The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-05-05 00:00:00


THE DORSST COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZErrE, TUESDAY._MAY_S, 1885

He Phould be greatly surprised if the oldest inhabi•
tent had known it visited ten times in the course of
those fifty years." "He also knew, as a fact, two
incumbents of Frampton made application to the
vicar of Charminster to visit the poor of Grimstone,
and by cold etiquette were denied."

The fifty years will aiver the eleven years of my
having charge I,f the parishes, and if he includes me,

and caste a slur upon my character, I mien tell him
that both hiss Ntawmente are grssee fabrications,.
Among s Ahern vieit.l I may mention Mr. Pardy, who
died at the Mill, Mr. Pearce during a long eicknes,
Puckett, who died of a decline, Corporal King,
Honeybun, Newberry, and • man who died in that
houses of • long illness. I formerly need to vieit
Wsleyann ; when I wan ordained they had no
min isster of their own, only preachere and clas leaders,
and were communicants, at church, and pent their
children to be prepared for confirmation. But now
mince they have lapetsd from the teaching and
diiriplineif Weeley, and net up • church and
iii ill isdry contrary to the niless of Wndey, ens,
separated theneselts from their mother church, I
leave them to the cart. of their own mintetent.

. . .......
With regard to Mr. Sheridan's 'wand fabrication,
Mr. Sainsbury exchanged with me the pcistnral charge
of the extremity of Grinfotnne, about four mile.
distant from inc. for the catalpa. in Frampton parish,
about half • mile from Charntinster Church ; Also I
gratefully accepted his kind offer .1 assistance in
cases of sudden illness or requiring private baptism.
I cannot tell the reason why Mr. Sheridan has
made this attack, except that I iwked him for a small
.n in aid I if an additinnal Aery 10e for the issw
Charminster, where h. has paperty, and which
he refused with *inane warmth of temper.
W. L. BAHNIN,
C'hartninster Vicarage.

to another, psrlittis the chorus "Th inks be to G.sl,
bore the palm in showing the strength and training
of the omhestra. dka a conductor Mr. Curtis wss an
that could Li. desired, and the same may he said of
each and every individual taking part in this master.
piece of Mendelseohn's many musical triumphs.

A chionni atraiwit Mr...Striaty-ird Furs breach of the
Licinviing Act. by wiling ititimicating !kilning to he
drunk 'in WWI withdrawn by
Mr. Plrydril with Ow ',unwed id' Ow Bench, for which
Mr. il.wardrpred thanka .011 behalf Mn.. • eat.-
yard.

