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OPEN LETTERS TO WELSH LEADERS…
OPEN LETTERS TO WELSH LEADERS OF OPINION. x). XVII. JOHN RHYS, M.A.. PROFESSOR OF CELTIC IX THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. MY I)KAR RHYS.—Hitherto I have found but little difficulty in addressing Welsh leaders of opinion, but I confess I am rather at a loss in wiitin-r ta you. Not that there isn't plenty to write about, but because I think so much of you that I am morbidly anxious not to say a word that can hurt your feelings. I am not peculiar in this. All who have known you are equally anxious not to say or do anything- that will even remotely touch the sensitive nature, which is partly hidden beneath a joyous good humour, and which is only rendered endurable to the possessor by a keen sense of the ridiculous. I'1 another way, too, you are different from the others I have addressed. They stood by themselves, while you are inaissolu- bly connected in every one's mind with one of the most charming" women I have ever met. who has been your helpmate and inspirer throughout a successful career, and with the two bright little Welshwomen, Myfanwv and Olwen, of whom I would have spoken more freely a few years ago. and who bid fair to add to the lustre which has already made your home a Gwynva in more than name. Wonderful are the revolutions of the wheel of fate, and strange arc the chances of life Little one would have thought that the peasant boy that first saw light in a humble cot some titty years ago. at Ponterwyd. in the bleakest and wildest part of Cardiganshire, would have become the honoured guest, the equal in the wodd's opinion, the superior in posterity's esteem, of the greatest gentlemen of the Je on a try side. Little would one have thought that the somewhat uncouth lad that for four years taught the young idea how to shoot at the Penllwyn British School. or the short, burly young man that, after a few years' training at the Bangor Normal College. became the dominie of a small Anglesea school at at Rnosybol. would one day make his name familiar to every European scholar, and sit in a professorial chair in the oldest university in the kingdom. Truth is, after all. stranger than fiction, and no one would guess, by glancing at your rather prosaic figure, that your life had been a romance that only a Scott could do justice to. And if I may, without indelicacy, allude to it love also has played his part in shaping your career. It is said that your early efforts were in- spired and directed by the ambitious young daughter of a sturdy old Llanberis Welshman, by her who is now the most popular and the most accomplished or Oxford ladies, who cordially and gracefully welcomes the stream of callers to your Sunday teas, and who has always a kind word and and a pleasant smile for the humblest, out-at- elbowest Welshman, who lightens the pervading dulness of the Jesus College bursary at an under- graduate breakfast, who has deserved the sneer of the Times at her as one "of the talking women of Great Britain" by being a brilliant conver- sationalist. a keen politician, and at one time the president of the Oxford Women's Home Rule League, and whose only fault is that she has been unable to appreciate some of Theodore Dodds' most telling jokes. Ah. my dear John, you are doubly fortunate. Fame is given to many—happiness but to a few, and both are yours. Even more pleasant to me than your fame is the sight of you surrounded by your family, and to note the pride with which your eye lights up when you speak of the successes of Myfanwv, how she gained the Ada Max Mailer Scholarship at the Oxford High School for Ger- man, and how the Lord Kayor presented her with the gold medal given by the French Minister of Public Instruction for proficiency in French, and the loving confidence with which you speak of the future of Olwen. Charming little Welsh- women who can speak the tongues of three or four countries of Europe without forgetting K the old fair treasure of their native speech." Ay, little would one have thought later on when Matthew Arnold, as professor of poetry at Oxford, delivered his well-known lectures on Celtic Liter- ature." and recommended the establishment of a Celtic chair, that the modest, retiring young un- dergraduate, who had just joined the Varsity, would be selected in less than 12 years as the first professor to fill that chair. It is no wonder that you have since said that those lectures of Arnold formed bright spots in the grey monotony of your undergraduate days. It was probably the first time that you ever heard an English man of letters speak in an appreciative way of Welsh literature and can tell how much Arnold's words had to do with strengthening your love for Welsh, and in directing your genius, which otherwise might have been diverted to some other chanuel. What if you had taken to studying the Greak particles, or to manufacturing rariae and emenda- tions for the Greek tragedians ? But you worked hard at Oxford with a steady aim in y;ew. You got a brilliant first in Greats, and within a week you were elected a Fellow of Merton College. But the only place where Celtic could then be studied was on the Continent, and Celtic you were deter- mined to make your own subject so you attended lectures at several French colleges (with such good effect that you could make an eloquent speech in French two years ago to M. Ernest