The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-08 00:00:00

TEMPERANCE TEA AND ENTERTAIN.
MF.NT.

The temperance friends of Dorchester announced a
Public tea and entertainment at the Temperance-hall,
Colliton-street., on Thursday evening, which was well
attended. The tee oommesoed at six o'clock and the
entertainment at 7.30 and the programme showed
that cars and attention had been bestowed on it, with
a view to giving those who attended. pleasant mid
genuine ermines amusement, and we must ~•aft•
late our friends on the success which amended their
effort.; though it would be as well on another occasion
that the chMren should be arranged along the sides of
the building, and a strict watch kept over them. The
Rev. J. Harrinn took the chair, and Mn. Bingham
prssid.d
preaded at the harmonium, under whose guidance the
following programme woe very effectively rendered
'Hold the Fort, Band of Ms" Choir
recitation, " Nothing but Leaves," Mr. MemburY
recitation, "Little Shoes," Miss Law.; song
John Cross," Temperance Society Choir; recitation,
"The Wonderful Sight," Mr. Hammond • recitation,
"The Sabbath School," Anna Lske • goaitett, "Sale
and Strong," Misses Edwards at;cl Harman, and
Messrs. Kerslake end Curtis; recitation, "Th.
Gambler's Wife," Miss Withymen ; recitation, "Good
Night, Polly," Bessie Oilman; song, "Here in the
Dawn," Temperance Society Choir (encored and
r ). Here followed an interval of ton minutes,
which chairman took advantage of to make a few
remarks derogatory to the drink traffic. Part IL :
Song, "The Song of Liberty," Bend of Hope Choir;
recitation, '' How the Lesson went Home," F. Hardy;
trio, with chorus, "The Social Gt.," Mews,
Kalish*, Allen and Curtis; dialogue. "The Brewer
or the Baker," kisses Withroaan end Law.j recite-
tics "The Dutchman's Family," Mr.
song, "Sound the Battle Cry," TeintiericrYs SAM;
Choir 4lelogne. "Mr. Johnson's Troubles," Mime,
All., Greening, end Clerk • song, "Th. Song of
Triumph," Temperance Society Choir. Where all
did their best, and everything pawed off so pleasantly,
It may seem invidious for us to mention anythinly in
Mtir,, but the recitation "Little Shoos," ig
lar,
wail especially good, and "Hereto the Dawn,"
by the Temperance ,sty Choir, wee deservedly
encored. A vote of thanks was proposed to Mra.
Bingham end the friends who had assisted In the
entertainment, and oarried with acclamation. The
doxology sung, the Rev. J. Harrington pronounced
the benediction, thm bringing a successful evening toe
close, which in a great masenre was due to the exer-
tions of Mr. T. Richards, the secretary of the society,
who conducts the chior. We understand this is the
first of a series to be given at intervals during the
winter months.

BOROUGH POLICE, TO-DAT (1101(DAT).

Wore the Mayor (Dr. Aldridge). A.Marosaa Oalp4n. Mr.
0. J. D. Oman, sad Mr. R. Darla.

John As*, of Grove-balidingn WM charged with having
boas so helplessly drunk that be was found in the water
St Friary-oxills, and fined ss. and soda.

•
WWsemil Pays. was inuontoosd for using obeceos• and
abusive language to Alfred Macon of Grove-buildings
Defendant, in mower to the charge, said it rim true.
This waa a most trumpery ems.
Complainant lodges at deendant',..r.:would seem
May ere not on the best of tonna fel out the other
day, and Payne threatened to knock 'a had off.
This was the sum and subetance of the case, which Joseph
Symee was called, by Um comealmint, to corroborate, but
kW evidence went to show that Macey Int threw out
" sassy 'ilnuatione about his horse haying no oat, to eat.
Defendant .in. said complainant had tried to pick a
quarrel with him for the lest .ix months, and said he
would put • nail in his oodin for him. He owned he was
In a temper, SI Macey had aimed more snxiety in the
neighbourhood than anybody since the IS years he had
lived there. He himself only wanted to hire macemble.
Ms Bench, however, fined him 5. and costs
Seassol Newberry ("Slummy Wstsrersen wss annul
with assaulting Vary Fooks at Fordington.
Te. complainant amend with • tremendous black
•7*-
Defendant had been lodging at Mrs. Fooks's house, and
on Sunday evening she found him sitting on ths well out-
side her house. She remarked Samuel, I hays kept you
out rather too long, and then opened the door of the
house and let him in. She then sake him for the money
for his lodge, upon which he said "iii pay you, mid up
with his fist and struck her in the eye, knocking her
down. When she was down he kicked her, saving he
would give her the Devonshire kick. He also beat her
about the breasts. He then left the house, but had the
" humane,'"to eome back on the Saturday to know how
she wait and the told him if he came into her house she
would "give him the poker—and so she would hams It
all arose became she had given him notice to leave.
Cross questioned by the defendant, Mrs. Poem denied
she came home drunk end rambled.' against the door.
She did not fly at him and scratch his face or make his
nose blpod.". . _

-'f.;;;t in his defence said she fell anon him first,
and thistidened himyith knife.
. .

.".iill7ll7;o7t•Trti:7l.7•7cait there was no doubt a
most diammeful home had been kept there, and the police
would be told so watah t The/ wire both bad. dimomt•
able people, and ea they seemed both to be equally bad
they would dismiss Me cam.
The Superintendent gave the woman a very bad
character.

Francis Porter, landlord of the Chequers, eummonad
William /egg for smaehlne a window.
He admitted it, but pleaded he was In liquor at the
Um.

—Red the deluge, le id, sad the oats. Sa ed.
Soma and Anna armefird were summoned for cruelty
to .aimol.

-14-risani Mitchell stated that on Sttordey, the Hat of
September, be was on duty in the Wry-mouth-road and saw
the defendant Samuel in Fordington.fteld harrowing some
land. He had two hones, one of which was in • very
emaciated state, so much so that his boom appeared to be
protruding through the skin. On the 13rd be savr Mr.
Saunders, the inspector, and drew his attention to the
hone. The animal had no wounds upon it, but it seemed
moody able to drag one leg after another.
Kr. Lipscomb., veterinary surgeon. of Dorchester, Ina
called to examine the home, which he did, in the presence
of the Sergeant, the Superintendent, and the Impostor of
the Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals.
It was erasing in • field Lod in an extreme state of prostra-
tion, and totally unfit for work. It was • hone 17 or 18
years of ace. No disease, but symptoms of phythisla
Mr. Sanders, the carer of the IL&P.C.L., stationed at
Yeovil, saw Samuel Sheppard on the 13rd, and told him
he had been Wormed he had been working. home in an
ugit conditioa, to which be replied yes, but he was sorry
he had done so, it was one of his brother's.
Daniel Sheppard vas charged as the owner. He bad
elected to have his we triad separately.
The Sergeant proved he had admitted, in reply to Mr.
Sanders, that the poor miserable black horse (the one in
question) we. hi,, and that if any one Pao to fault it was
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upsoombe worn also ailed hi this me. r•Peatiai

—D-siendenisaid the hone had fed well sad bad (=peeved.
and in no shape or for= had it been cruelly treated, and
what wort it had been put to it was quits able to do.
The Bench convicted both defendants. fining the= in
the lomat fins they could, as they quite believed there
was no intention to act cruelly, Ink and oasts mu) In
fetch case