Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

OOJSTNAH'S QUAY. KINDNESS TO THE POOR.—Mrs. Davison of Far- field, has, as usual, distributed a large quantity of linsey, and numerous gifts and articles of clothing to the poor of Connah's Quay and Northop. r

%iEPPS's COCOA-GIATHFUL AND COMFORTIXG.By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a c:ueful ap- plication of the tine properties of well selected COCOA, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor's bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." Civil Ga-ette.-Make simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, hy Grocers labelled—" JAMES Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists London.Also makers of Epps's Afternoon Chocolat Essence.

Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by our Correspondents.] THE ACCURSED SPIRIT OF SOCIALISM. There are important questions discussed in the Life of Samuel Morley," but I have been led to reflect, upon one of them as a principal evil of our own day. Good men may differ in opinion upon creeds and ceremonies; upon political and party questions and even upon purely economic ones, but no good man,—or woman either as to that-can honestly disregard the Socialistic tendencies of the age, and the serious dangers arising out of them. I knew no man of my acquaintance who was more willing to help the deserving poor with advice or with money than the late Mr. Morley but mixing as he did with Reformers of every class, lay and cleric, male and female, and being also thoroughly well acquainted with the divers and devious ways, earnest, but mistaken Social Reformers, adopted to compass their ends, he was never unmindful of the one great fact that sin abounded alike among rich and poor, high and low, though he both felt and acknowledged that the poor and the low especially, were open to temptations which the rich and high saw no reason to guard themselves against. But when I had opportunities of conversing with him upon Socialism as an abstract question, I am not at all sure that he did not somewhat confine his views upon it to the "Social evil," we hear so much about, and that he failed to distinguish between it, and Socialism itself. By the force of circumstances, and not of my own free will, I have had occasion from time to time to companionate with German, Frcnch,and English, Socialists and although I found them to differ in opinion upon some essential points, they appeared to hold in common that the christian Godhead was a fable, and the moral law a fraud It follows, therefore, that liberty in their opinion must simply mean the right a man has to think, and to do, as he listed that law can only be reasonably binding upon men, so long as it is convenient to use it for their own profits and advantage and that the dread of a future accountability to God for the deeds done in the body can possess no reality, for, according to their view, life ends in death, and death simply means annhilation Assuming these dogmas to De true we can at once understand why the believers in them set at defiance all the conveniences of Sooiety. If for instance I take a fancy to a woman, I do not wish to marry, her, but respecting the laws of my oountry, and believing more or less in the moral obligations I am under to God's laws, I try to follow the plain injunctions of Scripture and decline to do wrong in the belief that in so acting I am thereby doing right. But my Socialist neighbour laughs at me, and says, follow my example, take the woman under your roof, deal with her kindly and fairly, make her your companion and friend, and if you have been wise in your selection, spend your life with her, and be happy, but if otherwise, let her depart in peace, and look out for a more fitting mate Do I thus over-draw the picture of moral depravity in which men and women are now living together in England and Wales? God knows the contrary for these natural unions" are common enough in our midst, and are practised openly with. out the intervention of Parson or Registrar to make them binding, as required by our laws. If the evil stopped there it would be bad enough but unhappily, respectable, and so called "religious" men, do not scruple to associate with men and women who lead the social life I have described, and they also unblushingly sanction in that way the very sin they Sunday by Sunday denounce in God's house, and will even dare to say their Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep thy law." Nay, the evil complained of has become so glaring, that Clergymen will visit men and women who live in open adultery, and will afterwards invoke God's curses in Church upon the adulterers, and in theit very presence, and then they will coolly walk b ick wiih them to their homes to partake of their hospitality What are we to say of pure minded and innocent maidens who companionate in their ignorance with such men? What say we to those of the sex, who know the truth about them, and will dare to account them as friends ? Look we at this question from any point of view we may, the result is disastrous to rociety itself, for the wicked ones can see no harm in this unseemly intercouse with bad men, and the good ones alas rub against a people who can but lower their source of deep esteem, and perad. venture in the end, lead them to the downward path which leadeth to destruction, and the very first result of this vile influence in such cases is, the begetting in the heart a disregard for truth, a low sense of personal honour, an open violation of duty to others, and the assertion of a self will, which is as offensive to our own sense of propriety, as it is contrary to the Divine laws themselves. We condemn--and rightly so-publio men who use language in their speeches and letters, which will bear two interpretations, but these men are subjeot to public opinion, and can be punished for their offences; but when the same thing is done by private individuals, and