The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-06-20 00:00:00

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1871.

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ComNM= TO Ttil DWI= 001141/2
`Tabu Ballyn=vakisd amault at Slim', 3
calendar months niaiholth, stealing monnY at
Weymouth, 2 wdendar months ; Henry SPeocor.i.
'Mg a gold pin at Portland, 2 calendar months; uharlec
lialmood, drunk, km., at Holt, 2 calends:. mouths ;
Jas Warren, assault at Ilcurmiestor Newton, 1
saleedar mouth; James Batchelor, steaing bacon at
Los
Lyme Regis, 1 calendar month; Patrick Room's,
vagrancy at Cranborne, 21 days ; John Freeman, drunk,
dm, at Cnnborne, 14 days. Lockyer, drunk, de.,
at Verwood, 14 day.; aorge Thorne, poaching at
Buokland Newton, 7 &To; Elia,beth Talbot, stealing
pork at Weymouth, 7 dap ; Wllliam Clarke,
vsgranol
at Weymouth, 7 days.

DOHOOMITEa•
DORSET 00011/ SogooL.—The midsummer dletribu-
tion of priz.s is announeed to take place this (Tuesday)
afternoon, at the County School; and no doubt it vrill
a. tract a largo number of the friends of the pupas, owl
of those who take an interest in the institution.
CIVIL SERVICE PROMOTIONB.—We understand O."
Mr. H. H. Molt ditine, surveyor el taxes, has been
p ld
romotedlt. the thirdass,and appointed to Vorebe4tat,_
Fire Mr- John 'hula, deceased. Mr. M. S. Wit'
iurveyor of taxes, attached to the chief oilioe, Somerset
of the Dot.
house, and who lks had recant °barge
chester district, his been promoted
to
the
eye
anti and m appointed to the Portsmouth district.
LoNDOS CITY hils,lol.—On Tuesdl
ni.saion. the c vening at to schoolroom of et. Peter's
MI visikd this town on tab .1f e the London
tarish he addr,ssed a m sting pr,sidod over by the
rector. Rev. E. W. Peara'air. Millman gave an account
of his work extending over introduced his
period of 24 years. lie
deloribed the sc,ne. in a Ohms' kitchen,
hearers to the professiou,of "old trappers," i.e., women
whose Inkiness jto astray young fetualea. pictured
the humours of the casual w..rde, dm lie allowed
that much good WEI done even in these unpromising
place. At the ch se of the address £4 7s. WEE COO-
Iributed.
DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual
mowing match took place on Thursday, on the farm of
W. Dawkins, at Martinsto we. There were 15
comretitors, and the work was done exceedingly well,
. so that the judges had great difficulty in awarding the
prises. and commended all. The judges were Mr J. G.
Homer, Martinatown, Mr T. Chick, Stratton, and Mr
G. Symonds, Illonckton, and their awards wore—let.
42, ao•ir.g a quarter of an acre in four hours in the
be,t manner, Usury Palmer, in the terries of J,
Chick, Compton Valance; 2nd, £l, Thomas White, in
the service of the executors'of the late Mr Bradford, of
Look ; 3rd, 10a, George Burt, in the service of Mr
W. S. hull, of Bruce, Puddlotown.
THE Wsituza.—Tho felLorin3 is our meteorological
re port

11,11 Weatb.r Sista of Wosthor.
F A 1,12 M
J mu) •
12 63
13 67
14 £7
15 72
16 63
17 62
lb 66

39 E &BE [Gloomy, atm
63 SE &SW Rini
66 8 Rain
69 NW &SW .2loudy, min
69 N& NW Gloomy
51 N& NW Thunder, lightning and rain
Ed SW Gloomy