Renan. on behalf of the Cambrian Archiaeological "Sœiety, when it visited Brittany), and you matri- ulated both at Leipsic and Gottingen. There you mastered the works of Zeuss and Curtius. Fick and Schleicher, and of many another Continental philologist, whose name alone is sufficient to dry a vat. and to drive the most moderate yn foreu at y faril." When you returned in '71 to become Inspector of Schools for the counties of Flint and Denbigh, you had to be introduced to your fellow country men at an eisteddfod — they knew nothing about you. and they asked one another. Who is this John Rhys For at that time there was no Dafydd ap Gwilym to advertise the clever Welshmen and to puff up its members tinder the heathenish titles of Archdderwydd and Penoerud. Archoffeiriad and Archarogldarthydd. Archfardd and Archsonedydd, and Welsh journal- ism was still undeveloped in Oxford. (Even now you haven't got quite used to changed circumstances, and are now and then annoyed at the impetuosity with which your merest word is sometimes re- ported in the Cardiff dailies.) Even in '71. however, you were known to scholars by your contributions to Kuhn's Seitroge, to the I?!rue (vltique, and to the Arckmtlogm' Ca-mhrmti*. In. the pages of the last-named journal you soon exploded the theories of the older school as to the interpretation of Welsh ogams. Still ycu were being comparatively ignored, but you were not daunted. Hardly any notice was taken of ycur lectures on Welsh Philology when you de- livered them in'74 at Aberystwyth College, but you had confidence in your own powers, and in '77 you published them. At last you recer-ed your reward. Tae chair of Celtic, which Arnold had recommended, was established at Oxford, and you were called upon to fill it. and you were subse- quently elected Fellow of Jesus and became Bursar of the College property. It is true that Church Defence speakers sometimes sneeringly refer to the fact that the greater portion of your stipend, and of the College property you administer, is derived from tithes, but if Welsh tithes were always applied to such good purpose there would be but little heard of tithe riots in Wales. I will not remind you of your great services to Wales, as ,a member of Lord Aberdare's Commission in 1830 to inquire into the state of Intermediate Educa- tion or as interpreter for Dr. Bridge's Inquiry into the Tithe Riots; or as secretary to the Sunday Closing Commission. (It is, indeed, whispered that you liked the last work better than any of the others but I hope that you will henceforth leave these sort of plums for the nameless throng of briefless barristers to scramble for.) Nor will I say anything of your great services and your un- tiring efforts to secure the establishment of a Welsh University. All who know aught of the history of Wales during the last decade know also how prominently you have figured in all these movements. I must tell you plainly, hswever. that I have not been quite satisfied with your work in recent years. Your own peculiar field is philology, and. if you take my advice, you will stick to it. You were, first of all, allowed to try your prentice hand at writing history from the philologist's point of view. and though your Celtic Britain is an excel- lent little manual, it was a mistake. You went further astray in becoming a l[:h%ft Lecturer fdur studies in Celtic Heathendom ha.ve resulted, I am told, in some brilliant identifications amid a lot of pure guess-work and your most recent work on The Arthurian Legend* and your Rhind Lectures on the early ethnology of the British Isles have increased your reputation for the same kind of ingenious suggestiveness. All this has made you better known to the English public. You have been in demand as a writer of somewhat superficial articles for the magazines, and you were button- holed last month by the folklorists to act as presi- dent of the mythological section of their Congress, in which capacity you distinguished yourself abovs all others, excepting the savant Andrew Lang. And the Goleuad said recently that you are preparing a new work on Welsh Fairy Tales. Why not leave that sort of thing to Andrew Lang, and deal with those subtleties of .philology which baffle the butterfly Scotchman ] Your old subject of Celtic philology has been sadly neglected in the meanwhile, and no one else has taken it up in your place. One, indeed, there was whom we used to think worthy of receiving the mantle from your shoulders but the Welsh Professor of Bangor. in editing "Llvfr yr Ancr," has become a greater hermit than the Anchorite of Llanddewibrefi him- self. There may be some excuse for the line you have taken. We know very well that you are qualifying yourself in the eyes of the public for the Principalship of Jesus College, and no one would be better pleased than yours truly to see you presiding over that ancient establishment. But, for the sake of Celtic scholarship, don't neglect philology. Alrtfidy there are some scholars who regret that you have not kept pace as fully as formerly with the advance in philology made in Germany. I am glad, however, to hear that you have spent your recent vacations in studying Manx. Erse, Gaelic, and Breton, and that ere long you intend studying Basque, and so take the place of the late lamented Prince Lucien Buonaparte. I know you are not above taking a tip from even an obscure disciple, and this is my advice to you—Return