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"TIPYN 0 BOB PETlI."
t? R? !> • V o AJN tiAKY ZfUJLo., -5. «• j "TIPYN 0 BOB PETlI." "J!: DQ NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFY OURSELVES "WITH THE OPINIONS OF OUR OOBBEfTONDENT. At length we are within sight of the end; and, after to-day, interest in the General Elections, which has been maintained at fever-heat during the past fortnight, may be expected gradually to eool down. The season of promises has ended the season of performances, or the season during which we shall look for performances, is about to commence. I do not think, judging by the character of the composition of the new House of Commons, that we shall look in vain for splendid results when the new Government settles down to work. The sensation of the elections, so far. as this part of Wale3 is concerned has, <singularly «nougb, not been supplied by a W^sh con- stituency. The announcement that Bndgem tad regained the seat, captured by the Libera party at the bye-election, for the party o»- action, cam* as a veritable bolt from the blue. We had been led to believe, by oracular Alices from the head-centre of the th *11 was plain sailing for Bright, hon. member's return was a foregone ■o that our disappointment was, in con q » the more intend It i. far ae Oswestry la coaGerned the e^ from aot profited, as Tories cannot their proximity to Wales, whe derived live. The only grain oJ «X'uon that from the situation comes from Dyke. Oswestry is on the other^f/Qr7ardS to I notice that Mr- hfi 4t(jing dong" con- your contemporary chortle of rhythmic atituency a characteristic „ General glee regarding the first o Election. Here it is While Balfour was playi«g^ °ric'6t' Defending his Manchester wicket, C -B. sent a ''yorker ([ „ WhICh proved such a corker," The crowd shouteel out That's the ww." AHCL then, added he, Your mid stump, you see, In splinters is lying about. Mv hat I have labelled Protection," I thought it would stand this election, But now, said A.B., And 'tis useless to lodge an objection. I don't know whether it is customary for i «worker" to send a middle stump in splinter. wr about but this may be what is termec 5^: liberty and like liberty of another kmc it may depent upon the extent of the bail. R J somewhat difficult to tear one'a-aelf awa] from the elections, but it must be dene Elections for breakfast dinner, to.PP^m "between mea s apetite. The time comei trying to the toF ]et party feeling coo to ease the » or(jinary run o thinm "and hen- is an opportunity of doing thi p?o° idil by ontting forwarded by an «t«m« correspondent: There can be no question about the fact that th remedy for much of the poverty and distress in ou own country is the exercise of greater frugality Thrift.does not consist in the hoarding up of mone at the expense of personal comfort, nor does mean forced privation. True thrift is the ir telligent use of the inexpensive foodstuffs ready t the hand of everyone. It has been stated that German or Dutch family could live right royally o what an English cook wastes or omits to thoroughl use during the year. The French housewife of th peasant or labouring class wastes nothing, an everything is made to fulfil some useful purpose. There is much sound common sense in the abovi and if the truths which underlie what the write sets forth were fully taken to heart in th country, there would be less reason to talk < the necessity for tariff xT I notice that the Rev Gilbert Heaton, late c -Llangollen, and now of St. Mary a, Cardiff, aot finding it all smooth sailing in h,s t.e< sphere of ecclesiastical usefulness. At a meetui of members of the congregation of St. Stephen Church, Cardiff Docks, last week it washer tioned that a petition haf? a^ool whyich M gtO parishioners, w which a sen .<,ains SJ&» :°P°8edfr?l:^Sofofuand« It was also stated, that the bishop -had written to the effect that no at p be taken by Mr. Heaton l>r Mr. John Hallett thanked God they t<! AoolSgW the daily paper, there*PP?