This year I rounded up Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with driver Dick VanDyke. He made a detour to Germany for old time sake so I'm running late. Now we are on our way and will be there soon. Bodmin Goal is one place in Cornwall I have not visited so not sure of what I'll find good thing there will be all of you Cornish list friends there. I'm bringing my Christmas candy I make every year and Applesauce cake with caramel icing. I have my beautiful white gown with sparkling sequins all over it and Satin dark blue cloak. Sapphire jewels set in silver to accent the outfit. I need to find out where Lady Lorna got her alarm system so I can protect my jewels. I can hardly wait to see everyone. I do hope the weather is better than when I was in Cornwall the end of June all I saw was rain and fog. But then we can have whatever kind of weather we want at this party I wish it had been that way when I was there! Dick said he would be one of our entertainers at the ball. He should add a little excitement to the evening. It's getting bumpy up here so will sign off. Connie in snow covered ground (5 inches) and cold Utah

Since we will be at Bodmin Gaol (what does THAT mean anyway?) I figure it must be pretty depressing looking inside. Ann Hicks drove me past it when I was there in 2004 and it looked pretty unfriendly. I decided to make red and white gingham curtains for all the windows. I will need some help putting them up, if anybody wants to help. Also, I think some good music and good aromas are in order, so I am bringing a boombox with its own generator, in case nobody has paid the elexctric bill there lately. We can play some of Jim Wearne's CDs and also the one called "When Miners Sang", about the Grass Valley (California) miners who sang in the mines. They still get together every year and sing on the steps of the local newspaper, a great tradition!!! As for the good aromas, I have some homemade pasties from my grandma's (Lavinia Thomas Rickard) recipe. I have never changed the recipe except for using Crisco instead of lard. They ar SO GOOD!!! I wish Yankee Candle company would make a scented candle that smelled like pasties baking. Jan in San Diego, where it is VERY cold for here. They say it will be in the 30s tonight!!! Yipes! We're not used to that!

After finding last year's party astonishing and amusing I thought I may "come to the party this year". I can't find the ship Cartvale my Gt Gt Grandmother came out to New Zealand on,aeroplane travel is too expensive and my waka has a hole in it...and I can't find the time to cut down a totara tree (besides there are rules about doing such things to native trees now). To navigate my way by the stars might be difficult because I can't read the names of the stars. Anyway we just may be going to have a descent summer this year and I really do want to enjoy it. I remember sending an email to some poor unfortunate, who came out to visit his daughter in Auckland,hoping for a summer holiday and it was miserable weather Also I am not sure about the free accommodation on offer! So I think I will stay at home. Mary in New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed" <olifant@optushome.com.au> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:18 AM Subject: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - status ? > After a very brief flurry of some 10 messages I have not heard any > festivities for seven days ! > Did I do something wrong ? > Have I been cast into solitary confinement in the BODMIN GOAL ? > I am looking forward (not) to celebrating Christmas with some skinny > rats who are my companions. > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Matches will be unnecessary as the Wyrm can light any amount of candles with his fiery breath. He is now just abut dried out and ready to fly and teh cats are ready to set off. Theya re looking forward to meeting Shadow and to joining in a serious hunting session with the Beast of Bodmin. Perhaps they can do a little fox hunting - after all there is no law against hunting with cats!! See you all before long! Catherine -----Original Message----- From: Julia Mosman <jwmos99@msn.com> To: cornish <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 6:23 Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - Hobbits ABSOPOTUTELY!! Just be a bit watchful if you happen to have jewels hanging about various parts of your person, or a few bits of coin lying on a counter. They're so pretty, it might be hard for a C.H. to resist! (and that sounds like some of MY relatives...!) (Well, I said some of my best friends were briefly exposed to gaols...didn't I?) Julianna Oh yes! Forgot to mention that this wonderful Tard.. - no, it's a hot-air balloon with customized basket (TeeHeeHee) - has some wizardry communications devices; I've managed to speak to a wonderful man who has promised to deliver his very best greens to decorate the gaol, and he'll try to find his stock of miner's candles; we should be able to party with those for at least 10 or more hours!! But who has the matches?? ---------------------------------------- > From: jandavis3@cox.net > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:52:36 -0800 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - Hobbits > > I forwarded your response to my son who is vacationing in NZ and asked him > to watch out for them. Your description was VERY good!!! I think we can say > they ARE Cornish, don't you? They sound like some of my relatives!!! Can we > bring some of them to the party? > Jan in San Diego > ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh dear! I was hoping to dance with the Cornish Hobbit at the Christmas party ball, but now Julia says he has extra large feet!! I hope he is a good dancer, but perhaps I'd better wear my hobnail boots with my chiffon ball gown! I'll bring plenty of Saffron cakes for him anyway. Albert, is Jayne here yet - I want to get her autograph. Is Ed still locked up in Bodmin Gaol? Maybe we'd better get together and organise a breakout ..... Merry Christmas, Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: Julia Mosman <jwmos99@msn.com> To: cornish@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:44:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - Hobbits Hi Jan - He might be a Cornish Hobbit if..... * he has extra-large feet, with tufts of hair on the toes, and in some groups, fur all over the tops of their feet - and very hardy, thick soles (they seldom if ever wear shoes) * he's curious, and into everything, but finds strangers quite suspicious - and can't understand people who travel * loves the earth, and tending plantings - and thinks his patch of earth the very best * he has LOTS of energy, unless he's one of the slower ones * he has excellent hearing and sharp eyesight * has an ability to be rather unnoticeable at times; good at getting around the edges of rooms so to speak * long, skillful fingers (good for extracting gorgeous, shiny, pretty things that need a home..) * likes Saffron cakes, and other delicacies such as Star Gazey Pie * knows all the words to "Up Camborne Hill" and "Trelawney" * loves to wear bright colours, especially on a dull day * likes to play with big, shiny engines, especially up and down hills, or in mines * a love of laughter, jests, games, and celebrations - so they'd be at the party, making and keeping it lively! •A particular love for the smoking of tobacco in small clay pipes (now you KNOW they're Cornish - c. Finnes described in her Travel book how she found all the women, children, and men smoking tobacco from small clay pipes. So check out the males with whom you're acquainted carefully; if one has three or more of these characteristics, he just might be a Cornish Hobbit!! Julianna (oh yes, they live in houses in the ground, burrows, or nowadays, an earth-home!) found this about their size - "if you consider the hobbits' diminutive stature as a sign not of a lack of courage or steadfastness, but rather as a lack of towering ambition and desire, their heroic role makes perfect sense." ---------------------------------------- > I have wondered > if Bilbo Baggins is Cornish. He's a little short guy and doesn't he have > something to do with "Middle Earth"? Sounds like a mine to me...I really > need to read those books............... > Jan in San Diego ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Having fished my two red, featherless parrots out from under the bed and reassured them that Keeshonds and Smoky cats do not eat parrots they are agreeing to hang onto the red feather boa for the mini-seconds flight to Bodmin Gaol (Jail). I will be wearing my purple sequinned jeans with a white satin shirt, new white cowgirl boots with diamond studded 7" heels (new this season), a purple Stetson Cowgirl hat with a huge ruby on the front of the hat band and strings of emeralds, sapphires and pearls hanging down the back - a bit different from last year. Hobbits beware, burglar alarms will go off if anything with long fingers approaches and the large ruby will flash whenever dogs and cats come near. Cousin Geoff, get out that old Siwash Sweater, hitch up your Kookaburras and get going. Where is the banquet room in the gaol (jail)? I am bringing a monster trifle made with lots of sherry by the Cornish Chef at the Calgary Tower who speaks with a Swedish accent... we are ready for take-off..... Light the ends of the ref feather boa and wheeeeeeee! We are space-bound! Lady Lorna of the Virtuous something-or-other ... and a tip of the hat to JohnO. Maybe he will turn up at the gaol (jail) as a ghostly Henry VIII .

The West Briton (Friday, 02 Jan 1857) reported the following death: > At Spencer Port. Monroe Co., North America, in November last, Mr. John > BEAGLEHOLE, sen., late of Truro. The location was unfamiliar to me, but a quick check of Google Maps indicated that "Spencerport is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Rochester, New York." Bill Curnow Port Charlotte, FL, USA

ABSOPOTUTELY!! Just be a bit watchful if you happen to have jewels hanging about various parts of your person, or a few bits of coin lying on a counter. They're so pretty, it might be hard for a C.H. to resist! (and that sounds like some of MY relatives...!) (Well, I said some of my best friends were briefly exposed to gaols...didn't I?) Julianna Oh yes! Forgot to mention that this wonderful Tard.. - no, it's a hot-air balloon with customized basket (TeeHeeHee) - has some wizardry communications devices; I've managed to speak to a wonderful man who has promised to deliver his very best greens to decorate the gaol, and he'll try to find his stock of miner's candles; we should be able to party with those for at least 10 or more hours!! But who has the matches?? ---------------------------------------- > From: jandavis3@cox.net > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:52:36 -0800 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - Hobbits > > I forwarded your response to my son who is vacationing in NZ and asked him > to watch out for them. Your description was VERY good!!! I think we can say > they ARE Cornish, don't you? They sound like some of my relatives!!! Can we > bring some of them to the party? > Jan in San Diego >

Hi Jan - He might be a Cornish Hobbit if..... * he has extra-large feet, with tufts of hair on the toes, and in some groups, fur all over the tops of their feet - and very hardy, thick soles (they seldom if ever wear shoes) * he's curious, and into everything, but finds strangers quite suspicious - and can't understand people who travel * loves the earth, and tending plantings - and thinks his patch of earth the very best * he has LOTS of energy, unless he's one of the slower ones * he has excellent hearing and sharp eyesight * has an ability to be rather unnoticeable at times; good at getting around the edges of rooms so to speak * long, skillful fingers (good for extracting gorgeous, shiny, pretty things that need a home..) * likes Saffron cakes, and other delicacies such as Star Gazey Pie * knows all the words to "Up Camborne Hill" and "Trelawney" * loves to wear bright colours, especially on a dull day * likes to play with big, shiny engines, especially up and down hills, or in mines * a love of laughter, jests, games, and celebrations - so they'd be at the party, making and keeping it lively! •A particular love for the smoking of tobacco in small clay pipes (now you KNOW they're Cornish - c. Finnes described in her Travel book how she found all the women, children, and men smoking tobacco from small clay pipes. So check out the males with whom you're acquainted carefully; if one has three or more of these characteristics, he just might be a Cornish Hobbit!! Julianna (oh yes, they live in houses in the ground, burrows, or nowadays, an earth-home!) found this about their size - "if you consider the hobbits' diminutive stature as a sign not of a lack of courage or steadfastness, but rather as a lack of towering ambition and desire, their heroic role makes perfect sense." ---------------------------------------- > I have wondered > if Bilbo Baggins is Cornish. He's a little short guy and doesn't he have > something to do with "Middle Earth"? Sounds like a mine to me...I really > need to read those books............... > Jan in San Diego