•
Tax COUNTY TallaBolllll.9lllP.—fl is said there are
fire candidates for Void appointment, but we h..ar that
one of them Is ilisqualified through non-oomplianee with
the regulations. At the tut session., it will ho remem•
bend, some conversation took place resp,etieg the
security to be given by tho Treasurer, and it vu sail a
guarantee society would oharge about £4O a year for
what they required. In the House of Commons on
Friday (ate our report) a Bill was read a aeconi time
for compelling county treasurers to bank ell monies
received by them to a strictly official account; sod it
received the approval of Sir B. Palmer sea the Home
Secretary. If the court of Qiarter S Lssiens adopts the
principle of the Bill, of course DJ expenaive guarantee
would be needed,u personally the Treasurer would have
no control over the county money.
Tug IIICLTU er Tllll Boeouou.—Dr. Abernathy is
credited with having said of Dorchester that it was a
town no medical wan °Add live In, or die in; the
seeming paradox being the doctor's way of testifying to
the uncommon healthiness of the place: and we believe
the epigram is generolly app.ioable at the present time.
Nevertheless, when epidemics are abroad, it is but to
be expect el in these days, of rapid oommunieation
between towns, and with the constant "going to and
fro" characteristic of tho ago, that from time to time
diseases should be introduced no which Dorchester is
naturally alien. So it has been in the put week. The
epidemic prevailing In the country now is smallpox ;
Southampton, our near neighbour, has it badly, an 1
there are a few 03ata even cies r thin that. A native
of the borough, working at a distance, became poorly
about ten days ago, and came home to improve his
health. He went to the house of lds mother, widow
Loiter, in Fordington. The illness not leaving him, Dr.
Aldridge, the medical officer of the union, was called
In, ited It ,iion became apparent that he was suffering
Iron auld. .an. The wa: on Monday evening. Imme-
diately staps were taken for the notation of the patient
and all in the house with him, and to this promptitude
of action Ills no doubt owing that we can now say the
disease has not spread, the young man is recovering
most sattafaatorily, ruid all who were with him have
been suocissfally ro.vaocinated, so that there is no
danger of their having the disease In a bad fore. Dr.
Aldridge, when ho discoverel tho nature tf Looter's
eomplalnt, iuformed the aerate of the parts% (the Hey.
H. C. G. Morale) ia the abaunce of the visor, and that
Mitt they both went wherever seemed a likely plena
to inquire for a tent that the patient might be at once
put separate. In this, however, they were ansuemme-
ful ; and when they were in difficulty as to what
should ho done, the shed in the cachet field was
vuggeste I. Nothing coull he better—sitnation, and
az a i I flirlatti commended it to the doceor'e
E Irly on Tue,d y niorni M T alter,
t.e oc,mpiirs f thu cricket field, being appliad to,
raadily gave their cone nt to the um of the shed as a
hospital, and, with the help of Ur. J. Gilpin and Mrs
Gregory, the necessary materials were obtained, and
Mr. Payne, carpenter, in the parish, qoiekly cirred
out the alterations required; ea that in the aftarnoou
the patient was conveyed thither, and later ail the
occupants of the house took up their abed, in the
place—they were in quarantine. Their cottage was
securely lock el up, and mast be thoroughly cleansed
before it ii agai t inhabited. Just • word to chow how
Fear people ere crowded together In Fordiugron.
Widow beater occupies a cottage of two routes, the
bodroaua being about twelve feet by seven feet, and in
that slept last week—the woman herself, the 11011(Eu:us
Lester), • daughter, another 11011, his wife, tad child.
During the time the militie were here for traiming, we
are told that one or two inure men also dept there I
There is much need for our Local Board of Health to
take the supervision of cottages, and to insist on hav-
ing plans laid before them prior to any More such
"kennels" being erected. But it is a happy thing that
the pr impt measures taken for the isolation of the
int..cted have been so successful. The disease is now
stamped out; weereas, but for the alacrity and seal of
Dr. Aldridge, it might have spread till it defied arrest,
cost mach money to the Union, and sacrificed many
lives. Let other towns take the hint, and resolutely
isolate any cases that may exist in their midst We
should say that the Clerk to the Dorchester Board of
Guardians (Mr. Henry Lock) was consulted as to the
provision of a small-pox hospital, and Le sanctioned
any reasonable outlay for that purpose. No doubt this
was very wise, and thanks are due to all who took part
in the matter. Of course some alarm was created by