*ra; kare been »ome difference of opinio-, m ti minds of the local scribes as to the kind referred to during the hearing of a case at t local County Court the other day. In one P J it was stated that there was a slump oi r herrings in the Llangollen district, as there w no contested election; the gentle hint of com being conveyed that there was no call to dr: Home Rule across the trail of the serpent. another journal the statement appeared tt "flats" were not wanted at Llangollen, andtt <" flounders were orf," which, on the who is somewhat flattering to the local character cuteness; whilst in still another print the asserti is attributed to a solicitor that there is no need wails in Wales over the General Electic which, of course, is perfectly true from a cert point of view. The real point was t j n, rlnrino- thp. winter mont 15 uuea 1 to hawk fish at Llangollen. A good deal of food for serious reflection provided by the proceedings of the Llangolh and District Farmers' Association, as reporti elsewhere. The suggestions of the Preside that many agriculturists of the old school, it may be termed, look down with disfavo upon what they are accustomed to regard as n( z, fancied" ideas, considering that thsy know I there is to know respecting the primal industr and that this is one of the influences that ma against full advantage being taken of educatioi facilities provided by the Bangor College a other authorities, should be laid to heart farmers in the district. They shond bear in mi one is never too old to learn. The experimei conducted some months ago at Bryndeth demonstrated most conclusively, to all open conviction, that there is a practical as well ai theoretical side to the instruction placed, free charge, at the disposal of Welsh agriculturii I sincerely trust that Mr. Trevor Lloyd J ont remarks will result in greater interest be taken in the course of lectures that, I hope, u be held next year. Of course the highly successful show held I year formed the subject of a good deal oratory of the self-congratulatory type; and ] Robert Ellie, of Llantysilio, the newly-elec President, was very happy in his allusions to charming young daughter, the legitimate spring of the Farmers' Association. That effi to promote an alliance between her and a au from the Vale of Edeyrnion proved ansucces ■wu not, when they contemplated the bade and expanding charms of their daughter, as demonstrated at last year's exhibition, a matter upon which her foster parents could do anything SSrJngratuUte themselves. The old party at Corwm" may w»U be disconsolate and sigh in vain for the "Maid of Llangollen, whose o-narrlians according to Mr. Ellis, have takeu to £ rtTo »iX/of Tennyson's J North™ Farmer," and when they again look for a suit- able mate for their interesting charge, though they may not precisely seek for one with money nevertheless they will go where money is — which, of course, is by no means equivalent to saying that the golden sands are running low in the Corwen hour glass.. There can be no doubt that there is a solid substratum of truth in what Mr. Hanson had to say regarding the deterioration in the quality of Welsh stock generally a rule, of course, which has its notable exceptions. That sufficient atten- tion is uot-in this district at any rate-paid to the importance of selection, and breeding only from the very best, is an undoubted fact; and the result is not an agreeable one to contemplate. This is one of the matters that the Farmers Association intend to take in hand, and the influence of a well-organised Agricultural Show is bound to make itself apparent in the course of time. Whilst there is, unquestionably, a good deal of room for improvement; perhaps It going just a trifle too far to suggest that Welsh sheep to-day are little bigger than rabbits- (Welsh rabbits, I suppose, the speaker in- tends to suggest)-and it must also be borne in mind that the chief virtue of Welsh mutton, like other valuable articles, is due to the fact that it is compressed into a small compaas. 1 am pleased to learn that Sir Theodore Martin will shortly issue to the public a co e v articles upon Stage Celebrities of the ear y ian era which,during a period covering ?#Larn' he contributed to the pages of _j Blackwood, of course, will be the pu > Sir Theodore i. subjecti.g eao > c, would phrase it. A good deal of this workjvas done daring his Summer sojoarn a J, J I regret to hear, however, that i;turnfeur\ volume will not contain the gre > long and eagerly anticipated monog p late Queen Victoria which, c9ttP ernr,a0rt ia ever memorable Life of the Prmce Ar(g expected to form a monumental literary k of the chief figures in one of the most notable periods of English history. „ f i The tallest members of the new House oi j Commons are Col. Ivor FhillipSi one of the Liberal members for Southampton, and Mr. T Owen Phillips, Liberal member for Pembroke Boroughs, who each stand 6ft 5ins. in their t stockinged feet; and Mr. Wynward Phillips, Liberal member for Pembroke County, who is s 6 ft. 3 in. Llangollen has a peculiar interest in 1 these sons of Anak, as