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, transcribed by Maurine Nuttall . January 2, 1857 . BIRTHS . At Falmouth, on the 1st instant, the wife of E. Clifton CARNE, Esq., of a son. . At Helston, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. William SLEEMAN, of a son. . At Tregiddle, in the parish of St. Keverne, on the 17th ult., the wife of Mr. Henry WILLIAMS, of a son. . At St. Just in Penwith, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. Nicholas WILLIAMS, of a son. . At St. Ives, the wife of Mr. Benjamin EDDY, of a son; the wife of Mr. Daniel UNDERWOOD, of a daughter; and the wife of Mr. John KEMP, of a son. . At Chytodden, in the parish of Towednack, on the 11th ult., the wife of Mr. Matthew QUICK, of a daughter. . At Hayle, on the 9th ult., the wife of Mr. John Adams ROW, of a son; and on the 14th, the wife of Mr. John BONE, of a daughter. . At Rosewarne, in the parish of Gwinear, on the 1st ult., the wife of Mr. Jacob KNEEBONE, of a daughter. . At Connor Gate in the parish of Gwithian, on the 21st ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas GLASSON, of a daughter; and on the 25th, at Connor Downs, in the same parish, the wife of Mr. James ROGERS, of a son. . At Camborne, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. W. JOSE, of a daughter. . At Redruth, the wife of Mr. Henry WILLIAMS, of a son; the wife of Mr. William WATLING, of a son; the wife of Mr. John LAUNDER, of a son; the wife of Mr. John LANKSBURY, of a daughter; and the wife of Mr. Samuel UREN, of a daughter. . At. St. Austell, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. William WILLIAMS, of the Railway Inn, of a son. . At Tywardreath, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas DADDOW, of a son; and at East Polmear, in the same parish, the wife of Mr. William LUCAS, of a still-born son. . At Lostwithiel, on the 13th ult., the wife of Mr. BELLAMY, of a son. . At East Looe, on the 21st ult., the wife of Mr. James CONGDON, of a son. . At Liskeard, on the 21st ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas KNIGHT, of a daughter. . At the Fir Hill, near St. Columb, on the 23rd ult., the wife of W. P. HOBLYN, Esq., of a daughter. . At Saltash, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. William DEACON, of a son. . At Bodmin, on the 24th ult., the wife of Mr. Simon HUGO, of a daughter. . At Pendoggett, near Wadebridge, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. W. H. F. STEPHENS, of a still-born son. . At 35 James-street, Plymouth, on the 22nd ult., the wife of Mr. F. SHORTMAN, of a son. . At Totnes, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. John HEATH, of the "Seven Stars Hotel," of a son. . At Heightley Villa, Torquay, on Sunday last, the wife of J. R. Race GODFREY, Esq., of a daughter. . At Adelaide, South Australia, on the 28th of May last, the wife of Mr. Alexander PAULL, late of Roskear House, Camborne, in this county, of a son. . MARRIAGES. . At Kenwyn, on Tuesday last, Mr. William JOHNS, late of Australia, to Miss Marianne HAWKEY, of Boscolla Mills, near Truro. . At St. Gluvias, on the 25th ult., Mr. W. MARTIN, of Perranarworthal, to Miss Eliza THOMAS, of Gluvias. . At Madron, on the 24th ult., Mr. Nicholas TROUNSON to Mrs. Elizabeth EDDY, both of Penzance; on Saturday last, Mr. Daniel James WILLIAMS to Miss Theresa RODDA, both of Penzance; and Mr. Richard MARKS to Miss Elizabeth TREWHELLA, both of Nanseglos, in the parish of Madron; and on Monday, Mr. F.A. COCKS, of Madron, to Isabella, second daughter of Capt. TRURAN, of Ding Dong Mine. . At St. Ives, Mr. Thomas Cocking VEAL to Miss Sophia Johns HALL, both of that town. . At St. Erth, on the 25th ult., Mr. Henry FORD, druggist, to Miss RICHARDS, of Foundry Hill, Hayle. . At St. John's Church, Hayle, on the 24th ult., Mr. Richard ROWE to Miss Jane Harris; and Mr. Richard PENBERTHY to Miss Margaret ROWE; and on Saturday last, Mr. William CLARK to Miss Nanny HAMMILL. . At the Wesleyan Chapel, HayleCopperhouse, on the 20th ult., Mr. James COCK to Miss Grace PHILLIPS. . At Camborne, on the 24th Ult., Mr. Thomas ROWE, lately from Australia, to Miss Caroline PASCOE. . At All Saints, Tuckingmill, on the 24th ultimo, Mr. Thomas Cock CAPPEL to Miriam Eudy, youngest daughtrer of Mr. Henry DUNSTAN, both of Tuckingmill. . At St. Columb Minor, on the 24th ult., Mr. Richard TREVITHICK to Lizetta, only daughter of Mr. George BURT, both of Newquay. . At Charlestown on the 24th ult., Mr. Elisha RICKARD to Miss Lukey NANKIVELL, both of Holmbush; on the 25th, Mr. James DAVIES to Miss Lydia HODGE, of Charlestown; Mr. John TREGONING to Mrs. Ann ROWSE, both of Cuddra; and Mr. James PHILLIPS to Miss Mary Ann PERRY. . At Roche, on the 25th ult., Mr. T. BASSETT, of St. Stephens in Branwell, to Miss Isabella DYER, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John DYER, of the former place. . At St. Stephens in Branwell, Mr. W. RICHARDS to Mary Jane, only daughter of Mr. J. YELLAND, of Coombe. . At Bodmin, on the 25th ult., Mr. William Cappin BRAY to Miss Mary BESWETHERICK, both of Bodmin. . At.St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, on the 23rd ult., Mr. Frederick PEARCE, of Liverpool, to Miss Susan Elizabeth PORTEOUS, of Balmoral place, Plymouth. . At St. Stephen's, Saltash, on Saturday last, Mr. J. P. EDWARDS, of the Royal Albert Bridge Works, Cornwall Railway, to Mary Skinner, only daughter of John PORTER, Esq., of St. Stephens. . At St. John's Church, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, London, on Tuesday last, Mr. John ROBERTS, of Nottingham, to Sophia, third daughter of Henry R. OSBORN, Esq., R.N., of Falmouth. . At Ballarat, Australia, on the 7th of August last, Mr. F. HOSKING, of Penzance, to Miss Jane E. PAULL, of Perran Wharf, both of this county. . Deaths. . At Strangways Terrace, Truro, on Sunday last, Charlotte Beard, third daughter of the last Mr. TRAER. . At Fairmantle Street, Truro, on Wednesday last, highly and universally respected, Mr. William LIDGEY, aged 82 years. . At Truro, on Friday last, Miss Mary STONEMAN, aged 46 years; and on Wednesday, Mrs. Catherine ROUSE, aged 82 years. . At Falmouth, on the 24th ult., Mr. RENFREE, a much respected farmer, in Budock. . At Zanzague, in the parish of St. Just in Roseland, on Saturday last, Miss Ann CHENOWETH, aged 63 years. . At Lanhoose, in the parish of Gerrans, on the 24th ult., Mr. Jethro HARRIS. . At Trenethick, near Helston, on Tuesday last, Cassandra, second daughter of Mr. William WILLIAMS. . At St. Martin's in Meneage, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. William RICHARDS, aged 67 years. . At Clahar, in the parish of Mullion, on Sunday last, Mr. Joseph HENDY, formerly of Tredna. . At Wendron, on Sunday last, Mr. Thomas COMBELLACK, aged 28 years; and James, son of Mr. William RICHARDS, aged 14 years. . At Penzance, on Tuesday last, Henry NEWMAN, Esq., late of H.M. Customs, London, aged 79 years. . At Penzance, on the 24th ult., Tryphena Cock, daughter of Mr. Hugh Mason MOYLE, aged 35 years; and on Friday last, Caroline, wife of Mr. Edward WILLIAMS, aged 38 years. . At St. Ives, Prudence, wife of Mr. Billy TANNER, aged 70 years; and Mrs. Mary STEVENS, aged 78 years. . At Nancledra, in the parish of Towednack, on Friday last, Isaac, infant son of Mr. Thomas CURNOW; and on Wednesday, John, son of the above aged 6 years. . At Hayle, on the 20th ult., Mrs. Grace MORGAN, aged 27 years. . At