THE SOEANTOIT TB1BUKE -SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1897.
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(Jmric
Of Into youTM Awwlc'-in. Journals havo
devoted tnuh attention to the Welsh
element In thu Unltwl State, nnd In
variably tho references have been hlgli
ly complimentary to tho representa
tive! of the old country. No people aro
more highly esteemed than the Cam
brian CelU In the great Republic of the
"West, and, In proportion to their num
ber, no people havo contributed more
to lte growth nnd development. The
latest public compliment paid to the
Cymric race oippears In tho "Sen
tinel," "Wisconsin paper, for April 18,
in whloh Is pubHched a lonff account,
copiously Illustrated, of an early "Welsh
Bwttlenumt In Gcnewee. The article
states that the Welsh wore among the
very early settlers of Waukeoha coun
ty. It was only bIx years after Morris
D. Cutler, tho first white settler, lml
built Ms cabin .there, In 1840, when the
white papulation of tho county was
very scanty, that John Hughes with
his wife and family of six chlldien
crossed tho ocenn from Wales and
found their way to what Is new the
township of Genesee. The next year
"KING" JONK3. JOHN JA11MON
Pioneers of tho Colony. ,
four more Welshmen, two of them
with ftwillies, appearedl and became
Mr. Hughes' neighbors. These were
Thomas Jrnes and fhe three Jarmon
brotlelst, Richard, Daniel, and John.
The year following seven more families
wero added to the colony, which grew
steadily and rapidly, not only because
of tha large families whcli were, and
Btlll are, fashionable among the Welsh
farmers, but also because of constant
and ever Increasing Immigration from
Wales. George It. Rico, of Genesee,
states that when the family of his fath
er, tho late Roderick Itlc arrived In
1846, there were already over seventy
Welsh families located In the vicinity.
Sir. Hughes and family arrived In Mil
waukee in August, 1810.
OX UKR ERIE.
On Lako Erie they had met a Rev.
Sir. Ordway, who had recommended
WuukMhci county, where he 'resided, as
a desirable place of settlement, and so
Mr. Hughes'left his family In Mllwau
fc and accompanied Mr. Ordway to
tho home of the latter. There he fell
111. and, after waiting for two weeks,
Mrs. Hughes hired a man with a wagon
nnd two yoke of oxen to convey herself
and her children to the Ordway plare.
The family lived for a few days In an
old log hut without stove or fireplace,
cooking out of doors, und baking in a
1'ttle oven which the mother had
brought from Wales. Mr. Hugh as
liked the country, and he wrote back
to his relative, Thomas Jim:-, in Wales,
setting forth its many attractions'
Jones had the letter printed In' a
Welsh magazine, and this lettar was
tho means of bringing many Settlers
to Waukesha county. The Welsh who
settled In "Waukesha countv came
mostly from Cardiganshire and Ang
lesey. Moft of them were poor, though
a few had some money, and one or
two were rich according to the modest
standard of the pioneers. Several had
been prepared for tho ministry in the
Church of England, but had changed
their plans and now determined to
seek their fortuned ar-rotss thj sea The
oldest living Welsh settler W Mrs Ann
Jarmon, who went over with hw fath
er, Thomas Jones, in 1SU, wlion sli
was a girl of fourteen. They started
for Carnnrvon, and were six weeks on
the Journey in a siting vessel. land
ing In Boston. The passage cost five
guineas a-plece, and half rates fo
children. Thay took provisions with
them oat bread, oat crackers, butter
ham and, potatoes. They also took
china dishes and the works of a clock
but no furniture. Jones had 300 In
muncy, having sold the farm in Wales,
and all had fine new clothes for the
Journey. Mr. and Mrs. John Jones left
Wales with eight children and the
three Jarmon boys, one of whom John
became the husband of Ann Jones In
1814, ithfs being one of the first mr
rlage.iln the settlement.
MARRIAGES IN THE SETI.F.
"i MENT.
That same year John Jarmon and his
bride moved into the farm that Is Btlll
the Jarmon homestead, where Mrs.
Jarmon has resided F3 years. Ther
fourteen, children were bora to her, of
whom ten survive. She also boasts 23
grandchildren and two greatgrand
chlldrwi. Mr. Jarmon died twenty
three years affo.
But beside his own family nnd the
Jarmonfl. John Jones was accompan
ied from Wales by another personage
of some importance. Mr. and Mrs.
