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NOTES. 14 A.NWYL.A. correspondent of Notts and Queries for October 21, 1871, asked, Who was the author of the novel Reginald Treon by Edward Troon, A nicy I," suggesting that "Anwyl would make I Wanly' for example, and look more Christian-like." BOOKWOBM. I GWILYM YSGEIFIOG ON A BEGGING TOUR. t -The unfortunate Welsh poet, Gwilym Ysgeifiog. I Flintshire, was once on a. begging tour in some I Welsh district, and someone told hiui that he would give him a certain sum of money on condi- tion that he should there and then, on the spur of the moment, compose an "englyu" to the cat (" cath "), mentioning the animal's same not leas than eight times in his englyn." Gwilyna, on the brink of starvation, accepted the terms at once, and uttered the following:— c¡¡t.ù ddon!oi, call; dduwiol, cath ddu-cath lygoti, Cath Loeger a Ciiymrvi Cath, cfctb. n'i bat-a rii bu— Ca!,h y fall—cei wyth felly." J. MYFENTDD MOH&JLN. Llanvarlcg, Anglesea. WELSH WORTHIES.—Would it not be a work worthy of Cymrw Fit to do something towards rescuing the names of our departed worthies from oblivion? Here are two who cut a prominent figure as literati in their day. Of their personal history, however, I know but little. (1) William Moae", of Merthyr Tydfil, whose Caingc y Gog (2nd, ed.), was published in 1824; 144pp. In A weny ddion Mvrganiogy where there is an elegy to his memory, it is said that he died November 27, 1824, aged 82. (2) Thomas Williams (" Gwilym Morganwg") died August 13, 1835, aged 55 years- I believe that his poetical works have been published, but I have no particulars. He is said to have been the author of a pamphlet bearing the title Y dull yr aeth y byà í) chwith, 1817. Aberdare. T. C. U. rCur correspndent will find information respect- William Moses in this week's Cymru, Fa column. -ED.] CHRISTIAN NAMES IN WALES.—I have been much struck with the kind of fashion that exists in different parts of Wales with regard to the naming of children. In Carnarvon. Bangor, and other large North Waiian towns the custom is to name the little ones after their fattier, mother, aunt, or other relatives, and in Llanberis and surrounding villages-and, indeed, in all mountain places—one name is not enough. Almost every child is a. John Charles, Hugh William, Margaret Jane, or Elizabeth Mary, and the poor little mortals are always called by both names. In East Derby- shire tha fashion is to give the cbildren pible names in rotation as they come. Thus we have in one family Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Isaac, Joseph, and Reuben in another Ruth and Naomi: and in another, actually Tubal Cain and Seth, the surname bei^tg Jone». One family of youngsters are called Sidonia, Naomi, Cyrus, and Enos. The fun of it is that the parents have no idea how to pronounce the names. Sidonia is always called "Sidroneyas," Naomi, "Know me," and Cyi-us, "Sirius." Walking through a cemetaty the other day I came across the name it Rhuama Evans on a moss-grown graveatone. Some years ago I atood godmother to a child named Milton Citto Clarke. NOMA WUIAN. [Readers would lie rendering good service by r jotiiiig down and forwarding for insertion is Cymru Fti aay extraordinary or ncommon Chris- tian name or Ptirname which they tome across in the Principality.—Eu. |
