The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-05-19 00:00:00

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opposed. fiebed emery gliod work. like lihe all other
goo 4 principles 111 bed preepered; and world evidently
triumph overseer, oratiole. Ise us look to God mese
I WWI as have hitherto. seell Hisidessiag win be musk,
sated, (,mid cheers.)
Mr. Moffatt% of Lertthett, then addressee lb.
meeting. lib remarks WIT* principality aonlined be the
coribiceasess of fefsithrted drinks to strengthening the
system. He was told ttpa Noy had iD Seleklead Ares,
beer at 9.1. per qeart. Noe toConld tall them that coly
sue half-penny's worth of this Wse strourthentag to the
system The Shaftesbury farads hed said, it they meld
owl, get one drunkard to sign tie Ong/ that sight
they world satisfied. Bat he should be qaite content'
if lie emild bat persuade one moderate 'Maker to be a
teetotaler, se then he might be the mesas of saving
bill from being • draniund, and prevention wor better
than raft. Now he knew all about the prate'. Of
making beer. He had anet the seed into the grarad,
oat down the herby, assialwii te Intel it, slid biad she
brewed beer so be knew all shoot it, aid from first to'
last it was • tad losiness. He worked as hard as any
man, and makl do hie work with far more eouAtt now
be was • teetotaler than wit's he was • *hiker.
Mr. VI3ICf.XT, alter agreiniag the pleasant he fat:
in being premat, said t at ihe had bees • teeloraise
nearly 21 years. He had tried all the menseas, said
found teetotalism the *sleet and the waist. He
worked sometimes IS sad 24 boors •-dai
heat at the Shaftesbury ps works. He i
colt water, sad he amid de his work far hatter there
when he drank beer. He would give • elialramm to say
beer-driaker a Stietilsod that be weak' *ad • es—e
teetotaler— who 'mold wheel • pair et tracks, with •
load of half star, fee 10 days from nhafteshary to
Salisbury. This °hallow be would our far ts
a ride and if they bed not got the irons,
let thed irk their frkod— the barallerd —for it. The
speaker then related an amusing tale of •=:eta,
who bad been an eraellent customer I. a who,
on one occasion, seeng some very nisi "harries the
tor parlour took the liberty to take ens. The landlady
Woke very roimlily to him, asel dared Mis to touch
Cheat!' aloha. atm • short time to sail: Wen, I was
going to mead this 9d. for a plot, but really
them cherries love so tempting, I think I will buy seine
for myself. He writhlismay, end then the lindlady wear
sorry she had refused test's him mono of bee cherries.
The next morning when she mw him, she told bin nob
to mind what she had said shone trai cherries, and some
and have a glass. But this be refused, and to all her
persuasions turned • deaf ear. Hit 'teed to earn 30s.
Fir week, of which his wife only resolved Is. or Is.
She was ouprised to see him go regular/whin week
the remainder of the week, and still more sr "rhea be
put into ber hood fl 10 in gold, and than toil& ler ta
pat on her imemet, and 000111 withlaim. The eilliben
were equally sinpviral when one after another, Inv
base., the 13etebses ad the poeses boy railed
provisions, and when Hoy gra down to supper, the poor
woman said to her husf: 'Why, dem, do thee
tell I what this means." He IslEt Ime the rause, and
said he was determined to "buy ihr own siterrias."
That was the advice he (the speaker) gem them no• I.
buy cherries for Mrs. Sondem, but to provide for dliiir
own families. Were it not for strolls drher the man
who earned Is. per week now might earn les or lbs.?
and the man who earned El might earn 30e. or ft Mr.
Vincent read some very interesting calculations ed the'
omit of the drink and drinking habits of the
during cos year, and concluded his remarks 17,1;
earned appeal to those present to give up the use of'
that which was sods a curse to the country.
Mr. STENT, of the Mllbovs• Reformatory School, said
be rood before them • staunch teetotaler, and he
hoped always to continue so. As a proof of the evils
caused by intoxicating drinks, he srad that eat of more
than MO boys at the reformatory reboot there were but
eight or nine who could not trace as the chief eau= of
their sin and ruin the love of drink themselves, or by
their parents. He had visited convict ship' previous to,
their departure for • foreign load, and on one occasion
he had men more than 300 female convicts on board
ship. The minister who was with him gave them a
farewell address, and really to hear the sighs and
groans, and witness the weeping, was tarty heartrending.
Now the greater part of these unhappy ereatures had
been convicted of crimes committed either directly or
Indirectly through this accursed drink. In the position
he held, he would not giro up his temperance pflatopliew
for the world. For haled not only to educate the boys,
but to inculcate such rules and principles in Omit
minds as would bast conduce to their temporal and
eternal interest., and he had always found that those
boys turned out the best wiao became teetotalers. Of
this he gave several instance*. He was glad to say that
the mum was receiving great support from • gentleman
resident in ids locality, Mr. and he had been
Informer! that the friends at Stickiaad bed received
considerable encouragement from motion gentleman.
This was very enoouniging. He was aim pleased to
state that • meeting had been called in Dorchester to
form • Church of England Temperance Association.
This was • very important movement ; for if they could
get the clergy to act with them, their cause would
peony flourish. After a few further remarks Mr.
!Rent concluded by proposing • vats of Hanka to the
friends from Shaftesbury, who at considerable incon-
venience had come to address them that dwy. This,
with a cordial vote of thanks to W. P. Okedeo,
ier his kind donation to the society's funds, and is lt' •
band for their services, was carried unanimously, and
the meeting separated.

SHAFTESBURY.—Perrr &most, May 13th..
—Before Captain Bower. (chairman) and the Ray.
W. I'. Bower.—flenry ?mart, of Gillingham, was
brought up in custody of Superintendent Hare, for
leaving his wife and family chargeable to the perish
for nearly three yearn—The relieving officer of the
district prosecuted. —Bentenoed to three mouths'
hard labour.—Edward Courtney, of linens
Magna, was summoned by George Tanniag, oldie
game plan, for shooting a pigeon. It appeared
from the prosecutor's evidence that the pigeon win
a very choice can but it sometimes went on defen-
dant's premises. —The Beach inquired of prosecute"
the forth of the bird, at the same time saying it was
a very handsome one, as the ownar of it had it
staffed. The prosecutor valued the bird at 10a The
! defendant was fined CI 18e., including costs.—
' Charles Taylor' of Gillingham, was summoned by
P.C. Orchard for riding without rains —Fined 5...
sod costs, or 14 days' imprisonment. The clafendaan
preferred the latter. —William Francis, of East
&ewer, was summoned by Superintendent Hare, for
being drank and riotous.-The ease was proved by P.C.
Dicker. —Fined Se. and costs.— William Thomaso
a vagrant, was brought op in custody of P.C.
Eidson, charged with begging at different shops in
the town—Discharged, on promising to leave the
town.

—ABBEY MlLTON.—ALcsineo Peootroemcavioe.
—The good people of this village bad soarcely resovereit
Menthe alarm aod anxiety ceased by the late are, whee.
they were again (though needleeal ) thrown into a sad
Stili• of eonsternation by tbe popbasy of an old tramp
woman, who declared that either on Saturday or Seeder
eight the whole of the village would be burnt down.
To prevent so awful • catastrophe they appointed 12
sem to march all night through the village, and not
mutant with tote precaution to make amoureuse doubly
sere," the plater part of the inhabitants remalimed out
of
their beds till the morning, while others, whose fears
no precautions mold quell, sat up the whole of the
eight—What do our readers think of this for the nine-
teenth centery