again to your first love for Ogam stones. In fact, if you will pardon a new application to a somewhat slangy expression, take care of your (Celtic) P's and Q's—for the problem of these consonants is not yet solved. Many things I admire in you. my dear John, but nothing more than your noble resolve not to give to sect or party what was meant for the whole nation. The Calvinistic Methodists have tried hard to monopolise and appropriate you as their own peculiar property; and I am told that Owen Edwards is still, in a more subtle way. trying to do the same thing. Knowing that your early training was amid Calvinistic surroundings, the Methodists of London, the swells and aristocrats of the denomination, have been inviting you to attend their Christmas eisteddfodau, so that you should be in touch" still with the Corph. I'm afraid: that the unco guid have not studied your Hibbert Lectures, or they would know how enthusiastically you speak of the Unitarians of "my native county of Cardigan," or are they willing to connive at the position you take, in spite of the" Cyffes Fydcl," when you say that you are quite willing to leave the conflict of the creeds to be decided by the inexorable logic of natural selection" Or was it because of this that you, the foremost Welsh scholar of the day, were not asked to attend the opening ceremony of Bala College when the Churchman Lewis Morris and the heterodox Jowetc were among the favoured few ? In poli tic", too. yon are the nation's man and not the party tool. Official Liberalism has not charmed you. But to the claims of Nationalism, whether Irish or Welsh, you have always lent your aid. Your wife canvassed strenuously for the Tory Home Ruler, Sir Robert Peel, at Brighton and you were among the first of Oxford dons to give your hand and hospitality to Irish Home Rulers. Still, the tale is told how you and John DiUon. slunk from h:+e Corn Exchange through a side entrance to avoid the anti-Irish mob outside, how you saved the suffering patriot from an unfriendly arm at the expense of your own professional body, and how fitting it was that Dillon should be the guest of the Jesus Professor of Celtic. It is one of your boasts that you are not a public man. and perhaps you are not one in the ordinary sense of the term. That is. you don't stumn the country on every conceivable occasion, nor do you boast of your services to your country on public platform?. But when the history of Wales during the latter end or the nineteenth century comes to be written. I am much mistaken if your work is not given a more prominent place than is now given to it. Your influence has been exerted and felt in almost every new Welsh move- ment. It was you that first brought Celtic into notice, and though you don't write as much Welsh as you ought, or yield as often as you might, to the blandishments of the courtly Eifionydd and other Welsh editors, still you have done probably more than any other liv- ing man to make Welsh popular. And though you are down on the Welsh of the press and the pulpit, and though your attitude towards the bards (spite of your initiation at Bangor as ovate under the title Rhys Blaen Rheidiol") is, to say the least, rather doubtful, there is no one who bears a truer love for his country and her institudons than Professor John Rhys. After all, it is in your private capacity that you have exerted the greatest influence. Many are the poor Welshmen, trem- bling at the thought of being in the presence of a "Varsity professor, have you put at their ease by your joviality. Who can forget the sight who has once seen you unbending in the social hour I I like to see you on public platforms. Though you are inclined to talk shop," your speeches are always relieved by your keen humour. I like to see you discussing Welsh Nationality or the Welsh University at yonr favourite "vestry" at the National Liberal Club, and to hear your hilarious laughter at the high table in Jesus' Hall. But it is at the Dafydd ap Gwilym you are at your best. There you mix on terms of the most affectionate familiarity with the youngest and obscurest, and encourage, with an appreciative laugh, the mildest attempt at a joke. You are even accused of having been guilty of the most atrocious puns, and of having inveigled unwary juniors into the sanctity of your own drawing- room for the purpose of letting off some of your heartrending jokes. And I have been told that it is even unto this day recorded on the minute-book of that learned society that you once gave a repre- sentation of the Canu Coch Sir Fon" in a voice as unmusical as that of Thomas Charles Edwards or his namesake of Lincoln. I hope they are mis- taken who say that you have been the means of shielding undergraduates who refuse to don their academic caps and gowns, from the clutches of the Proctor, and that you have been known to scoff at some of the most time-honoured statutes of the ancient University. It would be absurd for me to wish you success which you enjoy, or fame which you have achieved. I can only wish you a continued prosperity, and a long enjoyment of the honours you have won. And may your declining years be rendered happy by the good wishes of sincere friends, the com- panionship of a faithful wife, and the successes of your promising daughters, is the heartfelt prajrer of your candid friend. THEODORE DODD. Next week Theodore Dodd will address an Open Letter to LORD ABEEDAUE.