Connor Gate, in the parish of Gwithian, on the 22nd ult., John William, son of Mr. Edward GONINAN, aged 16 years. . At Camborne, on the 22nd ult., Martha, relict of Mr. John JENKIN, aged 71 years; on the 24th, Mr. William SIMS, aged 65 years; and Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. James PRISK; on Saturday last, Miss Elizabeth DAVIES, aged 62 years; and on Monday, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. John MARTIN, aged 16 years. . At Tuckingmill, on Sunday last, Miss Elizabeth PIDWELL, aged 29 years. . At Redruth, on the 24th ult., the son of Mr. William PASCOE, aged 3 years; on the 25th, Mrs. Jane TREWARTHA, aged 84 years; and Mr. Henry ROWE, aged 35 years; on Friday last, Mr. James MICHELL, aged 70 years; on Sunday, the infant son of Mr. James SNOW; and Mr. William PENPRAZE, aged 54 years. . At Tolgulla, the residence of her grandfather, on Wednesday last, Annie Pearce, infant daughter of Mr. William JENNINGS. . At Lanlivery, on Tuesday last, Mr. W. KESTLE. . At Cruvell, in the parish of Lanlivery, on Friday last, Mrs. A. ADAMS. . At Fowey, on the 20th ult., Mr. John Biggs JAMES, aged 72 years; Mary, wife of Mr. LACEY, aged 71 years; and on Monday last, Jane, widow of the late Mr. W. HICKS, of Fowey, aged 66 years. . At West Looe, on the 20th ult., Richard, son of Mr. Joseph NICHOLAS, aged 7 years. . At Addycraft, in the parish of Linkinhorne, on the 22nd ult., the infant son of Mr. Sampson HURRELL. . At Newquay, on Tuesday last, the infant son of Mr. Philip MORRISH. . At 35 James-street, Plymouth, on the 23rd ult., Mr. F. SHORTMAN, eldest surviving son of Mr. S. SHORTMAN, of Penzance, aged 35 years. . At No. 10 Milner-street, Milner-square, London, on Friday last, Mr. Edwin FITZE, son of the late Mr. Joseph FITZE, of Liskeard, aged 21 years. . At Spencer Port. Monroe Co., North America, in November last, Mr. John BEAGLEHOLE, sen., late of Truro. . On the 22nd ult., after a short illness, Mary Ann, the beloved wife of --. GRIFFITHS, Esq., surgeon, of Amlweh, in Anglesea, and daughter of the late James TREWEEK, Esq., formerly of Fernsplat, Gwennap, in this county. .

After a very brief flurry of some 10 messages I have not heard any festivities for seven days ! Did I do something wrong ? Have I been cast into solitary confinement in the BODMIN GOAL ? I am looking forward (not) to celebrating Christmas with some skinny rats who are my companions.

I forwarded your response to my son who is vacationing in NZ and asked him to watch out for them. Your description was VERY good!!! I think we can say they ARE Cornish, don't you? They sound like some of my relatives!!! Can we bring some of them to the party? Jan in San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Mosman" <jwmos99@msn.com> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - Hobbits Hi Jan - He might be a Cornish Hobbit if..... * he has extra-large feet, with tufts of hair on the toes, and in some groups, fur all over the tops of their feet - and very hardy, thick soles (they seldom if ever wear shoes) * he's curious, and into everything, but finds strangers quite suspicious - and can't understand people who travel * loves the earth, and tending plantings - and thinks his patch of earth the very best * he has LOTS of energy, unless he's one of the slower ones * he has excellent hearing and sharp eyesight * has an ability to be rather unnoticeable at times; good at getting around the edges of rooms so to speak * long, skillful fingers (good for extracting gorgeous, shiny, pretty things that need a home..) * likes Saffron cakes, and other delicacies such as Star Gazey Pie * knows all the words to "Up Camborne Hill" and "Trelawney" * loves to wear bright colours, especially on a dull day * likes to play with big, shiny engines, especially up and down hills, or in mines * a love of laughter, jests, games, and celebrations - so they'd be at the party, making and keeping it lively! •A particular love for the smoking of tobacco in small clay pipes (now you KNOW they're Cornish - c. Finnes described in her Travel book how she found all the women, children, and men smoking tobacco from small clay pipes. So check out the males with whom you're acquainted carefully; if one has three or more of these characteristics, he just might be a Cornish Hobbit!! Julianna (oh yes, they live in houses in the ground, burrows, or nowadays, an earth-home!) found this about their size - "if you consider the hobbits' diminutive stature as a sign not of a lack of courage or steadfastness, but rather as a lack of towering ambition and desire, their heroic role makes perfect sense." ---------------------------------------- > I have wondered > if Bilbo Baggins is Cornish. He's a little short guy and doesn't he have > something to do with "Middle Earth"? Sounds like a mine to me...I really > need to read those books............... > Jan in San Diego ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Banished? Banish the thought. No, some of the gang have had real world matters to clean up. Party on, say we all!boatAlbert and the crew of the James Bond Inflatable Zodiac Commando Boat, now chugging merrily out of Delaware Bay and into the wondrous Winter North Atlantic > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:18:39 +0000 > From: olifant@optushome.com.au > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - status ? > > After a very brief flurry of some 10 messages I have not heard any > festivities for seven days ! > Did I do something wrong ? > Have I been cast into solitary confinement in the BODMIN GOAL ? > I am looking forward (not) to celebrating Christmas with some skinny > rats who are my companions. > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Stay home? Remember this a Virtual Party. No limits, you may do (almost) anything you've a mind to. > From: robj@ihug.co.nz > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:22:07 +1300 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - > > After finding last year's party astonishing and amusing I thought I may > "come to the party this year". I can't find the ship Cartvale my Gt Gt > Grandmother came out to New Zealand on,aeroplane travel is too expensive and > my waka has a hole in it...and I can't find the time to cut down a totara > tree (besides there are rules about doing such things to native trees now). > To navigate my way by the stars might be difficult because I can't read the > names of the stars. Anyway we just may be going to have a descent summer > this year and I really do want to enjoy it. I remember sending an email to > some poor unfortunate, who came out to visit his daughter in Auckland,hoping > for a summer holiday and it was miserable weather Also I am not sure about > the free accommodation on offer! So I think I will stay at home. > > Mary in New Zealand > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed" <olifant@optushome.com.au> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:18 