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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. This week the Rev. Hugh Pritchard, of Ll-an- gaffo, Anglesey, celebrates his hundredth birth- day. Mr. I'ritcha-rd is. a magistrate for the county, and a representative of one of the oldest families in Wales. On Thursday, at the Stamford Hall Congrega- tional Church, London, the marriage took place of the Rev. Harri Oliver (pastor of the Cogges- bali Congregational Church:, Essex), youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Oliver, of Holyhead- (secre- tary of the North Wales Federation of Free Church Councils), to Miss Margaret Lewis, daughter of Mr. John IÆwlis of Larnie, Carmar- thenshire. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Oliver, assisted by the Rev. Owen Thomas, M.A., of Dalston, the bridegroom's uncle. Miss Lewis (the bride's sister-) was the hridesmaJid, and the best man was the Rev. Roderick Davies, London. On Thursday Lord Cochrane. son, and heir of the Earl and C-ountesis of Dundo-nal-d, of Gwrych Castle, Abergele, attained his majority. The rejoicings in honour of the occasion; have been postponed until the autumn, when estate tenantry and inhabitants of Abergele will make a presentation to t'he young heir. Lord Cochrane, whio came of age on the 21st, bears one of the greatest names in naval his- ry, and one which. it is interesting to note, is to be perpetuated in. one of our new battle- ships. The Cochrame.s (says "M.A.P.") have. always been conspicuous for daring and dash, as well a,s for really remarkable inventive getnrus and an intoleranoe of official red tape. Lord Cochrane, who was educated at Eton, like his father, is also very like his father physically. Lord Dundoniald: is -one- of the most intellectual- looking of our generals—indeed, his refined, clear-cut features suggest rather the artist or the poet than the man of war. His principal in- ventions are the galloping gun-carriage-, and a c,.arn?-11 .-I-baclc a.?i-bulain-ce, and- the In?stra b,a(nd,- worm-er. His gun carriage: was. refused, by the ,sapient War Office, who have now to buy the carriages from the private firm to whom he sold it. His wlrv frame and' dark, curly hair are conspicuous,, as well as the plainer "features' of Mr. Wi nston Clhurchill in poor Charles Fur.se's fan lous picture of the relief of Lady&mith. In South Africa Lord' Duindo-nald proved hiimse-lf a horn deader of irregular horse, and he was ador- ed by the Canadians, who would, follow him anywhere—a fact which made his subsequent row with the Canadian Government additionally Piquant. By the death of Mrs. Hargest, widow of the, late James Hargest, Menai Bridge, formerly an agent to the Craigydon estate, several chapels In the Menai Bridge district will receive mone- tary legacies of considerable value. Mr. Hargest Was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist. She has bequeathed1 to the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel [IOO, to thei Welsh Wesley an Chapel 640, to the Welsh Congregational Chapel, /40, and to the Welsh Baptist Chapel ^40. Much- regret has' been evoked by the an- nouncement that Mr Edlwa.rd' Roberts, the North Wales district manager for Messrs Nelson & -died -suddenly at Rhyl last Wednesday in ™s- fortieth year. He attended the funeral of his mother only a few days before his death. » < A meeting was held1 on Thursday -evening for 'induction- of the Rev Howell Harris Hughes, .