The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-11 00:00:00

"INTEMPERATE TEMPERANCE."
To the Editor.

was with feelings of regret that I read the
letter of H. li•dclyffe Dugacire in your last iss ie, and
I am sure 'hat everyone with any deep moral and
WO all -ewe, will share my feelmgs in this matter.
That a nian of H. 'twirl) tie Duginore's irciti n, and
educa•iiiii, and known relibiiiitis chara,ter, should blind
himself (h-relic shy) with toe vendors and supporters
of whist is at present such a curse to the country, IN •
mater surprise a, well as of meta. The liquor
traffic is %Vigil% des unique Irwin, and requires •
unique remedy. Will:dr. 11. It. llugmore give us lb*
. . . .

I think (and hope) that Mr. H. ii. Dugmore will, on
wain,: his letter in pr nt, and knowing that by this
time it has been real be hun bode of people, educated
and ui.e lucated, regr that he ever (in ain iment of
inlet-not-rate feelin4 puinel that letter ; those weds
have gone out bey mil recall, and may have given
occasion t wrak brother or sister, only too glad to
be backed in their us* of stimulants, to stumble, and
fall—to weaken their halt iesolutions, perchance to
give up yr: at was tempting them sorely—to cause
many an one to hesitate to sacrifice their own
pleasure for the sake f 'then around th-m—to
give cession t the enemy • f souls to triumph,
ao.I this lu irreparable wrong—l say, if Mr. Ff.
It. Dugmore hat considere I all this, more than
is y he would rather never have pot pen to
parer than have floated sail a record no
his letter out u; on the world of sin and misery that
lies around us. He has the shy incuriel a terrible
r,,sponsiliiii•y. I hp. Mr. It. R. Dugmore will
pardoo me, hut I must all that I think ally al usion
to the miracle .1 the marriage feast slirlitly blaspne.
mous, putting it in conjunction with the producers of
alcoh itic liiloors. In the firet place, neither Mr. H.
It Doginare nor I could ultra' to the exact nature
of Mist wine which our L ri ma a, atol, in the seci.nd
Ida e, I 6AV-if me could be sue ; hat our I,r I person.
ally eto id by • pot of wate , an I turned that
.ct al waxer into wine, then. indeed. we could partake
of that win.. pe email made by Him, witho it h irm
of any sort. It is absolutely errtain that the wine
which our Lori or duced could do no harm to anyone,
but I must say that I cord.' not hi so sure of the wine
or hoer made be every Jack, Tom, an I Harry iit •
Instiller or a brewer, and I have a very strong objec-
tion to the suapicioa of implication conveyed in that
sentence of Mr. H. R. Dugmore's that likens our Lord
to the foregoing distillers and brewers. Unless blinded
by intemperate prejudice, I think people will see on
whose elpiniders lies the tilaephemy.
In addition to this, I think the teaching of our Lord
and the apostle. points very c'early to our duty in
becoming on- brother's keeper when a great need
arises for it. That need is in the world now, an 1 I
feel sore that we shall ner r be blamed for self.
sacrifice, or for too much earnestness for other's welfare,
and th at when the c inditions of life become such that
the,, is nee 1 for this, even in the giving up of what is
a mere luxury, our Lord will be the first to blears us for
It. even thoogh tie 41 turn the water Into wine. Mr.
H. It. Dugmore is •,p mt;y ignorant of the medical
'erect of this qui.' ion of alcoholic drink., audit would
take too long t • argue upon it now; but he can hardly
be ignorant of the sin and misery carpel by not only
drunkenness but immoderate crinkin.: ; therefore, as
alcoholic drinks are such a curse to this country, and
AA born day to day we find tne most unexpected people
falling victims to it, we should practise rielf.denial and
abstain from them for the sake of general morality, and
for the sake of the weak brother, lest he perish by our
wilful or thourttless example.—Yours truly.
ALICR lieu. LEl:arr,
BR/DPORT.
APRIL FAIL—An immense number of Cows. bar.
Toners horses, and sheep were brought to this fair on
%Yodeled ay, and di-posed of to graziers and butchers
