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PEARCE'S Annual Christmas Show. BENJAMIN PEARCE, Butcher, Poulterer, Fruiterer, &c., ABERSYCHAN. BP begs to thank the Clergy, Gentry, and Public • JL • generally, for the kind patronage bestowed upon him during the last eight years, and hopes, by strict attention to business, to ensure a continuance cf the same. He has much pleasure in announcing that his CHRISTMAS SHOW will take place on; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23rd, Having bestowed much care in selecting the very best of quality from some of the most eminent feeders, he respectfully invites an inspection of the following :— 2 Prime Hereford Heifers, fed by Mr Saunders, Lower House, near Abergavenny. 1 Prime Short-horn Heifer, fed by Joseph White- house, Esq., Green Lawn. 1 Prime Scotch Ox, fed by Mr M'William, Brecon. 20 Prime Welsh Wethers, fed by Mr Edward Morgan, Cwmnantybwch. 15 Prime Southdown Wethers, fed by Mr S. Hopkins, Llantarnam. 8 Prime Porkers. 30 Prime Turkeys. 100 Prime Geese. 7-5 Couple Ducks. 60 ditto Fowls. Also, a large Stock of English and Foreign Dessert and other Fruit, of the finest quality.
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JB20 REWARD. WHEREAS, some evil disposed person oi persons have spread a report to the effect that I at tend e a Conservative political meeting at the Infante School Room, Blaenafon, and made a speech to the foU°™nf? effect, viz.: That Two Shillings per day was sufficient for any workman to earn, and to maintain a wife and family;" I hereby offer the above Reward to any per. son or persons who shall prove that I ever uttered any- thing of the kind to any person living. Any person Scandalising my Character after this date, •will be Prosecuted. T JOSEPH LEWIS, Boot and Shoe Maker. No. 55, King-street, Blaenafon, Dec. 16, 1868. ATOW T PRICE | Al-» T TT W ALKIN SHAW S ALMANAC, AND YEAR-BOOK u"f Bspful itiwaldtie, k-I For 1869, THE TWELFTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. QVEENSLAXD GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION OFFICES, 2, Old Broad Street, London, E.C. Queensland Emigration. NEW LAND ACT, 1868. GRANTS OF LAND OF 80 AND 160 ACRES, In lieu of the £ 30 LAND ORDER. LAND by free selection, from 40 to 10,880 Acres, can now be purchased at 15s., 10s., and 5s. per Acre,opayable in ten annual instalments of Is. 6d., Is., and 6fl. per Acre. Persons 21 years of age, paying their passage to the Colony, can select a homestead of 80 or 160 Acres at a quit-rent of 9d., and 6d. per Acre for five years, when they become entitled to the freehold. Free passages are granted to Female Domestic Ser- vants of good character, and a few Assisted Passages to eligible persons. JAMES WHEELER. Appointed Agent for Aberdare—MR T. H. EVANS. Cardiff—Mr JOSEPH ELLIOT. Swansea—MR E. S. EVANS. „ Abersychan—MR EDWIN WOOD. Merthyr—MR JOHN COPELAND. „ Neath—MR WALTERWITTINGTON BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Exeeuted ivith Neatness, Correctness, and Punctuality, BY D. WALKINSHAW AT the Office of the Free Press and Herald of the Hills, Corn Market House, Pontypool. Window Bills ("House to Let," &c.) from Id. Notices of Distraint, id. each. Dividers (Abersycban, Pontypool, and Cwmbran,) Is. per 100. County Court Notices, d. each; 5d. doz.; 3s. per 100. Posters of the Largest Size Printed (45 inches by 27 inches,) EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE, AT THE FreePress Office,Pontypool. AAA." 3 W BUY | ,4- Johnson, Johnsons? Co s\ << J PURE TEA, ► 2/- per lb. ► CHOICE QUALlTIES "NEW SEASON'S," ► n 2/8 3/- 3/4 3/8 4/- £ Supplied in Packets only, from 2 ozs. to i lb, lo- 4 and 3-lb. and 6-lb. Tin Canisters. t < Sold by Chemists, Confectioners, KWHg &fc., in every Tcrwn. < LOCAL AGENTS. & POXTYPOOL-Ed wards stationer, George-street Ahergavenny-J amp, confectioner Beaufort—Jones, chemist Pillgwenlly-Faulkner, chemist, 81, Commercial-road N antyglo-Allen, Post-office, GarnVach Merthyr—Stephens, chemist Aberdare—Thomas, chemist, 10, Commercial-place Hereford-Chave, 6, Broad-st; Jennings, 36, High town Tredegar-J enkins, chemist Usk—Clark, Post-office JOHNSON, JOHNSON & Co ,Tea Merchants, 17, Blom- field-street, City, London. TIME TABLES Newport, Pontypool, and Blaenafon. UP-TRAIXS: WEEKDAYS. SUNDAYS STARTING PROM a!m. p.m.'p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m Newport, Millstreet ..9 lo 1 4o|5 0 8 0 9 <50 » U Llantarnam 1 9 21 1 61 j5 6 8 6 9 36 8 Cwmbran 2 9 25 1 5515 10 8 10 9 40 8 10 Pontnewydd3 9 