Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-30

a short cross-examination he admitted
that it was built in the year 400 instead,
upon the foundations of an earlier church
erected by ST. legal ap Ithel Hazel, who
f1ourished toward the close of the fifth
century. The church is approached by
an aver1he of wonderful yew trees, the
largest and oldest I have ever seen. The
sexton insists they are more than / 400
years old and were planted by st. legal
himself No amount of questioning could
shake his confidence in this assertion. He
declared that he had heard the vicar say
SO over and over again. and the vicar
would not tell an untruth.
Within the venerable walls is a grand
old sarcophagus with effigies of a man and
a woman lying side by side but there is
no inscription and nothing to show whose
dust reposes within. 1t is believed to be
the tomb of some early and famous
prince. There is a monument to that dis
tinguished prelate, Archbishop Williams,
lord keeper of the great seal of James l.
"a hot and hasty Welsh Williams" Car
lyle calls him. The tomb of the first
Lord Penrhyn is quite an elaborate affair
with a figure representing farmers wife
deploring his decease and quarryman
reading a resolution concentrating the
benevolence of his benefactor.
A Great Engineering Wonder.
The ascent of Mount Snowden. the
highest mountain except one this side of
the Alps, is usually made by all tourists
who come this way. They may go by
train or horseback, in a carriage or on
foot and there are five different paths.
People usually go up one way and come
down another. but we decided not to try
1t and went over to the Island of Angle
sey instead by what is known as the
britannia Tubular bridge" built by Rob-
ert Stevenson in 1916 and formed by
the combination of innumera bic small
wrought iron tubes which distribute the
weight of the traffic in an ingenious
manner. The bridge is .1.SiO feet long
Each of the two central spans is 400 feet,
and the total weight is II 900 tons This
was considered the greatest engineering
wonder in the world when it was first
erected. and was entitled to that diStinc-
ton. but when compared with several
modern bridges 1t does not seem SO great.
Birthplace of the Tudor Dynasty.
Anglesey Island was the Dirt hplace and
the cradle of the Tudor dynasty, which
sprang from handsome Owen Tudor,
whose good looks and nerve won the
heart and hand of the widow of Henry
V. He was typical Welsh squire and
lived in a farmhouse called Ieuly's
Sadge, at Penmynydd. which is still par
tally preserved. The arms and initials
OF the family can still be traced. in the
carved stone. According to the story the
deputation sent by the ministers at Lon
cumstances of Owen Tudor found hts
mother Smelling peas in the barnyard,
When she learned their business she de
ludered them into making a favorable
report. They counted the goats as sery-
ants and transformed the ducks and chick
ems into bodyguard. and their report
was accepted.
The Island of Anglesey. like every
other place. is the most beautiful part of
Wales. There is no doubt about 1t, for
every citizen will tell you SO, and it is
much easier to accept the statement of a
Welshman than to. doubt or dispute it.
The island is about three hundred square
miles In extent. 1t has been densely pop
ulated for ages and is the seat of several
distinguished families. 3
Llewellyn Lived There.
The Earl of Anglesey has splendid
castle called Plasnewydd. The Buckley
family have Baron Hill. which Ruskin is
quoted as ranking as the most beautiful
country seat in the world. 1t was once
the home Of Prince Llewellyn and Prin-
cess Joan. daughter of King John Of Eng
land. Curiosity Lodge" the seat of Col
Lewis, Is also very much admired and
Tyclach is tine ancestral home of John P
Williams. Detroit banker and Richard
Williams, wholesale druggist in that
city
Beaumaris Castle is without doubt one
OF the noDiest seats IN wales and is asso-
ciated with much important history. It
is the Welsh home of the Marquis of An
glesey. whose family name is Paget The
first Paget. Sir William was knighted by
Henry VIII in 1867. and made a member
of the privy council. One~pf his descend
ants was made Earl of Exford in 1854,
and his son. Henry William Paget. was
elevated to the rank of marquis because
of his military service under the Duke of
Wellington in Spain and at the battle of
Waterloo. where he was second In com.