Sout
g Wales, in succession to the late Lor
Kensington. The general is a distiI
guished Mason has held the position {
: grand master of Free Masons in Nov
= Scotia, and his appointment, says ii
If Craftsman, will be hailed with deligl
o by every lodge in the province. IT
d April number of the Craftsman, by Il
e way, is exceptionally readable an