■ rid'-"- lo six-ak fur tlii; liuii Aldonnan Robin. ,’r .I’CI \v)iy if you want a


, i . . ; i think .\Ir. Wrigluy iti.'r aliogciliLT. The maii- board's Rt lcr before


■.Licy don't wtuit a coin- iLiyrct tlic letter. '.I'Oiissed by them.


I j( 1 should like ip t agiM.'s appeal lu .Mu


■ . -r- t'ai i .Mr. Wrielev oi .inswer?


! I'.no no riglit to du so. ■nv: jHTSoiial view very


n:.i;:jeois ^vl!l spond jj[ ■ ihoir hands acecid-


'


: pi..\eil by the board of i lui 1 am not pm


■ :v lg .n


' . : ■ Is tlMt SatisfiU_'iut\^ I; wo get ^'lUU pm :■ i: IS spent,'" that's


; ' :


v.rT\i>!g out the plans. iiol If they get


. •'■'''' no from? I.'ok liore—


. . . O ■


■ ■ In ihyu rase, where


r 1 i} I : I don't w.iii- You ar,.


■!;v arnoiir.l, lin>; but •■ ■ii'l !>


, : ■'


, i \ - ‘ i!ir undurtaking, lhai <if a


I waiu liit; AUltsr


,


VV-' watii a dirca I.Mll-iu.Md. VL-l \\e on Lins *maiu;r


!'-ilt.T has bfjMU mo^nin^s-


i^ivc any uii- w.in.ail piimiia


i liis is oiUy < N'*.


an ai- 1 ia-ii


when ihc !rraiih>n o ( the


1: liw m.nia-er-; •••a'.


. \i‘ieniuii .h . I:


■ I >aail •'■d .u.iiiiSL tiie


• II. -W. .111.1 1


ini.iii‘’ll if [ qur.siiuit


'


■■V. -.'.•'i, Wii; 111,. l‘,.r


::vi sii''V, - 'ii inii!-,-c whu


'i i> .ihsul- ,is lo wIul fia\''- iiail t.


•


i' 'i:\ ''iu.;! ni.ui- .! r. .nnmi’ii* i ' I'


i a ply will b- rn-.^pundenr, but


T H E C L ITH ER O E A D V E R T IS ER , M a r c h 3 0 th , 1 9 0 6 .


in. Events cast their Shadowa ^


before.”


SeboolAnmverasrj, nnei li-30


Services m


* “ " ‘**en-ioes, CoDgre«ational Church, ‘ry,


p.irish Church, (i-30


'" d o o l hune Chapel. lO-hO and O-O. 10-30 and h.


slwvicl'^oid School. Church Brow


; S e s h * t Zion Chapel, 10-30 0.0. IVionday.


II, -pnn Irving on the Kaucatlou Crisis, iu the Mdlir.','ciitheree Cricket, Bowling, uud


Lioneral Meeting, Club, S


^"%t?I^Cl«n:DogandPa.tudge.S VVodnosday


l,,,.,.t of Hope Union's Annual Concert, Public Hall, ' -30


Parish Church, 7-30 •jisbutn Auction ^hut, H’*b>


‘•,t‘TKur"!u..e. Ac., nt The llcaniug. Newton, ie-30


illitlieroe H&verti3er Makch 30tii, lOOti.


T


I^w Moor Mills visited Burnley on Saturday atternoon k s t and went to see the Ideal Looin


overlookers at Burnle*


Ltd) at Buceleugh Mill, * « «


This morning, Miss O.vhurgh, L.L..-k., was


presented by Mr. Wm. Garnett, junr., on beniilf of the managers, teachers, and schol- ars of the Low Moor School, with a massive gold liangle in ii|ipreciiitiou and remem­ brance of her long and valuahlo service in


the schoiil, and with heartiest wishes for her future success.


Kibhlesdale Wanderer.s Crichet The annual house-to-house collection un


Fiiin.vY, l.-i to improve the .NntnmU .Sel.ool


,nlv,uuv.l n .u g e yesU-nhry, when the


kivuion romn.iu.vt- -•I'ongh .tot rtnul niter a ■' ;


, „,,„,,.i,,.-,l,. i.led to forward the plairs IMneation.


........... 3’Sntnvnt.


d- .wnYlohin-on, u I'o'nnil '‘'''"^ger ot ■ '


,i„, Iiiai;ager.s w.mld earry ottt ;“'XVY if apinoved l.y the Hoard, hnt -Mr.


Wii.' :..,iy . jiiiiiltcl .It


V.a'.lid aaV.- i: i"V


-ivf II" siicii undeitakiu;^. \N -i.iiiitd that tlio coire^ipumuih e moh'tiu';: bius bveii dis


l,v ,i„. managers, otherwise the Hicar • I it Whv. then, timhl Int mil


V v.l -lher "f imt the managers !i.-,snmerl Hie .