Jones were very pious people, and
could not bear the thought of a new
home where fhere should b no min
ister and no church, and so they
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JERUSELAN CHAPEL TODAY.
brought a young minister with them
from Wales, .Mrs, Jones buying him
necessary clothes and Mr. Jones
payiug his fare. All went well until
one morning on tho canal boat in Njw
York state, when fho mli'r.Jr was
tmnC missing, and tho capta'u admitt
ed that ho had put down a plank for
tlis young man to go ashore. The di
vine hud actually deserted, not only
the ship, but his generom prelectors,
nnd nothing more was seen of him un
til two or three yean later, when he
Hppearcd In tho Welsh Bettlment there
and rejald Mr. Jones his padsafce nion-
As oon an two or three families wero
jraithfrcd. religious services were hold,
anU in 1842 the little community was
cheered by a visit from a Baptls. min
ister, the Rov. Mr. Matthew. In 1SI3
.tho Welsh. CalvJnlstio Methodist
literature
society was organized. The Rev. John
II, Evans, of New York, visited the
place that year, and the following year
the Rov. William T. WilUamtt became
tho first resident pastor. Fbr somo
time serviced wero held In Richard
Jones's barn. In 184C the old church,
standing on tho sito of the present
Jerusalem church, wan erected, and
was used for several years both as
church nnd vtchool house. Tho Joruo
alom church society was Incorporated
In 1818, and a president (Richard Jones)
elected. In 180 n new and comfortable
frame building was erected, and this
in Its turn hn been enlarged nnd im
proved to meet the increasing needft of
the congregation. In a quarter of a
century eight churche3 were erected
In tho towns of Ottawa, Genesee, and
Delnfleld. Thwe churches are known
as Jerusalem, 7,lon, Bethany, Genesee,
Hetlmsdn, Morlah, Bark River, and
Tabernacle. They have a membership
varying from CO to 150 each. Services
ara being held In nil of thi-m regularly
at the present time, and have been con
tinuously since tho erection. This
Is a notable record when wo remem
ber that In many count.? places the
churches are aliendy abandoned or in
process of ai riving at that pitiable
state. In the 'Welsh churches regular
services are held In the Welsh lan
guage, though thero is now and then
an English service.
WELSH CHURCHES.
It Is, doubtless, largely because of
tho bond of the church that tho Welsh
colony has so fully retained Its Identity
up ,tq the present .ttme.r Its mem
beis are on tho most friendly terms
with the neighbors of other nationali
ties and are first-rate American citi
zens. But they cling1 closely to those
of their own blood, they like to live
near together, and they are apt to mar
ry each other's eons and daughters.
They are also likely to stay upon tho
farm. Of course, some of the grow
ing boya drift off Into other pursuits,
but there ore other boys to take the
place of their fathers, and the farm Is
not sold, as in ho many cases, for lack
of someone to mnnage it. A very well
informed Welshman said lately that
he thought two-thirds of tho boys re
mained upon the farm, a remarkable
showing in this age and country.
The chuich has also kept the Welsh
language alive, but this it will not bo
able to do very much longer. To the
children of tho pioneers Welsh wan
really the mother tongue, but with the
children's children the situation Is dif
ferent. The young people of the pres
ent day, generally the grandchildren of
the early settlers, can understand
THOMAS JONES AND WIFE,
Pioneers of 1SH.
Welsh tolerably well enough to fol
low the sermon and can speak it fair
ly but can neither read nor write. Thsy
could not teach It to their own children
if they wanted to, nnd the observa
tlons of tho writer of the arlcle led
him to believe they do not want to.
No schools havo been maintained
for tho study of Welsh except the Sun
day schools, which include both Eng
lish and Welsh classes. Many of thJ
farmers take Welsh papers, "Y
Drych" ("The Mirror") and "Y Cyfalll"
("The Friend") being favorites.
One of the principal eanly settlers
was Richard Jones, of Bronberllan,
who was generally known as "Kl.'g"
Jones by his friends am associates.
lie took with him considerable mony
from Wales, and was accounted a man
rf means, free from necessity of dally
toll, from the very first.
WELSH CHARACTERISTICS.
Tho Welsh characteristics of thor
oughness and Industry are such as not
only to secure a competence at horn?,
but, under a somewhat different de
velopment, to win distinction abroad.
A number of the plain hard-working
boys of the Welsh colony have gone out
Into the world and given a practical
demonstration of this truth. Naturally,
soma of them were ministers the
Rev. David Jenkins, the Rev. Owen
Hughes, the Rev. Thomas Rice, the
Rev. Edward Ellis, and the Rev. IX. O,
Rowlands, P. D. Mr. Rice studle 1 nt
Carroll college, and Is now a resident
of Lake Forest, 111. But there w;re
two ministerial birds of another color,
not really Waukesha county residents!
but very near neighbors and pract.
cally a part of the Waukesha colony.
