The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-09-26 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

It is an old and trite saying, which perhaps
some of us may have realised that "one often
sleeps with strange bedfellows ;"and it would also
seem that some fellows sleep in strange—very
1 strange,—beds. A young man who boasted the
I not uncommon patronymic of Smith, and who
I described himself as an accountant—but in this
' instance was evidently out of his reckoning—was
charged a few days ago with having attempted to
commit suicide somewhere on farfamed Clapham
Common. He was found by a constable
"gurgling" on his back, in a bed of blue mud.
He was hauled out, and the next day hauled up,
and the; only explanation he could give was,
that whilst he declined to admit he was at all
mud-died, something, he could not tell what,
"possessed" him—perhaps Rev. Mr. Cook will
explain—to lie down in the mud, and actually
[ make a blanket out of it to cover himself with.
After a remand he was sent to his accounts.

Date.

"Music soothes the savage breast"—and the
bosom of the more lovely sex (taking it as
granted, the adjective savage is used in purely a
masculine sense) would seem to be not unamen-
able to its charms. Newry in Ireland eau furnish
an example. Twelve months ago there was
introduced into that neighbourhood of Arcadian-
innocence a teacher of music in the shape
of—as the paper of the district viciously
describes him, a long, red haired son of
Adam. It is affecting to learn that this
gentleman had a happy home, presided over by
the lady whom he had sworn for ever to cherish,
and that in addition to other accomplishments
he was " papa " to five little ones. Now it
seems the leading lady of the choir of which this
pedagogue was precentor was also a teacher in a
national school. She was good-looking, and as
she had a well-trained voice to boot, she became,
as first treble, one of the sweet singers of the
local leraeL Of course it was necessary for the
choir to inset for practice twice a week, and
sometimes oftener. On one of these occasions
particular attention was paid by the precentor
to the leader of the trebles, and in church they
sat side by side sharing one Psalm-book between
them in the red-curtained oompartment
erected by the handy sexton for the choir. To
make a long story short, it soon became evident
that the "first treble" had made an impression
on the choir master; he was unable to disguise
his feelings ; the people began to whisper, and
then totalk. At length the place became too hot
for the enamoured pair, and it was necessary to
select " other fields and pastures new." Arrange-
ments for the elopement were quickly made,
and on a fine Sunday evening they departed.
Report says that the fugitives were seen on
board a ship, and that their destination was the
Antipodes. Such is the faithlessness of man and
for all that of woman also.