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QUERIES- ST. DAVIDS DIOCESR-ls it true that the diocese of St. David's is the largest in the King- dom ? Brectn. W. B. [It is quite true. The diocese is in extent 100 miles by 65 miles, and contains 2,238.000 acres. -ED.] LADY DUNLO AND KILVROUGB.—I recently read in the Weekly Mail thtt Lady Dunlo's mother had been a Miss Perrice, of Kilvrough, Glamorgan- shire. Did not Kilvrough belong at one time to i Mr. Dawkins, whose wife was a daughter of Sir Richard Mansel, of Iscoed ? And did not their only child, Miss Dawkins, marry a French Marquess, who sold the property of Kilvrough to the Penrice family ?, FSIBFLAT. I
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NODIADAU CYMREIG. EISTEDDFOD BANGOR. BRENHINES YN BRESENOL. Gan. MORIEN Rhaid yw i mi ysgrifenu y llith hon fel aderyn yn oanu pan ar ei adenydd. Nid oes gan ysgrif- enydd i'r wasg Seis- nig hamdden, fel rheol, i feddwl rbyw lawer cyn ysgrifenu. Rhaid iddo feddwl pan yn ysgrifenu, neu bydd ar ol yn v redegfa lenyddol. Yr wyf wedi troi o'r neill- du, o ganol y Saes- neg, i glebran tipyn ry nghyfeilhon Cymreig. Er nad wyf yn eu gweled a Uygad o gnawd, yr wyf, rywfodd fodd, nia gwn i—yn teimlo pan yn siarad ? "Wynt trwy gyfrwng u yr ben Gymraeg," J mod yn siarad wrth gyfeillion. Yr oedd Eisteddfod Bangor yn hynod ar a^er cyfrif ond yr hyn a'i hynododd fwyaf i Frenhines Roumania, neu, fel yr adna- "yddir y wlad oreu, Walachia a Moldavia, ger afon fawr y Danube, ymweled i'r Orsedd to it'). Eisteddfod yn Mangor. Dydd Ian yr yn dorf fawr o fewn Swyngyloh Ceridwen, ar lethr cae gwyrdd yn ^langor, pan yr bysbyswyd ni fod ei Mawr- hydi Brenhines Koumania, yn nghyda'i |o»gordd o rianod urddasol, Arglwydd j*°8tyn, Sic., ar eu taith o Landudno i «angor mewn cerbydrea neillduol. Yr oedd rhai miloedd o bobl o amgylch- Gorsedd Melchisedec yn Mangor y °feu hwnw. Yr oedd Clwydfardd yno, yn Shanol y cyssegr, yn edrych yn urddasol a 2*Um. er fod pedwar ogain a deg o flynydd- oedd wedi gwynu ei ben. Yn wir, yr wyf cyfarfod ar henafgwr hwn mor ami, ac ei gael bob amser mor onest, bynaws, difrifol, fel yr wyf wedi myned wir hoff o hono. Yr oedd Hwfa Mon Hefyd o fewn y cylch, yn edrych yn deilwng jv* **fle uohel yn mhlith llenorion Cymru. y peth mwyaf hynod cyn dyfod y Fren- •blDe8 oedd gweled yr Athraw Llwyd, Esgob 0i*?j»or> yn nghyssegr y Derwyddon! Yr ffedog o sidan du o'i flaen, het esgobol ei ben, a llodrau a gaiters penlin am ei fi^au. Yr oedd ei ddwy rudd mal cnros eu Q1 w) a xawy na'r cyfan, yr oedd ei galon yn j^reigj a'i dafod mor Omeraidd a thafod *Phetb, tad Gomer. Ar yr un pryd yr oedd Jmanfa Eglwysig yn Nghroesoswallt, lie pregethu—ond areithio ar bob p ond efengyl. Rhywbeth ysmala yn ein ni, y Cymry, yw Cymanfa heb bre- th .y^ddi. Y mac arnom eisieu gweled j) fel Henri Rees, Etwart Mathews, t, ydd Saunders, Cynddylan Jones, Herber ,'r aBI,- Eglwysbach," &c., yn sefyll i fyny, -Beibl agored o'u blaen fel blwch llawn o ba nn y tafiant gawodydd o honynt yn rbad i blith y werin Ond gyda'r Eisteddfodwyr yr oedd Esgob Bangor, ac nid yn Nghymanfa Croesoswallt. ^8Rynodd ei arglwyddiaeth i ben arch y oyn- ya—y Jiaen Uog—neu, yn ol ei enwau eraill, aen y Crair, Maen y Llw, Maen y Gair, a'r ong Foel; ac, yn bennoeth o danyr wybren r1gof^nodd mewn gweddi Gymraeg am y Nefoedd ar gynulliad y genedl yn w < esgob presenol Bangor ynGymro mewn Qe<^i ac nid rhyw ledrith. Da y dy- «Qodd Hwfa Mon am dano, yn nghanol ail»u clodforawl meibion Ceridwen:— Esgob loewa yr elllobaeth-yw Llwyd, Alas yn llawn gwybodaeth; At olaa ser ein talaetb Gwr o Dduw i Fangor ddaeth V' e^enau yn gweithio yn yr