The Rev. Lloyd Jenkins Jones, the fa
mous Unitarian preacher now of Chi
cago, was raised in Ixonla, Jefferson
county, Waukesha's ntarest neighbor
on the west. The father was Richard
Lloyd Jones, an early settler, and the
family were Unitarians, and, conse-
quently, a perpetual torment to their
orthodox neighbors. There was a
good-sized flock of boys and girls,
bright and Bmart, "the nicest people
in the world." said the writer's Cal
vlnlstlc Informant, "only you musn't
talk religion to them." Another Ixonla
boy, a neighbor of Jonea and his com
panion at the district school, was
Griff II. Humphreys, who has also ac
hieved somo distinction. Ho became a
Presbyterian minister, and used to
preach threo times a day once in
Welsh, once In Oerman and once In
English. Then ho dropped preaching
and became a lawyer, nnd in recent
years has been a prumlnent canrpalgn
speaker in the Republican party. Ha
lives In Utlca, N. Y., and Is, I believe,
publisher of a Welsh paper. This
m?ans Air. u. H. Humphrey, formerly
editor of "Y Drych."
MwM
And
Tromlnent in another line is Profess
or Williams, of the University of Wis
consin, He was- born In New York,
but his boyhood was passed in Wau
kesha county. Yearn ngo a namesake
of his, Professor Mathew. Williams,
also raised In Waukesha county, had
tho reputation of being tho best Greek
scholar west of Lake Michigan.
The Welsh have a profound respect
for education and give their boys and
glrla tho best educational advantages
they can afford. Many of them are
educated at Carroll college, and serious-minded,
hard-working students
they are. The Welsh colony has also
produced a, number of writers whose
THOMAS D. JONES.
Came as a Boy in 1844 Encyclopedia of In
formation Concerning Welsh Colony.
reputation Is limited by their lnacces
sable tongue. Literature and song are
tho diversions of the Welsh people.
Many of our Welsh cltllzcno are well
read, especially In history and Calvln
Istlc theology. Most of them sing nnd
some of them write. Richard W. Jones,
decensed, father of Morgan Jones, a
prominent citizen, was a poet well
known and liked by readPin of Welsh
papers nnd magazines. His pen name
was "Cymro Cloff" (The Lame Welsh
man) and he published his verses not
only In periodicals, but alsoln phamph
let form.
THE LAME WELSHMAN.
It Is also an Interesting fact that a
gentleman who once belonged to the
colony Is now or was recently a mem
ber of the British parliament. Evan
R. Jones was a drapers' apprentice In
Wales when 'as a lad he ran away from
home, and went to America with the
family of a neighbor, who paid his
way. They settled In Genesee, in Wau
kesha county, where young Jones re
mained some time. Later he became a
clerk in Milwaukee, and when the war
broke out enlisted as a private. He
returned as major, having been pro
moted for meritorious conduct. Then
he became Interested In politics, es
poused the cause of Matthew II. Car
penter for the senate,, and through the
Influence of the latter was appointed
consul at Cardiff, Wales. He retained
his position for many years up to Pre
sident Cleveland's first term of olllce
and later, having decided to remain In
Wales, he became an English subject,
and was elected to parliament to rep
resent a Welsh constituency. His wife
was Miss Kate Evans, a sister of Mrs.
'William J. Williams, of Elm Springs,
in Waukesha county.
"OWEN RHYSCOMYL" ON OWEN
GLYNDWR.
The rumors that have for some time
been current as to tho identity of the
well-known no -list who has been
hailed In many uncritical" quarters as
the Welsh Walter Scott were responsi
ble for drawing together a good au
dience at the London Cymmrodorlon
society's meeting recently In Lon
don. The audience was, however,
doomed to disappointment, for the
writer elected to preserve his or her
anonymity by leaving the secretary
(Mr. Vincent Evans) to read tho pa
per in Its author's absence. Amongst
tho audience were Mr. T. E. Ellis, M.
P., and Mr. Lloyd-George, M, P. The
chair was occupied by Mr. Hubert
Hall, F. S. A., of the Public Record
'$
JOHN JARMON. MRS. ANN JAnMON.
Oldest Living Welsh Settlers.
Ofilce, and director of the Royal society
of Literature.