AM > Subject: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - status ? > > > > After a very brief flurry of some 10 messages I have not heard any > > festivities for seven days ! > > Did I do something wrong ? > > Have I been cast into solitary confinement in the BODMIN GOAL ? > > I am looking forward (not) to celebrating Christmas with some skinny > > rats who are my companions. > > ------------------------------- > > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yoo-hoo, . Never fear - We're on the way to rescue you. . The girls and I (my keeshond dogs) have managed to climb aboard an absolutely marvelous sky machine - sort of a very deluxe hot air balloon, with an enormous lounge (think about the Tardus) and plenty of storage space for the cookies I've been busily baking. The ginger/orange/molasses snaps are extraordinary, by the way. (free recipes at startribute.com/cookies, by the way) . Have decided to wear my very best dress, with the good sleeves, over quite a few layers of 'undergarments'; petticoats, and such. Shall swirl beautifully over the polished rock floors of the gaol, I expect. Hopefully the décolletage won't attract crumbs.. I hate having a crumby corset, doesn't everyone? . Have also borrowed a puddy tat named Shadow - he's a fearless, quite large black cat who is the quickest cat I've ever seen, and he's quite good at dispatching skinny rats. So you'd better warn them!! (Keeshonds are also known as good ratters, too. Kira tries her hand every once in a while with squirrels and rabbits, but it isn't as much fun for her. She'd welcome a chance to sharpen her skills.) . A two-dog night can be a treat at upper altitudes, where the temperatures might drop. . Will we need a key to rescue you? Are there any others lurking the dungeons, who might be interested in a bit of warm drink and light repast, as well as a bit of light, music, and possibly a dance or two? Some of my most interesting acquaintances spent some time there, as you may know. They were always the most grateful for a bit of fun!! . Mary, you definitely should come along. The views of the stars are MAGNIFICENT at this altitude - it looks like a sparkly carpet of diamonds on darkest blue velvet, as night descends. And it's so quiet!! You can imagine the solar winds blowing everything about, like dandelion seeds. . Has anyone arranged for Emidy's band to play? They're soooo good, and used to playing until dawn's early light! . It would be great if others would like to join us. Wouldn't everyone want to try some of my cookies?? Your rescuer, or fellow inmate, Julianna ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:18:39 +0000 > From: olifant@optushome.com.au > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - status ? > > After a very brief flurry of some 10 messages I have not heard any > festivities for seven days ! > Did I do something wrong ? > Have I been cast into solitary confinement in the BODMIN GOAL ? > I am looking forward (not) to celebrating Christmas with some skinny > rats who are my companions. > -------------------------------

My son and daughter in law are in New Zealand on vacation right now so maybe they can bring you back as far as New York City, where they live, when they go home. You would have to start paddling east at that point. By the way, they are both Hobbit fans, saw the new movie in Christchurch the day they arrived and are going on a tour of the film sites. I have wondered if Bilbo Baggins is Cornish. He's a little short guy and doesn't he have something to do with "Middle Earth"? Sounds like a mine to me...I really need to read those books............... Jan in San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob & Mary Jones" <robj@ihug.co.nz> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - > After finding last year's party astonishing and amusing I thought I may > "come to the party this year". I can't find the ship Cartvale my Gt Gt > Grandmother came out to New Zealand on,aeroplane travel is too expensive > and > my waka has a hole in it...and I can't find the time to cut down a totara > tree (besides there are rules about doing such things to native trees > now). > To navigate my way by the stars might be difficult because I can't read > the > names of the stars. Anyway we just may be going to have a descent summer > this year and I really do want to enjoy it. I remember sending an email to > some poor unfortunate, who came out to visit his daughter in > Auckland,hoping > for a summer holiday and it was miserable weather Also I am not sure about > the free accommodation on offer! So I think I will stay at home. > > Mary in New Zealand > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed" <olifant@optushome.com.au> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:18 AM > Subject: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - status ? > > >> After a very brief flurry of some 10 messages I have not heard any >> festivities for seven days ! >> Did I do something wrong ? >> Have I been cast into solitary confinement in the BODMIN GOAL ? >> I am looking forward (not) to celebrating Christmas with some skinny >> rats who are my companions. >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks to Bern, Joanne in Toronto, and Joy Langdon for their kind responses about the name Tryphosa and about her Withiel family! Merry Christmas, one and all! Meli

Good morning Julia and your team of Transcribers. I do not have a lead on this Henry CARBIS, but that does not matter to much. More to the point - All my Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Regards, John him in scarlet at chelsea> From: jwmos99@msn.com > To: cornish@rootsweb.com; cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:30:27 -0600 > Subject: [CORNISH] West Briton, 2 January 1857 Local Intelligence part 1 > > So we're off on a New Year... 1857. I believe comments in FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT might fit today - we need a little Christmas spirit! And there's a new style of robbery - with chloroform!! Ah, the advantages of scientific progress. > . > Please enjoy! > . > Julia > . > WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER, transcribed by Julia Mosman > . > 2 JANUARY 1857 part 1 > . > NOTICE. WHEREAS my wife, ANN MILLS, having left her home, this is to give NOTICE, that I will not be answerable for any Debt or Debts that she may contract after this notice. > WILLIAM H. MILLS > Witness: Henry CARBIS > Ded. St. Day, December 31st, 1856