hen Kglwys a effeithiant gyfnewidiadau mawrion Y mae tair elfen ar {waith:—Yr >eiQ yr elfen ledrithawl Gym- *>r e^en Omerawl ddigymysg. Satan a bod a thrwyddi hi y mae ef wedi ,$< l' er^a bJynjddoedd, yn ceisio dinystrio yr H^ijys yn JNghymru, a bu bron a llwyddo i'w g?? fel sefydhad crefyddol. Yr ail yw y o &il feddwl y cythraul. Gwelodd fod yn peri i'r Eglwyawyr Cymreig ddi- *c i ymegnio dwyn i mewn ddiwygiad i «r~thio iachawdwriaeth yn nghyfanaoddiad a Yna, gan," fel arfer, ymrithio I y goleuni, trosglwyddodd i wasan- Ila yr JSglwys haid o weinidogion allai neb ond efe ei hunan o^yd pa nn ai Saeson ai Cymry Erbyn hyn y mae ysbryd y kyw sydd wedi preswylio trwy bob oea y Cymry, yn deohreu gwneud lle- (ji J giwdawd liedrithawl hyn yn anny- ? a boeth. Cr elfen hon y daw iaoh- i gyf*naoddiad yr hen fam." y ro per|; jawn yW Deon Owen, Llanelwy. yn Gymro i'r earn, a'i unig fai yw ei To ormod o dymhorwr ('* temporiser"). Y *e yn £ Wy tebjg* i Melanothon nag i Luther, j ^yrgy»tal a neb mai y dull mwyaf tebygol »^8&dw yr hen Eglwys ar ei thraed yn j 8hymru fjddai ei diwjgio a'i d vyn yn unol & grefyddol a chenedlaetboldeb y jj^dl Gymreig. Dyna a wnelai Luther, pe X)e yn byw yn Nghymru heddyw. Ond O ^W0dJ drwy ei yabryd hynaws a thyner y dosbarth liedrithawl yn yr —■ ffrwyth ail feddwl Satan — Q »pelia at gysylltiad yr Eglwys arohesgobaeth Caergaint, fel ^ion i'w chadw rhag myned yn yfflon. m • 03eUdith yr Eglwys yn Nghymru, drwy bob off* ei chysylltiad & Chaergaint. Drwy ^v^y^°liaeth ei chysylltiad a Chaergaint jj'P'yd irr Eglwys yn Nghymru elfenau an- i°l> a ^ohreuodd wywo yn nghanol ei C^yddioldeb. Daw s wnaeth genedledig- a phan ydechreuoddyr Eglwyswyr yn aarhaa cenedlaetholdeb y Cymry— i* wnaethant iV Khufeiniaid, i'r Saeson, ac i'r Normaniad ddeall eu nerth ti:C11Sghywru-cariaunt greiriau yr hen ?^y>, aef ei phethaa tantaidd, gyda hwynt noedd, moi Iechweddau eu mynydd- Aed yr Eglwyawyr ar en hoi! Oferedd rf»edyd celwydd a "fflatro!" Gwyr pob In eithaf da fy mod yn dywedyd ^aobrwydd a gwirionedd, a myn 7 > yr wyf wedi myned yn mbell oddiwrth J**yn, aef Eiateddfod Bangor. Erbyn gloeh boreu dydd Iau yr oedd Sn* Brenhines Roumania wedi cyrhaedd JP Bangor. Y mae y tr6n yn dyfod i fi> gQr trwy dwll, milldir o hyd, trwy un o Arfon; a phan rathrodd y gerbydres ;Zhinol allan o'r twll i oleu dydd, gan t«yrn eoronog gwlad eang i'n Jrleis- K„, °d, braidd na ddychymygwn mai un o (1 t r"nbineedd Owaha gynt a'i deulu urdd- g, i,.v 'I'i wedi dyfod ar excursion o wlad y b,;i l Fangor eleni. Credai y tadau a'r n» |V'U fjynt fod y Br en in Arthur a'i lu *•» Glv»dwr .'j gedyts, i ddyfoil yu ol! -y oyntaf o Ynys Aval-Ion, a'r llall o un o ogofeydd Cymru. M Gcr yr orsaf yr oedd pedwar dega phump o'r gatrawd J'renhinol Gymreig, a'u hoffer- ynau cfydd cerddorol yn eu dwylaw. Yn ddisymwth dyma sain dyrchafedig Difyr- wch Gwyr llarlech" yn dihuno adsain mynyddoedd Arfon, ac yn disgyn ar ein olyw. Yna gwelem ei Mawrhydi y Frenhines yn caet ei chanlyn gari y mcrched, yn dyfod allan o'r orsaf ac yn esgyn i gerbyd Sir Riohard Williams- Backeley, yn cael ei dynu gan ddau farch Uwydgoch teilwng o osgordd Caradog Ap Bran. Gan fyned o flaen y cerbyd dan chwareu Harlech" yn fendigedig deuai y milwyr tua'r Orsedd Farddol. Yr oeddym oil a'n hetiau yn ein dwylaw fel arwydd o barch i'r Frenhines. Arosodd y cerbyd gyferbyn â'r ddyfodfa i'r oae lie yr oedd y cylch. Jbfurfiodd y milwyr yn ddwy res, gan wneyd rhodfa i'r Frenhines tuag at yr Orsedd. Safai Clwydfardd ar