The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

one OF lne DeSl HuSlCdl COilpoSSIS VI
the nation, places Professor Marks
Evans of Wilkes Barre, in a very en-
barrassing position before his country
men Mr.. Evans was the musical ad-
Indicator at the Utica eisteddfod last
New Years, and it seems, that his
adjudication was an unusually schol-
arly one from a musical and literary
stanpont, and Mir. Emlyn Evans
thought so, too, but he also thought
that he had read ii before many years
ago And he strained his memory
little, and scanned old musical papers,
and scanned again, and at last, his
curiosity was satisfied, for 10 and be-
hold he discovered the very, yea, the
identical adjudication delivered by Mr..
Marks Evans at Utica last New Years.
Net a comma, no, nothing was chang
ed from the original Now. Mr.. Evans
weeps and walls over his folly. This
very adjudication was delivered in
Wales over thirty years ago.
During an election in the county OF
Caermarthen, years ago, which lasted
generally for fourteen days, there hap
pened at Llandilo. some great neces-
sity for sending n message to the town
Of Caermartheu, which would reach
there before the mail coach which was
about to start. A man hy the name of
Gibboa, a tinker by trade. and a prom
inont figure at elections, undertook the
task, ana managed to reach the said
town twenty minutes before the coach.
1t Was said that Mr. GWynn, OF Clan
Bran, was so pleased that he kept the
tinker from want until his death. Glib
bon was also bit Of a poet, and on
one occasion he toured through St.
Clears, and called at a tavern kept by
one named Lewsyu Llwyd FaWr. The
beer which was brought to Gibhon was
not altogether to his taste, and before
leaving he addressed the innkceper as
follows:
Ilwyd WV Llwyd, llwyd yw'r cwrw,
A llwyd yw'r Llvwddyn syn eli gadw;
Ac oni choidw Llwyd well ewrw,
Ffarwel rr Tincer etoi alw.
An Irish professor at a Welsh col
lege was an applicant for mastership
at a Church of England school "If
you get this place" "a colleague told
him, you will have to become a
churchman." Now. the professor was
| a Presbyterian, and as we have said,
| an Hibernian. Wherefore he answered
| Indignantly: But l wouldn't be such
| a hypocrte as to become a genuine
| churchman."
Hugh Hughes, Plas Coch, Anglesea,
attorney to Queen Elizabeth, was a
| lawyer of great repute. but a cruel
| tyranf and oppressor. Upon the occa-
| sion of his building Of Plas COch, a GER
| tain poet wrote tho following englyn:
| Palasau, parlyrau pu" loywon-dyrau,
A dfrad fenditE.n;
Os gwyrwyd aid gwirion,
A sal tai yn sut hon?
The poet was instantly sued in the
Star Chamber by the lawyer for libel
and was only saved by the conjunction
os GD. Following is the Prydydd HRS
| translation of the above englyn:
| Ye stately palaces ana princely towers,
| And ali the wc2lth that luxury deVours;
If by the poor mans sweat and WRONGS yol
| rise,
Can you last long and Heaven not hear his
cries?
There viii be published shortly {
biography ir Welsh OF the pillar o
| Welsh Congrega ationalism, the late DR.
John Thomas of Liverpool, written b!
his son. the Rev. owen Thomas, NJ. "a.
and the Rev. j. Machreth Recs, Lon
dOn. 1t will be to & great extent a his
/ tory Of the leading movements of Welsl
| COngregatiOnalism during the las
quarter of a century. and its aDpear
ance is eagerly expected. Another bi
ographY recently announced is that o
the late Rev. David Davis, BarmOutl
! (Daffydd Davis BermOl Welsh Calvin
istic minister, written by his sOn-in
| law, Rev. William Jones, Of Liverpool
Lord Selborne, the parliamentary sec
retary of the colonial office. has, it
announced, accepted an invitation t
attend the annual meeting of the Sout
Wales division Of conservative associa
tions, which will be held at Porth mex
month.
Three events OF national interes
We're witnessed in Wales ON Easte
Monday. Welsh politicians assemble
In large force at Denpigh to wtnes
the presentation of a nations gift I
, Nj. Thomas Gee; lovers of sport mus
: tered at Newpor3 to do honor to Al
thur Gould; while thousand element
/ ary teachers gathered at Swansea fl
: the annual conference of the N. I
e. T.
, THE next generation" thinks II
Cenad Held, "will require bgg,
: stockings, but smaller heads. TT
strength of the race Is gravitatr
towards the legs"
= Carnarvon has made its case for 8
e curing the university Offices look a
r trdctiVe on PAPER. Excellent views
# CarnarvOn Castle, which they offer
IS adopt for the purpose, and print
II with the statement of claim, and as Il
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