TEE SULGARIAN ATROCITILS.
• 111110W1701, DILID.
A oultaolideat writing from Belgrade says:-The
girl who was outraxed and slashed by the Turks is dead
In the ElthetaC Hospital. whore Mr. Viliars, of the
Owitie, sew her and heard her may. She was taking
food to her lather at Yenkova, Klass" when • roving
detachment of Turkish irregular carl caught her.
Twelve soldiers in succession inflicted the grossest tf 41
outrages team her, and than apparently an attempt was
made to cot leer to pieces. A great piece of flesh was
slashed bodily out of her back, leaving bore the muscles
of the shoulder. 'there was another wide gash down-the
left shoulder, roan* by a weapon that had missed her
head, and another terrible wound lower down. The poor
Ale lay on the hospital lied on her stomach. She was
pesfectly conscious, and told her story feebly but
intelligently, in full knowledge ot bra epprosching death.
Mr. 'I glers himself joined in sing this message in
testimony of the accuracy of its contents.
TIM 11811ACILE AT mine.
Yr. Baring's report in dealing with the case of Batas-
" the most Marfa( tragedy that happened during the
whole insurrectuse -says :-'' The SWAIN of Tatar
Beigarjik, hearing that pecparetiona for revolt were going
On in this village, °tiered Achmot Aglie of Dospet to
attack it, and this individoid, haring joined his forces
swell thole of Mohammed Asks of Derkova, proceeded to
..einy out these orders. On arriving at the village he
ihtlthaionett the inhabitants to give up their anus, which,
as thee mistrusted him, they refused to do, and a desul-
tory firiet. sameeeded, which lasted two days, barley any
toes being indicted on either site. On the Oth of May the
inhadtants„ awing that things were going badly with
them, SO4 that se aid came troth without, had a varier
with Acinnet, who ...keenly swore that if they only gave
up their arms n.A • hair of their heads should be
touched. A certain nuretwr of the inhabitants luckily
Car them, took 10Y:int/ON of this parley to make their
mane. The villagers believes ..Ichmet's oath and
aureendered their arms but this &raised was followed by
meter all the money in tbe village, whith, of rourse, had
also to be acceded to. No Poona, was the mon4ven no
thins ties Barbi-Basouks set upon the a on
slaughtered them like sheep. A large autabor • p.a..
probably alsost 1,000 or 1,200 took refuge in the church
and churchyard, the letter being surrounded by a wail.
The church itself ta • solid building. and resisted all the
Attempts of the 8e.14-Baseuks to burn it from the
outride : they conseqeseay tired in through the windows
sad getting upon the root tore up the tiles, and threw
homing pieces of wood ant reae dipped in petroleum
a,rn ow tue mus of uni.eppy huseur beings inside. At
last the door was forced in. the messier. completed, and
the inside of the church burnt. Hardly am escaped out
of these 14.4 walls. The only survivor I could and was
.one old *Avian who alone remained out of a fararlir a
veven Whim the door was broken in and she was
expecting immeliete death. a Turk took her by the hand, ,
sad saying. ' Cane, „ild woman, I am not going to hurt
you,' led her away wed saved her life. The spectacle
which the church and thswebyard present must he seen to
he described.. ; hardly a corpse Mu been tinned: where a
vein fon WNW be now lies, and .I. is with difficulty that 1
one picks ones way te the dor of the chu the I
entrance of which is toned bye ghastly ~..orme stretrch, thed
ruse the threehhold. I visited this vulay of the
rhadow if death on the 31st of July, more thsw two
months and • half after Om massacre, but still She
stench was so overpowering that one could hardly force
,one's way into the churchyard. is the streets at every ,
men lay human remains_ rotting and sweltering in the '
✓ualmor ADD—here a shall of an old WOthao, with the
heir still attached to it; there the ee evis of
gray W nr
unhappy girl, 'lashed in half by a yataChip, 14 i
'Lle-isd which it adorned having been yrethbly carried eg ,
to be devoured by sotne of the dogs, who up to this havii 1 -•-• -
been the only scsvengem Just outside the village I;TN E AMALGAMATION OF THE
counted in.& than OD skulls iii a little baltew, and ,
It war evident Iron) their appearance that nearly 41 of U . BOROUGH AND THE COUNTY POLICE.
them led bein severed from the bodie. by axes end ;
reteasepa, prom the remains .of female wearing ' Mr. Alderman Lock's motion, brought forward
apparel scattered about, itreiswp.l.4...ths,
irtionf a7f the,,.
at the last Council meetieg, to place the
persons soreninei of the ri*elliier villagers were subjected -to constabulary of the borough under the jurisdic-
cruel tortures before being pet to death, in hopes that tion of the County received-and we are glad to
they would reveal the existence et bidden treasure. Thus _,,,,,,rd it___46
crushing
defeat. Leaving out of
Petro TriancloSbrilos and Pope Meese were roasted, and , record
stmt.,n btoychog had his ears, nose, bane., pad feet cut I the question the desirability of self-government,
off. Enough. I think, has been said to 4.1., that to we fail to see that any material advantage can
Aehmet Atha and his man belongs the clumoeswn of I be derived from the proposed change.
having committed, perhaps, aae most heinous edge. U. 14
has stained the history Of the present century. Nana. To look at the suggestion from a pecuniary
haying nyalled their deeds. As i point err view-and it is through the pocket the
Sahib alone.! should sily.
regards the numbers of killed, I have before stated that
oboist 5000 is guestimate. lam aware that others place wishes of Me rSepayer must be gauged-what
it ugh., het he this as it may • whether the then are to will be the saving to us 1 Our contemporary,
be coveted of hundreds or by may: does ti...t loon the Chronicle, which favotiat our being handed
In the least deem the criminality of the slayers. The ,
intention was to eittarministe all exgirls
except those few
iI "ver to the county, states 'the police-rate
b.,- hem,' about Se) whom therm:riot off to satisfy air , ordared by the Council at 6d. in the £ amounts
costs Those that_,cecaPed owed their safety t° their own Ito £420. The county will contract with the
good fortune, AlyA
not to the tender maxim of their
- 1 Council for £225" (we presume our .contem-
onabboure.
S. r " ni I
- . Baring adds the taidtiortent lea that ~tof perary has authority for this) "saving to the
this exploit Achmet Agile bae reclined the °re" atle town 4201, beside!' anything paid to inspector of
illlstMtate i weights and measures, which would also be
teal CAM We will endeavou,r to show the fallacy
his much to the credit of Dorset, tloi, with ear °go" "be* w
tiers. it hes had hitherto the wisdom to .4a1ata.,..„_,,,...frwa of this statement. The estimate of the oast of
indignation meetings OD "Bllhrari&D" Or '8M...". our Borough form for the year 1876-7 was
zu""l4; of this Government contributes £307,
atwdowayettles.b; recifeleVimeepthillese purpose
einssetlaf eagbleeramdebilutron,7"siam,
utterly careless of the honour of their country, to bid for leactitg to be produced by rate also £307. A