they are caught in a lie, how often are we met with the remark—" Well so and so did not say so and so, I admit, but he meant it all the same, and I do not see why I should be blamed for saying he had said so Or, take another case-far too common I fear- when the most sacred promises have been given by friend to friend, and are afterwards broken in a reckless and cruel manner. You com- plain of the wrong done-it is coldly admired, but by way of justification for it, your friend tells you, 0 I gave my promise out of pity," or I afterwards changed my MIDI," forgetting alto- gether that that is b,l4r aI1°ther form of Socialism, and "o^'Ywicked and bad as is the doctrine j iiave alluded to already; when it is taught-" if you have not made a wise choice of a companion, put her away, and take another mate This poi- son is working its way into the very vitals of society and we see the outcome of it in tumults and great gatherings in London and elsewhere, and in the open violatioa of every sacred obligation man can owe to man, when the Socialist blackguard will tell a cler- gyman at St. Paul's to his face, Thou art a bloody liar The respectable citizen beholds all this, and often quakes with fear in the contemplation, but when you reason with him as to its cause, he simply shrugs his shoulders, and exclaims, What can you expect from a dissolute class of working men ? But this great evil cannot be met in that way. We must look the dread enemy full in the face, and be bold enough to say to A, and B, or C, Thou art the man (or woman) answerable for much of the evil insomuch as these very pious souls," themselves too often, make a religion of cant, and by their own evil examples encourage others to put God away from their thoughts, and to take up with the world as they find it. The two good men I alluded to in a former letter —Messrs. Morley and Hudson-did not content themselves with that method of dealiiag with great and serious evils, but they employed and paid suitable men and women to visit the dens of infamy in our towns land to teach those who frequented such places, a more excellent way of making their lives happy and useful; and if I may be allowed to say so. your worthy county member is another living example of the truly earnest men who do good by stealth, oud blush to find it fame. Mr. Smith, however, must pardon me when I add that even he -as a public man-is guilty of counteuancing another form of Socialism, which I hope upon reflec- tion he will not try to justify, as one of those party expedients, which now-a-days form a part of our political stock-in-trade. I agree with him in thinking that religious teachers should be supported by the freewill offerings of their own people, and not by the forcel contributions of one class of their neighbours. I also think with him that it would be a blessed day for the Church when she became free from State control but I deny altogether the moral right ef Parliament to rob the Church of a shilling of the inheritance which fairly belongs to her, upon the bad plea that because Parliament had once done so, it can do the very same thing again I know of no darker period in the history of Christianity than that when the vile Eighth Harry presided over the councils of this nation. He was a robber, and a thief, and his minions, who did his bidding, ware not a whit better than he but in these enlightened days when we admit—theoretically at least-that property has its rights, I cannot very well see how the Socialistic doctrine of confiscation can be justi- fied, simply because it happens to be expedient from a party point of view that disendowment should accompany discstablisbment. Accept Mr. Smith's dogma on this point, where are we to stop ? Suppose Mr. Gladstone took it into his head to introduce a bill into Parliament enacting there should be no God in this nation, and that his subservient followers should be willing to vote for it, and they were powerful enough to pass it into a law, would that be right ? No! Parliament can have no moral right to do any wrong, though we know to our costjit has often done-by sheer force- -deeds that have brought the blush of shame to the faqn,of the best and noblest of men, and that it has done so, "for the glory of God If then we are ever to cope successfully with the dangers of Socialism, we must begin to attack it from above. Men in authority must learn to do well, and cease to do evil; ministers of religion must enter upon the hard task of purifying themselves, before they preach purity to others they must reverence the truth, abide in it, practice it, and be careful not to encourage others by word or by example to be faithless to their engagements, false to their vows, heedless of their duties, and then-but not before-there will be some reasonable hope that this monster evil, of all evils, will not only be scotched but be absolutely destroyed. Can Christ be learned in any other way ? Not if Paul is to be believed not if the Bible be true not if the faith once delivered to the saints can be relied upon or, to put it into the language of poetry, as rendered by the author of EZEKIEL-there will never come the happy time when— After the nameless love, After the dreary strife Of the failing life with Death, presence] The secret that will shine and then glow [in Of His smile who watcheth beside the River, for ever And [the knowledge] that this smile shall shine I suppose that the friend who sent me the book some two years ago had read its pages with profit and advantage, for many parts of it have been marked as though they were gems of great worth and taking it for all in all, as I find it so marked, I know of no other human work to be compared with it, as a great moral lesson in condemnation of faith- lessness, and of a wilful disregard for truth, and by purity of reason therefore I accxpt It as a protest against the Scocialism of the day, and of its acoursed influences upon society, at large. E. J. H.

