The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-11-07 00:00:00

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where.
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said. But the atmosphere
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gentlemen,
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of the franchise ; and althbugh by no Means
unwilling to see the pal kt it present in power
continue "on the sunry side." he does not
promise them too much of his support, but
indulges in a dream of mental reservation
which we fear we must tell Mr. Grove, as a
new member, is the privilege of few, and not
long the prerogative of any. How old stagers
must be amused by t' sae verdant protesta,
tions of independence ti em nes menint re.
Ah I Mr. Grove little know* that he *ill be
escorted down the Hbuse, h Miring the oaths
and his teat, by a pair of party sponsors from
the Reform Club, one of whom will in all
probability be the Government "whip ;" and
that these kind friends will never cease th Ir
"attentions" until he is fairly broken into the
trick of going into the right lobby. And
very proper too. Why should men come
forward either for Parliament Or even for
Town Councils and forget to stand to their
pri3mises P Those who are either oblivious or
ready to blot tint their professious as /30011 as
uttered, on finding themselves safe and their
own ends secure, are very properly made to
feel the party yoke to Which their necks are
tent. Compared with ShAftesbury, Mel-
pinish was a tame and respectable meeting,
yet not altogether destitute of the political
sauce piquant—for Mr. Portman was there
and Lord Palmerston just dead, and it would
not have been seemly to have left unsaid
anything that fell from the honourable mem-
ber. Fir exceeding anything that could
have been discussed, however, in interest and
importance to those present, were the topics
of game preservation and the eattle plague,
which MI.. Portman liaLullecl as became his
father's son. Of all the receipts at all events
that have been proposed in the treatment of
the Rinderpeet, we should say that Mr.
Portman'e suggestion of— a hot posset
analagous to the Indian ghee, is one of the
simplest, and may probably be tbiifid one of
the best. Scalded buttermilk is the Irish
panacea RI, a violent cold; and although we
hardly know in this count 7 what ghee is
like, we feel instinctively that the prescrip-
tion promises to ht the blot. The able ad-
dress of Mr. G. J. Wood, in opening the
session of the Dorch, liter Farmers' Club,
will be read with satisfaction by
agriculturists. It announces the elabor-
ate completion of preparations against
any possible outbreak of the cattle
plague in this district, whether by asso-
ciating to carry out repressive measures, or
insuring to compensate losses. The diffi-
culties of adjusting such points are detailed
by the worthy president in a manner which
shows how carefully he has entered into
them, and consequently the gratification must
be enhanced at finding that, after having
gone the length of consulting counsel on the
subject, everything has been leg-ally arranged
for meeting the ends in view. On the sub ect
of the repeal of the Malt-lax Mr. Wood is
no less emphatic. He announces the re-
sumption of the campaign with a vigour and
animation, which of itself is an earnest of
SUCCESS.