NOTES AND SEWS FROM PONTYCYMMER.
NOTES AND SEWS FROM PONTYCYMMER. The Star is doing yoenian service in the valleys. The question which greets your ear is. Are you a Star man It is almost as good as a hand camera. It gives pictures like life, and so every- body must take heed. Bravo, Star, let your light shine in the darkness. There is a rumour that some of the ministers in Pontycymmer are knocking at the door of their dear old mother for a place among the successors of the apostles, and to be more particular I was told it was a Baptist. Now there arc only three Baptist ministers iu the valley. Which of you is begging for a surplice, Prayer Book, and cassock ? I thought to have a word respecting the Bible in schools, but I must leave that till another time, as there is a meeting to-night, something about teaching Welsh in schools. The prospects of the collier seem dark. We hear of a new fuel in the shape of solidified petro- leum. and "Cosmos" tells us there is coal in different parts of the world almost as good as Welsh coal. These are bad news, but the worst enemies of the collier are the traitors in the camp —men who are always on the look out for some- thing to tell the gaffer or manager. If I were a manager, and if a man betrayed his fellow work- men. I should give him his coppers, because if a man can be tray i his brother workman he only requires a chance to do the same kindness to the boss. "Tis not done for the love these creepers have for the boss. but to get a "talcen da." Well, one face for one hat is a good maxim.
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PENCOED NOTES.
PENCOED NOTES. LBY ROVER.J THE DIFFICULTY TO PROCURE SERVANTS. It is well known that it has been very difficult for farmers to procure men or maid servants during recent years. Of course the reason is that the youths of the country crowd into the towns and colliery districts, where they are the means of reducing wages on account of their unskilled labour. Time tl ere was when the farmer had the choice of his servants at May and November, but now he has to run hither and thither for them, and frequently his running is in vain. An unusually large number of farmers from this neighboureood attended Neath Fair last week for the purpose of hiring servants, but many. perhaps the majority of them, had to return home empty handed. Among these farmers were many old bachelors, and to these I would fain suggest that perhaps it would be easier to capture wives than servants. There are many fish in the sea, and let them cast their nets into it. The experiment is worth trying. A METHODIST CAT. A few years ago I knew a dog—Carlo by name — in the neighbourhood of Cowbridge, and he was looked upon as one of the most faithful members at Maindy Independent Chapel. :Poor Carlo, while alive, he hardly ever missed a service at Maindy, and for a long time after his demise there was an aching void there, and even to this day he is affec- tionately Remembered by many. He was afflicted with a tumour—this fact was discovered at the post- mortem examination—and while yet comparatively young he went to where all the good dogs go. Peace be to his ashes, and may all he growled at and bite, like myself, forgive and forget. Carlo also—but enough of him now, and I must hasten on to the the Methodist cat. Well. this cat is a constant attendant at one of Shon Gorph's edifices which adorned the southern declivity of Mynydd y Gaer. He—for he is a tom cat—is an example to many in his punctuality, and he takes his place above the clock on the front of the gallery. He usually conducts himself with the greatest decorum, but one Sunday evening lately, during the course of a prayer meeting, he must have forgotten himself, for with his hideous noise he disturbed the service for a long time. It is believed that some great and unusual pain accounted for his outrageous conduct on the evening in question. If so, he must be pardoned but let him know that a re- petition of his offence, accompanied by pain or not, will bring with it instant and unceremonious excommunication. THE WORD DRUID." I happened to hear a very interesting discussion the other evening at a public place in this dis- trict on the origin of the word Druid.,r The parties agreed that the word is immediately derived from the Latin Druithi, or more probably, perhaps, from French Druide. But surely this brings us no nearer to the etymology of the original term, from which ail these are deduced. In order to ascertain this point we must refer of necessity to the language of that people among whom druidism took its rise, and most generally prevailed, and the people in question as we learn, not only from their own traditions and history, but likewise from the explicit testimony of