Reading Observer 02-1920

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, \'a..o; ll'. '"J ~1' 1'111' ; ,- l ..... i'r.·c Ii - 11m..... Another gr1"..a.i !
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~E!E STORY OF THE A BBEY.
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I, I,t 1,,..·..\.)(·11 , 1." "'111 ~ 1vel5, r.-d e (l,V .IV and died.
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MR. H. Af. WALLIS· INTER!!JSTING ' i.e; IJ c;' .-,rl. pf , 11;:'1]'1 0) 1\' ;nVl ;rrs lJg fo lls ',OTm ~ p<'. r~~n
R"' .!l~ h i'm;df III 'I t St. :\fary ~ a nd m st1ltJ n~ h r!'J
LEOTURE ,
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p:q J"'}' fli1{, r!~
'[lle '-' Jr. t t h Im iu f"I. body; i\ncl pT:1"\'eO
f er I.!l m !\o rf'l'r"rl l";;Jh for ~tmtn ,eR.r~ tnd Lii tur.u t
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)! r H :U ,,\,allr!; , J .P
1'1l\ (, Ih" .CCtIl "l1H1 a IICll
On l l\'lUNG. a:O~'.l'EST8 .
of h I" ll'ierest:llO' lCN II,'O fi ll ., Rpl:lLlill ..! fh l'oul!h
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fh' r"!o;-eJs of t h <: p La t'c ~'~r c n ot
GAllc...'1' 1011 \\'en nc:-;Ii " v III la.~t \\" ok
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healing pDwer Dfl Za.m-Buk is
J2oma, a. well-knDwn I Strid Baptist
Mr. J arvis, who li~ea at 13, l UQrEjQ
Sheffield, testi fies to Zam·Buk having
the dDctDr ha.d advised a.mputating .

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that I immediately treated
the five ulcers
J n duo Erne th e places b'cigan to look more
drew out , all d,e bud ' matt er and also the
I continued th e Zam-Buk t~eatmerlt patie ntly,
discolora ti on and
infla mmation went a~"'ay ~nd the bIg boles
up with healt.hy
t issue. I was at las t able to walk
comfort
"I am now completely cered and fny
lua.lthy skin an d is as Boun1d as evt r again. '
walk any distance
wlth.out feelin g ~i8~omfort from it, T,hia i~ all
to the r em arkable
h ealIng aud purIfymg povreTs of t Iii. rare Llam.,b'OK. I bless the day
when I started to
wonderful naal'Ir.i'

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READING COLLEGIATE SCIBOID]
E!iT.uluamm 1887.

Priuclpal- ROBT. H. K.EMP HALL.

on Frida.y ip Jast

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P &intinjt CIM~, Kind er~arten a.nd T",nSltlon
Form, under- the m A.nlL!lement ot IL T~Qe KiDder·

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SCHDDL RE- DPENS THURSDAY, J
acculent. .... llIcb
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Boa.rdera return W edn08ds.y.

tho Rcad1Di: C()\.Iuty

MUSIC, Etc.

Judgo Radcliffe, A .C., J
when ' Mrs. Char lotU 'j
or 10, Eldon-pla ec.
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pIaUlLlfI' and' a. la.rge ·

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net lf this match WM Mn~ed in
It may ha.e bt"tl.u. A very a.ncicnt- man

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" Off" days don't come without a cause.
peoplel
who overwork 01; over-indulge a nd take no exercise
m ust expect " off" days ., Bad habits 'are to blame,
Su<;h indiscretions poison the
blood and bring on kidney symp-

toms such as backache , urinary
troubles, dizziness, loss of flesh,
dropsical swellings and twinges of
rheuma tism.
Try to correct th e cause- you are

the best judge how. Doan's Back·
ache Kidney Pi lls are helpful. They
relieve the symptoms of kidney complamt. But once you do get well,
let prudent "habit!l keep you well..

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ea ID g ' RemedY

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on her ~own1 behalr,
.- " ," ' - '&t th e tllne 01.
200 pcoplf3 there.
to get. all the tramC&J', but was stTudr.

