Reading Observer 11-1916

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.po,ISeiIISi~I:","pi\:taJlleled HlI~iii«. ~:ltfa~~~j:

t it is.a 8UIler:Oin'tniemt•
Ailtiseptlc action over

and comprehensive is

absolutely out of tbe
8ti~ulate

,

the growth 'of

Zam·B'uk has a definit. " ~:~i~~e~~i~~

goodness

Is so ecODOlDlcal to use ld

wa.nt - at a - I
II be glad
PiP;y·
il lure to ~ As a matterl,ff

make

,

the

b!!at

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a SO)1rce ofr

sat,lst,action fo you.,
carry the high, .
ordinary tailors;l

our risk.

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oppo~to

and vitol pnflem )\~
thIng
overage "'''''
to be done?
If'hI\

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the ...tor, but n....r to tb:
bank
thaD!- to._ A. 600n .. poOlllble I thr~ off 9'y

THING IN 1815.

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Th. followlllg
th. twelfth of & oems of
ar-tlCuoa on .. Recollections of Re&dmg, '" by
" Octogenl.rlan." .... hlCh first appeared In tbe
.. Reading Observer" ih 1885 •
Ba.nng 10 my lut pnper 1Llluded to Itn 00Clu.nb.nce
Whleh brought an enune nt loe&1 brewer mto queatlOnahle repute. I am mdueed to allude to another
(If the same profeas1on and of equa.l ISOClaL poattlOD,
who, hke the formor, lact. tho respect of hJa lel'ow~
townsmen by an act of h,s for wb leb, proba.:bl.,.j. he
was afterwards sorry.
I thmk It is ."ery iikely
-th&t. for agee there were good places for batt .ng
In Reoolng, and In th~ day. of my boyhood the
m cnt popular w1th us yobngsten ....eN) the ~ng
B ridge (lhe apprda.c::b to whIch was by Bl&ke'.
Wharf) . t he .. Li t tle Corner," Sttuate about halfway between the pla.yground at Dr
and
the Lock P ool 10 t.M King'& Meadows.
tporo expert. aWlI;nmers, .. plaoe a.bout & ,.IIuno"eo
yards bey oDch the PoUtld Keeper's bouse
learned to S'W'IID "t U LIttle Corner," and
qUite safe, th<l.re oolllg no holes a.nd the d • .ptlq-not
excOeding 3tt 6u1 or 4ft I Beyond ltl
the &aid lock, there was about 12 or
'.-.Ier, and thooe ;jVho "or~ good ",illlJIl.n.
ferred tblS lo.i~r place. , At the tune

coat aid h~t "00 plunged mto the nver. thloking
tbat tbo penon was .t.4nillllg, -but I."
qUIckly
uBdeoe'iied, and tt w . . too dark to kDow exactly
wbero I WM I , however, tbought t11at ~1ie water
oeiUd not be vcry deep~ but. to my su:rpr~~ I dts-.
covered that I could not touCh tbe botim,
I,
however, Iwam to the penson, and 81 fOO .. 1
r:,.aohed har abe caul'ht 1101d of my arm] ~ held
me tIS if I were JD a nee 1 f-ell for +1)08 bot.tom
of the nver, but. 0Qllld not reaeh It, aof1 thep 1t
ooou~ed tc) me to. tear m,..s&lf' aw~yt.o- l' for what
W1th tJt4!! -apld. the terror OOONloUed by her tnoea~
sant &erearna, &00 the ..noise of the rulh~ " ..ter,
I became a.larmed for my own ..fety
I , -therefore, tr~ to raheve m:r;self from p.,er . grM~ a.nd
n~ dpmg ~ tlCked. al,IDst"" .. ~Pt" wb1ch -" aa below
th~ water (& foot, I IJunk), for It could aPt he seen
even the nen morplpg I Immediately pla.oed both

1&

now

an?, distnct.
~!~cl::~~~~ men
modificablpn
accord
In

tf.