Caesar, were the aboriginal inhabitants of this island. In the modern Welsh, therefore, which preserves in almost its original purity the primitive speech of Britain, can we alone, with reason, expect to find the genuine root of the word under consideration. Now, the Welsh term for Druid is Derwgdd, and such, there is every reason for believing, was the word in use when the Druidical institution existed. At least we find it as early as the time of the poet Taliesin, who wrote in the sixth century, as. for instance, in the following couplet :— Addwyn i DJr:L6,m Ddawn y Derwyddon. Agreeable to the Supreme Ruler Is the gift of the Druids. AX. EPITAPH. I am sorry to say that a much-abused man lurks in that beautiful portion of Her Majesty's dominions known as Pencoed, and sorrier still to add that the abuser is the much-abused man's wife. That man's life is a misery to him, especially on washing days. when he is forced to content himself with whatever scraps which may have been left over from the previous day's bill of fare, and those scraps he has to partake of in the pantry, as he is not allowed to put his foot in the kitchen on washing days. The poor man has composed an epitaph, to be placed upon the family tomb as soon as his wife will have gone the way of all flesh and here it is :— Here lies, thank God, a woman who Quarrelled and stormed her whole life through Tread gently o'cr her mouldering form, Or else you'll rouse another storm. A FRIEXD IX NEED IS A FlUEXD INDEED. The following incident has transpired in con- nection with the recent sad fatality at Meiros Colliery, and I think the readers will agree with me that it deserves to be chronicled. On Saturday evening, the 7th inst., Joseph Lewis, Llanharry, the father of the poor boy Daniel Lewis, intimated to Mr. James Moses, the local agent of the Pruden- tial Insurance Company, that he was desirous of insuring his boy's life for £ 11. On the following Monday the local agent sent the application for the policy, which arrived on the following Satur- day. Bat the poor boy had been injured, and had succumbed to his injuries in the meantime, and as his father had paid nothing whatever that person was not, of course, entitled to anything. I am, however, glad to add that the local agent and superintendent (Mr. LI. Llewellyn) resolved to place the case before the directors of their company, and the result was that that the local agent was instructed to pay one-fourth of the amount—viz., :£4 13s. 4d., to the man Lewis on Saturday last. This charitable and prompt action on the part of the company speaks for itself, and needs no praise from me.
MID-RHOXDDA GLEANINGS.
MID-RHOXDDA GLEANINGS. CBy MIRZA.] I remember when a boy singing 11 Music in the valley, music everywhere." So it is at present, at any rate in this part of the yaHey. The pro- grammes are out for the coming musical Cymanfa. and the Churches are busily preparing for them. The Cymanfas are the May meetings of the Rhondda, and. undoubtedly, they have done much to elevate the character of congrega- tional singing. Chanting is also taken up. and will, spite of prejudice, ultimately find a home on the Welsh soil of Nonconformity. The anthems selected by the three denominations are also of the best, varied sometimes by classical choruses from the oratorios, and it speaks well for the sight- reading powers of our congregations that they are able to render with effect, such choruses as The Heavens are Telling," and" 0 Great is the Depth." Another good feature is that the singing is not merely mechanically artistic, but great A-T//7 is often evoked with ill ,fi dghlu'r gun, stir- ring the souls of the congregations to their depths. i And these "Cymaufas" (pardon the term, ye who love pure Welsh) remind me, Mr. Editor, that after the pleasure of hearing you addressing a congregation at one of these meetings, that you ought not to hide yourself quite as much in the editorial sanctum of the Mar, but give us the benefit of some more speeches in public. Theodore Dodd-like, I take the liberty of remind- ing you that the appearance of editors on the public platform is no new thing. When those who are accustomed to write e.e rath',Ira speak i'.r crith-Jra as well, they stimulate to action the public opinion they create and guide. Nov; that the Technical Instruction Committees of the County Councils are taking action to foster science teaching by lectures from specialists, it is to be hoped that the young men will attend the science classes throughout South Wales. I find that there is a goodly selection of subjects at the option of the students—mining, electricity, mathe- matics. theoretical and applied mechanics, agricul- ture, and art subject, including building and machine construction — subjects calculated to arouse the interest cf young men in their different callings of life, and the advice I would give them is in Welsh ^lf •. f.