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1M' Wile- OF LlFL
A pan British WiDe .1 n,
CfL,tfAallJ't.. le aDa " hb.
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dens cloistoTs and so forth-ap::l.rl from ' thls. hI!
hom~ "the ~ Abbot held (anns and country
the ease with a new to I!cat6: (I, deer ps.rk, lUld a mill, an'd house propeJTty
&rr&ngetXleot.e .M to t.ha 1&d.'s ,lZ'a.lore He was a. peer of the r~&lm: pOssessed t he
ri~bt of opi n ing money , and.ot jnd gm~ m hIS own
court. I A \ m iqllty potc ntftte Ind eed. Of the whole
CcK>per (in the ¢hair), thirt:v-one ' abbots of R-eooing chro'n lclers tQll of
H, Bu.lI and Mr. H. non e who ma.do any 110t.or10U.'I error , or fo11 mto
S~nooU4 disgrl\("e lIntli th e In£t, poor Hugh Cook
F a nn gdon, of whom I Wlll tell p!'csentll'

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ea..,nsham

no~ lml ~s they go to Ia.w."
.All o f wblch w;]s
very' expens rve ~'01'k for tho m onks. ThelT royal
and nohle guests might o r mrgllt. not, lea.e them
a. handsome cup O'T' cl!ain for t h e shn n(l of St..
Jam es when t hey l ett. but the win e and beef. a.nd
bread I\nd forage t h ey consumed !l id n o t f.all from
hea'\'en. The 8.bbot chosen Ifrom :uno 0i' hl.S breth·
r nri too monks. was n o Iiooner a.ccept.ed by the
K ing-. t.han h e booa.mo one of tbo g reatest me n m
EIlJi,land.
A!i'3rt a ltof!t'lth e r fTom lllS wonder fu l
ahbey, which extended (rom tho Market Pia CO to
l.3la'k A's Bndl{c . and from t.h c Holy Brook rn t h e
K m g's -roa.d (not then in existence ). to the FOTbury·
l'oa.d , a.ll of which epaeo was OOOUPled by h uge and
magnificent blllldingR, wa..n'!hOUtle8, h ospI tal,! ga r-

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C.d l'ERBUAM:
TH'K GIl'.... n. In:.
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OXFORD:
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TRW OLD G.TW Hetti.,

tha.t. whf!.n c-"dled to the
p.m. on tbe prevtQUs mght
heIple6!lv drunk.
a eea.t a.nd t h e W01Da.n ,Wa.8
Th ey were LUen loa tho
an ambulanoe.
fined. 515 ., a.nd his 'Wife... against
oem vict.lons wore relXlNled, / was

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GIVB YOU

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PUT LAY.

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rj~~'r:~ Sin~1o~1;1)~ t~

" remedy ,for ' en.i.e, bi~' ond
aDd comb fte¥ with th~ art

prond efficacy.
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or PiJ1tl'/~'t B H"'" tuJ
&/u... (;~,t" Bi'ki.ln.
. Ri.ngworm, :Oo~

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these miserabl o

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FARINGDON'S FATE.
'Mr. Wallis prooocdcd in a. "erv f a.sc:1na.ttng wfy
to d escribe the grc&t evcnt.s 111 tll(~ 11lStory of tho
a.bboy , the Judicia).. dll ~l on Wa(!'et' Island, below
CD'l'ersh am, bctrwoon H enry of F,sSOlC <lnd Hebert
of Montfort
1163. the l. a llowing of t.he barely
pile
Arcll bishOfl h. Beck et. ({'"l en tll en a
t h e cruol and·
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pleased to 'loot.

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MEDALS.

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CHASE IN DXFORD ROAD.

.Ail Wantago Hall. 'vas sum.

a 'fiiot.or blcycle i n O::L;tord-l"O&1
wi t hout fron t or r ea.r ligh ts an.:(
He p lf>:uled f('Uilty .
to Aceiug the d efeorlant · ,l rtvmg
Indo-car a IODi' t h e Oxford -roa..d

60, ,62, 75 & 81, Oxford

l'hinking
wi t n ess IUId a n other
iLnd went

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Ol ,uTch. , Th e.rtl was , a.nd . I SU'Ppos~, atl ll Ul, a
pam wh o re!?&rd hlm ~ t;a.l n t and ma~. and
thO!!l(' who ehopPoo hIS h ead off &'1 crU@l mUJdoz-eni.

JOHN

oorrfine

bearinl{.

READING.

hUn in a. t.iny Qell till h e
No.

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PhoDe 402.

or :ojOTen da.:iR l,n. ' each . ~ 0
and .£~ 01'_14 'd&ye ,.f'O"r being
W6I'S i m p06ed , t.be O!ia.irmBll remark
to the la.s~na.m ed caM t.h&t defenden
debnco of the la........ I

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Not a gre fLt rna.n-qUl te,

IN READING.

During the seven t~th century the Quaken
came to Reading. They were very had ly treated.
Their meet.inga were frequentJy broken up. , A,
time every a.dultr bo.~ me n a.nd wom~,' lJ;'B.S
J:f~ r but t.he l'r'l'MtiDg1 ~ "' .... k ept Up by
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William P,""", wbo li..d .. .JbIo-

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Winter Clearance SALE'
of BOOTS and SHOES,
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T elephone 809.

