The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-28 00:00:00

DEATH OF A HAIIPSEHHA CELEBRITY.

We hare to Ponied the (lath, at 'Haig'. Amato., at
the VP. Mit of S 7 year., of Thm. Smith, E•d. The Miut
of nine sons who had to make their own way in Hie world
thronrh the premature tenth of their father, it wee
decided that he should 'eke charms oi the farm, which
was an extensive one, at Sheldon, near Alton. Ny eticress-
NI did he Prone that daring hie long career he we. twice
Muter of the Hsiehlesion Hounds he was ale, Muter of
the Craven sad of the Pytchley : hunted with meet of the
beet peeks in the kierdnin : and had a good deal of sport
In Scotland. Nor dirt he confine himself to bunting
%Mauls : he wag also a elme observer of them, end,
having natural malefic Went, wee fond of sketching
them. thus laving the foundation of the facility which
enabled him in 'Mg to paint the whole of the Hampshire
Hunt at one sitting. This picture, which contained
portraits of &5 men and horses of the Hunt eras mint.'
from memory the nicht alter a meet at Hinton Home, at
which he worked HII fice the following mornine, and,
abumit incredible ea it may seem, he never once touched •
single figure of man or horse again: yet se exact are the
likenesses that everrone has been Asetifted.
in the spring o(13 Hr Smith took his two hunters to
Lyndhurst for, week's hunting in the New Pomo, an'
whilst here he ready warmish.' mini- of Hie hunt he
jumping. in company with Sir Bellingham Graham. the
Park paling at Fatless.. The horse he mie on this occa-
sion was called the General, and had cost hut fortv.iive
guineas three mouths before, and for which Sir Roiliest.
ham now offered him HO [Amu.. When Mr Shard raw
up the nuntitedon A muds in Mil Hr. Smith. at the.',,
quest of friends, agreed to take tb.. tntnnuotnent, Ho
therefore pumbased Mr. Shutts wk. and Unit them at
Mr. Glawltairs. at Hittplace, where he also lived, Datil it
wee required by the oeoev. Mr. Smith remninet his
hound. to Summing House, and, subergnenny, in erm.
sequence of the death of his wife. t. Eye.% Goutt.
tlitairt here Mr. Nichnli, the Muter of the New Vegst
Hounds, was • (mg tient visitor. He goustic mike of him
as the heaven-born huntsman and Mr. Codringtoe.
who hunted the .4111 e peck. said "Were I a fog, I n,u0.4
rather have a pack of hounds behind me than Tom Smith
with a stick in hi. hand." After residing two rears at
Eyton House, Mr. Smith resigned the Mutarehip of the
tiambledon Hounds, and was succeeded by If. tot,
King, from Devonshire. In MS he accepMd as offer so
hunt the Craven country, whither he triguiereed
the Hembledon peck. During his ...mil «gum
with these honnde, Mr. Smith, mounted on ttou„,t
made • tremendous Jump OftT the waji ofK.,' not.
six feet two inches high. On reaching the ny,,,,t on
tlui other side the bores's fore lint gave way, awl he ease.
down on his chest, hie rider's feet hosing ilestrml ts. Ato
ground in a way that gave an awful shock : hut the lone
rose with him on his hack, and he kept his aeat foy • 'bet
time, hut lone enoush to allow him to stop the bonnie,
and when the field reached him he wait uncosischme tnit
they held him on his horse until he gm home, wheel he
wee bled, and carried insensible to bed, and in throe
he wee again in the saddle. Tim back wm
quite*, wild to Mr. V. Millebois and Mr. Dray. the
former of whom ensued to hunt the country. Hr. Smith
then went to reside at Bulstrode Park, and event...Hy
was muter of the ',fttchlley Hunt, a poet he held for two
@easels, and showed semi brilliant sport.
On his return trees • visit to the Continent in WA Mr.