-chggn, iI ddifri."1 While dealing with music everywhere I ought to have mentioned that a choir has been formed in Mid-Rhondda to prepare for the National Eistedd- fod. while two oratorios are in rehearsal at Peny- grftig-the Pisgah choir taking up Spohr's Last Judgment and Nazareth (both choirs belonging to our Methodist friends) holding a concert for the performance of Haydn's Creation." The latter choir has already performed Mozart's Twelfth Mass." They deserve success in their laudable ambition. The friends at Bethlehem, Trealaw, are joining together to give their pastor, the Rev J. W. Lewis, a substantial testimonial on his departure from Trealaw, where he has laboured for over 11 years, to take charge of the Baptist Church at Morriston. I referred last time to a church fighting against difficulties. Trealaw Baptist Chapel is another, and the church and congregation are not weary-of well-doing, ia fighting with the debt. Without making invidious distinctions it is only fair to say that the pastor during his period of service has been well backed by Mr. Daniel Thomas, Liverpool House, Mr. John Williams, agent, Mr. Jones, Post-office, and others. The church will lose a harmoniumist" in Mrs. Lewis. Let us hope that the object in view will have a successful issue. In these columns I have made the suggestion I z;1 that the Temperance Committee would do well to do something more practical than deliver ad- dresses. The Mid-Rhondda friends have taken action, a committee has been formed, and as it is on Saturday evenings that our young men have most time on their hands and nowhere to go, it is proposed to hold Saturday night entertainments. At the Trinity Chapel, a magic lantern entertain- ment, illustrating the story by that well-known temperance story-writer, T. S. Arthur, entitled Ten nights in a bar-room," took exceedingly well; and a series of magic lantern expositions, relieved by a little singing by good artistes, would help to make these Saturday evening meetings highly attractive. By paying one guinea in con- nection with the Help Society, initiated by W. T. Stead, the committee could have the loan of the newest slides for a small fee—a penny or twopenny charge for entrance would clear all ex- penses. Not having the magazine at hand, I shall defer further particulars until my next letter.
FOOTBALL NOTES.
FOOTBALL NOTES. [BY THE DnlJID. ] L The approach of the international fixtures is signalled by the Welsh Union selecting two teams to play a trial match at Cardiff on Mabon's Day next. The teams are designated Probables and Possibles," the former being the probable inter- national team, while the latter are really the reserve string. Should any of the possibles dis- play form better than that of the il probables," of course the committee, if they do their duty, will give preference to the former. The teams selected are j "PROBABLES." POSITION. "POSSIBLES." i RESERVES. i I i !j\AV. JB. aGnocurold ft ((NSewwapnosreta)). TBahcrk oe-quarter TB. EGonugllad n(d N(eNwepworpto) rt) |!IDII. LEl. oyMd o(rPgeann y(gPraeinga) rth..). Li. M. Garrett (Penarth)' !C. Coke (Swansea) J. Longdon (Swansea) .j jT. W. Pearson (Cardiff) jC. Rees (Llanelly) 'N. Biggs (Cardiff) J j W.M'Cnteheon (Swansea) |F. E. Nicholls ('Quins) Murray (Maritime) j !D. James (Swansea) Half-back iP. Phillips (Newport) ,L. Roberts (Cardiff) |E. James (Swansea) G. Rowles (Penarth) T. C. Graham (Newport):Forward J. Deacon (Swansea) jP. Jackson (Penarth) W. Watts (Newport) J. Samuel (Swansea) H. Tavlov (Cardiff) Bouchier (Newport) | „ R. L. Thomas (Llanelly)'J. Edwards (Neath) C. B. Nicholls (Llanelly)! „ J. Connelly (Maritime).|R. G. Jones (Morriston). P. Bennett (Harlequins)I „ Gus Lewis (Cardiff) j D. G. Davies (London J. Hutchinson (Neath) „ Welsh) P. Mills (Swansea) „ J. Hannen (Newport) .j D. Samuels (Swansea) j.D. Evans (Penygraig) I I I I I Touch judges Messrs. W. E. Rees (Neath), and A. J. Davies (Cardiff Harlequins). Referee: Mr. W. H. Treatt (Cardiff). Form certainly points to a win for Newport was the tip I gave for the Cardiff and Newport match on Saturday last; but who ever dreamed that the score would be :— NEWPORT 2 goals 6 tries CARDIFF 1 try Cardiff are suffering many disadvantages at present; they have no reliable back, only one half-back, and a couple of forwards are not fit. I fancy that before things are settled, Fred Jones, R. B. Sweet-Escott, and H. M. Ingledew must be installed in their proper positions and about four good forwards must be unearthed. What price Cardiff, next Saturday ? The match is with Swansea, and will be played at Cardiff. On Monday