When I had the pleasure of presenting Bedwellty Park to this town (Tredegar) one of my critics asked: "Are you quite sure, Lord Tredegar, that you have not given the Tredegar people a white elephant?" That simile did not trouble me, for I told them I was quite sure in a few months the park would be as black as the rest of Tredegar. _Bazaar at Tredegar, May 23rd, 1902._ THE BUSHRANGER'S METHOD. [Illustration: "_Young man, this is a two dollar show._"] Just as I came into the hall, I encountered an individual dressed in a rather extraordinary garb. I looked him up and down, and saw that he was well armed. It reminded me of the case of a minister in the backwoods calling on a bushranger to go round with the hat. The latter did so, and the first young man he came to dropped in two or three cents. The bushranger looked at him in a peculiar way, cocked his pistol in a significant manner, and said, "Young man, this is a two dollar show." The young man at once dropped in two dollars. I think that perhaps my friend might come round with me presently, we might frighten some of the gentlemen who have come here with full purses. _Congregational Church Bazaar, Newport, October 22nd, 1896._ MAKING THE WAIST PLACES GLAD. I have a little advice to give to you in conclusion. A school-boy was being examined in Scripture knowledge, and was asked the meaning of the words, "Make the waste places glad." He answered, "Put your arm around a lady's waist and make her glad." That, I think, is a very good hint for the young men present, and I advise them to make the evening as pleasant as they can for the ladies. To the ladies I would say this--"Don't put too much faith in the promise of love that may be whispered in your ears before the close of the ball." _Servants' Ball, January 4th, 1899._ AS OTHERS SEE US. A celebrated philosopher has said there are three different personalities about a man. First, there is what God thinks about him; secondly, what his friends think about him; and, thirdly, what he thinks of himself.... There is another personality to be thought of, and that is the opinion of newspapers. It is very difficult to arrange those different personalities, because one's own opinion is entirely different from other people's. I like a gentleman who proposes my health to lay it on thick, as some of it is sure to stick, whether I deserve it or not. _Opening of the New Hospital, Abergavenny, October 6th, 1902._ THE MIGHTY LORD MAYOR. Many people have the impression that the Lord Mayor of London is the greatest man in this kingdom. There is a line or two in an old song relating to a lover who did not like to pop the question to his girl. He said:-- "If I were a Lord Mayor, A Marquis or an Earl, Blowed if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl." That represents a great deal of the feeling in this country about the magnificence of the position of the Lord Mayor of London.