'k-l’i-iWlitv III .se-ing that the work was «.r- u,,ird.inie with the .Stuvoyops


■;.,i iiUt iiliull;.:.


"I cuur:.'-, lo iIm' mout'V


,1 t,v I ill* h.ticiMytTii* CnmmitUc Wiii;^ 'l i, ■ -.Npi.in.ilioii of die N icaj- s


, nfily "lie ‘ if ike iMistcv--. te .osunie 1,-ponsibility.


The lit.payem ,1 Xitieltal ~''aeil.


uliiililv luuiul ill ike laL-t that lie luul all altuig lie l.as


be geitmi; absolutely ^


m-ila-lii.g t.ilk ui miprovmg tlio ’ “e torloise-liliu paco at


y'-,!, ila, l,u-iia-s pii.eeeds; aJul wheti.or I'nu |.„,1 ..lUtiuu..-, "1 ■.'■ii Tiicf It is eluseil, it will I e-lief v.'hen lie- matter is Setll rl.


■aial wlie-u


A minl-maii i'Kuiarly miiaikttl. yesterday, Al'i-rm.m Co\v_-iU w.is whrvlerl in 'l


' .-hai:'. at tia- age "t ninety-live, to tlie i-.dri- h.a


-■rill--. .".ll:


.m-i t:-e Vie.U' mounU-d llie st.-ps Mijld he asked, " What is llie oM, old anwer would he . to the .salioiuil Sriiool."


'f!a- Iv-avr til .St. J;uiK-.ss (Rev. R.


.eli-.ni ill d.-lercnec l" ihc e.xprcsscJ eii --1 ids medii'.il .I'lvi.scr, is lu.iviiig Cli-


i : 1. ■ ( '.air imo


. >'-vei! incmb»'rj ar


'■r-ae h't si.\ nnjiilhs. which pcriu'l wilt ihai'iv hr bpciil in Ucvonslrire.


'Ihc


•a;:i Mr-, Kniiluii, tugr-llie-r with ill-..- i iili'.mai \-e-rk .nnl ..iixiclv ciu.ulcrl iiv tire :T.i,i--:'.' tn Si. J.imcss Ciiurch, have nor.-.v ii::di riinieil the p-v. gcnlk-ai.'.n s


.d’,i.. 'aia! U-; sincerely irnsl clial rcsl and ',viU • fferi a complcii: rr-slonilioii.


. * *


i d-'a'.ii Iirriirrcel un Satiirdtiy la.st uf Tirana- 1 l.ircre.ives (S7), a gc-mk-maii kia-wii and highly r< sjic-ctcrl


I ra-


tin- riiia_'t- i f M intilt-y and ll'iliingtun. : a . 'ig in:iiil.L-r "f vear.s lie c.irricd oi.


.. nn-iie-'s "! _ri)ivr at ih.nks t-i-lUigc, l.rl'.'I'.. v.'ileii Tt;s:ilrss -uts sil-Cn- iHae'll


aiimt-'d i-\ his sun. Wiirnuii. -la :.;s _raini-<iaiigiiler. Mrs. J. It was


: tiai Mr. Ihtrgrcavcs pi.sscd away, laiti’ ii'iiili- rci'i-ntiy. lie h.id rc.sidcd . Idcw-


lie- iiuerniriil tuns ]dacu in Whah


: ir'iitard ' in W'l-dnusilay .iftc-riurnii. * » -*


I'entii.iiiiig dii; l.unti-n kmicrn survicus 'dr- I’atisii (,'htiri'h. un W i.-dncsdtty even* lir- Vii-ar g.tvi- ini iiddruss un the life- Il'.'.i-!. 'I'lii-re was a large congregation.


I:.-- \ ii ar uf (ilitheroe will reply to Cur- - wliii h.ive rrilieised liis re­


als- in roiiiii-nion with the I'idiieatioii


'■!, in 'iiir next issue. * * *


I i .ides l.iii-ketT, of Brcnnand .Street, - .;n .Miiiig luarl in the Kaiiway Coilf liuuds Vanl, on SAaiirday, wlicn a


'i Mi-.ETING. ^


notice of iba ::i.' .next nK-eduL^


n\^heiie and ic-ni- .'i^nniied hi»


i'>r.’.ar.i ihc aeri-nis '■iK'lars in the town >0111-; moans where- f"' drafted into one


O'! mltii'd a meeling hours.