of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, an I Devon. Busioess
war tolerally brick with moderate prices. Fenn and
dairy produce in sibundanee generally met with • fair
demand. Toe business portion f the fair was this
season located in East-street, where the extraor finery
facilities for the delectation of the juvenile population
supereeled everything of the kind during the past half
century. The main street was perfectly blocked with
car brans of every design and colour, purported to
: contein every wonder for which the 19th century is
famoue—fr im the " tatooed man" to the amusing
monkey. By the early m irning trains came throngs
of 'agriculturists from all parts of the county.
PLITT SeRBIONS, Tuesday. —Before the
Mayor, 1/r. Hay, 11. Howell, and It. Cornick, Eerie—
Robert Leiter, South-street, was summoned for an
arrest of a porrate, Is. Ti 1., proved by the collector,
Mr. George Ward.-1-hdendant complained of the
asseesment, saying he had let his premises, and had to
pay rAgs for seven allotments of garden grouod.—The
Bench-Tuforrned defendant that henceforth the Union
Assessment Committee had the power to deal with
this matter.—! he &refer and costs, 35., were nrderrdt°
be paid.—Four lade, Falwerd Way, Thomas Denham,
Harry Brinson, and Edward Welch, of East-street,were
charged with playing marbles, to the annoyance of
passengers on the highway on the 29th of March.—
Brinson pleaded not goilty, the rest admitted the
charge.—P.C, Chalfey alleged Brinson was playing
with the other defrondants.—Sergestat Hazzard sail he
bad had no end of c mplaints of Denham and Way. It
sprie.red that May hal been summoned and
tin.d for an I ii-cent assault in 1880. The
Bench caution° I the L. Is, and dismissed them.
J ih u Wheelon, Isbourer, NOI tit Allington, was charged
wi Ii beim( drunk in North Alliogt..n.—Pleaded
,quilty.—P.ll. Coaffey ei.l he found defriolant lying
io the road drank- A man promised to take him home.
—lt appeared defendant had been 11 times previously
hedge the lonch.—Fined 51. and Bs. 61. costs; allowed
a fortnight, or 14 clays ituprisonment.—Prederick
Wheadon, brother of the above was also hued a
similar sum, with the same alternaidve.—Frederick had
only appearfal twice before. seph Allen, •
delicate-I oking young man, of Be unin,ter *pp led to
the Bench for adsice and iron-tiara ti enr:ble him to
r,a:ll the Wiltshire Sessions on the 6th inst., where he
I was subprenaed to appear as • witness in a case of
' felony. The applicant declared himself to be without
mew, and begged the bench to get him there. It was
arranged that applicant should be provided with a
for Salisbury during thr:ticaril As h• istt the box
Howell handed him.

MR moBLEy, M.P., AND THE BEADLAUGH
QUESTION.

A meeting of the executive committee of the Libersl
Five Hundred of Bristol was held on Monday night,
to consider a communication from Mr. Morley, the
senior member. At the November isoir4?s, Mr.
hiorley min .unced his intention to vote against the
admission of Mr. Bredlaugh, and against any altera-
tion of the law or oriels of the House proposed to
facilitate his adm salon, adding that if this action of
his should not commend Ibsen to the Liberal party, he
would rather place his Feat at their disposal than act
otherwise. Ibe Bristol Itadcal Association recently
parsed resolutions condemning Mr. Morley's proceed.
throughout the Brad'augh business, and declaring
th he had tothikii the coofi lenee of those who sent
him to Parliament. Mr. Morley sent this resolution to
the Liberal C .mmittee, edging them if it repreented
the sentiments of the Liberal party, and reminding
them of his p °miss to retire ii it should. The meet.
'
log on Monday night warn called to consider this letter, ,
and a long and animated disLussion tok place, I
Ultimately, ares lotion was adopted expressing regret
at the course Mr. Morley had taken in connection with
the Northampton election and Mr. Bradlaugh'i
sion, but avowing unabated confidence in hint as
Liberal memb-r for Bristol.