Smith wae!nethueusdhythegsntlsrnaoof the ilitsable-
don Hunt to swept the meetesthip main. It was not kis
wiah to undertake the pooltlea, but as no one else seemed
likely to do ih.hee agreed to lid for • single yee.r, on the
*sprees cowlthet • wiper SUCCIMIIOIr wee IPCOTitiOd in
that time. He western Iffla them till 1•61, haring sere.
rei very good ruts sad Wore* fair sport all throuith,
receiving • howileseie lootimeetsl on retiring. In the Met
year of his meellestiltatity-eine and e-kelt brace of
foxes wer les these killed. days • week. He seed to
my that "he had m.duosd inning to a sience," and many
• nasty fall he received in his lifetime, the most @edam
perbep., Iwine one m Hoary railway station, whet he
slipped off the platform and fell heavily on th. motels,
rani ,ing injuries that °maned him to his house tor three
menthe
He wise called on in I to serve the Mice of Bleb
tib.dif or Sereoehire, the dodos of which poet he dis•
°Wooed with seal wed ability.
He was thrice married—lhat.to the widow of Mr. Jeph
ws
Hylea mate 01 beds et leettaose • eeoesdly to KIN
Dellieoll. of Oleisoim. deter el Biagi of sad
of auto Basher of tandoZie 40mm.,
es
end
to Mt Kam_ i Irbil •TM Muni took Phis ai
Shelia mask is

tigticultttral
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
At the annual meeting of the members in London
Wednesday, the Prince of Wales was elected chair,
man for the ensuing year. The annual report, which
wee adopted, referred to the great agricultural ex-
hibition to be held in Landon next year, and said that
experiments with reference to pleura-pneumonia had
been continued, and it was intended to try the
Improved method of innoculetion for that disease one
larger scale than hitherto, and in districts in which
the diene actually preveiled. The number of me.
bers was 6,637. The successful candidates for medals
and oriels offered to members of the Royal College
of Veterinary Surgeons were Mr. Medley, of
! ran; Mr. T. Chambers, of Nuneaton. Warwickshire •
and Mr. Robert E. Rolle, of Myths, Kent. The Bristol
meeting would be held on Durdhani Downs on the
10th July and the four following days. The district
'assigned foe the country tneetin# of 11372 comprised
the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Hunting.
don, Bedford, Buckinghnin, Oxford, Hertford, Reim
and Middlesex.
THE LABOURER'S ENEMIF.S.
Many wonderful things are being done, and are yet
to be done for the labourer, if his pretended friend&
speak the truth. A.coortling to them farm labourers
have been "downtrodden, dowering shine," held
" ignorance" by the " oppregaion under which they
were writhing," or mere "machines" worked solely by
the will of others, and living in the "boutbige
poverty and helpennew." Now, however, that hie
friends have stepped to the front for his salvatioe
is to be rapidly raised from his degraded state toe
std.e of independence, he is to be made intelligent,
sober, virtuous. his " poorhouses and unions an e,ery.
where to be pulled down or used for other purpoese
be is to get the franchise extended to him, and in-',
very short time he is to rule the nation I All the
above is to be accomplished quickly and surely.
Agitation and emigration are to be the motive powers
and high wages the essential means. Agitation ma
emigration have already caused wage. to rise' with
leaps and bounds," and these "leaps and bounds"
are to be continued till wages have reached the
desired altitude, then all the rest will follow es
naturally as light flows from the sun. Doubtlen
many labourers believe in the above arrant nonseen,
but as • rule we have no faith in it. According to tiy
dictates of counx.on 'seas ard experience intelligenee
Is the cause of higher wages, and not rice tern. Vi'e
say all honour to Mr. Arch fee his goodwill, hie aim
being to "raise us, body, soul, and spirit ;" but is
be is not infallible, we beg to judge for ourselves, aed
we have decided that he will never accomplish his
purpose by indulging in vituperation and hurling
epithets at the Inside of landlords, squires, parsons
and hennas. We consider him very much behind
the time, as his course savours very much of the age
of barbarous violence (I allude to the many violent
and unmanly outrages caused by trades unions and
strikes). We have so far advanced in intelligence ee
to know that it is unwise to" stir up a stagnant
pool," unless we can by so stirring remove it finally ;
and while the operation is going on we would use
plenty of disinfectants, to prevent any unpleasant
result to those who may be near it. Agitators for the
Labourers' Union do eat Sa thus. but, aa D. T. rim
says (May 6, p. 427), "they have stirred roughly
unskilfully it user be, the questions of low wages anal
wretshsdlaouies. But that is not all. When stirring
the above gentian, they take good care to stir deeply
so as to reach all the bed feelings between fanner sal
labourer ; psalmody, envy, and distrust get their stir,
and produce an active covetousness, salf.will, aad
obstinacy. The fire of hatred is also kindled, and fuel
added to it. The Union has no power whatever over
, the above bad passione but to stir them up, augment
them, and leave them to ;mow. If the above state
menu are toR jeetified by fact., we must believe, as
Mr. Arch said, that "the farmers and landowners
during the last six years had received such lessons as
they had never learned at either Oxford or Cambridge
or at any agricultural college." I can almost fancy I
can see them standing in the presence of the Union
men, meekly promising to "do so no more." but to
act In the future according to the very salutary Leeson
they have been taught! I cannot see what "1), T.