y Maen Llog,J a safai yr boll feirdd mewn dull bwaog. Daeth y Frenhines i'r golwg yn nhroad y rhodfa. Yr oedd ei hedrychiad oyntaf yn Ilawn oywreinrwydd, ac yr oedd ei dwy foch megys lliw mafon aeddfed. Yr oedd pende- figion bob ochr iddi, ac ar ei hoi cerddai ei gweinidogion mewn gwisgoedd goleu. Yr oedd yn hynod o debyg i'r Gymraes hono, y frenhines Elizabeth, o Loegr. Yr oedd bonnet" o sidan gwyn ar ei phen clogyn hir o liw goleu o amgylch ei hysgwyddau, yn disgyn bron i'r llawr, yr hwn oedd wedi ei ymylu a man-flew llwyd-olen, Ar ei chlogyn ac o amgylch ei gwddf yr oedd" tippet" aur brodiedig. Gwnaeth agor ei chlogyn, ac yna oanfyddem ar ganol ei mynwes, rhwng ei dwyfron, seren eurog yn llewyrchu allan fflachiadau o oleum. Ymgrymodd yr Arch- dderwydd, ac ymddygodd yr holl feirdd fel tywysogion. Yr oedd y miloedd o amgylch yr Orsedd yn ben-noetb, ac yr oedd perffaith ddystawrwydd. Aeth ei Mawrhydi tuag at yr Archdderwydd Clwydfardd, ac yn y modd mwyaf tyner estynodd ei llaw iddo. Cydiodd yr hen fardd yn y llaw frenhinol, gan ddvwedyd, "Boreu da i'oh Mawrhydi!" "Boreu da," ebe y frenhines, ac yna hi a ddywedodd wrtho, "Bydded i Dduw eloh bendithio, a'ch noddi yn hir!" Dywedais inau Amen (ond yn ddystaw bach). Ii Yn mhen yohydig dywedodd Clwydfardd, Rhaid cario gwaith yr Orsedd yn y Gym- raeg," ac yna dechreuodd. Edrychai y Fren hines arno gyda cbywreinrwydd a dyddordeb, ac eglurodd Syr John Fuleston iddi ei bod i gael ei hethol yn farddones yn ol dull Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain. Tynodd ymaith ei chlogyn drudfawr, a chymerodd Syr John ef ar ei fraich. Yna cylymodd yr Archdderwydd ysnoden las-oleu am ei braich. Ymddangosai yn falch o honi. Yna oymerodd Clwyd- fardd y cleddyf, a chan ci dynu ychydig allan o'r wain, ymaflodd haner dwsin o feirdd yn y wain. Pan ddeallodd ei Mawrhydi mai defod yn arwyddo "Heddwch" oedd ar waith aeth yn mlaen, ac ymaflodd yn y wain gyda'r frawdoliaeth, a chynorthwyodd i weinio y cledd Torodd y lluawa i floeddio yn llawen. # I DychWelodd ei Mawrhydi i'r cerbyd, ac aeth hwnw yn araf drwy yr heolydd, yn orlawn o bobl, tua'r Eisteddfod. Pan ddaeth y Fren- hines i mewn i'r babell eang cododd meibion a merched yr Eryri ar eu traed fel un gwr. Yr oedd yn bresenol tua saith mil, ac yr oedd eu gweled yn codi yn beth cynhyvfiol ofn- adwy! Ymgrymai y Frenhines dro ar ol tro yn wir dywyaogaidd, gan gydnabod drwy hyny y croesawiad brwdfrydig a gwir galonog. Canwyd- 0 fryniau Caersalem ceir gweled," gyda'r fath hwyl nefolaidd, nes yr oedd yn agos, mi debygwn, i rwvgo y wabanlen rhwng y ddaear a'r nef! Cynorthwyodd ei Mawrhydi i gadeirio II Tudno." Ymddangosai wrth ei bodd, Canodd Mrs. Mary Davies "From mighty Kings yn rhagorci. Chwareuodd Pencerdd Gwalia delyn Cymru nes lSyan y beirniaid cerddorol penaf ag oedd yn bresetioJ. Daeth y Frenhines drancetb hefydi'r Eistedd- fod, 80 yr oedd y orocsawiad lidi mor wef- reiddiol a'r dydd o'r blaen. Wedi iddi y dydd hwn adrodd tri phcnill Saisnig o'i gwaith, llcfodd allan, "Heddwch Cymru am byth V yn y Gymraeg. Yr oedd hyn yn nchetnod yr wyl, ao wylai miloedd yn orfoleddus
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A Weird Tale. A fellow who swallowed a drachm Of poison grew cold as a hacliun, And when somebody said .1 I dont think he is daid," The corpse quickly shouted, I aclim And since then they eay that his ghost Each night gavorts round bis bed phost, And it scares all the folks Who aren't used to such jolks, Clear out of their senses almhost.