key
the pro
matters fthose w bo

GARDEN.
,
Moder. 10 lIe, and
sm&ll gud.... c..... should
\8\lII.t.able va.T'letie& when oDly
ltfo.ny of the fineSt. Plum. wlll
own ' frmt:il when Dlanted aJone For
GT'e6llgage ts not self-fertile, a.nd
no bett.er, but they WIllally be&r
whn accompanied by web varl&
Pond'. Seedling.
Self·fertil.
bear ev&n whon Dla.nted by

m

ahriekl were dIstInctly hea.rd
the Mar:ir:m Place,
and many people came down, p&rtteul~ly l!Iome
tuJS.18t.a.nt.e from M"r Haskin's. the hne~. dN.~
By k~D"t ~r at arm.' length T man ed to ,et
her to. the b-.nk, 'Where the people
UI out.
It w.&&. then noticed that the y~WJ' wo an had a
pocket. be.odkercb.lef ltied to one anD , b
.be "too exh.ue!ed to opeak beyond
t.h.t abo
lived at toe POund HoOle, &lid that her name was
Ward
ThUl waa;- Within a. hundred y
of her
home, And fet from the nOise of t~e
IlIg water
her fat.hor did not hear her onea
HrvJDR' seen
the poor girl twn
her home. I ra1f 'W}th my
L".,o compa.n~n. to _their bouee, whleh iWBa about
of 0
f\lIt&pt, 'rhere I
IcIer thore WII4 01waY8 0 good curren.
1'1..In ntng through tbeee spots, a.nd It waa na.• i.iabl. dJateJ.y pla.ced between, htanket., and'" W1Ut the
INSTEAD.
u p to the toot of the lDoline from the Fn"",rv, MaL&t&noe of ·.. httle atm:auJant ~ lOOn reoonr'ed
from
.
~
,shivermg-.
..
bum
the'
,
~
Ion.«!
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.At thlS pomt. th'et-e waa .. bUllc:hng
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Tlie ro1loWlDg moriiiDg I YUn~ ~ , gl%~. W'hom I
gro.nary. lato whJeh wea lIometimee
Some
bull1ll,oti,Â¥.lly .but theu eyes to dangerp
corn or ftour belongIng to Mr Tubh~,~~~~.,:.~~ falHld _wrapped up and ,jtling by .. g~ lire, Dr and it m&1j be that
oDatom. or habit
Valpy' belDg tbere and endeav.oUrJ.jg
uoertaln.Mill
Whe n I lut aa.w ..
C
patent food, and
tho partleu,aro; but wbe'h... had las her VOl.. ...,.. dy~.. to
been .polled lor b"bmg, the
But o1oaing tho
from e.xerotalng her. luna- eo- fre.ely .... or w: ether ahe medioin.., ~6olal
trodden down and t~ ...te,~"",,,!
&I1d it io oert&in
U nll l t ho new ba.t,hmg house was
fei~ Jnability I clU:tnot I&Y, for ahe l ~phed 1n ey" doeo.;cIt banish
monyaynablec and In . ·i.h18per. I told rtbe doctor that nelthelj drugs
\\Qli no aafe pla.co fo~ young people
what I knew Qf the eaee, .. od l.mentioned that a to destroy the acid
art. of tWlmmlDg. Durmg the da.ys of
handkerch.ef .... found att&chod to her wn.t. I dert";ng can .. of
the Kmg'. Mead~ wU held I>y Mr.
ol.\gft.t.to- have sta.ted that Dr Valpy used to preecb dl"popma
T anner, t.bo, brewe r, f'''Of ~ Ga.atl&etreet.. to
They
a.nnually a 8ermon in a"d of the funda of tbe
J cferred in my paper ~o ' 7
He wU OM
~ ~:;'T "em«nber to have. worn pOwdered haIr
Humane Society, the~fore -he- a.lwaY. tooK' gt~at
p Ig i all. and ,' &.lso BesBlo.n boot.
Be w .. much m~rest In ca.ae.& of th16 sort,
r espected by a ' large Cl~ of friend. (one ()f w~o'rn
A'ITEMPTED SUICIDE
~a.s Dr Widows Gol~g). and wa.s a gent.lf!mJln
Hanng reoo.erea .ame thIng. which ~ bed loat
of Impoilng appell.l'ance
A medu~al atuden~ of the prenous night, 'I went 'WI~ othen to examme
t.he Doctor's, a Mr Broob l whom I reme!pber ,"0,," J;W:l!cul""ly the lpo' "here th..
h8!>'
.IXlUt t he yean 1815-16, took to the pro.cil.,j,' at peniil The COll()lUS10n we came to
~hat pl"()lo
th1 tlrne' !lr Golding retired (now M.r !t{px.h~y"), bably at a ~ot.e periOd ..
or .hed
auf! he .marrled a. da.ugh~r of ...Mr. T&nnU'I. ! b~t must have ~riatied ~ ijle.re,
of tbe
afl.e rwards retIred to a. Londqn pra.ctlCe
Mr. .azunent pIles in the bed
G~ ldmg bullt for himself 8. hOU6e luat oofond removed, but could
Co l ~y avonue, and by OOCUpyl Og it -before the [&Ila
w ere dry Oa.ugt\t & cold wh{ch killed him He 'Wu
a wlU'm !SUpporter: of tho Lttera.ry In&t.ttutlon MIn
:Mart.1n ~ley wu Chamnan.