the annotmoutnent of the epialemio, but we believe in
this, as in other things, °rimless wad honesty is the
beet course, while pretending to be ignorant of what
is a fact, and wilfully shutting our eyes to it/ dangers,
is discreditable, nay, criminal, in any community, and
does infinite harm to ourselves and others. To be fore-
warned in to b.: forearm:d; an we shall be wall pleased
If the plain statement we have given of the outbreak and
suppression of smallpox iu Fordington teatime care, and
cleanliness (personally and domiciliary), and re-vaccina-
tion, for these are tho only safeguards against the
disease.
Conan COURT; Thuraday.—liefore T. E. P. Lefroy,
Esq., Judge.
Nat Seal v. W. J. Symea—Claim £7 for 3 cow and calf, had
iii' Shy. Def ..oadant keeps a beerhouse, and lalexled • set-off
of 1:1 es. 2,1. for 'Meer and provision, ID. Weston for defend-
ant.—Plaintiff mid nothing had liven said by defendant about
the set-off till he issued a summon., and he thought he had
paid for all the drink he had. Then there was an alloal
;woods., of recompense for damage done t, defendant's garden,
lost plaintiff acaled it and refused to make any allowance.—
Plaintiff admitted owing Honour gave Judgment for
Lit lOs.
Heady Haddon v. Calarles Wilson.—Claim W. ad. for lodgings
and provisions. Defendant mimed some cloth from his boa,
upon which he gave notice that he should leave. He then
owed a week, and the week's notice made a second ;
and, as he kept the key two slays after the notice
expired, the plaintiff cialused a third week.-1114 Honour said
the plea of lost property was DU answer, and ordered payment.
John F. Old v. John Duaning.—Claim Li, for loan on •
bullock.—Mr Weston for plaintiff, and Mr It. N. Howard for
defeialant. PlainUff lives at Olanvillo's Wootton, and on 7th
Feburuary bought • barrens?' of defendant for £l4 5., It
was particularly stated to be a harrener, but it turned out to
be in calf . and after keeping ((till Ilth May, at newt of about
12s. a wrek, he Noll it to Mr P.0.e., butcher, of Sherborno
for £l9. The defendant dogsled that there was any warranty
that the animal was barren, but the Judge thought plaintiff
was perfectly Justilled in his claim, and gave Judgment for
D archester Sias C anpany a John Cousins.- -Claim £1 Its.
for gas. —Mr. Francis HollassJ. clerk to the Dorchester Gas
C :o•aany,l/44 about to give evidence when defendant desired
wi plusses to leave the court. —Mr. Holland then read
• is, beversi heal, of the ball, which extended over 1070 and
UHL—Defendant : 1 object to the item of us. for the last
quarter's consumption before the gas was takers away.—
Wither than said he had taken the meter, and found the
accounteurrect—Defentiant : When did you take 41—Witness':
Oa the Zed January. —Da:fondant : 1 don't believe you have
ever been round to any place to look at tho meter.—Wituess
1 have been there plenty of times to ask for the money.—
Defendant: 1 don't believe it —Mrs Cousins, defendant's wife,
hero came forward, and In answer to a question from
her husband misl Mr Holland had never been to
her house after the money.-11r. Holland : 1 have
been to your place a great many times ter this ammo
money, and you know it.—Hre Cousins said she took In
the bill for the last or winter quarter. The amonnt was Ds,
and she could no understand how It mould be so Much, as she
was quite positive the gas was not consumed,—His Honour:
How do you know you did not use it ?-11m Cousins: Became,
I could not have used it ; I turued off the gas on the 28th
Illarch.-111s Honour: Well, you had the account on the let of
April. Turning it off on the 25th March could not make
much difference.-11Lre Cousins: I have never seen Holland at
our house to take the meter, end from January to April I
might have burnt the gas ten hours, but not more.—Mr. W.
Osmond said Cousins had admitted the debt to him.—Mr
Cousins 1 never did ant thing of the sort. -Mr Osmond : I
saw defendant In the road, and he mid he was going to take
his money on the Wednesday, and he would pay the bill then.
He did IVA do so, and a fortnight after witness cut off the
gon—lllr Comm That'sinut true' I met Osmond in Derogate
-
street after this bill IVY brought in, and told him f thought
the bill was too much—Mr Osmond : I took the meter oa the
ard of tam October. Defendant is constantly having n Aloes
from tin company for non-payment of the sea accounts. He
bad one on 24th 1/eber, 1661, for Li Is di 'said another in
February, 1670, for £164 Td.—Mrs Coteau made some remarks
111 a loud tone on the Injustice dune her husband by the Oa/
Company, and was requested to diwist.—Mr Cousins (to Mr
Osmond): If I bad the notices you mention dkin't I pay the
amounts I—llls Honour: You ought not to Interrupt the
witness In this way; haring belonged to the polo I should