Tho title of the paper was "Sugges
tions as to the Fuller Study of the Life
of Owen Glyndwr." Tho lecturer ob
served that in the clash and movement
of tho re-awakenlng of Wales a paper
on the subjeot of "Owen ap Gruffudd,
Lord of Glyndwrdwy, and Crowned
Prince of Wales," was one of the
things to bo expected. It would not be
forgotten that only a few months ago
the Prince of Wales of today, when at
Machynlleth, had referred with good
taste and feeling to ".My predecessor
In the Prlnceshlp, Owen Glyndwr."
People wero Just beginning to appre
ciate the truth'that If Glyndwr had not
lived the'AVelsh nation of today would
possibly be different to what It ac
tually Is. After the black death Welsh
national life seems to have given the
first faint Indications of being still
nllve. Common people began to stand
by the old laws in their dally lives.
Now hopes and wider aspirations fol
lowed lu rehabilitating the old laws.
The people had already made one step
towards the reattalnment of their hap
piness, and from that moment the mv
tlon grew and ripened In the new hope
waiting only for the leader who'should
flulfil it. Glyndwr was born In the
Mrtbplace of these new ideas. It wtb
oniy by taking count of the after ef
ftcts of the black death that we could
properly understand the curious coursa
of the rising. Whether the Interests of
life were mainly pastoral instead of
agricultural, the rising was morn po
litical than social. To the people of
South Wales Owen's movement meant
freedom from the oppressions of their
lords. The author dealt with the
much-debated action of Oweni In not
coming up to old Percy in. flghtlu? the
Battle of Shrowtfbury, and claimed
that Owen hod shown great strategy
In his operations at that time and at
other periods. In conclusion, the lec
turer urged that every step should be
taken to illustrate the career of him
who re-klndled the expiring hope of
national freedom, and paved the way
for the movement, which ultimately
bore a Prince of Welsh blood to the
Throna under the Dragon's flap, and
ix if
pFfk
Fa sa f vl
From Home
Abroad
o o o o o
so put ft period for ever to national up
risings for fulfilling tho national de
sires. The chairman criticised the attitude
of the paper towards English writers
who have dealt with Glyndwr. The
subsequent discussion, which was car
ried on by the Rev. Elvct Lowls, Mr.
Ernest Rhys, Dr. Isambard Owen, Mr.
J. H. Lewis and others, did not contri
bute anything in support of the hlgh-ly-romantio
glamour In which the nu
thor of the paper had presented what
he or she was pleased to consider us
hUtory.
HOME NOTES.
The Loyal Knights of Scmnton nrs
contemplating holding an eisteddfod
soon.
A biographical sketch of Samuel
James will appear In the "Kelt" for
June, the first installment of a work
on which Henry Bluckwell has been 12
years compiling.
Henry Blacltwell, the New York
bookseller of Welsh books. Is also one
of the most nrtlstlc bookbinders in
this country, being well known among
the profehsron in New York city and
probably at the head Of tho profession
In an artistic point of view, besides be
ing a Welsh antiquarian of dlfctlnctlon.
General T. L. James 1ms nccopted an
Invitation to attend the National eis
teddfod In Wales. Tho geriernl
takes an active interest in the pro
jected largo eisteddfod which Is being
organized In New York for next year.
A special meeting Is to be held In a few
days to discuss and arrange the pre
liminaries. NOTES.
A Saxon who has heard that there Is
no "J" In the Welsh alphabet wants to
know how Welshmen spell Jack.
It is understood by those who have seen
Mr. S. T. Evans In Mid-Glamorgan that
the non-member Is a kind of half-timer.
The Bishop of St. Asaph and Mrs. Ed
wards havo been staying at Eaton Hall
on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Westminister.
"I've lost rav voice," said a Radnor
shire woman the other day. "I carina
sing nor call a pig" a strange conjunc
tion of disabilities.
Fourteen yean: ago today was a happy
day with the promoters of Harry Dock.
It was on May 11. 1SS3. that the preamble
of their bill was passed.
The now honorary canon of Llandaft
Cathedral, the Rev. .1. . Harding, vicar
of Rocktleld Monmouthshire, is a brother-in-law
of Lord Llangattook.
The Cnidinal-Aichblshop of Westmin
ster and the Right Itev. Dr. Mostyn,
Bishop of Ascalon and Vicar-Apostolic
of Wales, have Just left this country for
Rome.
It is said that nt n recent conversa
zione held nt Llanelly the attractions in
cluded tho old Greek games of "Locky
locky," marbles,, "gigantic," and "owl
a'r ben dab!"
Lay patron"! hojd the right to present
to 132 benefices In the Dioceso of Llan
dnff. Since his confaecratlon. In 1SS3. tho
Bishop oLIandaff has ordained 30S dea
cons andfO priests.