they are somewhat closely f related to one of our most popular landlords. s Congratulations to Master George Shaw—one i of the Royal" F, am ily-who, I notice, has been awarded a diploma of merit by the Religious Tract Society iu a competition run in connection r with the Boys' Own Paper. Master Shaw sent ir r. one of the approved essays describing the bes y way of spending Christmas; and all the mor4 credit is due to him as the majority oi thi 1 competitors were what may be termed u ol< a boys." There is no gainsaying the fact tha n George is a. top Sawyer." y To make bricks without straw was supposed t be all but impossible in the days when the yok cl the; Egyptian taskmaster was heavy upon th necks of the chosen people;" the modern an localised variant of the problem appears to b ;r manufacture fire bricks without silica. Ho' lS, ia it to be'done? >f 9 Hwfa Glyn. )f •—
W RUABON PETTY SESSIONS,
W RUABON PETTY SESSIONS, 8 Friday.-Before E. Joae3 and A" L" Pi '3 kington, Esqra. 1- oKTJNKENNGSb. ■y Edward Junes. Ponkey, was, on r. P.O. Harris, fined 2s. (id. and costs for bom* drun t. and disorderly. if ADin.TEKA.TKD MILK. to Elizabsth Evans, Pant, Rhos, wa. oharged b. ,t. D.C.C. Jones with selling m]!k f011tfS J £ o_ sent, of added water.—Defendant was fined fil an costs. John Royle, Newbridge, was t0 selling milk which contained P cenfc c water ana bad been deprived ol <•< V i cream.—Defendant said tha only way that jf,- account for the milk being so poor was ^ie servant had neglected to remove the wacer >er tankard after rinsing it.—The Chairman sa ed case was much worse than ihe previous on as defendant would be fined £ 2 and •se Hughes, of Ruabon, was summoned by • Jones for a similar oifence.—The an9^8pSr -r n Tn cate showed that the sample taken by f contained 12.6 per cent, of added wa_ter> a ia, the sample had been deprived at 16,7 per c IV cream.—tmed ;)08. and costs. 3> REFUSING TO QUIT. >r Richard Pritcnard, Johnstown, was D by William Davies, Travellers' Rest. ^01n^ns )f for being drunk and refusing to quit his heens l premises.—Fined 58. and costs, in A SQUABBLE AT CF.l'S. at Mary Cork, Moanc Pleasant. Cefn, wss mfnr s ed by Alioe Hughes, Mount Pleasant, Cefn, r saalt.—Edward Hughes, complainants hu • and John Thomas Jones were also summon Mary Cork for assault.—It appeared that tn P ties quarrelled on January 5th, and comply « 8 stated that she was struck with a brush. sault was denied, but the Bench fined Cork os. as costs.The other cases were dismissed. ur jw ~— —
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On Thursday evening a Carol Service was h y* in the Poufcrobert parish church. The crowded, and 20 carols were sung.. A 80„ ia^ beautifully rendered by the little son of the nd of Llanfihangel. On Friday, the Rector an by Roberts entertained the Church choir, Sunday act nd teaohers, and church wardens to supper in ata school-room. After dinner, a number of ol, joined the company, and games and amuse -1"1
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! LLANGOLLEN & DISTRICT FARMERS'…
LLANGOLLEN & DISTRICT FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. SECOND ANNUAL DINNER. There was an exceptionally large gathering of members and, friends of the Llangollen and District Farmer's Association at the annual dinner, which was held at" the Grapes" Hotel, on Thursday night. Mr.T.Lloyd Joaes, first President of the Association, oocupied the Chair; and Mrs. Hughes provided a splendid spread to which ample justice was done by ail present. The after-dinner proceedings com- menced by the Chairman submitting the loyal and 1 patriotic toasts, after which he welcomed the visitors and said he thought they might safely take their numbers as an indication of the growing I interest in the work of the Society and the great industry in which so many of them were engaged. (Hear. hear.) During its brief existence the Society had been of considerable financial benefit te its meoabere and he oeuld prophesy that so long as I they could show such excellent results Llaagollen j and district was not likely to be without its Farmers' Association. (Hear, hear.) He supposed I they would expect him to say a few words in regard j to the Agricultural Show which owed its existence 1 ta the efforts of the Assooiation and it was their sincere wish that the excellent institution should continue to grow for many years and be a souroe of interest and practical value and real pleasure not only to farmers but to every inhabitant of the town and neighbourhood. (Applause.) If any criticism