DOWNHAM,


i ' i i MKK'J'IXd. iv.'t-


lui


i.'ir .i:ty rvenin^'. There wft- I'l tn.'.; and Mr. li. C. A.^sbeton ' • tiii* M-tiiinir rfllcials were Yd .A.-,-h(?t..n, chainuan; 3lr* Jkoht. KobiDHon, over-


was lieKi in thb Mie hilliard match at GnvU Harwood


i.‘'-binfinij roj^rosentative on iinittc'o number 8. Mr. .Tames seljool manager to repr^


br-iiia^lit to a cioso with ft vote lainuan.


*u} read and passod*


hihi-r.il Club Iji-tween the cham|iions and '■ '"iiin repre.scming the rest of the league ""'led in faviiiir of the champions. -M a spt-dal sitting of the Magistrates.


he accounts of St. Thomas’? uM


"" hiuirsday, Messrs. John Hargreaves l.'irki'. p.Pi, W.ntson. James Leonard '"n'oi'k, rind John Dawson wore appointed


" '|'’''“''-Ts for Oithcroc. the latter in place of Mr. A. T. Robinson.


h f-jii ,ind seriously injured his riglit Mr. Hiiiiirgtiin of Ridding Hey I'ariil,


■1' -■III-- jirulific ewes. Last week we t-'i'“r,!e,l tin- fact that une ew't liad Irorne


'■''•I limbs. Mr, llillington now Infomis H that h-- has witlrin the last fortnight


I-'-'eiv.-d 17 lamlis from live ewes- ♦ * ♦ *


-Mr., Haxlur. llie nt.-w organist at tlie


I’lirish rlmrclt, commenced his duties on ■'-'limi.iy last.


* * * c.


vic'im to liis uld .-neniv—influenza, aiwl I'l luns.-inicnce the meeting r,f the Royal ’Jiiiiiissi(.n un Canalsand WhUerways, of nen if; is eliairman, lias l>eeu iKtslponcd.


i-urd .Shmtleworlh lias again fallen a of


'vi , „f I'litlieioe rv.i.'^ re.-potrsihle lor nuieh "kul u .umvm. .1 ""


behalf of the Blackburn Orphanage will take place in onr town un iSalurdny next. The collectois will carry boxes with the name plainly painted ihereon and it is hoped that, the kind supporters of this institnllou will out fail to shew llieir appreciation of this splciidiJ work which is being done for the pour defenceless orphans of our town au-1 distiict. There is no belter investment. Doubtless many have never visited the beautifully placed home of the [atherhss at Wilpshire. Mr. Dixon, the superintendent, is always ready to welcome visitors either singly or in patties provided they will drop a post card stating the day and hour. The colleetiuu, we repeat, is on oaturday next (April 7tli.) * * * • * ■


■TJic: "London Gazelle'’ aimoiinces the


appoiiumeiit of a Roynl Cjmniission lo con- rid-jr and report on the legnliuions tinder


which tlie money aumially voted by Par­ liament for llte purpose may liest lie ex­ pended in prizes to Is- lieslowed liv tlie King at the cliief agricultural shows in Great Hril'-ain for the inirpose of encourag­ ing the l ined and maintcnani.'i' of .stnmd liorses. or in siic|h other methoil as the King may ap|)rove. Lord Rihblesdale is .1 the Commission.


Til-.- Ictti-rpn-.'-.s pi'inti-r.s iit tlitlii-nm Itavc


iiiiiii-il til ■ Hlneklmni 'ryinigrapliii-al A.s.soi-iatiim « « «


Til-.- filmiUling of Vii-tofiii Mill, t'liallviiii,


[lart Ilf whiiTi was inirnt- down n .slioit time .i;: -. iia.-, Ik-cii ( iiinnu.-iU't;d.♦ * *


•\ liiiilliall nuilcli iK'twvcn Clintlimii and Alel.


Inr. wliiili .slionlil avc lii-en played tii-iiiorro.v 1.Sat unlay), lia.s lieeii piistponol. • *


* Mr. .\nliiir Mendersun, M.P., for Bar-


n.ird C.i.srle, who .supported Mr. Shackletoii .11 .1 me-.-ting held in Cli'heroe last autumn, .s.ivs that gaiiibliiig is iu some respects worse ih.m drinking. .S|M..king at I.eeds he said the gamliling evil liad been grow­ ing rapidlv in the past years, aiid it was the plague uf ‘Tie piMir. Me iilamed the ('hnrch l'<»r fustering tlie spirit of gambling and betting. (.-V voice; "Xo.') H'e said "Ves. " There wen- ihoiisands of men wh; began gambling witli Ix-ing inlliience.-l by a t/.ilTle ill the li.izaar. Well I'ressed ladies snlicii.-d the raffles, an.d it was difficult Vo resist thuin. Kveii 'he Bible was qiiol<-d in support of raflling- Drinking anil ganih- ling nmsl Is; liiught.


