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MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS. CRAMMING. The absurdities committed by boys and girls who are crammed with undigested knowledge at our elementary schools yield a rich store of anec- dotes. In the course of an examination in grammar, a Surrey inspector was the privileged recipient of some startling information. The parents of the children were mostly agricultural labourers. The examiner was dealing with grammatical diminutives," and particularly with the force of the suffix kin-e.g., mannikin, a little man &e. On his asking the lads to give him a few examples one lad answered, 11 Lambkin, a little lamb." Very good indeed," said the inspector, and pointed to another lad. "Tomkin, a little Tom," was the answer. The gentleman somewhat demurred at this, but finally accepted it. He then pointed to a third boy. "Buskin, a little 'bus!" was the response. The inspector's countenance fell. "Now, my lads," he remonstrated, do take time to think before you speak. The last answer was altogether wrong." And he pointed to a little yokel behind who, in his desperate eagerness to catch the inspector's eye, had ventured to half mount upon the form. "Well, you, my lad?" said the inspector, pointing at last to this young hopeful. "Pumpkin, sir, a little pump! THE DOCTORED FIDDLE. Ester Jones, who has learned to play tolerably, and wants a better fiddle. Then the fun begins, and the game is p!ayed as follows- DeaJer-" Good day, sir." Jones—"Good day. I want to look at a few violins." Dealer-" Yes, sir; abuiit what price, air Jones-" Well, I oUsht to get a good violin for Rio. Dealer-" Then I think I can suit you, sir. Here is a genuine Coltz for E9 and this is a Fendt, Ell; this Colin Mezzin I can sell for £7 and here is a fine old English fiddle, name un- known, price RIO." Jones tries the violins one after the other hesitatingly, while the dealer looks about the shop for others likely to tempt his customer. Jones meanwhile keeps his eyes open to try to pick up a bargain. The dealer in his search, apparently by accident, opens a case, and discloses for a moment the doctored, dishonest fiddle. Jones-" Hullo What fiddle is that ?" Dealer (closing the case)-" Oh, that violin is one I don't want to part with but here is a guaranteed Nicolas in first-rate condition, and-" Jones' (growing interested in the dishonest fiddle)-" Yes, yes but may I look at that violin in the case ?" Dealer-" Certainly, air I don't want to sell it, because 1 am not quite sure of its value, and I don't want to throw money away." The dishonest fiddle is very tenderly unwrapped and lifted out of its case. The dealer tunes it, and runs a bow over it, Jones growing more and more interested. Dealer-" Not a powerful fiddle, sir, but rich and soft with age." Jones (who knows just enough about fiddles to think he knows a lot, and who has learned to recognise a full tone)—" Yes, beautifully mellow How did you get it 1" Dealer-" I bought it from a customer who was in difficulties and wanted the money. He had seen better days, and used to pick up fiddles. He was very fond of this one." Jones—" Do you know the maker ?" Dealer-" Not for certain, but I showed it to a professional gentleman, Herr Pollywoski, and he believed it was by Andreas Amati, father of Hieronymus. I am going to take it up to Lon- don next week to find out its real value." Jones (who has meanwhile been reverentially handling the dishonest fiddle, and has espied a fragment of a label inside— easAm .—and is trying to keep calni)-" Do you feel inclined to take an offer for it 1" Dealer- Well, sir, as I said, I really don't care to part with it there may be a treasure in it. At any rate, I would not take less than 220 for it." Jones thinks to himself that here is a chance that may never come again An Amati, and at such a low figure The dealer cannot guarantee it; of course not he would not sell it under £100 if he could. Why should not he, Jones, buy it if he can get it? He is pretty safe, for whether a real Amati or not, it must be a good fiddle, for it is so very old. Visiom of himself as triumphant owner of an Amati, picked up so cutely, too, flit before the mind's eye, and warp all his common sense. 220 will mean desperate economy to him for the next three months, but what of that ? To own an Amati will make up for all. Shall he chance it ? He hesitates and is lost. He buys the fiddle cash down the dealer lets him have it with regret, and laughs in his sleeve as he pockets the cash. Jones is in the seventh heaven of delight he scrapes day and night he studies the history of the elder Amati he feels six inches taller. A fortnight afterwards he goes to London on business and takes his Amati with him. He shows it anxiously to Hill, who at once pro- nounces it a clever fraud, worth four or five pounds. Tragic despair of Jones. "PIN MONEY." Pins were introduced into England by Cather- ine, first wife of Henry VIII., and, as then made, were ornaments rather than articles of utility. They were of brass, ivory, silver, or gold, were placed in the hair or on various parts of the cloth- ing as articles of jewellery, and sometimes weighed eight or ten ounces. The Spanish makers were allowed to sell them only during the Christmas holidays, and it became the fashion for a gentleman, at holiday seasons, to present the ladies of bis family with money to buy pins. From the great cost only the wealthy could at first afford to buy them, and even after the pins had become common and cheap, the practice of giving the money continued, and hence the name. WINELESS DINNERS Remind me of an incident recently recorded somewhere of one of our living Bishcps, well known for his good sense and rare wit. He was staying at the house of a county gentleman who posed as an ardent total abstainer. During dinner on the first day of the Bishop's visit, there being nothing to drink on the table besides syrups and mineral waters, the host, turning towards his reverend guest, said in an undertone "My Lord, you will find some wine