Vlct:ona,

O~ As <In.
pa.neh, . I h~ve proved
,ee "l'd e,]tlel" the
of the loea, BOMd of

COMen1, Co nty COlln~
any other
les \VblCh
parish "elp 0 support
tla.at cntlClI!~

and ga.rden land, and~the a.td ~f the l00a.l Press
I have dema.n.ded,. m the mtere&!- of my fellow
ratepayers, that that aource of reve~e
, , shall be

Tr.anspare.nti Gaga. Golden Tr&ll&-

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CZar'J Bulla.ce a.nd
a. dl&DOQ of letting
a tl'llWber of Vllrletu~s lW"e

developed t.o ~e u
powble ex 1nt
Overaee:re, even 0{ the mos lD81gnifica.nt pat18he&, AAve
lor more power than FOBt people lDl~e Tb&y
are nnp&Od oervan'" ~I tbe people who .illIld lie·
the rote cellec"IPg and 'he ra!.e.Bll'\JIIiiug
autbonties; ~J
()veneen. bav.flo but,. litWe to
d~ oiher th&n Wltli fine.ncial mFtara. and 'Q,POn
them mo~ trhan upon any ot~r elecRd p8I'IUD.
Ii.. th. doty of flnanCl&l cntiCIJDl of tile bodie,
",hu,1a rpend our ..teo bv...... can do a great
deal to otep tho O1t.ra.Vagance and waite of our
authoritl~ and 88CUr'e for \he r&te~ ftJll
valu. for their money, and of all, tho
wo .eo U1 local atraan. ,he ,....te 10£ h~ Jal;t,ou:r,
abl. and willing to
1>,- lliltisfying . . own
needa and. reciuOUlg our rates u the BII1J:I,D ~ fa
aurely tbe ~.ry "ont. ev..... are @CIDlftd.
I behove, 101' every pan~ in the Kin:pdom, and 'it
18 upon the Overseen In the finot plaos ilbot 'he
duty reot. of •
that 1IMDlP~ 1abour shell
not; walk the '-to while the spending authomie.
..".ve, .'r oon o!>tam, unuoed I""d ~ ; .....
earn thoir owu livmg by +rug o)lr
tile Ove....ro of any dIstrict take ~p
Hilt. ".,""';,,, thoy will probobly find. .. I \ave
the toO<! prodUcilon of .h. farm and
x:~=~~a~~ of our publio bodies Ie not uacd to
R
likel it. fullest pOllible extent, and tJ:i,a.t
much food l~ purchased th.t could be hom..grown
Upon the Ov'eraee~, then, depends the first step
towarOe the reduction of rates by the tlJS0 of un.mpI9~ laIIour In WOY" .uif,ablo to ~_l needs

'""tng

a:.

!<r

.. quarter

mil.,

t

gunme-

t.

tr&et. of
pr,odi,otion of'

n~tt.y

street, that thl.hN
am eure ):Ie haa the hearty good
that It ma.y prove a. 5UcceMi Ii It were not
tho Corporation, u a. SaDltary Aut.horltrl bsve
alrMdy toe much btamess on hand,' I,
Ihould ha.ve thougbt It waa tile duty of auch...
y
to ' prOVIde an 6tabhshment at thil klod,
aa they have not. only control over' the

&1Iy

"

lTE&JS~

01 W&tor, but tbe pnce to be paid for It.

a f&"rmet'

,J ~ , ..

own profit, a.nd
to be a. profit-

that Oveneera, by vii:t.ue of their office, hll.ve

ngbt to be heard by the .pendmg 8uthoClIo..
on the one

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and they &l'e alwlltys SUt e of a
P .... on the other when ad
method! to ~ure a. reducIt ahouldJ be remcm
10 e err par1tlh,
by their fel10w rate
by local pressure of

,

to the cone1wHon that local

be Tery largely ~&Udled by
under t?e pressure of pubhc
rural Ipendmg au~horltle!l ~o
of lllany pubhc enst.ltuhO~ '
by makIng t.hem a.a far as may c
I,::it~:~~~ by Irroduomg their own lood 8 d
t
atbOr needs ....re pOl8.ble In ~e
wh.ch they belong By h'Fdhng t •
of unemptoyment m a lo~l manner,
WJ.th the lo~t gradea of tm.6Itilled

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I,uno,'g..oi.,.! l.»onr and tummg that onto 0 pro/,l
making, rate·reduelDg inltrumen.t, It ls lprnmble 00

1 ,:~~.;I:~·~~b'l

~:~~!.~~~'l~~~~J[~a

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toke tho

MARKET.