was called for regarding their work J during the year it must have reference to members having failed to avail themselves to the fall of the advantages placed at their disposal. They had I secured from the County Council and the Bangor College excellent educational facilities and it waa to be feared that these facilities had raised in the minds of many almost as much prejudice aa J interest. This was very much to be regretted, and he hoped it would die out, and that they would have better attended agricultural lectures in the course of next year.. (Sear, hear.) They must bear in mind that the farmer's main object was to produce his crops as cheaply as possible and it was with this end in view they asked the Bangor College people to carry out experiments in the neighbourhood. He expressed his gratitude to the j farmers who took an interest in the proceedings but he had to express his regret that so many missed the opportunity of seeing the experiments which demonstrated the diffarence between esonomioal and extravagent farming. The results I of the experiments, however, something like the gentle rain from heaven that falls upon the just and the unjust—(laughter)—would, in all prob- ability, be at the disposal of them all, for they were to be published and circulated and if they could I only be induced to carry into effect upon their I farms, the lesson the experiments had taught, they would have every reason to be grateful for the result. (Hear, hear.) Last year he had tried to I show them that it was impossible for any country I to attain its full complement of prosperity unleSS its natural resources were fUUy developed. Since their last meeting very little, in fact nothing had been done, to bring about the condition of things in the country which they, as farmers, desired to see brought about. The leading topic of discussion during the past few weeks was: Shall we pat a tax upon our imports or not?" Opinions differed very much on the matter; but directly attention was drawn to the taxation of raw materials and the food of the people a loud shaut of disapproval was heard from a large majority of both political 1 parties and in the uproar he might say the angrj 1 voice of the "second Joseph" was oompletel] t j silenced. (Laughter aad Cheers.) Howevei 3 J important the subject might be, he contended tha e it was of infinitely greater importance that the; i should become to a much {reater extent producer t. of these goods ourselves, and the present was at i opportune time for then to demand that som 0 I particular attention shcild be paid and som special facilities provided'oi th j production of th [ raw materials in their j„; country—(hear, hear, I —and it should be made oie of the conditions upoi d which land is let that thej should not as at presen ,e prove an effective barier againsS men o w I ability taking an active Mrt in its cultivation (Hear, hear.) An aim of heir Society should be t< agitate for the removal d every obstacle of thi kind because he felt sure nany ef (the deaferessini I social problems would neve* be solved until this wa accomplished. He wasmt one who advocate" wholesale confiscation of tte land, and he did no 1 think that he could be charged with holdini extreme views when he sail that the people of th country had a right to demand that they shooll if fble to rent the land at a fair price aa* k w abjsoluta security of tenure and when h them to •ptoi from unpftfJaf iiacre Was necessary to form laj11 7 thiTw lhe7 would see the necessity fo >r fVil4 cstnfo of tenure. it would v»° Q £ s was brought about he theug h on £ »Sr °\ly imtiae that prospective tenani )f pvidpiifA pl-nd' should give some satisfactor, >f TeaA w!vkla abiUty farm the land. (Hew d y ^h regard to practical agriculture it wa ia farmerTnf 5lef that disadvantage ie acnniHn? pMt *ad ^^ny of the present had i ie of useful a»d thorough knowledg id I ;tiea thaffv. ilea Was t^at they set out with tl ltl I snbi -4t ai ew there is to know about ti c- md .w n- nnf was there room for reform ? Hs e8 t-hev mio-bf ^°leace taught them much of whi £ woid4"t«Sk?dT'age! HK" 'J,0"8" df to answer thel m l.k&t lfc 7BS faardly neCe farmers to-iJ tnVeatl0a9: J\was ff^ary J siibstancBs th JL bave a full knowledge of tl 8d wide-awake an2faployed 5 they must be thorough n> they msut make BSd fbf)Ve a11 thm eA intelligent acquai«f Sp6cial1 eff°rfc to ,,acqmre applicable to wl^Aeye,ry mo^erf f18n for instance, should i (App aU5e-? f'Tt ,n' chemical CQmpoSihaTe eome knowledge of t 1S" hrino- about ■ n the soil and how best id. S °and h^ lmiCal c^nges essential toits fert by y ihe llZt Sea^l«dge of the life bUf »r; and how best to anin,als committed to his ca int hear.) Furthfiv their &rowtil- (He aS" thoroueh busing ^ere should not be lacking lIid tact to maintain hn.owted&e and at ,eaa) among the brigbw1?,0*11 an/ Posfj commercial world r?teUects of tke md,u«trlTal 8 Nanson submitted i ttd Applause.)