The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-07 00:00:00

Borsitsbire.

DORM VITERACTIICI ITU R %T. SOCIETY.

The *renal meeting of the 1) liter
society wan held at the Antelope liotel on Tumaln• bpi
There was an exceedingly limited atteintsie-e, owing no
doubt to the fart that servral of the farmers in the
wighhourhond have nnt yet complete I haymaking. and
that there wt.i no eatre show this year in emote-
were of the Bath and West of England Exhibition
wing this v..or been 1,.-hl at Ihr ellester. The graeral
ting for the election of president. viee•presitient.
committee for the ensuing year having been Lel I. the
company. shoed 311 in number, sit down to • anniptiois
diimer erve.' in Ifr. Voarde'Vichy','usual style of ,"e-I
, s
kner. The wines Wei'c nf the finest quality. The chair
ai taken by .10tin Myer, Es-1., president, and the
sio-chair by G. J. Andrews. Esq.. bon. are. Amongst
ah,l,,,qt.nt we notierilJantes Harding. Esq., Fimirrick
(wens. Esq.. Mes.rs. Levi Genres, Manley. Gunman,
Henry Sy ~,,, Henry Duke, Greening. Drake, Charles
Nancy, John Vearaley„ Joviah Hill, James Andrews,
it,„igra, Chick, John Homer, Peewee. kg.
The eh.th hiving her TI removed, the inhonrers who
had gained the prim s and had heel) entert,ined with an
exe,nent dinner clown stairs. rub red the room. when
The GellAS said tbat the first toast that he would
peoisme was the health nf the Queen. Her Majesty Was
dioinvisllts-1 amongst the Snyereimis of all earmarks,
WI lie thought he might MT of all times, for the maul.
mein. et and evrellent qualities which adorn her 111 her
mailibmance of the Throne ; hut perhaps there was no
quality in bleb Ike Majesty Ras seen reeonspicuonsly
•than tet being the head a a free. and at the same time
a !flint people. She had shown great wiasloon and great
ipagmert in the WA% in which she had put herself at the
bead of that impoitant public movement- -the Volun-
teer Iliac, She hail this year put herself at the head
ni a 'pavement, by which we plated ourselves. as a
nation, free from surrounding nations, and ready if any
enemy should at any time attack us. After allinting to
the fa,e litr Majesty having tired the first shot at
Wimbledon, the Chairman proposed "The health of
Her mnat Gracious Majesty the queen," which he called
upon the labourers to unite in drinking.
G. J. As DREW& Esq., Honorary Secretary, then rend
the lint of sward.. and handed over the amount of prizes
to the suceesdul candidates as follows:

Gimp It rersant to George Churchill. F.m., fo
wing hroue.ht up and maintained 10 children, three of %Mon
am living, without paruchlal relief. fl.—William Goldring,
tenant to Mr. H. So ler, for having brought up and inain•
without paruhial relief, 10 children. 9 of whorls an
ming. Cl.--It s,ert Elliott, rerrant to Mr, J. Pil9elrl. for hay.
in: worked 47 man and As, months in rut-mm.lon .4, the .11111 e
ram, .ft,, attaining the are of In, gt-1,,,t ititttent.
errant to Mr. Henry Grove, not exceeding LO )can, of age,
and hating orked n the mme farm 31 year. mild 7 month.,
• after at tainiegthe age 1 Ic, g 2.— Levi Tonsiikin., 'errant to
Mr. trigiam Manneld, for having !hell s, ith the mute neuter
i-Iymrs .intv he as. JO year. old and being under 35, £2.—
contrite. Dar, ',errant to Mr. Levi Luekham. for has ing lived
with' the mme nuuter, gt. —Elisabeth Will, ..ervant
to ue, moms. Chick, for haring lived in the mow service;
you, 7 month., and 2 week. In rueverriou
Riall. rereant to Mr. 11. Fooks, for having lived 6
nand 5 months in the mine remise, being under 30year of
age, Lt.—Amelia Mears, servant to Mr. W. Ilayo, for having
rocked 24 year..oe the tame fann or with the name :neater.
Wirt attaining the eV of 16, g2.—Ann Trivitt, 'nevoid to Mr.
J. G. Homer, for hat Mg worked Pt rears on the same farm or
• ith the mine writer rinee 'he haa licen 16 years of age, £2.—
William Stormer. arephenl to Mr. A. Barge, for having reared
missile from 7ts cues, •11.11 the ben of Al ewes, I:2.—John
Miner, rbepherd to Mr. J. A. Homer, for having reared 534
lamh. from 250 e. c.. with the lom of 10 ewer, £2.--John Fos In,
menu! Io Mem,. Symond., for hating reared to.oiao,lo front
I, °two, with the of IL ewe, I .—Charlew Brew er, servant
to George Churchill, Em., for having done the thatching on
Ow Ism for 17 year.. he not exercirlng the trade of. thatcher.
it —Mary Ann Goddard, servant to Mr. Henry Groves, for
laving lit el in the '.me *eft ice 3 years and 2 month, between
the agerof 16.0 d 25 'CU,. offered he the Counters Fidnouth,
L.2.—Msoy Ponen,y. wnant Hr. J. .1. A Smith, for having
onsod out fourtlaughtent of good character In domertie service,
macro! by the Counters Fain, th, £2.—Ann Whesdon,
suet to Mr. Jorph Vairey, for lying the widow of a labourer,
and Itinging up 9 childnit with the Rut proportion of paro.
dnal nun. offered by the County.. Falmouth, gt. —Joreph
With., tenant to J. C. Radclyffe. Em., 37 ear,, carter under
the maw master, hating timer retunted home In. eate id he
toxication with hi. iC2III. and never having been convicted
• tongistrate of anj offence coin:tatted on the road,
offered by Chad, Porcher, Vl—Henry Sheri, memo(
to Mr. John C1e..1, fer hoeing a quarter of an acre of turnip.
LI the tist and quieted manner, firm prise, £2 ; Henry
Honeying, rervant to Mr. Horner, mood prise, Li ; Daniel
Pomeroy, servant to Mr.-Smith, 3rd prise, 10..
The Casing ste then suldreilaed the labourers at con-
siderable length. The members of the Society which
had just presented them those rewards were
sincere in their desire for their welfare in every
sense of the word, and knew well how highly to esti.
mite them as good workmen. He did not m"ien,
theAe TrWarlit as a payment for any service they had
perf.irmed. they were not given from such a motive, but
as an appreeiation of their conduct, and as an incentive
to thewelres and others to continue in the path in
which they tr.,: walking. He believed that next to
the rewanl of 3 gissl conscience in the knowledge of
having done the-ir .lutv to God and man, was the know-
ledge that th y bail all good maiden. He believed that
good marten In ole good workmen, and good worlticen
ma.ders, woo generally known to prevail, and he
hoped such would be found to be the case in regard to
themselve,. He looked upon this part of the proceedings
with very great pleasure; and he always felt particular
intere.t in seein.: the labourers coming forward here to
receive their pr Le.. Ile had often spoken to the men
receiving the rewards of the Society, and perhaps
he had before spoken to some present, but perhaps
what he was about to say wonld be ~one the worse for
having been mentioned before. Much was said in
these dayr about independence, and there won no man
living more for independence than he MU. He would
like to 1,41, every man independent, if it were indepen-
dence ef the right kind. He did not like that eon, of
irdetendence whith cared for nobody, becauee persons
of that .lass seldom had anyone to care for theni. The
independence which he wished to see was the indepen-
dence which sprung out of a right and honest mind,
doing to all as we would hove them to no. Another
sort of independence which he would like to see among
poor people was, their being out of debt. He knew it
was hard for pour people often times to keep out of
debt, but he trusted they would by all menus endeavour
to do so. Whatever might be wrong, or false, or mis-
taken in what man might say or do, let them remember
that the bible is Always right, and the bible tells us to
"Owe no man anything,' and to " Love one another."
After wine detailed remarks upon the Isle exhibition of
the Rath and West of England Society, he said he was
anre they all must now look back upon the late exhibi-
tive with a vast deal of pleasure and delight. He would
have been much pleased had there been a larger party
that day, but the 114:41011 was against the farmer, and
what kept the farmers away on the present occasion
had also kept away several of thole will, were entitled
to prizes. He exhorted then, to continue in the mune
path of rectitude and duty they were now pursuing, and
in conelusion wished them all " Good bye."
Tbe labourers then and the CHAIRMAN pro-
portal"The health of Prince Pri Albert, Albert nee of
ls, and the rest of the Royal family," "The Bishop
and Clergy of the lhocese, "The Army and Navy,"
"The County Members," "The Lord Lieutenant,"
and "The health of Lord Rivers, the President of
the soviety," all of which were drunk with the usual
honours.
Mr. Rosa., in a highly complimentary speech, pro-
" The health of their excellent Chairman."
=ilk with three times three.