29 1 59 5 14 8 14 9 44 8 14 Pontrhydyrun 9 33 2 *3 5 18 8 18 9 48 8 18 Pontypool 9 45 2 15 5 30 8 30 10 0 8 30 Pontnewynydd 9 55 2 24 5 39j8 39 10 9 8 39 Abersychan 9 59 2.29 5 44 8 44 1014 8 44 Cwm Avon 10 7 2 37 5 52 8 52 1022 8 52 Blaenafon 1015 2 45 6 o|9 0 1030 9 0 DOWN-TRAINS WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS STARTIG FROM a. m. a.m. p.m. p.m. a. m. p. m Blaenafon 7 30 1130 |J 40 6 30 7 30 5 0 Cwm Avon 7 36 1138 3 48 6 38 7 38 5 8 Abersychan 7 44 1146 3 5G 6 46 46 5 16 Pontnewynydd 7 48 1150 4 0 6 50 7 oO 5 20 Pontypool 7 50 1155 4 G 6 5D 7 JO 5 25 Pontrhydyrun 8 2 12 7 4 17 7787537 Pontnewydd 8 6|1211 4 21 7 11811541 Cwmbran 8 10|l215 4 25 7 15 8 15 5 45 Llantarnam 8 16 1221 4 3117 21 8 21 5 51 Newport, Millst.ar.8 2o!l230 4 40:7 30 8 30 6 0 1 For Malpas. 2 ForCroes-y-ceilog and Llanfrechfa. 3 For Pallteg and New Inn. Omnibuses run to and from Mill-street Station to all parts of the town. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford. From PONTYPOOL ROAD for NEWPORT, 9 23, 10 55, 1 41,5 19,5 55,7 40,9 23. Sunt 1118,9 26 From Newport for Pontypool Road, 7 15, 9, 1025, 1 25, 2 35, 5 40. Sundays: 9 20, 5 30 Front PONTYPOOL ROADfO7 Up-Stations & HEREFORD, at 7 40, 10 53, 2 25, 3 0, 6 7. Sundays 9 45 f) 57. Sineip Fares on Sundays—Return Tickets will be istucd on Sundays at all Stations on theWest Midland Railway, and Rhymney Railways (except between Pontypool and Newport, Walnut Tree Bridge, and Cardiff, over which portion of the line the ordinary Return Fares will be cliarged,) at One Fare to and fro. Oil Mondays passengers will be booked from Hereford toCRUM- LIN VIADUCT and back DoubleJourney, 1st class 6s6d, 2nd 4sl0d Newport, Ebbw Vale, and Nantyglo. Prom Dock-street, Newport, for Nantyglo and inter- mediate Stations, (Bassaleg Junction, Tydee, Risca, Cross Keys, Chapel Bridge, Abercam, Newbridge, Crumlin, Llanhilleth, Aberbeeg Junction, Abertillery, and Blaina,) at 7, 11 15, 3, 5 45, 7 30. Sundays: 9, & 5 15. From Nantyglo, 8 40, 11 15, 2 20, 4 4o, 7 25. Sundays at 10 40 ana 7 10. From Aberbeeg Junction for Ebbw Vale and interme- diate Stations, (Cwm and Victoria,) at 7 08, 12 13, 4 8 6 43. Sundays at 9 58. and 6 13. From Ebbw Vale at 8 40, 11 15, 2 20, 7 25. Sundays at 10 40, and 7 10. On Saturdays a Special Train leaves Newport at 7 30/-f- all stations as far as Crvmltn only— Omnibuses run to om jjock-st. station (Newport) to all parts of the town, Bristol & South Wales Union Railway. Fromlirist.6 20, 9 45, 12 40, 3 30,4 30 6 15, Sunday* 8 10 3,7 20, T-rivinc at Portskcwet Station before 8 2, 11 lo, 12 2/, 2 2, Vo 6 0 7 5» land Sundays 9 35,4 49, 8 35} trains to Newport. From' Newport to Portskewet, and up stations to London, 71 5 10 20 1 20, 4 10, 5 2, 7 8 Sundays, 8 40, 11 5J, 4 28. FromPortskewet, by ferry, 8,10 55, 2JO, 4 35, 5 44, 7 50 Sun- øys 9 30, 5, 8 20. PRELliViliNARY JM UllvJJii. PONTYPOOL New Amateur Minstrels. THE Public are respectfully informed that the Ponty- pool New Amateur Minstrels intend giving their FIRST ENTERTAINMENT EARLY IN JANU- ARY NEXT. The programme will appear shortly. "'T is not in mortals to command success; But we '11 do more, we'll study to deserve it." The New Minstrels. Dymunir gahv sylw y Cymry at yr isod. TF you want any Article of FURNITURE, HARD- I WARE, &c., GO TO JOHN BEVAN'S GENERAL FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, CLARENCE STREET, PONTYPOOL, Where you will obtain SUPERIOR GOODS, at MODERATE PRICES. DUTY OFF TEAS AT W. PEGLER'S Tea and Grocery Establishments. s. d. Good Small Tea 1 4 per lb. Congou, recommended 2 0 Best do. 2 6 W. PEGLER, PONTYPOOL AND BLAENAFON Kaye's Worsdell's Pills. KAYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS have become so celebrated, because they go at once to the root of disease, purify the vital fluid, and enable all the organs of the human system to perform their functions in a healthy and vigorous manner. They are carefully com- pounded on sound principles, and, being entirely free from mercurial, antimonial, and other mineral or dan- gerous substances, may be safely taken by persons of the most delicate constitution. Sold by all Chemists and other Dealers in Patent Medicines at Is. ld., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Wholesale '2 Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. CHOCOLATE (MENIER'S FRENCH) FOR BREAKFAST. (Manufactory at Noisiel-sur-Marne, near Paris.) PERFECTLY free from all adulteration, this Choco- JL late recommends itself to every one :— To those in health as an agreeable and highly nourish- ing Breakfast Beverage. To Invalids for its unequalled Restorative and Invigo- rating Properties. To alft even the most delicate, as containing nothing which is injurious. Also sold in a great variety of forms, for Eating at Dessert. Annual Consumption Exceeds 5,000,000 lbs. Sold everywhere. 23, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. Thomas's Emulsion of Syrups, OR PECTORAL COUGH DROPS, For Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Asthma, Hooping tough, Difficulty of Breathing, Incipient Consumption, and other affections of the chest and lungs. No family should be without this popular health- restoring remedy, which has been in great demand for many years with unprecedented success. Sold in Bottles, at 7!d, Is. 1-id, and 2s 9d each I BAYLEY'S TONIC, APERIENT, AND PURIFYING FAMILY PILLS, For Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Giddiness, Wind in the Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual or Temporary Costiveness, Nervousness, Fains in the chest and side, 4-c. These pure vegetable pills strengthen the system and increase appetite, and are a mild and effective aperient; they purify the blood from all gross humours, and give speedy relief in all disorders of the liver and stomach. SOLD IN BOXES, AT 7§D., is. llD., & 2s. 9D. EACH. WHOLESALE AGENTS. London W. SUTTON & Co. Bristol PEARCE & Co. And Retail by most Chemists and Medicine Vendors. LOCAL AGENTS. Blaenafon: Evans,chemist Aberga'ny: Watkins Tredegar: Waites Newport Edmunds „ EleazarDavis „ Morgan (Pillgwenlly),, Cardiff: James 71 „ Williams 11Cross 11 Pontypridd Bassett, chemist Aberdare T.W.Evans Monmouth Cossens t9 „ Spencer 11 Merthyr Thos.Stephens „ R. Thomas Dowlais Hancock „ Chepstow Williams Usk Clark, bookseller Abertillery J. Williams, bookseller Fine Teas! HOS. AGG, PONTYPOOL, The QUANTITY of 2s. and 2s. 6d. Teas T. A. is selling, is a GUARANTEE OF ITS QUALITY. Flour! Flour! FURTHER REDUCTION, IMPORTANT to the PUBLIC. If you want GOOD FLOUR, Try WILLIAMS'S 8s. T. WILLIAMS, Grocer, Tea Dealer, and Provision Merchant, GEORGE-STREET, PONTYPOOL. Tea! Tea! For the Million! Try JONES'S Tea. Good Congou Is 4d Fine do 2s Od Finest Rough do. 2s 6d N.B.-All Groceries supplied at Lowest Price JVote the Address: Thos. Jones,Grocer, BRIDGE STREET, PONTYPOOL. 1\1 U U IN 1 t" L J& A o A IS 1, PONTYPOOL. ANNUAL TEA MEETING, Christmas Day, 1868. HOLLO WAY & SON, TAILORS, SHIRT-MAKERS AND WOOLLEN DRAPERS, PONTYPOOL HO Q BEG to inform their Friends and the • 06 lUi Public generally, that they have just received a LARGE AND WELL • SELECTED ASSORTMENT of NEW GOODS, SUITABLE FOR WINTER WEAR, Comprising all the Novelties in FANCY COATINGS, EL YSIANS, WITNEYS, MELTONS, and BEAVERS, FANCY DOESKINS & BLISS'S TWEEDS; also, a large lot of FANCY CASHMERE VESTINGS and SHIRTING FLANNELS, of which they solicit an early inspection. J. HAVARD, Grocer & Tallow Chandler, CRANE STREET, PONTYPOOL, IN returning thanks to his Friends and the Public J. for the very large share of patronage and support which he has received for upwards of 20 years as a Grocer, and the last 10 years as- a Grocer and Tal- low Chandler, takes the present opportunity to announce that he has refitted his Chandlery with an entire NEW PLANT, where he continues to manufacture Dip Candles of the very best materials and workmanship, at prices which cannot fail to give satisfaction to all persons who seek for a thorough good article. Colliers and Miners will do well to try his UNDERGROUND DIPS, which for hardness, durability, and illuminating power, cannot be surpassed. Candle Manfactory, Malthouse-lane; Retail Premises, Opposite the Market-House. 3D. PER POUND GIVEN FOR BUTCHERS' FAT. LEATH & ROSS, CHEMISTS by appointment to the London Homoeo- pathic Hospital, secure each bottle by their Autograph label over the cork, and have appointed Agent for the sale of their HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES: PONTYPOOL: FORD, Chemist, George-street. Paint (Patent Metallic.) A SAVING OF MORE THAN 50 PER CENT. IN A THE FIRST OUTLAY, besides being much more durable than any other Paint known. There is so much body in this Paint, that one coating of it is equal to two of ordinary Paint, thus reducing the cost to one-fourth. It is suitable for in-door and out-door Work of every kind, and can be had in any Colours, at 5s 6d per Imperial Gallon, ready for use. Not less than 4 gallons sold, and all orders must be prepaid. If 20 gallons are ordered, 10 per cent. can bo deducted. Packages free. Can be applied by Unskilled Labour. Testimonials sent when requested. PATENT METALLIC PAINT COMPANY, Woodham Works, Vauxhall Station, London, S.E. Secretary, Mr #. JAY. N.B.