The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-06-27 00:00:00

irnit. —On Saturday meening a fire wu observed to
have broken out on the premises of Mr. Lee, baker,
imme Weat-hill-terrace. The alarm wee diately given,
and the fire brigade were quickly on the spot, and
succeeded in confining the operationi of the flames to the
bakehonee, where it originated. The damage is alight.
being estimated at between .ClO and £4O. which la not
onvered by inaurance. A bundle of shavings laid on the
top of the oven to dry, and which became ignited, setting
fire to the low mot, is said to have origineted the fire.
/Loch consternation prevailed in the densely populated
neighbourhood, the inhabitants of which were somewhat
panic-stricken.

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The jar Produced was like the one he led, but there SHOCKING OCCURRENCZ ON BOARD SHIP.
were hundreds made like it..—P.C. ; King said he went is I Letters from Her Majesty's Alio Undaunted narrate
search of the prisoner the same evening, and found him that an alarming accident occurred when off Lerchellea.
lying in the ditch of • field drunk and asleep. The jar (loom Painell, a native of Dunferniine, was polishing
produced, broken in three pieces, one of which contained AOlllO wood, when he poured some hints of wine from
• little beer, was in the ditch about three yards from the one can to another close by a naked candle. The vapour
prisoner. When he charged prisoner be denied the offence, caught lire, an explosion followed, and the sailor was in
but on the road to the lock•up at Cranborns. he said he a Id.aze. As this occurred in the eVventer's storeroom,
had some of the beer, but did not touch the bottle.—The the danger of the de4redirle or the ship was for the
Bench considered a pima facie case had not been made Sane re' r great, although the flames were extinguished.
out, and discharged the prisoner.
Painell died after a few hours agony,
ISLAND--PORD.
The members of the Illandford Rifle Corps met for
Inspection drill on Monday evening on the lawn adjoining
Captain Johns's residence. There were about 40 members
present, including Captain Johns, Sergeant Groves. and
Sergeant Bird. The adjutant was unavoidably absent,
consequently the task fell on Captain Johns, and he
expressed hinuaelf highly satisfied with the corps, and hoped to inset them again before going to camp. He also
kindly regaled them with champaigne and ginger-lkeer
before dismissing them.

Waltman's Sum:mg.—On Mundial, evening • number
of ladies and gentlemen, who had been instrumental in
its welfare, responded to an invitation to be present at a
conceit in the Workmen's Shelter, Orchard-lane. The
Rev. Mr. Brackenbury occupied the chair, and the follow-
ing programme wan gone through :--Pianoforte dnett
song. " He thinks : do not love him," Mom. Brackenhury
C. the accopnenying of her luteband duett, " Gondolier's
Evensong. Messrs. Proud and Gelsley, whose singing
drew forth a hearty enowe. The next song was "Fleet-
ing Moments." by Miss IL Wilson, whose really faultless
singing highly entitled her to the prolonged and deafening
encore with which she was greeted, and to which she
rexponded with "Let nie Dream Again." Mr. Rtevens to
bin own aceompanyinent gave Once I loved a Maid
unfair :" and Mr. Osborne ming "Be Kind." A pianoforte
solo by Max Tuck wee followed by a chart interval,
during which light refreshments were handed round.
Miss Wilson then gave " 11l follow Thee," with even
more power and variety of voice than thou she rendered
in the early part of the evening. " The Yeoman's
Wedding" by Mr. Proud was moat favourably received,
an wee also "The Canadian Boat Song," in French be
Mrs. Brackenbury after which Mine Wilson gave a solo on
the pianoforte and Mr. Gilsley a song "When you and I
were comma. Maggie." brought a most enjoyable evenings
entertainment to • ems, by singing the National Anthem.
The Shelter has been found a great boon during the winter,
but now that the hot weather has fairly set in, and hot
dinners are not so much relished by the working classes
it has been deemed advisable by the managers to drop the
purveying department until the first of September. It is
however open from six to eight o'clock in the evening
when members may have the advantage of reading the
newspapers, or exchanging books at the lending library in
connection with it.

DEAD SULTANS.

