The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1890-08-29 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

COSMOPOLITAN NOTES  [BV PENDENNISI.  The weather is a topic usutdly picked up in the dull season; but its uncertain conditions force the question upon us in all seriousness. The corn harvest is being interfered with by frequent and fitful storms, with the result that the price of wheat is going up and consequently flour, with the prospect of the loaf diminishing in size or increasing in price. With the advent of September let us hope the autumn sky will gladden the heart of the tourist and banish for a time the reflection that wintry days will soon be upon ue.  It is not only the traveller that should be wary of the too confiding person he may meet on his way. But the outest men of business my be caught napping sometimes, as the following story will show : A stockbroker riding In a 'bus noticed that a fellow "fare" was observing him closely. Presently this identical man lettned over and asked, "Did I not see you in Liverpool in 1879"? The broker was not in the city in that year, but thinking to humour the enquirer, he replied, "Yes." Then the enquirer said, "Do you remember the poor wretch to whom you gave half-a-crown one night outside the Royal Hotel"? "I do." "Well, lam the chap; I was hard up, out of work, and thought to commit suicide, That money made a new man of me; by one lucky spec and another, I am now worth £5,000." "lam glad to hear it," said the stockbroker. "Now," said the other, "I want you to accept a sovereign for that half-crown." Th e merchant protested, but the man insisted and tendered a £5 note, and the broker banded him £4 change. All might have ended well but tor the discovery made by the stockbroker on arriving at his office that the note was a counterfeit one, and he was £4 out of pocket.  WALks is be honoured next month by Royal visitors. The Duke of Clarence and !Avondale will visit Brecon and Cardiff; and at the latter place .will formally ,open the girder bridge at Grangetown. His royal highness will be the guest of Lord Windsor, the new Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan. During his Breconshire visit Sir Joseph Bailey, of Glanusk-park will entertain the young Prince. Another royal visitor is the Queen of Roumania, who has been ordered to Llandudno by her medical advisers. This is a testimonial to the salubrity of the place.  Really it is a trifle too bad, Mr Gladstone comes in for a fair amount of punishment one way or the other; and the printers need not add to his pains and penalties. Two cruel misprints have been lately perpterated at the expense:of the G.O.M. One sentence should have read Mr. Gladstone is a force; but an "a " got in the word with a comic result. In another he was described as the spout of the Liberal party, instead of the spirit. Had it been sport perhaps it might have [passed muster, but the mistake as it stood was a cruel one. It leads one to exclaim "Cast out the devils"—at all events out of the printing office.  What has become of our new Post•office ? This is a question which the authorities should see solved in the interests of the public. A good deal of mystery has hung over these public offices for a long time, and a deal of valuable time has been lost. The public are impatient of delay, and they have a right to protest against the inconvenience they at present suffer A case which calls for the kindly consideration of the benevolent public, is that of Mrs Hopkins, of Brynmenin, who with a large family, was suddenly bereft of the breadwinner, under sad and sudden circumstances, stated in the last issue of the Gasette. The unfortunate man, a railway guard, was accidentally killed at Peterstone, while in the execution of his duty. His wife, an industrious woman, is left with a family of eight children totally unprovided for. This sad case shoold elicit practical sympathy, and if this note proves the means of obtaining such a result, it will be gratifying to the writer.