•A.. B.D., to the pastorate of Moriah Calvinis. "c Methodist Ch-urcih-, Carnarvon, in succession J-0 the Rev Evan Jones, resigned. Mir Huigthes had charge formerly of one of the churches at laenau Festiniog. The Rev T. Lloyd Kyffi-n, M.A., who has1 re- cently resigned the living, of Beaumaris aind. Llamtegifam. and1 who previously for many years Was vicar of Llanbadirig and Llanfaes -andi Pen. man, Anglesey, has been presented with a purse ^1^445 in recognition of his long .service to the hurch, extending over nearly fifty years. The death, at an advanced age, is announced of Mr John- Morgan, who .for more than- thirty years acted as Liberal agent in East Flintshire. As a young man. Mr Morgan1 served in the Royal Wielsh, Fusiliers, and took part in the Crimean 'amPai??n. I-Te wa,s? fcyn,d o?f rel,a?ting how one e en,n,g v during the warhe went down wit-h com- panion's from a position on an eminence then "ecu?t-y;ed' b-37 his re!iment to lbet valley, where tl,iev "hoped to e,btiaii?n, waite,r. Night in tihie Cri- Tne,a .onie,s very rapidly, and, the, wat,eT-be?are,rs away from their lines, and in such darkness1 that they -cooil-d not see their way. After wandering hither andi thither they per- ceived a dim light and cautiously approached it, not sure whether it was in -the enemy's lines or their own. As they drew near they foundi that tere was some kind of cabin, within which were a number of men singing. It turned- ou,t to be P"rt?' of IVelqh Fus(i.lile?rs?, wb,o WeT.e, singinlg a hv-n f,o,r a- d *n,- c,omrad?'e,. Tbie hyni?ii "n -y?l IY dyfro,edid mawir a'r tonau," wbii!cih the 9 10 Idi'eT 'had', aske,d tb?eiiii 'to sing for him, a, it wa, tiau,'?bt'hirn by b,lils,miother at Trelo-,an. After ,?l's re, z"l ttl!rn to B-ri,taiii Mr Morgan became a ?vriter for the Pile,R.s ai-iid c,ontribu,te-d'; to! the "Wr,e,x,hani ('?uarcliarl "I then? a Liberal paper, for mar,'?, ve,ars 'He ?eca e well known, foT his 9l?,etc?,he?; under the pe,n-n,am?me,of "Rambl(er." Mr P' M-o',s't3,?ll Will,ia,m,s, of Rhyl, acted, as, Li(beT;al a'ent for the wl,lt,un, half of ?the c,ou?nty during tli e e ,,am period. a,ii?d, after the death of the late Lord Richard (7?,ro,s-ve,nor Mr Mor),,a,n! au,di !is colleague acted for the late Mr. Samti,el Smith "Tltil tlh,e,i,r reitl r?--me,nit. Mr Smith b,e,queat?hied? to M ?r n /.Too, anid t,o Mr Mos-tyn Williiam?.s a lit aionoglain,t, but tih?e? former d,idi not live to re- Ceive the legacy. The f?ulft?eral takes place this .afte.rnl)r)n at Mo.l,d Ce,m?-Aiery. M \V'll' o S.. 1 lam Jonies, M.P.,alr.rived iÍn Landon 1 J Uday 'n:ight, on his, retuTll1 from the journey úl1Je,n'dla wh],ch he un:diel'oo'k in C'OImpany :vith w 1 IMe Mr. Samuel Smlrth, and wa:s cotd1!ally M: 'C'Ome,d by hÍ!s P.ar1a:menrt,a¡ry colleag¡ues, on H ond:ay afternoon on hIlS' fi.rstélipprea:ra'lllce ,in the 01100 this se,Slsiün.. After seventeen, years' service as Vice-Prin- 'c?"Pal of the North Wales Tra,i.ning Coll?eg, the Rev. F. T.a)i-npit,t has accepted tbe post of head ,"aster of the Royal Orphanage, Wolvethamp- t" -k te.s,timo,n!ial !is? being promio,te,d, f,or pire- ,erita,ti lOn to Mr. l,amp:itt in re,coiqnition of his ,,ervic.i. ?be,-n;- 'the college, t,he jo Int se,cret.arie,s New, a member of the college staff, arid William Te,arty, Ban,or. 'City V?iew, A l?b-al re!siponse t'o-' the a peal for subsc"rip- tio p n8 has already been made.
The Judges' Lodgings.
