THE GREAT MAN OF LLANRWST.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2109, 28 March 1914, Page 8

THE GREAT MAN OF LLANRWST.

W "AMUSING MONOLOGUE, . William Williams, ; "premier . town crier and bill-poster in chief," appeared at Llanm'sfc (Denbigh) Palico. Court oft a rSccnfc <jecasia!-i, charged ■ \Mtll using a'ouiwo language. . la keeping; with his v.'ido reputation as'a rhetoric,iau lie made the following Statement; "I am m.v worships, but un-; <ler great provocation. ' At the tiflio ill ■ fiucsiion on tho 26th pro.w, at 5.50 per diets, J >vas testing m ail upright post* tinii in T)«ibigli. Street, meditatingupon tho political nu;irsphero and •humming ■ th© taint Seng—(laughter)—when my dmnm was rude'v shattered by tho ruthless haiul of a misguided shop- a.s-. sistaat. (Lauglrte-r.) • Sly tetha^gie ■ devolopme'it- -(laughter) — disappeared, and I ausculated— (renewed laughter) —while' he accused nto of stealing a : valueless tinpty box which had been rc--quisitioiied by ftuo of lity disappointed ■ rivals, (Laughter.) v "I waved tho youth asiflo ' with thecontempt, the case demanded. Ho persisted, so I and informed him I you-ld shortly call; upon his employer and., decipher the' mystery of the old box. iLavi-gUter.) i Bui ho persisted thut I should pro- ( teed with aridity—{teitwed laughter) —a, remark which took tlio public ear --'(laughter)—and the adjoining crowd jeered. I thm observed with violent pain and annoyance that an attempt' made to convert aie into a. 1-aiigh- ■' jUg-Stjick. (Laughter.) ThereMpon' I roso ! in my i'julignatioii and set forth my rimvs upon their past and future.' (Laughter.) "I «as accused <}f being a thief— an : ex-representative of ths law aiifl orde?. a common thief! Gentlemen, I am no thief. . I have como to the end. 'of my tether, with tho grey hair thin* tojxm 'n.y. dfnJl. I am a man of, «aace. Only a short thiie. ago an old. woiiian -of . iiinot.Hliroe Munctsd— (laughter)—■-and to'ok .her flight te a ; li-Hlor land.. . Gentlemou. believe me that even wlsen her remains were restii',.2 oft the- little deal tabk> inside tho cottage shfi hAd so knjt graced, her ; memory wn.s not respeeto:! by tie ririvf'lling youth ot i.Jio krality who made . day hideous by their howling. "At the timer I wa-s engage,in. the pastoral taSk-^Seli^impojie-d—of coii" . vert in;: my patch of prodtno into beds : for sprisjg onions. (Lflughter.) • j rose .iu wiy wira.tli and rushed into tlieir 1 midst and clouted them until ikey rait : foi* tlipjr lives. I am a man of peace —(laugliter)—and tho old lady enjoyed W rest, Tlw police cmistabte eii-ould } liisv-o sympatbised with one o .{ tlio etilt mid said, 'Williams, old friend, cool down,. MntiwmW jwiixr ijast- f>>rv;ic(As and'take no l«fl of such scum.' But no, tlie ooHßi'^l* 1 " of t a ,(J;i.v InnlcS this ■ ingr-ed-ients' of the ictf. (Loud latjj'li- ■ tor.)' GeutfejHen. let iosties be tin-ctur- ; <ri with, nwrey." / *Th-e Chaittik-n s That, is <tm>qgh, WilI liams. Is. and costs.