THE HOUSE' FOR BI:.O

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GUARt~TEED ORDER YOUR COSTUME NOW. ~ :!;>~~cET~~N
From G.. M. HA-RMS (E. M. HOPKI NS, . 'I
Price-'-The LOw est P ossible.

Ask for Quotations.

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MEN are
WANTED for
the FARMS and
WOMEN
-WORKERS for
the HOMES

Lxwts,

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STREET,

READING.

Re- org.Dls ec/, .Dd

d~!~'d'"n~" .. e!', } !!o,ll.au.l1'l'as not. ronten\. to destroy an cn ~my, h e preferTOO to hrand his fore-head . m'CJ!') hIS ea.n " am

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TERMS AND

fatr<Tn.hlp. b1ls v
varv swrn, 'l'f>&l1y lnex("Usab ly
enl;1,
bn.rbnro;~- a.t tim es, be .~1 ert , 8nd sti ll
Thero 'l'M no he-tit on tbo n11s "wic'te f;'()3.CO III t he nlLgll of }uoo:t.ory , as a n y
A.nd Il.~ it P1\~cd he G3W m~n milS!,. w~ pw;;:lr ~ flO \18.....-1 , anfl fin vtlPl,., as
r ear. He cnllrd upon . t.he to l"Irin .h l<:: 'Kmg . h N ("R.1 Hj..... 1U1d, alnf'~ hiS

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The BEST PRICES are gi~en by

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:Mr \V.lh.8 uid'
ml%"'s o n e. ronsprr-tJOUs Ilon
t.ho G1turcb a..nd t.he kingdom.
away.
Our £Own ha.~ produocd m:ljl1" good, tTlic a.na bonest
f olk bll't no grE"a.t m a n. Not ont:> or t.hf' t.hh-ty-ooe
Ilbo..;ts 6r two hnndud od d maron) ha..c: left a un mc.
J.. alld wa..q jlW1 t not " grf'a.t " Ab le. h~i ~ t , 1nde-

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LQItItIES and TAXI
FOR HIRE.
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SECONDHAN 'D , FURNITURE.

the highw&y Wlt.hout & mu u le on
oOnst&ble f1VlUi' eV1de.noo stud
Ohnstchurch·rQa.d and followed

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TEA SERVICES,

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Aftf'lr an interesting disc1.1ssion, t h o PresIdent
con . ey ed the thanks of t.he Society to the ~eqt.u.rer .

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Th) Lccturoc descnbed tho construetlon of tbe
e\,(' Bnd ex-plamed Lhe effect of va.rIOUs degrees
Df bnr,htn ess . H e explawed the oonstructlon of

a n U'!llbe r of oo lour mlxwg cxpenmenbJ were conducted. by moons of rm'o!vIDg dlBaJ. The lecture'l'
a.lso elxlubited a map of ' the visiQn of his ' }eft eye.
Upon t h13 map was dehneated t.he area ol total'
blmdness-tbe pea.r-sha.peci field of vlSlon, and
Within the - hUer the graduated . a.reae of V'8.l'ying
colo'lf sensltiV'lty..
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fIJI. MfIoST
CRAFTSFEN.

by Mr. A. W.

purr.<lS(!; . of slgn 3.1hn g upon rRltways and a.t eea,
tho .lmposition of a. l>evere colour VLSlon test tor
r~ 1 ~6ymen a nd seamen was of the greatest int·
port<t.nce, Th e proportion of colou r blind persons
Wil!l
hlRh as f our per ' cent . That ill, to-day, in
So town the I'l izo of Rea.dm~, 4 ,000 peop le wou.t~
be found to b e colour hlind.. In ~ ma.les tIllS defect
WiIl''l a lways strongly mark-ed, but If the sderer
WM a lady, t.he defect was ha'!'dly notlCea.ble. On
t.h~ ..... hol e it WQ S quite safe , and In many lllSt&ncea
wiseT fOT a w ife to oh~e her hl.tJilband's tu~.
Some' colour impre!slon tests were expJa.incd, a.nd

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" 'alters, I\LA., of the Brit ieli Psychological SocIety.
·Th..!· President., Mr. Sta.n ley Haywa.rd, W8-'!I in t.he
cha tr. a.nd two n-ew mom,bers' WCTe elected

t h e rer.ina. o..nd it.e va.rymg senslt h'lt y to colour. 1n
d J!:ocuMing d e feCts o r vi.sum, ho TC'lIlarked that
ord ina.ry colour hlindn~s WAS gcnet'O.1ly on1y d eficientl In tho appreciation of red a.nd green, a.nd
t hJ.t.. oolOllr blmdness waa hereditary.
As these
t wo eo1ours- red and green-had been .,elected for

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Ollr M&gis:t:rate6' Court- on IDgh Brida"o and tdie
Pollee StatiOD a.d}oinmg and beneath it waa a
fifty-years'
sca.ndat. " Pestiferous, inadequate,.
awn.rmmg with vermin,Q t ~ wu nnwort.hy ' of Timbuetoo......
. ruVER ' FRONT.A.GE DESEC&A.TED.

