The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-08


StiA another way of settling the battle
of sites for the Welsh University offices
has been suggested. "Why not leave Oft
talking asks the London Daily News,
land let the choirs sing for it,"
Rural choirs have difficulties OF their
own. Last year, tho Tallcy, Llansawel,
and Crugbar United choir, under the
leadership of Mr. Taliesin Hopkins, COM
peted at two eiteddfordau, and came cut
victorious at both. Some of the chocis-
ters had to walk ride, ana drive the dis
tance of ten mixes to attend the practices.
The choir intends competing this year
again.
One Of the Oldest amuscments of the
Naynor people was badger hunting, and
a long poem by local poet describes the
sport 1t appears that the people had a
it burroved its way into the graveyard
and made free with the remains. The
only remedy against this was utter ami
hlation, end the animal has long been
practically extinct.
An antiquarian rambler believes he has
hit upon a curious similarity between
Egyptian customs and some oldworld
habits at Rios in Pembrokeshire. "On the
mountain sde at Rios" he writes, "I found
that the inhabitants We're accustomed to
make walls for enclosures or huts of
chopped straw and mud. After being well
dried, the mixtures stood WELL and was
as compact as cement. Here is the OK
planation of the cry of the Israelites,
How can we make bricks without
straw"
A local tea merchant may almost be
pardOned for thinking he Is in some way
connected with royalty. His father AMI
mother We're married on the day the
Prince Consort died; he himself was born
on the day the Price of Wales was mar
ried; his eldest son was born on the birth
day of the late Duke of Clarence, ana was
called Eddie; his eldest girl was born on
the Prince of Wales'S birthday, and his
name is Albert, and the second girl was
also born on another royal birthday. The
merchant is in some trepidation as to
what may happen this year.
The healing waters of St. Winifrede
continue to flow freely, but the number
of miracles have greatly diminished. This
may be partly due to the cold Wea athcr,
and a profane writer has suggested heal
ing the water. Father Beauclerk, who is
running the well, writes to say that
there are not wanting evidence that, dur.
ing the past year especially, the people of
HolyweI and Flintshire generally have
taken up an attitude Of partial hostility
to the great ST. Winifride," But he VEN
lures to say that "she IS a living power
amongst u.s. and makes his supplicatlon
as follows: GLORIOUS ST. Winnifrile!
fairest flower Of the British nation, de-
clare thyself; mako good the word Of
thine unworthy servant"
John Jones, the renowned parish Cle"k
of Transfynydd, Morioncth, has just died,
I'm his eighty. third year. John had served
In that capacity for A years. He was a
remarkable character--a man of wit aul
resource. A few years ago the dead body
of an unknown tramp was found en- the
roadside in tho parish, and, as tho rector
was from home, some difficulty was ox-
reliCnccd in getting a clergy man to Of
ficiate at his funeral. Failing to get any
body, joan decided to perform the cero-
mony himself in the following tcrms:-
"Gwr dveithr wlad bell,
Ta3e'r pcrs On yma, fuasnt ii ddlm gweu;
Claddwn di yma gydan tadau,
Pan godant hwy, fe godi dithau."
An Incident Is related I'm the life of the
late Bishop of Bangor DR.. Campbell, to
the effect that poor parishioner having
complained to him that he couad not go to
church for lack of a pair of trousers, the
good clergyman sent him n pair of his
day morning to find that 1t was his best
a similar story is related of Archdeacon
Davies of Brecon, who, finding man in
bed one day while the wife was husily
washing, rated him for his lazness, but
discovered that the poor follow had but
one shirt, and this had to be washed and
dried before he could get up. Hearing
this. the archdeaC On marched home made
up a parcel of shirts, and took them back
TO the woman as a present. Unfortun-
ately, II was found on Sunday morning
that the archdeacon had given away every
one he had.
According TO what he told a friend
'Gwilym Cowlyd," Chief Bard Positive
has had a presentiment that the world is
shortly to experience a great commotion,
which wiA strike at the very roots cf So
ciety, and that he Is already preparing 20
put his house in order hence the interest
ing sale which is to take place for two
days next week at "Cowlyd's" home at
Llanrwst. He Is going to dispose Of, not
only his printing plant and the ordinary
household goods, but also OF quite a man.
ufacturer's stock of grandfather's clocks
and antique oak furniture, together with
oil-paintings and many rare books and
manuscripts. There Is one painting by