in your bedroom." The Bishop, with characteristic taste, briefly acknowledged this curious concession, and partook of the refresh- ment placed before him. Some short while after this, the Bishop received his teetotaler friend with becoming hospitality at the Palace on a return visit. During dinner, his Lordship quietly remarked to his guest Mr So-and-So, you will find some water in your bedroom." DRINK PORT. An old English gentleman who had risen from the ranks, and, after making his fortune, bad retired, fell ill, and summoned a doctor. The doctor was a great imitator of Abernethy, and cultivated an aspect of uncouth honesty. I shall give no medicine," he said. You're killing yourself with so much beer give it up. Drink port. Walk or ride, but don't hang about the house in this idle way. No more beer-dridk port. I'll call again in a month." And away went the doctor. At the appointed time he returned. The patient was much better, and grateful, but grumbled at the expense to which his cure had put him. "I can't stand it. Look thee—it's downright ruination—nothin' less. You'll find me in the workus if things go on i' this way." The doctor cried-" Nonsense! A wealthy man like you. How much do you drink ? The old man answered, in perfect simplicity of heart— About the same as I used to drink o' beer-two or three gallin a day." AS FINE AS SILK. As fine as silk is a phrase to typify extreme fineness or delicacy of texture. But if you want a simile that will discount that one say, As fine as a spider's web. There is nothing of textile kind so fine as that. The strand spun by a spider is as much smaller than a thread of silk as the latter is smaller than a telegraph pole. This seems like an exaggeration when you casually look at the spider's workmanship and then at the silkworm's. But you never saw a single strand in the spider's thread. The strands are so fine that you couldn't see them with the naked eye. What you really see when you look at the spider's delicate thread is a cable composed of thouands of strands, and the way the little animal makes this cable is one of nature's greatest wonders. If you look closely at a spider during its busi- ness hours you will see that its thread comes from a circular spot near the extremity. In this spot are from four to six knobs, the number depending upon the kind of spider. If you happen to have a particularly good pair of eyes you can distinguish these knobs. Each of the knobs is full of minute holes, so small that a good microscope is necessary in order to see them. Through these holes the delicate strands are spun. About an eighth of an inch from the holes the strands are joined together, and the result is the spider's thread, with which all of us are so familiar. And the little spinner attends to business as closely and as carefully as does the weaver of the finest silk fabric. It has on each foot three claws, one of which is a sort of thumb, while the others are toothed like a comb. These claws are constantly used to help to keep the strands from tangling before they are joined in the thread. The material from which the thread is made is secreted in the animal's body. It is a glutinous substance, and the strands dry while they are passing from the little apertures to the point where they are joined together. One authority on this subject, Reaumur, calcu- lated that it would take 1,000 spider strands to occupy a space equal to the point of a needle, while another, Leuwenweck, estimated that it would take 4,000,000 of them to make a thread as large as a hair. A LETrER ARRIVING AFTER MANY YEARS. Mr Groves, one of the oldest officials of the County Court in Birmingham city, received on Friday week a letter which had been addressed to him and posted at Stafford in the month of July, 1856. The letter bears the stamp mark made at the Stafford Post Office in that month, and the Birmingham post mark of February 6, 1891. How or where this letter has so long re- mained has not yet been ascertained. The pro- bability is that it has turned up amongst odds and ends that have just been brought to light pre- paratory to the transfer of the General Post Office to the newly erected premises. A WELL WORTH SEEING. One of the most copious springs in Great Britain is the famed St. Winifred's Well, near the town of Holywell, in Flintshire. The well is an oblong square, about twelve feet by seven, and its water, say the people of the district, has never been known to freeze. This latter assertion may be true, as besides containing a fair per- centage of mineral matters that lower its freezing point, the well is inside a beautiful chapel, whiJh was erected over it by Queen Margaret, the mother of Henry VII. The water thrown up is not less than eighty-four hogsheads every minute, and the quantity appears to vary very little either in drought or after the greatest rain, showing doubtless that its primitive sources are numerous and widely distributed. St. Winifred's has been the object of many pilgrimages. FRENCH SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS. Probably most people are aware that the Bertilloa anthropometric system (mentioned on Monday in the House of Commons) of measuring prisoners as a means of easily procuring their future identification is based upon the proved fact that while no two human beings are exactly alike, the individual in several respects, when his growth is fixed and determined, never varies. A man's face may change, and his whole appear- ance, but leaving accidents out of account, his eyes will always be the same distance apart, his ears the same size and in the same relative position to other features, his height will not vary, his eyes will be of the same exact pro- portions, his thumbs, fingers, and toes will have the same special peculiarities, and so on. By carefully recording all the facts and measurements on small cards, and sorting these cards carefully into divisions and subdivisions, and innumerable subdivisions again, any prisoner, who would not be otherwise recognised, even by a photograph, but who happens to be