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being hung e.oross Dl!dwIlY . IUld t.he Bed .. udge
mtght bo h eard scntencWjl a man to the gnUoww
at ono -end r whilst tho Bln.~ Jlldge W'Q.S deciding
a ovid s uit at the other,
This so annoyed the
lud,::-eS t.ha.t they would Dot coma to nea.d~ at
all. and for 80me ye&.nl the assizes were held In
.A,bm~don j
At least. th a.t. is the story_ Then
Beadmg built the p resent Ms1!:e Courts and
',Il'ained her pnstine dignity WI Oormt.l Town .

" C-olour I VLSIon," was

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the pams in my baok and ~oroughly set
m e np in heal th. I t.hmk that lt cs.nnot be
too widely known what a. gro,nd" r emedy
Doan's Pills a re for kidney trouble.

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Germolon,

Soo'th,e s at a TOClFb. ~' •

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fa relief !£rom

compla.ints. until I took a IeOUN1~ of Doan's
Backache 14dney PlUe. Thoy proved to be
juat the me4icine I required. Doan'q., Pill.e
g ave me relief frqm the first a.nd gradually
but surely orred the bladder weakJ?-ess a.nd
oleansed the kIdneys. They dron &"'&y

elp po,tfru fro". FOlter-MoOld lall Go.,!, W,Z/..s

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PREMA TUrul PROMENADE.
of J ohn Jqffs, of 11, Ma:rlborough-

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it. Germqlene is

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151UitainlnJ; ullurld

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like
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on the body. Ella
a.nd was uude . t rentH e r cloLh.':DC' was dam~

arise in tbe wound, tb~t. ii,
i ~ i~ 18 . tbe ideal b01Df
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READING LITERARY AND
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.

.. ide and t he

dUioomfort

Mr. J. Co]e, \01 71 , Ohatham Street,

no p u blic hhranns, a.n d o u r- Town Eu.1l .. 8.8 a. long.
na.rrow place. qlJlte uni;uited for Its pur:pose_
It
'WtS our 000 ha.ll or aseemily.
It had been mod.
for th o SCSE.IODS at' t.be Law Cou:rls. 1iL tJ:nck ClJTtajn

