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hf Clitheroe with its commons and Ivvoods to the Burgesses, and the, boundary of their • iholi&g iwasffixqdi'by ®'.Pbr^bffiationJmear-


? ■ Ltocbln I handed over the township stories were set! which inarked'the ll^ ts pi


‘conBistlhg of the Eiver; Rlbhle and Peiidleton- Brook'respectiVDly. But tn the maiph of the'' cehtuflek ttle courses; o|:streams_*Mge, and perhaps the most stnkmg example of


the'east the bj)un<lary was a natural one,


'this is at .Rlbchester, wherb now toeJRibme flows over whatl was in the] Roman days the south-east cornifr of, the Fort. It is pijObKhly due to thisiswmg'in thp. Stream,thatiaijd over the Bridge at t.'Edisford is aotuUly. ln Clitheroe, although ;i it'.'"lie?. on .the .further side of the iivelr, and-also :Why some riatches of Chtheroe lar^: on the far jside :,of Reiidleton Brook, while some bn this'side ate outtof the Borough. On thb' north; and east- side the boundary was laii artificial one, and lit was therefore necematy thafthe'limits bf the town should bCi accurately marked by the position 'Of I stones land! trees, .for we must remember that; at the'beglhning of the; 14th century, when Heriiy; of, Lincoln' made, bis final' grahtl: to-,j;he' Burgesses,.there, was hardly any'Han'd,ekcept:'thb Lord's demesne feiic^ off,;’'and the'wastes which artually surtoilnded I thd . ,actual i living part of thb town, ran on into Jthe , adjacent townstips. :;,.


was selected! to| look after the best.mterestS of-the tbwh was .'tp . see ;t^,t.,iione of these landmarks vyas removed teithe’r Intentionally orr.'accidentallyi lest the town shoujd lose


O' NE'Ofithe duties; thwefore whl some pprtioii. oflts property., "' '■'


' solemnly ;chargcd that they must peram­ bulate the Borough aiiij its liberties... :


: r Whenv this Council diet in the spring , of thciyear, the members .....


early • were


earlier .peramhulations 'It b not: possible 'to, say ;oii what: day 'pf the' year, this ihspectibfi of ;the landmai'kS'W'as.made, nor ,is ip,more than.a reasbna )le;guess tl. iBt the. first bound­


In the absonce of all records of these


the date pf charter.


.ary walk was'iinde''rtakfiii In the year 1307— ... j.x i TT---- .« Lincoln’s-second Henry of


Nor have'T so' far' been able.iol ascer- old custom', ceased. It is a matter o: . great


' tain I .the actual', ypar' in , whlc^this


“Preston Gilardiaii,’’, dated the'!23fd;(f Feb­ ruary, 1889,istateb that,,“ a'few.years-ago many of the', old accountbooks’’—afid' by this he means those ;of the 'bid. -Ballifls;-, “ wbre carefully ■ stored away- hi one .of. the upper rooms!at thC Town HalLiJnfbrtunately when the .Hall tvaS bfeliig re-roofed,;'thd books


regret the the records;is Ibst


great bulk o f , tour anclefat fob ever. ' : A. writer' m .the


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took place in the year mentioned,'. Probably the Icustom jvas kept up ufatU the yea,r 1835, when-the new [system of :Local Government 'was' set up!! ■ i ,!


. ' i , ' ; ; ; !. 'y i ' . We >c^ safely assert that these boiind-


recorded on! the excellent \ plans pu by the Ordnahee Survey Department ■I'ho nd point in continuing •actice when the nece


jlo-day our boundaries are very acc


‘there would{be serve this old p,—— ....— doing so'had ceased to exist.


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Shrove Tuesday, at least-as far back wjrittep recolds go, and that it was ne lessary is seen from, fhe ■ fabt that bn occasisoils. these boimdary iristance in the


S has -beep Said, the day-set',ap this I dutiful^ perambulatior


Great Civil !wa:',- the'medrstonew ”


- DUTTON'S BIACKBURN BSEWERy LTD, SALFORD I BREpy, , . Bl^CKBURN,:,


,ili ! six mohthk.'.ior . BUfier. a fine, of,forty ISliillings.' In the year the- Castle, was de- ■mollshed and Kjifig Charles lost his pead,' a Biiigess of Some-'proininence, who had filled the„.post of|chibf magistrate, Thomai Dug- dale, had remdved a boundary ston; from the 'side, of the old bridle.track that ran hbtween Clitherpe and Mearley nnd he was .given the choice of replacing it- or paying a fine. Treps as,;.well .as stones served as botmdaiy' marks^;iand these may haVB!b'een rather morb' tembting. ,It is recorded after an 18th cent-iiry! perambulation that a young


Meat ■Stout


WAPPING OLD STAlES


■Continent. He took refuge in,an*old inn, named " The Red- Cow.” While there he


Old Stairs on the Thames that the much- hated Judge Jeflreys, notorious for the Bloody Assizes in the reign Of James II, was caught when / he was trying to escape from the country. When James II. abdicated Judge Jeflreys was in danger of his life. DisguisOd as a common seaman, he arrived at Wapping Old Stairs waiting Tor , a boat to come dp the nver which would get him across to the


It was in the neighbourhood of Wappiflg


■ tuously in his day of power, immediately the hue and . cry began, and had hot the officers of Justice Intervened he would have been lynched.i He was taken to the Tower and there he died of a malignant disease and wag burled in the Chappl of St, Peter ad Vin­ cula on Tower Green, but afterwards removed of St, Maty Aldermanbury,', of ■ Cheapslde. The title of the tnvem wm later changed to "The Town of Harasgate,'' because the fisher­ men of Ramsgate: brought their catches by boat up the river and i landed them'thete for the London market. i .; ■ : i ■ i . . t


was incautious enough'to look but of the window and was recognised by an .attorney whom he had i treated unjustly and, contemj)-


ash tree which-istood " by Roefield S;yle at the'Jiottom of the, Lower Moor" h al been cut down by some “ evil'person," and the Council promptly offered' a reward if Ten Shillings to janypiie who would come fprward with Infoniiation; -that would -lead- to the conviction cf th a t'“ evil person-,’.’ ; but there d nothing to show that he was ever


iscovered. -, I


I state at Ihe |ftIoot ’Blall to receive th e' : ■• ' • I. !l -.'


