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A KERRY ECCENTRIC The Rev. William Morgan, B.D., was vicar of Kerry from 1846 to 1879, when he died at the age of 90. He had been educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and had been vicar of Llandingat with Llanfair ar-y-bryn, Carms. before coming to Kerry. One does not suppose that any village is wholly free from disputes, whether in- volving the incumbent or not; but one can imagine the consternation at the vicarage when a printed leaflet of two columns, signed "The Ghost of Old Joseph Luston" bearing a London imprint, and addressed to "The Rev. William Morgan, B.D., Vicar of Kerry, in the county of Montgomery" was circulated throughout the parish. In this vitriolic document the vicar was accused of local tyranny "we believe that your grand aim is, to reduce your parishioners to a lower state of serfdom than the peasants of Russia": and, on another tack, the writer asks "How Sir, you can so forget the dignity of your station as to allow your lady (the evil-star of your palace) to write anonymous letters to parties, for the special purpose of injuring their most trusty servants Macbeth had a conscience; Lady Macbeth had none": and these anonymous letters, says the writer, "are like red hot coals, come hissings hot from hell". He goes on to say (and I myself think that this was probably the gravamen of the business) that the vicar and his wife had deliberately refused non-conformists any relief from the parochial charities, whilst giving it to members of the established church, whether they needed it or not. The writer ends "We hope soon to hear of your repentence for your past sins against God and humanity: and when we see some good works to prove its sincerity, we shall be friends; if not, you may expect to hear from us again." The letter is signed "THE GHOST OF OLD JOSEPH LUSTON". The document bears no date. The author of this extraordinary outburst was, so I was told by the late Miss Lucy Poundly, who was born in 1870 and lived all her long life in Kerry, popularly supposed to be one Edward Davies, who had, oddly enough, himself undergone public ridicule round about the