The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1887-12-17 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

PARKER.  Professor Blackie, in a lecture at Edinburgh, described music and erg as te great harimmisers of life. The devils in hell," he said, •• dal not sing, but the angels did, and all good men. Many of their songs were better than many of their In discussing the question as to the youth of Hamlet, Mr Wil.o Barrett who declares the prince to have been loving, just, and sensitive,Etnets 'out heea .tehxstnnthz eleien,ems zon 0.f.t,7ni:).;1,ie, relied oli'r I Years," are not Shakespcate s words at all, but the I production of an actor Incapable of looking the youthful prince. An extraordinary accident is reported from Swansea. One of Messrs Cory and Coo engines seas passing. along the dock railway. The swing bridge had lust been opened to allow a steamer to pass through. The engine driver svm not aware of this circumsMoce, and the engine was percipitaten into the dock, together with the driver and the firernan. Happily, the nen managed to save themselves. At Sheffield, on Friday night, a gardener's wife. named Emma Hadfield. aged 55 years, committed suicide in an extraordinary manner. Grieved at a friend going Into the Workhouse, she purchased a large quantity of carbolic acid, and as her husband ism retiring to rest, called out, ''Goodbye, sweetheart, goodbye." swallowed the poison, and died almost immediately, after infOrining her hnsband she had taken enough poison to kill six PTV:. fnnetal of the late Lord Lyons took place on Satorday morning, at Arundel. The Roman Catholic Biehop of Southwark officiated, assisted be several dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church. The Duke of Norfolk and the pr ncipal members of the Howard family were prment together with representatives of the Queen, the Prinee of Wales, the Government, the Foreign Office. (Mil members of the Diplomatic Corps. Prior to the morning eerviee at the Queen-street Congregational Chapel, Wolverhampton, on Sonday, one of the deacons read a letter addressed to the congregation, in which the Rev. C. A. Berry announced his intention not to succeed the Rev'll. W. Beecher in the in... Mutate of Plymouth Church. The announcement OCeimionea much AiatiefieetiOn to the congregation. I The Noncon/ °mixt states that in consequence of the breakdown in Vain health, notwithstanding fortnight's entire rest, the Rey. Dr. Dale is under . the necessity of bringing his tour in Austraqa to a speedy close. Ile is expected to embark at Melbourne on his homeward iiirtley MI December 15, lint Mr Albert Spimr will remain to carry out as for se possible their mutual engagements in connection with the Congregationalists of •  'Atte:it-she.: Sterrftvrato Chem averts Berry—Per the ...mond time Mr Stophen.on, or handford•eilla. Newerodle-on•Tyne, he. Pecceeeled in taking the champion prize for the be. beast in the obey, tlaM year, with young Belton, 5 yearn, 7 emetic., 2 weeks. and I day. bred by G. 8. Grant, Anehornoban, Dellindulloek. N. 8.. eire Vimount Duff. dons, Rellona. Mr Richard Stratton, of Duffryn, Newport, Mon., is the only other {teethz. Mall who loat repelled thi., bet now hart to be eon. tent with the let prize in the shorthorn., taken by Llanwrand 19th, 3 year, 8 month., 3 week., red 8 der., bred by the exhibitor. TM. animal hay been Onrchawd by Men.ra. Spencer, Turner, and Milder., of Limon Grove, London, for diatribution amongst the poor of their oeighbourbood It may be remembered that then° gentlemen lam rear bought the champion for the name parer., bet the time failed to t ..mpt Mr Ittephetwon to part with , Idellons, he having remolved to take her home. , REWPI/40 1m PAl.v.Frnme.—“Harve, i. over on tbe \?r;alob:r.eqr? oil 11Z.Zil: t0hee1f":',7,,".`Z.,1,"<";,;,°. 5',.54,.` of the h,gblucle after their owe are teoured. The pickle In still in eve for reap ng, evil we. in Bible times ; the reaper elthering the grain into hie left arm m he eat it. Following bina conies the binder. Yam makes up into large bandles—not so with ea i,Vo Ole/W.—Ole little hoop, of the reaper. During hiv toil the pement ref reahen himmlf with a poor awl of romited wheat, and piecee of bread dipped in vinegm and water, just as they did of old. The bundles of mit groin are carrier' on ame. or moinetimea OA camels to the opeo-air thrubmg. Door, near Pm village ; mae of the huge ben•lleh it. irly ar. large lin the camel it, If, being hung on each aide of the pati.ut beard, in a rough netting of repeat he knee, to receive them. Ri.ing and , bearing them aa be once more kneels at the ' threvhingtloor, to have them reinoverl, returniog ' forthwith to the reline.' to repeat the eame t cond. ' The horve.t in Polentine lante for week. •, one kind of grain Hopei', before another, and different ' level. ha. ieg a different time for reapieg."—From , Geikie`a Baty Land and 1110 Bible.