IT was on the morning of Mrbve


brought forth Chymsera, and Chymffira, by Arthus, the Sphinx. The-Sphinx is described- by the heathen poets as a three-fold mobster —possessing! a maiden’s face, a lion’s legs, and wings of a fowl| -,or, according to another version, the! face, and hand of a maid, the body of a dog, the .wings of a bird, the voice of a man, the-, claws of a lion,'and the tall of- a dragon, i The,ilegend .)s that, the Sphinx keptcontlnuallyiln the Sphlnclan mountaliis, propounding to ;all travellers-a riddle,! which was this; "What'ls the creature that first of all goeth on i fouf legs, afteroards on two, and lastly, on.-threej" All who,could-not solve- the:, riddle she {presently slew,; by■ thtowlng them headlong from-the top of the rdCki At’ last Edlpus declared the secret-that It was a man who, in hls infancy, crept on all fours; afterwards,, in youth walked upright on- two legs; and, last, Jn old-age, took upon him a


THE. riddle OF THE SPHibiX ; According to toe heathen mythology. Hydra


(Tuesday that [the Council Sat in ;


Bpidge was found to be. missing, and that'a certain James! Gottam, had- removed it, whereupon he wjas ordered to replace it with-,


.._____ .. year Of the outbreak Of the Ddisford


marks were removed.


as the For


rrt for, was


! ary. ,wal t I of well pyirl custom had a long record behind it when I it was finalh' discontinued.


issity


valkk.tboki placb.'^early lo t -a, space >'i nboJ live centuries, arid fo the ‘


irately dished and


a periodtef“thirtytyears ahd:ends' hi;|829,,:it isirecorded !thdt the annual perambiilatlon


managed to|saye one or.two volumes 'The' rest were reduced''to pulp, and.the loss can never he repalred.l’ In jthe.one remaining volume' ■


by! some mischiince 'were I left', uncovered one night, and a' very heavy storm, in: whteh the rain fell inl!torrents,:,destroyed'almost the whole of them.l It was!bhly'.by:the-.greatest care' that: Mr.l Easthantj the Town Clerk,


of' Railifi^s.' Acoo.unts,'. which: I covers to'the:iot''of.that;bj)dy of men ....


'h fell which


'I TiBOM'tne year wheti:the,great Earlof


-Cpplpfi aloiil coin!] until


quires some


tenants" should find': and provide, yearly sixteeiiiquarts:of ^ufiSclent nuts !to .be pro-' duced for the use and- benefit of phe Bailiffs 'and I iquliy, 'Jury ■upoh-.'Shro've.'Tuesday.'t If ,the, n Its,! failed to -im'aterialise, - the' tenants -were o pay live shillings instead.;


hazel ,Whbnk one 0


sushes^a; pe'ffe’ot paradise lor' hutter! iver ,the ■ Council - let: out i this; enclogUne the terms'ot. the leasei.was that'itne


-tbe'iUiual business of the Court {concluded) Boniev here about',1130'the .Serjeant at Mdce lolled 'the Moot Hall !BeIl''.to walm all'.anld shndr' ■ that the “ elders'! of the city !’; Weiie abdut to set out on their annual Boundary, walk. - All thq membbrs of! the Ciuhcll weije expeded! to, make thib round, and, absentees were sometimes: fined, unless , jthey could prove ,th'at'they .were !prevented,'by, sickness or mt mlty or the weight of years, and usually a prouission of some-15 or 16 sallied forffi on, this ten-mile w a l k . -;! [ | ;


,. I- TTER the rents-'had been - received, tb e , accounts of [the Ballifls pprusedi ;and


.: th( boys of - the ; Grammar School)- who ha I spent their morning ini matching


The tolling-of the bell also liberated


- tbqir gamecocks one against anothciy - -anliwho had duly brought to ;the Head*


1. ]ms stcr their I cock-penny, a- coin of thd rcrlm - which varied laccordlng to-thC affluence of the boy’s family.r


j


,'!■-It ii'rather a stfahge thing th ^ this'cruel butvpopiilar custoni -of'cbck-flgralng-.ih tlje Graimhar School was ,put down by; the Rev. ,'Illoinas. WiIsph,,for .he lyas'.bro'ught up at;


;schol£rs, that- the- Cabtains' ' Battle is gen­ erally, the'first, that is ,faughten.v. Probably the cmelty; of' the. “'sport", had" nauseated


. oppbr -unity* :6f putting ■' ah: - end; to that, old barba'ous custom;' ;


■the s( iitol the Priest.Hutton yeoman':to,'su® an exent, that when ke.came to the goyern- ment of CUtheroe 'Schobl he' -welconied! the


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' there -was.';.quite .a- large number of .these -mearstoires,'a correspohding numTer of boVs must live been requisitioned, or, he number of bilnjps Nper' boy .must have been high; t Perhaps, the process was not too painful,- for


' !Hese * racarstonts were fashiphefi' from th( hard millstoijc grit of Bcndleslde!,'


an ( [only very occasionally, lidd they, to be renewed. , '. '['v


', [ p;'


There aijevtraces in, the-Bailiff’s Accounts ■ of th s being done, blit, that they ehdUrCd