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How SIIK SAID IT. I HARRY: I wonder if Kate is really fond of me ? DICK I know she is: heard her say 80. HARRY Yor don't mean it! DICK I do, though. Well, she didn" say so in so many words, but she intimated as much. She said that, she loved even the meanest of God's creatures. Old boy. me congratulate xon congratulate xon
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[ THE GERMAN STANLEY. The German Stanley has come from the grave. More than a year ago it was believed that this brave man and his expedition had been cruelly massacred, when one fine morning the news oame that Dr. Peters still lived, and was in a fair way for returning from the bowels of the! Dark Continent, whither he had gone on thei same errand as Mr. Stanley, but in a less j Quixotic, though leas successful, way. Naturally, Germany is making the most of her hero, and he has been decorated and entertained by the Emperor himself. Stanley only had around him the butter- flies of fashion Dr. Peters has been offic:aiIy received by the Foreign Secretary, by the Imperial Chancellor, and by the Emperor, and thc-ro is some talk in official circles of rewarding the explorer by appoint- ing him to some colonial post. Dr. Peters is by no means enamoured of Mr. Stanley, and if rc-pcrt? are to be believed he has "some" revelations that will shed a side light on the English explorer's methods. Meanwhile the German press are loud in praise of Dr. Peters; they quote triumphantly from a lottf.r of Emin's in which I the Pasha says that, with only fifteen soldiers, Peters has managed to achieve in Uganda I, what Stanley did not <o attempt with 300 troops.
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A GOUT-STRICKEN FRENCH- MAN. I Who Has no Desire to Enter I I Paradise. [13y FLANK™.] L M. Ernest Kenan is, perhaps, one of the few eminent Frenchmen who having risen from poverty to celebrity rather than opu- lence, selects his native village, Trequier, in Brittany, wherein to pass the sunset of life. He occupies a plain, whitewashed one- storeyed villa, overlooking the Bay of Biscay. It is bathed in a soft, humid, luke-warmish atmosphere; clumps of trees lie scattered round. The eminent stylist, rather than writer, passes most of his time in an armchair under the trees looking at, and listening to, the ooean — enjoying a kind of Buddhist quietude. He says that he would like Pur- gatory to resemble that environment, the more so as he has no expectation or ambition about entering Paradise. He has the usual Frenoh family of IItwo" childron; one son (an m-tisi), aud one daughter, who with her husband and M two children, lives with M. Renan. One of the moat remarkable facts in the life o? M. Renan—now in hi3 68th year— if, thar the gout never quits him. Iu return, he never allows its twinges to disturb his equanimity of mind. He is working assiduously on the closing volumes of the History of the People of Israel." Brittany is the head-centre of fervent Catholicism in France, so that the local populations view the eminent Orientalist as a man to whom to give a wide berth. Many make still the sign of the Cross if they encounter him. It is a curious fact that none of the few old people living at TriSquier can re-call young Henan," who GO years ago scampered about bare-footed or in clogs, and, though of a quiet and retiring nature, never declined to rely on his fists in any boy strnggle of the fittest."
