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i^^jiV^ffiffi^ti^i^i^^il^^lWilCiiK^ TWO EDITIONS—Ordinary, OffE PENNY; Enlarged (with Diarv.&'cJ, 3d. KASTINGTON HAI.L. THE BUSHUHY, l»OflGtX>rl, HOIltDpflST

PAROCHIAL. ALMANACK AND YEAR=BOOK FOP 1907.

EASTINGTON HALL.

; HE water-colour drawing from which our Frontispiece has been re-produced, was painted by Troyte Griffith, Esq., of Malvern. Our readers will be grateful to him for his truthful and artistic picture. The old house at Bastington is a picturesque and beautiful specimen of the old English half-timbered country houses, of which there are many in this county and neighbourhood. It was probably built by William Brugge, who married Alice, the daughter and heiress of William Estington, some time before 1523, in which year he died. I should therefore date the house somewhere about the year 1500, not earlier. The barge boards which cover the ends of the rafters of the principal gable have the same vine-leaf pattern of ornament as we see at Payne's Place, which was built 30 years earlier. But the hall which in the fifteenth century was usually open to the roof is here ceiled after the fashion that was coming in at the end of that century. The arms of the Bridges family are carved in the spandrils of the doors, together with the Tudor rose, an emblem that was much in fashion when Henry Tudor came to the throne in 1485, and daring the reign of his son, Henry VIII. The family of Brugge or Bridges is an ancient one. The first of that name that we know of was one Simon de Bruges, who acquired an estate at Solers, in Herefordshire, through his marriage with the heiress of the Spiers family. It is not certain whose son he was, but he probably took his name from the City of Bruges, in Belgium. The word Bruges is Flemish for Bridges, and by degrees the family name was changed from Bruges to Brugge, and later to Bridges. By marriage with the heiress of the Berkeleys, of Coberley, in Gloucestershire, the Bridges family settled there and became great people. Sir John Bridges was Constable of the Tower of London in 1554, and was later on created Lord Chandos. But we have nothing to do with this senior branch of the family. Our branch was descended from Sir John, a younger brother of the Sir Thomas who married Alice Berkeley, of Coberley. 2 BUSHLEY. Sir John's grandson—also a Thomas—married Maud, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Hanborough, of Dymock, and their son William married Alice, daughter and heiress of William Bstinton, of Estinton, in the parish of Longdon. It was by this marriage that the family of Bridges came to live at Bastington. We do not know the date of his marriage, but we do know that he died in 1523, and was buried in Longdon Church, and that a very fine brass of a knight in armour and his wife is still in Longdon Church, bearing this inscription:— " Pray for the souls of William Brugge, of Bstington, in the County of Worcester, Esq., sonnc and hoiro oi' Thomas Brugge, of Dimmocke, in the County of Gloucester, Esq., and Alyce, his wyfe, daughter and heir to William Estington, Esq., lord of the manor of Kstington, in the Parish of Longdon. The which William deceased the 29th day of April, in the year of our Lord God 1523." Under the knight were eleven sons, and under his wife's feet five daughters. Of all these children we know nothing, except that one named Giles succeeded him. This Gyles Bridges, or Brugge, of Estinton (as it was then spelt) married, in 1539, Margaret, daughter of John Nanfan, of Birtsmorton Court, just across the marsh. His will is to be found in the Diocesan Registry at Worcester, and is very interesting. He gives to his eldest son John his best silver plate, "with the cover to the same," and the best dozen of silver spoons. He makes his brother-in-law, John Nanfan, guardian of his children, who were all under age, and stipulates that he shall supply them with "meat, drynck, and lodgings, and decent apparell." In return for which the said John is to have to farm "my Mansion House of Eastington where I now dwell, the Water Mill (now Longdon Mill), and all rny lands and meadows thereto appertaining, and half the yearly rent and prolits of all other my lands in the Counties of Worcester," until his son John comes of age. The rest is to go to his younger children—Henry, Maud, Alice, Anne, and Frances. He further directed that a true and perfect inventory be taken of all his goods and chattels. This inventory gives us some idea of the furnishing of a gentleman's house in 1560. In the linen closet there wore 22 pair of hempen sheets and 21 of flaxen sheets, 2 fine table cloths of dyaper, 4 flaxen cloths, and 5 other of hemp. There were 13 towels of all sorts, 6 dyapor napkins, 2 dozen and nine of hempen napkins, and 2 dozen of herden. This looks as though he entertained large numbers at dinner, and there must have been a good many beds. In the Gysten Chamber (or guests room) there were 2 feather beds, 2 bousters, 3 blankets, 2 coverlets, 2 pillows, 1 round table, 1 cobbard, 1 andiron. In the Chamber over the porch—1 bedstead with a feather bod thereon, 1 bouster, 1 blanket, 1 coverlet, 1 chair with hangings in the arms thereof. In the Parlour there was 1 table board which stands on a frame, 1 cobbard, 1 form, 2 chairs (for the master and mistress, I suppose), 1 carpet, S^andirons, and a fire shovel. I take it that this was the ordinary dining room of the master, and that the great hall was given over to the servants and retainers, for before BUSHLEY. 3 this time (that is, before the reign of Henry VIII.), the master and mistress and their guests dined in the great hall at an upper table, while the servants dined together at a lower table. Mr. Giles Bridges lived through that period of change which we call the Reformation, but he would not change, and when the Roman Catholics wore persecuted and suffered much for their faith, he seems to have built a chapel—attached to his house—where he could receive the sacraments at the hands of a Roman Catholic Priest. That there was a chapel we know, because we have an inventory of what was in it. " In the Chappie—1 vestment with all that belongs to the same, 4 candyl stycks, 2 cruetts (for the wine and water), 2 little pellys (bells?), 1 Mass Boke, and a lytil shype of brass to put the francke and sense in: " that is \ small vessel, which we now call an incense boat, to hold the frankincense which is used at Mass. I say that he built the chapel—because the only building that seems likely to have been put to this use is clearly an addition to the house, being built of the local stone instead of brick, and access to it was obtained by a door of that date. He died in 1560, the year in which Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the Pope, after which all who were faithful to the Pope could no longer worship in the Parish Church. Never- theless, he says in his will that he wished to be buried in Longdon Church, " in a certain place there where I was usually used to kneel in." His son John, who was born in 1545, was only 15 when his father died in 1560. If this was the John Bridges, Esq., of Eastington, who was buried in 1641, he must have lived to be 94. He seems to have married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Moreton, but we have no record of any children; nor of his wife's burial. In his will he makes no mention of wife or child, but speaks of himself as " being aged and infirme," so that we may suppose that they had died before him. By the wording of his will one would suppose that he had conformed to the Church of England, but it seems by the Records of the "Worcester Quarter Sessions that he was sent for to London as a recusant iu the very year in which he died, which shows that the authorities suspected him of being still devoted to the Papal cause. That he died childless is proved by his will, in which he leaves " to the Right noble and my singular good Lord and Cozen, Edward Earl of Dorsett, all those my Manors of Estington and Alkeridge, alias Au Keridge (in the County of Hereford), and all singular any Messuages, Mills, Lands, and Tenements, &c., in Estington, Castlemorton, Holdfast and Upton-on-Seyern, Longdon, Welland and Ripple, in the County of Worcester. In Aukeridge, Ledbury, Colwall, Barton Netherton, and Estnor, in the County of Here- ford, and in Tewkesbury, "Winchcomb, and Hampnett, in the County of Gloucester." Lord Dorsett sold to Richard Dowdeswell the rights that John Bridges had in Severn Ham, and he sold Eastington to Sir Nicholas Lechmere between 1661 and 1664. Giles Poster, gent., and George Foster, gent., both described in the Parish Register as of Eastington, were buried at Longdon Church in 1657. It is probable that they rented Eastington under Lord Dorset. We do not know anything more about them. But soon after the acquisition of the estate by the Lechmeres, we find settled there a family named Berkeley (mis-spelt in the Register in one or two instances, as Barclet and Bartlet). 4 BUSHLEY.

They were evidently tenants and not owners of the land as late as 1780, when Dr. Nash published his History of Worcestershire, in which he says that "the Freehold Manor now belongs to Mr. Lechmere." It is not known at what date the Berkeleys bought the estate from the Lechmeres, but there is no doubt that they did buy it soon after 1780, and eventually sold it to the late E. G. Stone, Esq., of Chambers Court, in 1842, and in 1846 they sold to Mr. Stone other lands in Longdon. During the whole of the 18th Century the Berkeleys of Eastington were evidently important people in the Parish of Longdon, at first as tenants nnder the Lechmeres, and then as proprietors. The lirst of this family (hat we have record of was William Berkeley, who was a landowner in Rushlcy in 1704, and died in 1728. His son John, who was buried at Bushley, seems to have lived in £ongdon, as all his children by Hannah, his wife, were baptized at Longdon, and I think we may take it that this John Berkeley was the tenant of Eastington under the Lechmeres. He died in 1736, aged 33. His son John succeeded him at Eastington. He was born in 1732, and died in 1808, aged 76. His wife's name was Mary, and their son John, who married Anna Cook, of Longdon, in 1801, died in 1836. In the apportionment of the Tithe Rent Charge in 1840, it is shown that this Mrs. Anna Berkeley—then a widow—owned not only Eastington, which was occupied by her son John, but also the Manor Farm, occupied by her son George, together with other lands in Longdon, and a portion of the Tithe. Her son John married Anne Hill, daughter of William Hill, of Hill End, and by this marriage the Berkeley family became connected with the Lords, of Bushley, and Pikes, of Mitton. This John Berkeley was the last of the name in Longdon. There are some in Longdon now who worked for him. He sold the estate, as we have seen, to Mr. Stone, and went to live -with his sons, George, Rowland Hill, and Alfred, who had embarked in business in Birmingham as grocers. They all three prospered greatly. Mr. Rowland Berkeley became Lord Mayor of Birmingham. When he died, suddenly, during his term of office in 1902, it was claimed for him that his family were descended from the reat and ancient family of the Lords Berkeley, represented in our neigh- f ourhood by the Berkeleys, of Spetchley. It is quite possible that the Berkeleys in Bushley and Longdon were descendants of a younger son of a younger son of that noble house, but no evidence has yet been produced for it, nor is it likely now that any can be found. Mr. John Ellis, who became tenant of Eastington under Mr. Stone, will be remembered by many of our readers as a fine specimen of the old English yeomen. Of his sons, Dr. Ellis, of Gloucester, has achieved for himself a great name and position as a medical man, and the others have all gained success in their various callings. Mr. Ellis married, as his second wife, a Miss Gnilding, sister of the late Mr. John Guilding, of Bushloy Park, and aunt of Mr. IT. Batoman Guilding, who is now the tenant of the grand old place named Eastington Hall. In giving an account of Eastington it would bo inexcusable if we omitted the Legend of the Dark Lady of the Marsh. I call it a legend, as dis- tinguished from history, because though the story is perhaps only about 100 yearsjold,'.there is absolutely no proof of the facts alleged, and I do not know,where to look for them. The story is that the daughter of one of the Berkeleys, of Eastington, fell in love with the son of her father's BUSHLEY. $ shepherd. It will be noted that the name neither of the girl or of the shepherd is given. The father, being proud of his name and family, set his face against any such connection, and finding that in spite of his dis- approval his daughter would not give up her lover, he determined to ruin the man. The man was sent to sell some sheep at Worcester, and accord- ing to his own account he fell asleep on his way back by the roadside and was robbed of all the money for which the sheep had been sold. Being afraid to go home without the money he went back to Worcester. When his master heard of it he seized the opportunity of getting rid of his daughter's suitor by charging him at the Assizes with sheep-stealing. It is said in one version of the story that the skin of a sheep was found by the man's side where he slept, but beyond this we have no evidence whatever of his guilt. As no names and no date are given, it is impossible to search the Records for an account of the trial, but the story goes that the man was convicted and hung—as sheep-stealing was then a capital crime. Another version is that the sheep which were sold really belonged to the shepherd, being a perquisite allowed him by his master as part of his wages, but which his master swore the man had stolen. In any case, the man was hung, and the poor girl went out of her mind. Consumed with melancholy she refused to see any one, and wandered out alone after dusk on Longdon Marsh, where she was often seen ; and super- stitious people were frightened at her appearance. William Day, who is still among us, worked at Bastington as a boy in the thirties of last century, and remembers that a room in the house was called—and it is still called—the Dark Lady's Room. It is a sad story of disappointed love, and is not without parallel in our own times. A touch of horror is added in another version, printed in a local paper by the late Dr. Alyes many years ago, in which it is related that a brave young gentleman, having determined to have speech with the poor demented girl, asked her what he could do to comfort her poor harassed spirit. She begged him to dig under the gallows in the place where her lover had been buried—to find his body, and see that it was hurled in consecrated ground. This he promised to do, and performed his task, and buried the remains in Birtsmorton Churchyard. What authority there may bo for this I do not know. What the girl's name was, when she lived, and when she died, is nowhere mentioned. But that the master's daughter fell in love with the man is probable enough. That the man stole the sheep may, or may not be true, but if he did any time before 1829 he would surely have been hung for it. That the girl should go melancholy mad is, we know, only too possible. So that though we have no proof for any of the facts alleged, the pathetic story may yet have a foundation of truth, without which indeed it could hardly have been started and believed. I began this paper with an account of the Bridges family, who came into possession of Bstington through the marriage of William de Brugge with Alice, the daughter and heiress of William de Estentou, the Lord of the Manor. I will end it with the very few facts that I have been able to glean con- cerning that ancient family. The first of the name that I have yet found is John do Estynton, who is assessed in the Taxation lloll of the year 1327, as the principal man in the " Vil " of Bstynton, in Longdon. 6, BUSHLEY. The next is William de Estinton, who is witness to a Deed, in Longdon Parish Chest, dated 1378. He might be a son or a grandson of the first John. Between 1403 and 1411, another John de Bstynton is one of the -witnesses in three of these Deeds, and the same man probably is assessed in the Taxation Roll of 1428. William de Bstenton, who signed a Deed in 1459, was probably a son of the last-named, and in a Deed of the following year he appears again, together with his son John, as one of a number of Trustees. Alice, who married William Bruges, of Dymock, was the daughter of this Wm. de Bstenton, and as she eventually became his heiress, his son John mentioned above must have died before his father.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS. was assistant mistress at Bushley School from 1894 to Jan., 1901, where Dec. 18, 1905.—A distribution of she was much valued. She died at the proceeds of Mrs. Elizabeth Dow-her sister's house at S. Norwood, deswell's Charity was made by the aged 40. Parish Council to 31 families in April 16—At the Easter Vestry Bushley. Mr. R. Guilding and Mr. A. Allard Jan. 8, 1906. — The children of were chosen as Churchwardens. Mr. Bushley School had their Christmas Henry Wilkes was appointed as Treat at Pull Court. Sexton and Sacristan. Jan. 18.—A political meeting was April 28.—Mr. John Cheese, whose held by Colonel Long's friends in the death occurred on this day at his Schoolroom on Jan. 18, which was residence at Amersham, Bucks, was well attended, and those present one to whom Bushley, as a parish, pledged themselves to work for his owes much, and those who came return with great enthusiasm, and a immediately under his influence some satisfactory result. 50 years ago, who may still be with Jan. 21.—Rev. R. D. Russell Cowan us, will acknowledge the debt of entertained the choir and others at gratitude that they owe him. As a supper. clever and good boy, he became Jan. 26.—The polling place for our associated with some of the leading district at the General Election was Churchmen of the day, and it was at the Town Hall, Upton-on-Severn. determined to train him for a school- The sitting member, Col. Long (Con- master, and for that purpose he went servative), was opposed by a Major to Cumbrae. There he not only made Biggs. Col. Long, who is so de- good progress in his studies, but also servedly popular, and has served us developed a great talent for music, so faithfully, was returned as our and was one of those who succeed in representative by 97 votes. whatever they undertake. When April 16.—The annual meeting of quite young, hardly " out of his the Parish Council was held for ap- teens," he was appointed in 1852 as pointment of Overseers. the master of Bushley School. Here April .—We regret to record the he did not confine himself to his duties death of Miss Alice Grizzell, who during school hours—but drew round BUSHLEY.

himself all the young men and boyi which a good Choral Class can be of the parish, in the cricket field, in formed at present, so that we had to the work shop, at evening classes, a be content with only a third prize. choir practice, and influenced then- May 16.—The Rent Audit Dinner all for good during the 10 years or was held at the Swan Hotel, Mr. so that lie was among them. It wa Dowdeswell's absence on the Con- he who, in conjunction with Rev tinent making it impossible for him C. Allen, formed and trained our to entertain the tenants at Pull Court Bushley Choir, which for many years as usual. was unrivalled in our country side July 28.—A Conservative Picnic, One of his early patrons and friends which was largely attended, was held was the Veil. Archdeacon Freer, who at the Moss Green, in honour of the frequently invited him to his Rectory Section of the Hon. M. H. Hicks- at Bishopstone to help in training Beach as member for the Tewkesbury his choir and to play the organ or Division. The young member, who grand occasions. It was here thai has already achieved a position in he met the Archdeacon's niece, Misi the House of Commons, made an able McMichael, whom he married in 1861. and stirring address. He was sup- On his marriage he gave up the teach- ported on the platform by Mr. J. T. ing profession and studied law, and Agg-Gardner, Mr. Strickland (of eventually settled down in his native Apperley Court), and Rev. B. R. town of Amersham as a solicitor. Dowdeswell. There, as at Bushley, he earned the BUSHLKY SHRUBBERIES.—A rumour respect of all who came in contact laving been put in circulation that with him, and was ever ready to pro- the Moss Green would be closed to mote the happiness and welfare of all he public at the end of the current his neighbours. During his long and season, Mr. Dowdeswell wrote to the useful life he had filled many im- ocal papers saying "that his late portant offices in the town. Durin_ 'ather's desire to afford a place of the last few years he had not 'ecreation for his neighbours and taken part in public affairs. His others would be sufficient reason for decease was not unexpected, and he lim never to close the grounds passed away peacefully in his 73rd against them, but besides this it was a year, and was buried at Araorsham. •eal source of pleasure to himself to His wife, Mrs. Cheose, had died some jive others an opportunity of enjoy- two years before. She was a direct ng these beautiful grounds." descendant of that Mistress Jane July 28.—It is with real sorrow Lane, of Boscobol, who so heroically .hat we record here the death of Mr. enabled King Charles II. to escape GL Creese, of Yenley. Mr. Creese from his enemies after the Battle of was one of the very best specimens Worcester. Among the heirlooms of >f our old English tenant farmer. An the family is a miniature of King [Quest and upright man, cheery and Charles, which ho sent to Mistress find, the best of sons, always ready Lane after las Restoration in ac- o help a neighbour, with a great knowledgment of the services she practical knowledge of his business, had done him. Mr. Cheese has left and especially with regard to cattle, 3 sons and 3 daughters, the offspring e was respected and loved by all of that marriage. who know him. His father and his April 30.- -At the Mad res Held Musi- grandfather had farmed the same cal Competition Bushley School again and before him for more than 100 took part. Owing to the small num- (rears, and he had never lived out of ber of children and their totidor age, ho parish all his life. He was the Mr. Nash has not the material of youngest of the seven sons of the 8 BUSHLEY. late Mr. William Creese, and married "The Rev. George Berens, after Miss Susan Stokes, a daughter of his paying a short visit to his cousin, neighbour, Mr. W. Stokes, of Payne's Mr. Dowdeswell, at Pull Court, went Place, in 1891, and leaves, we are with another cousin, Rev. W. A. glad to say, a son William, who, we Carrol, Vicar of Bickley, to inspect hope, will walk in his father's steps, the steeple of Bickley '- hurch which and two daughters. He had never is being built. They had ascended been well since he had suffered an some 30ft. in a lift, when the rope attack of influenza some years ago. broke and the lift fell to the ground On the day before his death he had with a rush. Both the gentlemen attended the Conservative Picnic at were severely hurt, and Mr. Berens the Moss Green. On the Sunday he suffered the fracture of some bones was walking round the farm with his in the foot. Wo are glad to know wife and children, when he com- that he has quite recovered from the plained of feeling unwell, and sat effects of this terrible accident. down near the pavilion at the Moss .Nov. 12.—At the annual meeting Green. Here he was seized with a of the Working Men's Club £1 Is. fit of coughing, and falling back was voted from the funds of the club expired before a doctor could be to the Tewkesbury Dispensary. summoned. The funeral took place EMIGRATION. — Very few of our at Bushley Church on Thursday, Bushley people have ever emigrated August 2nd. He was 57 years of age. to that Greater Britain beyond the Mrs. Creese has the respectful sym- ocean. This year we have seen two pathy of the whole parish. go forth. First, Mr. Alan Cowan, Sept. 7.—The children of Bushloy, the second son of our Vicar, sailed Longdon, and Queeiihill Schools, at on March 22nd for Chatham, in the invitation of Rev. B. R. Dowdes- Ontario (which, by the way, is not well, had a trip down the river in a in any of our Colonies, but in steamboat, and had tea at the Lower America). He is very happy there, Lode Hotel. but intends to proceed to British Sept. 27.—Mr. Harold Kusling, son Columbia with a friend in the Spring, of Mr. J. W. Rusling, of the Church to take up Fruit Farming. — The Farm, met with a severe accident. other is Miss Dorothy Vaughan, who While cycling on the Ledbury Road, sailed on Nov. 16th, 1906, for New near the Oxehey, a motor car collided Zealand. She travelled by the Royal with him, knocked him off his machine Orient Mail Line ss. " Ortona " for and actually passed over his right Sydney, where she will change ships leg. He suffered some severe in- for New Zealand. The date of arrival juries, but we are glad to say he has is uncertain. We shall remember recovered. It was a wonderful them at Christmas, and there is no escape. doubt that their hearts will be look- Nov. 14.—Mrs. Till, who is better ing homewards then. known to Bushley people as Mrs. A very successful Butter Class, Hemming, died after a long illness at under the Gloucester County Council, her husband's residence at Heath was held at Bushloy Park by Miss Town, Wolverhampton. She had Friday, in February, March, and been housekeeper at the Parsonage April, and was attended by the for many years, and had won the following ladies : — Miss Hilda kindly regard of all her neighbours Vaughan, Miss Bown, Mrs. Mayall, while there. She never forgot her Mrs. King, Mrs. H. Bishop, Mrs. friends at Bushley, and she is still Stokes, Mrs. R. Guilding, ' Miss remembered by those who knew and Clissold, Miss Dudfleld, Miss' Law- valued her. rence, Miss Poole, Miss C. Smith, BUSHLEY.

and Miss K. Martin. At the close of during the whole year, every time it the Classes, an examination was held was open, and for the last twelve by Mr. Turner, aud prizes were months Frank Payne, ViotorGrilliths, awarded to Miss Bowii, Miss Poole, Ellen Tainton, and Ellen Foster also Mrs. Mayall, Miss Lawrence, Miss attended every time, and won the Clissold, and Mrs. H. Bishop. County Council bronze medal, with At the Worcestershire Shire Horse their names inscribed on the reverse Society's annual Show and Sale, held side. Besides these, 25 certificates at Worcester on October 10th, Mr. were granted to children who had K. Guilding's black filly took iirst made 95 per cent, attendances, or at prize for the best filly foal, which least i!90 times out of the 411 possible. "was afterwards sold to E. Bromley In the previous year, 3 only qualified Martin, Esq., of Ham Court. He also for the Full-Time Prize, and 20 re- got very highly commended for his ceived certificates. This year, 5 colt foal, and also each of his three attended full time, and 25 received shire mares were very highly com- the certificates for anything over mended. It is hoped that more land- 390 attendances. This is very satis- owners and farmers will patronise factory. the Worcestershire Shire Horses and THK SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK. keep the Society going, as its aim is £ s. d. to improve the breed of horses. On Jan. 1st, 1905, the total BUSHLEY SCHOOL. — Although the deposited was ... 130 11 3 total number of children attending During that year they de- Bushley School is less than it used posited ...... 22 11 10 to be, the regularity of their attend- Interest added ... 371 ance has greatly improved. This is due partly to inducements offered to 156 10 2 parents in connection with the Cloth- They withdrew during the ing Club, and partly to the rewards year ...... 61 4 9 given by the County Council. For the year ending July 31st, 1906, Total now to the credit of Lance Wilkes won the prize (for a the 33 depositors ... £95 5 5 second time) for attending school extracts from Busblep Parisb Registers.

