The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-29 00:00:00

Porset &multi Expreos.

TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1879.

Setts anb Iltintx

Various are the theories as to the wet weather.
Some declare it is penal, and that we atnnot expect
the punishment to be removed: other. that it la •
it:aural rmnht., and " the laws of Nature cannot be
altvasl ;" the clergy have started prayers for fine
westher, and cynics answer that they should have
st.srted earlier, and not allowed the rain to have had
such a am. Between the conflicting ideas that prayer
is useful or useless, there in but the old difference
Isl.:en Religion and Atheism, for whether the non-
praying inifferers admit the idea of a Divine Being or
wt, it is clear that their faith can be of little or no
%slim. A Supreme Governor who cannot alter the
operation of His arrangements in not God as revealed,
kind of Buddh, faraway and cold as moonshine.
We hold prayer for fine weather to lie the logical
result I.f faith in Him who has said—" I will
be enquired of, to do it for them."

What particular tin has been the eause of the wet
weather, Meting V) ni, a doubtful matter to p
on. Teetotalers are apt to ascribe it to 41J:rote"
awl one wood old clergyman thought it was became of
the wa^te good grain in making intoxicating drinks.
then it is the wheat that suffers the most from
11114,1141 weather, anti we do not malt wheat; the
drink I. mostly made from the "barley bree." John
llarltyoirn flourishes in clime. far more severe than
outs, to wit, in the cold zone of North Canada. Our own
theory 1.. that the Zulu massacres are most likely thus
to have amuped the ditipleassure of Heaven, or that
Imperialist. 'wide and waste are the faulty CAM. ; but
pare art we that whatever the pin or sins are which have
bromeit the punipliment the humiliation and prayer
will le lileePpl, even if for full removal stf the scourge
we have to wait.

The war party are jubilant over the mimeo of
I..rll'heinudori in Zululand. Every Englishman must
rej,iee that the great hollow aquare was not broken by
th.• foe ; hut it we. not by }misty marches and aa sudden
retreats that English supremacy used to be amured.
At Italaclava the " thin red line" disdained to form
square against the Ruwian hosts, two volley* sufficed to
rout the minimui of Imverialisim. Whence comes it
that our men area. inferior now by comparisonwith the
heroes of the Crimea ? How is it that Chelmsford has
barely taken Ulundi before he rushee back again,
whereas before Sebastopol and Delhi Englishmen
waited —" Through the long siege, bite and woo," till
pcsce WAN

Sir Bartle Freres congratulations seem to us "thank.
fulness for small =ram," and of Sir Bartle, with his
professed liking for OhAdian missions, his haste to
shed blood, and his jumping to • conclusion, thought-
ful men must be heartily sick.

" Protection" is again raising its head, and even that
kindly cautious gentleman Mr. Moyer, M.P., sounded
the farmers at our agricultural dinner as to whether
they wished hopes could be held out for its revival.
Does it needs minute's argument? English crops am
likely to be 110 }Ma this year that we shall have a dear
loaf before Christmas. Protection would hinder the
itiip..rtation and increase the price of our supplies. No
more need be said, and Mr. Floyer showed his sound
',use by declaring in effect that the manes would
tuna anythin. that interfered with the
supply of their food. God that an old
Protectionis. t has so clear an Idea of the People's

If is clear recognition of the state of things as=
are will procure Mr. Myer fondvenesn for his
in,on Jim Bright. But eihould Mr. Bright ever see
It to viAit Dorchester again, and speak on this subject
—how the cobwebs of hesitancy might be brushed
away!

11ad Mr. Bright been listened to before the Zulu-
war.erime was commenced, how many of the " glorious"
dead, that "unburied remain," might have remained
among the happy living. But to Mr. Bright himmdf
matters little Mr. Yloyer's attack, and when he and his
..pposites stand before time Tribunal, can any one, even
Flyer, doubt whether he would not rather stand
with John Bright than with Bartle Freer, although
the or is hesitatingly criticised at a public dinner, arid
Ow other i. the bbd ~f colonists who grasp profit!' out
war that slays alike Englishman and Zulu

