AN GAODHAL
47
A WELSH POEM,
Showing the Manner of Chronicling History in the Early Ages
The Gael is indeed to Daniel L. Jones, Esqr
for this specimen of ancient writing, which is a
Welsh poem written before parchment was used
or the art of making paper discovered.
The poem, which contains eighteen quatrains,
is carved in Welsh letters (resembling the Irish
Ogham) on the different sides of eighteen squared
bars of polished hard wood. The ends of the bars
are rounded and revolve in mortises in the chart
frame at the touch of the reader as he progresses.
We expect on some future occasion to print the
poem in modern Welsh with an Irish translation.
The poem, which was read some years ago at
the queen's jubilee, was afterwards presented to
Mr. Jones by Nathan Dyfeo.
There is not, perhaps, an example of a success¬
ful life well spent than the career of Mr. Daniel
L. Jones (above mentioned), a nonagenarian, who
resides in the old-fashioned mansion at 70 McKib¬
ben street, this city. Mr. Jones has resided there
for nearly sixty years, and has become so attach¬
ed to the place that he will probably pass the re¬
mainder of his days in the old mansion.
Mr. Jones is still in good health, and it is only
recently that be discontinued his daily trip to
his business in New York. Although Mr. Jones'
home is nearly a mile from the Broadway ferries,
he has almost always walked the entire distance.
The fact that he is not of large stature and usual¬
ly carries a heavy cane has made him a familiar