—Sample Drums, 5s6d and 7s6d each. HORNIMAN's TEA. For a quarter of a century Horniman & Co., London, have selected only the strongest growths, disallowing the usual mineral colour on the leaf, to secure perfect whole- someness, and real cheapness. Genuine packets are signed LOJTDOF, Original Importers of the Pure Tea. AGENTS IN THIS DISTRICT ABERYSTWiTH..Jo«es,Chemist PONTYPOOL Wood,Chemist. USK Edwards J ABERGA'NY. Watkins,Gosden I CRICKHOWEI.I. Christopher LLANKI.LY Broom,Chemist MONMOUTH AUen MERTHYR Stephens NEWPORT, JonesSf Co..chemists, Ilighst, G. Price, chemist, J. Phillips, 92, Commercial st RISCA Taylor, Chemist Agentsfor Hornxman' sPureTeaineveryTown—2,280appomted Paint! Paint! Paint!, 11 BEST ANTI-CORROSIVE, 3d per lb, or j £ <2 5s6d per gal. I PATENT METALLIC, at 3d per lb, or 5s6d 0 per gal. I c-5 PAINT.—As generally used by Painters, 3d ] 03 g per lb, or 5s6d per gal. 4Tg Drums of 4 gals 22s, do. of 10 gals. 50s. Carriage paid to any Railway Station in England, upon orders for one awt. and upwards. Cheques and P.O.O. payable to F. Jay, Woodham Works, Vauxhall Station, London, S.E. N.B.—Sample Drums, 5s6d and 7s6d each. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s. 6d.; sent by post for 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Sold by all Chemists, and by Roderick, Pontypool HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID, curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is ap- plied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. Sold by all Chemists, and by Roderick, Pontypool GREY HAIR.—248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour im- mediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly natural in effect. Price 3s. 6d., sent post for 54 stamps. Sold by all Chemists, and by Roderick, Pontypool HAIR DESTROYER.—248, High Holborn,London. ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and armf, 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 54 stamps. Sold by all Chemists, and by Roderick, Pontypool PIMPLE REMOVER.—All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE- TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallow- ness, &c. 2s. 9d., or by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Sold by all Chemists, and by Roderick, Pontypool WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. — Corns cured in W one day, by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s; sent by post for 60 stamps. 248, High Holborn, London. Sold by all Chemists, and by Roderick, Pontypool HAIR COLOUR WASH—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and re- mains so by an occasional using. 10s 6d, sent for stamps. ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Sold by all Chemists, and by Roderick, Pontypool & IMPORTANT. IF you want to BORROW MONEY at a cheap rate, go to Mr W. WILLIAMS, 16. Dock-street., New- port, Men., and Insure your Life, and he will guarantee that, with approved personal security, you can have and sum, from £50 up to £ 2000, for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years, repayable by fixed quarterly 01 half-yearly instalments. l'U' T Y l'VVlJ Glee and Madrigal Society. THE NEXT PRACTICE will take place on WED- 1 NESDAY EVENING, December 23, at Eight o'clock. B. P. HADDOCK, Hon. Sec. Varteg Hill School-Room. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1868. A Bazaar, Christmas Tree, and Magic Lantern. The Proceed8 for the Fund of the New Wesleyan Chapel. Bazaar open at 11 a.m.—Admission, 3d. (Brand (Qta AND BAZAAR, IN AID OF THE CATHOLIC POOR SCHOOL, ON Tuesday, 29th December, 1868, AT THE COMMERCIAL INN, PONTYMISTER (RISCA.) -:0:- The Sale will commence at 12 a.m. The Bazaar will consist of Useful and Fancy Articles, Pictures, Ornaments, Wearing Apparel for Children, Christmas Presents, and Toys. After the TeaParty, a splendid CHRISTMAS TREE will be lighted, and the Choir will sing Christmas Songs and Carols. The articles on the tree will be RAFFLED during the Evening.—ALL PRIZES. TICKETS FOR THE RAFFLE, THREEPENCE EACH. „ FOR THE TEA PARTY, ONE SHILLING EACH. Tea to be on the Table at Half-past 3 p.m. -:0:- N.B.-Tickets to be had at the Catholic School, or at the Commercial Inn, Pontymister (Risca;) at the Catholic Church, Pontypool; and at Mrs. Capella's, Commercial-street, Newport. MONDAY, IJer;, 21st, is the LAST DAY for TICKETS. 