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THE FRENCH DUELS. [BY « RAMBLER.") The French duels are really very spicey reading just now, when the silly season is at its height. So long as the combatants stick to their weapons and abstain from the use of their fists or boots, the practice may at least be regarded as a perfectly harmless one. I have just been reading once again Mark Twain's account of a duel between two French gentlemen, for one of whom he acted as second. In this afhir" there was a temporary hitch, owing to the fact that the American humorist in his utter ignorance of the ways of French duellists proposed battle- axes as the weapons to be used—the inevitable result of which, as was pointed out to him, would have been bloodshed. Gatling guns at fifteen paces, brickbats at a quarter of a mile, and squirt guns at 65 yards were all refused successively before an arrangement was finally arrived at. The implements selected were a ''couple of little things," which Mark Twain ascertained I to be pistols after examining them in the light. This duel proved f,r more serious in its result than those in which French deputies have recently been engaging, for Mark Twain was himself internally injured through his alarmed principal falling over him and crushing him to the earth under a mountain of flesh"! The Paris correspondent of the Daily Qtaphic informed us the other day that he had just acted for a friend." Was be, I wonder, aware of the resolve of Mark Twain, the •* only man who had been hurt in a French duel for forty years ? Here it is: II I think I may say I am not afraid to stand before a modern French duel- list, but as long as I keep in my right mind I will never consent to stand behind one again."
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She: What kept you out so late, George ? Ite Oh, we had a little game of freeze out down at the club. She: How very extrava- gant when ice is so dear She: Ob, Charley, what a wonderful get up! What an array of color! Why, I thought you were still in mourning for your brother ? Charley So I am I am wearing his clothes, poor fellow! They met upon the avenue—Lispta he: "Do I intwude They obattcd. he sighed, Adieu." She sailed and u>ni, A Dude!"
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"OgHina FH:" NOTES AND QUERIES" relating to the past I history of Wales tindthe Border Counties. rContributions intended for publication in this column should be addressed Editor, Notes and Queries, WEEKLY MAIL, Cktrdif." Real names and addresses naist be given in confidence, and MSS. must be written legibly on one side of the vapcr column should be addressed" Editor, Notes and Queries, WEEKLY MAIL, Cktrdif." Real names and addresses naist be given in confidence, and MSS. must be written legibly on one side of the vapcr only. J "WEEKLY MAIL," SEPTEMBER 13, 1890.