-Mr. Jose eld j Llangollen and District ^oast of, ."Su^s aaid that from v,; Farmers Association. WaS I averv success 8 ^eart, he wished the Associat brought about enocess would be t Z1 combination they fekh&Qging toS«ther for n«i unassailable positing plaee themselves ,B mwketaaBd5St2;n^ be able to go to on particularly adv-^ es and oth8r GOnai?°,dl combination dnrin?Sageoas tems- Tha nght 3U reeognised in maL ^the l8Sb few y0^rs had 1 trade was combing- factions, and almost e\ — and they as farm^F tlth fche idea of mateual h suit—theirs was £ be sl,ow boJ@\ | they came and to tb P ,ltQal industry, from the 1 7 would like to draw Aand they mQ8t return- k placed at their a* benfeion to che opportum ■ lectures on agricnui8pQ?al ni^bfc elas9es W express his regret tVl eld in tfae di,tnct ani 1 taken of these faciiu- Sreater advantage was Vacation ComSl 8" They foUght kard at although at times twl°,Tre the8,e they hold on and oa!/ ?1'theJ were lo8in? ?r91 to say that the clJ" lhe J>utsha 8 tha attendance wa« had t0 ba abandoned bee 7 the President would ?00r' He felfc 8nr9 knowledge he gain«a 11 them thftt the elemen j to him in possible if they had Up hifl baaine8S- Was zrsat uumher in that ?Qother tT* Qe.xt *5 'oom would gam oaniidei knowledge by attending them? He might tall them th.au in the large and important county from which he clune taey hall large Farmers' Clabs where they held debates and ex- changed opinions on very interesting subjects. # He thought that clubs, discussions and lectures might do a vas5 amtHUIL of good,and if they were provi(ie(i I and farmers failed to take advantage of them and to reap the benefits whieh they were^apables of conferring, it was entirely their n Do not let them think they could not learn he had been a farmer himself and he spoke from experie oe —he did not say that it was a long one but it was » very dear one. (Laughter.) It was a most interesting study if it did involve the expenditurw S a certain amount of money. He was sorry he had to give up farming because it used to interest him He used to go round the farm and watch the stockjand crops, and see them growing,and that was Abont all he got out of it. (Laughter.) He thought, however, he might say that m neighbourhood no better butter was made than at RrvniKH Mawr (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to fee that in the neighbourhood, that black cattle were dying out. He was told they were not paying animals. Some people said if they took b ack cow?to the Scanhfiald they would not sell as well as shorthorns. He would remind them, however, that black cattle were iuaured to the country; aod were the equal of any shorthorn ever bred fo< the Welsh farmer. (Hear, hear.) These were days of progression; and they had combined for one sole purpose and that was to improve their breed of cattle, horsas and sheep. It was deplorable to see what the Welsh sheep had come down to. He had seen them in the past as big as Leioesters; and now they had deteriorated, in many neighbourhoods, into something like rabbits. (Laughter and hear, hear.) Then they should go in for a better class of horses. Let him commend this to their Berion. coa- sideration. It cost as much to feed a bad one as a good one—(A Voice More !") He concluded by urging them to take a greater pride in their stock and a deeper interest in farming generally, and eoagratulated the agriculturists of the district upon the possession of such a progressive Assoaiation which he trusted would go ahead and florish abundantly in the com- iug year. (Applause.) Mr. Hughes (Trevor; responded. The Farmers' Association, hf said, was growing and he hoped it would eontinuc to grow until they had induced all the farmers it the district to join (hear, hear.) No doubt those who had already joined had received a eertair amount of money benefit and that waa a question oj great consideration to them as farmers. They haE to struggle to live, they had to carry on their call 0.611 TVVAFIFCN 00"1 af <VMAA^ MI nh NN<] .J.. WK 11/iV lug ua ftiuuu piuuua *uu au great naa. aim wiuu fubuu responsibility and any organization which afford ed them, assistance had a right to anticipate hearty