oake by pandering to • thoughtless and excited " ' 4veg lig somewhere about £435, and
undtitsde, miser men, who have seen and heard, and who o'is• rate 11. • 4 ..
have at Mart the honour of England, know latter than to that was thei rate Pund at the last wasting,
hamper the Government by scattering around them sparks but we should like to s•tow for what reason. A.
of war and bloodshot. For, what is it all about? EZOISODS, urer's hands
call them revolting atrocities, have been inmmitted in • balance of £3O was left in the- ttleei. --- - , n,,,,,,,‘,
corner of Europe Under Halwmalan rub!. hr intent.: and a 4d. rate would have realised ni..".".ril ~—;
troops sent to quell an insurrection raised by • hostile and the estimate but just " to. ps" £3OO, wheri.-"e•
wily as wall as greedy power. Thom irregulars were _
feawsaana and aim levies-men without religion, then the necessity of making a 6cL rate, and
ftwojaa, and under no restraint of either fear or thus making it appear that our forco is so
principle ; men, in abort. in their natural state. It was dreadfully expensive? So that for £25 we give
enough for the Ciresaiths to smell Medan blood, to
rouse their passions; and no wonder. Hunted down like up Home-rule' knuckle-under to the county;
wild beasts from tha green daPaa and rock:, faatneasos ol and, in the place of a superintendent, get a Ist,
which they loved as the eagle loves his
thTiedre.Ctre= pine after the. in the lends to which they 2nd, or 3rd class sergeant-aa the fit may take
were bisniebedL The deck of the steamer on the Caspian the authorities to rule the Borough. Because
I took to Aairlikhan was crowded with Circewdena thud, the Treasurer desires to have a balance in hand,
women with babies at the breast and young aria. who .
were being taken from th.,4* heights of Deghestan to the It does not necessarily increase the cost of our
of the Volga. As I could not help looking atthan police force.
tdwrintsrest and pity, • Russian officer who noticed it We happen to know a little of what is going
said to me "These are wolves, sir, wolves." "Tame
ones, said I, "at all events" On the other hand, on behind the scenes, and of the views of those
Egyptian notion as Arabia, have a proverb current gentlemen who are pulling the wires' and WO
among them that "Men ire wolves; and he that is not • will show our readers what is intended. Alder-
waif, is devoured by the rest."
Those men then, mew as they are, act up to their man Lock himself avowed the statement that the
such as it is: as canaille.' do when feastiAg on their borough force were unable to deal with difficukies
fellows. What then? An European war which pulpit which had before now arisen. No one for a
wad platforin orators, with more seal. MAW*, than ,
&Millen Immo seem to call forth, in mder to punish those moment can doubt but that the learned Alderman
atrocities, would neither stop them nor tesch the perpe- referred to the sth of November disturbances.
testers Of tam "awn- "But." say .91%1: We cannot But that assertion was at once disposed f b
allow suck Otago in Christian Europe. 't you? And 0 y
who made you European constables I "Christian Alderman Curme, who reminded Mr. Lock that
Europe" indeed ! Alas I for the name; • mere nit= Cyan if we were under the surveillance of the
alas I What of the 611,000 harmless Protestants 'laugh
in cool blood at the S. Bartholomew, with every iniegin- county, Capt. Brown could not by any possibility
Atte horror and cruelty, by the holy mother of Rome, for throw an extra staff of men into the borough.
the lave of God end in the awe of Christ! And the Besides, as far aa that smallquestiongoes, it is
Albigenses ; the Irish mesterei ; the tortures of the
Inquisition, and the infamies) of the Inquisitors; the very easily settled by the acceptance of a very
martyrs of Smithfield, of Oxford, and elaarbere • the ' kind offer from Mr. J Odlepti Fudge. He readily
"°°.aads slain by Charlemagne; the massacresJ
of ewe, offers the loan of his field in the Walks for any
of harmless Turas and their p.liso ile by_Spaniards &thirst ~_ ~
for geld ; the nuns lately at Warsaw. and m celebration On the sth; that, and a torchlight
pore, all wrought by "Chri Europe r First, then, procession would surely meet the wishes of all,
Idol out all these foul spots front the annals of the world,
and then talk of Turkish atrocities. and avoid the heart-burnings attendant upon an
If it is right, of course, to feel sympathy for the poor arbitrary interdiction of tho letting off of fire-
,. wrong, nor wicked, tomblike that sympathy works.
• cover for other uuworday motives. The ineetion is now
*views* net of religion, but at paw.: wl if not But there ia something beyond this, and we
bandied with emesunto•te wisdom, it may Involve , believe ourreaders willbe somewhat astonished,
Rureesamasuastygisesise,liwua Airbikklui Is gpmire .b.lyth.enthugiaucikt. Is not
,if not alarmed, to hear it. Should the police
the wood. It self hides It; and One my justly &opt tit ' fosse of this Borough be amalgamated yeth the
many ismasees, erbagein the leader that of Rend= role County, we are given to understand, almost Orbe•
is
t°
the e•Dquered ranrare,Aaj bow honest John Bull of the first orders given to the force will be to
Anse not seam even", reekhell with wi Brats. Treatise
° e
as easily torn asunder, whether written on pager or clear at carriers' yaw on Saturdays from the
56nent ; and Sebastopol hi esede greaser thus ever, streets. Any one who knows what wretched
, however, the destiniee 0: are in sae
sow: but still ear --thet galer"tree awe, a sta.blingaccomodation there is 14 Dorchester will
the Abaiskty, it istt there. !her". then:rem can het guess the result of such an edict.
dawn' ill et their country who, bora, a ~...41fisstti The seat act that will follow will be tiiiat
try to make politi capita M
-ewe igit= "So slow to act I ^ say they out of nra, . tradesman who fancy they -have a right to
they "t he.: 4" d Fshlue f'Nuaaator. Ciusafow Did
im 'elle their goods outside their doors will
ageseg "oononatioitin. who by hia wurertl. p
wealth • - -"lime -haste, wares mesdil °mince' find them 's
t:Pte.natii
remember. Better,
by ter,, ;maid it be to sink sit political differences and , These Inattb- - elm-- xires—tion it-Ye
considered
'
„gamma. in ODD 4:00111100 endeavour to inelntain the DP the b - s----n-i- - .464134;itbil
Mader and credit of the country, than to f., the seem . e urgessee •
.. .
of war by exciting the panda= of a people that would he
,___nci means dropped' it
.44 .... far more
first to eider. It is any, of mune or any one a any impo!time to the interests
0, ... to" itiut;,
tthe
li:Las Scripture says. "to sat firebrands, arrows ana k tn`• - '4105 we
salves, am 1 nee In sport?" Yes ; bet who would r:gerug. up of a r" of tree. ' and .
&sot The IMO Saipan* answers-" A madman.* -"". We PaY our Superintakebt, • 44w i
, not so h
S. C. ltu.sa. discharges his duties itho nth.,
The Vicarage, Broadwiadaor, Septentor lilth. nine as a third I
clam Superintendtmt gets from the
county, we

