The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-22 00:00:00

Arat Conutti (Express.

TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1879.

Acta ant 113 int.&

Is there more than one person like Tracy Turner-
elli in the world? If not, how can we understand
the proposal from Stourpaine vicarage to raise Z6OO
ior a Bishop's Throne fund ? One would have thought
a bishop of the church of Christ netsl.l a throne as
little as a civilian who has never fought might need a
laurel wreath. But there it is ; Z 375 has been prom-
ised and we suppose £225 more is wanted. let we
are in a time of saddening depression and humiliation,
and the church to which these Bishops. Denison,
Hamilton, and Moberly belonged or belong, is claimed
to be the one that teaches humility. We have not
read of more than twelve thrones beside that of the
Supreme, in the church even triumphant; the Lord
spoke to his apostles of sitting on " twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel." We read in the
4th Revelations of " a throne set in heaven," and, as
we peruse the description of the glory of mercy in the
rainbow of emerakl, round about the throne four and
twenty elders, on their heads crowns of gold, and pass
beyond the lightnings, and thunderings, and voices,
and see the four and twenty elders fall down before
Him who sat on the throne, and cast their crowns
before the throne, we wonder at the presumption of a
professed Christian who would have built for such
men as Bishops Denison, I lamilton, and Moberly, a
throne which must remind us of the work of "wood,
hay, stubble," the work which shall be destroyed,
and the worker of which shall suffer loss, though
he may lie Saved, yet so as by tire. Instead of talking
about thrones, it .seenis to us a time for abasement
that we may avert from our State—nut to say, our
Church—the terrible sentence 'how much she bath
glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment
and sorrow give her: fur she saith in her heart, I sit a
queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death,
and mourning, and famine, and she shall be utterly
burned with tire."
Said en experienced Judge to a novice—" Give your
deon, but never give the reasons. The decisions
may be good; but the reasons are almost sure to
dl your reputation for window." To a Judge
lare not young, we would say—" Bear thee....,
and give your dedsiona. This &dams may be good;
but If you give them Wore hearing the cams, you are
almost sure to be found fault with., The angler who
palls up hie fish before be has played with him 'sough
may loss him filth and his line too. Judge* who have
=ering solicitors to deal with may loos time and
themselves by too much haste. "Give 'OW
Ullll, your Honour, give 'ern line."

Agriculture mast be an inspiring profession, or Mr.
Bounden, of Watercorabe, a very spirited farmer.
The l•• eon he gave his customers and friends was
almost aldermanic; but it wee Justified by the
aztreetely good quality of the sheep ha of through
our asperienoed auctioneer. Thirty-four guineas for
She month's rent of on. animal, sad that to such an
smallest judge as Mr. Morrisos, of Fonthill, is a
prim that shows how skill, perseverance, end go, will
mecum plenty and profit, even in bad thnoi.

The Oddfeßows of Dorchester were wonderfully
fortunate in eliciting sympathy on Friday night.
What • magnificent " bows" they had at the Corn
Zambesi, ; It showed MA, at least In Dorchester,
"pity is aldn to love." The pity and the love were
y shown, and everybody must be
very
ite castes of Friendly Sodeties is noble,
and may lay claim to be among the salt of the earth.
far Odellowebip, Forestry, and Friendlpeocletyahlp
In general, prevent sickness and sorrow when they
we, and alleviate them when inevitable.

We beard it whispered that Mrs. Everett might, in
smother piece sad time, hays got a sentence of penal
servitude for her touching singing of that pathetic
wail—" The Wearin' o the Green." Bat Mrs.
Everett would never have sung it disloyally, and no
magistrata or judge who heard her would have needed
more for her defence than to hear her sing it again.
She would certainly have been acquitted, and been
conducted out of Court with an immense ovation of
applause.

The lady named in the last paragraph might even
claret° sing Kingsley's—Well, we are afraid to name
tor, It should be thought we believe it applies' in

A pauper child of eight got out of the union with
others one night lar week. It and the others were
found hatless and wet through; but it does not seem the
officials wre moved. If they have any singing in the
workhouse, we should like them to practise our
favourite' Sankey," with a variation—
" There were ninety and nine that safely lay."
Bat lilt not passible we may be mistaken in suppordng
those children to have been "somebody'. bah. r
Perhaps they "(Towed," as Topsy said.