the black and blues showed good form against Coventry, whom they defeated by 2 goals and 2 tries to nil; and it is just with the possibilities of football that the all-whites may, in spite of the ominous outlook, meet with moro than a match. Newport on Saturday journey to Gloucester, and will find the citizens a warm lot; but if Graham's brigade play up to anything like form they should have very little difficulty in getting the upper hand of Bagwell's troupe. Yet, mind you, Gloucester play a tremendous game on their own turf. Penarth came a cropper, and no mistake for although the 'Quins only gained the verdict by 1 try, yet they had the best of the game, and should have scored several times. The Penarthians entirely ignore training, as they "fancy" them- selves wonderful; and the 'Quins, knowing this, had diplomacy enough to get in fine fettle. Hence the seasiders," after the first ten minutes, were puffing and blowing like a let of porpoises. On Saturday the "seasiders journey to Ponty- pridd. where they draw swords with the Maritime. The vising party will be weakened behind" as H: E. Morgan, the skipper, I am sorry to say, buried his mother last Wednesday and, of course, he will not be in the team, while rumour hath it that another back has gone over to the Cardiff ranks. Under these circumstances. I fancy the siders will find the Maritime a hard nut to crack. Neath are still improving, and on Saturday de- feated Pembroke County by 2 goals and 3 tries to nil. The Neath backs are now playing with good combina- tion, while the forwards are a splendid lot, both in the scrum and in the loose. On Saturday they journey to Penygraig, and the game will be a hot one, I am sure but let us hope ill-feelings will be suppressed in the interests of sport! Penygraig drew with Morriston. but the play was of a very scrambling nature. The colliers" do not seem to be up to the mark this season. Now. Moses, my boy, pull your men together, or you will soon lose the principalship of the Rhondda. Maritime suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday last, when Llandaff defeated them by a goal to nil. Martime had the best of the play, but their backs did not utilise the chances they had to score. The Maritime record now reads :—li wins 1 loss, 140 points scored to 6. The match at Brid -end was. I am sorry to say, productive of some very rough play. I hear that both Aberavon and Bridgend are to blame, and as three men were ordered off the field, for roughness, no doubt the matter will receive the attention of the Welsh Union. Aberavon have not a very good name. as their play is frequently too vigorous and the lirtle incident of Saturday last will per- haps be the means of bringing about a reforma- tion. The visitors won, but the play was fairly even, and Emery displayed fine form for Bridgend. The Afan forwards played a fine game, but their play was characterished by just a little too much dash." On Saturday Bridgend are due at Llandaff. and Emery s boys will finll the citizens are a smart lot. especially the backs, who are re-inforced by Brigsrs, a young gentleman who is studying with the Dean. Cogan again were victors, and. so far. have not lost a match. The" young men (Newport) are a smartish team, but the passing of the Coganites was too good for them, and Morris' merry crowd returned with 2 tries to the good. Splott Rovers visit Cogan on Saturday, and the homesters should have another victory. Pontypridd are going from bad to worse." Mountain Ash defeated them on Saturday, and the chances are that Aberavon will do ditto next Saturday. I hope my suggestion of last week will be acted upon, and that next season we shall only have one club—and that an excellent one—in Pontypridd. Barry and Cadoxton District played fairly well for the first half of the game against St. Davids, but during the second half there was only one team in it, and that was not the Distriot. SEASON 1891—92. Results of inter-club matches played between j first-class Welsh teams up to and including Satur- day, November 21st, 1891 A win counts 2 points; a draw 1. s >? i sJ ri NAME OP CLUB! O O X > O J H J, J £ J 53 00 "H jss. « p | | 1 Newport 5 3 0 2 j 8 80 2 Swansea 5 3 1 1 j 7 70 3 Penarth 5 13 2 0 6 60 4 f Cardiff 5 2 2 15 50 'Quiris 4 2 2 0 4 50 5 Llanelly -5 2 3 0 4 40 6 Neath 7 2 4 1 5 35 7 Penygraig .I 4 0 3 i 1 1 12 Results of principal matches played on Saturday, Xovember 21, 1891, on the ground of the first- named clubs :— l-= SCO UK. I TEAMS. WIXXER. FOR. AGAINST. REMARKS. I a. T. j a. T." Newport v. Cardiff Newport j 2 6 I 1 Cardiff completely outplayed Swansea v. Coventry Swansea 3 2 1 Swansea have a dispute pending with three players Cardiff' v. Coventry (Monday) Cardiff j 2 2 Cosslett of Penarth played for Cardiff Swansea v. Oxford (Monday) Oxford j 1 1 Swansea minus several usual players Pel!:Lrth v. 