'i'hree limirs left the Clyde simultaneous­ ly on .Salnrd.iy witli L


’,!)t>;i emigrants, most


uf them of .'Scotch nationality, bound for ihu United .Stales and Xuv.i .Scotia. 'I'his constiintes Gl.i.sgow's reCon] u-xodlis. • * «


".Sliriiig-heeled j . ick ’ h.is l.eeii im.iuy


l.iid by tile heels in the vill.ige ol Little Clacton, where for a long lime lie h.id l-m- riiied the inhaliitanls by Ids ghusllike --.in- derings. Me fell into a .rap., .ind was given a smmd thrashing wi.li a .Suiit sl.ck. ♦ ♦ •


The sw.dlow lias made ,t remarkably


e.irlv return lo Mid‘(-'heshir,-. ibis week two'pairs have made their .ipjicatance. and have hiiill ih.-ir nests under tl.e caves ot .Sjirostiin Mouse, iietwecii .Miild.ewidi and


lliilmes C'haiic-l- * * * A woman in the ianig .Suiiun (Lines.;


district, wlio is 70 years ol age, is going to Australia to marry her uld lover, wlium she­ ll ,st trace of 50 years ago.


-Since their septiration she Inas gone lo the altar three


linic'S anil lii'-' man ♦ ♦ ♦


.\ lalliirs entter, named 1-ranz Krutzky,


uf Vienna, lias received through the Amer­ ican Consulate iul'iirmation that his imcle in \merica 1ms left him a I'ortiinc ainoiml- ing til 100.000. ^ ^


A ladv in Baris who brought an .action


a-Mlnst the owner ot a motor car which splaslied her clothes wilh mud has Ijeen


aw.irded damages. * -It- * At Last .St. Louis, Illinois, on .Saturday,


;i ’ carpet tack getting between the cog wheels produced a spark that resulted m the blowing up of the works of the Bheem-x Powder Company. John -\f.sh and Ld ward Micginlxitham were killed, and llic hiiiliTnig was seatlcrcd lu- over the vicimt.u Nash w.as running the machine caused the igniting spark.


which .U ti’ic conclusion of 33 years’ active ser-


v-ii-e on the district lietwc-en the J'og Mines :uiil Minsterley, Mr. W. Thomas, the run IMislman, has just entered upon it sell i.arned retirement, having, it is computed,


in die disdtarge of his dadv covered a total distance of some Ifio.UOO


miles- , * *


tint cleclricitv discharged into the air ovt. some crops tends considerably to ntcrei.se


ducted oil land at Iron Cross, between Evesham and Alcestcr,


An interesting experiment is be'"S ,


•


the yield, one cause suggested being th.it 'tlm k c h ’nrge en.il.les the plant to .ibsorb


nitrogen directly from the air. In the ex pi-riments at Iron Cross the electricity is discharged from overhead wires suspended 16ft. atiove the ground from poles set 100


yards apart WADDINGTON.


itoonis, 'iVaddingtoii, last niglit, Air. \V. Gar­ nett. junr., presiding over a small attendance.— Tlio (Jlerk (Air. D. Wilkinson) submitted tliu accounts sliowing a liid.nieo in liiuid ot about £2. Alatters in connection witb tile sewiigo sclieino ivei-e discussed, and a resoliition was passerl oppro\-ing tile action of tlie Ibirisli Coun­ cil in petitioning tile Loral povenunent Ili.ird ageinst tlio sexvering of tlie> village: and it wos fiirtlier decided ti forw.ard a copy of tbe resolu­ tion to tlio Ptvsident 'of tlio Local Government Board.


TAKT.SH JI|.:i-;'I’IN(!. Tby- aiimul parisli iiuctiiig was liebl in Air. VVilkinsiii's Assembly


Seliool, last niglil, Air. J. T. Fielding, of Dar- wen, gave a. most, interesting lantern lecture on “ Tlio Rildile Valley.” to a -lu-gc audience. Air B. Dugdole nuLnipulatcd tilo lantern. Tile procce<ls were in. aid of tlio men's stall at tlio forthcoming bazaar.


LECTURl-i. In tlio Waddington Wesleyan __ ,


THE CRAVEN L i .mited.


BANK, A m a lg am a t io n w i t h t h e


B a n k o f L iv e rp o o i L imited.


Tlie modern tendency to amalgamation of


similar interests is not confined to special trading or mainifacluring concerns, for in recent years many banks have also joined forces to the mutual advantage of their c.us- tomers and shareholders. I t is presumed by outsiders and others


who use the bank for convenience and every day work that the objects attained are more economical working and gre.iter financial stability. I t is not therefore a matter of very great


surprise to learn that the Craven Bank with its somewhat limited area but good business connections should become allied to a larger concein—The Bank of Liverpool.


