The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-06-06 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTUR k L SOCIETY OF
ENGLAND.

PLYMOUTH M BITING.

The governors and members of the society who have
paid their subscriptions for the current year will be
admitted to the show and trial yards, during the time
they are open to the public, without payment, by tickets
issued by the secretary, which tickets shall not be
transferable; and any governor or member who shall
be found to transfer or land his ticket shall be reported
to the council, and shall in future forfeit the privileges
of membership. Application for the governors' or
members' ticket must be made at 12, Hanover-square,
either by post or personally, not later than Thursday,
the 13th July ; on Friday, the 14th, and afterwards at
the secretary's office near the entrance to the show yard.
On Wednesday, 12, Thursday, 18, Friday, 14, and
Saturday, Ili: Trial of drills, manure distributors,
horse hues, mowing, hay-making end reaping machines,
and horse rakes on Woodford Farm, Plympton St.
Mary. Distance by rail or road 31 miles from the show
yard; and on the latter day the implement yard, open
from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m., admission, ss. each person. On
Monday, 17, the cattle yard open from eight in the
morning, at which hour the jndges will commence
inspecting the live stock and making their awards; the
implement yard open from eight in the morning;
admission, free; non members, five shillings; the show
yards will be closed at six in the evening. On Tuesday,
18, and Wednesday, 19, the general show of cattle,
horses, sheep, pigs and implements, open to the publie
from eight o'clock in the morning till six in the evening,
admission 2s. 6d. each person. On Thursday, 20, and
Friday, 21, the generals show'ioVcattle, horses, sheep,
pigs and implements, open to the public from six
o'clock in the morning till six in the evening ; admission
Is. each person. On Friday, 21, general meeting of the
members in the show yard, at ten o'clock. The cattle
will be exhibited in the rings each day at 10 o'clock
and 2, o'clock,, the horses at half-past 11 and half.
past 3 o'clock.

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WEDGWOOD.

The Great EngliSh—E—trusca—n—Artiet in Ceramic
ware, so celebrated in the best speech ever
spoken even by Mr. Gladstone, at Burslem, has
received great justice at the bands of Mr. Lewellyn
Jewitt, wh3 in bis new " Life of Wedgwood,"
introduces many curious illustrations, not only of
the domestic ware, but the domestic manners of our
last English generation. Of Wedgwood himself he
thus speaks :

JOSIAH WZDCWOOD, whose life I have thus attempted
to trace, was without exception, one of the most wonder-
ful of all the "self-made men" which our nation of
great and noble geniuses has ever produced. Not only
did lie stand out as a clear statue from the men of his
own time, but in high and bold relief from those of
every time and every age. Original in thought, tar-
seeing and clear in his perceptiors ; with a mind
capable of grasping the most difficult problems and
working them out to • auocessful issue, with • firmness
of purpose, and a determination which carried him
safely through all his schemes; a power of wrestling
with and overthrowing every obstacle which came in
his way; • genius which soared high above his fellow•
labourers in art, and led them on to sitcom in paths
unknown to them before; with an energy, • per-
severance, and an induatry which never flagged; an
unswerving fixedness of purpose which yielded not to
circumstances, however adverse they might seen, ; with
a heart warmed by kindliness, goodneee, and charity to
all men, and • mind imbued with that true religion—a
I conscientious discharge of his duty to God and man ;
I with • strict probity and a scrupulous adherence to all
that was honourable and right,Josish Wedgwood hewed
out for himself a path through the world-jungle which
surrounded him, that led him to the highest point of
worldly prosperity, and earned for him a name which
has been, and always will be, received with honour.
When be started life lie had, as I have shown, the poor
and miserably small sum of twenty pounds, left him by
his father, to establish himself in business, and battle
with the world upon. When he died be was'able to
Inane very large landed estates, manufactories and
houses, to his widow and sons, and sums of £30,000 to '
each of his sons, and fortunes of .C 25,000 to each of his '
daughters, and all this, with the exception of the help
which his wife's fortune gave him, the result of his own
skill and his own industry.
Amongst the extinct productions of the old
English potteries, fit to be regarded almost as fossil
curiosities at the present day were

PUZZLE JUGS.
The puzzle jug was an ale jug, and was so contrived,
by perforations in various parte, and by open work in
It. neck and spout, as to render it impossible to use it
like other jugs. TII, liquor being drawn into the jug by
the tapster, the puzzle was for the customer to drink it
all without spilling. It became a prolific source of
wagers, and most ale-houses found it to their advantage
to keep one or more of different forms for their visitors.
The handle usually sprang from near the bottom of the
jug, and was carried up its "belly" some distance, when
It bowed out in the general form, and was attached to
the rim at its top. The handle and the rim were made
hollow, opening into the inside of the jug near the
bottom, and around the rim were attached a number of
little spouts, differently placed, according to the whim
of the potter.. The ale eould thus only be drunk by
carefully covering up with the fingers all the spouts but
one, and through this one the liquor would have to be
suckid into the mouth. Beneath the handle a small
hole was, however, usually made, through which, if
not carefully and closely covered, the ale would spill,
and thus cause the discomfiture of the drinker and the
lose of his wager.