1905. MARRIAGES. Dec. 25.—Frederick Norman Cox and Eliza Harper Philpot. 1906. Aug. 14.—Willie Coles and Lydia Mary Stallard. 1906. BAPTISMS. Nov. 4.—Arthur Robert Taynton. Nov. 25.—Gladys Emily Fowler. MUR1AL. Aug. 2.—George Creese, of Yenley, aged 57. May 2.—Mr. John Cheese (formerly of Bushley). Buried at Amersham, Bucks. He died April 28, aged 72. Nov. 14.—Died Mrs. Diana Till, of Heath Town, formerly Mrs. Hemming, housekeeper Bushloy Parsonage. Nov. 16.—Died Mrs. Marion Stokes, wife of Mr. John Stokes, eldest son of the late Mr. A. Stokes, of Payne's Place. 10 BUSHLEY. extracts from BusMep Cburcb Accounts, Advent, 1905, to Advent, 1906 RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE. £ K. d. £ s. d. General Offertories 13 5 0 Balance due to Vicar - 4 7 0 Prom Churchwardens 6 0 0 Church Expenses - 3 0 8 l?or Choir and Ringers 20 0 0 Choir and Ringers - 26 0 0 Bloemfontein MissionL 11 13 7 Sick and Poor' - - 11 15 0 Diocesan Peniten- To Bloemfontein Mission - 11 13 7 tiaries - 5 15 4 ,, Diocesan Penitentiaries 5 15 4 A.C.S. 4 7 8 ,, A.C.S. - - 4 7 8 Hospital & Dispensaryf 7 13 4 ,, Hospital & Dispensary 7 13 4 Orphanages 4 18 11 „ Orphanages - - 4 18 11 Diocesan Board of ,, Diocesan Board of Education 4 18 1 Education- - 4 18 1 Balance in hand - - 2 4 £84 11 11 £84 11 11

NOTES ON THE PAST YEAR.

THE BISHOP'S Touii. — Unquestionably tho most interesting, and, we trust, the most beneficial event in Longdon during the past year was the holding of the " Special Week " at the opening of Lent. For this object the parish combined its forces with those of Cjueenhill and Holdfast, and throughout the wool; the services at Longdon wore not only attended by very large congregations, hut by congregations obviously full of earnest- ness and purpose. The Rev. Minor Canon I'helips was offered to us by the Bishop for the week, and most gladly accepted and welcomed by us all ; we could not sufficiently thank him for all that ho said and did. On the Monday of that week, our dear Bishop paid us his promised personal visit: first meeting the Rev. W. II. II. Longhurst, the Rev. E. 11. Dowdes- well, Captain Stone, the Vicar and Churchwardens, and then going round from group to group in the crowded schoolroom, and speaking a few apt words to each group of tho parishioners there assembled. A most earnest service followed in Church (which was densely packed), and the Bishop, after his Address and Benediction, stood at the West door to shako hands with great and small. Looking back on the whole woelc from this distance of time, we may gratefully say that what was then done left good and valued results, and the parish has not lost all tho effects of that memorable occasion in its life. LONGDON. II

CONFIRMATION.—On March 29th, at Hanley Castle, Bishop Mylne con- firmed the following candidates from Longdon : Mary Beckingharn, Doris Best, Gwenilian Bird, Lily Bishop, Annie Clarke, Julia Havard, Rhoda Hodgkins, Florence Smith; Henry Bennett, G. Henry Higgins, and William 8. Short. LENTEN WEEK-NIGHTS.—Longdon had to thank Uio Revs. R. D. Russell Cowan, W. H. R. Longhurst, B. Nealo, and H. W. Wood for their very helpful and welcome sermons. VARIOUS FESTIVITIES. On Feb. 6th, the school children enjoyed a famous tea party, provided by the kindness of Mrs. Bagot, with a royal abundance of good things and presents. On Ascension Day the youngsters assembled at the Vicarage for the usual " Tea and Games," and everything went on most happily, the con- clusion being a short, bright Evensong in Church. On July 31st, the Longdou contingent of the Girls' Friendly Society took part in the Annual Festival for the District, held this time at Hanley Castle Vicarage, by kind invitation of the Rural Dean and Mrs. Isaac. Among the Honours' list were the names of Miss M. Jones (14 years' membership), Miss Lizzie Lane (7 years' membership), Miss E. Price and Miss Lucy Bishop (prizes for 2 years' continuous service). Miss H. L. Anderson should be thanked for her unfailing interest in our members. On Sept. 7th, by the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Dowdoswoll, the Longdon scholars shared in a most delightful river outing on one of Mr. Bathurst's capital steam-boats. Everything went "swimmingly," boat and all! On Sept. 28th, the Ringers and Choir went for a happy day's trip to Birmingham, a place where, we need hardly say, there are " extended facilities " lor amusement. A capital show at Curzon Hall took up the afternoon, and after tea all enjoyed a most interesting variety programme at the Hippodrome Music Hall. On Oct. 2nd, the members of our two Mothers' Meetings wore the guests of Mrs. Bagot for Tea and Entertainment. The latter included instru- mental music by Mrs. Ripley, songs by Miss Wilson, and the capital little play, "A Figure of Speech," acted by the Misses Bedford, to all of whom, as also to the kind hostess of the day, enthusiastic thanks were given. THE EDUCATION BILL.—Public opinion upon this matter expressed itself locally in the following ways:—(i) A vote of strong disapproval of tho Bill was unanimously passed at tho Easter Vestry, (ii) A petition against the Bill was signed by the parents of every child in the school, and was in due course presented in tlie House of Commons, (iii) A public meeting was held, under the chairmanship of Mr. Churchwarden Guilding, in tho Schools, and after addresses from Mr. W. .1. Potter (representing the Schools' Defence Council) and other gentlemen, a resolution condemning the Bill was unanimously carried, (iv) A petition to tho House of Lords, signed by Messrs. Bagot, Powys-Keck, Guilding, Peart, H. Green, A. Green, Trewin, and a long list of others, was presented to their Lordslrps in the early part of the Autumn Session, against tho Government Bill. PARLIAMKNTARY ELECTION.—On Jan. 6th, au election meeting was held in the Schools by Major (now Sir A.) Biggs and his helpers. No resolu- tions were put, apparently from lack of audience, the voters present being less than twenty.—On Jan. 22nd, a numerously-attended election meeting was held by the friends and supporters of Col. Long, M.P., in the Schools ; 12 LONGDON. chairman, H. Bagot, Esq. Addresses were given by Dr. Cowley, T. Weldon Thomson, Esq., and others, and a resolution of confidence ill the candidate was enthusiastically carried. M ISSIONARY LECTURES.—On Jan. 8th, the Rev. J. L. Rees, who has passed many years in Shanghai, gave a most vivid account of Chinese life and Mission Work, in aid of the S.P.G. —On April 2nd, the Rev. C. Bickmore gave us a most interesting Lantern Lecture upon Life and Church Work in N.W. Canada, in aid of the C.M.S., on which excellent Society he had on the previous day been preaching both at Church and Mission Room. DEOEASK OF Mil. It. RUMSHY.—With sincerest sadness we have to record the passing-away of one who has been amongst us for twenty-five years, constant in his place in choir, consistently faithful to his Christian calling, a true neighbour among neighbours, and a man of peace, whose personal friendship one valued and prized. His life on earth ended on Nov. 4th, at Bolbroughton, where lie was staying with one of his married daughters, within easy reach of the specialist advice of Birmingham. The day of his funeral was terribly wot, but large numbers gathered round his last resting-place in Longdon Churchyard, and many beautiful wreaths spoke of " the gladness of rejoicing, on the far eternal shore."—God rest his soul!

extracts from Eonadon Parisb Registers.

1905. BAPTISMS. Dec. 24.—Frederick, son of Charles and Annie Lane. Dec. 24.—James William, son of Arthur and Lily Day. 1906. May 13.—Elizabeth Sarah and Eliza Emily, twin-daughters of Richard and Emily Pondry. May 27.—George Theodore, son of William and Mary Ann Hartland. June 12.—Ronald Frederick William, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Lane. Aug. 26.—Ernest Arthur, son of Ernest and Amelia Gamble. Sept. 9.—James, son of William and Lilian Attwood. Oct. 14.—Alfred James, son of William and Minnie Attwood. Nov. 22.—Ernest Reginald, son of William and Charlotte Harley. 1906. MARRIAGES. Feb. 6.—Henry Teal and Emily Blakeman. Aug. 27.—Frederick Thomas Teal and Florence Annie Merchant. Oct. 20.—Ernest Richard Hadley and Ellen Elizabeth Davis. Nov. 18.—'Ernest Arthur Payne and Emily James. 1905. BURIALS. Dec. 28.—Clara Powell, aged 70 years. 1906. Feb. 13.—Ann Hughes, aged 77 years. Mar. 23.—Mary Martin, aged 63 years. June 22.—Charles James Morgan, aged 30 years. Nov. 8.—Rumsey Rurnsey, aged 65 years. Nov. 14.—Florence Marjorie Tombs, aged 3 years. Oct. 30.—The death of Mr. John Lee, of the Queeiihil] Manor Farm, will be regretted by a large circle of friends. He followed his father. Mr. Lee, as tenant of the farm, and has spent his life here. As a good man of great integrity of life, an excellent husband and father, and a kind neighbour, he will be greatly missed. He had suffered a severe attack of illness two years ago, but it was thought that he had recovered when he failed again a month before he died, through heart failure. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Lee, and four children to mourn his loss. NEW VAHIETIKS OF WHKAT. — At Cambridge University, the Vice- Chancellor (Mr. Beck) said that Mr. Biffen, the botanist in the Agricultural Department, had shown that new varieties of Knglish wheat may bo pro- duced which combine the high qualities now found in foreign wheats only. Mr. Biffen had also made a most important discovery with regard to certain diseases of wheat, which would tend to bring them under the control of the grower. Mr. Biffen is- son-in-law of Mr. E. Hernus, of Holdfast Hall. We may add that Miss Hilda Homus is cultivating some of the new wheat at Holdfast for her brother-in-law.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS.

1905. BAPTISMS. Dec. 24.—Christopher Ernest, son of Henry Thomas and Harriet Roberts, Queenhill. 1906. Jan. 28.—Alice Rose, daughter of William Thomas and Alice Nichols, Holdfast. April 8.—Fanny Harriet, daughter of Henry Thomas and Harriet Roberts, Queenhill. 1906. MARRIAGli. Oct. 18.—Edward Savage and Eleanor Prosser, Holdfast. 1905. BURIALS. Dec. 27.—Christopher Ernest Roberts, Quoenhill, aged 5 hours. 1906. August 3.—Mary Ann Hunt, Qneenhill, aged 52 years. Nov. 3.—John Lee, Queenhill Manor, aged 57 years. A. (SUCCESSOR TO E. JEL.LEYMAN), Tobacco and Cigar Merchant. 14, HIGH STREET, TEWKESBURY

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teiukcsburp flbbep Church. CLERGY—Rev. Canon Wardell-Yerburgh, M.A., Surrogate and Rural Dean, Abbey House, Vicar; Rev. P. R. L. Langford-James, M.A., 11, Abbey Terrace. Churchwardens : Mr. T. W. Moore (Southend House) and Mr. A. Baker (Old Bank). Sidesmen: Mr. R. Chandler, Mr. Darbyahire, Mr. C. C. Moore, Mr. S. Handley, Mr. H. A. Badham, Mr. Neville G. Moore, Dr. Turner, Mr. F. W. Godfrey, jun., Mr. J. S. Sargeaunt, Mr. A. Boyce and Dr. W. Devereux. Organist & Choirmaster: Mr. A. W V. Vine, F.II.C.O , A.B.C.M., L.R.A.M. Sacristan and Verger: Mr. W. G. Bannister. Nestan : Mr. W. Haines, The Cemetery. SUNJNDAl Y SERVICES.—Holt/ Communion 8 a.m. every Sunday ; 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sun- days, 7 am.; 2nd and 4th Sundays 11.45 (choral) ; 3rd Sunday, 12.15.—Matins, 11 a.m.—Children's Service,. 3.15 p.m —Evensong, 6.30p.m. Weekday Services.—Holy Communion, Tuesday and Thursday 7.45 a.m., Wednesday 7 a.m. Matins, 10 a.m., with Litany on Wednesday and Friday. Evensong, 7.30 p.m. Thursdays : Intercession Service, 6 p.m. Holy Days.—Holy Communion, 7.45 a.m.; Children's Service, 9.15 a.m.; Matins, 10 a.m.; Evensong, 7.30 p.m. Sunday Schools—10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Senior Sunday School—3.15 p.m. Holy Baptism—1st and 3rd Sundays, 4 p.m. Tuesdays, 3.30 p.m. winter; 6 p.m. summer. Churching.?—After any service. Marriages—After due notice given to Verger. Church of England Temperance Society.—Meetings and Services as announced. Band of Hope alternate Tuesdays at 6.15. Parochial Magazine—Published on 1st each month by Mr. North, High-st. Price 2d. WaIton=CardifT Church. CANON WABDELL-YEBBUBGH, M.A., Surrogate and Rural Dean, Vicar. Churchioardens : Mr. F. P. Clift, Mr. Gravenell. Clerk : Mr. Taylor. SERVICES : Holy Communion, 1st Sunday and Great Festivals, 9 a.m. Evensong and Sermon on Sundays at 3.15 p.m. Bolp Crinitp Church, Cookesburp. CLEBGY.—Vicar : Rev. E. H. F. Cosens, M.A., Trinity Vicarage, Barton Road. Curate : Rev. D. G. Douglas, B.A., Mr. Croft's, High Street. Churchwardens : Mr. J. W. Coleman and Mr. J. T. Brotheridge, Sidesmen: Mr. W. North and Mr. A. Enoch. Choirmaster and Organist: Mr. T. Denley. SERVICES.—Sunday : Morning Service, 11 a.m. Evening Service, 6.30 p.m. Wed- nesday : Evening Service with Sermon, 7.30 p.m. Holy Communion : First Sunday in each month at the 11 o'clock Service; Third Sunday in the month at Evening Service ; also on the great Festival days. Baptisms : First Sunday in each month, with Litany, 3.30 p.m., and on Wednesday evenings at 7 o'clock. TRINITY MISSION HALL, Barton Street. Other places of Worship in Ceiukcsburp. WESLEYAN CHAPEL (the Cross)—Minister, Rev. Job Gilbert, the Manse, adjoining Chapel. Service Hours : Sunday, 10.30 a.m., 6.30 p.m.; Tuesday, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m. BAPTIST CHAPEL (Barton-street)—Pastor : Rev. H. J. Preece. Service Hours : Sunday, 10.30 a.m., 6.30 p.m.; Monday, 7 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL (Barton-street)—Pastor : Rev. W. Davies, Barton Road. Service Hours : Sunday, 11 a.m., 6.30p.m.: Tuesday, 7.15p.m. CATHOLIC CHAPEL (the Mythe)—Priest, Rev. Arthur Jackson. SALVATION ABMY BABBACKS (Nelson Street). i6 TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

Member of Parliament for Tewl^esbury BUKIAL BOARD. The Mayor, with the Aldermen, and Coun- Division, of Gloucestershire. cillors of the Borough, under the adoptive powers of the Local Government Act. 1894 HON. MICHAEL HUGH HICKS-BEACH, Clerk : Mr N G Moore Cemetery Superintendent: Mr B C Gray Coin St. Aldwyns, near Fairford. Caretaker and Sexton : Mr W Haines Meetings held 2nd Tuesdays in alternate months commencing January The Corporation and its Officials. TEWKESBURY COMMONS. Clerk : Mr N G Moore Meetings of the Council are usually held Trustees ; The whole of the Council on November 9th (Mayor's Day) and on the 3rd Monday in each of the other months Magisterial. High Steward : Lord Coventry Mayor: Mr John Willis, Church Street COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR TEWKESBURY Aldermen : Mr A Baker (High-street), Mr PBTTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. P A Pike (High-street), MrN B Stephens J E Yorke, Esq, Forthampton Court (High-street), Mr John Willis (Church- J S Gibbons, Esq, Boddington Manor street) W Meath-Baker, Esq, Hasfield Court Councillors : Messrs. W T Boughton, J S Sargeaunt, Esq, Tewkesbury Park Matthew Elder, F W Godfrey, jun, W J. N P Milne, Esq, Ashehurch House Gardner, G P Howell, J W Howell, Vincent W Yorke, E sq, Forthampton Court Lemuel Jones, E W Moore, C C Moore, Sir Eichard B Martin, Bart, Overbury G M Eice, L L Stroud, and C E Court Smith Borough Representative on the County F K Healing, Esq, Feme Grove Council: Mr W Jackson (New Election J Willis, Esq (Mayor), Church Street, in March, 1907) Tewkesbury Recorder : Mr P Stroud, 2, New Court, Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall, Carey Street, London, WC Tewkesbury, on alternate Thursdays, com- Clerk of the Peace : Mr H W Brown mencing (for 1907) on January 3rd Coroner : Mr N G Moore Magistrates' Office: High-street Town Clerk : Mr H A Badham, High- Clerk : Mr T Weldon Thomson street Treasurer and Borough Accountant: Mr G MAGISTRATES FOR THE BOROUGH. Watson (draper) Burgesses' Auditors : Mr H Bishop and Mr The Mayor (Mr John Willis) George Clifford Mr A Baker Mr W Jackson Town Crier : Mr E W Newman, Spring E Pluck , Lemuel Jones Gardens F K Healing , C C Moore Hall Keeper : Mr P Neale (hair-dresser) J Holder , T W Moore Mace Bearers : Messrs. C Hampton and C Harris , Geo Eice W Hartin G Hone , J S Sargeaunt Dr A F Turner The Eecorder (Mr Fredk Stroud) UBBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. The Judge of the County Court for the time being sitting at Tewkesbury Magistrates' Office: 22, High Street The Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors Clerk : Mr H A Badham form the Urban District Council Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall, Medical Officer of Health : Dr A P Turner, on Friday, at 11 am Church-street Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances : Mr The Borough Quarter Sessions are held in Walter Eidler, Borough Surveyor's January, April, July, and October Offices, Sun-street The Borough is supplied with an Inspector Bate Collector : Mr Alfred Eoberts and 5 constables of the Gloucestershire Clerk : Mr H A Badham, Municipal Force Offices, 22, High-street Inspector-in-charge : Mr Edward Selwood TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