A correspondent at Constantinople reports is converea•
tion with ,me who has long been real lent there, and who
has an intimate acquaintance with Turkish life and
manners, lie nays:—" And how are the Sultans buried r
I naked. "I will tell you," was the reply, "what WAS
told me by a Turk among Turka—me who knew, and
would fell the truth. The dead Sultans have always been
burie,i me dog:. The great thing it to get rid altogether
of the of a dead Sultan: for never was there a
people among whom is so literally carried out the idea
that `Le Rai no tomtit pas.* When it in quite certain
that a Sultan is about to die, those around him hardly
wait for the breath to leave the body. Most of them
run away to be ready to do homage to the new occupant
of the throne. Then follows an odd arrangement: All
homage is due to the livinr Sovereign: nothing must
interfere with that, not even the corpse (,f the late
Sovereign. So one or two of his old servants only remain
with the body, and when it is quite dead they roll it up
in straw matting and prop it up behind the door of his
room, to le as much out of sight as possible, and when
night falls it is carried out of the palace and buried very
quietly. No train of mourning crewhes here, you see—
ing, then, they never are tilted in Turkey: no elaborate
preparation for the lest resting.place of one all-powerful
a few hours before. ' With no, in fact, a dead Sultan is
nobody—his sacredness has descended to his successor.
To him we turn our thoughts. We osmanlin could not
do as you Franks do—have a grand lying-in-state. We
should bewail at the sight, and that would be incongruous
with the rejoicing demanded of us on the accession of
our new Sovereign, and would be displeasing to him.
Theretore, the custom of burying the Sultans in this
manner has never been interfered with; and it is best
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CALNE.
A LIBERAL LANDLORD.--The half-yearly lady-day-audit
of Mr. W. H. Poynder (the High Sheriff of the County),
was held at the Whit.) Hart Hotel, Caine, on Thursday,
when that geutlentaa, through his agent (Mr. Jacob
Phillips), returned to his tenants 10 per cent on their
half-year's rental. This act was the more appreciated
because it WWI entirely voluntary on the part of the
worthy landlord.

BALIBB—ITRY.
IT has been definitely decided to remove the head9narters of the Royal Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry from
Marlborough to Salisbury. This is consequent on the
resignation of the Marquis of Ailesbury, and the appoint-
ment of the Marquis of Bath as Colomd The head-
quarters of the regiment have been at Marlborough
approaching half a century.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BOURNEMOUTH.
An accident resulting in the death of a labourer
named Elisha Davies occurred at the East station on
Wednesday morning last. Davies was pushing a
waggon up the line by placing his left shoulder against
the buffer, whilst so engaged another truck shunted
by an engine came unobserved upon him from
behind, crushing him in the region of the heart between
the two buffem Medical aid MN promptly at hand,
but death was almost instantaneous. An inquest was
held in the afternoon, but, in the absence of deceased's
brother—an important witness —it was adjourned for
a week.