W6l'e unsa.fe- ove[' tn()(IL of Engla.nd. but
wa'l n e ver u .oked, bur ned nor h e ld to l'aDSom.
Thi~ was p-robably due to the sac:red chara.ctc[' ot
'D __ '"
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the &bOOT, o.nd to its strone walls. . .Jt looks as l l a n o must admit tha~ .AUlLUl~ aa grown gnat
d efend ant',
men flocked to live n e&r it. for W1thin 50 years in sTnte of herself ,
Almost f!JYery buildlDi of
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of its foun dn.t.ion we find a ee rf IHl.m e d
. 1 lam b("en pulled down.
One smgle bea.u.ty, the Rlver
P iper,. paymg t.he I..m-d Abbot. 26s , Bd {o declare
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hLIn l'a free ma.n. Us nobl o ston e Low er \V iUl not T h&mes, las ~D spo
1n lUI pnasage
roufu- our
a. century old before a. s teady strea. m of. t.rad e ua.l borough by our })Cl'Ul1 tLing a ha.lf-mtie 0 ~vel'
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fr ontage to be d esecrated.
All oUr brIdgea a.re
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f': ct m and Its merohan ts were emanumg 0. ; n~ ln3dcq uata nor ha.vo we on o buddlDg, anClent lor
Lord Abbot (and gf'ttmg) tba right to hU l i<.I I\~d
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ml\lla.ge a Guild H a.ll a.nd org(\nJ~e the tr Gl11lrl modern. of ,any ~pecta ~rahl tcctural ment, sal'e
Men::hant. This was th e beginning' or OUr corporate the Groat H a.1J of Unnerslt y College and Wantage
existenoe. It W!\.S d ono Dciaccfu l1 y: B. barg ain was J:!V!< tel
d.lr:::~~,;;i:~t wali stated t ha.t OnE' Qf h1s struck t.he ahbot ....· Jl... ted' mon ey. tho vIlleins W (>Te
A" Shak espeare PRYS
II SolDe (&re born gre&t,
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a.long n ea.r' K;atesgrovo ,....".,wi~. proope.rous and had m on ey to sp end. 'l'he:v sORIe aclu evo j:Jrell,tnClSS, and lome ha.ve grea.tness
belund a. stailollary vau h' ~
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Va.ll
dra.wing Ollt from r a.ted bhcmle ves, and paId him five~ncc r,er n':~
th,l! ~reatn CM which at.tended our birt h W8.! defaced
e a.r Y
;;Af"'- by wa.r a nd bIgotry and lics in t;\llDS, and t.he 'gaol
. As t he p l&ln tifT's un p e r nnnum. (0 , 'luck~' r8.t.ep~verR
...... a" t.h e " fmo. l and cndly ron cord of wInch hn.lf co.ers lts SItO 15 not n thmg of beauty
becamo locked Wlth tel!'!) This
A r oit-Iet. lcr day, IlltWo pos~tblo by the Cll"van b umped into dAren · 1254.
cumstance thn.t t.h e abbcv. h ad nm m to dcht,
out..<:rdc, n.nd I bolieve l;n,..very dull wl1.hln ..
defenda.nt'!! dnvel' Il8AlSted to
L an us hopo the Wfl.r m emonal v. htch Is belng
wood, 'and the van!. proceeded.
MEDIMVA L O'V'ER-SP~D IK G.
cogitated Wlll be fL cred it to Ita desIgner. Its
glVen
defenda.nt. Wlth costs.
1)0 n ot judgo tb('J monKs too ha ld ly.
The com- organL'*!r s, and lnot unwor t hy of our vaha.nt dead.
rrnmit.y had been o,\ CT.oo:pcndlng for two·and.twcnty
I h -::!h.r that it h as been suggesl.ed tha.t a. lofty
years l..nt.cr on it went in k! hqll1d:l.tlOn , and h ad m crrona l 1\1'011. sp a.nnmg' tho centre of the new
to wbnrit tQ a roya l comptrol1el', But look nt t.he Thames bntlge ,",ould look well a.nd 'be Twb1e from
6::L;P("J"I'IE.'fl. Lt WI'L.'\ hound to m eet..
About ha.lf the all SI\fes .
Kin!!"R of En'fland between the Conq u est and t~
d~lutlOn of tho m on(ll'tt cl"1e' invited t h e m!.'et"es It.!'L
guests hQLA. All t.he , Hcnrys so.vo H enry V.. and
Abram) , 80me of 'the Edwards. R1('ha.rd tI)a Seoond came
h er~ in force, lleld a great colln cil nnd dlsm13s:ed
hL~ muustel'S in our A.bbcy.
At Jenst two parhA.Tha.t s plendid and
Maohine menta met h ere, If not m ore.
stea.l· oxtravagant monarch F..dwa.:rd HI , h eld 111~h r e.... el
s11ver f rom within the abbey, t)!tlng against all ooroe~ With
-----+- Mili. roa.d , Cavef"'llbam hi~ fOIl'l" son s and n ill p.teen knll'!'ht.; Tlla.t wou ld be
on tJle klt.elren t.a.blo, ;n tho .bbot', f.,meld, the outer b.,'ey, tho F or· OOL OUR B LINDNE SS EXPLAI NED
d ~r.j<'d •
came in o n t.he Sun da. y morn- b11rv o f the abbey enelO!lurc. Im aglOo th o ."1<1.or
had gone the mono,. was mlSStng. <:If POlctiers In sa.blc artnour thu nde rln ~ dOwn t h e
made &. statement admittIng t hat lists, 18noo in Tcst, to mee.t some chall pngc-r am id
Tho 450th meetmg of this 80clety took ptn.oe on
t.h" ,",,,,,.v but that h e lntended to r eturn roars of A.pplllUlO! Alas, fOT t.he da, s
chiva lry ,
tb pay ol! some d e bt.. He f or D..S Tom Hood SIngs, .. Nd one n des Attorneys Thursda.y r III last. week, v.~hen '" lecture, entItled

witb terrible pains in my baok and loinl,
There was a. gravelly sediment in the water.
~hich caused a. scalding pain in paB8ing.
Tbere was also n. frequ ent d~ire to empty
the bladder aDd this was a Bonroo of grcat

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THE. MONXS A).TJ) THE TOWXSÂ¥OLK.
That they bore opp r os!llvely Upoll the: towns folk
of Rea.dm, ill roportod ot tluJI!i,
It looka as 1f
they regarded Rea.aln" lUld eVM'ythin,i' e~ WIthin
miles ol it u theu' own properly, A!!J m deed was
the case.
The town ha.d grc:nrn ILp ,~ round thelr
Bobber, a nd the, were' slow t-o see tIlat .lr,d cr such
ClrOl.:.m stancee It ha.d a.ny mumclvd rI gh ts.
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people must use t heir mill , th'elr markets (two
fau 's in a. yea'!'), Blld pa.y ma rket R.n d mIn dues . It
WI!9 t1Ie a.b bey which made t~e town II.Dd brough t
wealtb to It· not the 'other way a.bout . " 'e must
bo fair. ' F o; during l ong perIods in the reigns
St-e~hen, J ohn and Henry ru, life anel