.to db- for


■that 'erji, fewkeferehces’.:ire made;cpricerji-' Ing them', 'One quiteiextehslve, replacement did; tike place in tlie, sixties of ,the 18th centos, for labourers'are paid for, about ,30' days vork In settiiig Up new ■; onto,'.anb quite a genirous allowance of-the small ale;.of the perio( was -granted to these, old-time, work-* men, who-bOreisuch familiar names as Wood; Wilkl ison, Leemlng, Fielding, 'Whittaker and Harrii. ■ . I- ' - ";!'.'■'■ -I


for gjineratiops'ls evidenced .[.by .the. 'fapt'


the douncil'' through'I the i portals | Of | ‘! such houses,as the Bailiffs,shall:direct or apppint’’ and tTcre, they crack' the rest ofithe Coplojw nuts,' and liquidate such a ium as they them- 'selves |.liT 'full ebuitj 'have dlrebted to-be ) allocated * for - that pjpurpose, •, Prom! tinle immenprial. this '. amount..'' stood' i'at;' tdn


' the fipt of which doubles 'that Buih tot'd ,toe secohj '.tacrefises l i t '! to three topunds-'Sk shlllii gs and eigbtprace., With the l.dawn - pf


corde 1 in the rescued bopk|Of accounts! fhlch end'in 1829—tpe last! ~ • " ■ - peran ljulatlon of the


THE CLITHEROE jBURGESS “rl


' NEXT;


“Bqundaryj Meji ”! WEEK;


imes, the “ treat’’’was filially fixed at;half- a-croi rri a head, and this ,is the ajijount re-


,to: be enjoyed after the. ardhous tosk'lkt the toV/n’i ,expehse. * ’The 'boys disappear ;in''the. fadihe, light to Iheir .irespective homes;' arid


some! four or five hours, for,many [of [tire Council are verily “ elders-"'of the!.town, and the'Bleed of the.compaiiy must*have been, regiili.ted' by . that o f;the.oldest,mernber,' The ireather might have been-favourable! In most, cases probably, not, but, the' duty Was done--there' is ho-’evldence of itsl eyer hav­ ing bien 'neglected—and,: refreshment is licnv '


rrHE , short ' February., day -draws tola ' Close.' The perambulation! has takqn


for as each boundary!; stone . was :ln,'turn iJi- spect£d,| one of the scholars-was.!seized arid solein: ily.'. bpmped against! it,' the -[better,; bile suspeits.'to; ,impress'i-its position "updh-.tlje' -mind of the rising-generation,'ia'very-prab-:' tlcBl, if ; painful, method of 'instruction.


here was rtever any lack of boys willing .to [underto- .this .-essential,: part, o|f;.the;,daj|’s soleniiitles,!and a libera j distribution .of Coplov|nutsor.of the’bquivalentpenc? acted; as a iiqwerful embrocation. ' -,[ : -j! .-'


'


f p j lE ^ I boys,' like" the’'huts, j [were pkit' .and parcel of [ thfi-day's proceeding,


, honoi r. of their masters pn .Shrpye.'rdesday in. -'.tl ,e! :'!afteiTio6n,', arid’; though there '-bb usualir- noted-',cookings, atWattom on -.tl^ day, ,£ hd ,a great concpiirse of: geptlem'en,; jw do, they > show,';so'.-much - -respect'', to' -tlje;


a ie s t. Hutton and. 'educated fltot l a t , Warttm School, where “ the iCaptatns do likewise pro­ vide! hemselves- wlthiia book ofj the game," the b:st that can bei procured ni'that part of ; thV cduhtiy, -whicli - are ' .to! fi^ht ' fbV'.tlie


:Alh( DVERTISER AND TIMES. FRlDAt. TORY OF


ternary rents -from the' tenants ofj II poration . property and of the Burgage! I I SCS; ,.


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v th salt Hill Wood by Henry of :Lm- : as! originally, aii enclosed iwood,- anp


nodem times wab thlckly, covered with ........ ................ . ‘ ■ ■' i


ng these • rents was' -one: which' rq* particular; aibhtibh .because it'hafl connection with' 'the,; day,'k. duties. wispecially granted 'to thel.BurgesSffi


CoJbnel.Slr;:AHhTir.'-PrSklne _ ____ Equerry, has’l^ert added “ luno;" one of


toe flnest mares; among' toe -Metropolitan Police Hotaes. yto ' ■


for, police horses, “ Jitoo has recently been engaged" ®n, police "j work In the streets of Rlqhraond. Slje has twice qualified' as,toe ''b§at*tralned'police horse at Imber.’Cobrt., ' — •


, THE KING’S POLICE HORSES.


■favourite of. the - Duke of: llVlndsor when heiwas-Prince of Wales and added to toe stables when he-ascended; {the throne, and " Cherry Grove,’’ ; pun nased' by ' the Duke of Beaufort from toq ;3alford City Police about eighteen mon


;: On severalmornlfigs this Vefek I have seen the; mare !at exercise' Ifi- Rotten'Row and she' certainly, carries King’s charger. The King will, how­ ever, ride her on several ocihslOns either at-Windsor-or- In-the ; Rqw-before.lt Is decided whether ;she is; su on; ceremonial -occasions. <' ."Juno " joins twOvOther, In.i t h e iRo y a l .-.'Mews—“


-table, for use


police- horses Cobhaip,” a


-hS/ ago. COLD BATH


: 0.verseaS' visitors,- who have' maybe gathered by hearsay someithlng of the' r healing- properties:: -of; '-Roman ■ baths;


dip in the Roman Bath in the Strand, I f they,. had ; aSked fifteen years ago they would have been lucky,'. INowadays, no


bathing Is allowed. T ■ ' I


way : of ibatosiiiboasts: to|s as- Its oldest bath. A large plunge; 15 .feet by. 7 feet,' it:';iles down a narrow lanje -just off the Strandrand lstoejleyed tQ nave been p a r t


tbpdQn, 'which'does pretty well In toe : ;/


-All?,., 117-138;;, [ In those days, the Strand ' was half-a-mlle outsidp Loridoii, and the villa! would-have been suburban. ‘


o f 'a villa! o'vmedi by -a;Roman, nobteroan; during toe reign of the,Emperor- Hadrian,