m WHO IS TO BE CHAMPION? THE COMING CONTEST BKTWKEN BEAOH AND HANLAN. SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOEJIKE. to show a decadence of physical and moral strength that would do away with the boasted glory of the thoroughbred Englishman, who aska no favours he cannot earn. We are fond of amusement, but with it we like a mixed good. Hunting, racing, cricket, yachting or rowing are all amusements, but of that kind that improves the physical and mental condition while it relaxes and freshens all parts. These are the universal amusements of Britain's sons in all countries and in all climes, and a word or line about them, or any distinguished exponent of them, whether professional or amateur is always aecepted or listened to with pleasure by all English- men. In view of his past successes, and his approaching contest for the World's Championship with Edward Hanlan, on the Parramatta river, a few words re- garding champion Wm. Beach will be read with interest by our people. Beach is an Englishman, born in Surrey in 1851. When he was yet a lad his father moved to Australia, and the stern necessities of life required that the ooming champion should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow," and he was put to work in his father's smithy, and it was while engaged here I that the bone and muscle so useful to him at present was developed. Like all Englishmen, Beach took advantage of every opportunity to engage in athletic pastimes, and his inclinations turning to aquatics, he could occasionally be seen in his skiff rowing through the waters of the Illawarra lakes near his home. It was not until he was 23 years of age that he engaged in a regular contest, and that was in heavy boats, for the munificent sum of five shillings, his opponent being a publioan. Beach won. From this time on Beach, as an amateur, rowed against all comers, and was so successful that he was finally handi- capped out of all raoos. His racing weight is 12 stone, and it is at this weight he will again con- teat with Hanlan, who has just sailed from San Francisco for Sydney. Beach has as a professional oarsman, in the last seven years, engaged in about twenty-five contests, winning all but six, and being second in three of these. Beach's style of training is very severe, involving as it does a run of about three miles before breakfa&t, a walk of half- a-dozen miles afterwards a pull in his boat over the course After dinner another walk and a long pull over the course again, still an- other walk, and to bed promptly at niue o'clock. Necessarily this constant strain on mind and body will knock up" the strongest constitution, and Beach, with all others, has found that during the period devoted to training for a race that his liver and kidneys have given him a great deal of trouble, and he has been at times in a position where to give up training would lose a race, and to continue would probably ruin his health. A physician was necessary to be on hand nearly all the time, and strong drugs were required to make quick relief possible. Nature requires an'aid to keep his physical condition up to the highest possible point, and it is not surprising to hear Beach state that during the time he was training to meet Hanlan in his last race. that his trainer procured for him some of Warner's SAFE Cure, and that he "was most agreeably astonished at the great benefit which followed its use." It is a wonderful medicine, and he finds it the best possible aid to a command of all his natural powers, because it does not first goad and afterwards weaken the system, but works in perfect harmony with nature's laws. It not only gives temporary relief, bnt lasting benefit, and this fact has caused thousands of athletes all over the world to use Warner's SAFE Cure, not only during the time of training, but at all times when they feel that depression of spirits, nausea, lassitude, or other symptoms of disordered liver or kidneys from whence spring nearly all the ills flesh is heir to. Any unusual or long-continued strain put on either the mind or the body will result in a weakening of the vital parts, and the liver and kidneys being so susceptible to injury, need constant care and attention, and if the same remedy used by Beach and others was taken advantage of by all the people, they would then be able to almost defy disease. Sedentary occupations, like too much activity, are likely to produce similar results on the liver and kidneys, and to each class Warner's SAFE Cure is an invaluable assistant to nature in preventing disease, and often premature death.-The Sports- man.