Came Diana& —At the County Hall on Thurs-
day, before Colonel Bingham, Colonel Henning, C. 8.,
(l. it. Churchill, Esq., H. B. Middleton, Esq., and $
ffindersley, Beep, there wen two cases of diners
nu pigs. In the first case there were two pin, the
property of Mr. Cox, of Pnocknowle, and in the
other etc pin the property of Mr. Lush, of Grim.
stmts.—Supt. Batty and Mr. Lipeoombe proved both
cane, and the pin wore ordered to be slaughtered.—
In the first case El Ile. compensation WM made, in the
etc I case El 9e.
Swum Fives- On Saturday, before Colonel
Iliugham, E. Pearce, Esq., and G. Churchill, En.,
Sergeant Hitch, of Maiden Newton. reported • case
of typhoid fever In swine, in a pigsty at Sonthover, ia
the eeeNeeilen of F.kkard shnherel, Frampton.
Lincembe, veterinary surgeon, hat stand that
the disease, which exieted in one animal, was the
typhoid fever, and the owner was also convinced of
the tact The pi.; was valued by Mr. Miller, dairy-
man, of Compton, at ; and the owner said be had
bought it five weeks ago for £2 2.5. The Committee
declared the garden an infected place, and ordered
A ia. 61 to be paid to Mr. Slade.
CoNGRIGATIOXAL SUNDAY &Hunt AnalvinUtAlti.
The e:holars of South-street Sunday School had their
.pedal services on Sunday last, when they sang
Ipocial hymns very_ nicely, having evideotly been
patiently taught. Miss Lin and Miss Hill play the
harmonium at the school, and the former lady who is
organist, thus led in the chapel in the morning
ami evening, she having trained the children
to sing. Special sermons were preached by the Bev.
P. (Narks, of Charmouth. The hymn which was
rendered most beautifully was "Angels wr:ilutoo:
the other shore," which was nag with
sweetness and feeling. The cmgregations were barge,
mul collection were made.
SinaLISO 1101IZT.—On Monday, at the Borough
Poli‘e Court, before the Mayor (L. Pops, and
B. A
Davis, Esq.. M c Barna was with !Malian
Lilo sum of 9e. 9d., the property of Charles
—Mr. Weston appeared for defendant.
Sergeant said that he was a labourer employed by )fr.
Saunders, of Watercombe, and that he lived at
Osmington. Lan Saturday week be came to for.
cheater to get some money from his master. Fie met
George Newman and they both went to Jane Barnes's
hone° and had scene beer. Is &eked Newman if be
bad any tobacco, and be said "No." Defendant said
that that would get it, and he gave her a half-sovereignj
aho brought the tobacco but not the change. Asked
her for it, and she replied "You had your change."
He told her if she did not give him tb• change she
would hear more of It. —George Newman corroborated.
—The case was dismissed.
Anew. —On Monday, at the Borough Police
Court. Wore the Naive Pon, lisq ), and B.
Davis, 114 q., Job 3fak, an old offender was charged
with assaultinc Newman. —liaeLaret New-
man said on sailf=4.tht between and tan
'clock they had some about his wages and he
;and to take away the mosey against the window, and
in doing so knocked her against the broken window
and cut her hand. she had had • drop of drink.-
Supt. Coward said that the woman came to the
Police-station on fielawday night and said she had been
stabbed with a knife, and be sent her to the he.pheis
where she stayed all night. —Mary Ann Diana stated
that on Saturday night she nerd the previous witness
call " Murder I" three or four tient She went to her
awistance and found her on the floor and prisoner
kneeling oa her. She pulled him sway, and he struck
her twice in the stomach. —The awe was dismissed.
Caic arr. DorcAestrr 6.cocleior T. Caw 17aitell co.
—The return match between these clubs was played
or Wednesday in the picturesque grounds of Cann
Park, in &Id weather. but on • most indifferent
wickat. to the elective bowling of Mr. If.
Stickind and the fine beiWng of Messrs. C. Parsons
wetP. Gillett, the moult, afar a gamely contested
match was a victory for the Exoses by 14 runs.
The Came team, as usual, was made up mostly of
notrxl *yore from the surrounding Wghbocutood.
Subjoined are the mores i—
nonstnerni =Main&

swops. b Keay c Scutt. b Kelly ...
suckles& b Kalb ... 5 b Kolb .
Hunt.. 1 b w. b *tom „. • pi Kw,
uollop b Lolly ... • . 1 1 bigiii; ~.
e Ilearb ... I b golly . .
14 b Sploso .
Pantos., b r 14 b Elptoor -
Dpoo, b gpicor ... 4 o Scutt. b K.11y...
larsitbrnibk out . S b Spicer ...
Roo's. e Roma. b Warr ... 1 out out
19 Laln..
75
01111 TED.