TEWKESBURY UNION. RURAL HOSPITAL. Guardians' Meetings every alternate Patron, The Right Hon Lord Sudeley Wednesday, at 11 a.m. President, J Reginald Yorke, Esq ELECTED GUARDIANS. Chaplain, Rev Canon Wardell-Yerburgh Ashchurch: Messrs Greening & Thos. Prew Consulting Physician, R M Simon, MA, MD Boddington : Mrs Harriet Mcllquham Consulting Surgeons, Gilbert Barling, MB, Bredon : Messrs N Dyer & George Cook FRCS, T S Ellis, MHCS Chaceley : T N Hopkins Surgeon, W C Devereux, MA, MB, BC, MRCS Conderton : S H Greaves Honorary Medical Officers, W L Liston, Deerhurst: J G Rymer MD, MRCS, LHCP, A F Turner, LBCP, LRCS Elmstone Hardwick : C W Stuckey Treasurer & Secretary, Mr R Chandler Forthampton : J R Yorke Matron, Mrs Milner Hasfield : W M Baker Ordinary In-patients are admitted (upon Kemerton : E H C Hipkins a printed letter of recommendation from Leigh : Sidney Chandler a Subscriber) between 11 and 12 on Thurs- Norton-by-Bredon : F C Candy day ; cases of sudden accident or severe Overbury : V Acton illness at any time Oxenton : John Roberts OUT-PATIENT DEPABTMENT—Out-patients Pendock: Edward Pope are admitted upon payment of One Shilling Stoke Orchard • J K Mead and presenting a ticket, signed by a Sub- Teddington: William Creese scriber, on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Tewkesbury : Messrs W J Gardner, J Saturday, at Nine o'clock, and on Wednes- Holder, J Horton, G P Howell, A day at Twelve at the Hospital only. They Mayall, J Purser, C Smith, & J Willis must be provided with a pint bottle for Tirley : John Fowler medicine. Tredington : Rev. G E Webster Twyning • Messrs. E Musto & T Walker Walton-Cardiff: J W Gravenell COUNTY COURT OFFICE. Woolstone : H B Yerburgh THE CRESCENT, CHURCH-ST. (New Elections in April, 1907) (Open from 10 to 4; Saturdays, 10 to 1). Clerk, H A Badham Master and Matron, Mr and Mrs Hopkins Judge, His Honour Judge Arthur Becher Porter & Assist. Matron, Mr & Mrs Hitoh Ellicott, Rodborough Manor, Stroud Relieving Officer & Collector of Guardians, Begistrar & High-Bailiff, Mr H W Brown ARix Sub-Ba-ilif, Mr W J Vere, Barton Road Medical Officers—Dr W C Devereux, Dr Courts are held at the Town-hall, Tewkes- A F Turner, Dr A de Winton, and Dr bury, about every 6 weeks. Dates of Court J E St G Johnstone may be seen on Notice Board at the Hall, Registrar of Births, Deaths, &c., A Rix and at the Registrar's Office. The Regis- Superintendent Begistrar, H A Badham trar sits at 11 o'clock, and the Judge at a Deputy, G Rodgerson quarter before 12. Overseers (till April, 1907)—Messrs G S Tewkesbury County Court District com- Railton, H Norman, J J Briginshaw, prises the following parishes—Ashchurch, and W H Hayward Boddington, Bredon, Bushley, Chaceley, Assistant Overseer and Collector of Poor Deerhurst, Eldersfield, Elmstone Hard- Rates, B C Gray wick, Forthanipton, Hasfield, Kemerton, RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. Leigh, Longdon, Overbnry, Oxenton, Pen- Comprising the Guardians of all the above dock, Ripple, Stoke Orchard, Tewkesbury, parishes, except the parish of Tewkesbury Tirley, Tredington, Twyning, Walton- Clerk, Mr H A Badham Cardiff, and Woolstone Medical Officer of Health, Dr Turner Inspector of Nuisances, Mr Walker Tewkesbury Consolidated Surveyor, A W Shorland Charities. Freemasons' Lodge. Secretary, Miss Morgan. Trustees—Canon ST. GEORGE'S LODGE, No. 900. Wardell-Yerburgh, Rev E H F Cosens, Lodge Room, Swan Hotel. Meetings and Messrs. G Bayliss, J Horton, G held on the third Monday in each month Howell, W Jackson, C Harris, J Holder, except May, June, July, and August. W J Gardner, G Watson, A Baker, T W WM, Bro W Darbyshire ; Treasurer, Wor Moore, G Rice, and W T Boughton. Bro Ralph Chandler ; Sec., Wor Bro A F Meetings held 1st Friday, at 10 a.m., in Turner January, April, July, and October. i8 TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

TEWKESBURY POST OFFICE. There is a Day Mail to Bredon, Kemerton, Postmaster—Mr. T. WILLIAMS. Oonderton, Overbury, Beckford, Washbottrne, Alderton, Twyning, Ripple, Deerhurst, DESPATCHES—Weekday. Box Apperley, and The MytJie, for which closes at setters and Parcels may be posted at London, Birmingham, Worcester, Tewkesbury till 1p.m. and the North .. .. 2.0 am Letters and Parcels are received for Not on Monday mornings. Sxpress Delivery Prom Tuesday to Saturday inclusive The Office is closed for all Public busi- correspondence for Blockley, Broadway, ness at 8.30 p.m. on Weekdays, and at 10 Bourton-on-Water, Campden, Evesham, a.m. Sundays Lower Slaughter, Pershore, and Stow-on- The Telegraph, Money Order, Savings Bank, the-Wold sent by this despatch are de- Anuilty, and Insurance Departments. livered by first post The Telegraph department is open on Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, & Weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.—Sundays the South-West and London .. 3. 0 am rom 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. only. Letters, &o., for the Rural Districts may The Money Order, Savings Bank, Issue be posted until 5.45 am. Town Letters, of Licenses, Sale of Inland Revenue &c., till 6.50 am. Stamps, Annuity, and Insurance and Ex- Birmingham, Worcester, and the press Letter business is transacted daily North ...... 8.35 am except Sundays) from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m.; London, East and South-East .. 9.35 am 'or the sale and payment of Postal Orders London, the South-East, Bristol, and other miscellaneous business the Office Cheltenham, Gloucester, and s open from 7 a.m. till 8.30 p.m. South Wales .. ..11.35am Branch Letter Boxes—Hours of Collection. Birmingham and Worcester . .12.15 pm High Street—Weekdays, 12.30 a.m., 8.20 London, and places East and a.m., 11.10 a.m., 11.50 a.m., 12.50 p.m., South-East .. .. 1.20pm 2.45 p.m., 6.50p.m., and 7.30 p.m. Sun- Gloucester, Cheltenham, Worces- days, 12.30 a.m., 5.30p.m. ter, and Malvern .. .. 3.10 pm Barton Street—Weekdays, 12.30 a.m., London and all parts.. .. 7.55pm i.15 a.m., 11.5 a.m., 11.55 a..m, 12.55 p.m., DESPATCHES—Sunday. 2.40 p.m., 6.50p.m., and 7.25 p.m. Sun- London, Birmingham, Worcester, days, 12.30 a.m., 5.25 p.m. and the North .. .. 2. 0 am Church Street—Weekdays, 12.30 a.m., Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, 8.10a.m., 11.0 a.m., 12 noon, 1.0 p.m., 2.35 and the South-west and London 3. 0 am D.m., 6.50 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. Sundays, Letters for the Rural Districts, i.e., L2.30 a.m., 5.20 p.m. Bredon, Kemerton, Overbury, Tewkesbury Railway Station—11.40a.m., Lpngdon, Bushley, Twyning, 12.45 p.m., 7.5 p.m. Ripple, Bredon's Norton, North- Cotteswold Road Box—12.30 a.m., 8.15 way, Conderton, Beckford, and a.m., 11.5 a.m., 11.45 a.m., 12.45 p.m., Forthampton may be posted 2.40p.m., 6.50p.m., and 7.25 p.m. Sun- until ...... 5.45 amdays, 12.30 a.m., 5.25 p.m. Town Letters,

Tewkeabury Football Olub. The Rlflo Cor pa. Captain'lst Eleven: Mr. A. Surl. 2nd V.B. Gloucester Regiment. Sub-Captain : Mr.vH.fHealey. Captain 2nd Eleven : Mr. P. Harding. TEWKBSBUBY on "D" COMPANY. Committee: Messrs. W. Dean, H. White, H. H. Bathurst, S. Reynolds, A. Dean, lead-Quarters: Volunteer Drill Hall and D. Moss, E. Warren, and G. E. Smith. Armoury, Back of Avon. Hon. Sec. & Treas.: Mr. H. Charles. OFFICERS. Assistant Hon. Sec.: Mr. G. Green. OFFICER COMMANDING: Captain W. C. Head-Quarters : The Bell Hotel. Devereux, North House. Tewkeabury'Rugby F.C. NON-COMMISSIONED OITH3EBS. iolor-Sergt.: H. J. Gough. Captain : Mr. "W. Bassett. Sergeants : W. Simms, J. Need, E. Sub-Captain: Mr. W. Moss. Stephens, and T. Healey. Committee: Messrs. W. Parker, 8. Taylor, iorpls. : Forth, Dyson, Attwood, and H. Kitchen, H. Bassett, and F. Jenkins. Styles. Secretary: Mr. A. Edwards. uance-Corpls.: Harris, Jordan, Kir by, Treasurer: Mr. C. Davis. Heath, and Woolley. Head-Quarters : The Plough Hotel. Instructor : Color-Sergt. Instr. Ppwell, Tewkeabury Hockey Olub. Cotswold Cottages. Ion. Sec. & Treasurer : Mr. Alfred Baker. Captain : Mr. C. L. Davey. Jankers: Capital and Counties Bank. Sub-Captain : Mr. W. W. Jackson. Those wishing to join the Company may Joint Hon. Sees.: Rev. F. R. L. Langford- obtain every information from Captain James and Mr. W. King. Devereux, or any of the Non-Commissioned Head-Quarters: Hop-Pole Royal Hotel. Officers. Strength of Company, 1st Nov., 1906, Tewkeabury Cricket Olub. all ranks. Season—from fcarly part of May till Sept. Hon. Sees. : Mr. J. E. Priestlay and Mr. Tewkeabury Dispensary. W. Heath. Ground: Swilgate Meadow Tewkeabury Rowing Club. Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions. Captain : Mr. W. Merrell. Hon. Sec. & Treasurer : Mr. W. North. Hon. Sec.: Mr. T. W. Maxwell. The Club is open to the membership oi Subscribers are allowed 3 Patients' any persons admitted in the prescribed Recommendations for each 10/6 subscribed; form, but those who are also members of 7 for £ 1 Is. There is no fixed Dispensary; the Working Men's Club pay a reduced Surgeons see the Patients at their respec- Subscription to the Rowing Club. tive Surgeries, and the prescriptions are dispensed by the subscribing Druggists. Towkeabury Popular Angling Surgeons: Dr. W. C. Devereux and Dr. Association. M. Elder. Hold periodical social meetings on Angling matters, and Angling Competitions in Nursing Institute. Avon and Severn in the Season. President: Mr. L. Jones. For providing the help of a trained Hon. Sees.: Messrs. W. Browett and B Nurse to attend on the sick poor in Tewkes- C. Gray. bury. • Application to the Committee is Head-Quarters: Plough Hotel. requisite when the Nurse's services are required. Fire Brigade. President: Mrs. Ruddle, Mythe. Engine House: Mill Street. Keys kept Vice-President: Mrs. Sargeaunt.The Park. on Engine House door, also at Police Hon. Sec.: Mrs. G. Hone. Station. Superintendent: Mr. Ridler, Hon. Treasurer : Mrs. C. R. Creese. Engineers: Messrs. G. Hewett and G. Nurses: Miss Capper (General) and Miss Bedford. Firemen: J. Moss, W. New- E. Hitchcock (Maternity), Barton Road. man, G. Green,j,W. J. 'Cresswell, R The Committee meet fortnightly at 12 Moss, H. White, 'R. White, H. Price. noon on Tuesday, at the Victoria C. Watts and C. Hodges. Coffee Tavern. Residential & Trade Directory of Tewkesbury, (Arranged in consecutive order at the Souses occur). NOTE.—Where the premises are occupied as a Business Establishment the principal line of trad with the name of the person or title of the firm, is given ; but where the premises are tenantot simply as Private Residences the name of the occupant alone la given.—Where the name il printed in more prominent type the person or firm has a special advertisement in the Almanack and to this the particular attention of the reader is directed. [CORRECTED TO CHHI6TMA8, 1906.]

HIGH STREET. High Street-West Side. Healing & Sons, Offices and Jordan, H. Preeoe, Rev. H. J. (Baptist) Flour Mills Crisp, H., shopkeeper Norton, J., Clothier Rice & Co., corn dealers Bedford, G., house painter Milner & Co., ironmongers High St.-West side-oontd Dickenson, J. Hewett, H., picture framer Buddon, I. 11., Anchor Hotel Dr. Liston,' Hereford House' Ooleman and Brad- Finnigan, D. H., grocer, &c. Smith, W. ford, Outfitters Hall, J., Foresters' Arms Hiles, W., vet'y. surgeon Roberts, C. A., stationer Moore & Sons, Auction Offices Acton, T, taker Kin£,H.ironmonger Webb, W., hairdresser Skinner, G., jun., shopkeepei Pike, P. A., Swan Hotel Barnes, Miss, shopkeeper Pond, W. Bradley, Messrs., Outfitters Handley, S., ironmonger Wilkins, G. A. Hunter's Grocery Stores Reynolds, S. J., saddler Bedford, H., shopkeeper Dobell & Co., Wine Badham, II. A., jun. Pearton, G. Merchants Thomson, T. W., solicitor Green, Mrs., dairy Parker, A. H., Rice, Miss, ladies' school Griffiths, E., shopkeeper Tobacconist Harrington, C. Jones, Mrs., shopkeeper Harris, C., plumber, &c. Smith, (J., George Inn Broad, Mrs. Bishop, H. butcher Skinner, G., shopkeeper Watley, W., Happy Rctwn Mellows, C., saddler Clifton, F., innkeeper Boro' Surveyor, Sun Street Baker. A., Old Bank Mann, J. Sheward, J., Coach Void Jeynes, J, Builder Llojda Banking Co., Ltd. James, J., boot maker Martin, F. C., Corn Stores Merrell, Mrs. Moore, Miss, ' Hill View ' Croft, J. J. Brookes & Badham, solicitors Void Douglas, Rev. D. G. Milner, P., ironmonger. Healing, A. E., ' Avonside ' Saunders, grocer Wimsett, J., tobacconist Void Rice & Co., corn dealers Moore, 0. B., grocer Moody, F.E. R., "Trafalgar Gannaway, T., tailor Beale, Miss., shopkeeper Hous« " Wilkes, C. J., hosier Frost, The Misses Void Moulsdale, Mrs., innkeeper Crisp, Mis., The New Inn Bayliss, G. C., ' Northeud ' Healey, S., pork butcher Gas Company's Exhibits Ford, Mrs., Black Hear Inn Roberts, Bros., bakers Dobell & Co., retail dep't Bayliss & Merrell, Distillery Pearman, A., Arnold, Perrett&Co. Bathurst, C., Boat Decorator Boyce, A. W. Builder Co-Operative Go's. Stores •Tames, J. B., Barrel Inn Taylor, G. Durrani, T., boot maker Crouch,C., baker,&c. Wakefield, Joseph Clarke, Miss, milliner Moulder, W., confectioner Kendall, B. B. Harwood, R., cycle agent Chatham, Bros., butchers Wullis, W. H., 'Lilycroft' Parker, W. M, Fluck, Miss High Street-East side. Hairdresser Jackson, W. Devereux, Dr., North House Moss, D., Star Coffee Tavern Stephens, N. B., corn dealer Moore, N. G., solicitor Trinity Street. Kttoud, L. L. Yarnall, S. Quay Lane. Rowley, G. Williams, F. Holder & Co., corn dealers Creese, C. R. Mileham.W., insurance agent Thombury, Mrs., Royal Oak Grubb, Miss Price, W. T., coal dealer Smith, F., Coach & Horses Davis, Mrs. Berwick, H., shoeing smith TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

Stroud, L., Chemist Paxman, P., ljtt St.—iart *id«.—oontd. Jones, L. £>., if heal theaf Waton maker Jones, L., draper Watson & Perrett, tone, G., auction offices Fowler & Sons, grocers Drapers tones, Was Clarke, W., confectioner Pappa, J. H., draper Phittaker, Mrs., milliner Barlow, G. R., chemiet Jones, W., Chemist teborne, S., cycle agent Clinch, Miss, milliner International Tea Co. Enoch, A., Chemist North, W., Printer, Lawler, Miss, stationer iayward, Messrs., Bookseller, Brookes, S. M., confectioner Ironmongers and Stationer, Norton, Hatter China Warehouse and Bookbinder- and Clothier Briginshaw, J., fruiterer Depot for S. P. 0. K., Dodson, E., fruiterer Bishop and Co., ladies' Religious Tract Society, Neale, F., hair dresser, &o. outfitter B. & F. Bible Society, &o. Parker, Mrs., fish and game Halo, J., innkeeper Hopki ns,C. E. d raper dealer Heath, W., baker & confect'r Frisby's boot shop

BARTON STREET. Barton Street—(forth side. if orris, G., White Lion Inn Davies, Rey. W. (Congl.) Mayall, Miss Moore, N. G. Cleal, B., greengrocer Aldridge, F. Tasker, E. Edwards, S., toy dealer 'ullin, F., King's Head Inn Grainger, Mrs. Eastmans, Limited, butchers 'ready, W. Earris, W. C. Jones, F., Tracy Arms Inn lewlett, W., shopkeeper Wilkinson, Mrs. Tysoe, J. W., Qrocer iancook, Mrs. Suraes Capper & Hitchcock Yarnall, G., furniture dealer Spring, T. B. Drury, C. '£. Gardner, W. J., stationer Void Papps, H. Simmonds, A., Dulti of York Clay, Mrs. Cosens, Bev. B.H. P., Trinity Askwith, E. B., watchmaker Sarvey, Mrs. Vicarage Hopkins, F., bootmaker Rickford, Mrs. Potter, W., fancy dealer Barton Road. Tolley, T. Holbrook, H., baker Papps, J. H. Richardson & Co., grocers Young, J. Pullin, Mrs., butcher Baines, G. Hancock, Mrs., clothier Vickers, Mrs. Barton Street—Souttj side. Mellor, J., wheelwright Young, Mrs. \ Driseoll, Miss, baker, &c. Browett, Misses Mayall, Alfred, tailor Hawkins, J., Nelson Inn Macdonald, Mrs. Lawrence, E. > ..Mrs. Hopkins, W., shoe maker Fisher, W. Watts, W. H. I Wilkins, W. H., baker Martin, J. C. \ Nelson St. Brotheridge, J. \ White, Miss, dressmaker Forty, G. Woodard, W. Folly Brooks, Edwin, shoe maker Collins, L. / Howell, F. ( Gardens Mellor, C,, jun. Healey, Mrs., greengrocer Williams, T. / Macdonald, J., greengrocer Coutts & Howell, Hay ward, G.,Watlege. House Gyngell, W., engineer builders, &c Hopkins, Mrs. ) Bassett, Mrs., shopkeeper Mayall, R. Carey, Mrs. J Newland Graham, Mrs. Coutt8,F.,house decorator.&c Wilkes, J. ) Place Woodyatt, Mrs. Mellor, C., china dealer, &c Hulls, Mrs. Goodwin, Miss, china dealer Chesshire, J., shopkeeper Darbyshire, W. Rogers, J., whitesmith Watts, H., greengrocer Healing, F. H.,' Oldfield' Cox, Miss, dressmaker Brooks, W. Howell, H. Macdonald, A., fishmonger Lane, W., carpenter Jones, Mrs. Moss, D. Morris, J., greengrocer Herring, H. Davis, W. Gough, W. Bradford, W.J. Healey, E., greengrocer TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

King, A. Compton, T., furniture dealr Hain«t, W., fishmonger Birchley, W., Hairdresser Darke, G., butcher Fisher, Miss, refreshments \Vat«on, G., shopkeeper Vosper, Mra. Boughton, W. T., clothier Bvland, G., shoeing smith Haath, 8. Pembridge, P., Plough Hotel