1868.—EIGHTEENTH SEASON.-1868. A RT UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN. ONE SHILLING PER SHARE. 1,573,895 Tickets have been sold in the seventeen previous drawings, and 18,852 PRIZES distributed, In 11 including 4,454 Paintings, in amounts varying from 200 guineas downwards, being ONE PRIZE in each 83 Tickets. The DRAWING for PRIZES will take place ,ONv.FnNF8")A I liEU. 30TH, 1868, And w-il consist of upwards of ONE THOUSAND PRIZES. 1st Prize, Highland Cattle and Sheep ..CHAS. JONES, £157 10s. 2nd Prize, A Pastoral Scene R. H. WOOD, JE105. 3rd Prize, The Confidanto F. G. KINNAIRD, £70. And about lfOvther Paintings, from £ 70 down. [Particulars in Prize Lists.] Tickets, ONE SHILLING each, entitling the holder to one chance in the drawing, may be had from the undermentioned agents or will be forwarded direct by the Secretary on receipt of envelope (stamped and directed,) together with postage stamps or post-office order for the Dumber of Tickets required. JAMES G. LAW, Secretary, 39, Oxford-street, Manchester. LOCAL AGENTS Pontypool, Mr D. WALKINSHAW, "Free Press" Office. „ Mr W. EDWARDS, Stationer, George-street. NOTICE. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THE PUBLIC are respectfully informed that the DRAPERS & IRONMONGERS of Pontypool will CLOSE tbeir Establishments from the usual time on THURSDAY, Dec". 24, UNTIL THE FOLLOWING Wanted Immediately, And for a Limited Feriod, TWO PERSONS capable of keeping a written ac- count of Railway Traffic. Salary £ 1 per week. Apply at the Office of this Paper. • Dec. 15th, 1868. To be Let, A HOUSE in BRYNGWIN PI .ACE.—Apply to Mr G. J JEE, Glanwerq Offices. To Let, THE "ROYAL OAK" BEERHOUSE, situate in George-street, Pontypool. Apply to Messrs GREENWAY & BYTHEW A Y, Solicitors, Pontypool. L M oltfMoljT HSH I EE. ABERSYCHAN. MR JOHN PHILPOT will SELL BY AUCTION, (by direction of the Mortgagee,) on TUESDAY, the 22nd day of December instant, at the CROWN HOTEL, Pontypool, at 2 o'clock in the Afternoon, in One Lot (unless previously disposed of,) ALL THOSE FOUR SEYERAL DWELLING HOUSES AND BUILDINGS, With the GARDENS and PIECE of MEADOW LAND adjoining, Containing in the whole 4a. Or. 5p., situate at Aber- sychan, immediately opposite the British School, and faciug the road leading from Abersychan to Talywain. The Property (which is in a good state of repair, and lies within a short distance of the Abersychan Works,) is held upon a lease dated August, 1849, for a term of which 43 years remain unexpired, at the low yearly ground-rent of £ 8. For further particulars apply to the AUCTIONEER, at Pontypool; or to Messrs WALFORD & GABB, Solicitors, Abergavenny. TALYW AIX. Workmen's Cottages, Piece of Land, and Premises. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr JOHN PHILPOT, At the COMMERCIAL INN, Talywain, on MONDAY, 28th of DECEMBER, 1868, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, the following DWELLING HOUSES AND' PREMISES, In One or such Lots as may be determined at the time of Sale, and subject to conditions to be then pt-odticed All those Six Dwelling Houses or Workmen's Cottages, with the Outbuildings, Conveniences, and Piggeries, attached, known as Prosser's Row," situate at Taly- wain, and also a PIECE of BUILDING GROUND adjoining, producing a gross annual rental of £ 32. The Houses are in good repair, well supplied with water, and will be found a safe and profitable investment for a small capital. The Property is Copyhold, holden of the Manor of Wentsland and Bryngwin. The Tenants will show the Premises, and further par- ticulars may be obtained on applicasion to Mr STEW- ARD, Blackwood; or the AUCTIONEER, Pontypool. Pontypool, 14th December, 1868. PONTYPOOL SAVINGS BANK. EN EIR 8 8 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 20TH NOVEMBER, 1868. DR. THE TRUSTEES. Cn. CHARGE. £ s. d. To balance due on the 20th N' ovember,1868, including interest, as per last return ..21273 10 9 To sums received from depositors within the year ending 20th November, 1868.. 3408 5 6 To interest on moneys invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, viz Receipt B, dated 21Bt May, 1868. 