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a~ng from tho problem and tq secure t~e

_»om

rigllta of
1nUoob 81tlier

fd

men t<> earn theU' .".,. liVlIjg
tite twin hOlTon of I chanty 9f'

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bureaucratio intCferenoe.
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By t1a.i8 iPhem.e, if a man wants a ~, let ~
to a public f&nr\ and \loll' liD
food 1'f.

grow

"'~~;~~r~~.I:r:
,r.

GREENRoam.

'r"'oIrtlaorlUll _
loon u

1' ;=~~~~;Put~
"

L I norriru should.
J:.hey are reom~ from

the b'llba .. Jo.,; -Oowu 10 tb.
&ad aUOW' for ~iDl later
..:Iuhng witil nowly·pot&ed bUlb.
lD. .. .;old
p!ulIII!nl/ tbem
lDeep the IOU molst., ! "'"tbout
'" _ I .\lvaJlOed Tbe IIoIlbo
~t aDd ~ of tbelf' own
they lQa.y ~be put in .. hea.ted
them atong' more quiokly

f.......

all tUoe
blot.om

Lillo.;,

In

needs an!! hi. own.; il hell... oatpen~, ~
tho ~iIilQor
on 'he pnbl/c fwm

'm.,o··'Jlc<>d.

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public

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"fO_ '""

be
&D

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to "inatitytlan,
hoer,taJ • ~
orhon'
..other
irad..
Il lb.
DOn,t~l)u,~ tooNler
h.. owu
uphepl
....ior~
18 & ek.ilIed. aratt.nian, ~
labour by mll'lDg dff h..

Un!.

~~f.~=:J~?!:a:rndAazidl.nlt.. Whfp;..bl~
buame.sa
the co

tape

OIHI8D

of t e bnre4:u

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to tho lorger prpblelD8 ~
the handlin" of uno"'ployman
by m6&ll! of natlon&l produotioa
th.t local Ov.....\" have nJ

pot&ed .t

:.~1!!;1r.~~1~~=,~:~

l OO, ODd

,..hite h&J 1. do~ .1\;

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June load

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able traniacl.ion, IWlth ordmary r buameas mana.ge
In tlilli1 ponnectton It :must not be for-

i P'Y

I shou ld "iIot. have alluded. to the {oIli)'tnng pe~
lonal I1lcident but fer the 5mgu-1ar .equal. Th~
P&rt 01 tbe 1'1•• " Jnto wh..ieh the bottlell I ....
t htown -wlU!l upon one OCC&810n nearly tat.l to me.
A bout. slxt)*tbree - yea:n- Itnea I wu pt¥1I:lg
t hrou<rh the Forbury ..nt.h two ~·eoni of .. re1 tho
on lh~tr w"a:r - home, and when near the gaoJ we
head loud screams from the dlrect10n of tbe~ock
&nd clappera
I t wa.a a cold, dark nlIbt lD ebruary and 9n Sunday. Our , unpr~~51op- WDII that
il. bargeman wu lll-wnng .. boy on. bOard 0,," of
the boatA, and as the erie. Jor' help were ~tlD­
U OllS, we mo.de- t he bett .of our ..., towa.rds the
rhames, by k~lOl dote to the waU. a.nd iter
pa.;slDg IOta t.he meadow It wu not WlLboltt OODItd e.rable rIlle that we tra.ced ,our w..y br. k
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as c.10'6 to th6 water aa we ..cQuldt t}u!l 1'fI~
IIgh.t from the ~pplC5 flSSlstJng UI ~ The j CfJe& ere
bccomlDg J]10,r.e talDt a.nd 5p~ lD oOn.ae~Dce
of Lhe flushea of water (as we Mterw&i'dJ found)
gett ing mto t ho mouth of th. per001l . On "Hvi.oJ
at tlle spot we oould IIe& the head at & wom
JUAt

i'