CHURGH STREET. Church Street—East side. Moore, W., postman Peacey, Eayner Townley, N. T., hosier Harvey, W. E. Jaeger, W. Whale, A. CHfiord, G., grocer Packwood, H. Allen, J. Allen & Co., grocers Wathen, John Dr. M. Elder Gilbert, Bev. Job, Wesleyan Bishop, W. Peacey, H. Manse Stephens, E.,"Abbey View" Haines, G., bootmaker Price, Jesse Barsanti, P. Boroughs, Mrs. Matthews, C., butcher Hovey.G., Masons' Arms Inn Snowden, The Misses Brown, E. W., fish shop Wardell - Yerburgh, Canon, Davies, Thomas, tailor Dee, Mrs., Berkeley Arms Inn The Abbey House District Rate Collector's Barsanti, P., confectioner Holmes, Mrs. \ The Old Offices Alder, W. H., grocer Sister Frances } Vicarage Void Turner, Mrs. Jones, E., shopkeeper Palmer, Miss Wales, M., Abbey CottageJ Smith, J., boot maker Chandler,R.,WarwickHouse Maxwell, T., Farriers Artm Godfrey, F. W. Moody, Mrs. x Saunders, C., watchmaker Bowswell, Mrs. Moody, Miss Sollis, W. E. Betteridge, W. Heath, W. Jones, D. Hughes, 0., Sherforl House Bix, A., relievg.officer Mantle, W. Bloxham, W., Procter, Miss Paish, Mrs., fish shop butcher Bayliss, Mrs. Freeman, A. E., dairyman Void Allen, T. Hawley, W. E., grocer Parker, A.W., picture framer Evans, H. W. Moore, Mrs., " Eiverside " Owen, Mrs. Styles, D. Martin, L., Hop-Pole Hotel Organ, A., photographer Collins, S. Bloxhana, F., greengrocer Handley, S. Bowers, T. S. Void Lewis, John E. Priestlay,J.E.,The Grammar The Post Office Avonbrook House School — School Grantham, E. F., Capital Principal : Miss Hunt Charles, H., Bell Hotel and Counties Bank Harris, W., postman Cook, H., florist and gardener Williams, J., draper Dr. Turner Browett, W. Gray, Mrs. Taylor.E T. sculptor Willis & Son, bakers Eioe, Mrs. ) Mallett & Sons, Heed, W., jeweller London Central Meat Co. Chandler, Mrs. Or™°at Photographers Durham, Mra. ; Goode, S., bootmaker Coffee Tavern Coates, E. H., Perry Hill Hone, Miss Beeves, Misses, fancy dealers Hone, G. Morgan, Mrs. Brown, H. W., Abbey Lawn Pope, H., plumber, &c. Godfrey, F. W., jun. Mills, T. Cosens, The Misses Taylor, John Manning, Mrs., shopkeeper Tolsey Lane & Back of tyon. Bnck, W. Town Club ilaryey, D. Moore,T.W., South endHouse Hayward, C. Davis, H. White, H. Collins & Godfrey, builders Barnes, A. M., Aurora Inn Chandler, Miss, shopkeeper Mayall, G. Barsanti, P., Tea Gardens Walton, Mrs. Walker, Joseph, coal dealer Bedford, Jesse Eailton, G. S. Walker, T., coal dealer TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY 25 GHANOS-ST., EAST-ST., A OLDmURY. Cr|anoe Street-East sM« Potoon, H. 1 Cotswold Howell, J., builder., &c. \festfleld, H. cottage8 M«rdon, E.,' Victoria Villa ' Garfield, G. ?K A i Minett, G. Moule, F. Attwood, C. \ Denley, Bros., masons Cook, F., baker Gannaway, S. 1 Cotswold Collins, R. Cook, Mrs. Morris, C. i Buildings. Anderson, Mrs. Park, A. Lofts, Misses J Anderson, C., coal dealer Cooper, G, M. Jones, C. W. Barnett, Alfred Bishop, W. Ridler, W. Oldbury Road. Hathaway, Mrs. Rice, E. C. Walker, J., coal dealer Surl, Mrs. Chance Street— West side. 3-reen, H., carrier Day, R. ) Blenheim Bedford, W. \ Walker, T., engineer Gregson, J. / Villas. Fletcher, J. I Grayne Vick, D.. coal dealer Fouracre, Mrs. Andrews, W. 1 Cottages. 38borne, J. Dean, A. Jones, E. / Cottrell, Mrs. Sollis, J. A. Harris, G. Attwood, W. Moseley, Mrs. Gough, H. Sweet and Son, Green, T. Parsons, Mrs. Builders, &c. Pieston, J. Compton,W.,01dbury House Price, S., shopkeeper Day, G. | Cunningham, Mrs., SpgGdns Walker, G. Evans, W. J. } 3 UD.T1 y V16 W Knight, J. Smith, E. T., Railway Inn Holder, Mrs. \ Stanley Lawson, T. Clark, F., insurance agent Void t Villas. Marriott, F. Maynard, Mrs., Albion Inn Sheppard, C. \ SeWey Cook, F. B. Compton, J., shopkeeper Haines, H. j Villas. Devereux, A. Jordan, T., shopkeeper James, H. D. \ Dee, Henry Stokes, W., hairdresser Reeves, J. ) SoutuV16W Walker, W. W. Mellor, W. Gregory, F. > FairQeld Williams, Miss Edgwick, E. F., coal dealer Attwood, A. i Villas. Hayward, Miss Tallis, W. Wright, J., " Glenthorne " Cross, W. Howell, T., nurseryman Parker, Mrs., Cotswold Villa Young, Mrs. Walker, A. Pepper, S., station-master. Knight, A. J. Jones, A. Col.Sgt. Powell King, C. Ward, A. Hale, J. Taylor, A. Smith, J. Taylor, S. Liddell, F. Kitchinfr, H. Simme, Harry Page, C. C t Id Chorley,F., Providence Place Collins, Mrs. Green, John Fitton, H. Cottages. East Street. Daffurn, a. Green, F. Chandler, Mrs. Oliver, T. Cox, E. King, H., Osborne House. Osborne, J.. White Bear Inn Parrott, T. Mellor, T. Denley, Miss THE MYTHE. Jackson, Rev. A. (R.C.) Robinson, F.. Mythe House I Andrews, W., basket maker Badham, H. A. Healing, F. K., Feme Grove Parker, C., New Inn Moore, C. C., Mythe Villa Bishop, H., Mythe Farm Euddle, Mrs., Tute House Green, J., Stalls Farm GLOUCESTER ROAD A SOUTHWICK. Hopkins, W., Union House Legg, J. J. Sargeaunt, J. S., The Park Lambert,Mrs.,TheHermitage Roberts, A. Keene, Roger , Park Haines, W., Cemetery Lodge Spiers, F. Keene, Edward ) Farm Bannister, W., Gubshill Villa Jones, Lemuel, " Gwynfa " Wales, E. E., South wick Knight-IT--- 1.1., Wtir . nCreese , JT. AiW.r , I.-,...*.*..farme . Park Sarney, Miss Rymer, Mrs., Gubshill Farm Warner, E., Southwick Farm Vine, A. W. V. Dudley, J. I Lincoln Lane, H., Ked-house Farm Shoriand, A. W. Dudley, J. H. ) Farm. Stallard, J., Odessa Inn ECCLESIASTICAL ARRANGEMENTS.

CLEBGY.—Rector: Rev. Arthur Beal, M.A. Assistant Curate: Rev. H. W. Wood, E.A. Churchwardens : Mr. J. Pratt and Mr. F. R. Wilcox. Sidesmen: Messrs. G. R. Clarke, J. Gibbs, W. Stevens, T. Hill, John Smith, Henry Cowley, W. S. Lane, J. Preece, A. G. Sams, J. Holbrook, W. H. Farr, and W. Crump. Parish Clerk and Sexton: Mr. E. 0. Herbert. CHUBCH OF ST. PETEB AND ST. PAUL (Parish Church).—Holy Communion every Sunday at 8 a.m.; on first Sunday in Month at 7 a.m. and mid-day; Easter Day, 6, 7, 8, and mid-day ; Whitsun Day and Christmas Day, 6, 7, 8, and mid-day ; on other Holy Days at 7 and 10 a.m.—Morning Prayer, with Sermon, at 11 a.m. ; Children's Service, at 2.30 p.m. ; Evensong and Sermon, at 6.30 p.m.—WEEKDAYS : Daily Prayer, 10 a.m.—Special Services in Advent and Lent : Churching, 10.30, Weekdays ; Baptisms, 10.30 on Tuesdays and 3.30 on Sundays. CHAPEL OP THE GOOD SHEPHERD.— Warden, Mr. W. Woodward. Holy Communion on third Sunday in month at 8 a.m., on second Sunday in month at mid-day. At greater Festivals at 8 a.m. and mid-day. Morning and Evening Service alternate Sundays, at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Evening Services in Advent and Lent, and at other times.

PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE Upton Petty Sessional Division : SOUTHERN OH EVESHAM DIVISION OF Berrow, Bushley, Birtsmorton, Chaceley, WORCE STEHSHIBE. Castlemorton, Hill Croome, Earl's Croome, Member : Lieut.-Colonel Charles Wigram Groome d'Abitot, Eldersfield, Holdfast, Long, Severn Bank, Severn Stoke. Hanley Castle, Longdon, Pendock, Queen- hill, Ripple, Redmarley d'Abitot, Severn Stoke, Staunton, Upton-on-Severn, and MAGISTERIAL. Welland. UPTON UNION. COUNTY MAGISTRATES SITTING AT UPTON. Guardians : The Rev. A. Beal, Messrs. Rt. Hon. Earl of Coventry, Croome Court. Walter Woodward and 0. B. Cowley. Hon. Captain Charles Coventry. Parochial Committee under Public Health Rt. Hon. Viscount Deerhurst, Birlingham. Act: The Parish Council, and the Dis- Capt. Allen Hoblyn, The Rhydd, Hanley trict Councillors for Upton parish. Castle. Clerk to the Guardians : Mr.G. H. T. Foster. S. G. T. Scobell, Esq., Redmarley. Medical Officers and Public Vaccinators : Rev. H.W.Coventry, Rectory, Severn Stoke Mr. J. J. Cowan, Malvern Link; Mr. A. P. Alexander Roxburgh, Esq., Danemoor, Salt, Kempsey; Mr.Wm.VS,wdreyNaish, Malvern. and Mr. James Montford, Upton ; Dr. Edmund William Tennant, Esq., The Johnstone, Corse; and Mr. J. C. Baines, Eades, Upton-on-Severn. The Chase, Great Malvern. Col. Charles Wigram Long, Severn Stoke. Relieving Officers : Mr. Wilcox, Upton-on- Richard Samuel Bagnall, Esq., Ryall Severn District, and Mr. Doughty, Gt. Bank, Earl's Croome. Malvern District. H. G. Farrand, Esq., Welland. Assistant Overseer: Mr. Herbert, Old St. John Selwyn Cowley, Esq., Upton-on- Superintendent Registrar: Mr. G. H. T. Severn. Foster. A. W. Prothero, Esq., Berrow, Ledbury. Registrars of Marriages : Mr. Chae. Ernest John Hill, Esq., Severn Stoke. Farr, Upton-on-Severn; Mr.T.C.Harper, Cleric: Mr. George Coventry, Court House. Malvern; Mr. G. Gough, Little Malvern. UPTON-ON-SEVERN.

Registrars of Births & Deaths & Vaccination COUNTY COUKT. Officers : Mr. W. H. Wiloox, Upton-on- Upton is in the Malvern County Court Dis- Severn ; Miss Linton, Severn Stoke; and trict, of which sittings are held at the Mr. J. Doughty, The Chase, Gt. Malvern. Malvern Police Station every month. Master of Union House: Mr. Handy. Judge : Mr. —. Ingham. Matron: Mrs. Handy. Registrar & High Bailif: Mr. W. E. P. Chaplain: Rev. H. Wood. Hardwicke. Bailif: Mr. John Cameron. PARISITCOUNCIL. J. S. Cowley, Esq. (Chairman), Messrs. VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE. G. R. Clarke, J. Montford, L. Guilding, Captain : E. J. Oakley, Depot; and E. G. Bromley Martin, A. Thomas, P. R. Lieut. Fred. Thould ; and George Wiloox, W. Woodward, W. Gurney, B. Edward Johnson, Secretary. Allcott, W. H. Farr, C. Pumfrey, T. Home, and J. Preece. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. Clerk: Edwd. O. Herbert. Offices, Old St. Officer Commanding : Capt. Rigden. Sergt.-Instructor : Sergt.-Major Jones. PUBLIC OFFICERS. District Coroner: G. H. T. Foster, Esq. Quartermaster-Sergt. : J. Pratt. Clerk to the Commissioners of Land, Pro- Sergts. : Armourer Sergt. W. H. Farr, perty, & Income Taxes: Mr. G. Coventry. Sergt. W. J. Thould. Collector of Ditto : Mr. Edward Herbert. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Sub-Inspector under the Contagious Dis- TOWN SCHOOLS. eases (Animals) Act : Supt. Male, Gt. Master, Mr. C. Crichton; Mistress, Miss Malvern. Thompson ; Infants' Mistress, Mrs. Sanitary Inspector: Mr. Price, Holly Irichton. Green, Earl's Croome. HOOK SCHOOL—Mistress, Mrs. Hattin. Clerk to the Burial Board and to Lighting Inspectors: Mr.G.Coventry,Court-house. THE CEMETERY. Inspector of Weights and Measures : Mr. Burial Acts Committee: Messrs. T. Home, E. Poulson, Evesham. J. S. Cowley, A. Thomas, W. H. Farr, Inspector of Lodging Houses: Supt. Male. J. Montford, G. R. Clarke, C. Pumfrey, Inland Revenue Officer: Mr. Patrick F. R. Wilcox, and the Rev. A. Beal. Brown. Clerk: Mr. G. Coventry. Offices, Court-st. Stamp Distributor : Mrs. W. Patey. Clerk to Assessment Committee and Rural HALL'S CHARITY. District Council: Mr. G. H. T. Foster. About £150 per annum, arising from Surveyor under Rural District Council : rents of lands and houses granted by Ed- Mr. Sams, Longdon Heath, Upton-on- ward Hall in 1575, is divided into three Severn. funds ; which are applicable, one to the repairs of the Parish Church, one to the POST OFFICE. — NEW STBEET. repair of Upton Bridge, one to necessary Sub-Postmistress: Mrs. PATEY. purposes in the parish. POSTAL ABBANOEMENTS. Feoffees : Messrs. J. S. Cowley, Walter DESPATCH AND ABBIVAL OF MAILS. Woodward, G. R. Clarke, H. Hudson, Letters are received from all parts at 6 and the Rector. a.m., 12 noon, and 3.25 p.m. General despatch at 8.25 and 9.45 a.m., CATTLE MARKET. 6 p.m. and 7.25 p.m. For Tewkesbury (Back of the White Lion Hotel). and district only at 6.30 p.m. Auction Sales of Fat and Store Stock are BRANCH LETTEB BOXES—Newbridge Green held in the Sale Yard on Jan. 3rd, 1907, box is cleared at 4.45 p.m. week-days and every alternate Thursday. only, and Tunnel Hill at 5.10 p.m. week- days only. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS. The business of the Telegraph, Saving's CAPITAL & COUNTIES (Lechmere's Branch), Bank, Insurance, and other mis- High-street—Business hours, 10 to 3; cellaneous departments is transacted Wednesdays, 10 to 1; Thursday, 10 to 4, during the usual office hours. Agent, Mr. J, Hargraves. CAPITAL & COUNTIES BANK Old Street. WORKING MEN'S CLUB—OLD-ST. Business hours, same as above. Agent, President: The Rev. A. Beal. Mr. Harry Osborne. Hon. Sec.: 0. B. Cowley, Esq., New-st. Hon. Treasurer : Mr. J. Pratt. Parish Nurse: Miss WHITE. 28 SUB-POST OFFICES AND WALL BOXES IN THE VILLAGES OF THE TEWKESBURY POSTAL DISTRICT.

Y the kindness of the Postmaster of the Tewkesbury District (Mr. T. B Williams), we are this year enabled to add to our local contents the following Postal Information, which will prove most useful to the many residents in the area of the circulation of the Year-Book :— VILLAGE SUB OFFICES IN TEWKESBURY POSTAL DISTRICT (Times of Clearance). Name of Office. Week-days. Sundays. Name of Office. Week-days. Sundays. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Alderton .... 8.40 4.35 Deerhurst 10.10 5.25 Apperley .... 10. 0 3.55 Forthampton.. 6. 0 9.55 Asnton-under- Kemerton .... 12. 0 11.45 Hill . .. 5.40 6.30 Aston Crosa . . 6.20 Longdon .... 5.45 10.25 Beckford .... 11. 0 6. 5 10. 0 Overbury .... 11.35 6.20 11.35 Birts Street . . 4.55 (2.30 (12.40 12. 5 \ 4.45 10.55 1 6.45 1 6.50 Bredon's Shuthonger . . (4. 0 Norton. ... 5.35 10. 0 (5.45 11.55 Bushley .... 6.35 11.15 Tirley 4.15 Ohaoeley .... 4.55 Twyiiing Green 13.35 Conderton . . 11.25 6.15 11.30 ' 5.20 10.20 Corse Lawn . . 5.10 COUNTRY WALL BOXES (Times of Clearance). Name of Box Week-days Sundays Name of Box Week-days Sundays P.M. A.M. P.M. P M. A.M. P.M Alstone Chapel .. 5. 0 Grafton 6. 0 AshchurchRoad.. 7.10 11.20 Great Wash- Ditto Station 6.35 bourne, 8.55 a.m. 5. 0 Aston-on-Carrant 6. 5 Hillend 4.45 9.15 Beckford Station.. 5.50 Homedowns 6.20 Berrow 4.20 Kings-lea 6.30 11 45 Birtsmorton Kinsham 5.50 10. Rectory .. 4.45 Lime Street 4.35 Ditto Court 5.15 Little Washbourue 4.50 Bredon's Long Green 6. 0 Hardwiok.. 7. 0 12.15 Little Beckford .. 5.50 Bredon's Norton Northway 6.40 10.35 •School 5.45 10. 5 Pamiugton 5.45 Bushley Green .. 6.30 11.10 Pendock 5.30 Cross Roads, Tod- Teddington 5.20 dington, 8.30 a.m. 4.25 Tredington 6.20 Churchend, Uckinghall 4.40 8.50 Twyniug.. 5.45 10.45 Walton Cardiff .. 6.40 Corse Lawn 4.55 Walton Hill .... 5.50 Cromer Green.... 3.30 Waterloo. . 12.20 Eldersfield 4.0 i 6.45 12. 0 Glouceater Westmanoote .... 6. 5 10.30 Road..10.50a.m. 6.50 Whitend ...... 4.10 29

Parishes in Tewkesbury District, with Population, Incumbent, and Post Town.

Name of Parish. Popttlah'on Incumbent or Curate- Post Town. in 1901. in- Charge,

ii8 Rev. C. R. Covey WinchcombeR.S.O. 59 - Rev.C.Glynn... Tewkesbury Rev. B. H. Chambers Tewkesbury Rev. John Gough Tewkesbury Rev. John Gough Tewkesbury Rev. H. E.Casey Tewkesbury Rev. H. E. Bicknell... Tewkesbury 280 ... Rev. G- A. F. Pearson Cheltenham I06g .- Rev. H G. C . Browne Tewkesbury 187 ... Rev.W. S.E. Saywell Tewkesbury Rev.R.D.R. Cowan... Tewkesbury 795 ••• Rev. J. Dunkerley ... Tewkesbury 228 ... Rev. J. C. Arthey Tewkesbury :65 ... Rev.C.Glynn Tewkesbury DEERHURST AND APPERLEY.. 701 ... Rev. E.G. Parraenter Tewkesbury Rev. "W. Ismay Pershore ELDERSFIELD 526 ... Rev. S. Horner Tewkesbury ELMSTONE HARDWICK Rev. G. B. Roberts ... Cheltenham Rev. C.Walters Tewkesbury Rev. J. A. B. Mercier Tewkesbury 421 ... Tewkesbury 334 - Rev. C. Glynn Tewkesbury Rev. C. W. Bennett... Tewkeibury 218 ... Rev. F. S. Griffith Tewkesbury QUEENHILL AND HOLDFAST... 163 ... Rev.W.H.R.Longhurst Upton -on -Severn 68 ... Rev. j. Phelps Tewkesbury 5 Rev. J. Townson Worcester Rev. C. Glynn Tewkesbury 542O ... CanonWardell-Yerburgh Tewkesbury TlRLEY 365 ... Rev. R. S. Turner Tewkesbury Rev, G. E. Webster... Tewkesbury 855 ... Rev. W.W.Hoyland... Tewkesbury WALTONCARDIFF 55 - CanonWardell-Yerburgh Tewkesbun-- WASHBOURNE, GREAT 85 ... Rev. C. R. Covey Tewkesbury Rev. C. Glynn Tewkesbury 66 ... Rev. C. W. Bennett... Tewkesbury

District Representatives on the County Councils of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. THE UPTON-ON-SEVERN DIVISION (Worcestershire Council), represented by MR. W. S. LANE, comprises Upton-on-Severn, Welland, and Little Malvern. CASTLEMORTON DIVISION (Worcestershire Council), represented by Mr. WILLIAM ROBINSON, comprises the following parishes! Berrow, Birtsmorton, Bushley, Castle- morton, Chaceley, Eldersfield, Holdfast, Longdon, Pendock, Queenhill, Redmarley D'Abitot, and Staunton. THE ECKINGTON DIVISION (Worcestershire Council), represented by Mr. Fred Davis, Wollashill, comprises : Bredon, Bredon's Norton, Hardwick-and-Mitton, Kinsham, Westmancote, Comberton (Great), Eckington, Besford, Birlingham, Defford, Pirtou, and Strensham. THE ASHCHURCH DIVISION (Gloucestershire Council), represented by Mr. J. S. GIBBONS, J.P-, oi Boddington Manor, comprises : Ashchurch, Boddington, Deerhurst, Elmstone Hardwicke, Forthampton, Hasfield, Haw and Tirley, Krtmerton, Leigh with Evington Oxenton, Stoke Orchard, Tredington, Twyning, Walton Cardiff, and iVoolstone. 30 Population (at April 1st, 1901) of Parishes in Tewkesbury Union.