an old hand, can be unerringly identified by means of these measure- ment cards in a very few minutes. This is the system which has worked so surprisingly well in many important criminal cases in France, and which Mr Parker Smith recommended the Home Secretary to adopt on Monday night. For some occult reason impossible to fathom, though possibly it is due to nothing more serious than the innate hostility of every true Briton to French perfection, the British police do not approve of the Bertillon system, but Mr Matthews has at all events promised to adopt it in part. The police are authorised to measure their prisoners, but, as the right hon. gentleman pointed out, our police have not the same power as those in France—that is to say, they cannot strip an unconvicted prisoner to ascertain if he has any marks upon his body which may help future identification. DRUNK, BY JOVE." Doctor Fordyce (observes a contemporary) sometimes drank a good deal at dinner. He was summoned one evening to see a lady patient, when he was more than half seas over, and con- scious that he was so. Feeling her pulse, and finding himself unable to count its beats, he muttered, Drunk, by Jove Next morning, recollecting the circumstances, he was greatly vexed, and, just as he was thinking what explanation of his behaviour he should offer to the lady, a letter from her was put into his hand. "She too well knew," said the letter, "that he had discovered the unfortunate condition in which she was when he last visited her and she entreated him to keep the matter secret, in con- sideration of the enclosed (a hundred pound bank note.") HARD TO PLEASE. An old beggar called at the house of a lady and begged for a pair of shoes. She gave him a nearly new pair of her husband's which he had laid aside for some reason. A day er two after- wards the beggar returned. "Mum," he said, can't you give me a pair of shoes some old ragged Qnes." "But," said the lady, "I have just given you an entirely new pair you have them on now." Yesm," he said, but there's the trouble. They're S3 new, ye see, that they hurt my business TO THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD. Your foot is the tiniest that trips, love, Tbro' the maddening maze of the waltz, Two blossoming buds are your lips, love, Your eyes say your heart is not false. I Your hands are fo dainty and white, love, Your figure so wondrously fine, That I'm tempted almost, but not quite, love, To say I adore you !—be mine! But no there's a frightening fear, love, That will not allow me to speak, You're spending six hundred a year, love, I'm getting two sovereigns a week. CLEANLINESS IN BUTTER-MAKING. Cleanliness is cel tainly the very foundation for a good grade of butter. Much is said regarding the manner of setting the milk, of the best styles of churns, the breeds of cows employed, and the proper degree of granulation, &c. While such matters are, however, important to the making of good butter, they are all of no avail without cleanliness. By good butter is not meant simply butter that is not strong or free from any distinctly unpleasant taste. There is a rich, delicate flavour in pure, untainted cream that will be transmitted to the butter if no foreign odour or substance be introduced. And it should be known by every person making butter that milk and cream very quickly absorb all pre- vailing odour or flavours with which they may come in contact. It is not sufficient even to be fastidiously clean-no food which has a distinct odour should be placed in the same room with milk or cream. Many a housewife wonders what it is that causes a peculiar taste to her butter, or why it is that her neighbour's butter makes a better price than her own. Now, I will ask this puzzled butter-maker a few questions: Does the milk come from the barn covered with specks of filth and dirt, dropped during milking, from the poorly-bedded and unbrushed cows? If so, do you strain the milk through the coarse tin strainer only ? Does sour milk and sediment accumulate in the fine seams of the milk pans or cans ? Are your milk vessels washed in doubtful water and used without being scalded 1 Is your dairy poorly ventilatej 7 Is food with strong odours, such as fish, vegetables, and meat, placed anywhere near the milk ? In order to make good butter, all these details must be strictly attended to. If they are not it is impossible to secure sweet, finely flavoured butter, such as many consumers are willing to pay an extra price to obtain. Many a farmer's family would enjoy an increased income if, instead of producing an indifferent grade of butter, selling it to the grocer at the maiket rates, they took the pains to make a fine quality which would realise for (hem a better price. THE BURNING AND BURIAL OF REGI- MENTAL COLOURS. The destruction by fire of the colours of the 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment at the officers' mess, Fort Regent, Jersey, recalls the variety of fates which have befallen the colours of British Regiments. At the fire of the Tower of London in 1841, the retired colours of several line and militia regiments were destroyed but very rarely has a case occurred of the accidental loss by fire of regimental colours still in use. The first and only colours of the old 2nd Battalion 8th King's, which had accompanied the regiment on active service in the Walcheren Expedition and American War were, on the reduction of the battalion at Portsmouth in 1815, solemnly burned in the presence of Lieutenant "Colonel James Ogilvie and the other officers. When the present 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry, then the 74th Highlanders, were presented with new colours at Fermoy on the 6th of April, 1818, the old tattered ones, which had waved over the regiment in many a hard fought field in India and the Peninsula, were burned, and the ashes deposited in the lid of a gold sarcophagus snuff box, inlaid with part of the wood of the colour poles, on which a suitable inscription was engraved. The burying of colours is, however, quite another matter, and