The amalgamatiou will be of great interest


to residents in this district, for the Craven Bank is the oldest of the Olitheroe Banks, and has a wide clientele on both sides of the Eibble valley.


The price of Craven Bank shares iu tho


market is il'23 10s., and under the agree­ ment the consideration for each share is fixed at -623. 17s., the extra 7s. being allowed as a casli bonus.


Shaiehiilders desiring to realise their


shares will lie paid out un this basis, hut otherwise they can excliange their Craven Bank sliates for shares in the Bank of Liv- orpool on the liasis uf five sliares for tlircc plus a cash payment uf X‘2 for each Craven Bank share exchanged.


In order to accomplish lliis tlie Bank ot


Liverpool will issue 2-7,000 additional shares increasing its capital from .68,000,000 to 610.-500,000, ot wliich tlicre will be paid tip 61,ol2,-5t:0, and tlio reserve fund greatly augmented.


The Craven Bank is one of the oldest iu


the district if imt in tlie country, for it was established in 17!ll, and conducted under private paiincrship until 1880, when it was registered as a limited company, and for many years lias paid a dividend of 1-7 per cent, per animni. Its sniiscrihed eapital is 6000,000 of wliicli 6210,000 is paid up, and lliere is a reserve fund of 6'!l0,000.


Tlioamoimt of deposits in tlie hank last


Deccmlier was .C3,3tl3,3!l-7, and tlie sum of money iu hand or almost iinmidiately av-.iil- ahie for any [lussihle sudileu deinaud un the bank amoimied to 62,0-iO,OUO, or .78 per cent of the wliole of its liabilities to tlie piihlie.


Under tlie proposed sclieme, tliree of Lite


Directors of tlie Craven Bank would join the Board of tlie Liverpool Bank, and .Ur. .f. 1' Pontiiig, the present general manager of the Cl liven lianU will conlimie to act as inaiiager for llie Craven District under the Liverpool head ollice.


Tlio Liverpool Dank is a Bank of a hiuli


standing and icpiitc, dating from tlio year 1831, (not quite so old as tlie Craven l-iauk) Init its lieiui ollice lii-ing iu Liverpool it is in immediate loiicli with tlie gieat centres of commerce. I t has a paid up capital of 61,UUIMJUU witli a reserve fund of 6i.!i;i,U2l) 'J'lie amount of deposits in .Iiine last was 612,ijliii,(io-7, and it jiossi s.sed iu easli, in- vi-stniMils, and i-liier liquid assets, over 67,UU0.UijU or a sum equal to about .7-7 per


cent Ilf its total liahililies to llie piilijic. and for some years lias paid a dividend of 1-1- p-.-r


cent jier aumim. Tile hank has twenty braiiciies in Liver­


pool as many inure iu adjacent towns in ulli Bast Laucasliire and Cliesliin’; it lias


ilso liranclii s at Barrow, Lancaster, Kendal, Keswick, ami in many Westmoreland towns covering a district which is close to that now served hut not overlapped liy the Craven Bank, whicli lias its lieadquarlers atSkipton


Tlie sclieme will he brought before the


sliarelioldcrs of both banks on the 'Jilt uf .Apiil next. Tilt- greater bank, of coiir.se, swallows or


.ibsorbs tlie le.ss, Imt llie Craven Bank is evidently worlli assimilation, while on llie other Inind tlio advantages ot being joined to a bank with active agencies in all parts of the world need not be pointed out.


This idea of the cliauge will no doubt be


satisfactory to tlio sliareholders of tlie Craven Bank in this district, as the new arniugemcut involves the taking over ot the wliole of ilie Craven Bank stall, and secures a continuity of policy it will preserve tho pleasant relations witli tlieir customers, as


well as we iiope make more assured tiie very handsome veal ly dividends. We shall regret till- loss of tlie old familiar name—.symbol of solid agrii-iiltura.1 success and fruit,till fields, but even if ollicially dropped it will be years before the old name is supplauled by tlio


new. Wo notice that since the amiouncemeiit


was made public the shares of llie Bank uf Liverpool have riseu considerably iu value, thus alfordiiig a further bonus to-those Craven Bank Shareholders wlio excliange their sliaies for tliose of tlie Bank of


Liverpool. . C o r r e s p o n d e n c e .


Note.—Til* Proprietor of tbo “ -Advertiser ’* doee not accept any responsibility for tbo opinions expressed by Correspondents, or necessarily approve or endorse ibe sentiments advanced, but, wliilo desiring to encourage full and free discussion on all matters of public interest, be must ask that tlio letters be free from person­ alities and as short as possible.


Correspondents must write on ono side ot paper only.


RELIGIOUS TEACHING IN THE DAY SCHOOLS.