The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment,
exprewod the interest which he had ever taken in the
society since it.. formation 20 years ago, end attributed
the smalluese of their number that day to the state of
the weather which it bail pleased Providence to vieit us
with this year, and not from any lessening in the belief
that the society worked for the good of agriculture in
thin neighbourhood, nor from any supposition that the
society was failing in the objects for which it was
established. There was no part of their poeition to
which, he thought, their attention could be Inure
worthily directed than to the question of improving the
condition of their agricultural labourer.. There WWI,
no doubt, • feeling if mime anxiety abroad in this
rc . He ad ard it said by men able to pass
jus= h
cot on the subject, that when they looked at the
supply of agneultural labourers and the labour that
vivid be required arcording to the improved mode of
culture that wax now being introduced, they had great
iniegivinp on the loather; and certainly when they
',eked upou the extraordinary show of implement,.
which were in the show yard at the late
exhibition, and remembered that they were in-
tended to perform the lalemr which hail for-
merly been done by the husliandman, the .juestion
natiirally presented itself to ~ne'm mind would they not
intrench upon his functions and diminish the require-
ment of the nionher of hands that had hitherto been
employed! But if they tieik a retrospective view of
whet hail hitherto been done, they perceived that the
•gricultaral inetrumeets already brought into iiperation
had hardly kept pace with the me...feculento of the times
and me imorovect modes of culture. He saw an inter-
est ng pence that was read a abort tinie since before an
agricultural society, in which it was observed that there
was ln.r,lß a yoUIIM Man to be obtained for agricultural
per.uits, between 20 and :10 years of age. and lie believed
that this was very nearly the caw. Young inen were
pieg away lido ether occupations—leaving agricultural
°petitions whirh they had be, ii brought up to ; and the
reasue eaa this, being genendly unlearned men, they
had not the iiiducements to rensain ins fixed position
widen those who had wives and female* to remain lied.
After smile further reinarks the Chairman concluded by
expressing a Ilene that the society would le the vacant.
el currying out 'still further than it had hitherto dune,
ths object ita promoters originally had in view.
Ile Isom" HARDING begged to propiee the health of
C gentleman who from the wirnineticement of the society
had carrel it out in • way which must des. eve all the
Idiiiee they could possibly give him. Had
they searched the whole county through
the!' could not have found a better, a
'Dore zealous man in carrying out the objects of the
It'efete than their hon. eecretary. He begged to pro-
Ow "The good health of Mr. Au.drewe." Drunk with
three tines three.
Mr. Aideard.s, in returning thank., said that no
Persi3O could feel greater pleasure than he did from
tueetieg such kind friends am thole, who surrounded him
00 the present occasion; and he remembered with
gratitude and joyfulness, that from the patron, the
pre.ident, the committee, and indeed every meinher of
that caiety he bed ever received the greatest courtesy
and kincinew, and he Lit that lie should be ungrateful
indeed if he did not do his utmost to uphold the interests
that Society. He felt, perhaps, more strongly that
day than he bad hitherto done, that such meeting. WI
thew were calculateci to promote the greatest good to
trheir agricultural labouren. They had all heard more
lesa of the good conduct of their agricultund labourers
uithin the hut three months, at the late Rath and M'eat
of tafithoul show. It had been the thenie of all who
came here far and wide—north, east, south, and west,
tot only that they were not only pleased, but they were
Erectly struck with the conduct of the Dorsetshire la-
reurers. He had heard it mentioned in Loudon metals°
ielaath m ri
e •nufactung districts—indeed wherever be
tf, gone. At one time, as they were all aware.
;L.. was the poor maligned county of Donet. whose
!wers drew blood from every pore in their labourers'
wilea and fed them on nothing; but now, those who
tt4edbeen here and seen them confessed that the Dor-
'<whirs farmer, were not the slave-driven they bad
like hitherto deemed theui, that they were indeed • little more
eiviltaut• Leinp than they had conceived them
t' be, acid that the labourers were not the hard-working, m
...,couth animals they had supposed. (Laughter.)
there was 005 question be would allude to before be

sat down wilich l tlionght was iinfiartant ma rela:eil to
both neva, r and aervAlit, that waii the iineati .3 or
hiri .... elerl: to the jteitice:, 44 4 411.• . Ile 4...11k:011A
of 'Lis comity. Ite wa% well ,twar. ,14 the very great airn-
whiell 0ft...t0 mewled in ileciiiing tlir iiittereineA
between tin, agriculttir 1 litheoerers ah:l I heir nia-ters on

this 'wait. The agricultural labourer, not being one of
the 1111 l st educate I of men, often took up his own
ricers nail notions, and frestin istly inealit much 11101.:
thssss he solid when he hired Isisse•elf to a fars.ier. and
should cur dinputo afterwards irks: hetween Ilan and
his iiiii•ter, the sliteg• was oft •ti Inge Of the use t
perplexiag nature for the magistrates to oleci le.
short time since. tilere Wee hi fore the inagistr.stes of
the divission 1 wiihl he a.. dens:, a ate. in which the
strict Is ter of tlo law we; on the ie of the master,
hut, according to the intentions oh the aervant
at the time of hiring, lie ineinest ably was
right. Now, there w.os a Bill before Parlia-
ment to the effect that unless the lssring alomhl
he in tenting the magistrates would have no power to
issterfere in muds disputes. Ile had tahen some trouble
its basking juts the subject, and la .t year when "is Wilt.
shire he ascertained that throughout that county the
farniers invariably made written agreements wills their
servants. Ile held iu Isis 11,11.1 one of their printed
forms—it was ss erranged that they could make any
agreement they liked, and hiss was more if the farmers here
adopted the same principle, it would be better both for
thesis and also the men, mud would save istl is infinite
deal of trouble. Should the 'mashers of this Society
soloist the principle, he would be very happy to hare
number of thee: agreements printel. (Hear, hear.)
lie Wei greatly obliged to them fur the honour they bad
stone Isisus. alit trip le.! he should never do anythiag to
lose their edetto either as a csats ur Li Sezretary of that
aasociation. (Applause.)
" The Committee of Management" and other toasts
followed, and the company separated at an early hour,
after spending • most agreeable evening.