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NOTES Ai^D COMMENTS. "Hurrah I -for the union, with it* green cor- duroys arid button* of brass, sang an ironical! poet. A horror of the workhouse springs eter- nal in the breast of every human being who has the slighest spirit of independence, more especially if he or she, as the case may be, has en:!ea'orre<l earn a livelihood and failed through il1->,lilh. » 'i" There was a case under consideration at the Haverfordwest Guarvlians' meeting on Wednes- day of last week of a partly disabled woman whose removal to the workhouse was recoir- mended by the doctor. One member said tf." woman had a perfect horror of the workho me, and she would rather die ni a ditch than enter its grim portals. Another member gave it if she were forced into the House the woman might loose her reason. It should be added however, that those who know the woman best believe the House is the fittest place for !:er « There was a in another part of t) e county a year or -o ago of a more painful nature. The woman, an octogenarian, "vegetated" on c-awl and cabbage in a humble hovel for upwards of forty years. NtS lected by all and sundry, her condition ati that, of her den became more and n "e In sanitary until at length, under medical advice she too was removed to the Union. 16 ? 1f The preliminary bath was, of curia ad- ministered—probably the first in her life-then she was subjected to the rigid rule* lni regulations of the "old and infirm ward. Did she survive the ordeal? Well, in the snaee cf just one week to the day of her admittance, her "bones were rattled over the stones, in the regulation square inches of olackiued boards, back to her native town, an i so. e sort of a funeral dirge doled over them; tn-I Mother Eartn welcomed tlicm-ihe n st s silence. IT 1t » In the interests of the public health this legalised tragedy was enacted, but what of the outraged feelings of the victim when she rtrul- ised that she was being removed from Hr home (a events proved) for ever. How easy it would 1., ,e been in this Christian country, for someone to go round with the hit and '0 pay the cost of cleaning up that little hut in Forder that the time-worn woman might have closed her weary eyelids in her own home. amidst familiar surroundings. The cottage of the cotter is just as much home to him as the palatial palace is to the rich, and more so very often. Poverty is no crime, less so is old age. ? 1" ? Apropos the foregoing, reference might be made to the Help Society recently formed at Fishguard by the Vicar, and his industrious wife. The society devotes one evening in each week to the laudable work of mending articles of wearing apparel for those whose time is too much occupied with household duties to cope with the numerous details so essential to mak- ing home comfortable. Last Sunday evening the Vicar asked all to make known the objects of the society: that it was entirely non-sec- tarian, and that none need even to declare belief, or otherwise, in Divine authority as a condition to participation. Just now, when Socialism, together with Dis- establishment, are rampant, this innovation will appeal to the agitators for reform in our social and religious system. That very popular institution, the Saturday evening "smoker," held at the National Schools, is also deserv- ing of attention. t "i" To-morrow (Friday), should Mr. R. T. P. Williams—of the well-known firm of Messrs. Eaton Evans & Williams—be spared to attend, in his capacity as clerk to the magistrates, the petty sessions at Mathry, he will have com- pleted 31 years in that position. During that time he has only missed attending the sessions on the hill a matter of three times—twice when called away to London, and once through ill- ness. This surely constitutes a record, par- ticularly when it is considered how many miles distant Mathry is from the "county and town," and the boisterous, bitter weather oftentimes experienced during the winter months. T 'i' But Mr. R. T. P. Williams is blessed with many gifts, not the least being that of good, .sound, physical health. Without desiring to bring the blush of diffidence or modesty to the famed lawyer's cheek, we venture to add, "Mens sana in cOrpore sano," so that he is doubly blessed. Although he has passed, by some two or three years, his half-century, Mr. Williams shows but slight traces of the strenuous life with its inseparable wear and tear. At 21 he topped the list of the United Kingdom in the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society, for which he prepared himself en- tirely and without the aid of a tutor. ? 9 V There is one more little pleasant reminis- cence to which "hangs a tale" and a striking testimonial to a well-known Harfat sartorial artist (Mr. Tom Birch). Mr. Richard Williams has a penchant on Mathry sessions day for a certain overcoat. In truth, the garment may be termed the "gown" (minus the wig) for the Mathry Court. For thirty years the overcoat has shielded that lawver from March and other searching winds, and when its nap showed signs of dust and travel stain the artist re- ferred to turned the cloth inside out, giving it renewed life. Its owner never omits a passing reference to the wearing qualities of the coat. Evidently in the good old days shoddy cloth and brown paper boots were unknown. 11" ? "Man" (says "William" of Stratford) "is what his tailor makes him"; but Mr. Birch will scarcely have the temerity to go so far in his claim.

FISHGUARD-

COODWICK

NEWPORT.

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