,.:i The. bath'!Isistto fllted.with ■water!r-lce cold. ! l t ! isi 'ifed b y -a ’n -uhdergro'uhd; rl's/iitet -hsteg ,at '{Hlghgate:: and. flowing into''toe. T h 'am es .[;tjp tc !:toe .rilneteen hundreds LondAners! regularly bathed In It during toe! 'wgrm; weatoi


! Fifteen ye.ais ago’, -wlito toere werp fears -that' it- mightibp’. deBtIroyed, -It 'was p u r - . chased by toe ’ Rev.t W.' Peiinlngtori- [Blckford,, I Rector - q St. Clement Danes ■Church In toefstrafid, . It is, now his personal - property^; tout 1 i' open to top ;PubIIc as a showplaCp.;,;': ' I'T. '' “ .! i [


George Barrow, [and ' other notable Lofadoners exercised; In Its cool depths.


■!,;''|!;'',['i.'!,/ClTY*PF"M ': The pl'ace tA !go 16 find the real soul of 'jmuslc iln Londbn "Is .Sadler’s Wells' or


. Of jinuste, and 'has attracte 1 the greatest musicians and composers of this age. I t "was never necessary, [to gol to Vienna!to'


'hear '; Strauss' .at .'.bis'bes ;, Milan,never khfewRucclnl as London dejes,,' EVeji the :grCat Toscanini—toe nearest .approach to I a celestial |being the HB.C. ' nver Ue-


' vlsed■^-admitted th a t the Loridon' Phil-* harmonic Orchestra was one - of the ■grpatest.in the.world. ■


the appreciation Is-the same!'; ■ ,. ■; ;The-Lohdoner has'always been a lover.


ain ,the gallery, whllp'the West pays 7s. 6d. n d ; sits in splendour in l ’he stalls, but


top'Old Vic, [. ;':It Is.h’ere 'tia t'E a s tjo toS' West In' the' demlocracy oi great''music'! ' The East pays its slxpence for ;a seat up'


'■ Dickens, egularly i ask - whether they- can take a Trained atjlinbe^ Court, LondORAiShool '


Palace,', which are ,at presert,-being ovei-f hauled.'and 'replenished’ by Beaufort,',-Mastbr- of'i-the


To the. Royal Stables at 'Ruckinfehm


the. Duke of Horse, :• and- the Crown;


TELLING THE WORLD.


.organlsatlonsi'ln Lone on ;2re .fiaxt: year combining: to provide Ane of.-theigreatest festivals of mlislc toe world has evdr known, ‘


'


.expptlences Lohdon pi oVldes lfi May, IN, (DEFENCE^ 0 7 FREEDOM. [ i


is duly informed of toe weaito.o'fmusicai already been set up to


nuMcians,, -- hai i to a t the wotje


greatest m r di


SayOy I Hotel one; day last week which J ^ l h^ve an,Important bc£ ring on top future defences of this country.; i t was -toe Inaugural luncheon-nf ' the' Army and Home! an d . Empire Defence League,' re­ cently (formed i under the; presidency' of


I wbs"presehi a t a function a t the


Lord iiJiVllllngdon,-; former. Viceroy: and Governor-*General of [India;; with 'Lord Derby as Deputy Pres dent.


; * ,vi


link in'Great,Britain’s chain o f security, 'With, a deficiency of 20;000 officers and men: in the Regular Forces—a p a r t; from


■ Claljnlng th a t the Army Is the weakest


: toe Reserves—the Defence League plans s to focus .public attention ion raising.toe


o f th e service.: I t is .an entirely;non- polltlcal body. - ■ Under * the; toanner;t of " In Defence, of Freedom,“ the ; League hopes' to raise-a huge national memberr ship.with branches £ill over the country.


tandard of -the ■ defence forces,- ’ iffi- provlng: conditions add raising ■ ;toe- pay


.Captalii (.Edward - B iddlngton Behrens, well-known City - nan.i Beddlngton Behrens himself holds a distinguished warTtime, Army record. During thc'war, .when! .he -Was aiCaptalh ln toe!;'!Royal M'eld'mrtffiery, he was the first. If not toe' only officer to ;Cominahd’ a battery q toe^age of 2L*;. [ '" *■'! ; ,j,-:


Leading top Defence League’s 'Execu­ tive-Committee lato: llliant: and "forceful


■ opposite a smartlyr-dressed and efflcleht- '! looklngjwoman who,Jlke himself; travels to the west End. -.iHe .has never spoken' to her ;''worideredvaguely. 'Who' and what she was.;: ;Ru| that|s;aU,


'■'■ Every day'for thb last Aftefen yearn'd friend, of mine; has tra-vellediup tolTovm by-toe 'pame['batly-morrdng I'trMnI V-khd most 'radrnlngs finds;: himself ■ seated


! .- One ;!day 'last week, iny.friend had trouble'with his teeth'. : A'raging tooth^ ache sent him' howling , for ' toe. nearest dentist.'!'; A .‘colleague advteedvhlm! ,tp',go to'M.. Harris,'.|n Bovj Btrq!; '6he teYthe ; fittest :identlstellh;ltend^^


'


, ,Atty.;dentlst'iwas [good: enough, and my : friend "went, to , M.''! Hhrrls! In'-'Bow/Street, lii'answer to'his -ring h’e" was con: -Wlto top ‘ lady .who


“ I ’d '(like, to see. th f dentist,” rhe smd. ;“-I am;the dentist,’’ replled-the 'lady. So she was,’too; iattd; 1 gather, one of the most expert in Ldnd^on, [' !. . , j„


just > M, Harris’’—no Indication of her business. ;“ L get al) my Work; torotlgh recommendation,’’ she. tdldi-my - friehd. "He admits th a t ' if' 1 he had known M.