welcome at their hands. As farmers, he wa confident, they recognized there were directions ii which there was room for inprovement; and the best ways in whieh they could promote this wa unquestionably by joining together in order tha they might be in a position to help each other mor< effectively (hear, hear.) It was an old saying tha Union is Strength and they were now in a pesi tion to emphasise its truth. This was the purpost for which the Farmers Association had been start ed at Llangollen, and the greatest credit wai due to their Chairman for the part which he nac taken in organising it. (Cheers.) He had been 6 most faithful and zealous head of the Association and it waa also right mention should be made o I the satisfactory manner in which Mr. Edwards hac r discharged the duties of Secretary. (Cheers.) H< rhad devoted a great deal of time to making every r thing connected with the Association a suceess t lIe also alluded to the excellent services rendere, y by Mr. Roberts in the responsible pssition o a treasurer (cheers) and dwelt upon the fact tha l these three gentlemen had dona all this hard an e trying work free, gratis and for nothing, witkov « receiving a penny in return—(Applause.) On hi e half of the Llangollen and District Farmers' Aesoeii ) tion he thanked Mr. Nanson for the kind wort a that he had used and the company generally f< t the hearty manner in which they had received tb f toast.—(Applause.)—Mr. John Watkin Rober! • proposed "the Town and Trade of Llaagollem. D He alluded to the many improvements that ha< s taken place in the town during the year, includiui the Town Hall, and said that they, as fcrmew, hac s benefitted by the opening of the King s Bridge a_ i Becwya (hear, hear). Another thing that helped I rtis town and the farmers was the service of motoi n hnaes' Anything that helped to make transit n cheaper was of advantage to the farmer. Thej A had also had a most successful Agricultural, Doj fl n(j Poultry Show, which was bound to benen e the Town and Trade of Llangollen. (Hear, hear. I) He did not think any olass in the commumt; 1 benefitted, directly or indirectly, so many trade r as the farmer and he was glad to hear there wer f indications—including the opening of the quarrie & at Pentredwr whieh gave employment for a goo j many men—that, during the coming year the trad v of the town and district would make g-ood progres; • (Anolause.) In responding Mr. E. D. Jones sai s he thought he spoke for the whole trade of Llac tfnllen when he expressed the great pleasure wit b;oh they witnessed the success of the Farmer n T ^Hnn for everyone recognized, as had bee ■e A-s.s °1 ut by the proposer;of the toast, that th ie pointed out £ Llangoilea. was very close! !ted with the welfare of agricultural interest, .a He listened with great pleasure t (Hear, ™ •/ gave in emphasising th :h the advice should demand better legu ,y fact that the with hi thab the prt sy lation and he consi o^;rtane m0 £ Qent urg or sent was a heaven that was not a pol he their claim?. naUchter)—but thought tht ly tical meeting > < General Election must have i gs such an evsnt a ar ear What were tt an lesson for every ja connection with tl ce most signmcati tbat haa been most strikini er, Elections trie they not the importance he ly accentuated. ( guceesses of the Laboi to the Irish Par rphe labour party had eou SI- Party.(te»^Sj b, terns » »ry prominence en J'waHt;ed and if farmers we re, knowing what tiaey tbe Government thi ar, to command attent WGuld like to add I a must be united ? in favour of unity ai snt words to those aire y determined as to wh ion combination, forward with ainglem ,ni they required; and p beg(. most desii the KrP?he °greeat .^kT £ test lation in order ta i™P its excelh by hoped th. •A-ocm £ » wojM«g „ tteJ dli an work with this obje cegas ts other clas the they would have ties who bad persistenUy^ema^ S > s of hear.) Tha o Association in every respe teen supported thenar • lturai gfaow he mi( rery and as regarded thoAgricuii^Farmers' Awoeiat: .lp, ..ythat 1pe«i»».ay low niight have wortoi eB(mr# its auceess and Executive Committee, to flompletely aa(|, He Show oould not ha h j aud tha aid and the trade of ^1» g ftiiBde to when gpeakiai 3 to matter he J?u^d the gmithfield. The town: not this connection Smithfield for the fame the prepared an ex uiatH that although spl »nd, but he heard som P {or animals, bu: and, did provision had Hader deplori orry and^.sellers had to. waU: a wet anse conditions rjhaimaa of the Urban iary trict Council fwiak to a blind he not anr?Lr?ter ) He trusted, however, that so not —(Laugh ter. j h tl_ done to effeofe a» :IU T- H- B""7 posed the toast to "the Llangollen and district Agricultural Show." They had, he said, heard a good deal of the merits of combination. Well the success uf the Show was due to the fact that all associated with it had worked well together. Everything had conduced to its success- He thought they were going the right way ta secure improvements in cattle and that the results of the Show would, in a few years, be evidenced by the existence of some of the best stock in the dis- trict in the neighbourhood of Llangollen.