The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-11-07 00:00:00

TOWN SEWAOR AND DRY EARTH.

No. it.

I b g to thank your (r;artlenene Chrmicli and
A jr• (Ja:qtr) correspondent, " It. 11. A.," fo tho
t....or..;:vnient Worded tame and my system by hi, sensible
noi.ok• to yttir last iinpressiou. cape...ally on the iinisortant
iel that 111 the right disposal el town sewage there are three
trincip.l objects to be kept in view; not that, as to the
u moats pravaluttm of tho dry-earth system, I have et Cr felt
any. ,reat discoaragetnent. The tediousness of delay, and the
I.liLill,ll,C, lie." flippancy," root, I may add, the iti Justice with
toed, it Itim been mimed by some officials and wow " stmt.
atticuls" larfu pni,lk induenee, has often called for an
torcoo But with a full conviction from the first
oi thy ot my principles—with • perception, groSting
chartr every year, of the aaloquacy of this system to compass
ii ol thole princ:pal objects, and so to confer uittold
Isuelitsli this and I'they countries--1 have never faltered in
my .11o:elation if iM ultimate success. And now, since the
heel,* modification and enlargement of the system, if which I
sink: to you a statement in the month of Septeuale:r last, and
thla Itlvrenee to Whiell I have had ("neon to write to
tee TOM. (Oct. 3), and to the Ed., I have the bled
endesice that it will speedily Is:aortic that at li 'eh
ie. 'scheme for remedying " the :treat national ea :I " of
the pollution lot river. by the water-sewerave system ever
lot a national system for the 4104:lent and safe tiro-
usdion of health mad wealth. When hyaena. mode of puilica-
ttoi, •hich,- while opening • last field of occupation to cis ii
I 1,,,mer,, shall keep the Wuritill,4 tsl LI. sy•lenA isUL if the
lowl, .4 4: minutes. I shall be aide to make koown its :node of
a., too feel sere that '' It: 11. A." will admit ''Cott it will
sitizle'ltanded manage all that is desired."
1,, the communiutions referred to above, I protested against
"compel... Try legislation" as to initiation; and elsewhere, in
re kralice to an iv/M.llon of Mr. Bailey Wilton's, that en " con-
Ito,. Moro, coofutmiled," iutrodueott into the irrigation th.ory
lo the raport.4 the,latest Rivers' Pollution Commission, "light is
•lin wog," I have offered the remark, that at least until that
1141 it have cast its noonday radiance on such confusion,_
and until one or other of the many schemes for "separation "
" preeipitation, " filtration," or "irrigation," with or without
titration, shall be able to cleanse also our sewers and drains,
ciilot‘ent tht th.tike halo thr huthet Of olTeusive and noxious
C as, any ciouptilsory legidatioa on the suliject would be
seealZuss and uneatesmanfike. I now go far beyond ibis.
itemmiugly confident from daily practical experienm that my
node .4 prove ding the pollution of rivers will ilo all thit In
addition, and that in doing it the entire refuse of a town or
Village may I. coin trial into a manure, the minimum vain,. of
1111,AI to that town or village shall he equal to LI per head per
Mouth of the entire population. I conteud that voluntary
attioti ought no more to be thoeltd as to inigat sclacuom
loan it is with reference to the old system of middens and
e.sapoOls. For in the first plaoe, as to health, those schemes
ciii verve to perithUthe API -tern In which no due re;pral haa
ht,i paid to the twetweities .4 the working-Classes )1 perfect
water-closet" oth-vd I When did to) Inspector ,Inotor thy
II end of llcaltit mer dream ouch a thing fief toe family of
u • otking man ? How con it be IKP ibIC Ii ivy of those
aisilogies for health and eke:bloc. set ~1) umkr a L •ordl of
tiealth, for b.tance, in tibellielt ?aux place with a little
triekihig supply 41 water for the accommodation of *court of
hutelth ! Mr. Itelvlithon INuert., to, tint eartheclosets are
ei .4,11 inure frastuentiy nut of order than watereelosets. I have
..-urted in the Timis neaspap.r that the eirtlaclow.t4 for
. .

•at twc--erin-,triajttil Ii .the Elllll-I:ltriet •rire
a 0.4 ocapat,ic If ili.siTangement, out 111 part:caar those
Magie. And a hat, I pray, is the /3.310 of comparison on
a Mr, Ran grounded lois assertion ! Ila, he
-.crawl:nal the Litt that that horn .I place I hate mentioned In
ets Milt rand there are thou ands like It throughout England)
sO . inn in trier for a single day Could no point to one
water-esocts for the ilwellonrs of the working tlnoes
smiln the parish of St. tliles*, and cliceially In the pilla ol
work,hop.,Ul 3.111 :hang, In, 3 stab uih,e,tt or 'er? I he can.
then let imago saul iiktitine a comparison hi:tweets t hike and
the eartlnclioet, ii Hie Vi11.40.,0f Illialton, 11cr.., or in the
Itinett:-.loitt Seco.' for the 311-ldla l'askes, of at ii, cue
Canciridge, N irks of Sir Wi into A rmdrinig,
lit hlot al,. toy Nome reqard to the Jo I gm:•it f others au
th''.o.lkct ; and if oich ail authority as Dr. Illielianno is not
k4ir.l4.ii hint i,uiow (Ilia,--thal alter a careful
.; wi) into ow. a 4.3.1111ia11y ha. 13.331 formed in Weld,
3,31 t1ia13.3 lot Lila
I alit
.1
".II 33i.ihi 'sl. that i,i 1t I hare
toe 14114: 11 Ow reta.e in it tan, thin I. i•I it
3,31 twat proper •.; takings to the ishabitauts. The
lii It lII' .1 .1 U.,' (illti ill rn 1411•Ikr.1 tlie -L ',Attire
all un•sit, t, . • kinj,ci) arc tinder a moral on. igation,
now iiirsti to the he 41.11 if the t •, to
ir. 1,., • bc•t sax quit. After its ili,eovery
. . . . . .