CAME

Rumen. b aticklaild ... 3 D Sieves' ..•
Darden, b aticklend 18 b Stickiest* ... 6
spices, 1 b tr. b atsvens ... 0 not out , 7
RlllllOlll. run out b lacklead
c °wog; b aticklaist..• 0 at Ilsoveas b 86,1:
1. u. b &labia ... 0 b aticklmad .:.
rot. e Mad, b aticklead ... S b . •
Kelly, b Beeveas 0 1 b er. b sdcklas4 0
W. Wadies, not out it Wives b asks.
G. Walden, b Sticklaad 1 e Gaps, b aieveaS 3
Scull. e and b amine ... 10 c GUIs". Dadaism% 14
4

Tisi-7.7

DISTREMING DEATH.

th, Thursday afternoon in elderly female named
chdpio not her death la the river Yroom• at tits bottom
of ale town.
Tbe same of the unfortunato decreed war Mary
Morton Galpin ; eh* Wlle about 59 years of am .1
wm the piece of Mrs. Drake wife of Mr. Dna.
ham of Fligh Sastotreet, she has been raffirriai
from inolaarbolf /of ems da. Peak sad Mr. Goo
has attandad her. It ie rappoesd Shut she aunt
have thrown here& into the Frown* war Shepherd.s
routewitere about one o'clock, and there le •
report that two IMO SSP the body Boding down but
gave no Infotatlo, The first news the polio* had
Irma from a boy who raa and pre Inferma at the
.tatiou, that • woman had llississd into Lb.
rx.'s Burtkr. Moos, sad Gould, went round by the
civet, and found tam body had peered Mrs. Paul'.
rata, and P.C.'s Eart,Lry and Stone found her at the
h neer SlVlO•bridirt and had to to the winch
11.`t Ike to" is Pt the body cat An soon alit
wag tao:ed. ern mod the node recommended by the
Royal lin.mire 8"1011 unloving the apparently
drownsa, ribald Abbot. Madked eneislanoe was
rent for, and r. Glead. Lila, shortly a•Tket and mr.
Weld, moistest tu' „,_Mmilaa. not long Arniartsuat
they could 0017 000 "'• w", "nabs that the
nata Faivaa w alma w ns lows was thid, and
Lb. adios of hop as:' Immo "slileslopped. nil

body was thin conveyed to Mr. Drake's. se bodore
dubs& Superintendent Coward oemaWeatsd with
the °owner, Giles Symoads, Kn., sod it Wadi
7.2%.t0 open the inqu at est at the hones four
,d and to adjourn to the Guildhall.

leelOOT
Was held on the woo afternoon. at four o'clock. Ware
Mr. Giles flynionds, wooer forth. musty.
Francis John Wareett. & bog who Soo' to Nattm°l
eellook PUN out about 11, and went with Latter Bartlett
down by tits water near the bottom of the town, and saw
the deceased walking near the gate of the Arst field.
WHOM/ had gone oat Imo the geld, and I iid down, and
as sew &reseed walk-bug op nod &me, twice. She was
properly droned. and had on her b..innet. Witoset went
on as far aa the mill, and whim he laid down he saw no
inore of Our; but afterwards heard sonar one say —••ergne
ever bars; bore is • Irelearl in the water." Two men were
t 0.... looking into the water, and he ran for • policeman
to the station, and they went back to tits spot where they
had but the men. They were still there. anil be left the
policemen there with the other men.