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The Judges' Lodgings. We recently quoted from the Western Mail aragraph and some poetry relating to the lldges' odgings at Dolgelley, and we therefore CO'19"der it our duty to similarlv quote an express- ?arl of regret made by the 'same Conservative Journal. e Western Mail of Friday contains tle, following:- A Paragraph in this column a few days ago 'Dul??hed on the question of judges' lodgings in Wales, and as the judges lodgings at Dolgelley W'?ll- Sp(!Cifically mentioned, a doggerel verse Which folloa,ed has been given a meaning which not intended. When his Majesty's judges 'Sit Dolgellev they stay at the Rectorv-,i. 'Ieliglitful place, which the judges find in every-way 4greeable ,d comfortable, and which evoked from Mr. Justice j e enc()rxl. If the other day warm and grateful lums. We much regret that the good rector Should have been given any cause for annoyance by the Paragraph in question.
IWeek by Week.
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I Week by Week. Rev. Rhys; Jones, of Cadnant Park, Conway, writes in reference to a paragraph in this column In last week's "Weekly News" a correspond- ent asked if anyone could enlighten, him about the derivation of the .second name of Rev. D. Tecwyn E-vans, B.A., Llandd'ulas. Mr. Evans comes from Brontecwyn, in the parish of Llan- decwyn, near Talsarnau, Merioneth. This sparsely populated country district has given three Wesleyan ministers to the world;, namely Rev. Lewis Owen,, Portdinorwic; Rev. W. R. Roberts, LI ainf air caere in ion (who isi to succeed Rev. Gwynfryn jol-ieisi at Llandudno), and Rev. Tecwyn Ðvansl, B.A. When Mr. Evans1 was quite a young boy, he used to compete in com- petitive mee.tinigsi under the nom de pluane of Dewi Tecwyn. and became widely known by that name. When he entered the ministry, he adopt- ed the Tecwyn as second, name, and as. such. he is known throughout the; length and breadth of the land. A well-¡:nlOwln local public official, after view.. ing the Northern Lights, walked into an hotel and asked the lady in charge whether she had, I ',n replied' the la-dty, and. to which she replied, ab- stractedly, "no, he ha sin't come in yet." UNDER THE NEW ACT. "Hullo that's a smart turnout Who's the lady?"—"She Was my cook once. That carriage comes ou.t of compensation for a broken leg."— "Tatter. S « It was never more ne,c,ess,ary than, it is now to siCirutinise the- novels that are .allowed to enter families. There has bean during the last few years a steadily growing favour for the novel of -passion.—Claudius Clear, in the "British Weekly." A 'Ceniteniarian, clergyman has been discovered in the person of the Rev Hugh Pritchard, of 1,1,a.,n?,-affo, Ar,-fgleis,ey. Mr Pr',tch,q,rd, who a?tta!in.ed is- h,(:s huiidre,dtl-i year on ??o:nidiay, is? a mag' trate for the co-unity, and a representative of one of the oldest families in Wales. His memory and his hearing, are both, good, and his- tenantry are looking forward to the olpportullity of pre- senting him, with a congratulatory address- Ac- cording to a 'Corres'pondieint of the "Church Family Newspaper," Mr Pritchard once held a curacy in Anglesey for two years', but, being painfully nervous,, was forced to give, up the work. But all his long life he has. been a de- vout and active Churchman. He attributes his longevity to his activity, and to moderation in everything. He has believed, so this corres- pondent says, "in eating and drinking a little of the best of everything." < Two twelfth-century windows in Rhuddlan Parish Church have been re-opened after being closed at least 150 years. < The right reply to. the following letter of con- gratulation is urgently dies,i.Tedl: -"Dear So glad to hear of your engagement to at last." The vicar, thinkinig the Sunday School child- ren were growing a little restless, hit upon an, expedient for