WORDS TO SERVANTS.
Mr. Spurgeon had some funny and sensible observations
to make at the annual meeting of the Female Servants'
Horne Society, on Wednesday. He said a servant's place
was not one of the easiest in the world, as most servants
knew. He would recommend them to get up a society of
inistresses, and award them Bibles and silver medals for
keeping their servants. (Laughter.) A rule formerly
adopted was that when one met a boy his ears were to be
boxed, not because he deserved it at that particular time,
hut that he would certainly deserve it before long. (Loud
laughter.) Upon the same principle, some people thought
that they should always find fault with bad servants, for
If they did not deserve blame at that moment they
ultimately would. (Lamthrsc ) 11. was glad to find that
this state or things was now altered, and that servants
were now praised whenever deserving—(hear, hear)--for
a word of encouragement now and then would do them
a great deal of good. It had often done him good, and if,
instead of receiving a snarl or some other mark of dis-
aperobation, he had received praise, he bad felt nerved
to work harder in the cause which he had at heart.
(Cheers.) He could not help referring to the rePert,
which so constantly stated in the letters from mistresses
that "we should not have parted with her (the servant,
hut for her marriage." (Laughter.) He felt sure that
the mistresses wrote such words with considerable
sorrow. Ile thought the best thing& man could do was to
get ruarriod properly and rightly, but some of the girls
staggered him when he thought of how by imprudent
marriages they threw themselves into poverty and basaltic
subjects of unkind treatment. They were carried away,
doubtless, with a kind of " allmverishness." (Laughter).
A feeling which came over all of them at times, making
them injudicious and careless. He would recommend
them to be cautious and use their judgment in that
peculiar season. (Laughter), if a man drank too much,
no matter what sweet things he might say to them, he
(the speaker) would advise them to have nothing to do
with such a person. One of the griefs they suffered at the
Tabernacle was that very excellent Christian young
women gradually ceased to attend because they had
married an ungodly man. There were many things that
affected the character of servants and the happiness of
households. Some were quick-tempered—and so were
many people besides servants: others were negligent:
some too gossipy: and many were too fond of reading
stupid novels—and so were many of their mistre.es.
Some of these novels he would not like to carry with a
pair of tongs to the fire—C(am-titer) —and yet, from the
reviews which he saw in the newspapers, he supposed
they had a large' circulation. No wonder, then, that the
Divorce Court was pretty well occupied. For his part, he
could not benefit by reading fiction, and the large majority
of such works only gave one a stilted notion of things
which "are not as they seem." The world was only an
ordinary one, after all; and cows did not always produce
cream, and grass was not always green, nor the sky con-
stantly blue. Many who read fiction of a certain kind
were ruined for life. He regretted that only a few servants
were able to attend places of worship. Such as could not
he would recommend to learn a text, and let it lie on the
tip of the tongue all day, like a lozenge no that when
things went wrong with them they could think of this
text, thus enabling them to pass their lives away
, pleasantly.

