Notes by the Way.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 952, 14 October 1891, Page 2

Notes by the Way.

He lived at Leesbridge and Was sgolfer. An enthusiastic one at tbat. Havin? no suitable links of his own, he applied for 4nd gained^leaH) tp play over, f>he land qE,a .neightoar,- ,;Qne; dayy last week the ; ' Bfn.il? neighbour's son "W---turned home l^.^^i-eatrS^atejipf^ex^te,?^ ment. ' Father, father, there's a lunatic esfcajped, .and., he's, down m. onrjpad^ookoj/ f Howada you know? 1 ' I saw> hitovmyfi > self, father . He was tramping all ojrar.. the river bed, knocking stones with a .club and running "after them |I' , * 'of /penny m. "the 'slot' ' imacbineo had better look oat. Asnj^rt ; |boy tied a threkfil' to a panriy," dropped it m the machine, took his lolliea, L*hen |"re f put the penny and re,pe^ted the ; jsaine .process till. he hatjivj hasted utjie ! machine's stpck. He was tried Jpij the | offence, but thejiidge s.aiid)!ihat neither jfalse pretehces, larcehy^bhifglary, 1 arson, j manslaughter, or anything.else CQjild-.be, i proved against hiua. Hethad d,o^e|just j as he was told—' put;,, a^ pj??iny m the ; slot.' There were no instructions as to i leaving' it 'therel ilt is a L cold; day ?jrhen t young New ' Zealand gets' left; { i\[O'*]V>v>'.n'yivy-ii.i A yarn which has some probability I a,bqu|; it, is gpmg^rpund on the aathority !of the -Sundai/ times: ir 'lt 5s ft P the effect ! ; that th> , «;e|i u kii9^a^o^axh^^q^bets | has l heen'identitfedno ii tiie'perß6n / of^6ne of the Chilian ln^ufg^t iQaderf -w^h. ,a name as loag^s^ hirasell and' -of ibe purest ; .^asfiihan.j^w.angw , Jt^r.wu], ,be remembered that rumour persistently maintained at the time 0/ Roberts' escape that the West Coast of "South AmeHca ; was his destination. If he did get to Chili, insurrection would suit him to perfection, and he showedjiimself here possessed of some of the most important qualifications of a successful filibuster. A curious case came .'--'-before the Stamford (England) Magistrates the other day. The services of the parish Church of Colly wester are choral. Amongst the tuneful choir is, or. rather was, a youth named Neal. He did not „ attend practice very regularly, consequently whenjnext'-the.. annual choir * treat ' came round, he was not invited to share m it. This rouse.d Master Neal's i«*e, an d he determined to have revenge. He wouid^npfsi t. m the choir,; but attended each service regularly,- sitting m the body of the cHurch. Here he made himself cbrispicuQusi- and disagreeable, by singinj; at th© top of his voice. As one of the church wardehs pathetically remarked, this' was bad enough, bnt it was agjgrav ated by -the fact of the vpcaiist's voice breaking. • ftempnstrance wa« vain, so Neal was summoned as above and fined twenty fodr shillings, ' And now the psalmody goes mellifluously, *