introducing a diversion. "All thoise boys and girls, who want to go to Heaven, please stand." The whole school rose, save Mlidi except one little boy. "Don't you want to go to Heaven, my little lad?" asked the kindly vicar. "Yes, sir," was the response, "but I know mother daesn1 want me to go just yet." Curates1 have their troubles!, like other people. One of them describes his misfortunes as fol- l,ow.s :I wiasi suddenly taken ill with hoarse- ness, followed by loss of voice, which rendered me incapable of doing any work. The vicar and the other curate were away. I had to find a substitute for myself (morning and evening ser- vice) in the district church I serve, and a sub- stitute for the curate of the mother church at one service. Who- is responsible for the payment of these substitutes:?" The consoling information (remarks the "Daily Telegraph") is, now forth- coming that a curate isi, in the circumstances, merely the agent of the vicar, and that the vicar must pay. The Welsh legendi about the robin which the poet Whittier heardi from an old Welshwoman in America is very pretty and has, a tfiuch of pathos in. it. Its purport is tOo explain why the breast of the robin: irs, red1. Once upon a time a human being was .cast into the bottomless pit, which, as, the Scripture tells uis, is always burn- ing, and his -cries -reached the ears of the robin, whose breast until that moment was, like his coat, a ruisset brown. Touched with pity at the man's agony, the little bird) -decided to assuage his pain, but to- -do that 'he found it was neces- sary to quench the fire of hell. There was a stream close by, and1 the good bird took a drop of the water in his beak ain-d flew and dropped it down into the pit. Going, however, too near the brink, ante of ithe, flames singed' his breast, and his, descendants- ever since have borne the marks of that burning. There are over 180 candidates for the post of librarian of Rhyl Free Library at a salary of ^80 per annum. Mr. Herbert Garrison at Colwyn Bay: "You must never presume to call upon a volcano during strictly business, hours!" In the course of his lecture at Colwyn Bay, Mr. Herbert Garrison, was- at a loss for the Welsh equivalent for the Scotch term "bawbees.') On this, as on many other subjects the people of Wales are divided into two hostile camps. In North Wales they say "brass," whilst the barbarians of South Wales stick in more sensete than one to "slilver," he rival terms being "pres" and "arian." < « it One of the sons of Mr. 0. M. Edwards has been christened Haf. As a personal name it is probably unique. U ndier the' auspices of the North Wales Col- lege, a society has been started with the object of publishing, old Welsh M'SS. that may prove useful to students of Welsh history. The leek or the, daffodil?—that is the question which the intending guests' at the forthcoming St. David's Day celebrations, will have to decide in choosinlg "patriotic" buttonholes for the oc- casion. For OUT own part, we -advise our read- ers to plump for the March flower as against the "unsightly, odiferous vegetable." Some time ago a young woman was to .as the licensee of a tavern between St. Asaph and Holywell because of her age. On Saturday the license was granted to a young man who. is to remove the -difficulty by marrying the lady. The couple were -congratulated by the Bench. At the last meeting of St. Asaph Guardians it was. stated that, after being driven from Rhyl to the Workhouse, an old man 'took flight rig. soon as he heard the word "bath," mentioned'. • • For the: first time for many years it has been arranged to hold a Welsh National Service at St. Asaph's Cathedral on. St. David's Eve, when the Veni. John, Morgan, M.A., Archdeacon of Bangor, will be the preacher. < The astrionomers have -counted 365 million worldlS, and they admit the existence of millions more which they have failed to count.