; ■Her:*!‘name-plate m Bow .Street beats


Harris was"a Woman he-would never have gone, ' {Now he lsia re'gularclleht. JACK LONDONER;


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BRlTISn LEGION. 'm ® a l EX-SERVICE


- CLITHEROE BRAMCH. !.•. .' ! !


AN invitation;TO ALL '■"!:•■. Men, ■'■


!.;'A.S all ex-Servicb are' aware, the British , Legion was {formed . to further the friendships made [during ■ the Great;! War' and to promote the- sphlt of comradeship.


,! iThe movemeiit assists ex-S. irvlce .-men and' their,' dependents in ! times of "sickness and adversity, imemplojment, clpthlng, and' in matters, apperteinihg; to; penrtons',' etc. [' All ex-Servicb men" should:]ally themselves ,'wjth the local ibfanch,' thus sharing' in its


War you-should Jbln the Legion .nbw, for your own. benefit [as'Wellas lt the interest of.' the ■.orga'nlsatiori, The -ad'dreps of '.thb Local Brarichils!! ’'' ! ■' i ■'.


: If you servediWith the Pon^iln'-thb Great


: shlllliigs,, but; the utter Idadequaqy lpfi: that' sum s! evldenced'lby jtwp' of -their | verdicts,


t the 1 ith -century and'i the I'adyentVaf - harder' official - record ' Of a'


2,i MEARLEY SITBEET, CLITHEROE. ■ Al WOOD. Brdnch Secretary.


,: :iii Men other ,-than 'ex-SefvlM-men are. at liberty to join the Legldn.Club, and will enjoy qllj.thb 'prlyileges'connected therelvlth.- ■'[, "■ ,


'•’! .Women..must!by [now-havfi[''6klnped'. bvery living ..creature! teqluding. man, for the grati­ fication of their vanity. ! !. !. ■


handbags made;df 'flsh skin this year. * . ' !*..[,


mysterii 'ih'arri and Draco


Aftenyi of


revengi Into a gri accoUti: spoils


like years, feel I statjti


Whe 'eit tie


staff, whlchmade him!go, as It WerAdh ithre'e legs, The monster, hearing the answer, cast! hersel f- from the! rock, 'whereupon .EfllpuB was -hie


nsarijed , as


vfith her went to iThebes;. he- there slew the king,: and possessed his ikingdom!


.-dog, which ..Cadmus held i of'great iti'.ahd there made ;dally incurslbjis dr upon his people.'V , ,


rles, ■; Another, story Is that! Cadmiia !d am Amazonian woman, called Sphinx


a 'subtle -and 'wise!solver 'of


'ard,:i he married Harmona; the' Sister ■ICO, Sphinx being yet alive. I She, in' ;e, assisted by many followers,'departed mountain Sphlnclus, taking: with her


,; ':! i,’ !:.


liter able to fend for myself thbii when ted the;first hundred." :


; i": ‘


in a centenarlamwab asked what It felt to', her starting his, second hundred he replied: '"I’rhere’s this about It. -I


wren ' has- revealed ;to ' Scientists .that the bird utters, 113 distinct musical fiotes. The human ! ear can ■ only detect five distinct notes ln the song of the wren.


' Flim!'sound track tjaken qf[.‘the!song of a : ■. scOffer , of ;, thirty shillings made by a local


presented to i the town after the War has been accepted by the; Marlow, Buckingham­ shire, Urban District iCouncUi ■;. ■


rap Iron dealer for a German field- gun ■ ' -i,


! A young; iilan who was waiting below- the wmdow of - his beloved has; been arrested as a suspicious character.


ii Well, may he not'have good ground:tq be. 'SjisplcibUs?.:; ’! ' j ; ! | ![,:.^ '


I :■ A,corporal'Whb;was wounded;itt: an-.bngage-, ment with Arabs near Jerusalem heard the BB.O. announcement of tote death whlle lte- lentog'ln to a BB.C.- news summbry.'


' [' j ■!.: G!!.RAWS'tHb(Ebl[E;' piub' 'Secretaiy! 'Women,' saysl.a 'fashion uqte, 'may,.[cany,


,


advantages in ,order ' to! gaiij expert: advice and'.'assistance (in ■case"ot necessity, which, bftentimesi arises only .too{suddenly.;


[


DfeATH NOT BY OLD LA!


ACCELERATEiD DY’S FALL


iprevlous, evening.. Miss Annie Isabel a Hitchen, said toe


Causes":was returned a t ao Inquest held at the Borough Police. Court, on Friday, by the East Lancashire Coroner (Mr. F. Rowland) into the jdeath. of Miss Mary Jane- Hitchen,! aged ieven'ty-seven, "of 14, St. Mary’s-street, Cljtneroe, who died the


A [verdict of “ Death from Natural


; deceased lyas heX;. sister, .and had resided wlto hef for the pas; sixteen ybars. Her sister enjoyedl falrly good health until' about four, years ago, ■when she suffered from bronchitis. D irlng the last twelve months. her health f died very much, arid threb'mbnths ago sh j.sllpped outside her home during,the frosty weather,: her left arm belttg fractured; . She was rttedically


attended. -During ! ';hd , past five weeks, she had been conllnqd to bed. ■. '


-;


He called on her on November 23rd and found she had a frac ;ure of the left fore­ arm, sustained by huVing-fallen on the. ■footpath."; He', also, diagnosed fiancer, and he attended her regularly urilll her


Df; Roylesalddece ised was hils patient. death.!''7'“ ’ '"' ■


to swear that she-wo aid have died at the moment she did I t" s'le toad not received those Injuries?-—Dr. Royle: Yes, I think so.', i.' The Coroner'state 1 th a t toe medical, evidence was


The Coroner: .-Aite yoii In a position ' -


Ing.ai verdict of “ Acilderital Deato,’’'he: would return one of "peatli from Natural Causes.”


accepted If in toto,. very


hlmelf with the Coroner’s remarks on behalf of the Police,


ceased’s sister in her Constable-. (Mr. F. K,


at a well-known theatre . It te'usually the actq:


■ Free drinks are to be


Barrow shipyard now people, and there is stlij a shortage of skilled engineers.