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sent. ~l l I'!le forty ycers a.co. t hat In h1" youtb..an old
. l au n y, u eal" I11h llb :ta nt of R~adlO'" t..cId him of th~c j(luraes!..
II-bl(' m('n toO 0 11 t he ovo of on e an man o r the: effe-1"ea dh::d ~ It
help him I'\I~'ht bln ck ·r.,,'lbcd ·H""" " " ·",e e. Ilns\\ered fit and it ",n...o::; r:oodrpl to fill h..ia v1aee '.rne ma:u
th e cal!. The v \\ crc admrrable m ~n. 'c2r11cd, p :OLl6, chcl''''n was tho best aV8.llab le. but Gf douhtttl1
a.n~ in rlu stnoas '!'he.,. nroba b ly lAn ded at Sout h· qtta.hLy " hemg on ly <" n ele. en-gaLlon lman ,"
amptoll, m et. the KlIi, -Ijlt Wl.I1ch cs tcr, aod ..: ~mc
I will not. k C"Spa.."UI 6POll g-06d old A.lderman
0'1 norj,h b'V JJa sl1l:;lst-oke
Dal"t.or's g'ORSlpy pa~cs, ' Yon c:.'1n read them in aur
Lopking down flOW th l) klp of \TIl itle:" ~_.· l '- ha t pltblic l ibr"""y. Let me gl\"e yOLi a morsel from
d iJ thr!v see? No town, no ,illn..gc slteh 1\11. •... e t h l' memory of the l&Le Wllliam Whrte, a Da.tn~
B.re usc11 to m Ellg h~nd . In Cor,n cl!l2.ra one ma y of t.b h town, a.nd at one tune Lord l[s.yor of BiT.
stIli s~ a row of strag cr ltn ,; g:oo u llci floo r ('abms . mmgharu .
A GRUES01H) CUSTOM.
'With wmdrm-s ...... llJch \\,In llOt, o!le n, and Ul ,'. c h .Jl
one may "find h(!'Cbl'e huts With a hole for 11 cln m·
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W~ f'n Il IW.lOo l.x,y ho r t!mcrn br:red bemg- ta,lo:ep
d"c.lhogs thAn c.lth or, I t.<; JlOSt,.and-pan h o vels baI t I W ith a.1I IllS mn.tef; t.o s~ tllo ha~ ~ lngs on the lruIt
n f"l t h~ chmlllp)S nor \\mdOW15, ~o brtck or til e I da ~ o~ t.he ra.s8:Â¥'.iI
By pr()SC'Tlpl.lTo custom the
had b e~m ll de h,e re sin ce tile Saxon s C!lJnf" 'l'h esc 'l ho' !'i \\ c re o Jo\\Nl th? front roY/it. Ne lay. othen
bu~ werl) that.chcd wlth r eMs f r-om the Kenn ... t rloBehOO, the tfl.ller d .t, or stood ; the lI'ODula.ce
m !LT15h along the P h:rnm '!M' R rook, s me1l. l..."'!1 0 " n M cro ..... d.rt thl0k behmd t.hem. H o recalled a lang
PUJ: 's H olD. a.cd n ow as Uie goods Yl!.rds.
ro .... o. blm dfolded ftguroo, men and womell , ~tlUId~
m~ ,und er the be&m.
A oolt ehc.lu-<l a.nd oJI (oil
C!.E'-En BENEDICTlliF.K
111m tho PIt beneath the sea.tfold. Tho acbool waR
Th e in habttauts wt:rre not qlllte sl tl\'es , The las t th e ll me.... cbed bnck · eaeh boy waa e%'peded to
of tbR old \ Reading squires had probably bef! D Itt rud 11 m and reclte 'an a.pFr'0'9rl:!.W text. or stanz.i.
e\ id ed h'\" WIl h am the Conqu~~'o r Ilflc r HJl.6tings . Ho gaveHe- ann IiI"': u.nd hIS old t.en!\n~y. were n ow ser fs .
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t'l1in~ !;tripe at: land on thell' own 1U'C0unt, and
" Oft Ive see the voung beginner
working out Lhel r rent by lAboUring u pon the
":Practiso IItt.le ' l)ltrm1ng W;)YII ,
K1n~'s home f fUm or on Ba.t.tle Fa.rm for tb-e mon lts
Till gruwn uo a. harrletloo 'ino"",
of Battle Abbey. Th~e poor fe llows h ad pIgs and
Thell tho g;].lJow8 e nds b i3 da,.•• "
th e n :;:ht to tnko thorn f\.('1'OS~ to t he beech &nd on!! "At this POint." tHud d ~n.r old Mr. 'White, •• 1
'Woods ~ n Oxfor d'!h lTe. Thoy had shoep nnrl enttlo broke down Qn d we-pt, for I knew my pAlt'tlAbty
an~ plou~ h g
They ware PToblibly a llo ... e d to lake fo ... SUg3.l, finu never doubted fOT one mOD1ent that
('o'1n;e fish for t.hp!n:>.cl v05, but a pArLIt."lllar ly fine I shoul d cnd on tha ga.llows 10 tho Forhursy."
lilllm o[l or b lg t rou t w~\1 l d hn c1 l\ lInc-d for the r oyal
I know Il Ot. ~ here tho stocks liitood, but
ta.blc at Wm ch~t(\r or eakn by t h e t~m!,! 's ba ,un JP li lOi Y was blule. Il.ga.inst the end of St. Laurence',
in Rea.ding.
Th o Kin g's doer they must leav e Ch UICll where the drinking fount-am now is. The
n l on~ twe-n If the hord fed (Iow n t h CJ r b a ,l e) . A 1ll1.8c1 ~m ea.l1ant'3 face was tUll'nOO to the Market
