The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-05-28 00:00:00

A PRIVATE MENAGERIE: EXTRAORDINARY
COLLECTION 01 OATS.

The bomb et maidelnass si the Lugs Petty Reassion
cm Twatiskt, vii• *and upon $o decide • somewhat'
extraordisery ma& Mform•Mon was Lid by Mr
I. Nolk••• mama ol Relamdeen. God losi=l
aaimmots to ate kashmir' Board ot
wawa Mr. Bober* Damao ateaterelL, a podiums
also mad* at Boatembeao, • alle,
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pub soma Orat equididast from among. a••
pro, ealliag spoil him to 444 • animas* Irbil*

listed n his premises in eonsequesos of I hugs
number of oats and dogs awl otftgf i.,iludjing
• fox end a east, being kept there sane to be injuries*
to health. Tlie complainant stated that be aras requested
by tl e Newhaven Board of Guardians to inspect the
the def•ndatit's premised, and report thereon. He did
se on the oth inst. He first visited the (avail's, and there
noticed nearly 90 ante running about loose, two dead
0.4, and the skeleton' of some. Prom the gan'en
he went to the defendant's kitehes, and these die
enured a similar number of the feline use, making
themselves very comfortable on the chairs and before
the fire. A stable or outhouse was next iespocied,
and here between 40 sod 50 cats were found, some
loam and some in cages. In this pleas raw meat ley
shout in all directions, and was being very densutely
gnawed by many of %spumes. Is • yard adjoining the
defendant's house, Mr. Noakes saw upwards of 20 dots,
• fox, • goat, turkey; geese, docks, and fowls of every
description. He next paid a visit to • hones in the
defendant's occupation, and •ttached to his residence.
On going upstairs be found all the doors shut. bast they
were immediately opened, and he was ushered into the.
presence of another nationality of eats. But be stated
they were in the most disgustiog state of filch. On
descending to the lower regions he was greeted with
the MN eeene—eata without number, all in an un-
healthy state, and exceedingly dirty. There were also
half-dried skeletons of oats lying about the ground"
and the smell arising from the whole collestion ens
offensive in the extreme and most injurious to baelth.
Defendant accompanied the oomplainasit in his tour
of dis°°•e/7, and admitted that the place wu in •
*eery dirty state and promised that it should be cleansed.
On the day after this inspection complainant presented
hie report to the Board, and they immediately
authorised him to take legal prneredings against the
, defendant. Mr. Noakes deo said that he visited the
I place again on Monday last and found everything
almost without eruption in the some filthy state, and
the smell particularly oboorlotu. The total heather of
I cats he should estimate at from 10014400. The defendants
residence yule' the High-street of the village, and
there had been a disease very similar to cholera in the
next house. white he believed was 'solely attributable
to the smell of this.. animals. The above statements
I were sornhorated by several respectable witnesses
residing in the vicinity. The defendant's solicitor
In reply, admitted the animals were • nuisance., and
'eked for • period of nine or ten days to rebate it. The
animal* did not really belong to the defendant, but
were the property of Mime Dean. a young lady by
whom the defendant was alsompastind, who was an
artist, and resided with Qs defendant. The defendant
was her guardian, and had purehaeed the large premises
,he now occupied in order that she might have her
models of animal creation continually before her eyes;
lin fact, she had established a sort of asylum foe eats
In consequence of the large number which she saw lying
dead upon the brace, and even offered premiums to any
one who would bring any animals of the feline species
to her city of refuge. After a brief eonseltation the
sheirman (Mr. O. Whitfield) said the Beach had
decided to order the defendant to abate the neisanee is
three days; end if a secosed complaint was made defend.
dent would beerdefted to remove them althogether.