So we're off on a New Year... 1857. I believe comments in FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT might fit today - we need a little Christmas spirit! And there's a new style of robbery - with chloroform!! Ah, the advantages of scientific progress. . Please enjoy! . Julia . ................................................. . WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER, transcribed by Julia Mosman . 2 JANUARY 1857 part 1 . NOTICE. WHEREAS my wife, ANN MILLS, having left her home, this is to give NOTICE, that I will not be answerable for any Debt or Debts that she may contract after this notice. . WILLIAM H. MILLS Witness: Henry CARBIS Ded. St. Day, December 31st, 1856 . .................................................. NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION - Return to an Order of the House of Commons, dal. 11th July 1855, of the number of Stamps issd. to newspapers in the United Kingdom from 31st day of December, 1854, to the 1st day of Ju. 1855. . West Briton.........................................88,500 The other papers printed in Cornwall................41,709 . We observe from this Return that the West Briton is at the head of all the newspapers printed in the four western counties: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, and will be seen from the numbers given above that its circulation is more than double that of all Cornish contemporaries. It must, therefore, be obvious to advertisers that a very decided advantage is accrued[?] to them through the columns of the West Briton. . ................................................ . FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT - [just a paragraph of an entire essay] . The weather has been as favourable for the Christmas festivities as English weather could be expected to be. It has rained a little, frozen a little, thawed a little, but on the whole, (for a period so far removed from the "good old times"), the elements have behaved remarkably well. The oldest inhabitant has given us to know often enough - and by this time we know it, or ought - that things are not as they used to be, and that even the weather is not what it was in the good old days when George the Third was King. Why did that venerable monarch ever die? All the good luck seems to have died with him - even merry Christmases and fine Sundays. . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . A CLERGYMAN TURNED ROMANIST - The Catholic Standard, of Saturday, states that the Rev. Russell HOWELL, of Christchurch, Oxford, and vicar of St. Veep, Cornwall, was last week received into the Catholic Church by the very Rev. Father COFFIN, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Clapham. Mr. Howell was formerly curate of Cuddesdon, the Bishop of Oxford's parish. . PERRAN WHARF INSTITUTION - On Friday evening last, the members of this institution invited their neighbours and friends to join then as usual at Christmas, in a "monster" tea party, and it is but justice to say, that never was a company presided over more charmingly than by the ladies who were present on this occasion. After the guests had done ample justice to the good things provided, a lecture on "Music" was volunteered by Mr. John BURGESS of Perran Wharf, and so well did this gentleman acquit himself, that the audience testified their approval by a unanimous vote of thanks. . CHRISTMAS BENEVOLENCE - St. Austell Union House - On Christmas-day, the inmates received their annual treat of roast beef and plum pudding, the gift of the Board of Guardians. . The annual distribution of bread and meat to 100 poor persons, as well as the dispensing of the Kempe Charity of GBP 5 in money, took place at the vestry room, St. Mary's, Truro, on Christmas Eve. . On the 26th instant, at the Commercial Hotel, the labourers of the roads of the parish of Camborne were regaled at the expense of Mrs. R. LANYON, with roast beef, plum pudding, beer, &c., as is her annual custom. They numbered thirteen, and their respective ages amounted to sixty-two years. . The Christmas charities of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. RASHLEIGH, were distributed on Christmas eve, when one hundred and sixty poor families residing in the several parishes around Menabilly were supplied with beef and bread for their Christmas dinners. The inmates of the Rashleigh alms house in Fowey and Tywardreath received each one guinea and clothes, and to fifty poor persons in Fowey, one shilling each, through the vicar of that parish. . CLERICAL OPPRESSION - At the Pydar Petty Sessions, held at St. Columb, on the 30th ult., Philip HAWKE the younger, of St. Ervan, was summoned by the Rev. H.N. BARTON, incumbent of that parish, for absenting himself from the parish church on Sunday last, and also for neglecting to appear at the .... kitchen on the same day, he (the defendant) being in the complainant's service, as hind and manager of an extensive glebe farm attached to the benefits of St. Ervan.[as written] . The defendant is the son of one of the oldest and most respectable farmers in the parish of St. Ervan, and from his statement to the bench, it appeared that about Midsummer last, Mr. Barton applied to him to look after his farm, as his hind had left. Hawke consented to come with him for GBP 20 a year, with board, &c., but he entered into such engagement more with a view to serve Mr. Barton temporarily, than to remain with him permanently. . He had since given a month's notice to determine the service, and he attributed the present proceeding to Mr. Barton's chagrin at this desire to leave him. The Bench having heard the statements of both parties, expressed an opinion that the proceeding was one which ought never to have been brought before them, and they dismissed the summons. . THE CUSTOMS - Mr. EVANS, collector of customs at Scilly, has been removed to Cardigan, and is succeeded at Scilly by Mr. Richardson. . APPOINTMENT - The Secretary of War has appointed Mr. J.R. BARRY of St. Columb to be foreman of works in the engineer department at Birmingham. . GUANO - We observe with regret that the price is again advanced by the Peruvian government for this valuable manure. Circulars were issued on the 24th of last month, quoting for fifty tons in London GBP 14.5s.0d. per ton, and for any quantity over fifty tons GBP 13.0s.0d. per ton. . EXCISE PROSECUTIONS - On the 19th ult., William Hosking WHITING was summoned before the magistrates of Bodmin, on the information of William Nathan SOWDEN, an excise officer, charged with selling an eighth part of a pint of port wine without having a proper licence. Mr. Cummins appeared for the prosecution and Mr. J.B. Collins for the defendant. . It appears that the excise officer, who lives at Plymouth, had visited several public-houses in Bodmin on the 18th of October, and amongst others he went into defendant's house, and asked for a glass of sherry. His statement was that Mrs. Whiting said she had no sherry, but some port, and he then told her to get him a glass of port negus, which she did, and he paid for it. He rang the bell again, and told Mrs. Whiting the negus was weak, and asked her to bring him a glass of clean port wine, which she did and threw it in with the negus. He did not pay any more for it; he