BY THE LATE REV. J. PRICHARD , D.D. Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the Ladies of Llangollen PRICE TWO PENCE Printed and Published by H. Jones, at the Atmospheric Gas Printing Works, “Advertiser” Office, Llangollen. Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby were Irish ladies of rank and beauty, who loved each other with an affection so true that they could never bear the idea of the separation which the marriage of either would necessitate.  They, therefore, resolved on lives of celibacy, and, re

Once two young girls of rank and beauty rare, Of features more than ordinary fair, Who in the heyday of their youthful charms Refused the proffer of all suitors’ arms, Lived in a cottage here rich carved in oak, Though now long passed from life by death’s grim stroke. Plas Newydd’s gardens then displayed much taste, And nought about them e’er allowed to waste. The umbrageous foliage of surrounding trees Gave them a shelter from the stormy breeze, Whilst in a snug retreat about south-west, Was bi