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

" JEMMY QUIHM" THE BASS SINGER.

There once lived a man who was known by the
SOUbriquet of "Jemmy Queer." Half • century ago, no
race, fair, Sr wake within a score miles of Sheffield was a
perfect success unless Jemmy was present. Like Yoriok,
he was • fellow of infinite humour; but he had •
defect, which at that time was more common than in these
days --his jokes were often of the coarsest. Jemmy could
sine vr,ll, and was • splendid tambourinist; and in his
pevesrination_a usually had • blind fiddler in Par
Re would "keep the table in a roar" for almortatn7.4
of time, and was, of course, a prime favourite among
artisan and agricultural classes. But Jemmy had a defect
not uncommon with his tribe—that of exalting himself
Into the hero of his best tales ; and even if the joke
seemed to tell against him, the profits usually told in his
favour.

A somewhat formidable rival of Jimmy's Bred at
Hathersage, and he had a magnificimt bass voice—could
get down to double D. sad up to almost any height ; in
fact his admirers thought him the best boss singer in the
kingdom. The fame of this worthy reached the metropolis_
where his singing created suite • sensation ; but like •
certain class of horses, which kick over the traces if you
give them too much corn. fiattraTi "CC.", ood other
thi,694, intoxicated him so thoroughly and constantly, that
he was topled from hispedestal, and returned to Hatherssgs
to and his Okra. In one of his tours to the Derbyshire
wakes, he met with a rival, who pretended that he, too,
could get down to double dey, up to sky high. But the
asthersage man won a vary decided victory over his
antagonist The victor, of course, soon emulated Tons
()Shouter—

" Kinn may be blamed, but Tam was glorious
O'er ail the ills a file victorious."
And he started for Hathersage in the small hours of the
morning. in a state more easily imagined than deacribed.
li. took a short cut through some fields, and being tired
and drowsy withal, availed himself of a fence wall on
which to take a rest. He es/ PM dreaming and lighting
the vocal battle over again. Soon he heard • noise some-
what resembling Use bees of his rival; but so indifferent
was the music that he contentptuouay styled it "bosh ! "
A second noise followed • but this5 slihough an improve-
went on the first, was a long Wa off e double dry"
Speedily a third succeeded—an adusal bellow —and, simul-
taneously our hero found himself being hurled with
terrific force from his perch on the wall into the adjoin-
ing field. He picked himself up, remarking, "Thou may
he a good bass singer, but thou canna' CA thysen a gentle-
man : and he apched the wall from whence he had
been eo Aroern, to look at his discourte-
ous rival; and se flashing fire, and nose
milting nearly gilt nose of our hero, was an enraged

CURIOUS BURIAL CiaiRONT AT SURIDERLAND.—The
remains of an old pensioner, named Francis Tracy, who
resided in Ogden street, Mil Meld, was interred at Sunder.
lend on Sunday with military honours. The religious
portion of the ceremony was conducted under somewhat
peculiar circumstances. Deceased had been a Rornan
catholic all his life, but owing to his neglect of religious
duties at Elated, and Inability to make confession on his
deathbed when he was Ip.ecnAesa, he was out of the pale,
and could not be interred by the Catholic clergy. The
rector of the parish declined to interfere, so, at the
request of the friends, Mr. Felicia. a Nonconformist lay.
men, read an ' unsectarian burial service over the
remains.
TRITING oorrespondent of the Albany
Cowan, GesSitetee gives the following description of •
new method of testing milk, which appears to be coming
into vogue among American deirymen. It COWIII4I of a
series of • small cups in • water-bath or recep-
tacle, so that the contetrtreultdhe vat may be heated either
ir steam or water. As the milk comes to the factorY, •
vim quantity is taken from each patron'. can, and
sated in these cups until • temperature of about ?Os
Fahr. is reached. At this temperature it is found by
practical experiment, that the smell It putridi
fever or disease of the udder will unmistakably
manliest itself by developing thetaouli odour which characterises each of thole Impurities. Ir the milk show
no signs of being unsound or in bad condition, but is
itialrerled of being skimmed or diluted with water, the
sample in each cup is tioagubsted by adding rennet, the
curd compressed to expel the whey. and the curd then
weighed. Sy knosvlng thee weight of the curd
of •Eren quantity of milk, and comparing it with the
!Wm tested, the variation shows the amount of water
ass added or to what extant it has been skimmed,
and the per-caritas* may b. deducted from such patron's
milk. Experiments with the above " tarter " have
revealed not only putridity, but milk that has bean
skimmed • other samples that have been watered with
aneannatto melded.
RRINARY MAGISTIRILL Eiscision.—At the I
Iledgisy Police court, OD Monday, tour wen wire brought
Ware . Homer, on the charge of gairbt with cords I
gom'alst4SWahLrdalana hoVkillagiejn. t, at
ehlaiP.PlllS"Uneareir:tai4l:7ootpeth,ithe Vr&tilett 14:
waiting • short time he • candle lighted sod the ;
triaonr.plffin_g_careja,:etzed,nottreneae.,...mney used,
ling the Home; aid, in ordeopt Wow
to such coeds,* the whole it the amain wesid have is
go to prison or owe RA* w4til herd WNW,

AT.ARMTNG ACOCIDENT AT ST. GEORGE";
theAthirgeab°6twatealici°BruartertaaPlT7'Pligton thll.°le on Saturday
Sty Geon"negeiltru
Hospital gave way from some cause at
_present no.
known, crashing through Wright.' Ward &IQ
Holland's Ward underneath, and the to tha
studenta' room. The alarm warn first raised by ths
num,' of the right wing, who notised water comma,
through the ceiling. Shortly afterarrds a loud Qui
wee heard, and the whole volume of water
several
thouaand galloas—cone pouring through the euoi
bringing with it part of the cistern. It Nisei
through part of the wards, where several women ebd
children were lying, Several of the beds and their occupauta were carried with the dcbris through
floors to the baaement Four persons were injured, and a great many invalids so much frightened so to
cause great anxiety for their recovery.