I.nd tha.n
hirin,money magncultural
his:
It

a farm for
all the .sta.tistu:. AvaIlable prove

fOf$ne,

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lnv¥tmg pubUo
10

..:.t

H Simonds,

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W:\d t WluIt if: ,t does! If the

put tog.t.ber.~ ;nil••port became pretty
~hen. Mr.l'anner and"hia 501\1 were nea.r

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,plnt of Mr

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foop whlch 18 not for aa.Ie ~ut fot'
_I'"
In , direct lind llDIDediate re·
of r&feB. jtber&. can be no more harm. in

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.~111 ~ neoeemtate. the purehaae or blnn. of

CAm'LOADS OF BROKEN JlOO1'LEIS.
For many ,years the KIng's l4eado'fIVa continued
lD the occupab"Jn of Mr. Tanner. &nd dunng the
J. lummer mont!.l!;. he and hiS two eons frequently
l r ooe down tb6 , towmg" pe th on. ho~baek,
larly dunng hay barvest
At tbi.5
ba lhera wetQ a. grea.t nUld4noe, as they r4ll.
the h&y &nd threw It a.t each other after

lif

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..mg

l

brIdge, ~w~h 'Was I a.t tHe op~te lide.
meadows, -a.nQ wlubher they bt1d gone to ,ouIPpr_
a. sunda.r p~.me..
Then he and h.ia -eona
gallop acrou tli6 DlG8.doW' to catch the U
raeeals It Dear the pond, but 10 this they
baflled. for the U look out It ga.ve notice of
approoch: jit.n!! tbe- y.y"l'ltched Into the
And mIxed wl~h those who had not l><oop.ae<L!
l&&to, lIr Tanner d ote:nnlDea that .. atop
pU,t I<> tbiS plOd , of am-ment,
be
..>eral oartJoado of
bo,tI.. to be
mLo the deep W"ILter 'W
the older
at tbe fobt of til. lock This did
noL the bittIng, ' but
l' pe.rsona'
b,}' havtn~ tb.~lr 'feet cu~. a.nd ever atlbof ..&ra~
gent lema.n had tlte qu6l5~onllble
dubbed My Botbl& Ta.n.ner
Vn tll very reeeqtly Re&chng. , Wlth &n
mate population dl 27,000 Inbabltanta,
b ..ths where ladles could learn the a.rt
mlng, a.Dd It )g enhrely OWing to the, ,0I1!e;l'pr l-l.g

IQ

_..ag..,..

_n:.

Iie

'

have eeen tha.t rna y of these

~ur~ 01 ..ven~e in their I~rm

bodie. po,,Â¥'. a

Superb,

Denn18ton~1

~tpng

car

pl&.Dted,

on all >the
the better
LatG
and many unuga do
when pla.ntlDK UI lie-

feet ag.>.not tbe P1r.; ~or!soot,' and by .I.'1n fo","
pulled her a:"a.y from It
At tb18 mqment ht\r

ana-

no <use
depa.rtment
&tep'1I InUDbil
and
n.nd aontrovet"l!lr 1 I!cbeme
into actIOn What 18
...~".m'lI<l.
which
be use<j:

O&l'TJed

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in

to be ~rly

~~;~r.,:;~

rye

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~__~O_F_OVER~R~

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RE~pING: '

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UNEMPLOYMENT:.
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ru.-THE

RECOLLECTIONS
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" lI,no:rt'a'"tO pert of the cp,mpheoted
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questIon of I how tb~
high otllOlaJS of Ithe Stat.!,

:li~~~~~~~~~I~!~i~i~~~f.~~ I,:~~:~~~:~~~~I~'~'-'-'.-

beCome enn more antocra.ho--a.
queatlon
people who pBoy
thtm

unmi~Jiloytn~'i"

l>"

diocu...d here But .pough h ..
to \show tb •• til. ~roblem of
apht up mto ~tLOns and
become. far more
.uppo..d The r*ople have
mea.ns , of de;.J.mg very
of modern life wlthout

IRElAND'S

to the contra.! governmont
It lS
peopl_ to go cop
hiind to
18".~ ~a.t WhItehall · RfkuW- for un
ta.pe ~d heny t"". t,on to ~tcur. lh:

1\\'~!IIlU~ tor •

u,.

In

to hve hy tbell' own !In.bonr o~
. RICHARD

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IGGS

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