318 3 2 Receipt B, dated 21st November, 1868 329 5 7 To interest on sums drawn for by the Trus- tees upon the Commissioners, within the said vear 15 8 10 Post Office ditto. Sale of Books 0 7 3 125345 1 1 DISCHARGE. £ s. d. By sums actually paid to depositors in money, including interest, within the year ending 20th November, 1868 4120 8 1 By sums actually paid for management within the said year 86 17 0 Transferred to Post Office Saving Bank Balance due on the General Account invested with the Commissioners for the Re- duction of the National Debt, including interest, on 20th November, 1868.21126 15 5 Ditto in the hands oftheWest of England and South WalesDistrict Bank,Ponty- pool 11 0 7 21137 16 0 S25345 1 1 The Rate of Annual Interest allowed to the Depositors is £2 18s. 4d. per cent. —————————— £ g. d. The Balance due on the 20th November, 1868, brought down 21137 16 0 No. of Depositors. 18 Whose respective Balances on the 20th November, 1868, (including interest) did not exceed 11 eacb 4 8 1 1C1 Ditto, were above £ 1, and not exceeding £5. 294 11 6 64 Ditto, were above f, 5, and not exceeding XIO 454 2 1 45 Ditto, were above £ 10, and not exceeding £ 15 549 7 9 33 Ditto, were above Y,15, and not exceeding £ 20 569 4 10 59 Ditto, were above £20, and not exceeding £ 30 1451 5 0 41 Ditto, were above X30, and not exceeding £ 40 1336 4 5 26 Ditto, were above X40, and not exceeding X50 1158 11 6 34 Ditto, were above j650, and not exceeding £ 75 2199 17 10 18 Ditto, were above £75, and not exceeding £100 n. 1565 1 3 20 Ditto, were above X100, and not exceeding £ 125 2241 10 8 9 Ditto, were above L125, and not exceeding £ 150 1243 10 7 13 Ditto, were above jEloO, and not exceeding £ 200 2224 11 4 481 Total number of Depositors 15292 6 9 4 CharitableSocieties. 60 10 10 51 Friendly Societies 6643 11 6 536 Total number of Accounts. 20996 9 1 Surplus 141 6 11 Deduct the portion thereof reserved to meet current expenses, as directed by Act 9, George IV., c 92, sec. 23 141 6 11 We certify the above to be a true accouut. Witness our hands, this 14th day of December, 1868. RICHARD GREENWAY, ARNOLD BEYAN, WILLIAM WOOD, Witness, GEORGE FOTHEMHLL, Actuary. W. II. BASTARD, Auditor. LARGE SCHOOL ROOM, ABERSYCHAN. GRAND CONCERT. THE ABERSYCHAN CHURCH CHOIR, assisted by the ST JAMES' CHOIR aud other Lady and Gentleman Amateurs of the Neighbourhood, will give a Concert on Monday, 4til January, 1869. For further Particulars, see Bills. PONTYPOOL Local Government Board. ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the 1> PONTYPOOL CHRISTMAS MARKET Will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd of December, 1868. By Order. W. R. LUCE, Clerk. Board Room, Nov. 27th, 1868. Christmas! Christmas! PONTYPOOL BOOT MART. T. E. REECE HAS just received a variety of Ladies' White, Bronze, and Rose-coloured Kid Boots, in every size. 50 Pairs of Ladies' White Kid, slightly soiled, 2s 6d, 2s lid, 3s 6d. A choice selection from upwards of 3000 Pairs of every other description of Boots. THE CROSS, Dec. 17,1868. i isal D. EYANS, Clock and Watch Maker, JEWELLER, £ c., COMMERCIAL STREET, PONTYPOOL, EESPECTFULLY informs the inhabit- ants of the town and its vicinity, that be has constantly on sale a large assortment 01 superior English and Foreign Clocks and Watches. I Licensed to Sell Gold Wedding Rings, Jewellery, &c. D. EVANS, GEORGE INN WINE & SPIRIT VAULTS. H. F Hair Dresser, Perfumer, Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist, COMMERCIAL-STREET, PONTYPOOL. EVERY description of TOBACCO, CIGARS, SNUFFS, &c WHOLE&^E&AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. 4 A great Variety of Meerschaum, Briar, and other Pipes, and every Article connected with the Tobacconist's Trade. MEERSCHAUMS NEATLY REPAIRED. An Assortment of Toys, New Games, §*c.
Family Notices
DEATHS. Dec. 12, at Crumlin-street, Pontypotl, aged 60 years, Mr John Jenkins, coal miner. Dec. 12, at Penygarn, aged 74 years, Mr David Williams, shoemaker.
MARRIAGE OF MISS F. E. HANBURY.
MARRIAGE OF MISS F. E. HANBURY. We learn by the formal notice in the limes that on Saturday last, Miss Frances Elizabeth Hanbury, second daughter of the late Capel Hanbury Leigh, Esq., was married, at St. George's, Hanover-square, London, to the Hon. Lionel Ashley, third son of the Earl of Shaftesbury. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Llandaff. Among the presents to the bride was a very hand- some and richly chased silver salver, bearing the in- scription, Presented to Miss Frances Elizabeth Han- bury on her marriage, by the Household of Pontypool Park, 1868." The salver, which is a very beautiful specimen of the silversmith's art,, was got up and sup- plied by Mr Evans, jeweller, &c., Commercial-street, Pontypool. In Pontypool there was no demonstration nor festi- vity in connection with the marriage.