if reverently carried out is an honourable and graceful termination of a life of active service. An instance in point occurred on the 31st of May, 1763, at Newcastle- upon-Tyne, when the 25th Edinburgh Regiment, commanded by Lord George Lennox, now the King's Own Scottish Borderers, buried with military honours their old colours, which were worn out from length of service. They had been in use for twenty years, and had been in the battles of Fontenoy, Culloden, Roncoux Val, Minden, Warbourg, Campen, Fellinghausen, and Wilhelmsthal. The commander was very anry at the burning of the colours of the 8th, as they were in use at the time, and this constituted an affront to the army. DR. GORDON STABLES DEFENDING CARAVAN LIFE. Dr Gordon Stables says :—As a medical man and a traveller," perhaps you will permit me to say a few words anent The Movable Dwellings Bill." I have been on the road in my well-known caravan, the Wanderer," for six years in spring, summer, and autumn, and have travelled all over England and Scotland in the most enjoyable of summer, and autumn, and have travelled all over England and Scotland in the most enjoyable of all methods of touring. In that time I have been or course, me aowamate with scores of caravan people, and know them to be honest, frugal, and industrious, and, I must add, civil. As I never come back from a tour without a book or a store of literary matter, anyhow, I have made travellers rather a study. What I do not know about them is not worth knowing. I never bivouac in towns, but in lonely places, and I feel myself far safer at night among caravans than rustic cottages. As to their children, they delight to place them for- ward and many whom I have known were far ahead of the rustic or city gutter-snipe. Travel- ling by caravan is, indeed, an education in itself, and one a few months of which would do the children of the rich a vast deal of good. Caravans are nearly always natty and clean and pretty. The very fact of the traveller being always wandering in Nature's highways and byeways gives a taste for the beautiful that nothing else could engender. And, God knows, gipsy children respect their parenti far more than society children do. If this abominable bill becomes law, I shall willingly register like the rest. Domiciliary visits I shall resist—my dogs and I— and shall treat any one as a highwayman who dares to put foot on my carriage without my permission. QUEER FUNERAL CEREMONIES. The funeral ceremonies of the Maories are peculiar. On the death of any member of a tribe the tribe holds a tangi, i.e., a wailing over the corpse, and then it is taken away by men specially deputed for the purpose, and buried in the earth. Twelve months after it is exhumed, and the bones carefully scraped clean and then they are deposited in some cavern or fissure in the rocks, and left for good. During all this time the spirit of the dead is supposed to be roaming about, unwilling to depart for Cape Reinga (a spot held by Maories to be sacred) until all has been completely done that has to be done with his remains. A SMOKER'S VALENTINE. By R. BAYNE. Two maidens I love; both are pretty, And each is bewitchingly fond- There's Minnie, the dark-eyed and wittj, And Alice, the beautiful blonde. I feel that my fate is to marry, But which of the two I can't say; It worries me sadly to tarry, I long for the jubilant day. I would that some good-natured fairy Would help me the riddle to read; I'd not act for a moment centrary, But hurry to hasten the deed. I'd forgotten—'tis Valentine's morning St. Valentine, list to my prayer; Nor spurn a poor mortal with scorning Who's just on the verge of despair. The postman! I'm shaking! How stupid! Two packets are handed me now I know this handwriting, by Cupid 'Tis from my sweet Minnie, I vow. What's this the darling has sent ne ? Some gloves and some perfume; how nice. Sure nothing will ever content me But to go and propose in a trice. r., A moment I'll tarry with pleasure To see what the other has brought. From Alice, by Jove! what a treasure- I A pipe of luxurious sort! Ab, Alice, I own you have bought me; St. Valentine has heard my prayer. With my pipe and the darling who's caught me I'll love, smoke, and laugh away care. J I
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W HATE LEY'S "WHAT NOTS," WHITLAND. OBITUARY. Whateley's colleague should have sent in the following obituary item last week. Late as he is, he wishes to record the death of Mr John Phillips, son of our respected neighbour, Mr George Phillips, of Sarnlas, Whitland. Deceased was a medical student of promise in London, and would have been qualified ere this if ill-health had not compelled him to relinquish his studies. Some three months ago he returned to his old home at Sarnlas (Llangan), where he hoped to recruit his shattered health. Consumption, how- ever, and the eevere weather of this winter, proved too much for the best medical skill and the careful nursing of his devoted young wife and y I friends, and after lingering on and growing weaker day after day, he passed off quietly on Sunday (February lat. ) The interment took place at Henllan on the following Thursday, the Rev. D. E. Williams officiating. A larje circle of sympathisers attended to pay their tribute of respect to the deceased and his sorrowing friends. LENT. This Church season is upon us once more. On Ash Wednesday services were held in most of the Churches of our district, and the day was observed by Church-going people generally. In not a few of our Churches Holy Communion was administered, the Athanasian creed and the com- mination service being said. Special week-day services will be held in most parishes, and select preachers will occupy the various pulpits through- out the season, as strangers will generally draw larger audiences than the clergy in charge. THE PURITY MISSIONS. Following close upon the successful mission services at St. Peter's, Carmarthen, are the Purity Missions in our own and the surrounding deaneries. The English parishes are being visited by the Rev. Secretary