,3 POPUIATION IS in 1901 PARISHES. ' §3 ts| w "f n M J Male Female Total P|.Ha

Tewkesbury ... 1226 69 2560 2860 6420 6269 6 403 452 865 889 Ashchurch 176 14 361 878 739 729 Walton Cardiff. 14 1 24 31 65 60 Tirley ....- 98 2 173 192 365 893 Hnsneld 51 1 89 117 206 225 6 108 120 228 255 Forthampton... 85 6 178 173 351 402 2 106 113 218 221 Deerhurst 174 11 337 S64 701 712 Stoke Orchard 82 5 67 69 136 161 Tredington 23 4 54 49 103 104 Elmstone 1 «» Hardwiokj "' ** 7 { 119 103 222 197 Boddington ... 61 6 141 M8 "289 294 9 151 164 315 387 Bredon 254 10 633 636 1069 1099 Biedon's Norton 48 2 97 90 187 222 Kemerton 116 5 224 269 493 469 Overbury 85 8 157 177 334 417 Conderton 41 2 85 80 165 175 Teddington ... 25 1 49 63 102 99 Oienton 25 1 45 46 91 120 Woolstone 1 18 4 ! 32 34 66 72

Population and Acreage of Parishes in Upton-on-Severn Union. PARISHES. POPULATION. ACREAGE.

2080 221

/SO Croome d'Abitot ... 180 1148 Croome, Earl's 187 920 1 08 846 Eldersfield . . 526 8lQ 274.4. Holdfast 80 -1TC2 4.21 5220 177 872 Malvern, Great 8669 1 8 1,6 Malvern Link 4814 733 Malvern, Little 108 732 Malvern Wells 1559 1955 221 77O PowicU 3114 4.^6 Queenhill 83 6qo Ripple 685 2«>8 Severn Stoke 1^7 33 u Upton-on- Severn ... 2225 2855 WelUnd C22 1871 Important Notice I COLEMAN & BRADFORD FOR EVERYTHING YOU REQUIRE IN CLOTHING, BOOTS, DRAPERY, &c.

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2'iioto Inj C. Reid, Wislmw. PREPARING FOE WOBK. A man can d& no mqre than he can.

.When Plants need Watering* Be Industrious. . _ ... IN Spring, autumn and wlntef, the water used IF industry is no more than habit, it is at least an for watering plants should be several degrees excellent one. If yon ask me which is the real warmer than the atmosphere in which the plants hereditary sin of human nature, do you imagine are browing. As to the time for watering in winter, pride, or ambition, or egotism? No; I shall any early spring and late autumn, watering should he indolence. Who conquers indolence will conquer done in the morning, at other times in the evening. all the rest. Indeed, all good principles must stag- River, or rather r;ii:i wnter, should if possible be nate without mental activity. — Zimmerman. 'used for all plants.

"He shall be abased." A Pessimist Farmer. . A SLIOHT confusion of ideas may arise from HKRK is an old Persian story about a pessimist different pronunciation on either side of the eh: farmer. •'(lood friend," a visitor said to the fanner, "you are fortunate this year." He pointed to the heavy and rich grain ikMds spreading as far as the rye could see. "You can't grumble," he went on, "about your crop thin season, eh?'' look of surjpris, e on the reader " No," whined the pessimist, " but a crop like this .'twould be likte Nebuchadnezzar?1 is terribly wearing to the soil"

: A WEATHER TABLE. The following Table exhibiting the, results of maiiy years' observationx will br found pcmliarly useful : in famishing n knowtedgu of the sort of Wmilu-r tch icli will most jiriilmhli/ attend tin1 Moon'* ailn'mcc into • any'sf :hc.r quarters.

TIMK OP 'CHANGE. IN SIJMMKB. IN \V1 NTKlt. >

Between midnight anil Hard Frost, unless wind & or S.W. V)imv and Wormy. * < 4 and 6 ,. .. Vtnnmt, with Hm'tic. ,, 6 and 8 ,, Storm'it. 4, K and Hi ,, Variable. ttttin, ifv'ir.tl W. : Snow if E. (laid and high wind. ^now or Rain. lie t ween '2 and 4 afternoon ,. YnrlnMc. (•'air and Mild. „ 6 and 8 „ Fair, if 'the Wind N.W. ; Rainy fronty if N. or N.E.; Know, ifS, •if ,\ 'or s W or S.W. 8 and 10 Ditto Ditto, I f Ne w Moon , Secon d g 10 and 12 „ .. Ftti/- fair with Frost. Quarter , 'Ful l Mo

: The Beauty of the Shy. How Animals Die. FRW, very few. turn to the sky and seek in what is really most freely open to the delight of nil th;it How do the animals die?—quietly, peacefully, joy [and inspiration which tihould he inseparable nine-tenths of them. The vast majority stealawty from an ever shadowy nearness. 11 is (he scantiest into the solitudes they love and lay them down un- group of beholders who, save at certain moments seen, where the l&ives shall presently cover them of unexampled glory, ever lift their eyes to scan, from the sight of friends and enemies alike. or note the subtle suggestions of "spectral cloud- There i& a curiotisanimal trait which may account wock," the summer dreamiuess,therifts,the chasms, for ; this, and also explains why we have sucn h the heights, the depths, which, in tireless sequence, —" ""T, foolish conceptions of animal death - ° make for earth an endless panorama from out the " sky's golden gateway." TJrider one of its manifold appearances, sun-clad, \viiid-swe'pt, moonlit, the sky is ail ways about and above* till, with the worship of .the^ppet, we are fain.to echo; •' yjtf glorious sky f-mbracing all Is like the- Maker's love '• -^herewith encompassed, fjrcfit and smalt i '" In peace and order move. no iias noiea an ins me, ana Knowing no sucri' afl death, thinks he is but escaping diacor In * northern climate, however, it becomes Im* when he lies down in hiding for the last time, possible to think of the Bky apart from clouds, "But," some reader objects, ''what about tne thosuffh scarcely needful as some would hold, to catastrophes, the tragedies?" There are violent chant a never-changing dirge to the greyness which death?, to be sure ; but these are usually the moat is supposed to wrap this ".cloud-curtained cradle" painless and merciful. ; of an late in gloomy obscurity. Nature is kind, even in her sterner moods, In American Blight. — The name American taking care that death comes to all her creaturjes Blight is a misnomer, the insect being known to without pain or terror. And what is true- nf the scientists as Woolly Aphis. I does serious harm to animals was true of man till he sought out many apple tree's, but can lie checkad by rubbing linseed inventions to make sickness intolerable and datili oil With a stiff brush into the effected parts. an enemy. JANUARY

He that would thrive must rise ctt jive. He. that has thriven may lie till seven. 1 Tn \Nern Year's Day. Dog and other licences. r8 8 2W 1. Bank Holiday in Scotland. s4 -0 The Moon's 3Th Buying frost cart manure on tQ rS 7 Changes. 14F in/ploughed land. 34 3 58 Dividends on Consols, etc., due. 7 Last Quar., 7th. 2 48 aft. (iS Epiphany— Twelfth Day. :S4 5 7M St. Distaff's Day. r8 0 New Moon, 8|Tn 1. Calais lost by the English, 1558. !s4 7 14th, 5 57 m. HVV Cliristmas Fire Insurance ceases. r8 5 First Quar., 10 Th Penny Post commenced, 1840. s4 9 11 F Hilary Law Sittings begin. rS 5 21st, 8 4i m. 12 S Dean Alford died, 1871 (born 1810). s4 12 Full Moon, 29th, 1 45 aft. 13 S 1st Sunday after Epiphany. rS 4 14 M Marquis of Lansdowne born, 1845. S4 15 Tu l)f«itiinti tnul plfiu/il/ingfor: spring rS 2 cruits tliwild i/vw bt completed. s4 18 Benjamin Franklin born, 1706. 1 German Empire proclaimed, 1871. s4 21 Isaac Disraeli died, 1848. •7 68 20 S 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. s4 21JM King of Sweden born, 1829. r7 5ti "Til Accession of King Edward VII., 1901.!s4 28 W Look-to ditch-clearing, liedge-mendiny, etc. " i4 Stars of 24 Th Proclamation Day. s4 32 the Month. F Conversion of St. Paul. r7 51 s ; Bishop of London born, 1859. s4 35 Morning Stars: Mercury, Venus Septuagesima Sunday. [1S59. r7 49 and Mars. 28 M 27. German Emperor(Wilhelm II.)b., s4 39 29 Tu Apphl toii-dresxiiuj to grass-laud*. Ir7 4

He Meant a JoKe. The Braggart Swan. A JOKE (says Sidney Smith) goes a long way in THREE are legends that one Mow of a swanl the country. 1 have known one last pretty well wing will break a man's le*r—but if you eland your (or seven years. ground you will find that the most terrific swan it I remember making a joke after a meeting of the only a Hombastes Purioso among birds. When fefl clergy in Yorkshire, where there was a Kev. Mr. lias got into exactly the right position for fighting, Buckle, who never spoke when I gave his health. reared up on his heels, with the enemy on his right I said he was a buckle without a tongue. or left front at a distance «i two feet, he can deliver Most persons within hearing laughed, but my a Hip with his wing that whistles through the air, next neighbour sat unmoved and sunk in thought. and would doubtless lie a nasty blow for a dog or At last, a quarter of an hour after we had all [mother swan. Hut •• swan's attitudes take time in done, he suddenly nudged me, exclaiming, "I see the making, and it the enemy exhibits resolution in now what yeu meant, Mr. Smith; you meant a advance, the swan nearly tuiiihlcs over Ins nwn t»it joke." in his haste to get out of his lighting attitude and "Yes," I said, "sir, I be'icve I did." inio the water. - Upon which he lieuan lauirhinif so heartily that 1 There are nine or ti'ii species of swans, which are thought he would choke, and was obliged to pat well represented in the British Isles, four specie! liini on the back. being acknowledged as llritish birds.

I'ltoto by CUM C. IlcH, Wishaic*

A Cockney's Kitchen Garden. Hares in Bad Weather. Is a recent book, Mr. IF. r. Merivale tells of :in HAIIKS le:ive t.iiii woods during rain, as they can- amusing experience of an uncle of his, a brother of not. st:uid i.lie di i;> from the leaves, and rabbits as bis father. ;i rule cro to (.-round. Sometimes, in a w,tnn rain, This unc.le was a thorough-going Cockney. Lon- (hey take a fancy for lying nut in fences, pngsiiily don was aa the breath of Ins nostrils; notwith- burrows are damp, and I hey tliiBk standing he purchased a country place, intending th.-y can find snug places under sticks and roots in personally to supervise the crops. To this end he the blinks. In deluges <>f ruin thev often sciainhle asked advice of a bucolic friend, a umu of many into the lops of old pollird trees and sit there till acre?, who complied, and began with the kitchen the storm is over. garden. Hairs lie under the snow, if it Is very deep, for at "Now, look at these," said lie. " Von have, a fine least twenly-fonr hours before, moving, an-l are crop of these. First you must do so and BO in .1 nly, very clriry of d-iittg so even thcn.lrottir-uusr tn ilio then such and such tilings in September, and next s io\v burrow < ai'ly in Die ninrniuj, after hunger year there will be something by way of a crop tu hai sent them abru;ul by nii,r;it. remember." "Quite so," assented Mr. Mori vale, politely. " Hut. JS I must begin at the beginning. In tlie lir?t place, wl'atai-e 'these "I" "Hoyou mean to say you don't know ''." gasped The Heat Values of Fuel. the country gentleman. Tlie p.muds of waier cvap.iraicd i y 1 l!i. of fuel "Haven't the faintest idea," s.xid Mr. Menvale, aro ;is follows : — cheerfully. "Theseare-potatoes :" his friend replied,divided between amusement and iimazeaicn1". FEBRUARY. The Moon a Changes.

Last Quar., 6th, 0 52 m New Moon, 12th, 5 43 aft First Quar., 20th, 4 35 in Full Moon, 28th, 6 23 in

Fern unry fill dyke, "be it Hack or Ve it white; But if it be black, it's the better to like. Partridge and Pheasant Shooting ends. r7 42 ' aiidleiiias : Scottish Term, Sexagesima Sunday. a 1 digrams first issued by Post Office, Thomas Carl vie died, 1881. [1870. land in best condition, for sowing of various crops next month. VVarbetw'n Japan & Russia com,,1904. Mary Queen of Scots beheaded, 1587. Quinquagesima -Shrove Sunday r. A. Edison, elect ician, bom, 1847. throve Tuesday. Ash Wednesday. St. Valentine's Day. 14. Mohammedan Ne w Year (1325) begins 17. Duchess of Albany born, 1801. * Quadragesima-1st Sun. in Lent. He-sow worn-out pasture. Sir W.Napier, milty. hist.,died, I860. Duchess of Fife born, 1867. Purchase of Suez Canal Shares. 1876. Gleorge Washington born, 1732 Dato Street conspirators arrested, 1820 2nd Sunday in Lent.—st. Matthias [Apostle and Martyr Earl of Cromcr born, 1841. . Relief of Ladysmith, 1900, F/are Hunting ends.

Stars of the Month. Morning Stars: Venus and Mars. Evening Stars : , Jupi- ter, and Saturn. Sun's distance from the earth on the 1st: 91,531 000 miles. Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Chickens Plucked by Machinery. Church Decorations at Easter. CIUCKKNS are now plucked in a wholesale manner TIIKRK is a great scope for display of taste in the by the use of pneumatic machinery. There is a re- decorations at this season, as Nature bestows so cepiacle in wliicii the fowl is placed after hcin-j many floral gifts which greatly enhance the beauty killed, and into this are turned several cross cur- of the adornments. Tt is not usual to introduce rents of air from electrical fane revolving at the great masses of evergreens as at Christmas. Now rate of .5,000 turns per minute. In the twinkling of a lighter stylo is adopted. Tendrils of ivy can be an eye the bird is stripped of its feathers, even to turned round the pillars and arranged over arches. tlie tiniest particles of down, and the machine is White flowers only should be allowed in the chan- ready lor another. cel or on the font. There is no prettier setting for these or any All About RooKs. Rowers than moss, which can cover the base and PEOPLE who have their will of the birds with cover the font, and fill in the ledges of the windows. camera and opera-glass—whether they tell of it In the body of the church, bunches of primroses afterward in book or lecture, or keep it for their studding the moss look well on the window-sills. own gloating—can vet appreciate the point of view When Easter comes too early in the year to pro- of a more limited vision. cure fresh flowers, recourse is had to dried ones— At a village meeting in Scotland, presumably for those known as "everlasting," or immortelles, the intellectual liettorment of the villagers, the great quantities of which come from abroad and lecturer proposed to read a paper about rooks. may be obtained at the seed-shops. Temporary "What can he have to say ahoot the craw?" re- chancel screens of perforated zinc are sometimes marked au old fanner, "H'siuista bird that eats put up and covered with small leaves, which are tatics." sewed on.

Photo by C1IIKP OF THE CLAN. C. Reid, Wiahaw. ARTIFICIAL MANURES. ARTIFICIAL JIASUHKS. SUITABLE FOR \VEK;HT PER ACRE, (itiano All Crops ] to ;> cwt. Superphosphate of Lime Turnips, Barley, Oats Common Salt Grain and Wurzel Soot Grain and Total oes .. .. ;; , 10 bushels. Sulphate of Ammonia .. Grain Crops, with Comni"Ti 8;i!t , l'. rwt. Nitrate of Soda .. , 14 ., Gypsum .- Clover, Potatoes, etc. .. .. -, ; RapuCnkc Grain Crops, etc. Hone Dust Turnips, Grass Lands . .. l il manures p the, nfrfwitw/e of prc$miti)i,ft n I'eri) htrtfc, qimntiti/ o/ft'i iiiu'wfi iiiatrrinl iua ti'cti with farmiftird The Moon's Changes.

Last Quar., 7th, 8 42 m. New Moon, 14th, 6 5 in. First Qnar., 22rid, 110 m. Full Moon, 29th 7 44 aft.

March " comes in as a licit, and goes out as a lamb," or " comes in as a lamb and goes out as a lion." St. David's 'Day. John Wesley died, 1791. 3rd Sunday in Lent. Forth Bridge opened, 1890. In suitable weattiersow Oats and first crops of Barley and Storing Wheat.- Admiral Lord Collmgwood d., 1810. Rev. Henry Ward-Beecher d., 1887. German Emp., William I., d., 1888, 4th Sunday in Lent. 10. King Edward VII. mar , 1863. Alexander II. of Russ. assass., 1881 Fresh-Water Fish Close Season begins 15. Cl. Time Wild Birds till IstAug Stb. Sun. in Lent. St. Patrick^]) Banl; Holiday in, Ireland. [\i., 1848 Tu 18. Duchess of Argyll ffrin. Louise

23. Viscount Milner born, 1854. 24. Qiiecn Elizabeth died, lliOS. Palm Sunday. Annunciation.. Ixidy Day. Sow cabbage, kaf.e,parsnips, bea Hilary IM*W Sittings end. On chalk soils sow Sainfoi 'rood Fnaa 29-81. The

Stars of the Month. Morning Stars: Venus and Mars. Evening Stars : Mercury and Jupiter. Sun's distance from the earth on the 1st: 92,048,000 wiles We do not always gain by changing.

For the SaKe of a Garden. Fretting and Working, SOME nature'loving gonla will do much to obtain Two good gardeners, who were neighbours, had a imrden of their own, but few, perhaps, would be thel ' crops of earlv peas inj ired by tlie frost. One willing to labour so diligently for their hobby na of t lem came to condole witli the other. : did a certain enthusiastic navvy with whom the "A hi" cried 1 e. " lunv i ifortunal e ! Do you laie Dean Hole once cnine in contact. On being kfio\ . neigh hoi r, tliat I ha\ e done not ling but fret appointed to the position of gate-keeper on the ever si nre ? H t, bless me, yon seem o have a flue railway, this man became the possessor of a barren crop coming ui ; what are t gravel-pit. This he way informed was his " garden." "V f iv, these are what I s nved imme .iiately after - "Twelve months later," says the Dean, '' 1 came the f rost " near the same place again— was it a mirage that 1 " What. ! com ng up alreac y ? " cried the fretter. saw on thfit sandy desert 'I There were vegetables. " Yes." replii I i lie other, " while you were fre.ttina fruit bushes, and fruit trees, all in vigorous health ; I wa 5 working.' there were flowers, and the queen of flowers in all her beauty. 'Why, William!' 1 exclaimed, 'what have y.ou done to the gravel-bed ? ' ' Lor' bless yer,' It's all One. he replied, grinning, 'I hadn't been here a fortnight A "VViNn is a wind, from whatever quarter it may afore I swopped it for a pond !' " blow. So thought the hotelkecper in the Highlands, for a person removed his sandy stratum to a depth of three feet wit i weak Julias '? " .and wheeled it to the bank of an old pond, long "N one betterr , sir, none better," was the en- since dried up and filled with leave* and silt. The CO 111' iL'tni/ r(>nl\ _ rich productive mould in thev-ond he had dug up " I have been advised to settle in a place where and transported to his garden, replacing it with the there is a south wind. Does it blow much here?" gravel-as per contract. "0 ti, nye." wis the an aw IT. "It's ave the south Weeping: Trees. — The following are good wind that blaws here." examples of weeping trees: Out-leaf Maple, Kil- "But it's blowing from t le north now t " marnock "Willow, Beech, Birch, Cherry, Elm, "0\ , aye sir. it's all one. It's the s nitu wiud a! Mountain Ash, Sophora, Willow. the paine, sir, m its voiid bark again." WHAT WILD BIRDS ARE PROTECTED ? The following is a list of the wild Ur Mnreh M Oxford 21m. 3fis. 3 lengths. Over the bottom of the trench thus made spread I8.s6 April :t l 'am bridge 2^m. -9^. LVJ length. gravel, or any similar material, to Mio demli of Miircli '-><> •J0lll.52s. about three incnes, and let this he well rolled down 1SHH ,M;iivh i'4 Cambridge ai)m. 4,S9. r» lengths. until it is perfectly level and flat. This will, if l.SS I March :«) Cambi-ider: e iMm. 143. 'Ji lengths. properly done, ensure the uniformity «>f your March '_'«> Ost urd 22m. Its, l leiK'th. fawn's appearance. If neglected, the lawn will 1891 March il Oxford 21m. 4ris. .i length. vary in colour, some putclies differing in shade April ll Oxford and tone from others. IS)'! March 1'L Oxford lHin'.47s! 1 length 4ft.- 1 Garden mould is next imt over the gravel to tlie 1804 March 17 Oxford •Jim. :«>• 18!* March :«t Oxfnrd 20m. .-ills. vj lengths. carefully rolled and levelled to ensure its uniform March 2S Oxford 2dm. is. 2-1 5 length. thickness. It is pruden^ before placing the turf on IM97 Apnf :i Oxford 19111. 12s. i 1-3 lengths. this soil to water itwiUi lime-water 10 destroy worms. 18! M March 26 Oxford easily. Turf is usually cut in pieces about a foot in ]«9'J March 2,*> Cambridge 2lm. 4s. :-{J lengihs. breadth and a vard in length, and these nre 11)00 March 111 Cambridge iHin. 47s. •M lengths. generally to be purchased at the rate of about ten 1!*H March 30 Oxford 2i»m. 3la. 2-.1 length. shillings per hundred. When these have been put 1H02 Mnrcli »? Cambridge 19m, its. 5 lengths. down side by side, all neatly joined, they should lie 1 9(13 April l Cambridge 6 length a heaton down with a he.-ivy block of wood, having a I'JO-1 March ai Cambridge 4J lengths, flat surface underneath a:id a handle attached id 1905 April l Oxford .1 lengths. the upper surface, after which they should be well 1000 April 7 Cambridge 19m'. 25s. 3} leiigtnai rolled. If the lawn is made in warm weather, it should be kept well, watered until the grass is growing. If Moles in Gardens. the grass dies off, this indicates the poverty of the HOLES are a plague in some gardens. They ran soil under your turf, and the remedy lies in a be driven away by inserting' nieces of onion or garlic System of enriching it with manure. If mosses in tl eir runs, i r filling the holes with soot. Drops appe ir, tb.3 lawn is not properly drained, of p raflln oil i tay also be used to advantage.