I'Rev. D. Tecwyn Evans on…
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I' Rev. D. Tecwyn Evans on the New Theology. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,—In your report of what I had to say on the above subject at Abergele, on February 14th, there are some statements which do not accurately represent what was said, and a few which, if true, would make my own belief as self-contradictory as Mr Campbell's teaching. I think that it is most imperative that we should express ourselves very carefully on these weighty subjects, and in order to avoid any misrepresentation, I trust you will allow me to make a few remarks. Of course, I fully recognise that it was no easy task for your reporter to take notes in another language of a speech delivered in Welsh, but with most of what he has written I totally agree. And Mr Campbell's teach- ing is so full of misty generalisations, that it requires the greatest care on the part of all who either speak or write on the subject to avoid falling into hopeless confusion. I did not say that Mr Campbell maintained that there was no Personality in God," but that his teaching will logically lead us to such a conclusion. There is nothing in his idea of God to include necessarily the idea of Personality in the Godhead. Now personality is not the lowest step in the reality of existence," as I am reported to have said, but by all means the highest form of existence, as we know existence now. If that is so, and if there be no personality in God, then He is less than the highest we know of. If it was said that God and the creation were one," then I also am to be counted among the Pantheists. But though I believe that God is in everything, or rather that everything is in God, I do not believe that God and the creation are one," but that He is infinitely transcendent as well as minutely immanent. It is Mr Campbell, not I, who believes that it is the Spirit of Jesus that dwells in every man." I really wish that this doctrine were true, but some hard facts of experience, which no one can explain away, compel me to believe that a spirit very much opposed to the Spirit of Christ dwells in some people. If I said that Mr. Chesterton made any remark about Mr. Campbell's theology cynically," I made a great mistake. There is no one who is further removed from the miserable plight of the cynic than this brilliant critic and man of letters. He has humour and genius enough to consider such an excrescence as Mr. Campbell's teaching as a superficial attempt not merely to deny the super- natural but also to deny even the natural. Referring to Mr. Campbell's theories of sin, I am reported to have said that Sodom and Gomorrah would not accept such theories." But I am tempted to believe that Sodom and Gomorrah would be only too pleased to accept these theories of sin,—if such places were liable to be troubled by any theories of anything at all. What I did say and believe,—and this, as it appears to me, is by far the most serious aspect of Mr. Campbell's doctrine -is that if these new ideas of sin would be generally accepted, that our land would very soon become a A^eritable Sodom and Gomorrah. For sin, according to Mr. Campbell, in the last resort is nothing more than the Self-Limitation of God in man. It is against such a doctrine as this that the most elementary moral sense of any man will revolt. I did not say that there was much writing on the reality of sin and pain," but that many modern writers are continually speaking about the pain of the world, but hardly ever about the sin of the world. It would be well if they did face the reality of sin. They may then discover that the only reality which was greater and stronger even than sin is the Holy Redeeming Love of God in the Cross of Christ. It would be well if our age would believe in the eternal and inexorable distinction between right and wrong. Then we would be in a position to begin to do away with the superficial morality of the day. If this moral distinction fades away from the consciousness of the people, then it is certain that neither science nor culture nor social- ism nor nominal religion will save civilization from a catastrophe,—any more than these things saved the Roman Empire from ruin. A man's idea of sin is indeed a vital matter, and I most earnestly would ask your young readers to pause before ac- cepting Mr. Campbell's teaching on this all- important subject. Sin is not the shadow where there ought to be light, it is the revolt of the will of a free, responsible being, against the order of things and against the Will of God. God alone is absolutely and eternally free, but man has enough freedom to make him responsible. The freedom of man is limited nevertheless, it is intensely real. If we do not believe this, then we need not trouble about believing anything or about thinking at all. Thought itself will be utter chaos if this be not true. I wish to sav deliberately that to me sin is enmity against God, impenetrable darkness, death eternal. I will not take up more of your space, but if your young readers wish to think for themselves- as I greatly hope they do—on these great topics they could do no better than read such books as the following :— 1. The God-Man" (Principal T. C. Edwards). 2. "Person Crist" (Dr. Lewis Edwards). 3. "Diwinyddiaeth Gristionogol" (Rev. Owen Evans, Bangor). This is a new, able, and well- informed Welsh book, published last September. 4. "The Fundamental Ideas of Christianity" (Dr. Caird). 5. "The Fact of Christ" (Rev. P. Carnegie Simpson, M.A.). 6. The Knowledge of God (Dr. Gwatkin). I remain, yours faithfully, Llanddulas, D. TECWYN EVANS. Feb. 23rd, 1907.
County Council Election.