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REPLIES. LOCAL WORDS (July 26, 1890). "Bara prwmlyd" is the name by which bakestone bread" is known in the Vale of Glamorgan. The good folks of Rhigos and contiguous parishes eat bara llechwan" (llechfaen), but in the lower part of the Vale of Neath they content themselves with "bara man (maen). "Bara clyt" is another cha- racteriatic term of the Vale of Glamorgan f and is the name applied to bread mixed with water instead of yeast, and which is humorously known among the people of the hills as, Bara trwy'r dwr A bwyta t.¡'"y'r dydd! Resolven. BRILI GLAS. VISCOUNTESS BEACONSFIELD (July, 9. 23, 1387)—When Mrs. Disraeli,iu 1341,was canvassing the electors of Shrewsbury on behalf of her hus- band, she called at the house of a working man who was absent from home. Eris wife said, I should like my husband to vote for yours, madam, but if he did so lie would lose his employment." Then," said Mrs. Disraeli, feeeiingly,411 would rather my husband lost the election than that your husband should lose his employment." Driving down to the House of Commons one evening to listen to an important speech on an equally important question, Mr. Disraeli, deeply immersed in cogitation, alighted from his broug- ham, and closed the door on one of his wife's fingers. Although suffering great agony she uttered no cry until he was safe in the lobby of the House and out of earshot. Then she summoned t the footman to open the door, released her impri- soned finger, and fainted. When telling her bus. band of the mishap the next morning the was reported to have said :—" My dear, I would not have cried out for the wor:d. In thinking of my sufferings you would have been so agitated that very probably the most salient points of your speech would have been omitted. TKNAKISK. GWILYM TEW."—William Moses, known by the bardic name of Gwilym Tew o lan Târ," was a native of Mertbyr Tydvil, and took an attive part iu eisteddfods beld in the neighbourhood during the FIRST twenty years this century, in conjunction with Tjliesyn Williams (" AB Jolo") Datydd Saunders, Lowys Morganwg, Richard Jones, Roger Wil;»a»»&, and others. SOME of his composition? appeared in a pamphlet published undd the tide Mmy*a-g, but the majority appeared in the collection of bis poemi called Caingc F Gog, a copy of which can be see? in the Merthyr library. His englynion Nos Olwf ar Weithiau Haiarn Merthyr Tydvil" is verf interesting mau yn mharthau MerLhyr-naws hylwydd Noa olwg sy ddiffr Hyfryd iawn i wiwddawn wyr, A'r doethwych hwyr awr deithwyr. Tant disgywen ysplenydd,—a'i oleu Yn heuliad i'r mynydd I Virion ei lewyrcb terydd, 1 awyr dew gyr y dydd. Dydd goleu nid gwawl Ueuady w hwyrnet H.uarnwaith yn wastad Ki chaiff y nos ddangosiad Glwys arwydd o lwydd i'r wlad. I believe that he lived at a place called Glynt dyrns, where be reared seven children. I bad the favour to know his son William, who died yeartf ago, and also a daughter who passed away at Nantgarw, being the wife of William Edmunds, Of that place. Some of his grandchildren are noyt engine drivers on the Tafl Vale Railway. Tbe] seem anxious to have their grandfather's poeticaj works republished. G GLAN TAF. J
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♦ SALE OR EXCHANGE. MUSIC.—Forty otd notation copies of Blod wen (Dr. Joseph Parry's Welsh opera) and nine sol-fffj copiea tor sale at, half-price; good condition; Reduction for the lot.—if. ROOKSBY, Stamford House, Penartb-road, Cardiff. v FOWLS.—Thirty prize and prize-bi-ed bantams for sale, consisting of black-red game, black rose- combs, and Japanese. Ahro my first prize and spodlal cap bird. Will 'ake 63s. for him. Cockerels and pullets from 7s. 6)., 10s. 6d., 21s. each, td clear.—Apply to H. SHKMXW, Myrtle Villai Oswestry, Salop. :1 EMIGRANT'S PASS.-For Sale, an America! Pass. Fare paid from Liverpool to Piltsburgf No reasonable pffur refused.—Apply Starr. Hight street, Donrkis. MUSIC-—Two shilling Violin Tutors, 135 Violil Solos, and a Chin rest. What offers ?— J. H JQHES Post office, Cross Keys, Newport. RUNNING SHOES.- For sale, cheap, a pail of running shoes: good condition size 4. WFAAJ oa<rs? 8. SIMPSON, 4?, Great FIEDERK-K-^TEEF • Cardiff. BOOKS.