—(Cheers.) He had heard a good many remarks made by out- siders as to the Show, and all agreed that taking it as a first attempt and considering the siaa of the dis trict they bad to work in they had hever seen a better organized Show of Stock than at Llangollen -in fact it created a most favourable impression;, so favourable that he was afterwards asktd by two gentlemen connected with the Denbighshire aikil Flint Show if at a future date they would be pre- pared to drop the Show at Llangollen some year and hold the County Show here.—(Hear, hear.) Ia conclusion he said they must not be content to rest an their laurels; but press forward to seeare greater sucaesse#.—(Cheers.) Mr. R- Ellis (Llantysilio), responded, after which 3fr. Blake submitted the toast of the visitors," Hr. W. Dodd responding and urging the desirability of the formation, in Liangollen, of a Tradesmen's Association on the lines of the Farmers' Assooiation. -In asking the company to drink the health of the President of the Association, Mr. John. Rowlands said he was sure the company would agree with him that the success of the Association, was principally due to Mr. Trevor Lloyd Jones's exertions, and he felt confident that would be thel most populor toast of the evening. He was proud to think of him as one of the most zealouft and attentive students, at the science classes in. the town, and he mentioned this tœ. emphasise the regret that felt, that more hal not taken advantage of the opportunities offerei by the classes during the past session. Mr. Jones waf an embodment of the success of the classes ani after that of the series of Agricultural Lectures; and he might say that when the Association wa, formed two winters ago, it was through sag- gestioiis made at the last lecture of the series. ) They knew that when Mr. Jones toek anything » in hand he would see it throurh through thick e and thin. A good deal had been said of the n town and trade of Llangollen. Well he did not ,e think they should rest as a town until they had n such man as Mr. Jones to manage their affairs- if (hear, hear)-aad he should like to welcome him ,d as their « Mayor.(Cheers.)™ Mr Trevor Lloyd 1- Jones having reapoaded, Mr. Lewis (Llandyn) h mitted the toast of the Treasurer, which was l- heartily received, Mr. J. W. Roberts ^pondinr aMr. Wyse (Rhyagog) proposed and Mr. Davies is (Pengworia) supported the toast of the Secretary. a .&1r. T. J. Edwards, who was received with loud if applause upon rising to respond, said that the work 18 had been a real pleasure to him. He had met with it invariable courtesy and kindness among the farmers, e who, eontrary to all predictions that he would it never get them to work together, he had found to i- be plastic as clay. (Laughter and cheers.) ne e considered it to be the duty of every farmer to do t- all that he could to assise his fellows, and this was ,a the spirit in which he undertook the work. He d was glad to say that the Association had increased a during the past year by 39 members so that they were now getting on towards the century very fast, if as they had enrolled 89 members. They had co- d operated in buying 103 tons of basic alag and 72 tons ,e of/uperphosphate, neeessitating a turnover of nearly r- £ 300. He dare say they had saved about £ 20 oiL s. the transactions so that they as farmers had R20 to id spend on other commodities for which everyone- af could fictd a place.—(Applause.) He coneluded by it thanking them for the heartiness with which they id had received the toast, and the readiness with at which they had at all times co-operated with him. Ie- —(Applause.)—The remainiug toast was that of a- Mrs. Haghes, the hostess, who was described as da "chef armor's friead,and whose excellent cater- or ing was loudly praised. Musical selections, given. he at intervals by well-known local artistes, contri- ■fcs buced materially to the enjoyme/jt of the gathering*
T LLANGOLLEN COUNTY COURT.