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County Council Election. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,—Naturally there is a great diversity of opinion as to who should be selected to represent the four Colwyn Bay divisions on the County Council, and there will be some hard fighting before the names of the successful candidates are known. The silent tongue and the mere voting machine must be abolished, and strong-minded men who will not hesitate to open their mouths and speak their minds on behalf of their constitu- ents must come to the front. To put it shortly and to the point-the" fortiter in re" must take the place of the suaviter in modo." Those who are elected must give time and attention to the wants of the place, and there should be no shirking of duties. Absence from Committees or Council Meetings should not be allowed unless unavoidable. Mr J. M. Porter goes in without opposition, as should be the case. The capabilities of Mr G. Bevan are well known to the ratepayers, and it would be a great mistake to leave his name out of the selected four. His financial knowledge ought to ensure his success. His opponent, Rev. Thomas Lloyd, may be a hard worker and full of energy, but surely mundane affairs should not be the chief object of his life. No man can serve two masters. Mr Edward Allen deserves the support of all the electors in the South Ward. His arguments are grounded on common sense blended with legality and a proper regard for the rights of others. He is a young man, full of energy, and when he has any- thing to say he will say it, and that very much to the point. His name will surely be enrolled as a member of the County Council. In the Eirias Division there will probably be a great fight, as I understand that Mr Frank Booth is coming out against Mr D. O. Williams, the retiring member. There is no doubt about Mr Frank Booth being a strong candidate, who will never be a silent member nor a mere voting machine if elected. If his views meet with the approval of the voters they should not hesitate to do their best to I put him at the top of the poll. He will always be a fighter for the rights of Colwyn Bay and district, and can be trusted to take a proper view of things in general.—Yours truly, Old Colwyn, CHAS. J. CROWTHER. 26th Feb., 1907.
Llysfaen Surface Water Dispute.
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Llysfaen Surface Water Dispute. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,—Being the illstarred Sox," I was delighted to find the above headline adorning your issue of the 15th inst. Therefore I may be par- doned for being interested therein, so I sat me down on my doorstep, adjusted my pinz-nez, anticipating an illuminating effusion upon the subject. In the course of my very plain and simple letter anent this matter, I had incidentally men- tioned an historical fact, viz., that the Colwyn Bay Council had a highly developed penchant for law and wordy disputations-indeed, so highly developed that when not in active use upon out- siders, it was continually in practice upon itself in minor squabbles. I had also said that the Llysfaen Surface Water Scheme had been carried out at the behest and mainly for the benefit of the Colwyn Bay Council, and that its final com- pletion was being wilfully and needlessly delayed by the Council that demanded it, also an his- torical fact. I consequently was full of hope that the letter I was about to read would at least attempt to justify or condemn the policy adopted by the said Council. Alas for the frailty of human hope It did neither. It turned out to be a mournful vacuity as far as the question at issue was concerned. Your correspondent said nothing upon the subject he professed to write about, and cleverly utilized half a column to say it in. My quest for the link to connect the subject and the matter of his letter was a weary one and futile. Indeed, the only connection that can be traced between his letter and water, surface or otherwise, is a somewhat haphazard and irrevelant allusion to the mighty Mississipi. Why drag her into the dispute ? Had your correspondent's pen written- Missismurphy—the propriety and sense of the allusion would have been equally germane and apparent. Perhaps that the only word in the headline that the reader is continually conscious of its presence, while reading this epistle of "Stockings" is the word surface, superficiality and shallowness being the pervading characteristics of his effort. But then again the application does not touch Llysfaen, but naturally connects itself with the wiseacre who signs himself Stockings." No, no, Stockings," as a letter writer upon a given question you are an unmitigated failure, and you should incontinently drop the ambition to become a journalistic giant, and cease the wilful waste of the midnight oil, and apply your alleged talents (which in this instance are more apparent than real) to some channel of usefulness more befitted to their dimensions,—say to the framing of adverts for local tradesmen, as you seem to have a super- fluous stock of