Cree, of Cosheston, aided by Colonel Everitt, whilst the Rev. A. Britten, of Mydrim, single-handed, holds meetings in our Welsh parishes. The missions are well attended, and the committee may be congratulated so far on their efforts in improving the tone of morality amongst our population, and rescuing the young from habits of sinfulness and degradation. TYPHOID FEVER. A faithful colleague informs Whateley that the wife and children of the Rev. D. Howells, the much-respected vicar of Llanwinio, are down with the above malignant malady. Whateley heartily sympathises with Mr Howells in this his sad trial, and sincerely trusts he will obtain the practical sympathy and support of his friends, and that his beloved ones will soon be raised up from a bed of sickness and restored to health again. THE TITHE BILL. The above at last is about to become a portion of the law of this country. Whateley antici- pates that the county court process of recovery, although it may be of much service in some parishes, will seldom or ever be necessary in a majority of them. A very large majority of our landowners will cheerfully accept the new state of things, and the 40,000 yeomen arguments of a certain warm opponent of the Bill will vanish into thin air. The tithe-owner and the tithe- payer in nine cases out of ten are bosom friends, and none of the irresponsible go-betweens can get even the thin end of the wedge into such a position as would work any mischief in this camp. Whateley congratulates the Government on its attitude of firmness exhibited in connection with the Bill. THE Bisnop OF EXETER. Is it possible that a "Bickersteth"can be a Jesuit? We are told he has been unmasked. Whilst professing much evangelicanism, his accusers hold him up as one who has been all along playing into the hands of Rome. Whateley refers to the judgment parsed upon his Lordship by the Church Association at Ply- mouth, in the diocese over which Dr. Bicker- steth presides. What are we coming to?
CARMARTHEN CO (TNTY COURT.
CARMARTHEN CO (TNTY COURT. The county court was held on Tuesday last, at the Guildhall, before his Honour Judge Beres- ford. The uncontested cases had been previously disposed of by the Registrar, Mr T. Parkinson. I BANKRUPTCY MOTION. Be ELIZABETH JONES, LLANDYSSIL.—A RECEIPT DISPUTED. Mr W. Brodie,solicitor, Llanelly, again appealed to the court against the decision of the Official Receiver on the bankruptcy of Elizabeth Jones, Llandyssil, refusing to admit a claim for E20 made against the estate of the bankrupt by the Cwmgorse Colliery Company,-Mr J. F. Morris, solicitor, appeared for the Official Receiver. The question at issue was as to a sum of £ 16 lis 3d, alleged to have been paid to the colliery company—a receipt for which, signed by David Morgan," was produced by Mr J. F. Morris, having been received by post by the debtor, Elizabeth Jones—on account of the debt of R20. Mr Brodie contended that the company had received no such sum from the debtor, and he would submit evidence to show that the signature on the receipt was not that of David Morgan, the man whose duty it would be to settle it. The payment was said to have been made by cheque and post office order. He had given notice to the other side to produce proofs of such cheque and order being drawn, but he had not yet seen any proofs. Judge—Is this the case where the husband was sued and he became bankrupt, and where after- wards the wife took up the business and she also turned bankrupt? Mr Brodie—Yes, that is so. Practically the issue very shortly was whether the R16 11s 3d was ever paid the company by the debtor or her husband as her agent for coal received, and whether the receipt put in was a valid document. David Morgan, sworn, said he was manager of the Cwmgorse Company. He believed that the signature on the receipt was not in his hand- writing. The Judge told witness to be very careful in what he said, as it may be a forgery, and someone might be indicted, but witness adhered to his statement that the signature was not in his I andwriting. George Edmund, Gaecorgwen, schoolmaster, said he knew Morgan for over 20 years, and received a letter from him almost every other day with his signature on it. On looking at the signature on the receipt, witness said it was a very good copy of Morgan's handwriting, but the G. O. M. at the end was badly made, and a bad imitation (loud laughter). It ought to have been g-a-n instead of g-o-m. He was of opinion that the signature was a tracing of Mr Morgan's writing. He would not cash a cheque bearing that signature (laughter). Thomas Morgan Jones, husband of the bank- rupt, was sworn. He said the money was sent by cheque and postal order to make up the amount. At that time his wife kept no banking account. The receipt was received back by post. The Judge—This is a case that ought to be put in the hands of the public prosecutor. The dividend will be detained until termination of criminal proceedings authorised by the Board of Trade, the orders made for the discharge of the bankrupts (husband and wife), on the 19th December to be rescinded, with leave to apply again, and the costs of subsequent action to come out of the estate.—The Official Receiver was asked to communicate the above to the Board of Trade. THOMPSON v. EVANS.—APPLICATION FOlt NEW TRIAL. Mr Robinson Smith, Swansea, applied for a new trial in the case of Mr Thompson (Thompson and Shackell, Cardiff), against Mr E. Colby Evans, Carmarthen, which had been tried in last November court before a jury, or in the alternative to enter judgment in favour of the plaintiff for the full amount then claimed— £ 80, and not for R27 6s 9d as found by the jury. Both of the applications His Honour refused. He then applied that the plaintiff should have all his costs, or that defendant should have no costs as against the plaintiff. His Honour also refused both these applications.—The Judge allowed the verdict of the jury to stand, and allowed the application of Mr W. Morgan Griffiths (who appeared for Mr Evans) for costs, including costs for qualifying.