Fish" can mean when be says." one well-fed, well.
h ,used well-clothed man, can very well do the work of
two." I have been a farm labourer for about 40 year.,
and I knew • man who was not able to do a fair
days work through being badly fed, badly housed, and
badly clad. Sickness, natural debility, and intemper.
mice, are the only causes of inability I have ever
known. Again, "V. T. Fish," says "already wages
hove risen with leaps and bounds," but whence and
whither the leaps and bounds have been made I cannot
imagine. In this locality so far as my knowledge
extends, wages have both risen and fallen Map by step
with the corn market. A. wheat has been the prime.
pal crop tram which the labourer's wages have come,
and
ruled by by formediuprilis
Istap.le
rememberLe
well ehis e:
that
been
m
m
than 30 years ago, the farmers generally acknowledged
that the price of a peck of flour was a fair day's wage
for the labourer. The price of a peck of best 8 'or
to-day is 2s, bd., of seconds, 2.1, 3d. and the labourer
gets for his day's wage Is. 4d.—what a " leap !" If
Mr. Arch and his satellites would cease to be media-
tors between us and our employers, and teach us how
to become better mei more useful men we would thank
him. Let him remember there is nothing really great
but that which is good, awl nothing truly honourable
but that which is niefuL —Juatitia, in " Agricarlierel
Gazette."

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tea. idLrding moreover a sterling support to the
system. Unsweetened. Each packet (6d.) is labelled
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London."_

_
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trading c monism% by • physician, who is desirous that
a sufferers tuay benefit from this providential discovery ;
it is never known to fail, and will cure the most hopeless
came after all other means have been tried. Full parucume
.111 ti...eut hypost to any person free of chug.—
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Tut Medical profession are now ordering Cadbury's
Cocoa Essence in thousands of cases, because it cam-
taius more nutritious and fiesh-forming elements them
any other beverage, and is preferable to the thick
starchy Cocos ordinarily sold. When you ask for
Cadbury's Cocoa Essence be sure that you get it, as
shopkeepers' often puah imitations for the sake of
ezici profit. Makers to the Queen. Paris depat:
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herein's-Pears Bute —The marked superiority of
this Laundry Blue over all ethers, and the quick ap-
preciation of its merits by the public, has bees
attended by the usual ?molts—viz.. a dood of Mita.
tions : the merit of the latter mainly consists in tar
ingenuity exsrted, not simply in imitsting the square
shape, but making the general appearance of the
wrappers resemble that of the genuine article. The
Manufacturers beg therefore to caution all buyers I.
see " Reekitt's Paris Blue" on each packet.
THLOAT I LarrArtoN.—Sorensis and dryness. tickling
and irritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice.
For these symptoms use Epps's Glycerine Jujubes
Only in boxes fid. and le, take led "JANIE Errs and
Co., Homceopathic Chemists. 48 fhreadneedle-strest,
and 170. Piccadilly, Loodon."—lEppa's Homeopathic
Medicines ars sold by DUILDIN, WAITS, and How,
Dorchester. _

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growth of the hair en bald son, where the_ glands as set
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wh-re at hi, per bottle.
