The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-18 00:00:00

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WHAT_ IS CRUELTY !
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To the Editor.
Sia,—The result of • charge of cruelty to a heifer
agaiast Mr. Homer, of Athelliampton, at Dorcheeter
Petty Sessions, on Saturday, has provoked univorsi!
surprise amongst farmers, and no little indignati.o.
A fine of if., and an intimation thet Mr. tloiner
was lucky in not being imprisoned—for that wa
the penalty one of the magistrates would have
indioteid--imems to me an outrage on justice. Here wai
an animal, with a sprain, a dislocation, er a fracture
of one of its ler --examination, by an noprofessional
man, could not tell which, so it is clear tEe
injury was not very great; and, on being informed
of it, Mr. Homer had the animal removed to a el,l
where other beasts were tied up, so that it ahouli
not get injured by being with the herd. Here the
heifer ate well, and gave no symptom of being in
pain, Next day, it was taken in a cart to Mr.
Symonda's sale, with as much care an if it had boll
• human being—and with more than a great mauy
get, and it was sold in the cart. Yet this, which
ordinary persons must consider treatment u,oet
humane, the magistrates regarded as "great
cruelty"—one thought it called for the inipri•
sonment of Mr. Homer, and all a 1:5 tie'
Are the magistrates demented '.' or whit
would they have had Mr. Homer do I can't
help contrasting this ridiculous WM Of cruelty to
animals with the dreadful torture the magistratve
wink at e hen it is practised upon rabbits. Scarcely
do they bold a court but some gamekeeper will
detail being attracted to a gin by the cry of a ral.l,•t
in the night, and he will go to the poor agool,l
animal, tearing .at its lacerated limbs to get fri.e.
and stay by it for hour, in the hope of catching a
, teacher. Ile will not put it out of its misery, for
the co, of the rabbit may lure the poacher to
the trap, so for hours the poor thing suffers pangs
: inconceivable. No sight can be more harrowing
than that of a rabbit in the grip of a trap. It will
I sit, drawn up in a little heap, as if collecting all its
• force of endurance to support the agony. Some will
sit in a half-stupid condition, produced by intense
suffering. Most young ones are found dead after
some hours of it; but others, on your approach,
struggle violently to escape, and shriek pitiably from
terror and the pangs 'occasioned by their struggles.
The torture to which rabbits are thus subjected by
"active keepers" will occasionally come out before
by the magistrates, but there is never • word of
censure on the keepers or any thought of impriron-
ing the gentlemen—(God save the mark! ) who
threat them to use such means to detect poachers.
But, because a farmer has a heifer go °rippled, and
does not, I suppose, knock it in the head at 01:1C0
and give it to the doge, though it bowed a
symptom of pain, he has to suffer the stigmaof having
acted cruelly to a dumb creature and to pay £5.
Out on such humanitarian motigering ! I hope Mr.
Homer will appeal to the Quarter SesMons, for he
may be sure that no jury would take such an extra-
ordinary view of the case as the magistrates have
done, but would rather commend him for the
humanity he showed and the care with which the
animal was removed.—Yours,
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HUNTINO-.Arik!INTHENTS.

Lord Poltimore's Bawds will meet on Tuesday (this
day), Nether Cern' ; Wednesday, Look; Fridsi,
Disstle Hill, near Bookland Newton; Saturday, Coker
Wood—at 11.
The East Dorset Hounds will meet on Tuesday, (this
day. at Critehel ; Friday, 21st, Tollard Green—
at 11.
The

kaskinore Vale Foxhounds will meet on TUCHIAY
(this day), st Sparkford lon ; Thursday, Thornford ,
Friday, Holnert Pond—st 11.
x. RadelON% Hounds will meet on Thursday, "
Camp—st 11.

BIRTHS
January 6, at East Howe, the wife of Mr. Thema
White, gramr, of twin boys.
January 10, at the Shamrocks, Weymouth, the eh
of J. Chamber Layne Liters, Esq , ILN. prematurely.
a 4:laughter, stillborn, . . .

J.MUNI 10, lit Holgbton. Winfrith, the wife of t.
Charles Brine, of • daughter.
January 11, at Win lowborn., St. Martin, tbe wife d
Major Charles Clapoott, of • daughter.
January 11, at Lower Strode House, Beemintter
Brtdport, the wife of Henry S. Edwards, Esq., of oe
Januar, 11, at Wanderwell, Bridport, the wife of Mt.
William Reid, of • daughter.
January 13, at Durngate-street, Dorchester, the will
of Mr. James Foster. of son.
MARRIAGL
January 17. at Holy Trinity Church, B
Dorchester, tt
the Rev. James Fisher, IL A. Mr. Williani ut.
Weymouth, to Elisabeth, only daughter of the lit, fir.
1. Symonds, of the above plain.
DMA T HS.
January 2, Kiss Sarah Frampton, formerly of hr
beater, but late of Itanehester-street, London, aged .'
January 4, at the Come Union, aged 65, Mr. 110'.e6
Corms, who for 7.3 years faithfully discharged the dune'
of master of the workhouse.
Januery 6, at 6, St. Lionard's-terrase. PuldinotA
aged 61, Anne Christiana, widow of the late 1 'l'
Svdenliam, jour., and daughter of the late Mr. Wilhii
Zillwood, of Dorithester. • d
January 9, at ()orbs Castle, Mn. J. Jenkins, wife
Mr. Henry Jenkins, aged 72 yew.
Jenuary 7, at the Dorset county Asylum, Elirehei,''
the beloved wife of Mr. William Purchase. aged
if let awl Yews of severe illness, borne with Pat.'"`"
and resignation. Her end was peace.
Japery 7, in London, after a long Moue
Frederick George Brooks, son of Mr. Joseph Brook&
late excise oMoer of Dorchester, aged years.
January 8, WMiam Mortimer, an 01,l and resoecl.4
Whabitant of Stoborough, near Wareham. sltol
Januuy 8, at Blaadford, &DMA Jane, infant den,*
her of the late Mr. T. Gould, aged 11 woke
Janata', 12, at the Antelope Hotel, Poole, Hawes,
relict of the late Mr. John Shepherd, aged 60.
Jaimar7 12, at the Red Lion Inn, Winfrith,
relict of the We Mr. Daniel Dugdale, In the 93rd Os
of bee age.
January 13, at Oolurglacct Meleo•h• Regis.
Raiketrow, mother of Mn.m Criskaay, senior, si
82755 n.
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