Every man is both master and servant.

•C. tteiet. Wiihmtt THE UOLDE-V FLEECE. Way Day. D. of Cotmaught .,1850. Sow dorse and Fktx. loin Hood, humorist, died, 1845. Empress Eugenie boni, 182H. Rogation Sunday. Bank Holiday in Scotland. IDord Rosebery born, 1847. Complete sowing of "Mangel. Ascension Day.—Holy Thursday. Indian Mutiny commenced, 1857. , // ready, earth up Early Potatoes. Sunday after Ascension. Hudson's Bay Coy. founded, 1670. Make fint sowings of Swedes. Whitsunday. Scottish Term. Sir H: H. Fowler born, 1830. Easter Lam Sittings end. 19. Emperor of Russia born, 186S. Pentecost—Whit Sunday. WltW'Htfimday—Bant; Holiday. Set oiit Mangel Plants. Victor Hugo, novelist, died, 18So. Transplant Calfbage from Seed Beds. Queen Victoria born, 1819. Last Qnar., 4th, 9 54 aft. Princess Christian born, 1846. New Moon, 12th, 8 59m. First Quar., 20th, 1 28 a. S Trinity Sunday. Full Moon, 27th 2 18 a. •M- !26. Princess of Wales born, 18S7 TU [Trinity Law Sittings begin. w [Restoration Lay, 1660. Tli \Corpus Christi. r [Peace in South Africa, 1902. Morning Stars : Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Evening Star: Jupiter. Sun's distance from the earth on the 1 st: 93 007 000 mite. Man's fortunes are according to his pains.

How to Pack Flowers. The Passion Flower. THKUB are many ways of packing flower?, but iu any case a basket or a wooden box is better thnn tin or cardboard. The heaviest blossoms should he put ill fit st on a bed of fern leaves or some similar flat Joliage. On the blossoms put lighter flower-*, leaving tlio most fragile fur the hist. Some peoples put n layer of cotton wool over all, but this is not always necessary. In any ea*c the lid of basket or box s-hmi'd U-; RH'Uivii, ami n : he flowers h:i \'<: b'.-fii of :ill nre fie live sepfiis find five pcfnis represent- gathered at a time when the sun was not on ihem ing the Apostles—Judas and Peter, who denied they will reach their destination as trcsu as if h s Lord, toeing ruled out. Passion flowers iC'iuire n-jwly plucked. a ricii light soil to make them grow rapidly.

MAUV AND 1LKII LITT1.K LAMIt.

The Law about Poisoning Animals. The Velocity and Effects of Wind. IF any person wilfully and imlawfuJly ad- inuii.sters. or CHOse-* to be ftdininistered, to imy «= !«5 |^£ horse, cattle, or domestic animal nny poisonous or |r- niitirartrr- CAiinut^ Injurious drug or siihstance, he is liable to a & iitticit. '/sf/Vs. penalty or imprisonmeut, unless he shows some "i 's. -*" =-'^- reasonable excuse, ur is the owner oC the animal =; t- or his a'^ent,. i 0,1 HI.') llarjly :;:> Hiyli win.l. Every pei'son who knowingly nnd wilfully sets, places, or causes to be laid upon any land any flesh 2 O.IM) .IllSt !m Very high (•r meat which has been mixed with poison, or perci'idible. win !. impregnated with any poisonous ingredient calcu- g O.Iffl Kt'liMe Iirt' iiro.at storm. U be for the destruction of rat sand small vermin L'O 1 9C8 1 Very lirisk 31 J' } wind. ID > I'l '(Vl (ircat hurri- protected Bo as to prevent any dog entering, or cane, carrying within any rick or staeb. irocs before it. ' Returning from ff>« Sun rom labour Jiealth, from health contentment Sntesi springs. Aseta 8 Prince Louis Napoleon killed, 18T!I.| r3 51 S 1st Sunday after Trinity. sS 5 M Prince of Wales born, 1866. 1-3 50 Tu Viscount Wolseley born, 1833. s8 7 W Keep the Hoe busy. rS 48 Th Complete Swede sowing. s8 (1 F First Reform Bill passed, 1832. r3 47 S Death of Mahomet, 632. sS 11 S 2nd Sunday after Trinity. rS 40 Stars of M Sow Maize. s8 13 the Month. Tu St. Barnabas, ApoMe and Martyr, rS 45 W Redistribution Bill passed, 1885. sS 14 Morning Star: Th Make first Sowings of White-fleshed. rS 45 Venus, V Turnips. sS 15 Evening Stars: 8 Magna Charta signed, 1215. r3 44 Mercury and Jupiter. S 3rd Sunday after Trinity. 18 16 M St. Alban: jirst Engi'mh Martyr, l'3 44 I Sun's distance The Moon's Til Battle- of Waterloo, 1815. s8 17 From theEarth on Changes. W James I. (Jas.VI. of Scot.Jborn, 1566. r3 44 the 1st: Th Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837. s8 18 194,202,000 miles. F Qn. Victoria's Jubilee celelirtd., 1887. l-S 44 Last Quar., Summer commences. sS 18 3rd, 6 20 m. .S New Moon, S 4th Sunday after Trinity. r3 45 10th, 11 £1) aft. M St. John llaptlst. Midsummer Day. s8 19 First Quar., Til 24. Viscount Kitchener born, 1850. rS 46 19th, 2 55 m. W Complete earthing-up Potatoes. s8 19 Full M°on, Til Lord Lawrence died, 1879; born, 1811. r3 40 25th 9 27 aft F Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838. 88 19 S St. tPeter, Apostle and Martyr. r3 47 S 5th Sundav after Trinity. s8~79

Th* Hona.'y Everyone is Emperor on Tih own ground.

Carpet Bedding. Didn't Know it was There. BEAUTIFUL examples of carpet-bedding may be A WELTi-To-Do deacon in Connecticut was one seen in many of the famous gardens and parks day accosted by his pastor, who said— ia this rouiilry. But the parks of Ameiica, must " Poor Widow Green's wood Is out. Can you not be awarded the palm for noveltv in this form of take her a load ?" gardening. " Weil," answered the dcncon, "I have the wood, Washington Park, Chicago, can boast of many and I have the team, but who is to pay me for it''." novel pieces of carpet-bedding. By fur the most The pastor replied — unique is a large floral u-lobe. It ia of immense "1 will ray you for it, on condition thnt you read size, and thousands of different-coloured plants a re three verses of the forty-first I'salm before you go embedded in its surface, and arranged to represent to lied to-night." the continents of the world. The oceans «rc The deacon consent* d, delivered the wood, aiH portrayed by preen moss. Another wonderful ;it. night, opened the Word of (ioii, and n ad the piece of carpet-bedding in the same park is "The passage: "Blessed is lie that considered] the poor: Gates Ajar," two immense pieces of framework, the Lord will deliver him in ihe time of tnmble. 8ft. nigh, covered with beautiful flowers. They The Lord \viil preserve him, and keep him alive: are so placed aa to represent two gates tin-own and he shall be blessed upon the earth : and tliou open, and are approached by a row of beautiful wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. steps carpeted in white blossoms. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of lan- Such things a1* floral eagles, elephants, birds, and guishing : thou wilt make al! his bed in his sickness." sun-diais are very common in the large parks of A few days afterwards the pastor met him again, America. "How much do I owe yon, deacon, for that !o;i

!KNUI,AND & WALKS. KINDS or CAME. Begins. Kudu. l!eijiiii>. Eiidx. \ Xeyint. ! End

Grouse or Moor Fowl Aiu-. Bfack Game or Jh'atli Fowl .. •. j An-,'. Ptarmigan ; I'artridge • ..' Sept, I'hmxant Oct. quail As ' Landrail.. -.. ! Ytustard - Sept. JIare ' No L Male Fallow Deer ...... i Other Male Deer .. Heath or Moor Game '

* Except in Somerse!-, IJcuttn, ^onst, irlierc black n s 1st September. Trees and Their Uses. Manures for Kitchen Gardens. OLD and well-seasoned American cak Is Irird to THK difficulty of obtaining a sufficient supply of get and harder to work. manure is an excuse often made ,is an apology for There is no great quantity of old oak furniture in indifferent Hardening, whilst many subsu.nces of a the market, and old pieces thnt would supply large most enriching and beneficial nitute and of eaay enough lumber for import!!!!*1, work are seldom attainment are overlooked. . found. Hew kiln-dried oak is uncertain, being In the first place, for strong retentive soils or ! liable to warp and crack. liwht sanity porous ones, (he materials which will Panelled articles can be made of such material niter their texture and permanently improve them *; With some safety, but larve solid articles are likely should be the flrnt cons itered, and these are gen- -] to give a bad account of themselves at the end of. a erally to be obtained if KMiKlit after. For strong winter 'in an. unsatisfactory house-atmosphere. soils the following will be found very suitable,ren- . Ko^ewood, also, the best eabii.oimakers distrust. dering them easier to work ami the manure which This wood has a peculiar oily <]ii;i]itv tliat makes it lad little or no'cJFrcc before will thou becom- unsafe'when glued. For this reason rosewood is doni'ly beneficial. Some of these substances may need chiefly as a veneer. Tln'n sheets lose much he mixed with the in an nre, a* road-scrapings, s:mdy of -their oil, and take glue satisfactorily. foil, ditch-bottonift, paring of liedt-e-banks, Ac. Walnut is no'longera favourite with the cabinet- HOAII SCUAi-iNGS fromgi-eat tlioroiighfart'6,\vheii makers. This wood W.-IP in effect exhausted a quarter gathered dry; no dressing equals this for strong of a century ago or more, audit is now as ex pensive land intended to grow C-iripis ami other roots. as mahogany,and by no means as beautiful. LIMK, when readily obtained, is exceedingly val- Chestnut is a good deal prized, not for furniture, nalile, sweetening tlr.'l.'iiid, and rendering it more bu,t for wainscoting and for door*. It issoiuetimes friable, and consequently fertile; but animal man- put up in the rough with good effect and snmetim< g ure should not be added at the s»me time. oiled and po-Iished. when it is remarkably beautiful O VST Kit SHKLLS, pounded, are excellent, being considering the cost. similar in their effects to lime, of which they are Giilf cypress is used with great effect, in like chiefly composed. fashion,and when tried ana oiled, it makes one of HAND, BUK.ST ('LAY, DiTCir BOTTOMS, an

Morning Star: A sunshiny shower Sun Venus. Never lasts half an hour. 'ises Evening Stars ; &seta Mercury and M Mrs. Beeclier Stowe died, 1896. 3 48 Jupiter. Til Union with Ireland, 1800. 8 18 W ')og Dajj's begin — end Aug. \ltJi. r8 60 Sun's distance Til ^dependence Day, U.S.A., 1776. 8 18 from, the Earth. F dividends on Consols, etc., due. 3 51 on the 1st, S loe Mangels in good time. 8 17 94,437,000 ~s~ 6th Sunday after Trinity. •3 52 M tt. Hon. J. Chamberlain b., 1836. 8 16 Tu Midsummer Fire Insur. ceases. r3 54 W fecp root-crops free from weeds. »8 15 Th ioinbardmsnt of Alexandria, 1882. •3 56 F Evacuation ot'tlie Crimea, 1856. s8 13 S Ballot Act began, 1872. r3 58 IT 7th Sunday after Trinity. s8 11 M S(. Swithin's Day. r4 1 Tu lepair lioads and Buildings. s8 9 W franco-Prussian War com., 1870. r4 4 Th Dr. W. G. Grace born, 1818. S8 7 F Armada tercentenary celebr., 1888. r4 6 S 21. Bob. BUrns, Scot, poet, d.,1796. S8 5 ~S~ 8th Sunday after Trinity. r4 8 M Complete Turnip sowing. s8 2 Tu Duke of Devonshire born, 1833. r4 11 W 25. Bt. Hon. A. J. Balfour b., 1848 s8 0 Th St. James's Day. r4 14 F Henry VII. of England born, 1456 s7 57 S Bank of England founded, 1694. r4 17 ~s~ )th Sunday after Trinity. s7 54 M Wm.Wilberforce, philant.,d., 1833 r4 1>J Tu Prince Bismarck died, 1898. , s7 52 W Gun licences (U.K.) expire. r4 22 God helps those who help themselves.

Figures about Flowers. Gal her in 3 and Drying Herbs. TT is extraordinary the? number of v.irirties of IJEiuifi are nt their bestwliHu plucked fresh, th« flowers known to botanists. No fewer than 4iM hnve flavour and fragrance be.ng then so much liner a perfume that is pleasing, and enter inrgely into ih;iu when they are dried. The best time to the manufacture o_f scents, snaps, etc. There JUT- gather them is just b;;lo:e they begin to flower in more species of white Mowers gathered Mian of .-uiy the height of the season ; they _;ire then full of other colour—1,121. Of these IN? have ;m agreeable juice, find in the greatest, prrioctioii. Tlicy should scent. t>e gathered on a dry day, an.I carefully cleansed Next in order come yellow blossoms withft'.! ,7 7 from ;ill impurities'. of them Iic;nu; perfumed, lied flowers number sj:i, The best method of dryin r them is by artificial of wliich 84 are scented. The blue ilnwera are of heat, lather thaii the old-fashioned one of laying 594 varieties, 34 of which are perfumed; and the them in ihe sun. Tim common practice is to tie them violet blossoms in paper bag**, Hint number 308, i:s huiv-r them up till of wliicli are wanted ; but fa pleasantly odor- is much better to iferous. pick oiE theleavea and reduce them Seakale for to powder, which Cottage- flionld be care- fully kept in- Gardens. stoppered bottles. WE seldom or T heir essences never see seakale ;i r e frequently in a cottage gar- e x t r a c t e U for den; why it seasoning. should bo ex- cluded we do not When to know, unless its Gather being considered one of the Herbs. luxuries of large THE best time gardens should for gathering the unfit it for hum- different herbs ia bler ones. It is not as follows :— only extremely ItuniL The mid- wholesome, nu- dle of August. tritious, arid of Biu-ui't. June, easy culture, but, July, and August. planted on a north Clierril. May, border, which is J tine, and July. little esteemed Fennel. May, for other crops, June, and July, it comes into use Kiwltcd Marj when vegetables rum. July. of all kinds are Mint. The latter usually scarce, end of June and and is always a July. saleable com- Parslni> May, modity if grown June, and July. as a source of (SV(f/f>. A 11 gust lirofl t. find September. It may be raised .sViror?/, Summer. by sowing seed The latter end of early in March, July and August. or by slips - AVmjn/, Winter. of the root, or End of July and email crowns August. planted in Febru- T'niTdfion. June, ary or early in Jii'y, and August. March. For seeds, Thyme. . End of draw drills two Jululy'an; ' d August. inches deep, in Tliyinc, Lnmon. light rich soil, Knd of July and and let the seed Phot'j by 1 be dropped about MASTER OF HIS OWN HOUSE. C . Reid, Wishau: ;, Om three inches a i art. une and *uly. Quantities of Water in 100 Ib. of Different Kinds of Food. VEGETABLE FOOD. ANIMAL FOOD. to. Fresh Oatmeal.. Grapes .. Maize Men! I'arsnips TVheaten Flour Beetroot Barley Meal .. Apples .. Kggs Peas Oarrots.. lieivti o Jftirfcot Beans .. l';ibhagcs l-'owl Rice Onions .. Fisli Bread Lettuce Milk m Potatoes .. erns in the Garden.—Tn cultivating ferns remember that in general they require Shelter, shade, and plenty of moisture. In growing ferns on rock work in the garden, each species ehould be placed in a situation as like as possible to that in which it was found when wild. Naturo must be imitated. The best kind of soil for ferns is a mixture of equal parts of peat, earth, and sandy loam, added to which, for the coarser ferns, should he one-eighth of the whole mass of clean lleigate sand ; and for the more delicate kinds, a fourth portion. After Lammas corn ripens as much, by night The Moon's as by dai/.—Popt'LAR SAVING. Changes. Lammas: Scottish Term. Last Quar., [. Parcel Post commenced, 1S8S. 1st, 2 26 morn. Bart of Aberdeen born, 1847. New Moon, 10th Sunday after Trinity. s? 44 9th, 6 3D morn. lianlc Holiday. r4 31 First Quar., Duke of Argyll born, 1845. s7 40 16th, 9 6 aft. Sow Cabbages, Kale, Savoys, etc., In r4 33 Pull Moon, Seed-beds. s7 37 23i'd, 0 15 aft. Coronation Day, 1902. r4 36 Last Quar., Lord Goschen born, 1831. s7 33 30th. 5 58 aft. llth Sunday after Trinity. Trinity Law Sittings end. 12. Grouse Shooting begins. Sow Trifolium and Italian Rye Grass.'tf 26 Belief of Pekin by the Allies, 1900. ti-4 46 Mr. Disraeli created Earl Beaconsneld s7 21 Fredk. the Great died, 1786. [1876. r4 49 12th Sunday after Trinity. s7 17 Stars of 18. Emperor of Austria born, 1830. r4 52 the Month. Blackcock Shooting begins. s7 13 Sow Permanent Grasses. r4 55 Morning Stars Lord Salisbury died, 1903. 87 10 Mercury, Venus Treaty of Prague, 1866. r4 58 and Jupiter. St. Jlartholomew.—Massacre, 1572. s7 6 Evening Star; Mars. 13ih Sunday after Trinity. Sun's distance 25. Com. Treaty with Japan, 1894. from the Earth Earthquake in Holland, Belgium,&c. on the 1st: Capture of Cetewayo, 1879. [1878. )4 269,000 miles Sir Rowland Hill died, 1879. Battle of Plevna, 1877. Q.Wilhelmina of Holland born, 1880. Saying and Doing are Two Things,

How to Stop and Thin Cucumbers. Harvest Thanksgiving Decorations. CUCUMBEHS growing in frames certainly require HARVEST Thanksgiving Decorations should he stopping and thinning. It is unwise to allow any prodigal in character ; everywhere there should be friuts to develop on the leaders—that if, tlioso an abundant display to signify the occasion of re- prow the which are intended to extend all over the joicing. At this time the fruits of the earth are frame. The fruits should bo grown on the lateral railed into requisition, but judgment is required in ulioots—those that grow out of the axils of the the arrangement and choice, for sometimes the leaved. As soon us this growth has produced two sacred building resembles the market-house by rea- leaves it should be pinched, or the point taken out. son of the introduction of all kinds of vegetables. and when that Is done the Cucumbers should be The deeorat'ons most in aei'ord;mce are corn and allowed ro develop. flowers of all kinds, with a small display of fruits. Generally speaking, the fruits are, developed at Bands of chestnut and other leaves sewed on green the first two or three joints ; then the plant grows braid, mid having tufts of different kinds of corn again fora foot or so and produces more, and ao on %tfG effective. The flowers at this season are par- during the season. ticularly pretty for the purpose; dahlias, alters, In cases where the growlh becomes unduly and hollyhocks all show to advantage when they crowded, some of the growths should be removed, stud green- wreatha. en as to admit Ji«-ht and air. The whole process is One of the chief beauties obtainable ;it this Fimplt'i and can lie understood readily if a litile season is pampas grass ; these feathery plumes add observation is exerc scd. grace aud beauty wheresoever placed.

Seeds Needed for Sowing an Acre. Barley, 2% to 3 bushels. Kohl llabi to transplant, l,1u Uye Grrtss, drilled, 2j bushels Beans, 2 to 34 bushels. ,, in drills, i Ibs. ltye <; rass and Clover, 1 Beck Grass Beet, 12 IDS. Lucerne, 2fl.ll>.*. 1 wHh'lilbs. Clover. Broom (for cover), -"0 Ibs.. drilled, 15 Its, . San Coin, in husk, 5 husliela. Buckwheat,? bushels. Lupin, 8 bushels. milled, 56 Ibs- Cabbage in drills, 5 to 6 Ibs. Mustard,it callons, or aO Ibs. .Sunflower, 8 Ibs, ,f for transplanting,! Ib. Oats, 3 to 5 busliols. Swedes, 4 I ba. Canary, ft pecks. Parsnips, 8 Ibs. Tares, Kj

A Sweet Smelling Flower. A Wonderful Rock Garden. WHAT is commonly known as the Night-scented ONK of the most curious gardens in this country Stock (Matltiola bicorni») is a somewhat insignifi- is Sir Charles 1 sham's famous rock garden near cant flower; but what it lacks in this respect it Northampton. Indeed, it has no equal as a rock makes up by the sweetness of its perfume, which garden the world over. The rockery isabout 30 yds. is emitted in the evening. We usually sow a bed long by 14 yds. wide, while in height it measures of it ue.ir a window, so tUat much of the sweetness 8 yds. The idea of building such a garden WHS con- reaches the sitting-rooms. A pinch of seed sown ceived by the present owner some fifty-two years thinly will produce a number of plants, and it gives ago, and he Ins therefore spent half a century upon no trouble. his pet scheme. The garden is a representation of mountain scenery in miniature, containing sirall caves, crevices, and excavations, with vegetarian suited to the surroundings. Onions, Celery, and Tomatoes. The rockery is one mass of beautiful ferns, climl»- THUS onion is one of the best nerve tonics known, ing ivy, and small trees. Care h;is been taken to to say nothing of ils value in cases of influenza, select only those plants whose growth conld he insomnia, consumption, and liver complaint*. A retarded, or the rockery would quickly become Spanish onion is a good specific for the complexion. overrun. Here and there miniature Alpine plants, Celery, too, is another most valuable article of procured with great difficulty and expense, clotim diet. It is also most beneficial to sufferers from the stones and show themselves through the rheumatism, and ought always to he constantly crevices. One plant, the Auave Utahensis, is introduced into our diet. fifteen years old, yet only measures r> in. in height. The tomato stimulates the appetite. Tomatoes Probably the most interesting feature of the contain iron. rock garden is not its beautiful miniature plants, What O'clock it is All Over the World. Twelve noon at London is at— if M. ir. ir. H. M.