In tho threo Welsh University Colleges
tho total number of students from tho
Welsh educational area Is 733. Out of
this total 213 are at Aberystwlth, 1CS at
Bangor, nnd 354 ut Cardiff.
Canon Johnson, who was in residence
at the Canonry, Llandaff, during the
month of April, has been succeeded by
Canon Roberts, who will bo In residence
for tho next three months.
Commitment orders were made ngalnst
two school masters nt Caruui County
court last week, nnd His Honor, JudRo
Owen, spoke bitterly of the example set
to the rising generation.
Lady Swansea and her daughters have
left Singleton to take up their residence
permanently at G. Belgrave-square, Lon
don, and their departure. It Is needless to
state. Is very much regretted down west.
Almost with awe the editor of tho
Aberystwlth College mnpazlno remarks
of tho recent deputations to the Univer
sity Court: "In tho splendor of barbaric
gold no deputation surpassed that of Car
diff." A young preacher somo years ago
asked the late Rov. Edward Matthews to
sond him tho best book that ho could
think of to help him to preach. Mr. Mat
thews sent him Mrs. Beeton's cookery
book.
Probably Mr. Llowelyn Phillips, school
master, Maesteg, who died last week,
was the smallest man In Glamorgan
shire. He was barely four feet, six in
dies In height, but mentally ho was a
giant.
"Little Miss Drew," the Grand Old
Man's granddaughter, has been sum
moned by the Queen to Windsor Castle.
It Is hoped in Welsh Nonconformist
quarters that she will step out of tho
castle as Lady Hawarden.
Ancient custom Is not always equal to
law. The magistrates at Carmarthen re
fused a license to a young couple who
Intended holding tho ancient "bidding,"
the chairman announcing it was wrong
for young couples to drink intoxicants on
their wedding day.
Mrs. D. A. Thomas's namo appears
among tho few successful miniature
painters whose works aro exhibited at
the Royal Academy this year. Mrs.
Thomas has sent In a highly-finished
portrait of her sister, Mrs. Boyd, of New
castle, who Is herself very well known
as a miniature painter.
Lord Dynevor has given a piece of
ground, about four acres In extent, to
serve as a playground for tho children
of Ammanford, Bcttwoa and Tlrydatl.
Steps aro now being taken to get trus
tees appointed who will undertake tho
laying out and maintenance of the re
creation ground. Bis lordship has largo
interests in Ammanford, and Is always
ready to do good to tho place.
Mr. Stead recently has been collecting
"hymns that have helped," his favorite
hymn being "Begone! Unbelief," n com
position which extends to seven verses,
one for each day of the week or for
man's seven ages. The hymn has now
been translated into WelBh by a Swansea
mun (Mr. R. Morris Lewis), and a Swan,
sea Cymmrodor swears the translation
looks more original than the English
version.
A Joke which Is going the rounds at the
expense of "Watcyn Wyn" tells how ho
formed part of a deputation who waited
on an eminent personage, and was in
vited to stay to lunch. The genial bard
partook heartily of the good things pro
vided, end missed the train, the rest of
the deputation had to run for It and tho
last they heard of the bard was, "Well,,
man, I didn't think salmon was so bad
for the wind."
When the Rev. Charles Leach. D. D
of Manchester, was speuklng at the Band
of Hopo May Festival at Newport ho
saw tno iiev. Elwyn Thomas on tho plat
form, nnd said: "I'm glad you've got
him here. Cling to him like leeches."
This advices from a Leach touched tho
humorous vlon of tho nudlenco In tho
right way.
Cardiff Is tho biggest single-member
constituency In tho kingdom; It has had
threo Parliamentary elections fought on
the same register this was In 1SS3, 18SG,
and tho bye-election also In tho latter
year. It has polled tho youngest elector
(ono of sixteen) and tho oldest (one of
107) and laBt November tho present deputy-mayor's
nomination papers con.
tallied S0O signatures certainly u thing
never before heard of In a municipal elec
tion. Aro there snakes In Vaynor? The rec
tor In his book says no: tho Vicar of
Llanfynydd says that when he was a
curate at Vaynor ho killed millions, or, at
any rate, u few. Tho rector now author
Ires us to speak out as follows: "The
Vicar of Llanfynydd Btircly has beon
dreaming. If ho will spend his holidays
at Vaynor during next August, the rec
tor will gladly Klvo him n shilling for
each snake ho will catch In the parish
during tho month."