drank it up and left the house. . On cross-examination witness stated that Mrs. Whiting did not say, when he asked for the sherry, that she had some elder wine. Mr. Collins having addressed the bench for the defence, called Mrs. Whiting, who differed from Mr. Sowden as to the time of day when the occurrence took place, and stated that on his asking for sherry wine, she said "I have no sherry, but some elder and other home-made wines" and the former was what she sold him. The magistrates convicted the defendant, and fined him GBP 50, but mitigated the penalty to one-fourth. . Mrs. Mary WHITE, who keeps the London Inn, was summoned for a similar offence, which was also proved by Sowden, who said he went into defendant's house on the 18th October last, and asked for a glass of sherry, with which defendant's niece supplied him, and he paid 3d. for it. . Mrs. White, in defence, said she was at the time in great distress, having just buried a child and her husband, and that she was not aware of her niece having sold any wine. She discontinued a wine license only a few days before, and forgot to tell her niece of it. She was fined in the mitigated penalty of GBP 12.10s., and the magistrates said they would sign a memorial to the Board of Inland revenue for a further mitigation, if such memorial were prepared. . ROBBERY WITH CHLOROFORM - In this age of crime and enormity every available assistant to the robber seems to be turned to account in some form or other. . On Wednesday between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, a man wearing a large moustache and calling himself a French doctor and collector of herbs, visited several houses in the vicinity of Illogan, asking if any one was sick, or if they had any herbs to sell, at the same time enquiring if they knew of any one ill in the neighbourhood. It appears that a man called Edward MARTIN, at Illogan Church Town, was named as a bedlier, and considered incurable. . Thither the scoundrel hied immediately, stating that he had been desired to call upon him by several persons in the neighbourhood. He was consequently admitted, and had not been in the room many minutes before he had apparently surveyed every article in the place, and seemed very anxious to know further of the old gentleman's worldly circumstances. He was observed to use his handkerchief many times and throw it about in a very unusual manner. . Soon afterwards, the persons in the room complained of a very peculiar smell, and said they all felt faint and giddy; one of them fell heavily upon the floor, and the others were so giddy and stupefied that their senses were gone. The noise caused by the falling of one woman providentially aroused her husband, a miner, who was sleeping in the next room, and who rushed in half naked to ascertain the cause of the noise, when, on entering the room, he saw the herb gatherer helping himself to the contents of a desk in which was all the ready money they had, amounting to upwards of GBP 16, and all the family apparently dead about him. . The villain rushed over the stairs, and, unfortunately, there was no one to pursue him, so that he got clear off. All the parties are recovered from the effects of the fright and chloroform, but it might have been far otherwise. He [the robber] is represented to be a short man wearing a large black moustache, and speaking with a somewhat foreign accent, and used to have a stall in the Redruth market on market days. . TRURO POLICE - On Friday last, before the Mayor and Mr. PADDON, a travelling tinker called Walter STODDERN was fined 5s. and expenses for being drunk in the streets on the forenoon of Christmas-day. His brother, John STODDERN, also a tinker, was in a similar condition on Christmas-day, and on Monday last was fined 5s. and costs for the offence. . - On the same day, Susan WILLIAMS, fruit-seller, was charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance in Truro market on Saturday morning. She was ordered to find sureties, herself in GBP 10, and two in GBP 10 each, to be of good behavior for six months, or in default to be committed for fourteen days. She found the sureties and was discharged. - On Wednesday, before Mr. NANKIVELL, Elijah MOTT, of Writtle, in Essex, and John JONES of Whitechapel, London, were charged with wandering about the streets begging, and having no visible means of subsistence. They were committed as vagrants, Mott for twenty-one days, and Jones for fourteen days, with hard labour. . CHARGE OF SETTING FIRE TO CORN - We stated last week that a fire took place at Mr. HAWKEY's farm, at Short-Lane's-End, on the night of the 24th ult., when a mow of oats, worth about GBP 60 was consumed, and that the fire was believed to have been caused by an incendiary. . On Christmas day Mr. Hawkey came to Truro and communicated with the police, and the result was that Mr. NASH, superintendent, serjeant WOOLCOCK, and police-constable PAPPIN, were soon actively engaged in inquiries, which led, on Sunday night last, to the apprehension of two brothers, Thomas and Nicholas PLINT, who were taken before Mr. Prynn ANDREW, county magistrate, at Truro, on Monday last, when they were charged with the offence, and remanded until the following Thursday. . We may add that the prisoner, Thomas Plint, is a sawyer, with a wife and two children, and Nicholas Plint is a miner, and a single man. They are relatives of Mr. Hawkey and live about a quarter of a mile from his premises; and it appears there have been differences between Hawkey and the Plints for some time, arising partly from Thomas Plint having lived in a house belonging to Hawkey, when he proved a troublesome tenant, and paid no rent, and Mr. Hawkey had great difficulty in ejecting him. . Mr. Hawkey also added to the cause of ill-feeling by directing steps to be taken against Thomas Plint and others, for assaulting his man-servant and taking from him some porter which the servant was carrying to Mr. Hawkey's house from the public-house at Short-Lane's-end. A fire also occurred on Mr. Hawkey's premises about thirteen months ago, when corn and hay, a threshing machine, and other property were destroyed; which fire was then supposed to have been caused by an incendiary. . On Thursday the case was investigated before Mr. H.P. ANDREW, when evidence was given at considerable length, and after a hearing of about four hours, the prisoners were both committed to take their trial at the assizes for the offence. When asked what they had to say in their defence, each stated that he was innocent. Several witnesses were bound over to give evidence for the prosecution. . MORE SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS - On the night of Saturday last, some ravenous dogs got into a field belonging to Mr. James TUCKER, of Trethowal Mills, near St. Austell, and out of seventeen sheep which had been placed there by a labourer, destroyed four, and bit ten others so much that they were obliged to be killed. The dogs appear then to have gone across the country, for in a field on Trenance farm, belonging to Mrs. George ANDREW, out of a flock of sheep there were seventeen killed, or injured so badly that they were obliged to be killed at once. Traces of a dog were followed to a place called Penhale, in the higher quarter of St. Austell; but when charged with it, the owner said his dog had been home all night. We are since informed that the dogs suspected of destroying the sheep have been killed; and one of them having been opened, was found to contain a large quantity of fat mutton and bits of sheep skin. . MINE ACCIDENTS – On Friday last, as Edward LEGGO, of St. Just, was "putting in a hole," at Bosweddan mine, the charge exploded, and he was severely injured about the head and body. It is feared that he will lose his sight. . At Balleswidden, as William STRICK, of Sancreed, was nailing some timber on a shaft, on Monday last, he lost his ..