very strong and healthy adjectives on hand, without any visible means of existence. This would prove an opportunity of letting them go to grass. Adjectives are the dynamitards of literature, and are dangerous in the hands of the inexperienced. In yours they would prove excep- tionally so, as I find from your letter you have an abnormal tendency to flourish firearms, shot-gun" and pop-gun being highly favoured weapons therein. Hitherto I would suppose that your men- tal diet has been chiefly supplied by the diction- aries, a very necessary ingredient in the proper upbringing of a budding journalist, but too much thereof produces swelling, and should be avoided. I humbly suggest, Stockings," a change of regime. Leave off the illicit use of words, and try a course of thinking. Doubtless you will find it irksome at first, not being used to it, but try on. If you don't succeed at first (which I am afraid you will not), well, then, try again. Then probably you will be amused at yourself for having supposed that the main use of words was to produce sound, and it will doubtless dawn eventually upon your benight- ed jelly, that in the hands of a Sox," words are capable of conveying healthy, salutory, and in- vigorating truths to your brawny cerebellum. Yes, good Stockings," you have been kept too long on Johnson's feet, and seem to be badly in need of solution of Missisippi water and Sunlight soap, in which solution I would advice a prolonged soaking. Then, if you have survived the operation, you need an interminally weary application of the darning needle to introduce into your composition a wool that is so far foreign to it, then, per adven- ture, you may be fit for wear. I have it borne upon me, Stockings," that you are not at all a bad sort, although I labour under the disadvantage of not in this correspodence at least knowing you personally, my only guide to your character and personality being your letter, but evidently you know me. Although I regret that your aquaint- ance with me has not so far produced in your writings the true Soxian strain and spirit, still I would not write to you only in the most kindly way, because you have relieved me of a terrible anxiety. You call me poor old Sox." I plead guilty "Stockings," to the former part of your indictment, but hang it, man, I am not old, not old, Stockings." Anyhow, a man is no older than he feels, and I feel particularly young just now, for you have removed an age producine incubas from my mind. It is only blubber, Stockings," only blubber surrounding, not on, my mental optics. That's all that you have discovered, Stockings." In these days, when so many are totally, hopelessly blind, mentally it is to me a great relief, grateful and comforting, Stockings," to have it said upon your authority that I suffer only from an abnormal accumulation of blubber, traceable undoubtedly to my long and close connection with W(h)ales. Before parting, Stockings," allow me to place upon record my appreciation of, and my concurrence with your particularly wise and original statement that if I saw better I would have clearer perception." See. ing that this sage dictum can bear a universal application, I am sure that you can have no objection to allow other journals to copy it, and at some future age I have no doubt but that a per- ceiving generation will clamour for its insertion in the new and revised edition of the Book of Proverbs. You in excellent taste, call me Ananias because I withhold certain facts from my previous letter, as you neglefct to produce the same, I fear me much, Stockings," that you must rank as the Saphira of this correspondence, and the femininity of the character will suit your gentle nature, as you are not a curious blend of the trinity of B's (a phrase, by the way, suggesting an unholy alliance of Tap- room parlance and new theology sentences.) Stockings," thou art a genius for after finding that I possessed such excellent qualities as Bluff, I Bounce and Bluster, what more natural than that thou should feel a fatherly solicitude for my developement into a fullfiedged Urban Councillor, seeing that those are the qualifications that ensure an easy admittance into the Solomonic circle, which thou so valiantly but vainly defendest. Ta, ta, Stockings." Out of the hopeless, incoherent mass of illassorted metaphors and distorted and tangled mixture of nonsence thou hast collected together, one can only pick a little pen. Go, good Stockings," hang thyself to thy bedpost until next Christmas, and pray earnestly that some good Santa Claus may have mercy upon thee and stiffen thy limpness by putting something in thy in-ards, for as thou art, thy only usefulness is to engender unnecessary compassion. Thy precious letter contributes the same quota to the sum of wordly wisdom, as a legless and footless stocking does to the sum of human comfort. A true per- ception of the brevity of life precludes me from touching upon thy innumerable frailties, and a sledge hammer is not a fit instrument to gently tap a tin-tack. So, au revoir, friend Stockings. Thine in loving bonds, Sox.