THE FLINT AND DENBIGH HOUNDS WILL MEET Friday, Dec. 30th Llangerniew Toll-bar. Monday, Jan. 2nd Pengwern. Friday, Jan. 6th ..Glanywern. AT 10.30 A.M. V. C. H. WILL MEET Saturday, December 31st Berth. Wednesday, Jan. 4th, Terfyn. Saturday, Jan. 7th Brookhouse. I., 11 o'clock.

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS. 1. {From Farm, Field, G,nd *«' POTATOES r oasted in their jckers g, r.er.J'y cm- sidered a popular dish, but thuy are *o;ih- ions s, i;t to the tab'e with the aforesaid jacki ts bearif-g too strong" reminder of mother earth to be a;t h, r agreeabe. Potatoes, to be served in thoir kíLS, shou d be v ry thoroughly WI1 hed. It. is bPSî, to keep a small stiff brush for the especial purpose of scrubbing them. Cook them until they rea ily to the pressure of the thumb and linger, and send them to table wrappod in a napkin. Eoasbfaten with a jmi-e insteid of a fork ■■ ro more easily reduced to froth, aud the vets 1 employed should be a plate, not a cup or bauu, upon which to treat them. EARTHENWARE and china, wa-bed in soap suds and rinsed in cold water, are freed from grease and ttains with little or no trouble. Soda is good f r greasy dishes. A WiLT. -i)FRFT), well-CFVP^ted room, with an artia'.ca'ty draped window, i, more than half famished. Choose, then, your own p p r, ye housewive", even if you have to expend a few 8h llings mora than the landlord would allow upon it" aud buy a good carpet a; d curtains, seeing to it that the colours are in bartr ony. No amount of beautiful fun iture will comi ensate for tho loss of these thiLg. CHRISTMAS PUDDING. A correspondent sends a tried and excellent recipe forChristmas p'um pudding 1 of beef suet, finely *hred; 1 j ib. of raisins, sroned ftiid chopped Sib. of graUd brfad crumbs; {Ib of currants, washed and dried; lOoz of flour; f>oz. of sugar 6 eggs, yo ks ani, W:1:t.S; 2 t^biespoonfuls of cream; 1 teaspoonful of fine s:t't I te ;sp >onful of ground ginger; 1 h nfg_in of lemon whisky All the 2 Ïr'grr'd:fJllts,exc('pr,thef'g;{", creun and • should he mixed together the day b fore. The pudding will take tive hours to bod it must not be put into the boil; r till the water is gal:opping. Sauce: 2 glasies of whisky, 4 lu np3 of s-jgir, and a lit le drawn butter. Ch:stmas CAl;Y -Candy is now being made so w if-h that I send you the rttipo Ir, is ei-81 y made, no Co* ko g biifg Yees itry. ihe w rk is nr at and rapit ly d m", and the r'-m't delirious end not ex- pensive. French can-ly is used by ail confectioners, iije whit's of iwo f' S p'"ecd in a tuojblnr. M'a ure vi h your time s how high it comes up in the glass, p mr out, in a 'ar*™ b )wl, pourin the tumbler as much w-iter as willequa aro"unt of the eggs mix it with them and heat tliornuh y. Add a dessert- spoonful of vnni h, aid ab ut two pouods con- tok-t-ioi er's su^ar, if you can get it (it has the ap. e ranee of flour), or powdered sugar well sifted. B at well, and "the fouii,-ati n of all jour candy is realy. Tabu half a pound of dates, remove th stonfs, put in a p ece of the C8f1ry d u"h, r U each one in granulated su^ar ¡"pJ.t 1 alt a-pound of fg3, and p'FLea a layer of the dough on a board, fp. inkle well with p iwlered sugar to preve It its s,herin, and tlen a lajer of jig", again a layer c.f dough, cut in squares, and that part, is ready. Nuts of any kind may be made up :nto the candy; pu almonds inside fond then roll in coir^e sugar. H, t each art out in a ceo! p'ace to harden. FVr ch icolatn crevns. roll any number of ba''s from the (ioti, h, a" d when thf'Y harden dip with a fork into chocolate or-ted on the 8t we. Re careful not to allow it to bo;l. Co -oacut can bo made by rolling out ano'her porron of dough on the board, sprirk'e cocoanut, 01ier it, ai d roll a lew times with the roller, then cut in square-. A mixture of cocoacut and p r? e'es of cuts ohoj,p d fino makes a very dclieious (a- Oy.