Shlpbulldlng' to 'peace Furness as at jiresent, assure 'the qotitlnuanQe of; affairs foriat. least two. years. .The leading employs over 16,600


at first-night performanci There I has never-


Ijecn such activity,in .ime at Barrow-in- and orders on hand of,the presentrstate


sened to flrstnighters r in future.' '


Instead of. return- definite, and He offerci sympathy to de-


loss; and'tWDhlef Exelby) associated


J DOGS IN CHURCH


s who get the boos ;es.";'" ■,


. '


used to be told by DeantRamsay. At a church in the Highlands the. shepherds’ dogs formed half the congregation and' used to wait patiently for .the long service to end. Immediately the Benediction began the dogs used to scamper about and bark in a most excited manner, [The shepherds;: feeling that the servlcesi should end'in a' more decorous manner,-n)ade a slight-alteration to the service. A istrange intoteter was preach­ ing, and when aboijt to pronounce the bless­ ing toe ■ hesitated, las the: congregation re­ mained seated;: An old.shepherd; noticing the minteter’s-'conlluslonyi-looked up to the pulpit and ; said:: ’ Say awa’, sir! i we’re'. a' slttln’ to cheat the


The following story, about dogs hi{ church he; CAUSES.


.every morrilng; ; He| smiled ,hls irecognl- tI6n-;^asmucli as th t tooth;would allow.


______ infronted .ravelled- with him


’ 1.[ ■; i


ProniApfll 23rd, 19! 9, Londoli tyto for five weeks bbcqme a qlty of mto Ic, (Central organisation,: und-eer theftalreotntehor :of: Britain’s


' A


,on the-Londoner as a muslcaj wo.- ’ -Jt-ls .to .dlspel this; very, notion-tliaMpiusucal.


: Curious, then, that t le worid...... ...v-,- FEBRUARY 25, 1938. yAO/virtivWwwi/'uwwirtM/wvvi/vrtrtn/vvAn/wvwtA/Vi/VWV'inf Fell ' ITEMS CULLED FROi^ OUR ISSUES OF F E B .2 4 ih ,im


;unopposed since 1902, whs re-elected the representative for Cllthefoe on the Lan­ cashire County. Council. , Mr. James Worsley-Taylor.iof Moretqn Hall, was re­ elected' representative for ■Whalley, ■, . j .


Councillor Tom Garnett, who had been


Whalley, ttn-toe 22nd. ■’ At. thtt-afternoon kes8lon; toe defeated -J. Beardwood, 6f BrimscaUhand Intoe.evenlng !J, W. Cook,


nhe North-East Lancashire billiards tour­ ament played ;at the (lAssembly' Rooms, H. Clegg. I ,


Mr. James Peters, of Whalley, won'the t championship of . the Rlbhlesdale area- , in


of BlackDUrnf'toe lattertoy 74: points In.'a game oX.500, ' The area medal .was after­ wards.presented, to the. winner by Mr, J;


Palace, King-street; was Duma’s ‘f Count Df,Monte Crlsto." T h e '" tom s ’’ Included Tom Thumb, a: mldgct:.over|60 years of age, whose height was 39 in'qhes. ■! -


Among 'Silent pictures shttwn .at the


ship indifferent parts of theicountry was reported.' The ’’ craft ’’-Was said to carry powerfuMlghts; I t seemed strange; that a “mystery” ship should:carry isuch lig h ts .. There was, a disposition to laugh a t the visitant which was said to have been seen over the Longrldge district on two nights during the week, i


'T h e mysterious appearance of an; air­


well known Clitheroe postal clerk,' died at Derby on the 27th, aged 39 years. :


Mr. Albert Edward, Astley, a former


Low Moor mills were stopped in the afternoon. Prior to the, cortege, leaving Waddow, a short service was conducted by the Rev. J. ;W; Plckuo, who conducted a memorial service In 'S t Paul’s Church in the evening.


t Grlndleton Parish Church on the 25th. .- :: , j :; !' LAiDY [..IN,.[ .THE, .;PPP(^j|TE-' -SEAT: -!;


home in Nelsott-street; Lbw.M'oor, on the 23rd, itt hlS'eightieth year, was .employed -fof half a century in the spinning section of Low. Moor mills, and was a general favourite with old and young. In; earlier years'he vVas actively associated' with the Clitheroe Catholic Amateur Dramatic Society, and as an adept in the art of fnake-up his. services were requisitioned by others.' * :■, . '■ ■ - ' ‘


', Mr. Gregory Walmsley, who died a t his


Roundhay, Leeds, the: resideiice of her daughter, Mrs. iEdward'WlIklns )n, of Mrs.


';l;!Dl!,.THE:i bEOTIST’S''icftAHL. I'!;:' A; A. 'Tattersalli-i‘ ' i ' ’ 'Socialistic literature - is “ ink ■ o n paper INK ON PAPER.