A featuie of the endowments belonging
to I'entyrch parish are the -almshouses,
live In number. In which so many spins
ters reside. Thero were originally ten,
but five aro In ruins, Thero was at ono
tlmo a Btono tablet with a Latin In
scription let Into ono of the walls, but
this has now dtssappearcd, and It Is not
known whnt tho Inscription was. Somo
rogue thinks it is the tablet discovered
recently at St. Pagan's church, and
which has not been properly deciphered.
In the May number of tho "Haul." tho
rector at Newport, Pembrokeshire, con
tributes a second Instalment of his min
isterial rcmlnlHccnses during th past for
ty years. Mr. Jones writes In that chatty,
gracoful, and occasionally humorous
Btylo which characterized a similar scries
of letters from his pon some time ago,
and given to tho public In the form of
a small book. He was curate of ltadyr,
near Cardiff, forty years back, and bis
experiences of the cathedral and the cler
gy of thoso days Is both instructive and
Interesting.
A Calvlnlstlc Methodist chapel In An
Blesey became so dilapidated that tho
deacons and members decided to pull it
down and build another, but tho problem
had to bo faced where should they wor
ship In tho meantime? Tho clergyman
of the parish when he heard of their di
lemma offered the use of tho church,
and the offer was readily accepted. Tho
Methodists for twelve months held all
their services In the church, and wero
grateful for tho privilege. The vicar
went further afield, and lent tho church
school to the Nonconformists of a neigh
boring parish while their chapel was be
ing renovated.
Twenty years ago a Jew trader lived In
tho Welsh "hills." Ills business was to
carry about a box from door to door with
cheap Jewelry, spectacles, and a bit of
tho famous Turkey rhubarb which was
regarded as a great j.pecitlc a generation
ago. Then ho appears to have gone to
tho Cape, and found his way to the
Transvaal, where he prospered and used
his gains to such advantage In helping
needy government men, speculators and
others, that he is now reported to bo a
millionaire. Ho Is held In high reputo
by Kruger, nnd Is often to bo seen arm-In-arm
with that grim old Sunday school
man chwedl Lloyd George.
MIbs Clara Butt is very popular in ono
particular little corner In Paris. Sho
Is in Paris now, and Mrs. Clara Novello
Davles, who is with her, writes: "Today
we went to the orphanage, where there
are about forty destitute children. Miss
Butt kocs to seo them, takes them pres
ents, loves them, nnd sings to them two
or three times a week. It was a pretty
sight to see them clinging around her."
The other side of tho picture is a recep
tion given In honor of Miss Butt, when
many scores of the great people of Paris
were present, Baroness Rothschild among
them.
Referenco to Dick Tamar, the Merthyr
murderer, who found n place In Madamo
Tussaud's, reminds a correspondent that
his capturo was a man hunt of a most ex.
citing kind. He was run to earth in ono
of the woody copses on Aberdaro Hill.
Tho only case whleh surpassed It was the
capture of highwaymen who plundered
tho Abernant cashier of a large sum of
money when on his way from the Mer
thyr Bank to pay the men. In this case
the nows was taken to tho Iron works at
Abcrdare and tho whole of tho workmen
spread themselves over the hills In an In
describably short time and ran the rob
bers down .
In his Interesting and chatty history of
tho parish of Vaynor "Creldiol" em
phasises the fact that his parish enjoys
complete Immunity from the presence
of snakes and adders, and conjectures
that St. Patrick must havo charmed
these creatures away. Now comes the
trouble. The present Vicar of Llan
fynydd, Carmarthenshire, was curate for
manay years at Vaynor, and he relates
that he Baw many snakes in Vaynor
parish, and on one occasion killed one
over a yead long, and as for adders, he
used to count them by tho dozen. Of
course, the reverend gentlemen may
havo been so popular that even the snakes
und adders followed him to Llanfynydd.
Dr. Pan Jones, the flory Welsh land
laws reformer, has concluded arrange
ments whereby one of the vans of tho
Land Nationalisation Society will make
a pilgrimage through the length and
breadth of Wales this summer. Tho ve
hicle will contain a staff of English and
WelBh speakers, and will start on Its
Journey on the 23 of June. Dr. Pan Jones
evidently hopes to gather a harvest of
converts after certain recent events in
North Wales. Tho Radical "Mercury"
of Liverpool, Bnlffs and remarks that pos
sibly a Welsh branch of the English so
ciety will be added to the numerous
moribund associations which already
exist In Wales.
If the medical officer of health for Kld
wolly had to depend for his living on the
salary ho gets from the corporation he
would sometimes live In a palaco and ut
other times In a tent. First of all his
salary was fixed at 20, and then It was
raised to 33, where' It stopped for three
years, and then took a long drop to 2 10s.