12 I'.M. Hobart, Tasmania... . 9 4!) P M. Port Moresby . lit 4 P.M. A arprdain A tl 1 a Auckland (N.Z.) -. T OM 71 a . 11 1:3 A.M. Madras . 5 "21 P M. Madrid Malta lirisbiine, (Queensland 1C 12 I'.M. Melbourne, Australia It 40 P.M. f Cape of Good Hope .... i 15 P.M. Newfoundland, St. .. 2 10 P.M. Cape Horn :i2 A.M. John's 8 - 9 A M . H> 5 P.M. Chicago ti HI A.M. New York . 7 4AM. Tahiti . 2 3 A.M. Christiania 4;t P.M. Paris . 0 !> I'.M. Toronto .. (142A.M. Constantinople .. :><> P.M. Pekin . 3 38 A-M. .... 11 35 A.M . 11 37 A.M .. 11 48 A.M. Perth, West -15 P.M. . 7 41 PM. Variation of Time depend s upon Lmiffi'tiide ; evert/ Dcarce Kant of flrwnwich -is four win tiles earlier, and t'vcru Di'i/rt-f Went four tninuti-s later. The Best Way to Store Fruit. or its crystal caves formed of quartz, and which spirkle with dazzling effect when the sun's rays ItipE fruits should be stored in a cool dry situa- light upon them, Init the fairy or gnome-like figure* t;on. They lire usually placed on shelves so that which people the sides of the rockery or peep out they do not touch each other, or they are packed in from the miniature caves. sawdust or bran or straw, or any similar substance These figures measure from 2J in. to 8 in. in which will preserve them from the action of the height, and their f;iiry-likc proportions, combined air and keep them quite dry. Fruit is often pro- with their surroundings of dwarf trees and minia- served for the London irarket in layers, with straw ture caves, produce a very striking effect. ID one or paper between the layers. Brown paper, how- corner of tin* rockery there is a group of miners at ever, ought not to be employed for this purpose, as work with miniature picks and shovels. The scene fruit packed in it acquires its peculiar flavour. is very realistic, HO well is it carried

No weather i.s ill Sim rises If the, wind Tie still. toets New A! CKIII, I Tu Pheasant Shooting commences. r6 0 "th. 10 21 m. W Arago, astronomer died, 1853. 85 38 First y uar., Th /Is soon as possible the. general Potato r6 S 14th, 10 2 m. F crop shmdd tie lifted and clamped. »5 33 Full Moon, Stars of the ! S Dividends on Consols, etc., due. rti 7 21st, 9 17 in. Month. Ts~ 19tli Sunday after Trinity. s5 28 Last Quar., Llritish rupture with Burma, 1879. r6 11 29th, 7 52 in. Morning Star: M Jupiter. Til Itamaddn (month of abstinence ob- s5 24 Evening Stars: W served by tlie Turks) commences. r6 14 Mercury, Venus, Til Treaty of Vienna signed, 186ti. s5 19 and Mars. F. South African War began, 1899. r6 18 8 Elizabeth Fry died, 1845. S5 14 Sun's distance S 20th Sunday after Trinity. rO 21 from the Bartli Michaelmas Fire Insurance ceases. on the 1st, M s5 10 92,970,000 miles Til Complete Wheat sowing. 1-6 24 W It.Hon. Austen Chamberlain b.,1863.85 0 Tli 3aii of Selborne born, 1859. r6 27 F S'£. Luke, Evangelist. s5 1 S Dean Swift died, 1745. rO 30 S 21st Sunday after Trinity. s4 68 M Trafalgar Day, 1805. Nelson killed. r6 34 Til Constitution of W. Aus. pro., 1890. 84 64 W "it the Mangel crop and protectfrmnfroat r6 38 Th Michaelmas Law Sittings begin. s4 49 IF Agiucourt, 1415. Balaclava, 1854. rO 41 S 27. President Roosevelt born, 1858. s4 45 S 22nd Sunday after Trinity. r6 45 M SS. Simon £ Jude. s4 42 Tu Bristol Riots, 1831. r(i 48 W ^ire at the Tower of London, 1841. s4 38 Tb All Hallows' Eve. Nutcrack Night. r6 52 After clotiJs come sunsliine,

Arranging Cut Flowers. Ostriches as Horses. WHEN yon arrange flowers always endeavour to AN American fanner has succeeded in training avoid any stiffness. There is an art in the task, a couple of ostriches to draw a li ht conveyance, and it is not everyone who c:m succeed in it. find this curious team may often be seen upon Again, exercise a* much tasto as you can in the roads in the neighbourhood of the farm, grouping the colours. Pink and yellow blossoms Tlit- ostrich is about (.he most unlikely animal Biionid not be put in the saint- glass or vase; e would expect to find below a pair of reins. neither should blue and red '• rub shoulders" wit.li though a docile creature, it is not a bird with cacli other. Crimson and while roses look well ich one ran take liberties. together, if not crowded, and if just, UK' proper be fact is the ostrich is a faet trotter, but with touch of greenery is added. inVrent style to that of t be horse. He does not Marguerite,*, the dearly loved tiili daisies that like moving in a stra'ght line, but ever and anon adorn the brinks of burn and river, n^ed nothing sways to tbe left or light. but a few spe.ar.-f of long graceful grass to set off owing to tlie delicate construction of the ostrich's their beauty. Sweet pe.is re.]uire nothing but. a neck it is ini[)0rfsible to use a bit. and bridle. Prob- little foliage, and, per!iai>s, a few mignonette ably, too, iC one attempted such a liberty, Hie blooms. And so with oLltei1 limvevrt: Hie simpler ostrich would remonstrate in a way that WiniM the arrangement the better. not be altogether agreeable.

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To Foretell the Weather. The Farmer feedeth all. WHEN dogs eat grass it will be rain.v. Mil lord riden through Jit* pultice rjnte, When cats sneeze it is a sign of rain. M/i itidji1 sweeps along in xttttr, ]f cat tie or sheep crorfd together, rain will follow. Tlic siifl' thinks lony on'tunny at!in>(! If rats are more restless than usual, rain is at A)ui tin- tturiiirtt mufteson nmrryinft; hand. Tin' minstrel hurpefh 1merrily, It will rain if bats cry much or flr into the lion so, 'J'lic sailor phmfiltx flu. fitaw-ing s»-a, When the cat scratches her ear it will rain very Tin', huntsman kills the (food red d/'i'i; soon. And HIP soldier tvars without a fi-ar. When cats-wipe their jaws with their feet it is a lint fall to each wlHtte'er befall, sign of rain. The'farmer ht must feed them nil. tloats leave the high ground and seek shelter Jl/Vm build* his castles fair and high, before a storm. Whatever river runneth bit, If goats and aheep quit their pastures with Great cities rise in ever;/ land, reluctance it will rain the next day. Greet churches show the builder's Jitntd, Great arches, monuments and towers, fair palaces and pleasing bowers, Great work is done, be.'t here and there, Ami well in an worketh everywhere. }tn.t it'ork or rett, whatever befall. Cats are observed to scratch the wall or a post The fanner he must feed them ull. before wind.'and to wash their faces before a thaw; "they sit with their backs to the fire before snow. CHABLES G. LBLA NOVEMBER

New Moon, 5th, 10 39 aft. First Quar., l'2tli, 5 14 aft Full Moon, 20th, 04m. Last Quar., 2Sth, 4 21 in.

23rd Sunday after Trinity. 3. Mikado or Japan boni, 1852. flie Gunpowder Plot, l«l)5. , Fold sheep on twnips. Sir Martin Frobisher died, 1594. John Milton, poet, died, 1674. Birth of King Edward VII., 1841 24th Sunday after Trinity. Martinmas. Scottish, Tenn. 11. King of Italy born; 1889,. Great riot in Trafalgar 8q;, 18 Finish wheat $ow$ny9:if etel&yett Doonisday Boijk,"ebtnply Bussians, 1877. Man in the Iron Mask died, 1703. Sir W. Laurier born, 1841. Sir Thomas Gresharn died, 1579. '«. Cecilia. 4. John Knox, Scot.Ref.,d.,1572. 26th Sunday after Trinity. Sir Francis Ciiantrey died, 1S41. ^ueeli of Xorway born, 1869. When dry, manure grass lands. Dr. Joseph Parker died, 1902. 29 SirF: G. Burnand born, 1836. it. Andrew's Hay.

Stars of the Month: Morning Star: Mercury. Evening Stars: Venus and Mars. Sun's distance from the Earth : 92,178,000 miles. The 'willing horse is worked to death.

Church Decorations at Christmas. red berries sewed on here and there, or If they M^ EVERGREENS and berries seem the most suitable scarce a single berry only, will enliven the cUcora- for Christmas-tide, and ninny different arrange- tion. Crystallised leaves for these bands are very ments may be 'made with these. The wreaths for effectiveelfi>f*t.ivfi.. twining round pillars should be thick and hand- There are various devices for making text?. ASH some. The quickest plan is to measure a piece of rule, those with scarlet or crimson ground, with thin rope the length required, and to fasten to this letteri^LtuiBs vofi KIL-CIgreenJ ionr whiteyime, KMJKlook. thUIIeB bestnuau. rur.LuFor theo pieces of evergreens by twining string round them. formerformal*, thAe 1letter AT tarse ararfet cur-iitt . ounnrt . iin stifstifff browlirmvnn papernatv>i>, Box and holly are the beat. Flat wreaths to be laid on flat surfaces require to be made more carefully. The leaves of holly or laurel are stripped off their branches and used separately; each leaf is sewed on scarlet braid or st»ipB of brown paper; the leaves should point out- ward, and overlap each other half-way. A bunch of

TWO'S COMPANY. are withdrawn under the protection <)fl, shoaih-i 'As Weak as a Cat." pads, that they may escape wear and injury when Or all the animal adages founded on the mistake not. in use." of a fact, " as weak as a, cat" is the most absurd. The slender, supple form of the cat makes it Really, the cut is a most muscular animal. capable of th« highest activity. The cat's muscles are extraordinarily large and The shoulder blade, the arm, and the- forearm, 1 he powerful in proportion to I he animal's size. Then, thigh,1 the leg and the foot of the cat lie at what the again, those muscles are attached to bones, fitted veterinary surgeons call "closed angles." That together at such angle.-) as to make "the finest peculiar,* conformation shows th^t the cnornmus system of springs and levers," says Dr. Huidekopev, jumps which tlu; cat can take are due to the great *' known in the whole group; the claws Jiro sharper power and the nosed angles of the joints ; but the and are curved into stronger hooks than in any conformation of the lesrs makes the cat's stride at a other mammal,and by the action of special muscled walk, a trot, or a run remarkably limited. 'DECEMBER}

B * V r» Winter comes to rule the varied year Sun Sullen and sad. —THOMSON . rises The Moon's &Bt!t8 Changes. S 1st Sunday in Advent. •V 44 M 1. Birth of Queen Alexandra, 1844. S3 53 Tu Archbishop Tait (lied, 1882. "7 47 New Moon, W Make first sowing of Early Peas. s!) 62 6tfc, 10 22 m. Th Alexandra Dumas, pere, died, 1870. r7 49 First Quar., F Franchise Bill passed, 1844. S3 51 12th, 2 10 in. 8 Ferdinand de Lesseps died, 1894. r7 51 Full Moon, S 2nd Sunday in Advent. S3 51 19th, 5 55 aft. M Thrash where practicable. r7 53 Last Quar., Tu Grouse and Black Game 8hooting ends. S3 5* 27th, 1111 aft. W R. Doyle, caricaturist, died, 1883. r" 50 Th Robert Browning, poet, died 1889. S3 60 F Dr. Samuel Johnson died, 1784. 1-7 58 8 Prince Albert died, 1801. S3 49 S 3rd Sunday in Advent. r8 0 M Jane Austen, novelist, born, 1775. S3 49 Tu 1'lonyli and manure for tipriny planting rS 2 W Slavery abolished in U.S.A., 1802. S3 49 Th J. M. W. Turner, artist, died, 1851. r8 4 P Italian Capital transfd. to Home, 1870. S3 50 S St.Tltanws'sDay. Mnwts, LawSits.end. r8 5 S 4tn Sunday in Advent. S3 51 M 22. . Winter commences. r8 6 Tu King of Greece born, 1845. s3 52 Stars of W Christmas • Day. r8 0 Th Boxing Day. — Banlc Holiday. S3 53 the Month. F St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. r8 7 Morning Star: 8 Innocents' Day.— Childermas. S3 55 Mercury. S 1st Sunday after Christmas. rS 8 M Serious floods in Holland, 188C. s3 57 Evening Stars: New Year's Em. Pres.Loubet b. ,1838. r8 8 Venus and Mars. Tu Sun's distance from the Earth on the 1st: 91,£79,000 miles. Festivals, Eclipses, Postal Regulations, Savings Banks, &

PRINCIPAL ARTICLES of FOREIGN POST. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL THE CALENDAR for THE For a letterper 4oz. 21<1. Single SAMPLE POST. YEAR 1907, post-card Id., reply post-card adc This post is absolutely re- ; . Golden lumber, 8 ; Epact, 16 ; Printed papers per2oz. id. stncted to bon/ijide Trade Samples i •Solar Cycle, 12 } Dominical Letter. No letter fora Colony or Foreign and Scientific Specimens. Tlie ' •Y; Roman Indiction, 5; Julian Country may exceed *2 ft. in length rate of postage is Jd. for the first ' Period (Year of), OKJO. or 1 ft. in width or depth. 4 oz., and }d. per 2 oz. thereafter. IMPERIAL PENNY FIXED AND MOVABLE PARCEL POST. ": FESTIVALS, ANNIVER- POSTAGE. Parcels up to 11 Ib. in weight ' SARIES, &c. A letter postage of i '1 . per } oz. may be transmitted by the Inland : Epiphany - Jan. 6 is now established between the Parcel Post, prepaid with ordi- Accession of K. Edward V I f , „ 22 United Kingdom, and nearly all nary postage stamps, at the Proclamation Day „ 24 British Possessions and Eyy,>t. following rates: & rf ' Septuagesima Sunday - , , 2T 1 Ib.and under - - . - 0 3 Ouinqltages'ima — ftkrove POST-CARDS. Exceedg. ] Ib. notexcdg 2 Ib o 4 Sunday - - - Feb. 1C Post-cards, available for trans- ,, 2lb. „ ;{tb. 0 5 3 Ib *j Ib 0 6 Quadragesima — 1st Suu. only, are sold at 11 fur 6(1. They can ', Mi>; ',1 rib^o ; rgt. David - .Mar. 1 singly. Reply cards arc also sold. " Rib'. " 9 111! 0 9 tt yib lo Ib -0 10 Palm Sunday - - „ 24 numbers in proportion. Foreign ii KHb. '* 11 Ih" 0 11 Annunciation— Lady Day „ 25 post-cards,ld. ; reply, 2d. No parcel may exceed 3 ft. Gin. in Good Friday - 2» length, and the length and girth EASTEU SUNDAY „ ;si HALFPENNY POST combined must not exceed 6 ft. Low Sunday ... Apr. ^ 7 (INLAND). This post is limited to packets REGISTRATION AND Rogation Sunday - * Way •> not exceeding 2 oz. in weight, and COMPENSATION. Ascension Day — Htdy covers books, drawings, docu- By the prepayment of a fee of Pentecost—Whit Sunday - *!, ID ments of which particulars are twopence, any postal packet (par- Trinity Sunday „ 20 given in the Postal Guide, &c. cels included) maybe registered Corpus Christi ,, 3" Beyond 2 oz. the letter post rate to any place in the United King- Birth of Prince of Wales June :i must be paid. dom. Compensation will be given St. John Baptist— Mid- POSTAGE ON INLAND RE- by the Postmaster-General up to summer Day - '. „ 24 a maximum limit of j£4uO for the St. "Michael— Michaelmas GISTERED NEWSPAPERS. loss and damage of Inland Regis- : Day - - - ' - Rppt.29 On each Registered Newspaper, tered Postal Packets of all kinds. Birth of K.Edward VII. Nov. 9 whether posted singly or in a The ordinary fee of 2d. secures • St. Andrew - - . - „ So packet, the postage when prepaid £f> ; 3d., £20; 4d., £40; 5er the Sun, invisible nt Greenwich. For sums not exceeding £1, M. month. Separate accounts may January 29.— A partial Eclipse of Above il and inn exceedg. £:;, 3d. be opened in thu names of wife the Monri invisible at Gn eirwieh. „ £:t „ £io, 4d. and children. July 10.— Aii Annular Eclipse of ,, £10 „ .-tat, fid. Any sum not exceeding £l can !tlie Snn invisible at Greenwich. ,, JC-JO „ £lio, fld. July 25.- A partial Eclipse of the ., £.'V) „ £40, H>d. any 1'ost Oftien transactiiig' Hav- Moon, partly visible sit Greenwich, Money may be sent by Telegraph ings Han k business. Novembtir M.— A Transit of Mor- Money Order at the same rate as .cury across the Sun's disc, visible for ordinary InlandMonev Orders small sums in Government Stock, ut Greenwich. plus supplementary fee of 2d. and The amount of Stock which can .LAW SITTINGS, 1907. coat of official telegram of advice. be purchased or sold at one time Jtegin find MONEY ORDERS PAY- 19 now reduced to the nominal Hilary Sittings - Jan. 11 Mar. 27 ABLE ABROAD sum of ]$. Kaster . „ - April 9 May 17 GOVERNMENT INSURANCE Trinity •" „ - M:iy 28 AUK- 12 are granted in the United King- Michaelmas „ - Oct. 24 Dec. 21 dom. F/ir chargesaud conditions AND ANNUITIES. rt see Postal Guide, published quar- The lives of persons of either sex 3JETTER POST. terly. between the ages of ]4and65 may '' :;T6 and from all parts of the POSTAL ORDERS. be insured for not less than £5 United Kingdom :— Postal orders for fired sums for or more than £100. Children ; Not exceeding 4 OK. in weight Id. every (id. from (id. to 20s., and between fi and 14 can l)e insured : for £5. The sums charged for ' A letter posted unpaid is charge- Id. for orders' from Gd. to 2s. 6d. ; immediate or deferred annuities I able .on delivery with double id. from 3s.' to 15s.; and lid. vary with the age and Sei of : JK> stage. above, that sum. the person. - > JFamily, HIS MAJESTY EDWARD VII., King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India bom November 9, 1841; married March 10, 1863, to PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK (born December 1, 1844); succeeded his mother, Queen Victoria, January 22,1901. CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. Princess Victoria Alex. 0. M., born July 6, 1868. Prince of Wales (George Frederick Ernest Albert), Princess Maud C. M, V., Queen Consort of Norway, born June s, 1865. H.E.H. married July 6, b. Nov. 26,1869; mar. July 22,1896, Prince Charles, 1893, H.R.H. Victoria Mary of Teck, and has second son of the then Crown Prince of Denmark issue—Prince Edward Albert Christian George (now King of Norway), and has issue Alexander Andrew Patrick David,* born June 23, 1894; B. C. F., born 2nd July, 1903. Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, born CHILDREN DECEASED. December 14,, 1895; Princess Victoria Alexandra Albert V. C. E. (Duke of Clarence and Avondale), -j Alice Mary, born April 25, 1897 ; Prince born January 8,1804 ; died January 14, 1892. Henry William Frederick Albert, born March Alexander J. C. A., born April 6, 1871; diedI 1Apri. l 31, 1900 ; Prince George Edward Alexander 7, 1871. Edmund, born December 20, 1902 ; Prince John BROTHER AND SISTERS. Charles Francis, born July 12, 1905. Duke of Connaught (Arthur William Patrick Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Albert), born May 1, 1850. Princess Royal (Duchess of Fife), born February Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Helena 20, 1867; married July 27, 1889, the Duke of Fife, t August__..„_____ a Victoria)______.,, bor_.... n. ___ Ma_y „ „25, , 1846, __._ K.T., and has issue—Lad y Alexandra Victoria ! Duchess of Argyll (Louise Caroline Alberfca) born Alberta Edwina Louise Duff, born May 17, 1891 ; ! March 18, 1848. h Lady Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgia Bertha Princess Henry of Battenberg (Beatriee Marv Duff, born April 3, 1893. I Victoria Feodore), born April 14, 1857. of ©rear fjriiain antr Jrelantr. Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.—Rt. j Pres. of Board of Agriculture.—Rt. Hon. the Ear* Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. of Carrington. Lord President of the Council.—Rt. Hon. the Earl Postmaster-General—Rt. Hon. Sydney Buxton. of Ore we. Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster.—Rt. Hon. Sir Lord Privy Seat—Most Hon. the Marquess of Ripon. H. H. Fowler. Lord High Chancellor.—Rt.Hon. the Lord Loreburn. Chancellor of the Exchequer.— Rt.Hon. H. H. Asquith GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICES. Secretaries of State :— Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.—Rt. Hon. the Earl of Home Dept.—Rt. Hon. Herbert J. Gladstone. Aberdeen. Foreign Affairs.—Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Grey. Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-—Rt. Hon. Samuel Colonial— Rt. Hon. the Earl of Elgin, Walker. War.—Rt. Hon. R. B. Haldane. First Commissioner of Works. — Rt. Hon. Lewis India.—Kt. Hon. John Morley. Vetnon Harcourt. Secretary for Scotland.—Rt, Hon. John Sinclair. LAW OFFICERS. First Lord of the Admiralty.—Rt. Hon. the Lord Attorney-General.— Sir John Lawson Walton, K.C. Tweed mouth. Solicltor-6eneral.~8ir W. S. Rohson, K.C. Pres. of Board of Trade.—Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd-George. Lord A dvocate.—Thomas Shaw, Esq., K.C. Pres. of Local Govt. Board.—Rt-flon. John Burns. Solicitor-General for Scotland.—Alexander Ure, Esq., President Board of Education,—Rt. Hon. Augustine K.C. Birrell. Attorney-General far Ireland.—R.R. Cherry, Eeq.,K C Chief Secretary for Ireland.—Rt. Hon. James Bryce. Solicitor-General of Ireland,—Redmond Barry, Esq. BANK HOLIDAYS AND QUARTER DAYS. ENGLAND. SCOTLAND. * Bank Holidays. — Good Friday, Easter Bank Holidays.—New Year's Day, Christ- Monday, the Monday in Whitsun week, first mas Day (if either of the above days tails on a Monday iu August, Christinas Day, Twenty- Sunday, the following Monday shall be a sixth day of December (or Twenty-seventh Bank Holiday), Good Friday, first Monday in should the Twenty-sixth be a Sunday). May, first Monday in August. Quarter Days. Lady Day March 25. Quarter Days or Candlemas... Feb. 2 Midsummer .^, June 24. Terms. Whitsunday... May 15. Michaelmas Sept. 29. Lamxias Aug. 1. Christmas Dec. 25. Martinmas Nov.H. In Ireland St. Patrick's Day (17th March) is an extra Bank Holiday. THE VALUE OF A LEASE. PKE £100 CLEAR ANNUAL RENTAL. FORMS OF RECEIPTS. LONDON, December 27th, 1906. Yrs. Value. Yrs. Value. Yrs. Value. Yre. Value. £B 4s. 2d. Received from Mr. Edward Jenkins, the sum of Eight pounds four shillings and twopence, in 1 96 9 744 24 1,525 50 2.148 payment of. account rendered (or of annexed 2 189 10 fill 26 1,598 55 2,211 account). 3 278 IS 939 as 1,666 60 2,262 ASDBEW MOB BISON. 4 863 14 1,056 30 1,729 70 2,339 5 445 16 1,163 35 1,866 80 2,392 6 524 18 1,260 40 19711 90 2,427 600 21) 1,859 45 2,072 100 2,450 TORQUAY, December 19th, 1906. 8 673 22 U45 Received from Mr. Walter Harvey, the sum of .—'FhG present, value of tlie lease of an Four pminds two shillings, iu payment of Estate with a clear rental of £300 per annum, and account to this date, having 24 years to run. is three times £1,525, or ABBAHAM NEWLAHD. £4^75. £4 2s, Od. STAMPS AND TAXES. Stamp Duties, &c. £s. d. AGREEMENT, or Memorandum of Agree- £ s. d. Estate Duty. ment, underhand only.not otherwise Where the principal value of the estate charged ...... 006 exceeds £100, and does not exceed APPRAISEMENT or VALUATION of any £500, 1 per cent.; £500 to £1,000, estate or effects where the amount of 2 per cent.; £1,000 to £10,000, 3 pet the appraisement shall not exceed £5 00 cent.; and so on up to £1,000,000, $otexcd.£10 ... 0 0 6 Notexcd.£50 02 which is charged 8 per cent. 20 ... 0 1 0 „ 100 0 5 0 Patent for Inventions (Letters). '.'. 30 ... 0 1 6 „ 200 0 10 0 Application for patent 100 ., 40 ... 0 2 0 „ 500 0 15 0 Complete specification 3 Exceeding £500 100 Ileforetlieexpi-1 , / year from date! . APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURES 026 ration ot tue J "M" \ at patent / D BILLS OF EXCHANGE for any amount 5tll „ " 0 0 payable on demand 001 „ 6th 0 Itll 0 BILLS OF EXCHANGE of any other kind, 8th c 0 and also PROMISSORY NOTES :—Not 9tli 10 0 0 exceeding £5 001 „ 10th „ n o o 002 Iltll 12 o o Exceeding £5, and not exceeding £10 „ J2tll „ 13 0 „ 10 „ 25 0 0 3 14 0 0 „ 25 „ 50 0 0 (i 50 „ 75 0 0 9 Income Tax. ,,75 ,, 100 0 1 0 Schedule C, D,and E Is. in the pound. Every £100, and also for any frac- Incomes under £160 exempt; those tional part of £100, of such amount 010 under £400 allowed a deduction of BILL.OF LADING 006 £160; those between £400 and £500 a CERTIFICATE of birth, baptism, mar- deduction of £150 ; between £500 and riage, or burial (certified copy of) ... £600 a deduction of £120; between CONVEYANCE, where the purchase £600 and £700 a deduction of £70. money shall not exceed £5 Various Licences and Duties. Exceeding £5 and not exceeding £10 0 1 Dogs, of any kind, Great Britain ... 0 r e „ 10 „ 15 0 1 „ ., Ireland, one dog ... 0 2 6 15 „ 20 0 2 Every additional dog, Ireland ... 0 2 0 „ 20 ,, 25 0 2 Game Licences (U.K.), if taken out For every additional £25 up to £300... 0 2 after 31st July and before 1st Nov., If exceeding £300, then for every £50 0 5 to expire on 31st July following ... 3 0 0 DRAFT, or Order, or Letter of Credit, After 31st July, expire 31st October 2 for payment of any sum to bearer or After 31st October, expire 31st July 2 order, on demand 001 Gun or Pistol Licence 0 MARRIAGE LICENCE (Special), England Pedlars, Police Licence ... 0 and Ireland 50 Retailers of wine (England & Ireland) 2 10 0 Not Special 0 10 ,, ,, Grocers (Scotland)... 2 4 1 PASSPORT 006 Servants, Annual Licence for every RECEIPT, £2 or upwards '(penalty for mate servant in Great Britain ..'. 0 • giving receipt without stomp, £10) 001 Tea, Customs duty, per Ib 0 VOTINO-PAPEB or PROXY 001 Tobacco and Snuff, Dealers in 0