The literature-by . our great wri ers penned, Is “ ink on paper,” don't forget i; friend, . ,So vfhen you trot out such a f itiie phrase,


'Is “ ink on paper’’ ohe can truli! .state; This obvious fact no sane man e’er denies. Anything, that’s i writ | coujd ■


"Ink on paper “ could be said of all The writings oflwis'e' nien whiclj never pall; Everything that’s penned our souls :t'o elevate,


A lack'of;understanding it displays; To diib the many letters writ by those ' Who your dogmatic-politics oppose As “ ink on paper,” to youj'.s'elfjdeferice, Is: tteither argument: nor [ common seiise;


Why even all the stuff that’s'penned by you, Without a doubt :is!|“ ink'on paper" tOo; - If :'you are out the'Spcialists to snlash, : .You'll not succeto byiservirig out your “hash,” I do not wish,, my ifriend, to be unkind,


not be otherwise; . ■ - heart,"


But Socialists by ypii are: olft maligned. We're not the khavek you make us but to be. Our aim’s to banish [want and poverty; 'Tis time, forsooth,'you :di4 V°ar very best , To give'' your. old romancing tales a rest;, To. hear. the. same'old hunk so oft retold, ■: Does'not Impress, buj, leaves one rather cold; We.'welcohie critlcisip that’s fair,' and ti-ue,' As.air,truth*qeekihg'folk should ever do,' But of your false and oft-repeated bluff ,!; By now, we’ve surely'had more than enough; We know ypiir ijljellpus stories, “ off 'by.


To.give us something new just make a start; ■When you decide to jwield your peri again, ■ From ysing, your old slogans please refrain,' ■wipe., .“-wage-payers!’ [and ' "downing" off, .!■ your slate, i ''


■ ' ' ■ ' ■


' Pray .don’t attempt ojir tele to Germanise; The-British working men have' no . desire To fall out of the pan into the fire; ';


And! “ ink on paper’’ please eliminate, " And if you wa'nt to be cinsidered wise,


■,


casWre £1,023


U■Thenion poun,ty for correspdndli The death occurred ; at “ Eversley,”


GThe funeral i of the late Mr James a arnett, J.P.; of Waddow Hail, tookiplace


prizes'took pik Wesley Church GhlSf: Cbnstaj] The Rev| E.E. the congfegafii


Docker, 137 Ri -hS; ! Included Mr | James T h eP aA 's halll-yearly distribution of


issel-street, aged 28 years.


icq qn Sunday, th e ‘23rd, in -..byMr. James THornber,


Was interredl-ati„.We3t Bradford! United Methodist Ch|Urchj cemetery. 11, ■ Otherll deal!


Blbby,iwlfe of Mr,'William Edward Blbbv of Norbreck, Xormwly oX Clltherofe. Mrs Blbby,( Who v™ flfty-lseven years* of age


il, rAC(


ACtEI


. ^[ollowlng 'T ,Jariuaty 2ri


.'West View, : local Congr


had been emj ii oUed'; during the year, and tout the: numl "ibet of members coijtrlbut- Ing to toe boc ksiand prizes fund Was 220


Peacock:!to^toel ljilmg of Tosslde took i 5th


.eacocki'to^" place-oniithe


(The Induct


:and Rural Dejanlo Deanery; dent of


' TheR^v. R, ' ^ [ M n g


Lupton, !|I.P. ., seen tafy and treasurer. |' : [Mr. Hans H;amil|oni presided at la meet­


I : • :he dhurch schools, with* Mr, TV of 'WhBJ


ing held In thejPpbllc;HaIl on the 26th a t which Mr, Cyril Potter, the prospective Unionist: can'imate for Salford, Idealt at length -with the; n!ew Insurance Act


speaker lat;ajm^etjlng of Clitheroe Junior Unionists, E(la 'topmi was the lahd ques­


Mr; H;,C. Laycotik, of Burnleyj was the


road atlffilsh[all Town were approved by Bowland Rural! District Council, which . body further! upp oved the appointment


Alterations td


of asuhr-comlmitt: enlng of a portion land-iSettle road.


rvF''A miV4 iintvkmfff .


Dl^trldti Council Medical! Ofifiuett were Ifeglstei'e'c with'65 jin 1912- agalnst 'llSTi'


i l n h l s a n i u


appointed for the Glsbu Chipping; 'an4 l?r. Arthur Smjthles.for Slaldburn dlf I


Clltheroe Dr,


arid of' Guardians re- Snl


le to consider the wld- of!toeBolton(-by-Bow- I


/tnvieil/Jnwl


the'previous year. les medical officer


.iBIrjths numbered 94, as


!)r.[ J. J. Smithies, the itaped that 47 deaths ihe area, iompared


Bowland ired; Dr. Patehett for


tion, with specldl! reference to allotments and small holdings -------- - ,„^,the making Of a new


I W.lsrooks Bishop o( Ripon “Newman, Vicar of Wlialley


’i!''-' the newly constituted 'i- ey,| was elected presl-


lie w. Clayton presiding . Apterley (secretaiW), told on that sixty new nfembers


1 Rev. Joseph! [years at, Wl gregatlonali activities iwl Alftfirmlty, r


elgtoty^twoi uesday, ofl ' Stones:-was I i


i


'' f' I ' i ’ '' 1''


iW


, 'brqtoer, Mif printer, to-day :(Fril


! cheerful, ai| 'Clltoeroei 'Sunday Scl


I recorded by A verdict! I Coroner (Ml


Held a t th l Wednesday,! Mr. Thin


. accident. P.cj. Crabfl


lained of


! quickly hndj again. lA i bed and did p in hls 'presl


she had bb J. S. Coopeij as she tvas i o’clock iin I struck toerl door. Dr. Inserted: th r | crown of th


less an - lnvq


the body ari ternojl vlolel


- turned to b | died bn Tuef prevlbus. evd


. lung troiibla whettjhe: ■wound hea deceased iwd ottly [a weeH


accident acJ ! Dr. I Coopl


The Cord


-.sthlnki the iaq ■her failing 1 come [dizzy


[ ' I f 'she [ J I might have] ■I had been fa


ITEMS; Gleaned from “ PRESTON guardian,” FEBRUARY 28th, 1888.