Our Dorset county magistrates certainly would do
will to put things in train for returning Mr. Whitty,
of idal&n Newton. the fine and costa imposed upon
his for his kindness In selling milk from one cow to
his neighbours at 3d • quart. The Privy Council
Order wee so queer in its results that the august body
have amended It, and distinctly stated since that
persona galas small ,inantities for their workmen's or
neighbour' accommodation need not register. Mr.
Whitty took this commonsense view from the first,
and ought to be reimbursed for his annoyance and
loss. Hs is clearly within the new proviso; but now
comes the question—" Where do the Privy Council
Intend to draw the line?" Is 4d. a quart to be con-
sidered 'for the neighbours' accommodstion " ? And
isi
how much is a "small quantity"? Any schoolboy
would say that the Privy Council haven't dome their
Imposition properly, and if they came rip with such a
Owe of work before the echoolmaster, they would
surely be turned back, to try and do it OM again—
and do it better, too.

As is the reverend nallltmellers, won't they do
better to eagage in metaphorical and spiritual milk.
=than in the physical 4d.-a-qoart one! The
out of the "milk of human kindness" might
be attempted for the good of those who go to law
" Wert tar siabeficocrs," while the " sincere milk el
the Word" might be dismissed, in small quantities all
they were able to bear it, far 'Ritualist reverends who
teach auricular confession and monumental salvation.
Milk for babes, too, might be dealt out at elementary
Bible classes for bishops whom savage sophistry may
convert back from thsb belief in the Bibles truth.

As bishops who go out to convert the Zulus should
be reedy to meet the Zulus argument., sod if th"
are beaten,to retire into insigniticanoe.au should those
who go out to shoot Zulus for their own glory be
reduced to tnaigulftaac U ths savages are too much
for them. So, we take it, the ex-Prince Imperial
having in elect said " I have set my
111. upon the cast," his friends should let
him continue to say—(ter he being dead, yet
)—'• I will stand the hazard of the
Ckstsaitsble and probably good but misguided young
man was only so far ea he should have sup.
preened the sire claims of a (amity of usurper. A.
a private Frenchman he would have beg..4l.ted
example; as • Prince Imperial he wee •
an Emperor he could hardly have been without treason
and murder; as an homicide for sport or seliglory we
ere unable to understand him favourably ; dying be
has rendered almost the first real service to Freese
over dose by his familysince the Little Corporal
reenainei true to the Republic. We mourn for the
widow's son, not for the ex-Prinoe. " Fliuskriam
furious," as well as " Mourning gone mod," (War
'Lucie," of Swansea, is the tens we apply to such
ravings about the en Prince Imperial ea culminate in
the term need in • " society" paper—" Our martyred
• term the apElication of which is an
=7:th to England and France.

When we were shooting cut ot our third-deas our
chill-instruotor reminded us that riflemen mast not
think it so easy always u shooting at • target. "It
Ii very diffewmt when the target is shooting back at
gee; but you must make up your mind for that."
They who bays become delirioue about the death of
the ex-Priam seem to forgot that his targets were men
who !night like to live. But, Loring that on one side
wow, let on wish emcees to our gallant marksmen it
Wimbledon, end bops they'll never bare to sins at •
target that fuse beet. &gun.

AT the BOTOOO Peaty Seesgoea on Monday, before
A. Po 11. Devinish, Req., G. J. G.
Seq., and A. Davis, Zeq —Mr. Wll4Oll AdadriOrry;
further adjournment of tares weeks of the summons
waist Mr. Bull for not taking up the truelwar.—Kr.
Weston stated that they ilbOi commenced taking up
be tramway.—lt was granted.
Tuner:. Romeo Maren.—The annual match at
turnip hoeing, in oonnection with the Dorchester
Agricultural society, took plain on Friday, July 18,
at Pozwell Farm. Pozweil, kindly pined at the
disposal of the society by Mr. John Mayo. The
judges were Mr. W. S. troll, Drum ; Mr. J. Symms,
Cause; and M. John Beet, WarmmilL There were
eight entries; but only omen put in an appearance,
and the hllowleg were awarded the prises :—Firet
prize, 1:2 (7), William Palmer, in the employ of Mr.
John Mayo, Broadway' 2nd, El (2), John &Ackland,
In the employ of Mr. William Mayo, Friar Wadden;
3rd, 10s. (5), Joseph Randall, in the employ of Mr. IL
&mato°, Wept Knighton ; James Christopher (1), in
the employ of Ur. J. Mayo, Parwsl4 tras highly
mmtumded. Mr. J. Mayo kindly provided refresh-