A yeur later it went down to 10, but
curiously the town saved nothing by the
shrinkage. For a while tiro salary was
20 and over the local government board
paid half; Immediately it got under that
sum Kidwelly had to pay It all. For this
reason tho council on Tuesday suggested
20 again, but, although the increase
would cost the town nothing, the proposal
was lost by eight votes to seven. Kid
welly and Its seven dogs In the manger
ought to form tho subject of the next
elsteddfodlo awdl.
The Rov. J. Swlnnerton, who has nc
cepted tho living of Llandevaud, rendered
vacant by the death of Canon Edwards,
was a curate at Mountain Ash for five
years and curato-ln-charge at Tondu for
three years. He has been vicar of St.
John's, Newport, for nine years. Mr.
Swlnnerton Is an enthusiastic worker on
bobalf of. education. During his stay at
Newport he has been a member of the
school board, and whilo at Mountain Ash
ho established science and art classes.
Tho late Lord. Aberdaro took an active
Interest In these classes, and Instruction
was given, chiefly in mining, botany, and
geology, to 200 students. Unfortunately,
Mr. Swlnerton has recently suffered from
very bad health, and ono of the reasons
which prompted him to accept tho living
of Llandevaud was to gain rest and quie
tude. His departure will be a Ions to
Newport, but he will carry uway the
good wishes of everyone.
Dr. Llewelyn Bevan, once of Llanelly,
now of Melbourne, Is on n visit to tho old
country, and he has been telling a "Brit
ish Weekly" Interviewer that he does not
bellevo that the averago Australian col.
onlst has any great knowledge of En,
'ish politics: "I doubt," ho said. "wJ--.
A Chapter on Colds
SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS THAT MAY PREVENT
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
Ik Danger of Neglecting a "Common Cold'!
Serious and Often Fatal Maladies may
J$
Result from
from the AVim,
In west InilanCM colds are the result of
imprudenco or a lack of forethought. Even
In caaes where a sudden change In tlio
weather or an unavoidable expoiure is re
sponsible for the fint alight cold, freili and
more severe colds may bo nvoMcd by ob
serving a little core, lint "a mere cold " Is
tuch a common thing and causes so little
inconvenience that notwithstanding nil pre
vious experiences we neglect to take the
moit simple precautions, in tho way of
wearing suitable clothing, the avoidance of
draughts, etc.
One should always bear In mind the
necessity of exercising a constant vigilance
to avoid catching cold. When the tempera
ture iu the house in higher thnn that out of
doors, never p out without putting on nn
additional wrap. Never sit in a cold room
even though yon do not feel chilly. And it
is better to suffer a little discomfort from
wearing heavy underclothing than to run
the risk of a chill.
The following letter from a lady In Sicily
Island, La., graphically illustrates the dis
tressing consequences that nro liablo to fol
low a tlmplo cold.
" In February, 189G. I had a severe cold
which settled on my lungs, wnnlting In a
serious cough. My appetite filled, and I
became so weak that I was scarcely nble to
walk ncross the room, I weighed only
ninety-four pounds, and had given up all
hope of recovery when I happened to read
an article in n newspaper uencrlblng some
er he could name more than four or five
English statesmen. But that Is the caso
In all countries In relation to tho poli
tics of other lands. The other day I was
at a bookseller's shop In Bale, and a man
was showing me a group of the leading
politicians of Germany. He was Bur
prised to find that many were quite un
familiar to me. 'Tell me,' I said, 'how
many English politicians do you know7'
'Well,' ho said, 'there Is Mr. Gladstone
and Lord Salisbury, and and, well, sure
ly, there is a Joseph something.' Now,
do you know," continued Mr. Bevun,
"that that man's position is n,ot so en
tirely different from ours in Victoria.
Mr. E. Lort Phillips and his party havo
returned homo from their travels In
Somanland. It may bo remembered that
two ladles accompanied the expedition,
which went out for the purpose of collec
ting natural history specimens. A very
fine collection, especially of birds and
plants, haa been brought home. As re
gards Lord Delemere's expedition, little
has been heard of It for some months.
Several cases containing specimens and
trophies of big game have been received
from him at tho Natural History Mu
seum, South Kensington, and as the par
ty Intended to push on into tho Interior,
and havo Hent to the coast for further
supplies and moro camels, it U not un
likely thnt they mean to remain but for
another year, perhaps with the idea of
making for Lako Rudolph. An Interest
ing experiment Is being tried In the way
of using dogs In African travel, Lord
Delamere havlnc sent for several bull
terriers, hlch were duly shipped to Ber
bera and forwarded on.
