Conisbrough Notes – Urban Powers, School Caretaker, Post Office Lamp, Lively New Conisbrough, Toothache Cure

November 1898

Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1898

Conisborough Notes

Urban Powers, School Caretaker, Post Office Lamp, Lively New Conisborough, Toothache Cure

Poor old Conisborough has got to fight another battle, before she finally gets Urban Powers.

Against the order issued by the County Council, the Denaby Colliery Company and the Doncaster Rural District Council intend to lodge an appeal. The Denaby people have been busy this week with a petition, which I he has been very numerously signed.

However, if people feel confident the action of the County Council be confirmed in every particular

Great Scot! What a large number of applicants for the post of caretaker at our Conisborough Schools. 103 applicants. I am very pleased to see that out of this large number, the successful applicant was a Conisborough man. I think it would have been a great shame to have given the position to a stranger, and we have so many men in Conisborough, were both able and willing to take the position. I think it seems to be the opinion of the great majority of Conisborough people, that the post ought to have been given to E.J.Brown, who is unable to follow his regular employment at the Glass Works. I am of that opinion myself. However, I have not a word to say against G. Farmery, the successful applicant, as I know him to be a very decent and respectable man, and will, I am sure be very obliging and attentive to his duties.

Have you seen it? What? Why the lamp in the post office yard. It is none of your, gas lamps and electric lamp, but a “hand oil lamp” come up in one of the trees. So you can imagine the “brilliant” light it gives, something after the style of the farthing candle. Now you Conisborough people complained of the yard not been lighted, from henceforth grumble no more.

I hear it was very lively down at New Conisborough on Monday afternoon. There were several fights. In one of the melees one of the waiters at the Denaby Main Hotel, made things very warm indeed for one or two of them. As usual, one or two found their way to Conisborough police station and were accommodated with a night’s lodging.

One of our Conisborough gentleman is in possession of a very good trick, called the “Trick” or “Toothache Cure,” by which means of which several very knowing Conisborough young gentleman have been “had” just lately, therefore causing endless fun to those who happened to be present. I will not tell you how the trick is done, but if you wish to know full particulars as to the cost of learning the trick, I will refer you to the latest “victim” who, I believe, hails from Hill Top.