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TREDEGAR AGRICULTURAL SHOW, NEWPORT.—The exhibition took place on Tuesday last at the cattle mar- ket, and was well attended. The number of entries was much larger than those of previous years. CHRISTMAS IS NEAR, and preparations are being made for the usual friendly renions and social enjoy- ments of the great Christie-Carnival. Among the rest, our readers will perceive the announcement that the drapers and ironmongers of our town intend closing their establishments from the Thursday before the great festival unt;l the Monday after. NEWSPAPERS TO AMERICA.—Our renders who so fre- quently post copies of the Free Press to their friends in the United States, will do well to notice that the official regulation requires two stamps to be affixed on all news- papers for that destination, and those bearing only one stamp are detained at the General Post. Office, London, and not forwarded. IIOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Changeable Weather.-Th rough out the year the keen easterly winds sorely test the weak-chested, the rheumatic, and the neuralgic. To subdue the first indications of the ma- ladies Holloway's well-known remedies should be ap., plied at once each day's neglect makes the treatment more difficult and the issue more dangerous. These Pills throw off all impurities, cleanse the lungs, regulate the circulation, and overcome inflammatory tendencies, and the Ointment, well rubbed in near the affected part, checks all erroneous action, draws all surplus blood, whicli is creating mischief, to the surface, and there gets rid of it by increasing the capillary circulation of the skin and augmenting its exhtlcmeuts.
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Luxuriant and Beautiful Hair is the distinguishing badge of Youth." MRS S. A. ALLEN'S WOltLl)' s HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Gray or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and delightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It con- tains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles —Price Six Shillings. ZYLOBALSUM (MRS S. A. ALLEN'S) far excels any Pomade or Hair Oil. To those whose Hair is naturally dry, requiting frequent dressing, its cheap- ness and great value will be proved. Its early use on Children's Hair will insure an abundant and bountiful supply from ) o'dh to Old Age. In large Bottles--Price Three Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot, 266, High Holborn, London. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. —Are you broken of your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist, and get a bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately; it is perfectly harmless it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a but- ton." It has been long in use in America, and is high- ly recommended by medical men it is very pleasant to take it soothes the child it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Be sure and ask for MRS WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRTP, aud see that 11 Curtis and Perkins. New York and London" is on the outside wrapper. No mother should be without it.—Sold by all medicine dealers at Is lid per Bottle. London Depot, 205, High Holborn. A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. — The Civil Service Gazette has the following There are very few sim- ple articles of food which can boast so many valuable and important dietary properties as cocoa. While acting on the nerves as a gentle stimulant, it provides the body with some of the purest elements of nutrition, and at the same time corrects and invigorates the action of the digestive organs. These beneficial effects depend in a great measure upon the manner of its preparation, but of late years such close attention has been given to the growth and treatment of cocoa, that there is no difficul- ty in securing it with every useful quality fully deve- loped. The singlilar success which Mr Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. Far and wide the reputation of Epps's Cocoa lias spread by the simple force of its own extraordinary merits. Medical men of all shades of opinion have agreed in recommending it a& the safest and most beneficial article of diet for persons of weak constitutions. This superiority of a particular mode of preparation over all others is a remarkable proof of the gieat results to be obtained from little causes. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well- selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast ta- bles with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judi- cious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up "until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." _=-==:=-=-====-===-=-=--=--==-======-
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IlGrniman d- Co., London, disallow the usual but most objectionable practice of coloring tea with plumbago, Prussian blue, or any other hurtful "facing" powder. As their imports consist only of young leaves choice and strong —they are delicious in flavour and truly cheap real judges of tea have but to make a trial to become constant purchasers. The extensive demand for Horniman1 s Pure Tea has induced some to imitate their packets, hence the public are cautioned to observe that the signature of llorniwnn (C: Co., London, Original Importers of the Pure Tea" is on all the packets; 2,033 Agents are appointed. Local Agents are adver- tised in our columns.
NIGHT IN PONTYPOOL MARKET.
NIGHT IN PONTYPOOL MARKET. Pontypool market is something like a mar- ket. None of the little twopcimy-hnlfpei/y, pick-nie-up-and-carry-me-oiT-in-a-liixa-baskefc sort of affairs one meets with in some places., but a good, down-right, substantial, and old- fashioned market, big enough to maka two of the fairs of some towns, and towns that pre- tend to a great deal more than Pontypool does. too. Blue Boar Fields--I beg its pardon; Market-street, is a sight to see on a Saturday, Z!1 with its gigantic mounds of fruit and vegeta- bles, its stalls, and its shows; and is at the same time, between you and me, one of the nastiest, muddiest, most uncomfortable public places that ever cried out to a Local Board, Pitch me quick, or put down more metal- ling!" Inside the spacious market-hotise I never venture without getting bewildered in its labyrinth of arcades. If I push my way through the host of jolly butchers with the in- tention of finding any particular stall, I find myself suddenly in the midst of an