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we to • customer of mine, who bat been troubled with
T pe-ortn many yews, lianas tried almost eve
she beard tell of. she came to in. in roma Wet weithaf
am glad to say, the folhoring dw she came to tell me that
your 'Specific' bed the drier effect. The Tapeworm
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• sick child suffering with It, pun t cutting teethl fie
at owe to • chemist and get • bottle of Was WI/111.01e
Socrnrise Seim ft will retire the Pear mime,
immediately. It is perfectly harmless and plasma to
ter& it prawn natural_ unties sisep by relieving the
child from pain, and the little cherub awakes " as bright
m • button." It soothes re child, it softens the gums,
air, a taa, relieves iris& regulates the bowels, end is
Ur best known remedy for dysentery sad &writer.
whether arising from rabies or other caner Mn.
WinsloWs Soothist Syrup is wild by Mediento &fawn
everywhere at he fld re boar Manufactured In N..
MO at 03. Osf.wistreet. London
Timms Sursormas say lictsamornas suffering
from ttttt auon or the throat Met hoarseness will be wee
ably surprisoit at the almost immediate relief afforded by
the um of" Brow. s Brewhial Trochee" These frame
• toragot- are now rid by most respectable chemists la
this co gain at Is llpar boa Prole troubled with •
" twitted rook- • ' shirtit cold," or bronchial adle
era.* try trot too aloft. as similar tremble.. if sod=
f. twelves. malt la werioes Pulmonary sad Asthmatic
aiwtier Ste OW Um words Qw'. Broachia
Tr.vbes" we ea re itormusent Stamp artrood oath box.
tg.smbetein•l by Jars L Hamm and Son, Bottom.
reit l Slate& nava MB. Orferdvanet Landes.
A eery :lore, little rrsctiowaste last week made herself
the rik of Brighton. A local lawyer, who was inerauloia.
treed re by %oldies in his hand • locket. ' Little
taied(ohri, deo:abed it, sad read the insatrion
on the iek•ek.w. A kohl doctor brought a rare warrical
te.iiiiinees in • ore. but without opening et!. ors the
...is,. sorer. iiseriihad it by MOW Another iadepecident
eveleman, who bort A.lrr was equally beyond sustrim.„_
tol.l hot re -should hare all the money la 0. te,osels pocket if she could tell the amount. • Little
not only did so, but described the particular
ern. of ...kith the amount was made on.
JoLlemont wee On Yek4ll7 Melled fee in the Queer'
Ilen.-11 ll,ris.op on behalf of the peu,smliol in the rare.
the Quoes p. Tanl6l.l„" in which the defebdant, who ii
the publisher of the I' ititoUN Rroiew, woo TeCenkly guilty of publiabin • libel in that journal beaded "Suicide or Murder."' in reference to the death of •
trues Wood. The Lord Chia lustre. irs delirrialt
, indigent, said that if public writers commested—lis tbrf
were entitled to do—upoo the of courts of
justice, they must be careful that dray d not wanton'y
end reckkesaly smell the chareeams of others, or immio
criminality in persons wit& woes entirely k 01
arcs. In the present ore the Court felt bound le rell
on the defendeat to pay • Gas of aasa
amiewavi 9illfettnettsap Pima —With ta• shansiss
mama it le velment for all to real/ye:Ay absent atonic
them : list it is iscumbent oft the aced, saisaram seder
alcarstions aad similar debilitating miner to hare them ninon& or ware corteenomme will follow. This Ointment is their rained,; or in pewees an nig coal'
&ally rely : it not simply pals their tens out aseA
bvt ettinietes the warm of misoldetasmocis the
poison, and stimulates nature to WI up the ulcer wi enued, briny grandisMone, that will abide through lila Ileder this treatment bad soon become mead.
erstk skins castoff their stearecrefuleue sorts
cease to annoy. Such her for iesi we, nalramts in former days.
Tioarlame I—Fon nut Timm am Banana—A few
drops of the Head "Fieriline"
oft • wed teak.
brush produces a present la=ktarhich
cleanses the teeth from all writes or impurides
the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay tire, to die We
:peculiar pearly-whitens., and beams*
a the breath. It removes all naplessant edosew=
from Aiwa teeth or tobacco =sok& "The
cannoted la port ol Wray iattil owls'
sem is to the teete, sad Oa prow lasi di
emery of the &pi 4WD al. at en ammidrag
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