How Is it that little Brecon so easily
beats tho rest of Wales In getting up a
really Interesting eisteddfod? Glamor
ganshire and North Wales have tried
hard to popularize choral competitions
for ladles, but only oneo did they suc
ceed In bringing together what may bo
called a fair muster of competing choirs.
Glamorgan has also attempted to run an
eisteddfod for two days, but the second
day has always discounted the success of
tho first. Brecon, however, knows how
to do thoso things. No fewer than six
ladles' choirs will compote nt the forth
coming eisteddfod. Moreover, the guar
antors can enjoy their clgarB in the ab
solute certainty that their undertaking
Is going to be a great success. The pres
entation of the freedom of tho borough
to Madame Pattl wilt In Itself serve to
pack the Market hall on the first day,
whilo all the moro exciting choral com
petitions will be reserved for the Tuesday
when, of course, another enormous atten
dance Is assured.
In an appreciative article on Mr. Ed
mund Prltchard Martin, tho president of
the Institute of Engineers, a writer In
the "Shipping World" refers to another
distinguished son of Dowlals. Thus: "I
heard tho voice of my friend, Edward
Williams, of Mlddlesborough, for the last
tlmo In tho hills of Glamorganshire. 'The
generations of poets Is all that my fam
ily can stand,' ho said; 'a third must In
evitably land them in the poor house.'
This lion-hearted, tender-hearted Iron
master was the son of Jiisehm, and the
son of Iolo Morganwg.' Tvio generations
of poets. To avoid the portal provided
by tho state ho broke the entail, and
boeame an engineer. EdwarJ Williams
graduated at Dowlals, a storm-beaten
town of the topmost Inhabitable peak
where weaklings perish and giants aro
nurtured. In the Cleveland hills, on the
Alleghenles, on Lake Superior, every
where whore Iron and coal are rich and
smoke-stacks rise, you may find the man
nt the top Hearing 'Dowlals Works' cred
entials. This little series of matchless
singers and poets of melody Is not over
shadowed by Elswick or Essen. It Is
much older than they as tho birthplace
of Ironmasters; it marches abreast of this
Victorian age of killing pace; it furnishes
more than Its quota of men of the first
rank to be presidents of tho Iron nnd
Steel Institute among them Edward
WilllamB, Menelanus, and, In this jubilee
year of the Qneen, 'Martin of Dowlals.'"
A remarkablo climbing feat was per
formed recently in North Wulcs, In tho
first successful accent of the famous
"slanting" Gully of Llewldd, on tho east
ern side of Snowden. This was tho gully
In which young Mr. Mitchell, of Oxford,
lost his life a few years ago. The pres
ent climbers aro two brothers, named
Abraham, natives of Keswick, In the
Lake district, where they have acquired
their experience. The interest of the
climb began at the famous "cave-pitch,"
where Mr. Mitchell fell, and whero all
previous climbers have been turned back.
Tho "pitch" Is eighty feet or ninety feet
high, and consists of a cavo surmounted
by a chimney, gradually narrowing and
overhanging at the top, whero It Is
blocked by some rocks which havo fallen
from above. It took tho two climbers a
wholo hour to surmount this. On the
overhanging rock they found scratches
npd a climbing iron inside tho r&lmney.
It was probably from this poi that
poor Mlchaell fell. The rest of he (Stmb
wsb comparatively safe "tirss wy ln
tercstlng and by no means ytsy pitches"
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vailed "Anti-Jug," which makes the lnebrlato
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inn why, unit can bo given secretly lu ten,
coffee, soup and the like.
If "Anti-Jag" is not kept by your druggist
send one dollur to thelleuova Cltemlcul Co.,
01) Ilrondwuy, New York, nnd It will be sent
poatpald, In plain wrapper with full direc
tions bow to give secretly. Information
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cures effected by Dr. UHarm1 Pink Pill,!
nnd concluded to try them.
" I commenced mlng them, nnd before I '
had taken half a box I felt like a new crea
ture. My appetite was restored, my congh
grew less, nnd I was able to sleep soundly at
night, which I had been unablo to do for
months before.
"After taking two boxes of the pills I was
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Previous to taking tho pills I had suffered
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and finally the climbers emerged on tho
top of tho western buttress of Llewldd,
where they built two small calms. Tho
climb Is about SI0 feet In length, and Is,
Judging from tho description given by
ono of the climbers probably the most
'difficult over achieved In the United
Kingdom. The "Dally Chronicle" says
that tho feat will serve to dissipate var
ious legends about this cavo on Llewldd,
which had been supposed by the natives
to contain all sorts of relics of previous
habitation.
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