The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-12
CHANGES IN LAND OF BIRTH
Rev. Thomas L. Griffith Visits
England and Wales
From Tuesdays Daily.
THOMAS L. GRIFFITH.

THOMAS L. GRIFFITH.
Mount Vernon, N. Y, December
TO The Free Press: l am
pleased to acquaint yon that ] have
returned to this side of the Atlantic
after about four months visit to
England and Wales. The voyage
from England was not quite so
smooth as the one to England. For
two days we We're in the grip of "A
gale which made the liner Adriatic
pitch quite a little, although she
did not roll very much, as her PROV
went into the trough Of the wave.
Her propellers were often in the
OF the wave they struck the sea
with force that made the good
ship tremble although she is a
Titan of the deep, $4,000 tons bur-
den. For several days before sight
ing Sandy Hook we had elegant
weather. During the storm many
were absent from the dining room,
but for three or four days previous
to the end of the voyage everybody
returned for their rations and most
promenaded the decks with hilarity
and looked upon OF joined in the
pastimes aboard.
Orchestra Did Good Service.
The orchestra of the boat did
good service and made things lively
in the evening in the dining hall
and we had concert when noted
French cellist played a magnificent
cello solo and Welshman sang.
Greeks, Polanders, Huns and
Italians played violins, mandolins,
accOfdeons and probably a jews
harp-that is when the weather per-
mitted.
had pleasure in visiting the
various neighborhoods in Noroh,
Wales, with which | have been long
acquainted. The hills and streams
did not seem to have altered, but
the inhabitants had-for since my
last visit twenty-three years ago,
many had aged considerably. I
scarcely knew those | was familiar
with and they did not know me-.
Many had crossed to the great be-
You'd and children | saw on my
former visit were parents with fami-
lies. A visit of this kind emphasizes
the adage that time and tide wait
for no man.
Paraders in The Lanes.
1t is wonderful what crowds of
people parade the streets and lanes
of the old lands, during the warm
weather of July and August The
whole shore of Wales was crowded
with multitudes of people of all
ages seeking regeneration in the
sea ozone.
had the privilege of preaching in
Ilanduduo and other places I
observed by the English news
papers that Miss Florence Macbeth,
formerly of Mankato, is making a
great reputation in London, being
called second Patti and commend
ing her with the highest enconiums.
The weather in England during
the summer months was exceptional
ly good only the mist and fog which
seems to hang around it more or
less continually.
Trade in North Wales is not good.
Many are migrating from the quar-
lies of Festiniog and other localities
and the great colliery disaster at
Langhengdd, South Wales, cast a
gloom over all the country-Wales
especially, and the mining districts
in particular.
Politics in England.
The political situation in England
and Wales is torerably hopeful al
though excitement prevails in Ire.
land, the one part for and the other
against home rule, the opposition
being already armed and drilled
for actual hostilities, and much
Stnmping is done by English church
champions against the disestablish
ment' OF the English church in
Wales. but M. d. Lloyd George
seems to be equal to the emergency
IN the latter and Mr.. Asquerth in
former mentioned trouble in Ire
land.
Sorry to have to state the re
ilglous fervor of the revival has
very much waned but the old chario
I-eeps moving along.
The children in Wales are now
taught the Welsh language in the
DAY schools, and we understand the
Erse language is being taught tc
the children in Ireland, at least in
some parts. But notwithstanding
all the changes Britain is a dea,
cid sod.
Fron1 Tuesdays Daily.
Joe Holzapa, Adam Keimz an(
Andrew Ponggratz were found MOI
H. C. Jacoby, the jury in the case
rE l. L.