G.RR? APPIT A^T: TS this TH" |,Kce to aop!Y for a pensioj ?' I'm an old t oMi< r, sir. and up to the pre ent limp T the (Inv' rJlrr. nt, to give me a cent, \ow 1 wsnt a«-;8t >?i '< r.s: \Tlt: 'You want a biek p°ns:on F' 4Certain!y th wlie-e I was fh t1 IN a srna'! LOWI out West,' an px-rr u ,fy ig ,'ft. l,ier (,f th(, b-,t, k. it; all r:gt.r. Fi, he said to a stronger, I but. t:v> t virpop y n off- r in identify ma yourself as a pers-in to wivww ordt-r it, is drawn is scarcely suT^oi rit, 'I've k r, mn o i to hang a man on less evidence, s the str(»n j- r's re ponpe. • Qu'te like'y,' r^j-licd the fx-Dd^e. 'but when it comes to lotting go of co d cash w^ have to be careful.' A BOSTON barbfr can F-P^;VK FIVE lan uig»«. Hs convfrsatioDa.' 1\U:ty pIl\c('1! hiifl in <i II gll riil.k an O!'g totisor:al artst,4. ONE of a party who vv-t. Ma'IIE >t VE Prison not long a; o tells a friviH a otor* illustrating the dep'hs to which the word h -s f*l en. At the time there were but three 'em*te pri o- ers present, and a visitor asked one or tho m it t,iii y w te all the female inmates. 4 YHS,' sbe said, f.) n'e are only three of us laiies here now, but, wo are ex acting another lady bef, re lobg.' Ex BOUTF. for Europ.) Daughter fw-it-h n* t.he seagulls): Do the sea U 'Is aeennpany 1-;8 all the way across, mamma?' Mother: I k,ic, w of two of them that do. my dear, your father and your uuc!e James. They are dowa below now, playing poker with strangers.* A GFN-TI LITAN in Charleston, who entertained a good deal of company at dinner, bad a b'ack fellow as an attendant, who was a native of A'ri a ard n ver could be taught to hani things invariably to the left band of the guest at table. At len-,th his master thought of an infallible expedient to d rect him and as the coats w re then w)rn in Cli,-trlest.)n single- breasted, he told Pambo always to hard the plate, etc., to the buttonhole side. Unfortunately, howevfr, for the poor negro, on the day after he had received his ingenious lesson, there was among the guests at dinner a foreign gentleman with a double-brea,te(I coat. Sambo for a while was comp'etMy at a stand. He looked first at one side of the gentleman's coat, then at the other and fiDa'ly, quire confounded at the outlandish make of the gentleman's garment, he cast a despairir g look af, his master, and, exclaim- ing, in a loud voice, I Rattnnholes on both sides, massa handed the plate right over the gentleman's head. AN American paper has an amusing anecdote of a worthy D.D. of Massachusetts. The choir of his church had recently purchased a bacs viol, the use of which was not altogether agreeable to their pastor. One hot Sunday a bull got into the churchyard, and interspersed its meal with sundry bellowings. The clergyman paused, looked up Rt the choir with a grave face, and siid, 1 would thalk the musicians not to tune their instruments during sermon time—it annoys me very much.' The people stated, and the minister went on. Boo woo-woo'went the bull, as he passed to another green spot. The doctor again addressed the choir: I really do wish the musicians would not tune their instruments whi!e I am preaching, for as I have already remarked, it annoys me very mu 'h.' The minister had not proceedfd far before another Boo-woo-woo-woo' came from Mr Bull, when the parson paused once more, and exclaimed, I have twice already requested the musicians in the ga'lery not to tune their instruments during sermon-time. I now particularly request that Mr. Lefavor will not tune his double bass viol while I am preaching.* A MAN in Now Jersey, while chopping wood, cut his foot badly. He caught cold in the wound, lockjaw set in, and he died. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict: • Deceased came to his death by an ax idental wound.' A BOTTLE of wine which had been lost overboard on the high seas was merrily bobbing about when it received a rude buffet from a passing wave.. Get out!' said the wave, what do you want in a pro- hibition country ?' I NonFenso!' laughed the bottle, this isn't the first time I've been in such a plqce.9 I've a cood mind to gulp you down,' growled the wave. I That's what the other prohibitionists used to do wheu they got a chance,' rep'ied the bottle, but I guess my cork secures nae from you.' 4 We'll see about that,' said the wave and it pushed the poor bottle up against the rocky and inhospitable shores of Maine, where its life was beatfn out, by the breakers, and its contents poured out on the thirsty tide, which shows that prohibition doesn't prohibit. BACKWOODS School Teacher (to boy) My gracious, you have been two hours on this lesson, and don't know it yet. What's the matter with you?' Boy (yawning 'I'm or &I,-epy.' Teacher: 'Why didn t you sleep last night ?' Boy Had to chop down er coon tree. Dogs treed 'fo bedt:me, an' it tuck us mighty nigh all night ter chop down the tree.' Teacher Why didn't your father make you go to bed ?' Boy I Who, pap! Why he's the one what made me chop down the tree.' Teacher I You don't say so?' Boy Yas, I do, ur yer wouldn't know nothin erbout it.' Teacher You don't mean to say that your father would rather you would catch a coon than to learn something ?' Boy That's dad all over. They buys coon skins in town, but I ain't seed nobody er hurtin' airter' buyin' larnin' thar yit. Pad 'lowed that he'd get er pint uv lioker with that air skin, an' I'll bet be do. Licker's licker wi- h pap.' Teacher I am astonished at your mother.' Boy: I So is pap. 'Lows that he never did see er 'oman that could chaw es much flat terbacker ez she ten. Wall, I heauther dogs er barkin', an' I reckon thf tv. treed ernother coon. Good du.'

RAILWAY TIME TABLE. » CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Down Tjuiws. i Suwdats. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Up Trai*8. Sutoats. lEAVK fk.m. aT.m a.m. a.m a.m a.m a.m. PJ&.DA p rn. p.m p.m 12 p.m p.m p.m p.m p.m j a.m a.m a.m p.m LEAVE a.ir a.m a.m a.m i a.m a.m. a m a.m £ a.m, p.m p.m p.m p.m. p.m ip.m. p.m p.in p.m a.ia a.m. p.a. i p.m. CHESTER 2 30 6 30 |8 4510 0 1143 to jo 5 5 5 10 6 6 & 8 25 8 45 10301119'2 30 9 35 1115 6 0 HOLYHEAD 7 §, 1210 3 15..6 0.. 8 5 5 45 1140 |8 5 Sandycroft 6 41 8 56 1154 3 6 5 21, g 8 56 1041 ,9 4G |6 10 Bangor (dep) 8 0 9 5 II 0 § 1 20 4 30 7 20 9 3 7 01232 9 3 Queen's Ferry. 6 45 •• 9 0 1158 3 10 D 6 25 E » 9 0 1045 ,9 60 ,6 15 Aber 8 10 P 15 1110 gg 1 30 4 40 7 30 7 9' Connah'sQuay. |6 60 9 5 12 3 3 15 5 30 6 20 .9 6 1050 ,P 55, 6 21 Llanfairfechan 8 16 9 20 1115^ 1 36 4 46 7 37 7 14! Flint !6 57 •• 9 12 1210 3 22 E 5 37 6 27 j 9 12 1057 |l0 3j « 29 Penmaenmawr 8 21 |9 26 1121 \a 1 43 4 54 \7 44 7 20' Bagillt 7 2 •* 19 17 1217 3 28 5 43 is 9 18 J10 8, (6 35 Conway 8 30 |9 35- 1130 g 1 53 5 4 |7 64 9 23 7 28 1 0 9 23 00 HOLYWELL. 7 8 |9 22 1223 3 33 5 49 6 37j 9 21 J 1014j 6 40 Llandudno Jan. 6 50 8 35 |9 44 1140t3 ..2 3 5 15 ;8 4 9 31 ..I Mostyn i7 17 9 30 1233 3 41 E 5 57 6 45 -g j. 9 32 o 1024r 6 50 Colwyn Bay. 7 0 8 46 S 54 1150 '-g j 2 13 5 25 8 14 7 41 1 18 Prestatyn 7 28 • 9 42 1215 3 53 6 7. » I A 9 42 x, |1036 |7 2 Colwyn 7 5| 9 59 •• 2 18 5 30 8 19 7 45; H RHYL 3 10 7 37 ..19 50 1040 1253 3 13 4 2 5 52 6 15 7 2 o 9 7 9 59 « 3 101045 11507 9 Llandulas 7 9j 103; 1158 S 2 23 5 35 8 24 7 50 pq Abergele 7 49 10 6 1051 1 8 3 27 6 6 7 16 §• j 9 18 u 7 18 Abergele 7 16 8 57 1010 12 s'o, 2 31 •• 5 43 8 32 7 59! S Llandulas 7 58 |1014 1 17 3 36 7 lb 9 27 -g 7 27 RHYL 7 30j ,9 7 9 50 1024 1157 1219 » 2 46 3 45 6 0 8 48 10 5 8 10 1 45 5 45 10 i Colwyn 8 3 1018 1 21 3 40 6 17 7 29 o 9 31 gq 7 32 Prestatyn 7 38; I 9 58| E 12 5 i'S 3 58 6 8 |8 56 8 19) 5 53 pq Colwyn Bay.i 8 7 1023 11 4 1 26 3 45 6 22 7 34 ;9 36 7 37 Mostyn 7 49 A IOIO! 1215 1236'S. 3 4 4 4 6 20 9 8 8 30i ..6 4.. ft Llandudno Jun'3 40 8 21 1033 1116 1 38 3 58 6 34 ,7 49 S • ;9 46 3 40 HOLYWELL. 