continterl in IFNI, with generally faveurslele re•ults,
but with just .tatficient intiterfection in a istrt. .4
the 1.1.1er ensiled to throw light upon the Ciillll4l .4
failure. Keeping' careful records of tetimperattire and
oilier details during hi. two year.. .4 practine, and
carrying tett num.-row experiment. on • sniall scale
at tM tittle', Mr. Fry hat. obtained an inaight .4
lii.' scientific itrincirltes tenetillige which may, with-
out flattery, bee said to he unique, and he haet eni-
la.lietl the result.. .4 hi. study. and experientae in a
$llllll book, to be publi.hed the. wteek. A. a gnat
deal .4 interest ham heen tocittrl by fran.•twittotry
tle.cription. .4 Mr. Fry's .y.tent, .tyled ley mane
authorities " the 101 the future," we avail
ountelves of tile .111.rtsinity affewled tutl.yan advance
pre.4 .4 hi. ls•ek which ha.. Iseen sent to us togivn an
outline .4 his theory. Mr. Fry tint p0t.... r aAteur
awl loi.ter to show that the cluinzes which, under
ordinary circutiottance., take 'dace in attiutal
anti vegetable .iihstanc..,i art. flue to the action '
if living terganiettit.-a doctrine now familiar to all
...hatted people. It l.as also hewn abundantly proved
and generally admitted that the genus .4 feniwtita
newiantly pnesent in thee atineephere ; but what is
I 111• generally km kWIII is, AS I•i111.1g 11illij ag. .u,,,,,,u,cr.1,
that, although these geniis require fn... oxygen to
;rise (lien, their find impulse of lifet the resultant
licim; Organ iSIIIII ciii 11X ist WWI lt i I ily with' ut free
oxygen. This is a most important fact it, relatioit to
ensilage, WWI it is mainly through it. recognition that
Mr. Fry has been 1.1 to the elaleorati.en hi. new
S., far from the living organisms yt.h.n.,•l te.
va„liax a coati ..... supply of fro, wygen alter they
have once cone. into exiewevice, Mr. Fry contend. that
11,,' convent.. i. tne• whet. he ...at., that " iti ease of
lii,' alcoholic, ferment," for iitata•ive, •• after they have
Itersome active, the amount of work which they laey.
form Ow foruseistsi, is in inverse ratio to the Lute 1111 l t .4
oxygen supplinl tto Tin• reason for this, he
gaes i. V. ...plain. is that the 1 11,11111, being produced'
by the ale.tr.tetion coital I oxygen from the AUXIar
molecule, the free oxygen is sul,l.liesl the natty
migar will he cluing...l. aici the mon: alcohol will I.•
1,111,11111,111 I): the tiny ofganism in procuring ovygen
Mr the I,llllt 111 l at 11.11 ItS ii 4,110.. It Will neatlily
I,' imagined that the grnits of ferments and the riloorort
II Of • Nati. (wing nett.tantly preasnt iii the
I atineephere, will 'seal wayetc. enveyed into the oiloatitong
the fodder plows; lett the general prat-tic.. of chatting
atel conapressisiti the Mohler AM elfeettially and rapidly
I its possible 11,14 beets 114.41 .1, far iv. it Ili. been
dire:fed In' any theory at all upon the iiii.taken
etsslattoptimi that if air is' excluded all fermentation
as s.i as all the (roe ...nett originally in the
mile, lute cmiverted into carbonic acid. Pasteur
ha. clearly tltet 1111 l earntorl the fallacy .4 this &001 1111 l
ti.... awl Mr. Fry eety. that his theory might e•-
presmsl fonit : " Fermentation io the
of life withrnit air.- From experiments
tius•
the in the silo and in glas. tube. Mr. Fry kis
matiedietl himself that alcoholic silage is iontduced
tho of the cell. .4 the enmiletl plant., and not
by independent orgaiti.m., as he hax not been filth. to
deasever in the silo or ttilser any .4 tin. known forme
of
slooliaic fermentation - titycoderma, torula,
macchanontyces--neither la.. lee been aide to cultivate
alcoholic fermetitation with ',aunties of Adage. linter.
innately the conversion sugar in a1c.41.1, detri•
mental am it is tl. tlie feeding properties of the fodder,
is tiot the tmtl .4 the changes which tuo generally go
on ill the 14111. Thu. neen....riout. convention of alcoleel
into ahltlhytle and a Jet IC avid fl.llllWii. After
taw tratisformat ion 14 sugar iuto
SO far a. is at present known, the functions of the
vegetaltle a.s. at an end, anti the next cluing.. is
productrl, Mr. Fey say*, Ivy bacteria, for the develme
ment .4 which the transformatiott of nitrogenous 'ii
stances 11111 Willl u.s carlitoltydrates is nee...miry. In
attetnpting to cultivate tht• fermentations of the silo,
e,t, d,.„i‘ hi
,fth..tinyltactimte ca
erilL.ent,
u
.1 the change from alcohol to aldehyde first,
an.l !text Is, ac..tic aciul. Th.. les,, in the
tenting value of the ftsider, he adds, must lee very
notisidemlole. There is, first, lima in the protltictiott
the organisms ; .ryttelly, 1.0. by the tnansforttiation
.4 alcohol Mt.. ablellytle and acetic acid ; j 4, thirllf.
los. by the alatraction of oxygen front 1.111. other sub.
Atomise, probably iiitroirmi.sts. These 1.0.15. are Is. he
acoidisi -by allowing the temperature of the fodder to
run' 41 above 122 deg. F., as ley that ninsno the leacteria
are dest n Ted, Ti,.- production .4 lactic acid, object:et'
in account of it. disagreealtl.• odour, but in Mr.
Fr)".. opinion leo. objectionalde than acetic twat. may
itirventtrl in the saints way. .A.et Is lintyric,
visnew, and putrefactive fertlientatie t heir itriticiistl
canoe appear. to be tie. owiling immature f..1.1er.
T.. ilretvent, mould if titiitlew, W ane 4.1.1, it is of the
ittnent importance that the calls of plant. should not
his allowed to die by iloisicatiiin in tin. omit field, mid
that the air should he entirely excluded fnun them
afto.r they have been exposed in the etilto to a tem(sra-
titre en/reeling 112 deg. F. If Mr. Fry's
stated above, lie correct tint analysis .4 fodder mitt-
Jected in the ado to the temperature declared t., he
distiraltle might t.o dim (1) that the carbellythrlitni
have not Welt changed into 11101.1114 111 f acid, and (2)
that the nitrogenous ottletounie. remain nrincipally in
form of alleameneeids. Several analyse. by ilia
late 1/r. Augustin Ves•lcker and Mr. Lloyd an. giv.-it
111 the lenok, showing that, in the case of gosl, sweet
silage. theme condition* felfilled. Ti,. first i
theoretical portion of tho trlditiso ounclurle, with
eh :titter eat the sciontilic 4. .4 the alio, 11.0.1..... t•
iiiff 4. chemists, squirt (nen it. hearing's. the practice.
•ni,iliegis• part of the ij,s.k Mr. Fry
I Rim.... practical directions for tlw carrying teat .tf his
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