"" ' '.l • ',Tie either to throw It Into the ricer
•,• ofutio• Won, to *able on • few fields
*u•kw u • •i manure to thouband. of acres.
. kalor col up.; je,tly IPO alieweil to hand ostr h“Ch s. Pro, i• •or .we then a :manual rout to ars Oohs idual.
o•i- Kai or to a ty,
~ut .4 It mach profits a+ bh.0.1 my from
.t / .41 is, nt. ;in their capitol.
„tue 1004 I • word with reference to national wealth.
!ss a' .1 certainly Way be. bucks ast arwomit of caltiabid manure
;••• producca Woos L/14 sod %111.40.., an 4 It, ht addition
•'' sArm)atil nt.c.ur.3 =IL SI 1104.1 i tiod
00i
4"s tins "Hi" U..: '1,•••coc.1 io then n:111111 a few
:nt. '44 tilt pr...luk.v of out net& atd tile live ito.k of the
:'-utrY mac; with 1.1 •I't bevoin... b.i doubied.— HURT MOCI.i.
d % tvar ave , (sat. ta.

Mi. Gladstone has dean... 4 to overrule the derision of
'tr. Lowe in the matter of the 'diver coinage.
„Mr. Liugh Burley. the Conley/att.,' MClllb:f for Man.
nester, haa deg/mm.4 to intrudes,' early ueat session
4 hill 1r stoptoug the s,le of so toAa e. liquot• during
tiS wh,.14. of Sunday.
ila, btemAgLi an • WitallB.—lle.rs. B.stet, Ross,
Nortou, the eseatiory agents, Lava iu.n autnoristd
"I kr. Ilia:seat testate Lust " he hes never at any time
Mited pay geereptper, review. ma zlOO, or utter pen.
Wle•tal publicotwn,ool randy contributed to any, nor
IS be at any tune readved or required any retuuners-
hoe for anything he has ewer written emit fur the"
1411111 whieh bier his name."

VJEcTED (sYNODICAL) ADDBX3BES.

I 3 TIM inocest or LAMA&

WIiAT %vs LATIIRN WAIT,—By John Wright,

•.C,ar,t, wartleu,

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. .1 geor_r:at flit) churchmen
• o yILI the Synod ..rout to bp held at
•• I h In gl,d to piano th...clurgraten
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• ': on . liPre asssmbhil the wants of the church
a r..tepa)et's point. of view. If lam no
great scholar or divine, yet I think I may fairly demand
a he :ray, as I pay neatly KAM every year to the
It-st••, to titheA, ;MI supply all the church rates for
the us jeteutanc,, of tire fetid' of the church, and the oz.
p...,ses of the amyl:es, lea having battled all the
in aerials for air 101,,,31 boues. Not that I
grudge slam payments. When I took the farm I now
hold, I undertook to mate thew, and don't want to
~void them in any underhand way ; but I am • besiiicu
mow, and as such I am in the habit of looking to see
w. At r.turn I uct for my money ; and in respect of
111 so ehurts.l paymeuts, I evades. that I, in conanou
ai.l, moiy 1,1 tuy neLltbouts, am very mush
appoluted.
Now, as I said before, I am no ackolar, only a plain
awl therefor I multi ',tate my opinion in plain
I ,ge. If a clmnt 10,-a his property through the
ignorance or the mglent of his att,am, y, that attorney
In linbin to bo puoislud : and if a patient lone. hut life
or health ti.rough the igiturauee or neglect of the
&dor, the dostor it liable to pay damages. Now I
cant eta why a clergyman should be free from all
persons' liability if, not the temporal, but the eternal
interests—not the bodily, but the spiritual health, of
his people suffer through his ignorance or casket. As
thiuga now are, if a clergyman merely goes through
certain periodical services, he claims his salary, arid
enjJya his hens, and glebe, although never a soul has
ever been the better for hie ministrations. When I
want a shepherd, I don't ask U he is mach of a scholar ;
whit I enquire is dues he understand shepherding.
ai..l Is ho fund of it? It not he shall be no sh,pherd el
mine ? but miler as I see these questions are never
asked of a man before hole set over a parish. lie must
know a llttlr L in and Greek He must be first cousin