7 56 9 28 1019 1048 1222 |o^ 3 121 4 12 6 28 9 16 8 372 56 12 Conway ;3 438 24 Ill# I 41 4 1 6 37 7 52 g 9 49 3 43 12157 50 Bagillt 8 2\ 1025 I 1228 L 2 4 19 6 35 ;9 23 8 46| i IS Penmaenmawr !•< 834 112P151 412 .G47 8 3 O 3 ..959 ,18 2 Flint .8 7925 1030 j 1233 1218 <s 3 425 641 ;9 28 85 3| 625 Llanfairfechan. 8 40 1135 1 57 4 19 6 55 8 9 &q <* jlO 5 |8 8 Connah'sQuay. 8 15 9 31 1033 1240 ° g 4 31 6 48 ;9 36 9 0 6 32 Aber 1 8 48 1141 2 3 4 25 | •. | 8 15 q j | [8 13 Queen's Ferry.. 8 20 9 3(5 1043 1215 H 4 35 6 53 .9 41 9 4I 6 37 [[ Baa "-or 5 9 0 1151 2 15 4 40 7 10 j 3 30 1020 1235 4 5 12408 40 Sandycroft 8 25 9 40! 1047 1250 43? 668 9 45 9 9, 6 41 I Holyhead 4 55 1010 1 5 3 40 5 15 9 49 I 1 20 4 55 1 23 9 35 Chester 8 35 9 50 9 58 11 0 1120 1 0 1 8 £ I 13 45 J4 55 7 15 10 0 1055 9 25 2 50 6 55 1055

I VALE OF CLWYD, DENBIGH, RUTHIN, AND CORWEN RAILWAYS. -r,TT*!KAVK a-m a.m P-m p.m p.m p.re p.m RHTL 7 65 1050 1 10 3 20 ,6 20 9 15 Rhuddlan 8 4 1059 1 19 3 29 6 29 9 20 St. Asaph 8 12 11 7 1 27 3 34 |6 37 V 3T Trefnant 8 20 1115;1 35 3 41 |6 46 9 44 DENB 1 ar-'« • 8 29 1126,1 44 3 50 6 54 9 49 J d. 8 45 113512 0 4 0 7 16 Llanrhaiadr 8 54 1144 2 9 4 8 7 24 Rhewl 8 59 1149 2 14 4 14 7 29 RUTHIN 9 6 1155 2 20 4 19 7 35 Eyarth 9 11 12 1 4 25 7 41 Nantclwyd 9 2lll211 4 32 7 51! Derwen 9 27 1217 4 38 7 561 Gwyddelwern. 9 38|l228 4 47 8 81 Corwen 9 47jl237 4 65 8 17j a,m *-m a.m p.m p.m p.m. p.m CORWEN 7 30 1030 1255 \b 45 Gwyddelwern 7 39 1038 1 4 15 64 Derwen 7 50 1045 1 13 Ig 6 Nantclwyd 7 56 1050 1 18 ..16 10 Eyarth 8 6 1067 1 29 >6 2l| RUTHIN 8 12 11 4 1 34 4 50 6 27 Rhewl 8 17 11 8] 1 40 4 56 6 35 Llanrhaiadr 8 23 1114 1 45 5 1 6 41 DENB ar & 32 112211 55 5 10 6 60 d. 6 45 9 10| 112512 05 16 7 35 Trefnant. 6 54 9 19 1133 2 9 5 24 7 44 St. Asaph 7 2 9 £ 71l40j2 17 5 32 7 54 Rhuddlan 7 10 9 35 1146 2 25 6 40 8 5 Rhyl 7 19 9 44 115512 34 5 49 8 15 l_ MOLD AND DENBIGH RAILWAY. LEATE a.m am p.m p.m p.m p.m p.m. CHESTER 17 15 10 212102 a25 306 08 30 Broughton Hall. 7 25 1012 1220 2 425 40 18 40 Hope. 7 40 1025 1235,2 57 5 65855 Padeswood 7 47 1032 1242 3 46 29 2 Llong 7 50 1035 1245 3 76 59 6 iwnr n ar- • • 7 65 1040 1250 3 12 6 10 6 29 9 10 7; d. 7 57 1042 1252 3 14 6 31 9 11 Rhydymwyn. 8 4 1049 1259 3 21 6 38 9 IS Nannerch. 8 13 1058 1 8 3 30 647.9 27 Caerwys. 8 20 11 5 1 16 3 37 6 54j9 34 Bodfari 8 25 1110 1 20 3 42 7 0j9 39 Denbigh 8 35:1120 1 30 3 64 7 10 9 60 LEAVE a.m a,m a.m a.m p.m p.m p.m DENBIGH 8 35 10 0 1135 2 20 5 40 7 0 Bodfari 8 43 10 8 1143!2 28 5 48 7 8 Caerwys 8 50 1014 1150 2 35 5 55 7 15 Nannerch 8 58 1022 1158 2 43 6 3 7 23 Rhydymwyn 9 7 1030 12 7 2 62 6 12 7 32 MOTD I ar 9 14 1038 1214 2 69 6 19|7 39 J d. 7 45 9 16 1040 1216 3 1 6 21 7 41 Llong 7 49 9 20 1044 1220 3 6 6 25 7 45 Padeswood 7 53 9 24 1047 1224 3 9 6 29 7 49 Hope 8 1 9 30 1065 1232 3 17 fi 37 7 66 BroughtonHai.18 14 9 43 11 5 1245 3 30 6 50 8 9 Chester '8 24 9 64 1115 1255 3 40 7 0 8 20 Printed and Published by the Proprietors DAVIES AND Co., at their General Printing Office, High. street, Holywell

WHITFORD. THE DOWNING CIIARITIE.- The Downing chari- ties were, by the generosity of Lord and Lady Denbigh, distributed on Saturday last by Mr, Isaac Taylor, the agent of the estate a large number of poor families being supplied with the wherewithal to secure a substantial Christmas dinner.

BUCKLEY. UNIONIST MEETINGS.—On Thursday next, Jan. 5, a Unionist meeting will be held at Bridge End, Caergwrle The chair will be taken at 7.30 p.m., by Colonel Trevor Roper, and the meeting will be addressed by Mr. P. P. Pennant, Dr. Davies, Dol- hyfryd, St. Asaph Mr. Meredyth, hon. secretary Welsh ational Union, and other gentlemen.—On Monday, January 9, a similar meeting will be held at Buckley, when the chair will be occupied by Mr. Pennant A. Lloyd, and the speakers for the evening will be Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart., Mr. J. Scott Bankes and Mr. Nathaniel Griffith.

