The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-30

MISS tlvIne In memory or tnelr sister,
Nora. Lady Penrhyn is a daughter of
Mrs. Gladstone's late brother, the rector
of Hawarden.
Cardiganshire has lost it's centenarian
by the death of David Evans, of Liam
arth. He was born in the year 1894.
and remembered the coronation of
George III, George ", William ", and
Queen Victoria. Evans was a staunch
Church of England man, and was sew
enteen years of age when the Calvinis-
tic Methodists separated from the es-
tablshed church.
Among the two hundred and ten
Welshmen and Welshwomen who par
took of tea provided the other dav by
the London Kelt" from fund collect
ed for that purpose was an old woman.
a native of Myddfai, in Carmarthen-
shire, and descendant of Williams, of
Pantycelyn.
A remarkable story, the accuracy of
which is well vouched, comes from lit
tie town not far down the line. Twen-
ty-three years ago young woman,
native of Meath, who lived with her two
maiden aunts, and had promised to re-
main with them while they lived, got
married, but, as the aunts held men in
abhorrence the young bride took off
her ring in church, gave it to her hus
band, Iarted with him at the church
door, and told him to claim her when
both her aunts We're dead. Nine years
later one of her aged relatives died.
and the second passed away just at the
close of 1896. The very next morning
the husband, whom she had never seen
nor heard from in the whole of the
tWenty-three years. although both re-
sided in Glamorganshire, came and
claimed his wife. Another ring had to
be bought, for the one which had done
duty nearly quarter of century back
was now too small for the buXom wife.
who began her married life in middle
age.
A curious history attaches to the
Court theatre at Liverpool. which was
so seriously damaged by fire recently.
1t was formerly known as the Amph
theatre and as it seated more persons
than any other building in Liverpool,
some twenty odd years ago, ii was fire.
quently used for political purposes. Mr..
Gladstone, in the historic campaign
when he was ousted by the Cross and
Turner from the Liverpool division of
Lancashire, spoke in it. But the most
famous gathering that took place within
its walls about that time was when
John Bright addressed a meeting of the
Welsh fraternity of that town, Welsh
men being present from almost every
part of the Principalty. One of the
most singular features Of the gathering
was that the chairman was Welsh
man, speaking to WelShmen, opened
| in English, but. as he appeared not to
! be understood he broke into vigorous
| Welsh, amid roars of cheers and laugh
ter, in which Mr.. Bright heartily Joined.
! Some of the statistics of the Welsh
| i,,D tA inf he
| Baptsts appear to have ST chapels. In
these S71 chapels there are 32S,3ll sit
| tings for 10l ,79l occupants. Then in the
Calvinistic denomination 562 pastors are
| divided amongst 1917 chapels. 1t is
very easy to see, as children say at
school, that 1917 into 562 won't 60
| Obviously, there must he liberal bor-
rowing OF preachers. These particular
lgures are, however inclusive of Eng
| land as we'll as Wales, so that the
| disparity is spread over correspond
| ing large area. The Welsh Independents
| have l.2O7 chapels and missions, and
only $50 pastors. While the Calvinists
have debt of ,e3l3,254 throughout the
entire communi.s in England and
Wales, the Welsh independents have
endowments valued at Gl,315,055. One
| would hardly expect that body to be
earnest Disestablishers and Disendow-
ers. But they are convinced that both
would be good for the Church of Eng
| land.
Trefecca College is the only Noncon-
formist college i'm Wales where the stat
| is composed exclusively of oxford and
| Cambridge men.
"Watcyn Wyn" and Eos OAR nave
done nearly all the penilllon and penill-
ion singing of the last ten years in the
N4tion;, Els teddfod. Hence they bad
| Il right to $: eak and sing BefCca the
Cardiff Cymm, odorion last Friday 'ven-
ing. It was sCid in the course y: the
lecture that penillion singing goes under
| different names--Canu gyda'r tannau
canu gydar delyn, and canu penillion
Canu eyda'r tannau because there were
other stringed instruments besides the
| Welsh harp. Canu penillion had still a
! wider misunderstanding with the harp
the crWth the horn, or even with the
pastWn, with any heavy stick beating
the time &c; hence the term "pastyn,
fardd." The manners of North Wales
and that of South Wales are different
They follow the harp-intone with harL
in North Wales, but they sing with
it sill am dant in South Wales. How Il
account for the two manners the lectur'
Ell could not say, but very likely the
manner of North Wales was the Older
of the two; dull y De" was modern
The right penillion singing Is duh )
Gogledd." The lecturer explained how
in his opinion, the Welsh are nation o.
poets and singers They We're taught
to be poets and singers by the old bard'
in the ancient times, and when the
bards lost the patronage Of the prince!
and noblemen and became mute anC
silent the peonle themselves began t
sing-that was the real awakening. The
lecturer explained how canu penllior
was neglected, and how it was taken VI
and revived these days, and eXhorteC
the CymmrOdorion to form classes t
cultivate this lost art. which is really
Welsh. Eos Oar" sang four times
twice dull y De" and twice dull J
Goglcdd."
Collodd VI Annibynwyr dri OF gwyl
merthol fwyddyn ddweddaf, ac J
maer "Diwygiwr" am Ionawr VI
cynWys darluniau da lawn or tri gydal
canlynol:-
Diwedd Flwyddyn ydoedd diwedt
dydd
Tri fiaenOriaid cad-tri chedyrn ffydC
Yr Athraw Morris ga'dd yn gyntaf un
q Aberhonddu ei alW i'W Wlad eli hun,
o Aberaeron Parchedig dad
Wysiwyd yn all, NV enedigol wlad
Herber o Fangor oedd y trydydl nav
Gipiwyd yn sydyn--fewn un dydd az
awr
Gym ir hen hwyddyn gllio-a'n gadae
/ wylo'n hiraeth-wedi colir tri