Tux MINITEL—The Rev. H. Good preached his farewell
sermon at the Minster (at which he has officiated for the
last Xi years), on Sunday morning.
Gus Act tomer. —A young man named Pecbam. of
Ringwood, met with • serious accident hem on Tuesday
last. it seemed that he, with two or three more friends,
fame to this town and went to nee a Mr. Gray, • tailor
in the town, and whilst there they got an old gun and
loaded it and flied, and when this young fellow fired it
bursted, blowing his left hand to *mg. His hand has
been amputated, and he lien in a dangerous state.
ANNIVERSARY OP TER WEIL/TAN SUNDAY SCHOOL
On Sunday last two sermons were preached in the
Wesleyan Chapel by Mr. Jackson, of Stourpaine, after
which collections were made in aid of the Sunday School.
which resulted in an addition to the funds of the school
.f 9 On Wednesday a public tea was held, after which
there was a public meeting, over which the Rev. T.
Ratcliffe presided. Addresses were delivere4l by Mr.
Jackson, Revs. T. Ratcliffe and J. Payne. TM, was the
65th anniversary of the school, and from the report of the
secretary, Mr. J. Goading, there has been • considerable
increase in the number attending the !school during the
year. Connected with the school are two Bible class
the one for males and the other for females, both of
which are largely attended, and from which many have
recently joined the society.
Tkonsai Ford, • vagrant, was charged at the Police
Court, before Captain Biddle, on the 19th Mat, with
being unable to give • good account of himself. P.C.
Barter stated that he found the prisoner on Mr.
Hiblierd's premises, in the parish of Handley, on the 17th
Inst.He wise committed for 14 days' hard labour.
Pgrrr Siessioss, Friday.— Before Mr. C. J. Parke
(chairman), and the RATA C. J. Glyn, J. 11. Austen, and
G. V. Garland.
A man named Reuben Hart was summoned by the
deputy-chief constable for being drunk and riding with-
out reins whilst in charre of a cart and two horses, at
Wimborne, on the 14th of June.—The case was proved by
Colonel Thring, who stated that he was driving in his
carriage from Horton to Wimborne on the afternoon in
question, and saw a cart laden with dung coming towards
him svith the defendant riding on the shafts without
reins. Defendant paid no attention to the carriage, and
he pulled up at the side of the road. As the cart ap-
proached it was evident it would boa near gram, and he
shouted to the defendant, who then got off the shaft,
and in doing so lurched against one of the horses very
drunk. The wheel of the cart erased his wife's arm, and
did a little damage to • wheel of the .—Defendant
admitted riding without reins, but said he was not drunk;
he had had some ale that made him quite ill.—Fined £l,
to include costs.
Henry Woodkanu, labourer, of Wimborne, answered to a
charge of leaving his wife chargeable to the Wimborne
Union and neglecting to provide adequate food for his
children. The case was adjourned from the last Court to
enable the prisoner to sign the pledge and get constant
work. it was now stated that he had done this, and be
was discharged.
Ocorgc &Went of Lytchett blatravera, a labourer, was
summoned by Mr. J. W. Beach. of Poole, supervisor of
excise, for keeping a dog without a license on the 9th of
May—Defendants wife admitted the offence, and the
Bench imposed the mitigated penalty of Cl as.
Two boys named Albert CAttley and Edwin *MAKI Gallop
were summoned by Mr. Hammond for stealing flowers,
value Is,, from the garden of an old man named John
Snow. at Corfe Mullen, on the 6th of June. —Mr. Trevan-
ion defended.—John Snow said he had some flowers in his
garden on the morning of the 6th of June, and he locked
his garden gate when he went away. When he returned
in the evening he found the lock broken, and three pionies
and some pinks stolen.—Sergeant Feltharn said he
charged the boys the Kama evening, and they admitted
they both took the flowers and carried them to wins-
borne and sold them for 4d.—Mr. Hammond had a
witness to prove giving the boys rd. for the flowers, but
she was not called—Mr. Trevanion said his instructions
were that the younger boy (Gallop) was sent into Wim-
borne on the day in question for some medicine and was ac-
companied by the elder boy (Chaffey), who wuout el work.
Gallop entered the garden to get some water, and, yield-
ing to temptation, did pluck one piony and seven pinks,
but there was nothing to show that he broke the lock,
and that might have been done by someone else. Chaffey
did not enter the garden at all, but remained in the road
The boys had been given some dahlia. the same morning.
and they put the flowers together and brought them to
Wimborne and sold them, but for what sum he did not
know. Gallop was the son of • poor widow, and Chaffey
the son of • labourer, and as the boys expressed their
unfeigned regret for what had occurred, he would ask the
Bench either to dismiss the charge or inflict • very small
fine—The Rev. M. Heath, of Lytchett bLatravers, told
the Bench the younger defendant had done very great
damage to some young trees of his, and he should have
summoned him if the present proceedings had not been
taken. The rev, gentleman very coolly proceeded to ask
the magistrates to send the boys te a reformatory (9; but
WM, of course, indignantly interrupted by Mr. Trevanion.
—l(r. Heath then said he should summon the boy.—The
Bench ordered defendants to pay Is. 6d. each, including
mats and damage.
Herbert Kent, a boy, was summoned for cruelty to •
steer, at Wimborne, on the 15th of June,—P.C. Worsley
said he was in the cattle market on June 15th. and saw
defendant and ether boys beating the cattle as they came
out of the shed to go to the ring. A steer went towards
the market, and defendant ran in front of it and gave it
a heavy blow over the eye with the stack produced (a
hurdle stick), to turn it back to the ring. The blow
closed the eye and caused water to run from it. The
steer was not "butting" at the boy. The boy was not
employed in the market —The Bench dismissed the case.
—Deputy Chief Constable Hammond than said defendant
had been previously tined flea., and suffered a month's
imprisonment in default, for cruelly ill-treating some

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1876.

The requisite tee. • minimum income of .C 2,500
haa been obtaineti for the Cornish Bishopric.
Anorngn INFERNAL MACHINE —A large tin box fell
Wednesday night on the feot walk before • printing office
in Moore-street. Liverpool, and exploded immediately.
It contained phosphorus, and its construction was that of
an infernal machine. Where it came from is un-
known, and the police are now endeavouring to solve
the mystery.
A CO mrLiNver Fon Fitres, 14. P.--Henry Jacobs and
John Scott were charged at the Gravesend Police-court.
with jumping overboard and swimming to shore to desert
the 'thin Callirhoe. The men said when they shipped they
did not knew Mr. Bates was the owner, and they left on
that account. They were sentenced to six weeks hard
labour.