To the Editor of the Clitheroo --Vdvertiser. Sir,—It's a sad tiling, when a man, in


order to carry ihis case, lias to turn to abuse. "Eccentric coiitiovcrsialist, “U'lic- tiious," "Slipshod," "Ca.'vlcss.'' ■■Spileful,” Now, Mr .Editor, 1 never in all my lite tried lo keep from saying anytliing which 1 shoiiid liave lo vo regret 'Ul more than I did in writing my last letter, considering tile outrage of cummoii courtesy wiiich 1 think the Vicar uf guilty uf. I knew where file extract came from, but that was no concern of mine. My concern was with the Vicar uf Clithcroe in aecepling it as a truth aiul publishing it in ins Magazine as a cornel desetiplion uf'.lie Nonconformist, and lierc we .have the Vicar in Ins so- called reply. .-After ridiculing my deduc­ tion in tile first paragraiili lie ag.iin in the second paragraph .accepts die extract as mic, tlioiigli (lerhaps in somewliat milder language wlieii I'.ie :a\s, ''.Since, however, my personal upinion seems to lie in point, I ciinsider ll'.at tile exiraet eumeys an im- [ileasaiil iriilli in iinplea.sani langii.ige." .-Vs lu my nni 1. usness .;.nd giving an en­


tirely ineonect i xposition ef a .Scriptural p.is.sage, I nevi-r alten-.]ili-il an exposition. I siin|ily qiioied die p.issage, and in order


tliat llu- Viii.r niav not go .istny again, i will give liim I'lnipler an.l verse—I ('or., I.'itli 1-11:111101-. oth Verse: " ( ','i:irily iliinketh no evil." I Inive lud Some ex|:eriei;i:e in leller


|■onlrllVl■l■sy lint luivi- alw;iys l;een tretiled witli respeet and eimr.i-sy even liy th:it de.s- piseil sec-riiin of il'.e nin.liuinilv tin- ,S<ici;il. ists ; .nil! it reinained for die Vicar of Gli- iheroi- lo sloop -,i insiill ami die use of foul names I M.iv i led die Vioar wliat die veriliet of ;i gn-;,l piirtlon of tile ]ieople .s in leganl lo his slippnseil answer to my leller?


“ ITs low," "li's nii-.in.' “ ITs


liillingsgati-.'' In closing, I may just say if the Vicar


.semis anotlier letter to tlie papers (T will not sav answer) of a similar tyqxi, I will not soil my liamls with ailonipting a reply lint will treat it witli llie silent contempt it merits.


Voiirs truly, NEW'l'ON A.SPDEN-


TH E CA T E IC L IC SCH O O LS .


'i'o llu; i-iiiili-r ..T lli.- Glilliutoo A'J\criiscr. lJv:ir .Sir.—In iiic "Nolus on ilic Edii-


catiuii Ipicstiiiii. " die writer eviileiuly tries to give .111 iiiqMni.il survey of the position uf lliis binning question. In the course Ilf Ins reiiuirks lie says thti.L "I t is too app.ii'.-iit i.i.il tile Galholic school managers •ire lie-sin Ills ef inaking Catholics quite ns null'll, nr iiiiire. liian tliey are of making Welledtli'.ned i-lnl-lieii.''


If that lie so.


tlieii we ni.iy ili) that the Caliiolic school man.igi.-rs ate ..-unneiuly successful .is edii- i-aliiinisis. Ini-.iusi- til..- Catholic .Si'liools of Cliliieroe i;a\" l-erii aekiiowiedged piili- liclv l.i be ilu- best eleiueiltary scliools in tile town, ll follows from llii.s lliat llie giving uf I'eligii'Us instiuriion is no liar to tile imparting of .i good sei'iiiar ealncatiiin


as well. it is estinuued ili.it in tlie G.uliulic


scliools lliroligliiiiit England some 3 per rent, of tile children are non-Catholics; blit llieir religiutis convietions are most scrupuiously respected : indeed proselylism lias never lieeit c.li.irged against the Ciitli- olics of tills couiuiy. At die presein time imidi is being made


of tile religions ilifilciil.y: ilicre is no relig­ ions difiictilty in die seliouls:


it is ad Hillside.


Vuiii's iriilv. ' a r e a d e r .


.March 2(ith, I'.iUC-


TH E C L ITH ERO E F IR E BRIGADE.