MARRIED WOMAN'S PROPERTY ACT. MAKING A WILL. The wages and earnings of any married woman A form in which a will may be commenced is'— acquired in any employment or trade carried on This is the last will of James Anderson separately from her husband shall be deemed to be woodbine Cottage, (luildford, in the county t -property held and settled to her separate use Surrey." independent of husband. Any money a married After disposing of the property the will may li woman may acquire by the exercise of any literary, ended thus:—" And I revoke all .former wills an artistic, or scientific skill is also her own separate codicils. Dated the 23rd December, 1905." property. Any monetary or other investments a In executing a will the testator should sign hi married woman may make as the result of her own name at the foot or end of the will, in the presenc exertions are her own property absolutely. of two witnesses, who will immediately sign thel names in his and in each other's presence. 1 person who has been left a legacy or share o residue in the will, or whose wife or husband ha LANDLORD AND TENANT. been left a legacy, should not be an atteetin A yearly tenant must take care that he gives witness. Their attestation would be good, but the notice to quit his premises half a year before the would forfeit the legacy. It is better that a pereo time of the expiration of the current year of his named as exerntor should not be a witnest tenancy. If, by agreement, a quarter's notice is to Husband and wife may both be witnesses. provide< be sufficient, such notice must always axpire with neither is a legatee, if a solicitor be appointe the'tenancy, if that is yearly. If a landlord neglects executor, it is lawful to direct that his ordinar to repair the premises according to his covenant, fees and charges shall be paid ; but in his case h the tenant may maintain an action against him ; (fi» an interested party) must not be a witness t but such neglect does not absolve the tenant from the will. .payment of the rent. A landlord can legally dis- But the best advice that can be given to anyon pose of goods taken under a distress for rent, by desirous of making a will is to put the matter intc appraisement, without putting them- up to auction. the hands of the most respectable lawyer he ran A landlord may not take possession of the goods of discover, and trust to his professional skill tits tenant's lodgers. Amateur will-making, as a rule, is a mistake. HOW TO CALCULATE COMMISSION AND DISCOUNT. 1 H U 2 21 4 5 6 7 71 10 121 15 i. cen p. cent p. ren p. cpnl P. cent p cent p. cent p. cen p. cen P. ent p. cenl ). cent p. cent X s d «. d. s. d. s. U. s. d. s. d. ". d. li it. s. li. 8. d. 8. a. s, d. s. d. s. d. 006 . ' 01 0 01 0 01 0 0} 0 Ot 0 04 0 Oi 0 Oi 009 » 01 0 01 0 04 0 04 0 04 0 0} 0 1 0 1 010 0 ol 0 0} a oj 0 01 o of 0 Of 0 Oi 0 1 0 11 0 1 016 0 01 o"oi 0 0 of o of 0 1 0 11 0 1: 0 1} 0 21 0 2 020 00 0 01 0 01 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 14 0 li o 2} 0 3 0 3 026 0 0 0 01 0 01 0 1 0 o4f i i 0 14 0 if 0 2 0 2- 0 3 0 31 0 4 030 0 0 0 0} 0 0* 0 tt 0 of ) ii 0 if 0 1! 0 24 0 2j 0 34. 0 4! 0 5 036 0 0 0 04 o oi 0 ^i 0 1 ) 14 0 2 0 21 0 2f 0 3 0 4 0 5} «• 6 040 0 0 0 01 0 04 0 )f 0 1 J if 0 21 0 2s 0 31 0 34 0 4? 0 6 0 7 050 0 0 o of 0 Of 0 1 0 14 J 21 0 3 0 34 0 4 0 4| 0 6 0 74 0 9 070 0 0. 0 1 0 1} 0 12 0 5 3j 0 44 0 6j 0 61 0 0 9 0 11} 1 11 0 10 0 0 1 o 14 0 Is 0 2t 0 3 i 4? 0 6 0 7 0 81 0 9 1 0 1 3 1 6 0 12 0 0 11 0 Ij 0 21 0 3 0 33 1 6 0 7| 0 9 0 104 0 11} 1 3 1 64 1 104 0 15 0 o i! 0 2} 0 21 0 31 0 41 ) 7 0 9 0 10J 1 0} 1 1 0 1 10J 2 3 0 17 6 0 2 0 2{ 0 3 0 4 0 sj > 81 0 101 1 Oi 1 24 1 3f 1 9 2 2J 2 71 100 0 21 0 3 0 35 0 42 0 0 > Hi 1 0 1 2l 1 4! 1 6 2 0 2 6 3 0 200 0 4f 0 C 0 7 0 9j 1 0 7 2 0 2 43 2 94 3 0 4 0 6 0 6 0 300 0 7 0 9 0 105 1 2* 1 6 i il 3 0 3 7 4 2f 4 6 6 0 7 6 9 0 400 0 91' 1 0 1 2} 1 7 2 0 i 2J 4 0 4 US 6 7 6 0 8 0 10 0 12 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 2 6 1 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 7 6 10 0 12 6 15 0 10 0 0 2 0 2 6 3 0 4 0 5 0 * 0 10 0 12 0 14 0 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 A Table showing the Number of Days from any Day In one Month to the Same In any other Month In Ordinary Years. 1 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr May June July Aug. Sept . Oct. Nov. Dec.

January 365 31 59 90 120 151 181 212 243 273 304 334 February 334 365 28 59 89 120 150 181 212 242 273 303 March 306 337 365 31 61 92 122 153 384 214 245 275 April 275 306 334 365 30 (U 91 122 153 183 214 244 May 245 276 304 335 365 31 61 92 123 153 184 214 June ... 214 245 273 304 334 365 30 61 92 122 153 183 July 184 215 243 274 304 335 365 31 62 92 123 153 August... 153 184 212 243 273 304 344 365 31 61 92 122 September 122 153 181 212 242 273 303 334 365 30 61 91 October 92 123 151 182 212 243 273 304 335 365 31 61 November lil 92 120 151 181 212 242 273 304 334 365 31 December 31 62 90 121 151 182 212 243 274 304 335 365 Daya of Grace, dbc.— Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes payable at any time after date have three Days of Grace allowed: thus, a bill dated >** January at twfimonthff date is not due till March 4th; but no Days of Grace are allowable on liUls drawn at sight 01- on demand; such must, therefore, be paid on presentation. Sills of Exchange falling due on Good Friday and Christmas Day are payable on the previous day ; those due on the other holidays being payable on thejollowmg day. TABLE OF EXPENSES, INCOME, OB WAGES. Pr. Yr. Pr. Month. Per Week. Per Day. Pr. Yr. Pr. Month. Per Week. Per Day. £ & 8. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ £ s. d. & s. d. £ s. d. 1 0 1 8 004 0 0} 20 1 13 4 078 0 1 li 2 0 3 4 009 o U 30 2 10 0 0 11 6 017} 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 40 368 0 15 4 0 2 2J 4 0 « 8 0 I 6 0 2} 50 434 0 19 2 029 5 0 8 4 0 11 0 3{ 60 500 1 3 OJ 0 3 3j 6 0 10 0 0 '. 3J 0 4 70 5 16 8 1 6 10J 0 3 10 7 0 11 8 028} 0 41 80 6 13 4 1 10 8f 044} 8 0 13 4 0 . 0} 0 61 90 7 10 0 1 14 6t 0 4 111 9 0 15 0 0 3 5j 0 6 100 8 e s 1 IS 41 0 5 5} 10 0 16 8 0 3 10 0 61 200 16 13 4 3 16 9" 0 11 0 11 0 ] 8 4 0 ' 23 0 300 25 0 0 5 15 1 0 16 5 12 1 0 0 0 < 7i 0 8 400 33 8 8 Y 13 5 1 1 11 13 1 1 8 0 ' Hi 0 8* 500 41 13 4 a 11 9 175 14 1 3 4 0 5 4J 0 9} 600 50 0 0 11 10 2 1 12 11 15 1 5 0 059 0 »*• 700 58 6 8 13 8 6 1 18 4 16 1 6 8 0 t U 0 10* 800 66 13 4 15 6 10 2 3 10 17 1 8 4 0 0 6} 0 Hi 900 75 0 0 17 5 2 294 18 1 0 0 0 (> 10; 0 11} 1000 83 6 8 19 3 .7 2 14 10 19 1 11 8 1 0 ' 3; 1 oi II The Months iu the above Table are ca ciliated at on y Twe ve Monl hs to the Year. If tne Yearly WaKes ha Guineas instead of Pounds, for eac i Guinea add One Penny to each Month, or One Farthing to each Week. Thus, Six Pounds per Year are Ten Shillings per Month ; but if the Waffes be Six Guineas, add One Penny for each Guinea, that if, Sixpence, anditwiTl then be Ten Shillings and Sixpence per Month. In like manner, by adding Six Farthings to each Week, the Wages will be Two Shillings and Fivepence per Week OUR OWN NOTEBOOK.

DATE. INCIDENT. PARTICULARS.

First snowdrop blooms First primrose seen Blackbird first heard First peas sown First potatoes planted First swallow seen Cuckoo first heard Pear trees in bloom Apple trees in bloom Fires off for the season First peas gathered First potatoes dug Haymaking commenced First gooseberries gathered First strawberries gathered First mushrooms appear First currants gathered Harvesting begins Harvesting ends Apples gathered Pears gathered Fire's begun again First frost First snow. SUMMER HOLIDAYS : how spent...

BANK HOLIDAYS : how spent

,.; FAMILY BIRTHDAYS . BRITISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Bread Weight. Measures of Length. • Tb. pz. In. Ft. Tds. Pit. Ch. Ft. A Peck Loaf weighs 17 ei Foot 12 A Half Peck Loaf t 8 Jl Yard 86 A Quartern Loaf 4 B Pole or Perch 198 A Peck or stone of Flour 14 :o Chain 792 4 A Bushel of Flour 68 io. furlong :J'%K 220 40 A Sack of Flour, or 5 Bushels ,,.. .280 0 1,760 3:0 Dry or Com Measure. Particular Measures of Length. 4 Quarts =1 Gallon. 12 Lines 1 inch. A Pace, gcoraet,, 5 feet. 2 (Gallons -U'eck. 3 inches 1 palm. APatnoni. 6/«et. 4 Peck? =1 Bushel. 4 Inches, l hand. A Cable's Le»gth,240yds. 3 Bushels (four of corn) = 1 Rack, A Cubit, 18 inches. A Degree, 69J wiles, or 12 Sscks ...- =1 Chaldron. A Pace, milit., 2 ft. 6m. "" miles. 8 Bushels, or two Sacks =1 Quarter. A League, 3 miles. 5 Quarters =1 toad. Square or Surface Measure. Hay and Straw. Truss of Straw, 36 lo. ' In. Yctt. Pis. Ch. R. Truss of Old Hay, 56 Ib. (after 1st September). SQUare Foot .. 144 Truss of New Hay, 60H>. Square Yard .. 1,296 Load, 3ti Trusses ~ Straw, 11 cwt. '2 qr. 816. ; Old Rod, Pole, or \ "Perc- 'h ....! 39,204 272} 30J Hay, 18 cwt,; New Hay, 19cwt. 1 qr. 4lb. Square Chain 627.2M 4,356 484 Rood 1,568,160 10,890 1,210 Old Apothecaries' Weight. Acre 6,272,640 43,560 4,840 Troy. ! A Square Mile contains 610 acres, 2,560 roods, 6,400 20 Grains =1 Scruple $ = 20 gra. chains, 102,400 rode, poles, or -perches, or 8,00r,600 3 Scruples.,* = 1 DrachniS = 60 „ square yards. 8 Drachms = l Ounce 3 = 480.», 12 Ounces =1 Pound ft ...... =5,760 ^, Apothecaries compounded, by this weight, butv Cubic or Solid Measure. bought and sold their drugs by Avoirdupqjs. 1,728 Cubic Inches = 1 Cubic, Foot. 27 Cubic Feet = 1 Cubic Yard. New Apothecaries' Weight. 40 DO Of Rough, or I _ 1 T/VM /»• TnnA Ounce s= 437*pr*. 50 Do of Hewn Timber j = I Ton 01 Load. Pound, 16 02 = 7,000 „ 42 Cubic Feet of Timber = \ Stripping Ton. 108 Cubic Feet = 1 Stack ofWood, Same as Avoirdupois. 128Cubic Feet - l Cord of Wood. 40 Cubic Feet = 1 Ton Shipping. Fluid Measure. Marked. 60 Minims HI..*; — l Fluid Drachm ..... f 3 Measures of Time. 8 Drachms s= 1 Ounce "*..;.... f 3 60 Seconds == l MiniM, 20 Ounces ,.'— I Pint, , ,O, 60 Minutes — l Hour. 8 Pints =1 Gallon gal., 24 Hours =1 Day. 7 Days =1 Week. Angular Measure. : 28 Days =1 Lunar Month. 28. 29,30, or 31 Days =1 Calendar Month. 60Seconds » .....= l Minute. 12 Calendar Months a= l Year. fiO Minutes....* , L .....,.,.. = l Degree. ' S65 Days — 1 Common Year. SO Degrees..... ,..... ^...... = l fftgn. ••-... 386 Days = 1 Leap Year. 90Degrees ...... ^.t.,...; =l Quadrant. 4 Quadrants, or 360' .„... .^.,.... 3= J Qirerumferenc'e, i Measures of Weight—Avoirdupois. Troly 27£Grains ~ I Drachm s= 274] 3^*Grains .... 16 Drachma =1 Ounce = 437 J \ Grains. 24 drains...... :... =fc 1 Pennyweight. 16 Ounces —I Pound =7,000 j 20 pennyweights ^1 O^ice...... 8 Pounds =; 1 Stone of Butcher's Meat, " Ounces ...... „*, = l Pound . 14 Pounds =1 Ordinary Stone. 28 Pounds = 1 Quarter {qr.}. 4 Quarters = l nundrecticf.it/ht (cwt.). Commercial Numbers. 20 Cwts — 1 Ton. . 1 Dozen. This weight is used in almost all commercial 12 Articles ;.... transactions and ordinary dealings. 13 Ditto . 1 Long Dozen. 12 Dozens , 1 Gross Liquid Measure. 20 Articles , 1 Score. Gal. Qt. Pt. 5 Score . l Common Hwndre^.f, Four Gills, one Pint i 6 Score • Quart l 2 l Quarter Gallon * 1 4 8 80 Deals Of imported Wines the following are the usual 4Quarters.. l Hundred^ l measurements:— 24 Sheets Paper 1 Quife. Pipe ol Port or Masdeu -115 Gallons, „ Tenertfle = 100 20 Ditto „ - Marsala = P3 ,. 25 Ditto ..- l Printer * Quire „ Madeira or Cape = iis „ .. . 20 Quires 1 Beam ~ f Butt of Lisbon or Bucellas =H7 21$ Ditto .'.... IPnntet Slteavi J „ Sherry or Tent = JOH ,, Aum of Hock or Rhenish.. •...... = , 3f) „ •• 2 Reams 1 Bundle ' '• Hogshead of Claret = 49 ,, 30 Ditto... 1 tiale * •iUatrir Hechoner, Jttarheinqj, atti f^aurljj Wages Stable.

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