M S ’ AGO. THE


estimated e: toe ensiling fh ill charges* wh


lejiditi ;ure of the tJiiion for


£857 haf-


rates, lotoH decided to ra is e ' by elghtpencp 1' rateable, .value mated to brijig *in


showed ithatjblrthi 74, the figures (le: ‘d'Ci


Counsellor, Clltheroe pbrtli


A report oil


Yorkshlre £782, against tespectlyelyin the ■year of 1887. The


rates for the Clitheroe lalf-year weje; Lan-


:[-yeaX. was £2;774 net added to ! the, county £4,891. ■ The' Board


was estl-


the 'amount of [the rate the pound, wliich, on a If , ‘£155,711. £5,194. ;


1887 .'■ipyesfentied by Dr. al Officer for the of .toe .[rutal union, ,s exOisded deaths by .ng:294'togalnst {130.


years profess Iona.' Xor HebdenBridge Cricket Club was" selected from fifty applicants fer the post of professional for Whalley iCrl’ ■ - ■ 1888.


Legends,? M:'.-W- sjeam loconotlv


Lecturing, on


' Ypur Nazi .propaganda won’t dp here, ^. That to the dullest mind 'js cry'st'al clear; If you, friend, can!t dish, but a'diff’rent. diet. You'd do your cause more good by keeping quiet,. - ;'.'■: ;;■';; !'


You’re even getting on! good lories’ nenes Because your stuff'n6'useful purpose serves; I’ve!; heard' the! wish 1 expressed that you’d disarm— , ■ '


And look on your encomiums with amkze; Dictatorship to nd;free 'miin appeals,, t His ,liberty and .Driioh funds'it steals,* ' And i other ills it, bririgs: bl its : foul [train, ' Which even lories look .on with disdain; Although with you I never, do agree,. : . That you're sincere ’tis plain enough to see;


They have no : love ! for Hitler, whom you praise, :'-! , .'[ ' " *j


Your gibes, they say,'!a're doing ;them much harm; .


] ■ .. * '■ , !, !■ '.'.! !..! ; ; ' .


One rittlng In the. middle of .tne' They finally goi rid of him'ijy setting him toe! task of naklng a knob out of a string of sand!” ■


• ■ • • " *


Another word in praise of you I'll say: ' Though oft attacked,Ybu never run, away; ' When next to pastigate 'uS,you!comb out, ■. DO give us something fresh to think about; But how I ’ll bring my, dogferel! to an end, of course- all this is ink on, paper ’’ friend. “ .'!' !' ' I;';' ■!■.' J.P.P.


■’rriE


nobody was about. After a while! he came to a. ■ crbss-rqad! (ind ! did not knriw which directio''n [to take, j


walking to the country. A man [was going along a quiet riad where


len you 1 are out m


was lying! on-the greund; it had beeiii knocked over by a qarrtess motorist.: As Jt no* longer pointed m' any drie< tlon it did not help much. ! Suddenly, a brlgi t idea came to'him. He looked atUhe ppst and'muttered to himself, '"I see,” and then set off along the,road his-destination.


He looked alxmt ■: !nd found that a signpost


which took him to How did heiselec; the right road? : He knew where h i had’cqme fromJand that ace was marked on the) capsized signpost. So, in hte mind; he held up the post witn that placfe pomtlm; thq way he rikd|come, tb which .roads the other


He could:then tell arms pointed. 1


SIGNPOST


some day w This little ‘problem might come


In; handy itpring cr


aying the ittrd’s Prayer backw reds. The Rev. Mrj 'W[dsop, whp was absent,at the time, heartiik a riolse ■


toe school I, ettterEid and found toejEvil oom. ■


legend says, the Devil was ■ raised at s Clltheroe Grammar. School! by fhe* boys proceedlttgi


studying the first thing tl plaint of “ nothing new pointed out'phat Cashire were but hearty- a Scandinavia, slightly .different was very much m legends.! ’jAbo'


,t eighty .years ago, a were fast dying lut -as a" res


arid thejlabojrs of the schoblmasters. In qiies tion' of folk;- prb,| toe at stb ek him was the com-


.S. 'Weeks said legends the prlnti


ag; press, of the


dolomon that .thMe ! was r rider the sun.” ! He the legends! pl" iLan-


G. W.;Wooley,! o f ' Stockportl, 'for two


cket Club for season “ Some Lancashire


.sons, irinde' byore[ partJ


■ progrbrnme ,.“ Aladdin,”[ tibn was supper was splendidly |o:


' She was thd of fifteen,


took place:01 lul Illness ol of Mr. Joh


DEATH[


;h)£(rding 'cliertehed -. tl W.'E.jGlafls a holiday ^ t e r Mrs. I Castlb as thq Mrs. Nbcon s f'lmlly. carad


not peculiar to to s t county, them were 'fpunil in. and and Norway in' forms. The Evil One ixed UP with I popular


• tfjok a grea I Mothers’ Un , 1 Association.!


[from


I a t the inteil Monday, wh


qnd one da tjended.


’ Union werel . , 'Plofal tril] I Dad, Tora|


[ dence in ,tlT : friends and! long period [ the Parish I qeing ia valj


hiton' settle abqut'45 .vel


iding in


years [of age,| where her


Leeds pantod Mill Welfarl establisriedl _ Sit, pn Shti cessful of III


ODTING.- inspect vario|


"have overba You feel


;aijcldent dll 'Yes, jfist slig


- riom, a n d l verdlijt of “1


epoper |for enablbd' hin fatal jlnjuria


The Cjbroh possibly It dl


practltlonerl had attenda


Dr. J. S.|


stated th a t 1 about 14 lyil


;*Mrs. H. Hb1 |:


Dvin.:BeUe| Lii; Mlchaf Brother !an Allen tend 1 Woods; .’rhd and Bemicef White and 1 Mr. and Dolly! apd I family; Mr.l


G


'Ainsworth. I "ba|id gainesf {Mr. D. Covl


'women’s enjoyable iWtis held ,1, th m ! beljid was' playbdJ and prizes f B. Jiiq


SOCIAL ' Y v * . .. y 1


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