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CARMARTHEN BOROUGH POLICE ] COURT. MONDAY.—Before Messrs Thomas Thomas, 0.11. (in the chair), T. Dixies (ex-Mayor), Howell Howells, and W. R. Edwards. The court was crowded. SCHOOL BOARD CASES John Lewis, Peurheol, Johnstown, was charged with neglecting to send his son, James, to school. Defendant did not appear. Fined 5s and costs. Joseph Barnett was charged with the same offence. Defendant's wife appeared, and said its was poverty that was keeping them away from school-the father was very ill in bed since Christmas. She had perfect control over the two children, Albert and Willie, and they never disobeyed her. She had to pay 25s last summer for their non-atten- dance. Mr Walters, on behalf of the School Board, suggested that under the circumstances it would be the best to simply impose a fine. The Bench thought otherwise, and let the case stand adjourned for two months to see whether the children would attend. The Chairman said they were very reluctant to impose fines, but they had no option if the children did not attend school. ASSAULTING AN OLD WOMAN. David Evans, Penygatch, Merthyr, carpenter, was charged with two separate offences committed' on the 7th inst-First, an assault on Hannah Evans, second, committing wilful damage to the property of Benjamin Evans, husband of the above. Benjamin Evans, Glandwr, St. Peter's, cobbler, speaking in ^elsh, said that on Saturday ni^ht 7th inst., about 8 o'clock he heard a knock at"the door. He went out and found David Evans, the defendant, leaning against the door. Witness said Good evening, how are you to-ni^ht." Defendant said Give me my clogs." Witness answered I have no clogs for you. Who are you ?" Defendant answered "I am Evans, chairman of the Abernant School Board," and afterwards became noisy. Witness's wife told him to come into the house. He went in and left defendant outside, and his wife locked the door. In a little time defen- dant kicked the door and burat it, and then came into the house. Defendant began to curse and swear, shouting out Remember that vou are not going to conquer me, and taking up an earthen- ware jug that was on the floor he threatened wir- ness and his wife with it. Witness's wife got frightened and told him to go out with her, and let the house alone to defendant. Defendant then swore he would kill them both. His wife asked him to go for a policeman, and defendant then struck his wife in the face and kicked her on the knee. Mrs Evans shouted murder," and defen- dant mimicked her. Witness knew defendant after he came into the house and he said David, do not kill the woman." Defendant then threatened both of them again. Defendant, who was drunk, had never been in their house before. No clogs belonging to defendant bad ever been in witness's house. Defendant said he was willing to drop dead (!) if he ever touched one of them. He bad been calling for his clogs at Benjamin Evans's house scores of times before. Hannah Evans corroboiated her husband's evidence. The Bench considered the case proved ag ainst defendant, and fined him 303 inclu ing costs. JUVENILE SHOPLIFTERS: ADJOURNFD HEARING. Lloyd Edward Jones, Bridge-street (II); Fred Harries, Bridgend, Llangunnor (12); James Evans, Bull-lane (IIT; and David Evans, Blaengwastod, Llangunnor (12) were brought up on remand on a charge of larceny committed on the 9th inst.—Mr James John, solicitor, appeared for the four defen- dants. P.O. T. Phillips swore to the evidence he had deposed at the previous bearing as follows: "I watched the house of Mr W. S. Morris, orocer, Bridge street, and on entering the prelijises on the previous (Monday) night I heard a noise inside. I went cautiously towards the place where I heard the noise, and on opening my lamp I saw the four defendants inside the counter. James Evans was opening a till on the counter, Lloyd Jones and David Evans were eating chocolate from a box under the counter, and Harries was leaning against a shelf behind the counter. I asked the names of two whom I did not know. They gave their names and I took them into custody. I sent for another constable, and took them to the Police-station. I cautioned them, and charged them with stealing a quantity of tobacco, chocolate, oranges, and nuts. 1 searched them. On David Evans I fonnd some loose tobacco, nuts, and an orange. Oa J 'imes Evans 1 found nuts. Harries had a pocket book and pipe on him, and Jones had a bundle of railway labels. I found a window at the back of the shop open, and also found a quantity of loose tobacco and chocolate about the place where I had seen the defendants behind the counter.P.C. Phillips