sbot
1\ b1lck Dllf!i't be paul for b " Io.,s of eyes I Pla\ ~ o..n cl h e m Ight be pelted wltn rotten eggs. A.
01' ita.ylng :Lhve. \Ve ma y or-ho\ o th at sUch ba r· >jl'll all trrocer who kept 0. shop Oppoe lte, whero
bar ously lI!YCd folk wou ld we lrome t h e commg ot Gre ~ol"~"'l'I was m recent years, Ilo!ways had a tu b
}H.nr. an o and n vlhsod chllrchmen
OF ('otm :o tlH~ Y fu: 1 of I< ul table C£'p8 10 a shed at the hac\:: of b18
hail a ch urc..1i nl rroady
WI IH h? I d Oll bt Il{'t Rt, pn:JT.J s~ , The fa.tn o.r of a. man whom r knew well
},fary·s. the I wOIsh1p of the Yl1 :;pn l,: .) tb c r "PlJll'!g L" r'cputed to have beo(m a.n I'xcellent 6hot and to
la.tcT.
St. fiiles' I s nwr" Ida -I" than St. 11 ~ " e s m!l..<:lwri twelvo SUccessIve eggs upon the (ace
p\l f'e, f or GrlCE; 'Was n ot n. f.1.';lllona bl", sa in t Ot on o w.rot~h wlt hout a Sin g le mlss,
With tile Norman"
Th e n (!",y·comcrs m ust ha" e
Th{l!o!e were rough times. Myoid acquaintance,
flrrRDj:wd k>mpo! a.ry !pdg-1 \1gs. ; be llrg hQ.('k~d by th e
tha ll:l.t.e Gootge Lovejoy, . could remember the
Kin!{ th p.y hAd ple.lltf o f la.bour. Rn o ('Q u Id Impress h:l.nhuptc1cs of nm &.eell mayors of Reading_
men f rom all t110 ooll n try l'OlInd. l'h c!;e . tOO, m ust 'I'hero was 110 money in tho 'Olo.ce. Our prlnClpa.l
100:::-, Ilnd f~
S t.a bhng they ll c<y!,.d , draugh t bac k'·r of tb.lLt dOlY adrOltted' to a. [['lend tha.t. if
Olletl tlm hCT-tu~ n m ltJl , forge . Il r;tone ·yald, a n(l nsl( C!d 1.0 pe t his haud upon six men ... ortli twe-n~
p OfO!llhly a. wharf fl'1r bn.rgw, b 'lt thllt m 'l V h(l\ C LhOlP":and aDleco., he knew not where to m~ lip
comb lat.nr. Certaml y n t.unh ~J' nark , l'I h ....r e th e.Jr the numhel'~
f elled Ofl.k lAy fle n-s onmg.
].[Ucf, F:h e ddmg / th oy
Th - oomlng' of the ra.l 1wny mltde no ditIermce.
would build, and enclose 11-11 w.th ' n. h igh t im ber at first. It kille;:1 the canal traffi.c [or 8. while..
fence n.lld gate and gllA..rrl.hnusf'.l'O ~or safety. Tit !'! R <"! D-dlOg Goods 8t&tiO'O used to be VIctoria:. Wharf.
m:tmm ely t !ckhsh ]ob 0{ laymg out. t,he grollnd Klllg's-roa..d, a.nd · the one bookiDg clerk. waa R ilttle
phil a.nd enIJU'rlng the I\cour ncy of th e ang- res fol· la't namod J Illl.le5 Boorne. Iater-of .J~IuntJer. Boorne
lowed. p~nd on J un-o 18th. 11 21 . th e Kmg came nnd Stenlns, and a sllC'.J.oemful.mayor and magtst'r&te.
himf:e lf ,...'\th Stephen of R io'S. r ls S\ l eC('~S(..r a nd
.his natl\O to<GD, lon~ decNUlell.
la.hl the f oun d ation stone well nn r\ trulV. Pct1"r,
KING'S MEADOWS RACES
Prior of Clfmv. ~t.ay ed t.wo years uere +0 sec t he
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work woU sh.1'ted, a.nd then left. It !11 t.he ha.nds
Somo of you can remember tbo races on King's
o f H ug h of BoVC5, tho Prior o r th~ IWn ed lctm c Mel\dows.
Tbey wore
B~ha.t :· ~la.ckIfU&rd
A bbey at Lewes, w'ho WIU! ollr tint a.bbot . the firs t. affl1.lrs At the lMt ofl them a. poor te:IIo"", who had
of a SM1e.1 of t.hirly-onIJ who ruled ll ('re for -. four lo&t a.1l his mlme,v fhIng himaeli moo the Thames
nundred Y~I"I, 'Wha.t sort of persons tbCl>fl B ene- an I woos drO?O'Tled imder the OJeII of thaa:aa.nds.
dlct.inca 'WMe we "ha.1l ne"eq- l."ow, for t hr-Ir
'l'he late GOOl'ge Pa.lmer cIO&ed the firltrre by
bas been writ,ten by tbos~ who hatcd them.
huymg up th e meadows a.od. ir-vmg the Becrei.tioo
ta.m it ~ thILt they weTe t·h e best fa.rmet'S of
Ground to tbe borough. Before t.lJbI benefa.cPon
time. the c1t)'\'~est mlllwriahtA, th e most oonsU);n ' Realling teems to ba'\'e possessed DO Jl4zlt or pubtie
mllte buildl!rB, 1\.00 ca.rven a.nd Ilortis{'" In many lZarden except.. the FOl"bury.
We we re a.I.moBs as
wa~
MU8iClanll, too, 8.nd !ichoolmD.$w!'NI . T hey bndlJ off ror hl.I1g1l as Wolverhampton. W e had