To the Editor of the Clilheroc .\dverliser. Dear Sir,—May I trespass un your s|ince


to sav a Word on .i siiliject lliat closely ciinceins tile ivcil'are uf tlie town, n.iniely, tile linilding of a new l-'ire Slaliun. Now tliat the town is liooming .md all


tile mills are in full working order and Ollier liiiilding.s being erected which add greatlv to llie lire risks of tlie town, I con­ sider that tlu-re is a great need of a new


Fire Station. I liave taken a great interest in Fite


lirig.ide work and have liiid the pleasure of iooking tlirongh a good m.aiiy Fire Sta­ tions in different parts of the country, but I must say in my own opinion Iiave never come across a fire station as inconvenient a.s our own at Clitlieroe. In the first in­ stance, the site is a b.ad one, the place too small altogether, in fact, the engine will not stand in tlie shed without taking out the dole, which adds greatly to the loss of time in case of fire in replacing it. 'Then again the horses are a good lialf mile away, which T think will constilute a record for lieing the greatest distance from a Fire •Station. -The interior of the station T can onlv repre-ent to an old barn. With re­ gard to equipment, the Engine is good, tlie liose cart twice as. Iieavy as those now in use. and the men are of little use wlien tliev arrive at the scene of a fire with tlicir exe'rtions in dragging it.


-The manual—


ivell—something wants dropping on it and replacing with a horse manual which I thing would lie a good thing for (ires in the out-lying district. Witli regard to the


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men. Their lot is like that of the uoiice- maiii not a happy one, for you cannot please everyone, and it would bo useless to try, blit if tlic\‘ do tlieir work willingly, and to the best of their alnlity, I lliink some consideration should be given them in return. In nio.st fire stations tliere is a recreation room built specially for the men to hold their meetings, rcaiL play games, equipment for physical c.xercise, etc., whicli keep the men on sociable terms with each other. Now [ think a rcK^im of tills sort is essi-ntial in everv Voltinlecr Eire .Station as you c.in Oepend on four or five men being In tiio room any evening, and in c.ise of lire woiihl lx,- ready at a few moment's notice, and it is Well known that tile first few minutes at a lire are worth as many hours afterwards. I' know tile rates of oiir town are pretty


liigli. lint if We want good roaiis. line hiiildings. etc., we slia.ll have to pay for diem ; liiit I don't liiink anyone wouiil be­ wail the exju-nsi.: of so iiolile all Institution


as one i-ondurive to tile s.iving of life nitl property. ill conrlusion, Mr. Editor. I sliould likc


to add, iliet ivlieii our Town Council sends a ilepiilation to .mother town seekim^ in­ formation for the l.enefil of its nwii. let them visit tliat town's Fire Station, and I warrant on their return to tho old I'.oiou'ali they are disgusted witli ilieir own.


Voiirs, etc., .\iarcli 1.7ih, IIHIC. PROGRE.SS.


C l i th e r o e ’s B u i ld in g S o c ie ty .


To Uk- Editor of the Glilheroe Advertiser. .Sir.—I notice in your issue of tile 23rd


M.irch, in the report of tlie Council meet­ ing. dial tile Workmen's Dwellings Act was iimler ilisrus.-don. and 1 i.eiieve it 'vas te- foi'e tile (founeil '.at tinj ■previous uii.nlhiy meeting wlieii .■Uderman Roiiir.siui .spoke of the existence of Building .Societies in the town. .Mv ol.jeet in writing is to litir.g mis m.iltcr lu the notice of y.jiir readers lli.it there a S' leielv in iIk- town that ean .idv;niee moiiev fi.r tile (lurrhase of a liouse on the most advam.igeiius terms lu the working man. It is a local Society duly registered inan.ige.l l.y its own niembers lor tile hene- lil of its niemliers. .nid is eapalile of being made an institution ot great hunefu lo the town at large- It lias a savings deliartiueiit •nid deiK.siis so low as 3.1. are taken ar.d 3 [,er rent, interest is panJ on every eonv plete ;^1. -\i.v person 'Mil eitlier slibsciilse for one nr nu.re shares of is. each jier Week nr i.ike up fully ji.ii.l up sliares nf ^.711 e;ieli. and ill linlll cases will receive 3 per -cent, inleresl .n.d pariieipalo in prnlits.


be sent out to play without the continual peril of being run over by the traffic for w]hich public roads lare made, and in which the clothes could be drietl without beating against the walls of narrow backyards. A square of nine liouses un eacli side, with a frontage seven yards and a depth of twenty to the hack gate, with one oiitl of each


block to tile street, would give a central space of over a quarter of an acre. Two entrances at opjiosite corners would afford passage for coal earls, etc., and if secured l)y self-fastening gales witli liandles above the reaeli of smtdl cliildren, would keep litem off the streets altogedter. Even tlie baby in its liassiiiettu could be put out to steep ill fresh air and siinshiiie without danger. A central slielter (which need be iieitlier ugly iior rostly)—tliere are aeslihetic possilTililies in eorriigau-d iron awaiting the iliseoverer—witli a wide, low, selile- •seat. would serve for wet days, 'and in hot weatlier tlie women coiiiii liring tlieir tea trays and ilieir s,-wlng oui-of-iloors, and the men their evening piqiers niid enjoy the plea.siire of social inlerconrse without the trolilile and expense of '‘emertaining.'’ Of course, it will he olijected iliat all this Woiiltl cost more m.iney; but one (X-nny weekly from eacli Iiouse amounts to £ 7 16s. vetirly from thirty six lioiises—five per cent- on £L76. 'I'hrice as much would be much less than most families .spend on tilings of vastly inferior jiermanent value. Ot one thing I am lirmlv convinced,


