The Slaithwaite Guardian and Colne Valley News. — 1905-07-21 (Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England)

LINTII WAITE.  FIRST Pater AT lANDI.F.Y. —The local band took part in the Lindley contest on Saturday, and were sueeeesfal in winning the find prize £IO, which will come in pretty us-fnl at this junetnee in the bind'i career. They were condeoted by Mr. M Ater Swif , who thus eehieved a distinct triumph. Mr. John Glailney adjudicated, and the tett pieces was "Benue' di Vergy." Wits LEVAN Cnota —The members of this choir to Tether with a few friettds had an enjoyable exea-sien to Chester and Bawer:ten Ca-tie on Setae. day last on the occasion of the annual choir Veg. The Cheshire capital was reached about eleven o' d.iek, and after having perteeken of breakfast th party lost no time in le meeting conveyances an I driving to Howe den. Much interest was &seen in the stroll through the grounds and in the inspection of the house. Eaton Hall, too, fur. nished much to call for admiration. The drive balk to Chester sots equally enjoyable, and a imptuons dinner served to satisfy the craving appstitee of the company. Prior to the return leave the party enjoyed themselves witnessing the lifeboat procession and in other ways, Linth• setae being reached at half -pest eleven. SVDDSN Thtent.—Sarah Brook (53), wife of Chas. oek, millhand, of ti Inefield Terrace, died with pa;ntni suddenness on Friday evening last. She complained to her hu-dand in the morning of not feeling well, and later went to consult Dr. Dean at his eurgery. The latter ordered the woman lonic to bed and prescribed for her. Instead of obeying the doctor's order, however, Mrs. Brook appears to have gone about her house work, and at noon took her huslcand's dinner. In the afterneon ehe was seen shopping in Slaithwaite, and was noticed shout home by neighbeura so late as 4-30. At 5.30, however, she was found dead in bed by her daughter. Dr. Micaskie was called in, but his services were o, no avail. Dr D-en was of opinion that the cause of death was heart failure. The coroner was informed of the circumstances, but lie deemed an invest unnecessary. GARDEN Fere —The young men connected with the Parish Church organised a very once. ssful al rem) entertainment which was held lint Saturday afternoon in ideal weather. A field adjoining Broad Oak had been kindly placed at the disposal of the young men by Mr. Willis, of Broad OA, and a series of competitions were keenly contestei Amongst other sports were tug of war, sitigle wicket bowling, foot races, skipping for girls, etc. A very pleasant time was epent until tea time, when nearly 3,0 persons sat down at the tables, whieh were presided over by the young men. Aft I tea the out-door programme was proceeded with, and a great amount of fun was extracted from donkey ridirg and dancing on the sott green turf. The music for this was supplied by Mr. A. Glednill's leant. A fruit and sweet stall in the field did a great trade in these commodities, and at the close of the day's proceedings the young men had netted X 24 towards the building fund. BURGLARS —An amusing incident transpired at Low. stwood last weekend that deserves to be told, if only for the purpose of teachiug tittle tattlers to mind their own busine-s. A well known gentleman wile away fret) home, and the neighbours seemed to know all shout this. It was getting dusk when a couple of men were observed in the grounds. One woman, mere imaginative than the rest, raid they looked awfully fierce and carried sacks and bags. A hue and icy was raised, and people began to astemble in the vicinity. The gardener was awakened, and set off without boots end with little more than his shirt on in search of a policeman. Meanwhile the young sons of the house were contributing to the enterVelment and adding to the realism of the drama by playing with a small electric flash light. A suvant appeared at the door and calmly enquired what the ctowd was about, when with bated breath she was told about the strange characters in the grounds. The girl laughed aloud as she informed them they were two workmen from the mill who bad come to to an odd job or two in the genie n. The crowd dispersed in double quick time, end when the gardener and policeman arrived and found they had teen made the victims of a lot ef silly wt men they led() nothing, but something appioaching murder was in their hearts.