GREENFIELD. PLYGA.IN AT HOLY TRINITV CHURCH.—A plygain was held at Holy Trinity Church at six o'clock on Sunday morning last, when the edifice was crowded by a very attentive congregation. Several carols were sung in an excellent manner by the choir at this and the subsequent services held duríDg the day, Mr. Jos. W. Gardiner, Mona House, presiding at the organ. The services, which were throughout hearty and devotional, were conducted by the Rev. John Jones, B.A. The decorations of the Church for the Christmas festival were really superb, and excelled in point of taste, neatness, and effect, the beautiful work of adorn- ment which the ladies of Greenfield have hitherto undertaken at Holy Trinity Church. THE ABBEY PAPER MILLS CHRISTMAS TREAT. Saturday evening last being Christmas-eve, the annual treat was given to the employes at the Abbey Paper Mills by their employers, Messrs. Grosvenor. Chater and Co., and this year is was not a whit behind in point of excellence the former assemblies of a like character. The King's Head Hotel, Holywell, which has gained widespread reputation for itself under the very efficient manage- ment of Mr. T. A. Lambert, the proprietor, was the scene of the convivial meeting. At six o'clock prompt the men and youths employed at the mill assembled ready for the overling's enjoyment, and right heartily did they take advantage of the opportunity offered them. Tiio dinner was nicely laid in the large room of the hutel, and the com- pany, numbering about forty, was presided over by ilr. Petrie, the manager, the vice-chair being taken by Mr. Baxter. Tue several courses having been gone through, steaming bowls of punch were introduced, and speeches, songs, toast and senti- ment followed each other in quick succession. The toast of 4i Continued prosperity to the firm of Grosvenor, Chater and Co., and the paper trade generally," was proposed by Mr. Thomas Lloyd, who expressed a hope that the success which had hitherto attended the mill would continue and increase as time went on.—The Chairman responded and said he had received a telegram from the Company requesting him to convey to all present their good wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year (applause). Year after year as they met in that room at C hristmatide they formed resolutions, and took upon themselves what they would do during the year that would fol- low. They may consider first of all had they followed up the resolution they made cn the last day of last year, and whether the resolutions and promises had not been made to be broken like so many pie crusts ? They commenced the year fairly well, and proceeded by adding to the machinery to enable them to hold their own against thejkeen com- petition of their neighbours. They had done very good work up to Whitsuntide, turning out about a ton of paper per week more than they had done in previous years. After Whitsuntide they had a breakdown which came like a bombshell upon them. It was hard to think that they had so many orders in and could not complete them through the unfortunate accident to the machinery. But during the time they were idle in the paper- making through the accident, they were not dur- ing those three weeks thrown out of employment, the men and the boys who were able to work at any thing lost not a day, through the kindness of the masters (hear, hear). It was not that the men did not work during that time they did work, and worked well; but it was work that did not bring a single penny back to the pockets of the Company. There were, however, the women and youths unemployed for a short while. During the last 21 or 22 weeks they had accomplished more work than had been done for the same period in any previous year. If he remembered rightly the chief resolution formed last year was that 1887—the jubilee year-was to be the jubilee year at the Abbey Mill, and they had accomplished more work than ever they had done before, the average out- put being 80 tons I cwt. per week. That was say- ing a good deal; busy hands and heads had been at work before that was accomplished. Taking in- to consideration the machinery they had to work with, though they had had many improvements to facilitate the out-put, and the fact that they never worked on Sunday upon any occasion, they worked well, and had a large out-put of paper. Not only did the masters feel the benefit of it, but the men did also. Those men who were in leading posi- tions in the mill felt the advantage of it to some extent, as it affected materially the sys- tem of premiums introduced into the mill some years ago. When that system was introduced he had faith in it, and believed that it would work well. He was of opinion that it was good that the men had an interest in the work as well as the masters. It was a thing but little considered by masters, if they could carry on the work by only paying the workmen wages that was sufficient for them, but on those systems the men had not the same feeling of interest in the work as they had when there interests were affected concurrently with the masters. The system of premium on quantity and quality of work turned out, had worked ex- cellently. To recompense those masters who had dealt so considerately and generously towards them it was for them (the workmen) to form a combined resolution that they would during the coming year strain every nerve to turn out work in such a fashion that the quality would be a consideration in their desire to turn out quantity. They had got a name for manufacturing paper at Greenfield -(Iear, hear)—the quality of which had from experience been found to be excellent. He had visited a number of mills during the past summer in various parts of the country and had been shown samples of paper, which for quality in many cases could not be compared with that turned out by the Abbey Mill. The changes of workmen in the mill was small, and spoke a deal for the masters and more for the men. They must remtmber tlpJt ,JLa- petition in paper-making was 80ITH.iU.g fearful materials were —— _n in r~°8 and He looked for- ToW1 >. nt»e in paper before long. They must, nowever, be prepared to meet the keen competition going on, and to do that they would be compelled to move with the times. The company were de- termined that they would still extend the mill, and would do so from time to time (applause).—Mr. Baxter also briefly responded to the tcast. The programme was then as follows •—Song, Thy voice is near me," Mr. Edward Davies; song, "Policeman 'G, Mr. John Sibeon; song, "Patsy, mind the baby," Mr. Joseph Durkin. The toast of "Health and happiness to Mr. Warren and family," was proposed by the Chairman, who said they all knew Mr. Warren sufficiently well to appreciate his worth, and it was meet they should pay a tribute of respect to one who was a kind master and a faithful friend to all (applause).—The toast, which was received with musical honours, was responded to by the Vice- chairman. The followed another programme of songs, including Billy Johns on's Ball," by Mr. John Edwards "Johnny Morgan," Mr. Edward Davies; "Johnny, don't wriggle the baby," Mr. J. Jones.—The toast of Health and happiness to the Abbey Paper Mill employee, their families and friends," was proposed by Mr. John Slade, and acknowledged by Messrs. W. E. Lloyd, Wm. Davies, John Edwards and Edwin Davies, &c.-The programme was then resumed, and included a song, They nil love Jack," Mr. T. A. Lambert; song, "The hunting day," Mr. Baxter; song, "The Yorkshire Lass," Mr. Edwin Davies; song, Mr. Edward Roberts.—Mr. Edward Davies proposed the healths of the host and hostess, and thanked them for their excellent catering. The toast was acknow- ledged by Mr. Lambert, and further songs followed. The party having thoroughly enjoyed themselves, returned to Greenfield in vehicles supplied by Mr. Lambert.