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Caerhun Division and the County Council Election. To THE EDITOR OF THE Weekly News. Sir,—Will you kindly allow me space to express my opinion in this matter. For a number of years the electors have sent an outside man to represent the internal affairs and needs of its people. Now, this mode is in direct opposition to the electors' own needs and interest and of real self government. How, in the light of common sense, can a doctor or a tailor know the real needs of a farming dis- trict,—the one is contrary to the other. It must be a man chosen from amongst its own people, whose interest in common is their interest, one of its own household, who alone can tell what is required, who by daily and practical experience (like the good house wife) knows just what is wanted for the family. There is always room in a town district for doctors, butchers, tinkers and tailors, &c., but a rural district stands altogether different to a town. As a naturalized Welshman, which I think is my rightful claim after 30 years amongst them, I am more and more astonished at their blindness in this matter. I hold Dr. Morgan with the greatest respect, but that of itself is poor stuff to live on. Mr. G. O. Jones is your man, and right- fully entitled to your votes.—Yours faithfully, Woodlands, Roewen, E. GOULDING. February 23rd, 1907.
Increased Cost of Living.
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Increased Cost of Living. The recent rise in the price of cheese has served to direct pubic attention to the general increase that has taken, place in the cost of liv- ing, to the working-classes- especially, during the past year. Not only is cheese now selling in the shops at 8d. to gd1. per lb., but bacons and hams have al,so reached the highest prices known for many years. The food situation thus cre- ated is of serious importance to the middle and working classes. Interviewed on the subject, one of the largest provision importers in Tooley Street stated that the advance in prices was undoubtedly largely due to the fact that the public were not consum- ing as many tinned: .meats -as formerly, as the result of the pnejiudice which has not yet entirely disappeared against American Tinned meats, "Corned Beef;" he stated, "was a most econo- mic and nourishing food, costing only 6d. per lb., and there were many signs that the con- sumption of it was rapidly returning to its old standard." In further conversation, he called attention as a reason why the public should be no longer prejudiced against tinned meats to a public state- ment made the other dav by the 'Hon. G. P. Cable, Solicitor for the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, in which he stated that he was authorised to say that the American, Gov- ernment had made, and would continue to make, tfi-e United States stamp upon meat food pro- ducts, sitand for the highest standard of excel- lence.
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Business Enterprise at Colwyn Bay. MESSRS. JACKSON'S NEW PREMISES. The alterations, &c., to the premises of Messrs. R. & F. W. Jackson-, fancy drapers, &c., Station Road, Colwyn. Bay, are now rapidly ap- proaching completion. The new front, which is of solid mahogany, is unique in design, and will be the innovation iolf the modern style of shop front in Colwyn Bay. Instead of the usual method of viewing windows from the .street, Messrs. Jackson's windows are so arranged that the whole of their displays 'may be viewed from the very wide en- trance they have allowed for the purpose, there- by dispensing with th,e discomfort of standing on the pavement in wet or stormy weather. The windows are probably the largest of their kind in the town, and will allow of very much better displays of goods than this firm could ever attempt to make in their old windows. The interior, also-, has been. enlarged1 and renovated, providing greater accomodation for their steadily increasing trade. Active preparation has been made -for the com- ing season, and the premises will be opened with an entirely iniew and high-class stock of goods, and a larger selection will be shown, in every department. Dainty blouses of every dis- crip-tion will as usual be the principal speciality of the establishment, whilst an endless variety of lace goods, neck-wear, belts, gloves, hosiery, &c., will be exhibited. The ladies' underclothing and children's de. partment, for which Messrs. Jackson are noted throughout the district will be replete with all that is newest and most fashionable. Throughout the establishment only goods of reliable make and quality will be offered, and at charges that will -compare -favourably with town prices- No "cheap" goods of any description will be kept, and satisfaction will be willingly given to purchasers, of their goods. The premises when complete will in future be known as The Premier Arcade," and three separate business will be conducted as fol- lows On the ground floor: Messrs. R. & F. W. Jackson, fancy drapers, &c. Mr. R. Jackson, coal merchant. On the first floor: Messrs. H. Zaloudek & Co. (of Llandudno), high class ladies' tailors and dressmakers, who will show a choice stock of the latest models. The front and interior have been designed by. Messrs. Porter and Hunter, architects, Colwyn Bay. and the work carried out by -Messrs. T. Hood-wick & Co., shop fitters, Manchester.
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