'Quiml Quills I — 1 r I)Iaye(I L gra,,icl gitine I Exeter v. Llanelly Llanelly 2 R. L. Thomas and Daniells played again for Llanelly Neath v. Pembroke County Neath I 2 3 Neath backs played very well CMllilf "A" v. Newport" A" Cardiff A" 1 Ii 1 Fred Jones played well for winners I Bridgend v. Aberavon Aberavon 1 1 Three men ordered off the lield for rough play I Llandaff v. Maritime LlandalY I 1 First defeat for Maritime Lampeter v. Cardiff College Lampeter 1 I 3 Played at Llanelly Llanclly" A v. NeiLth" A "Lhuielly. 1 1 Neath would not accept referee's decision, and they left the iieldj Aberavon "A" v. Bridgend A" Aberavon A "j 2 j 1 Visitors were never dangerous i Moiriston v. Penygraig Draw — — Play was of a very scrambling nature Y.M.F.S. v. Cogan Cogan 2 — Cogan not lost a match yet | Excelsiors v. Barry "A" Excelsiors 1 I — Powell scored the try | 'Quins A v. Penarth A Penarth "A" 1 Maisey played well for Penarth f Pontypridd v. Mountain Ash Mountain Ash .I 1 — Tiley played for Mountain Ash j St. David's v. Barry District St. David's 1 1 ) G — Second half entirely in favour of Saints I
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NANTYMOEL NEWS AND NOTES. SCHOOL CONCERT.—A children's concert was given at the Wyndham Schools on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The Rev. D. Phillips occupied the chair on Wednesday night, and Mr. Rees, colliery manager. on Thursday night. Thepro- gramme included a selection from the cantata Queen of the Seasons." It depicted a holiday and the children select a Queen." "Daisy," and Yiolet are praised, but finally" Rose is chosen for the honour. Some of the boys rebel and band together into an army. They are drilled by a very small boy with a very loud voice, and with swords, give a display of fencing. After all this bravery fairy Silverwing appears and frightens all the boys away. The fairy. Miss Hopkins, was very prettily dressed, and sang her song in good the boys away. The fairy. Miss Hopkins, was very prettily dressed, and sang her song in good style. Miss Beatrice Kingston made a beautiful Queen." The second half of the programme included a Swedish drill, a chorus" The Chinese umbrella," accompanied by a drill with large Chinese umbrella. A laughing song and a Song of influenza," in which all the children are seized with an uncontrollable sneezing fit. The pro- ceeds of the concert are to be devoted towards establishing a school library. THE DRAINS ÅGAIX. The drains near Mr. Adam's shop must be in a chronic state of disease judging from the regularity with which they are doctored up. The last cure let us hope will be the last. AN AMUSING SLIP OVER A WELSH NAME.—A reverend gentleman made a most amusing mistake over a Welsh name last week, so amusing that he himself roared the moment he discovered it. I should state that the gentlemen is an excellent Welsh scholar and hails from the very heart of Wales. He was reading a passage in which re- ference was made to the river Nedd which flows through Neath. and as my Welsh readers under- stand is pronounced Neth, the th soft, but the name escaped his lips as the river Xed, and great was the amusement caused. If this catches his eye I hope he will forgive me making a little copy out of the harmless blunder. THE PROPOSED PARK.—A correspondent writes and says of the piece of land given by Mr. Blandy Jenkins that it had best be made into a lake altogether. He says there is certainly no room for anything else but water, and however much others may laud Mr. Blandy Jenkins for his gift, he does not feel particularly grateful to him for a piece of land which is of no earthly use. No amount of money laid out on it can give it the faintest semblance of a park. He suggests that the ratepayers should, instead, purchase the field which lies to the right, looking down the valley, between the railway bridge and the brook. Failing this, be says it would be best to ask the Squire of Llan- harran to giro a piece of land on the mountain side. THE ACTIVITY OF THE POLICE.—A smart cap- ture of several persons stealing coal was made last week by Police-constables Beynon and Driver. Coal has been stolen for some time past from the trams at Davies's pits. The thieves, however, went once too often, and they will appear at Bridgend Police-court next Saturday. AN INQUIRY INTO THE COMPULSORY CLAUSE OF THE EDUCATION ACT.—The Government In- spector of Schools is gathering information res- pecting the attendance of children at the elemen- tary schools, more particularly inquiring into the action taken by magistrates in enforcing the Edu- cation Act.
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