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th e calf of my left leg on a Ipiece oE iron and
a bit of skin
of:'. I thought no more aoout it un til Borne
later I noticed a
ft ligbt pain and stitl'ness. IMy leg becam~
swollen' aud the
d octor gave me Bom. of q.is ointment. N'"erllllf,IA'' ' a bed ulcer
doveloped a nd begau to discharge freely. I n ~1l1matl' O n spread from
kn ee [0 ankle and the skin ~ot badly <ll.c')l o,ur~d .
h I think some of the matter from the
othe r places, bec.:ans8 fou.r rnore ulc,rs broke
fi r~t, and di.charged a lot of matter. I
' tinued the doctor's
Ireat m"n't forw:n. time. Then , as my l eg
decidedly worse, the
. doc tor advised m e to have lhe limb
This I would n,ot
' agree to, t!tough I could l only just hoqble
and I was in
dreadful pain day and nigpt.
.1.1 was talk ing abont Ipy leg one day to fri end who at once
suggested I should g ive Zarn·Buk a trial. So bought a Ilol< of this
fare herbal balm, a,:d tried , t on one of, the

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ElI lr)P'" ~nl1lfl 1-:t·\'I)!l'1 . 1 1I :~l an rt g ll"\ to 1,(' }n ~OII C f:tntoll.; CO'l t ;)!. t IS r cco:r. J :::d !."1 noetry :
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H e n ry 13cr:,nc lcrc I':» C' l
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t he t iu"o na. : n Oll Cl Loa ~ec un!l y, for hiS e!tic!;t.
Could I· "..::-p 11 1'1 scal Dor sta.u.d. U!lt1aht
br oth l'l' Rohc rt lS Rt.lll a l l\·e. So W " In the fa \'ou r
~a.. e R:ir J o hn La.t:imer,
, IHi for til E) <1'0 0':1 of h~ fat.h~ ',\ : i'jJ'.lu'S
X""r slHll. .... '" see his mwl1 n.c:a1D,
tho Roul of hrs 'bloLher ltu fus- both lDen
Xone !Jk~ h lm DOW there be.,
d ooo'r-]~, i " g H Clln i ot1;II.!s n l'l·ght.}' <J-h bey .
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