[footing?]...and unfortunately came in contact with a kibble and was cut in two, so that he expired immediately. . On Wednesday last, as a man named John WILLIAMS, of Camborne, was engaged taking out timber from a kibble at the 180 fathoms level in Dolcoath mine, by some means he lost his footing and fell to the 190 fathom level. He was found dreadfully bruised all over the head and body, and but slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. . FATAL GUN ACCIDENT – A sad accident happened on Friday last, at Trelissick, the seat of the Hon. Mrs. GILBERT, through which the gardener at Trelissick, called John STEVENS, of Feock, lost his life. . It appears that on Friday last, the deceased and several others, servants at Trelissick, met at the bottom of a lawn at about ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of ferreting and shooting rabbits. They had six or seven guns between them, a ferret, and some dogs. . After they had been following the sport about two hours, the deceased went down by the side of the cliff, about twelve to fourteen feet, to put the ferret into a rabbit's hole. Presently afterwards the rabbit bolted, and the deceased caught it in his hands. He threw it up to a young man called Mattias SMETHAM, who was standing just above, with a gun in his right hand, holding it by the barrel just before the cock; and as he stooped to pick up the rabbit with his left hand, the gun went off, and the whole of the charge entered the back part of the deceased's head, a little above the ear. . There were a great number of brambles near the young man and, in stooping to pick up the rabbit, no doubt the gun was set off by one of them. He did not know the gun had gone off until his father, who was standing near him, exclaimed that the deceased was shot. Another of the party called Richard STEVENS said he saw the smoke coming out of Matthias Smetham's gun. . The deceased was immediately carried to his home at the Trelissick farm-house; but he never spoke again and died a few minutes afterwards, having survived the accident only three-quarters of an hour. There had been nothing like an angry word between any of the party; on the contrary, everything had gone on very comfortably between them. An inquest was held on the body at Trelissick farm-house on Saturday last, before Mr. John CARLYON, county coroner, when the jury were perfectly satisfied that the death was purely accidental, and returned a verdict of "homicide by misadventure."

Hi Julia, Thanks for alerting me that the link to my Withell website was not working properly. I had to change server in August and for various reasons it wasn't reactivated for a while. We did this at the weekend but apparently it has been in a "parking situation". I will contact the new server straight away. I thought it should be http://withell.org/ However the link via the GOONS website and VICGUM seems to be straightforward. There was also a link re the ONS from the CFHS website but I can't find it. Do you have a connection to Withell/Withiel. During the 18th/19th century there are many instances of family members being recorded by both spellings but as far as I have found, the Perranzabuloe family was the only group to retain the Withiel spelling. Re photos. Adding these is one of the many things I need to do with my website. I got a facebook page for a Withell group when suggested by GOONS soon after facebook was around but I have not done anything further with it. Adding photos might be worthwhile. These links will work. www.one-name.org/profiles/withell.html www.vicgum.asn.au/memwebpage.html There are also a couple of articles in CFHS journal based on the Padstow St Merryn families which have some images. Issue No.122 December 2006 : Priest to Shipbuilders Issue No.123 March 2007 : Found - The Lost Family of Thomas Withell Thanks Margaret Whitaker Message: 7 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:16:39 -0600 From: Julia Mosman <jwmos99@msn.com> Subject: Re: [CORNISH] FW: re Tryphosa Withiel To: "cornish@rootsweb.com" <cornish@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BLU159-W599BE2DBE43500958D4C66A9330@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Margaret - What's the entire URL of your site, please. I tried to find it, but ran into a bit of a problem - and I'd love to see the photos you have, etc. Thanks! Julia ---------------------------------------- > From: whitakermd@gmail.com > To: CORNISH@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:53:01 +1100 > Subject: [CORNISH] FW: re Tryphosa Withiel > > > > > > From: Margaret Whitaker [mailto:whitakermd@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, 16 December 2012 9:42 PM > To: 'CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com' > Subject: re Tryphosa Withiel > > > > Hi Meli, > > Interesting find re Tryphosa which I had missed. > > Tryphosa Kate Withiel was a descendant of the Withells from Padstow. Her > father was William Withell shipwright. Kate Withell came to Australia in > August 1859 on the Commodore Perry as an assisted migrant. She married > Elisha Trescowthick and was joined later by a sister and a brother. There > are many descendants here. > > > > My website at withell.org is finally back on line and if you read through > the St Merryn /Padstow page there is a photo I took of a young man looking > at an old tombstone in the doorway of the St Merryn church in 1994. He is > actually her gx2 grandson. > > > > I am hoping to upgrade the site. You will note the index under the > Perranzabuloe Withiells tab needs additions. > > Margaret Whitaker > > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the CORNISH list administrator, send an email to CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the CORNISH mailing list, send an email to CORNISH@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of CORNISH Digest, Vol 7, Issue 336 ***************************************