further said: I had been watching the premises before. There was about an ounce of tobacco loose on the floor and also chocolate. There was nothing on Lloyd Jones or Frederick Harries that appeared to belong to the shop. James Evans had some nuts, and David Evans had some choco- late. I heard no conversation between the boys before I went up to them. The boys were very quiet, and there was no noise hut the trampliugpf feet. The shop was pitch dark. 1 went in by the front door, the key of which was in my possession. When giving their names David Evaus said that they were not the only boys that bad been there. [ took the boys through the back into Mr Morris's private residence. There is a communication between the two houses. David Evans told Mri Morris in the house that they had been in the shop on the Tuesday previous wirh other boys. Lloyd Jones then named four boyj from STott-square who had been in the shop with them before. According o the boys'statement, eight boys were in the shop on the previous Tuesday night. The boys could easily get into the shop through the window men- tioned. The boys must have, in the first instauee, gone through Mr Lloyd's yard. No injury was done to the window. Cross-examined by Mr John—The till was a square draw underneath the counter. Jimo3 Evans was in the act of pulling the knob of it, and it was open about an inch or so. William Samuel Morris said he was a grocer. He lived at 3. St. Mary-street, but his shop pre- mises were at 2t, Bridge-street. The labels found on one of the boys did not belong to him. He missed about two or three pence that night from the till. He afterwards found a penny oiTa shelf but the others were still missing. He had missed things on the Tuesday and Friday previous. He sold things similar to those found on some of the lads. Mr John said that before the Bench charged the defendants he felt the difficulty iu which he was placed. He had never appeared in such a. painful case before. He was addressing fathers of children on behalf of children. They must have seen bow those boys had been placed before them, and he thought that was a sufficient warning to them. He could not think that the boys went into Mr Morris' shop realising the great wrong they were committing. From what the boys had told him, they only thought of it as an act of bravado. He asked the Bench not to officially fix a stigma on them by branding them as thieves, but to let them go after a good reprimanding. Ho would not address the Bench in the lals' defence, unless bound to, and he would leave the case in that light for the present. He was pleading under the 16th section of the SiLuinitryJiirigtliction Act of 1879, which read as follows:—" If upon the hearing of a charge for an offence punishable on summary y 80nviction under this Act, or under any other Act, whether past or future, the court of siti-niifti-y jurisdiction think that though the charge is proved, the offence is in the particular case of so trifling a nature that it is inexpedient to inflict any punisnment or any other than a nominal punish- ment, the court, without proceeding to convic- tion, may dismiss the information, and if the Court think fit may order the person charged to pay such damages, not exceeding 403" and such costs of the proceedings, or either of them, as the Court think reasonable." The Chairman said it was not the actual stealing, it was the fact of being there was the greater offence. They were illegally on premises by break- ing and entering. The Bench retired and after an absence of about half an hour returned, when the chairman sou i they could not arrange the matter without pleading. Mr John then warmly advocated the lads' part, and asking the Bench not to send them to prison. The Chairman said the Bench had eve'-y sympathy with the parents, and did not wish to add a single iota to their trouble. Now the boys bad pleaded guilty to a very serious thing, and be only wished he could say something that day that would altar the whole course of their lives. It was quite clear to the magistrates that their past life had not been a good one. It was quite clear that they bad been mixing up with bad companions. He could hardly bring himself to think that they could find com- panions that would lead them to do such a thing in the streets of Carmarthen. The Chairman gave good advice to the lads, and afterwards said the decision of the Bench was that they be bound over to come up for judgment if called upon within 12 months, and that the expense of the proceedings be borne by the boys. Mr \V. It. Edwards also v. -.Artiecl the boys, and explained the nature of the verdict.