army of farmers' daughters, as fresh and fair as their own meadows in spring-time, smiling behind baskets of sweet butter, cream cheeses, and eggs that one can rely on (a rare virtue in an egg, that); or if I aim for that miscellaneous Z, department where boots and shoes, and con- fectionery, and newspapers, and hot and sa- voury-smelling "fagots," and lollipops, and those wonderful stalls where you may for a penny take your pick of anything from a cham- ber candlestick to a Dutch doll, are jumbled up together,—if I aim for that, I am pretty sure to take the wrong turn and pull up in Z, quite a different locality. As for pigs and people, there are generally plenty of both, and the swarms of women who come with big bas- kets by every train might induce a stranger to think that they would leave nothing in the town for the inhabitants to eat. Then the chaffering and cheapening, the bantering and C, Z!1 0 bawling, in mingled English and Welsh, make perfect confusion of tongues and deafen one with the din of a second Babel. It is at night that the market is most at- tractive to the sightseer. Then pour in the workmen's wives to buy their Sunday's din- ner, the collier lads and their sweethearts to have a few hours of amusement that has been well earned by a week of patient, courageous, and persevering toil. Then it is that the stall keepers hang out their flaring naptha lamps, the show people unroll their gorgeous pictures and bang their gongs and grind their organs, and the innkeepers light up their big rooms and set the harp and fiddle going to allure the passer-by. And if you would study nature, my good gentleman, and are not too high and mighty in your notions, you mav thoroughly enjoy yourself (provided it isn't in auuier) by looking ou for an hour in one of Uiofe rooms. Enter the door, and you leave chc con- ventionalities of society. Before, you is a per- fect picture of liberty, equality, and frcrnity realised. There are no shams there. The young lover puts his arm round his sweet- heart's waist (and where better could it be) without either of them feeling the least trepi- dation because "somebody's looking;" the men meet open-heartedfy like men and say what they think. Of course there is smoking and drinking going on but what of that ? Is it more sin to drink beer than to drink wine ? to smoke tobacco out of long clay pipes than to smoke it in the shape of cigars ? The tone of these assemblies must not be confounded with that which marks the saturnalia of a mop." The agricultural labourer, poor fellow, ground down and kept on almost a level with the pigs he feeds, is much inferior in develop- ment both physically and mentally to the men from the mines and the works. The impulse of the former is to get blind drunk as soon as he can; the latter take time over their beer and can dance a quadrille as featly as any lords in the land. Quadrilles are the great feature of these Saturday evening jollifications; and it must not be supposed that the lasses swill beer while their sweethearts have the where- with to pay for a glass of sherry. The dan- Z, cing occasionally stops while some one gravely stands up and sings a song, or advances to the middle of the room and dances a hornpipe mid great clapping of hands. And you need only use a courteous word and an unassuming de- meanour to make friends of everybody in the room and to receive so many invitations to drink (the universal mode of testifying amity) that you will need great dexterity to excuse yourself and at the same time show these ho- nest fellows that in refusing them you do not repulse their good intentions. Such is the programme of the indoor amuse- rnents. I began with the intention of pictu- ring the outside scenes of last Saturday, but must hold my hand to make room for adver- tisemcnts. How the living skeleton, Mr Tip- ney, looked in his gorgeous palace; how the fat boy puzzled everybody as to his sex what the other shows were like how the ranters bawled their hymns and the hucksters banged their stalls with sticks to drown the "me- lodv;" how the electric machine astonished those who laid hold of the handles and how the everlasting rain came down, down, down all this and a great deal more must be left un- described, and the sights of some future even- ing must be selected as the basis of a sketch of Night in Pontypool Market. II. G.
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BLAENAFON SeDDEX DEATH AND IXQCEST.— An inquest was held at the Castle Inn, on Tuesday last, before E. 1). Batt, lisq., on the body of Hobert Ehin. age CH, who died suddenly on the previous Sunday morning. Elvin was in the employ of Mr Dd. Williams, landlord of the Cas- tle Inn, and lived with him in the house. Albert Foilet, who sn j'i *,r, tue same rem. will; d< depos»d that Elvin had gone to bed oil Saturday nignt apparently quite well. About 7 o'clock on Sunday morning witness' attention was drawn to him by hearing a sound as if he was sick. He got out of bed and procured a light. On re- turning to the bedroom he found Elvin wiiii the cham- her vessel in his hand and blood gushing from his mouth and noso. Elvin dropt the utensil as witness entered the room and died almost immediately. Had never heard him complain of spitting of blood before. Dr Mat-hew Owen Coleman, assistant to Dr Steel, deposed to having been sent for to see deceased on Sunday morn- ing and found him dead in bed. There were no marks of violence on the body. Witness was of opinion that the deceased man had died from a rupture of some in- ternal vessel. The jury returned a verdict of Died from natural causes. DIKD, age 54, Mr Hobert Prutton, an old and much respected inhabitant of the place. Deceased was for upwards of 20 years landlord of the White Hart Inn, which place of business he conducted in a most exem- plary manner. His remains were followed to the grave by an immense concourse of people.
NEWPORT.
NEWPORT. VICTORIA ASSEMBLY ROOMS. (Lesser: Mr W. Wybert. Rousby.) During the past week this establish- ment has been very well patronised. Miss Marion Taylor, the popular burlesque r,ctrpss, has been engagt-d a short term, aiid made her debut here en Monday even- ing last, when the performance commerced with a WcLdi drama entitled The Crey Lady of Dinas Ardcr, or the Hidden IIaud," which was very tflVciively ren- dered. This was foibwed by the celebrated burlesque of Ixion," the principal character ("Ixinn") being sustained by Miss Taylor, whose performance of th& piece gave infinite satisfaction. She was ably suppor- ted by Mr Roushy's company.