Mr, Thomas Whittaker, was the first travel- 1
ling agent employed by the British Temperance
Association (now League) to advocate the
principles of total abstinence. This was in
1836. Mr. Whittaker was bent and brought up
at Blackburn. For many years past hethas acted
as an spent of the Temperance and General
Provident Institution, while his wife (recently
.4eceased) conducted a temperance hotel at
Bes:borough, where Mr. Whittaker now resides,
aged bS. Though not the agent of any
temperance society, Mr. Whittaker frequently
addresses public meei..init on the old subject
with all his former piquancy ana power.

The following extraordinary advertisement
appeared in &recent Indian journal :—" Required
by a rising young planter, who made money
dunng rile famine, a wife, young, amiable, and
pretty; fortune a.a o much an object as youth
and beauty. No allover will be entertained
except those accompanied by car Lee. .Strictest
secrecy. Apply to W. A. J., Post Ofice,
Mozufferpore." A rising young planter, who
could succeed in making money out of a
famine, should be able to obtain a wife in the
[gland of Bachelors itself. Such an agreeable
recohunendation ought to ensure success;
unless, in4ee4, his previous line of action
suggested grue 4olbts as to the exact nature
of his domestic esouomy. gow about dinner I

In the course of a letter in reply to la. .UTitti-
tiall to attend a public meeting held at Exeter
on Wednesday night, Lord Coleridge says :
"I absolutely differ from those who think it
iinsLto blame the Government for the present
attitude a Flighted towards the authors of
those atrocities, no Government for all prac-
tical purposes represents England to Foreign
States. Those who are satisfied rith the
attitude of England are quite right not to t.laine
the Government. But I am profoundly dis-
satisfied—nay, more, I am ashamed of it; and
the two recent speeches of Lord Derby give me
no ;won to believe that the Government is
either the one or the other; nor any ground for
thinking that they erc at all inclined to change
the attitude of the country."