T LLANGOLLEN COUNTY COURT. d Befura His Honour Sir Hoooar Lloye. Judge. it FISH HAWKHRS' DIFFICUXTJ ES. i Three local fish hawkers appeared before His Hon- Ir Gur and in the case of Ellis Edwards, from whom t Messrs. Syme and Co., Great Grimsby, claimed 10s, y for fish supplied, the Judge stated th«t a sworn g affidavit had been forwarded to him by the plaintiffs L 11 in which they stated that the defendant's weekly -) »ro*r.s amounted to £ 3.—Defendant: Nothing of i1 the sort. I do not sell a pound's worth m a week. ss His Honour You sje this is the Great Grimsby re view of things. They say your profits in Llangollen. ss are £ 3 a week.—Edwards I will pay a shilling a )d month, that is all I can afford. He sends it on his ie own responsibility-I have told him that the fish Is- will not sell here, and he has told me to sell it and id make the best of it.Hi.s Honour made an order of a" Is. a month and small orders in other claims 'h against fish dealers.—Mr. E. Foulkes Jones Red s herrings are not wanted here during the elections. in 13a. 4:d. IN DISPUTE. 18 Thomas Evans, builder, etc., Whitehurst Gate, ly Chirk, sued John Roberts, oab proprietor, Chirk, for 13s. 4d far labour and materials.—'Mr. Jordan to (Bala) was for the pla.iutiff.-In liquidation of an ie account of 4,7 15s. for the ereoticm of a shed and s- other work, defeodanthad paid £ 7 2s. into court, e- the claim being for extra material and labour.- •e Judgment was given for plaintiff. h-
IS RUSSIA,
IS RUSSIA, he LECTURE BY MR. RALPH DARLINGTON he F.R.G.S. g- There was a large gathering of members of the Of Llaagellen Mens' Social Club, in the Memorial 111 Hall, Market-street, on Friday evening, when Mr. 336 R. Darlington F.R.G.S. delivered aa interesting ad lecture upon Russia. The chair was occupied by iro Mr. Joseph Nanson, who said no words were needed ey from him to introduce the lecturer to the audienee. his As the first president and prime mover in connec- nd tion with the club under whose auspices they were lat assembled, he was well-known to them all; and he ess had by travel, and enquiry on the spot, made him- ra- self well qualified to speak with authority regard- ere jag the outstanding features of interest, in the .to Empire of the Czar. In the course of the lecture- gis- which was illustrated by many beautiful and he interesting views which Mr. Darlington travelled ent specially to Russia to secure-the audience were ihis presented with an admirable opportunity of study. 9968 ing the many features of absorbing interest that, tar) during the progress of recent events, have been had constantly mentioned from the platform and the set; press. Displayed with the assistance of a powerful ght lantern, skilfully maniputated by Mr. Allen Lett- iioa geme, the series of views was greatly appreciated tha and the graphic manner in which they were des- the eribed by Mr. Darlington fully sustained his high. per- reputation as a lecturer. At the close a vote of L of thanks was unanimously accorded to him for hia their effort on the motion of Mr. H. R. Olley, B.A., gi* seconded by Mr. Marwood.