-For sale. Volumes 1 and 2, H Public Characters 1801 to 1503 (inclusive); K UNEY Sketches of the History of Man" 3 vols. (eomf* plete); Dodridges Account of Wales (1714)1 "Aikin'sTour through Wales (1797); History of the Gwyddir Family," with "Letters from Snowdon (attacl-,ed) by Sir John Wynne (1770) i "Cambrian Biography" by W. Owen, F.A.S^ (1803); Practica Waliiae" by Rice Vanshan (1672); 14 Fragments Antiquities, Antient Tenures of Land and Jocular Customs of some Marnorq," &c. (1697); GamhÚan Register," vc-ls. 1 aoti 2 (1795-1796); "The Worthines of Wales." A Poem by Thomas Churchard (1776); THE Shuffie- ton Amatory Po*ms" (1815)Essays cm the Institutions aoft Macotirs of the States of AncieriV Greece by Henrr David Hill, D.D." (1119j: and OMPllOY IAIA2, Homerillias" (16791. OFFERS, —Enwiif EDWARM, Cadextoo, Neath. FOREIGN STAMPS.—Approval sheet?, of sf-ts, KC on apphcation.—WEST, S3. Gakfte!d-ftre«8 Cardiff. FOREIGN STAMPS—Ai;y quantity E-r QUALITY? Send on approval.—WEST, 5S, OI'ifie d-etreeti Cardiff. DOGS.— For sale; excellent well-bared poiate bitch, two years old; broken to SM last year £ 10s.-JolDI PUWKIX, Penpwilycalch, LlauvihangeL ystarn-Llewera, near Monmouth. PLAYS.—Sixteen of Lac, and Pivrch's plav, and farces; all different; atiit amiteuis; 2s 9J lot, free.—• VtiBAt," Dorset Housr, Pan teg, Pontr pooL BICYCLE.—SplandiU Rival safsty b'cyc'e, quit* new from maker* this season not ridden 20 wil" receipt can be seen for JE19 10s 6d; perfect ord. throughout; owner GIVING up riding through health J oomplete W.th alarm bell, lamp, valisC, tools and knkkcrs (all new); ten guineas ot exchange br piaoe.—6, Locke-street, Queen's Hil' Newport, Mon. SEWING MAC BINE.—For sale, a Singer's treadle sevfatg machine, in splendid working order. Cott A; eiil meJB2 10s.-For further information apply to WILLIAM H. EVANS, Compton Bouse, Fiabguard. DOG.—Handsome three-year-old hlaek retriever cklC; good house guard and capital in water. Will ..II cfeeap or exchange for young well-bred fox of Bedlington terrier.-Apply J. PATNB, Bee HIVF Merthyr Vale R.S.O.
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WANTED. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.—Wanted, Doub!a Bass Instrument, must be cheap, for Practice. If a little out of repair not objected to.-Apply T. J. A., I, Tower-street, CrickhoweS). BOOKS.—" Sunday under Three Heads," by Timothy Sparks, paper covers, 1836; "Hemoirs of Joseph Grimaldi 2 voluaies, 1838. Stat( prices, kc.-u W. E. TDorset Ho«?ie, PouiypoG Road.
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TRE ROYAL ViSIT TO CARDIFF SEATS! SEATS! SEATS !—Te Let, Foul splendidly situated Windows from which an uxtin* terrupted view can BE obtained of the «sUr( Royal ProcseBion as it approaches and passes th( house.—Apply Clare Villa, 3, Clare-road, Riverside Cardiff. [AAVF.
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A CENTRAL ATTRACTION, From rosy morn till dowy ave— Her evenings, though, are all bere- While countless calls she must receive, She never sees her callers. An interceding angel she Twixt creditor and debtor, To her unknown, except it ba By number or by letter. I twirl the little crank around, Announcing my intention, And business secrets most profound Shout into Bell's invention. But many plans that reach her ears Would meet with fell destruction If she divulged one-half she heirs, Or learns of—by induction. Sweet ideal pictures of her face, My inmost thoughts incumber The telephone I would embrace When she inquires," What number ? So near and yet 80 far away, 'Tis quite an aggravation So distant is she, though they say She's not above her station. With little treats, to chat a while, I often try to bribe her, In hopes that may be some day l'ii Be more than a subscriber. A single wish to her I'd te:J, If 'twere not such a bold -no I'd like to ring this Central be. le, The ring to be a gold one.
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Bad Whisky. A petition has been forwarded lrom Atrdmfi Lord Lotluaa craving for a commutation of TFCF death sentevee passed on Henry Devlin foi UM murder of his wife at Benhar, Shottt: It is pI" that Devlin was frenzied with drink when he COOT mitted Ue crime—that he was tomporapol insane, AND that the deleterious quality of dI liquor dispensed in the district had something to <J with it." —MMM—MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM—•
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A Swimming Rabbit. Last Sunday week (Mr. G. H. Warrender from Wolrertwropton to tb« J*), wben I wt< wfclltiEg dk'Ug tlws cww* aiw ft young rabbit, APPARENCY about a MONTH old, OU THQ towing-path, I chased it a few yards, when 1 was astonished to see it leap mto the canal ANA swim like a water-rat to the far aide.
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