Motes by the Way.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume x, Issue 919, 17 June 1891, Page 2

Motes by the Way.

It may not be generally known, but it is none the less a fact that there is a public reading roo a m Soafchbridge. i People whom business or pleasure may lead up or down Hi »n street are aware of an elegant and commodious building therein, bearing tlie inscription, " South bridge Public Library." But if they try to enter, save on Wednesday or Saturday evenings, they find the portal barred and no one near to aJmit the thirster after knowledge. Why it si. uld be open on these two evenings i is ard to explain. On VVednosd^ys anl SatunUys every man, woman and c nIJ m Southbndge : yets Itfa, her anJ ta Ouardian, null cons«quently Ins no tira<s to 'derote tp ottier literary parsuits. We' learn ou inquiry Uiafc tin rua Uq rooai used to be open perennially, but. that the inroads of tie smalt boys anil larrikins did so much damage that it was found necessajy, tp close it. Possibly, it woull not be much • patronise I duriag the day, but if it were opened every evening, there wbuUl, we are confi ent, be always some responsible and respectable reader m .the room who could keep the larrikin m check. The experiment, at any rate, might be tried for a time. It is monstrous that the orderly public of the town should be debarraj from t!i use of the room simply beciuse a fe>r larrikins make tlicuisolvos obnoxious. There is a good opportunity now for the South bridge Football Club to cowr •tself with glory aad renown, and at th.> same time to get some really gootl systematic training The new fire engine wants a team of strong, active yoaa< hihwt 0 vfQtk it, Aii hms or ing's ,

practice a week is all that is required, and thero ia no better physical training than that afforded by pumping exeroise. If the Club as a whole volunteer as a FirA Brigade, the members will secure capital extroise for themselves and also earn*tne thanks of the community.

Thi halcyon day of the " guinea pig" has passed, that is if the Hon. W. Sbddon's Bill becomes law. Ona section m £hat Bill provWes thift eteryjperso^ nam«d m the prospectus as a director shall be liable to pay -compensation-.to-subscribers for any loss sustained through untt nthful: statements, L Tho director has of course .a loop hole, of . esciipej, IJLJMV can prove that he had good reasons for believing, and did believe that such unjtiuthful sta^ernents^werd^trui, /^hen he escapes liability. But lie is expected to make strenuous effeW to verify the statements .before believing them, as he probably will do. _ "

i The course of true lore ne?«r f did ran smoothly. Occasionally it . runs. , yerj damp. They ; wef c young a.ud, they had a lot to talk ab|at, and hiir' betid Wais ■ close td. his shoulder, and bis §rm was round her waist. >nd (jhV.wiss* lo&king- 'St the sta's, and he was gasing jn ,he.r F ?jsß land they Were list' ttt'kl!* 1 eubltraarr things. So they didoffeyge© the huge paddle which i lfccfllecWHn i! cry& street. Bat they discorered it., And ! they spent , . honf'sT m indenting likely stories to account for _thero both being soaked to ; the waist on ardi^: frosty night, and tW chemist is doing" a roar-: ing trade m rheumatic liniment and; cough medioine. j './,"■<> j\ /] "f