ANIiGIiHOURIX
GOaitarOsnwier..—" Mr. Thompson
Presents his Compliments to Mr. Simpson, and begs to
request that he will keep his pi= from trespassing on
his grounds." "Mr. Simpson presents his compliments
to Mr. Thomnson, and begs to request that in future he
will not spell pigs with two gees." "Mr. Thompson's
respects to Mr. Simpson, and will feel obliged if he aids
the letter • to the last wonl in the note just received,
so as to represent Mr. Simpson and lady." "Mr. Simp-
son returns Mr. Thompson's note unopened—the im-
pertinence it contains being only equalled by its
vulgarity."

—THE Syed Hoossein, and the Antn All Khan, Agricul-
tural Ministers in the Suite of His Highness, Sir Saler
Jung, arrived at Heading from London on Wednesday
morning, and inspect"' the establishment of Messrs.
Sutton and Son's, the queen's Seedsmen, and were con.
ducted through the various offices and warehouses by Mr.
Martin Hope Sutton. the senior mentber of the firm. They
expressed great interest in all they saw—particularly the
Indian seed packing room.
Too MUCH OF A GOOD THINO.—Mr. Disraeli MIA quite
correct in advising people to store up rain water in tanks
against drought, but there is in this country an equal
danger of having rather too much of it. In house after
house one's eyes are offended by discoloration, on the
walls, caused by damp, and we know of only one sure
remedy, the Petrifying Silicate Liquid, mannfactured by
the Silicate Paint Company of Liverpool. The truth of
these remarks is evidenced by the increased demand for
the article, and which has caused the opening of offices in
London, at 107, Cannon-street, We certainly advise all
who suffer from damp houses to obtain all particulars of
this invaluable competition.
MORE CURES OF CONSUMPTION, COUGHS, ASTHMA, AND
DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND LUNGS ST DR. LOCOCICS
PULMONIC WAFERS. Mr. C. Ward, Stationer. kr.,
Market-place, Heckmondwike, Yorkshite, writes. "Cures
of consumption, asthma, and other diseases of the c.hast
and lungs are regularly occurring here. In asthma, con-
sumption, bronchitis, coughs, colds, rheumatism. and MI
hysterical and nervous pains, instant relief is given.
They taste pleasantly. Sold by all Druggists at ls.
per box.
EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMPORTING.—" By a
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the
operations of digestion and
.nutrition, and by a careful ay-
plinstion of the fine propenes of well-selected cocoa, Mr.
Epps has provided our breakfast tables with • delicately
flavoured beverage which may sane us many heavy
doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of
diet that a constitution may be gradually built up unti
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready
to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape
many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
pure blood and a properly nourished frame.--Cioil Service
Gazette.

Ritcsarr's PARISI BLUE.—The marked superiority of
this Laundry Blue over all others, and the quick appreci-
ation of its merits by the public has been attended by
the usual results, viz., a flood of imitations: the
merit of the latter mainly consists; in the ingenuity
exerted, not simply in imitating the square shape but
making the general appearance of the wrappers resemble
that of the genuine article. The Manufacturers beg there-
fore to caution all buyers to see " Reckitt's Paris Blue on
each pa-bet.
g H sta.—For 40 years Mr, S. A. ALLEN'S WONI.D.II
HAIR HILSTORER has received the commendation and
favour of the public. It has acquired the highest place
that can be obtained for any moderate enterprise, and
contributed to the adornment of tens of thousands of
persons, who have the proof of its serviceable character.
It will positively trews, and restore the original and na/ a rat
colour of grey, stile, and faded Hair, it will strengthen
and invigorate the Hair, stop its falling, and induce a
healthy luxuriant growth. No other preparation can
produce the same beneficial result. Sold by all Chemists
and Perfumers, in large betties, ii. Depot, 111 and 116,
Southampton Row, London.