Tnal llu- l.est tilings of life must grow alxnil the home if thev are to ln.'long lo tlie real lile of the pec.pl.-. No pulilic park .r playgruimd lialf-a-mile away and visited .,nce or twice a ueek can cnmiiensate fnr tile want of air-sp.ice at one's own door. No puliiic li:iiihs make np for tile lack o£ lie lu.tise'aold l.aiii in wliich lliu play-dirt can be nibbed off ilie lilile ones before liiey- are lucked into ilieir clean iiieds, ant) the work-grime off llie elders liefore they dull ilieir recreation garb: nor can even public lil-.i;iries wliolly siqiplv the want of the hullseliuld in...k-shelf, whose enntenis, when pored over in childhooil under the giiiaiu'e uf an iiUeiligeni parent afford the lesson.s, earliest iearnt ;:iid hist forgolieii ill life. May it not lie i.olied that some of utir


large employers of laliuiir will immortalise tjieir names by erecting uiodel squares ei liealthy and convenient dwellings for tlieir own people? In conciiision. I will only ,uld tiiat if


anyiine wliom it m.iv eoneern likes to call on me any evening after eight, f shall lx; ghtd to put any ideas I have at his service.


M. MA'TTOCK.S.


23. (iastle View. Giitlieroe. .March 22nd. MJOG.


iier.son c.ni Iniy :i ;^loU liuuse


for -"is. Ili.l. per week and a .£200 house fur Is. lid. (ler week. Tile security is alisnluiely gon.I.


I'lie society is now in


nper.ili'in free frum lany rediapeism and die cosdy maciiinery of putting the wi*rking mens Uweiliims ,\i-l into foree. as laid ilnwn I'V liie Tnwn Clerk ;il the Fel.riiary Guiincil ;ii.-.-ting.


Voiirs truly.


EDW.VRD GMESILR. .Secretary.


■|'hi- I'enn.inent llniMing Suciely, •".S, King .Stre-et. ( 'iitliei'i--.


A P LEA FOR TH E CH ILDREN. .SOL'ARE.S IN.STKAD UF .STREET.S.


'I'o tile Editor oi' tile ( ‘litlieroe .A.'iveriiser. Dear .Sir.—Now that it building bouin


is apixireiillv heginning in Clitheroe, is it loo miieli to Iiope that Luulders will be abie lo provide some varixition from tiie de pressing moiioluny uf workmens streets? If blocks of houses could Lie built around


squares instead of m parallel rows, tiie v.tliie ..f Hie iu-allii and convenience wliich tile change would promote would be likely to well repay die a.idilioiial oiuluy rcqnir- quired.


I am not tliiiikiiig of the urna-


meiii.il .'Ciu..res sumuiiuletl by streets we see in .-..me towns, which .seem of little use e.xceiit as air-siiaees, but of enclosed spaces at the back, common to all the inhaliit.iius but shut off from the piililic i-uads—a space in which the children miglit


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ings .11'.- iiel.l every Friday evening from 7 to -8 n'clnck. and I sliall I'e happy in give any infnrmalinii tliat may lie ilesired-


of note to eliroiiicie. Tlie activity of tbe liivds lilts uot entii ely ceased, as is evidenced l.y- tlie parliidly and completely finished Uests of tile ilistel Thrusli. Biai-khird, Wren and Robin. Nests of the Soiig-Tlirush with eges are also more mimerous.


A few llowors of tlie Mai-.sli iraiigold are


open in tlie wot diielie.s. Tliis llower has a vaiiety of eoinmou names. It is llie Alary- l.iul of yliakespeaie. Loeidly it is called Fiiblienu,'' in otlier places it is variously


known as King Cup, King Cob, Water Blnb, etc. In my opinion Maisli Marigold i.s tlio pretliest name Careful oii.sevvation will reveal the fact that the Hairy Bitteieres.s is in tlower on old rvalls iu damp situations, and on dyke sides tlie sean-lier will he re­ warded by a siglit of the Dog Violet. I noticed a few specimens of tlie Ivy-leaved Speedwell in llower. Tliis species is not very common wilh us. In the woods a few voiuig Hawthorne are 'jiirstiiig into leaf, and tile Dog Rose is everywhere doing tbo .same. Tlie Hoplars liy t.lie road -side between Primrose and Barrow-lane are in leaf.


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