A DAY AT LLANGADOCK WITH THE…
A DAY AT LLANGADOCK WITH THE GREYHOUNDS. "Hallo! old man, glad to see you, thought you would not turn up." Such was the reception I received from a stalwart, broad-shouldered son of the soil, by whose side I appeared a veritable pigmy. We were soon surrounded by a large contingent of sportsmen with their dogs. After the customary greetings, we moved forward out of the station, en masse for the happy hunting grounds, to enjoy a good day's coursing. The day was delightful, and left nothing to be desired. The morning sun invigorated and braced up every nerve, while the soft breeze chased away all ,cobwebs from the brain, deposited thereby many months of sedentary labour. Leaving the highway, we pass up a road on our left, and .take the field opposite the pretty residence of Llwyndewi, and our pulses beat faster as we anticipate the coming sport. Travelling on- ward a field's breath or so, we halt on the declivity of a little hill overlooking Llangadock. The pre- liminaries of "drawing" the dogs, &c proceeded. The "gents with dogs" are respectfully invited to stand aside to have their dogs listed. What a variety of taste, together with sentiment, must there be embodied in the christening of these hounds. At least I thought so, as snch names, for example, as the following were called—" Floss," '■'Even, Frank," "Grip," &c., while another named "Riot," fully bore out his name by his restive, eager movements, as he chafed under restraint, and appeared to long for the fray. The dogs being duly coupled, and after a harangue from our worthy leader, Mr W. R. James, Caejenkin, who counselled us to law-abiding conduct and fair- ness in sport, under pains and penalties dreadful to contemplate, we set to business. It was a weak start, and as time dragged on somewhat heavily .1 y without sport, anxiety could be traced in the countenance of Mr James, our chief. To him a See-ho," at the moment, would have been a god- send, and, so he related to me afterwards, he felt that he would gladly have given 5s. to the one who would have shouted out the welcome cry; but, alas! it came out. However, the exercise and pleasure of strolling along in the open, under such favourable circumstances, partly compensated for the drawback i i sport. At times, a field or two ahead, could bo seen some rabbits hurrying along, as if in mockery, for they were no spert for us. Now and again our flagging power-, of attention would be suddenly subjected to severe tension, as a false alarm was raised. Our portly friend from the village smithy produced at one time quite a sensation. He attracted the whole field towards himself in expectation of a grand "See-ho." This rather disconcerted him, for he lost all his self- reliance, and began a cautious recautation with D'w i ddiin yLi siwr feeligyri fod hi yma," and when a few minutes later he exclaimed, "Go dango, gwenhingen i'w hi," there was a general laugh, despite our disappointment. After this he gave himself up to a close study of the hedgerows. But if the cruel Fates dogged our steps at the out- set, we were soon destined for better fortune. As we entered the meadows, under the Tyddin, we must have walked into a colony of hares. "See- ho" in all directions was now the order attended by the usual mad excitement and confusion. Shout- for dogs from all quarters, hares scampering all around us, five or six dogs out of leash, following now this hare, now that; greyhounds where there were no hares, hares where there were no dogs. Con- fusion reigned supreme. We soon, however, pulled ourselves together to a more orderly and calm state of mind, and from this time forward no one could compiain of lack of sport or excitement. Course followed upon course, but the hares got the best of it in the majority by far of the runnings. One hare came bounding up the hill towards us. As she sped past, almost within arm's reach, we recognised an "old hand." Passing under a wire fence, which partly impeded the dog, she rolled herself up, as the brow of the hill was reached, and putting on a splendid spurt, wished an affectionate good-bye to her pursuers. Another, dosely pressed, took refuge in a quarry; pussy by this means got a little breathing time, and upon being re-discovered by the dog, which for a time was thrown off the hunt, disappeared to a little wood hard by, where both dog and hare were lost for the remainder of the day. Lagging behind I lost our party, and when tracing their whereabouts, listened for the usual signs, but all was still as the grave. Fearing I had taken a wrong direction I hurried down a by-road which I had stumbled upon, and would you believe it there were my valiant comrades in arms, surrounding a cart (poor thirsty mortals), from which flowed potations deep and strong. Their silence was there and then ex- plained. After a refreshing halt, we moved for- ward, not, however, without acknowledging, substanti illy our indebtedness to the game-keeper who formed one of the party. Hardly had we resumed operations for the last time before we I witnessed a course, the like of which is seldom seen. A find started to our right disclosed a fine hare in tul]^ course, with the dogs well in. Suddenly crossing at right angles into an adjacent field, still followed closely by the dogs, the hare gained the centre of the field, but finding herself sorely pressed th foremost dog actually "snapping" in its endeavours to obtain a grip- she was compelled in self defence to make three or four turns within 30 yards. At this point a stranger coming upon the sceue, intercepted the run, just as the dog was about seizing its prey. This threw the leader out of gear, and proved the hare's salvation, which, after forming a pretty circle, twice repeated, bounded forward to the fields below, and was soon under the friendly shelter of Glassallt woods. This was a fitting termination to a good day's coursing. How many did we catch, do you ask? Let the number of the spoil go un- named, suffice it to say that from 20 to 25 hares were started. The whole party, numbering over 40, then made for Llangadock, to catch an early train, where after many promises to meet again on a future occasion, buoyed by the hope of enjoying as good sport then, we parted. Our thanks are due in the first place to the kindness of Judge Bishop, who freely and readily gave permission aud secondly, to Mr W. R. James, Caejenkin, over whose land we were taken, together with the ad- joining tenant farmers, for their hearty welcome and anxiety to secure sport for the strangers.
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