County Observer and Monmouthshire Central Advertiser Abergavenny and Raglan Herald Usk and Pontypool Messenger and Chepstow Argus

m mam The County Observer Forty-ninth Year of Publication. -0- Scale for Advertisements. PER INSERTION. Official Announcements. Single Column. Parliamentary Addresses.. I Legal Notices J 6d. per line. Prospectuses of Companies j Election Addresses Property and Stock Sales I Auction Sales I Municipal and other bodies | Ordinary Notices y 3s. per inch in depth. Balance Sheets I Statements of Accounts. Houses Wanted I Houses to Let Entertainments Agricultural Shows [ BHbftcription lists ? Is. 6d. per inch. Wedding Presents I J SMALL PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS. Servants Wanted. J2 words 18 words 24 words Situations Vacant. Apartments Wanted Apartments to Let 6d. 9d. Is. money to Lend Articles Lost Articles Found Articles for Sale J Three weeks for double above charges. Must be paid for when the order is given, or double the above scale charges will be made. Remittances received in Postage Stamps. 94i0. 1':)1 Printing of every Description ATJCTIONEEES' Particulars, Posters, & Catalogues. gOUlCTOEa' Prospectuses Lithographic Maps, & Plan. It"zemmNls Cards, BiP -iBads,& Note Headings. All communications to J. H. CLARK, oogmm OBSERVER Office, USK, Monmouthshire. = WANTED, a HOU8E-PAKLOURMAID.— Apply, MRS EVELYN WADDINGTON, Beech Hill, Usk. TINNET, STAKES, HURDLES, FOll SALE, at Cwmbir Wood, Llanllo w ell.—FKANX STRAITON, Usk. LOST. BROWN SHEEP DOG, answering to the name of Prince."—Information to WILLIAMS, Court-y-Brychan, Llansoy. FOR SALE, POTATOES (Up-to-date), Seed and Eating size.—Apply to W. E. PARKER, Trostrey Hill, Usk. HOUSE TO LET.—Apply, T. J. SMITH, draper, Usk. = GARDEN GROUND TO LET.—Apply, T. J. SMITH, U«k. «r. ■ llsk Farmers' Club, 1905. TWO PRIZES of the value of £ 5 will be given by ODAM'S MANURE COMPANY for the best 2 ACRES of SWEDES, and 1 ACRE of MAN- GOLDS, grown with the aid of their Manure, and purchased from their Agent, WILLIAM EDWARDS, Wernhir, near Usk. p Tn custom of throwing old shoes and rice carat from the Eastern nations, and was originally intended as a sign of relinquishment by the nlstivos of their authority over the bride. A MIBBOB, a crystal, and a sword are carried before the Emperor of Japan on all State occasions. "Know thyself," is the message of the mirror; "Be pure and shine," is the crystal's injunction; while the sword is a reminder to "Be strong." SACRED BIRDS. One of the most widely spread of all our birds it the robin, while the wren is also a very common d increasing species. Except the Irish, who bear political grudge, no one ever kills a wren no man ever kiu3 a robin on this side oi the s" Channel or the other. The latter bird has one 1 .curious habit-it positively rejoices in the I nrm ot,man' Even in the remotest woods, cliffs, j marshes where the robin is found, and man, as 1 "L e,.Js not, the robin will instantly fly out and J as soon as its natural friend and Khin" il apl?e.ars on the scene. The "luncheon | a visitor at every shooting lunch. c: — THOUSANDS ARE 1\ ULLUG WASHING MACHISJBS FOL WASHING AT HOME, foil sendinga postcard to For Printing of all hinds try the County Observer Office* GENUINE CLEARANCE SALE! Prior to the Fifty-fifth. Annual Stocktaking XOW JP ROCJEEBMJTG, Of the Vast Stocks held at their various Estab- lishments by BEVAN AND COMPANY, Limited, Wales' Largest Furnishers, CLARENCE STREET AND P 0 i\7TYP 0 OL HANBURY ROAD, POIVTYPOOL;, town°HALL, NEWPORT; ALSO CARDIFF, SWANSEA, AND PONTYPRIDD. US* During this Sale all Purchasers of Ito worth will be given a Handsome 54-Piece Dinner Set or any other Present from Stock to the Value of One Guinea! ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS I2XT PRICES OF PIANOFORTES, ORGANS, CABINETS, SIDEBOARDS, DINING, DRAWING, & BEDROOM SUITES, BEDSTEADS, BEDDING, CARPETS, FLOORCLOTHS, HEARTHRUGS, OVERMANTELS, LAMPS, FENDERS, &0. » GREAT BARGAINS FOR CASH In all Departments! I..1K 67; CATALOGUES AND BELIVEKY OF ALL GOODS FREE! Pill of Every Drain <C.3 J)L AT THE "CowU Oteerver" OIDee. ■ Dr.,Call !$B rOW-ae s .-< f; '/U'- ,,¡ 't.r ^^The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE. M mm The Beat Bemedy known for Admitted by the Profession to be the MOlt Valuablo m COUGHS, GOLDS, *91 Kemedy ever diworewd. ■ ■ ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS, I Effectually cuts short I ■ CONSUMPTION. f m ■RfongjBM The only Palliative in m 111111 NEURALGIA. TOOTHACHE, # VcS'.nd Igil GOUT. RHEUMATISM. M DYSENTERY. ■■■ SOLD IN BOTTLE8 BY ALL CHEMISTS. at 1/li, a/a and 4/0 fmche .¡. I PLEASE NOTE CASH: DISCOUNT. I SEASON 1905. PLEASE NOTE cash; discount. Red Clover 1st quality 9td. per lb. 2nd „ Bld. „ 2 Cow Grass. LOD. „ Dutch (White). LOD. „ JLTSIHE 9 £ D. TREFOIL 4d. „ Rye Grass Italian 4/9 per bushel English Perennial 4/6 Mangolds Hurst Champion Yellow Globe 6d. per lb Mammoth Long Red 6d. „ Swedes Sutton's Champion Improved 6åd. „ it SKIRVINGS 6!d. „ TURNIPS Green Globe 6D. Devonshire Greystone 7d. „ Spring Vetches 6/6 per bushel Field Peas:- I White Marrowfats 7/3 „ Grey Jacks 6/3 „ Seed Potatoes: Early and Late. Prices and descriptions on application. Cash Discount. M A Prize of One Guinea will be given for the Best Crop of not ld. per lb. off all Seeds. less than One Acre or Yellow Globe Mangolds grown from seed 3d per bushel off Rye Grass and Field Peas. supplied by me, at the Annual Meeting of the Usk Farmers' Club. Y. E. JONES, CENTSSLSPPLY USK. I Tie "Coiti Otaer" fewer id 0 I Pfi R D Di c om p RDY, Lt1 PUBLISHING OFFICES BRIDGE STREET, USK I ¡f 4§attttfy ffitgErftec has been established 49 years, and from the advantageous position of the Publishing Offices- IN THE CENTRE OF THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH —and its Circulation in the Rural and Agricultural Districts it stands PRE-EMINENT AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM For the Sale by Auction of Farming Stock, Produce, Furniture, and Landed Property; for Wants of all kinds, & within a radius of many miles. It is read by all classes of the community, being essentially A FAMILY PAPEfcj combining Reports of Local Events (many not dealt with at all by other journals or very shortly noticed), Looal Courts; County, District and Parish Councils, and other Public Bodies; with Interesting Notes on Local and General Current Topics, Sports, &c.; Historic Sketches; Field, Farm, and Garden Operations; Housekeepers' Recipes; Ladies' Fashions; Art and Literature; Markets; A Serial Story; And a variety of other interesting reading matter. Special Reports are given of the Meetings of the Monmouthshire County Council) the Monmouthshire Chamber of Agriculture, c., With which no other Paper in the County attempts to vie.