P.C. Bartley was at the station when the boy came, and
told him • woman eas in the river, he went down and
found Wheeler and Hardy on the bank, them
er wheth they bad a.an • woman. They replied—ye. ; she
was/oaring down the stream. He asked why they had not
gene after Wert Hardy said he was not going into the
water alter • woman, and Wheeler said he was afraid the
water wee too deep. Witness mint the boy for Staub and
weal on down the river, where be was afterwards met by
Stress, who was corning from Friary Mill, wrings& Isar*
gone down the stream towards the ge. Hardy and
!Wheeler went on up the river, then witeem and Stone
marched. The writer waa very high and dirty, and Stone
went and turned the water out of the river. Went over
towards Hrs. Paul*. garden, and es. the woman's body
undo, the hatchets She bad gone through the batch heels
ft:row:et (the hatch being raised sir or eight inches) and
the head and arms were the up-nver ride of the hatch, end
the arm, had stopped the body from passing through the
hatch. It we. about twenty minutest* one when the boy
called hint, and shoat ten minutes past when be ot to
the batch. 0..4 the b.itiy out, and seat for the doctor.
William Wheeler, groom, between twelve and one was
on • walk by the water-side, awl when he pained the gate
saw two boys lying down on the ground on the other side
of the hurdle& Something like • woman was in the
water, end Harding MIN up awl geld "Do you see Witt-
Witness said "Ye,,' and su&sested that he should go for
• policeman: but Harding said " No—holloa to the men
on the bulidloge—meaning the men on work at the sew
building in Friary Orchard. Witness holloeed, but the
body disappeared. P.C'a Bartley, Soon., and Gould, and
Sept. Coward arrived. Waster Jul not like to jump into
the water, fearing that it wee too deep, and that • little
re;orto. waa with him would Jump In also. and be
Hardy, who had Interrupted the evidence several
time& was removed from the wort by ardor of the
Coroner, who said he wag not certain that the man was
sober.

Wheeler. in sawn: to the Joy. said he saw the black
dram licratiog by. the !dad part, sad knew it wage woman:
but did not me the heed or arms. Watched It doable for
about Ave yards. The little girl with him woe about eight
yaws old. Ho could 0n1y... the bind pert of the dram
the head and ann. and legs must have bees cinder water.
The men to whom he called came down directly, but nose
of them could see the woman atterwerde.

Mr. W. K. Good, 500 01 itt. J. Good. had been in attend-
ance on deceased, for a twelvemonth. off and on. She had
always been very nervana ever slam ha knew her, and he
hid prescribed accordingly. Ithe suffered from physical
complaint.; but he did not know she suffered from any
delusions. On Friday night he thought her manta
condition worn.; she seemed aler lower and
despanding, and expressed hermit so. wing she thought
ft wee quite Inspoelble for ha to get better. Humanly
spealdng, there wee no ground for that di
feeling. nothing was the MAW with her bodily, to
Malty ouch. feeling the was in a ante of nervosa
deprethon, but be was 'ln no apprehend= of her a-
tog at Isar own hands. When he saw ha after
she had been team out of the wakes% she had evidently
been dead some time, with symptoms of death from
drowning. On her were only a bruise and cut under her
ale, width might arise from her coming Inte contact with
a sharp stoat She was snare than ordinerily nervous,
and how mestal condition WM impaired. Mie vas very
weak, and might have fainted.
Mr. Drake, baker, said decemed was Mira. Dralte's
niece, and had resided with than about 16 years. fihs
breakfasted with than about &quarter to to., and witness
asked bar to help him to a little mare 00gris fike helped
him and Min Drake, then left to. shop and he had sem
nothing more of her till she wee t into the bonen
She rad frequently out for, side in beker's
yesterday morning went to Wrackleford. She bad boon
in ill-health and had coral:al edvice several times, being
very narrow Indeed. Lent night she had arrow-root for
her nipper, and this morning he asked her what sort of a
night she had had, and aus replied—" Muck about the
same, am% sleep, and no rest" They lived on the best
of tarn,.; never lied so much as word; but this morn-
ing the servant called him and told him that two WOUNIO
were in thst shoo, and he wondered that Mae Gilpin did
not tell him to mind the shop when she ono going
upstairs. He did not see ha after that, and when the
came in and told them, the, dad to support
=7:titfanlos, or ate would have fallen. Mies Galan for
some time did not like food, and had ban getting very
weak.

The Coroner noted that the pTlo who threw them-
e/dna into .it. were often lou.d just before to hare
been walking up and down unable to make up their
nand& but sited they took the fatal Omura.
The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned "

Hardy eras reproved by the Coroner. Hs was apparently
in an sneaked slat.. and it was mid be was a hawker. and
did not belong to Decimeter ; and Kr. Symonds remarked
Chat be was glad that a man who had not owls any effort
to ram a drowning woman did not belong to thia town.
DISTRIBUTION OF PAIZBOI AT THE DORSET
COUNTY SCHOOL
The prises were distributed to-day (Itombry) at the
school. according to the (elbowing