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et • Lord, or • !Lollop, or a rich man : or he =IA have
paid his money in a Icgol Sumner: but no one asks
him if ha understands oeepherding ; or is fond of that
work ; and as it is easy to understand what becomes of
the poor sluep. Our church describes the duties of
the °buy thus—" To meek for Christ's sheep that are
dispersed abroad, aosi for hie children who are in the
midst of this naughty world, that they may be-saved
through Curist for ever." It they would stick to that,
we should be content; but unless a num is really fond
of ohopherding, be still never do it. And what is
the consequence? General and increasing diatom.
tent among those who have alwsys been the
firmest supporters of the church. The great
people may be well enough satisfied, beestme
all they want is for the parson to leave them alone to
thsir bonfires and shooting and dinner parties and err
forth; and if he will do this, and I mast codes, that
this is a 'duty that they perform most ooneaten-
ken sly, then he is • very good fellow, and he is wel-
come to their table when they have caper. plate, and
he may make himself agreeable to their poor relations.
The labouring people don't conearn themselves mush
about the matter, rho, pay neither tithes nor rates,and
those who have any religious feeling walk off very con ten.
teilly to chapel, and, were it not for the olothing clubs,
soup kitchen, school treats, and allotments, which are
pretty well worked by the clergy, the churches would
be tautly deserted. But we who live in the midst of
these things, from whom the incomes of the olergy
are largely derived, we cannot, sit down contented with
this state of things.
A clergyman COMO down to live in our parish : be Is
very learned perhaps; very moral in his conduct; his
wife a perfect lady; they are respected all the country
round, but their religious and spiritual influence is
+waging at all. There lien entire want of sympathy
between them and thiir people; they will patronise
but thy will not associate. And now that we farmer.
are better educated than of oldand our labourersas well
taught as their masters were fifty yeors ago, this kind
of ministry will not do. It is no use to say thst the
labouring people are too ignorant and degraded to
nude: smod religious and spiritual truths. We know to
the contrary. If the poor lay misdonary, who visit,
Bilker' parishes for 1:80 • year, can get a room to
preach in, Ibis el ways full Sunday or working day. To
him they send in sickness, him they consult in all
their il ificulties, he has hio silver or gold to give,
but he has sympathy with them; he expostulates
with the drunkard, he encourages the well
disposed, he is the true pastor, to whom the
she, p look forth sir food. Now where is the difference)?
Well, my mother •••• • pions godly woman, and she
always t ,right Inc that a man ocald rot teach what he
did not know himself. The clergymen, with some few
exe•ptione, they till us what we are to do ; these mis-
sionaries tell the people what Christ has done for them,
aril can do for all that come to :iim; they are wit-
nesses for Christ as the Apostles were. What
w.eeler if poor ignorant sinners listen readily to those
wl o can tell them from their own experience what
ths y mu.t do to be caved; while the pirr,42 preaches
es thnu.:ll he had never been a sinner, and did not know
whothar he wan p.rdoned or not. Thus thousaeds of
our mset sober, honest, industrious labourers leave our
chn.e.o, proving not only that Posy are capable of
rind r.taisding the gospel, bit that they understand It
FO will that tie/ will so; go weere they (isn't hear it,
orsl not, few el us ar, beginning to follow them. So
en iii Is are air c rgy 104 sight of their mission, vie.
Cs ruove,t soul, by preacidog the gospel, that I have
kie.wu on • of them presseli a oernion espro;ally to show
that conversion is not ne...t, iry in any but notorious

W wo bytio•n wAnt to know is why our ohorohew
c 1), uup 1.1 wails te.o`,or. as well val,fied..for

their 117,4ht.i offiso as those missionaries 'aro ? Why
we are to g.. on 'toying men who aro no use to us or
the church? We went to have &moo, us paotons whom
we can Iv.' sod tr.'s, as wull as respect: to whom
we PM send our chisdren for spiritual advice: whom
we shall look upon as our best and truest friends; who
will be friendly with us at all times, sad not only
when the church or school is out of repair, or when
the titlis is due. If this Synod eon remedy this evil
whios • t..e thal pressing danger of the church, it will
da ago oh work. lilt will not attend to this matter,
it is no use talking shout fees, ancl eduostion, and such
=slum. (ETU us the msa we wont, mod we will not
grudge them their fees, nor hesitate to leave the eduos-
tion of the poor in their hands. But, if we can't get
them, we will not waste our time and money in attends
ing hyrissils frosi which we get no benefit.
This is what we laymen wan't ; and if we can't get
it in in kLitablished Church, we shall have to look
for it in • Church Diseatablidied and Disendowed.

Endois,,d :—" Rejected. These laymen ought to be
satisfied with baling permitted to attend a Dia:swan
Synod, without presuming to dictate to the clergy as to
the way of performiug their duties. Ccoverslon of souls
by preaching the gospA is quite obeelete. I have been
in orders thirty years, and Decor hoard of a case my.
self."—limaittue MOLTIPLII, Chai. Ulla of Committee
of tiyhol.