THE &UHLMAN TOMBSTONE CASE.
Judgment in this ease was delivered in the Canister, Court of the diocese of Illy, at Cambridpi on Saturd, morning. It will be remembered that a faculty bad he, wiled ordering the removal of • tombstone erected by bfr. Thomas Bennett in the churchyard of Bshrshare
the memory of his late wife. bearing the followingitscrite
tic„ :_o In memory of Catherine, the beloved wife 0/
Thome. Bennett, who died the Eittid day of April, lies. meg sixty-two, from long mental anxiety caused by ,
unbierfully peoionsed game can in this parish agajb,t her
beloved husband, with tuore to a like effect It wee bebt by the applicants that the inscription conveyed untruhu,
and was offensive to the feelings of nmay
al, the tatives of the late Mr. Adeline. Tit,
j udgm en t the Chancellor (Dr. Brunel) wan read by the
Rev. Edward Ventris, surrogate. It ordered the remora
of the stone within fourteen dam and condemned Er.
Bennett in costs. Mr. Franca; solicitor for the pet.
tioners undertook that, provided the stone WU removed
within fourteen days, all demand for costa would lie ow
doned ; but Mr. Bennett, who appeared personally, eeed
he should give notice of appeal within that time. 14.
Bennett Ls a farmer occupying under • lease from the Lew
Mr. Adeamt and be is also "a claimant to the
estates

At the Liverpool Sessions,on Saturday, Win. pw„,
cashier to W. H. and S. Jones and Co., was fte-eplgii
to six months' imprisonment for stealing £4,770; Am
William Richard Thomas and John Thomas E 1
were sentenced to five years' penal servitude
receivers.
The Chewer Manor collection .4 old DjfJ i
Richard f'
oe icturester, wastimeolPdrooPertn SatY ofurdal7,isis kanrd'
Christie, Mason, and Wood's. Including
pictures by old masters, from various oelleol,-Z
day's sale realised upwards cf £13,000.
On Saturdm morning shortly after 11 o'clock, uee
8.10 Great Western train from Swindon ran off the
line upon its arrival at Slough Junction. The equip
and a couple of vehicles left the rails and Worked the
way. one of the peameallare were hurt The
accident happened soon after the King „I the
Belgians passed through the Slough.
I Talking of the Derby, there is a good tale going the
rounds at the expense of a gentleman "emu oown is
fashionable circles," which will bear r,ePestine. On Tues-
tday he was doing the row. when the stmaifit up _
:Ltio him that Bieber was to win. He
for dinner, and then suddenly coeu,,to t
determination to have • bet ere he sat down,
letter to • member of Tattersall's, and told him to heck
the horse at the port win him .Cl,OOO. He v. unable
to go down to the race, but on receiving the telegram
to the result at his club he was naturally delighted it
success, end, brimming over with happiness at his good
fortune, he there and then asked about a dozes of hie
friends to • most reche rche little dinner, to come off the
suns evening at a celebrated restaurant, Haring °ruled
the repast he retired to his room to dress, and on putt*
on his swallow-tail, and while placing a pocket handker.
1 chief in the pocket of the same, the said hand encountered
an envelope.which envelope turned out to be the letter to
the member of Tattersars, which letter be had forgotten
to poet His guests could not think "what made —so
deucedly off his feed. Seemed so glum too. Hardly spok,
a word, by Jove r tr.

DORCHESTER AND COUNTY OF DORSET
BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY.
(EsTAßusim) 1847).

For the purpose of enabling Person. to Purthase
Houses and Land.;
Redeem Property alreaty in Mortgage;
And to accumulate Savings.

Shares E 1.2 each—Entrance Fee, IK. nd.

TLIE advantages of BUILDING SOCIETIES
are -that the Tenant of the Property who, in a
few years, actually pays its full value in rent without
ever becoming the owner thereof, may, by paying
to this Society a gum equal to his rent, with little ore,
additional demand on his own resources, become the
absolute owner of the property.

. .
The advantages to borrowing members are :
Ist. —The mortgage is liquidatesi by easy instalment:.
2nd.- -Whilst the instalments are regularly paid, no
demand can be made of the mortgage money.
3rd—He may at any time sell, exchange, or redeem
•4tr—AdY;ances made during the pmgre.. f build.
ulth. -The Solicitors' Fees, for Mortgage, are
limited as follows -
s.
Under . . . . 2 0
For each 100 . . 1 1 0
Exclusive of Travelling expenses.
iith.--bfortgage I/eeds for sums not exceeding 1:100
are exempted from Stamp duty.
The Monthly Meetings of the Directors are held on
the Second Tuesday in es cry nuith, at the Town
Hall, Dorchester, at Seven o clock in the evening,
when Advances are made, :tad ~timer business in con-
nection with the Society is transacted.
Persons desirous of availing thentselve.,of the benefits
of this Society, should make application to the
Solicitors, Manager, or Agent...
H. LOCK and SON, Solicitor,.,
THOS. A. PEAR('E, Manager, D"rche-ter.
Money always ready for immediate ad, ante, on
exceedingly liberal terms.
Arvin•

WC y 1404111 M. R. Damon.
Southampton Mr. Thomas Shettle, 81, East .treet.