The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-08 00:00:00

A NIGHT AMONGST THIEVES
BY THE AMATEUR CASUAL
(Whitaker's Journal.)

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AT A N CIitLRCM
A STROME SCENE.
They went through with must of the generals anil pro-
minent men known as their friends having
deuositsal 'ieneral Butler on the" tree id life." t " Watch
Jenlan roll "—a somewhat novel iss-ition, I thought, for
that versatile gentleman—they Caine to a pause. Someone
in the audience seized the opportunity to start a hymn.
Apptrently this was out of order, for he had not got
through • line when Ohl Billy intenipted him—
" What yen start dat sir (crl Ihit ain't no way Vail.
hoot yer start nutfin one what I tells yer."
Then lie proceed.% to "reform its tiruilden an' sistern
I dat sit Sally Tolliver done mud.'" (they never say a
uerson is dead, always she " done ceamleil ") ebeiain
it fo' clock, an' her funeral will be preach' in our place of
wioushup one Chwaslay (uesslay)ehenin. SiA Sally, as you
all know, war ii go al 'ooman, art' she halm gins whar sick-
ness an' sorrer am no uni, an' whar they don't die no no,
anwhar they don't die no nui. Sing now, all
Said lie wouldn't die no moo','"
Then we heard that hymn, the strangest, wildest, most
meaningless of all that the negroes sing, and at this sante
time the one which seems to excite the most powerfully
not so inueli. I imagine, liy the wenls as the meek. which
is utterly indescribable, almost unearthly, with its sudden
changes, each ono ushered in by a 'interring shriek.
During the singing of this hymn the excitement, which
bad been gradually increasing with each change ill the
exercises, reached its height. Men stamped, groaned,
shouted, clapped their hands ; women shnekeil and
sobbed, two or three tore off their bonnets and threw them
across the church, trawl.' their shawls under foot, and
and sprang into the air, it seemed almost to their own I
height, again and again, until they fell exhausted. and '
were carried to one tide, where they lay stiff and rigid like
the dead. No one payed them any further attention, hut
wilder grew the excitement, leuder—rose the refrain,
" testis said He wouldn't she no leo' r
A fog sound to fill the church the lights burned
slimly, the air was close, almost tsi suffocation :an invisible
power seemed to hold us in its iron grasp; the excitement
was working upon us also, and sent the blood surging in
wild torrents to the twain, that reeled in darkened tel tor
under the shock. A few moments more, and i think we
should have shrieked in unison with the crowd.
We worked our way through Use struggling MSS.
sometimes pushed and beaten back by those who, with
set eyeballs anal rigid faces—dead for the time to things
extenial—were not conscious what they did. With the
first breath of cool night air upon our faces the excitement
vanishment hut the strain upon the nervous system tool
been too great for it to recover at once its usual tone.
More than one of the party leaned against the wall awl
burst into hysterical tears even strong men were shaken,
and stood trembling and exhausted.

THE "BLOOD PURIFIER."
OLD DR. JACOB TOWNSEND'S
4AR.•4APARILLA,

This extraordinary medicine has a singular influence
over the blood, which it enriches and purifies. It
removes all piniples and blotches, purifies the system,
and acts like a chann. As a sustaining and purifying
tonic it is invaluable, and highly recommended in long
standing cases of indigestion, nervousness, coughs,
scrofula, gout, dropsy, and wasting of flesh. Sold by
all druggists. Caution —Get the ml and blue wrapper,
with the Doctor'shead in the centre; no other genuine.
In bottles, 2s. la, Is., 7s. fid., and ll rail
s. Sent by ra
to any address.
THE OLD DR.'S SARSAPARILLA PILLS are
the most popular medicines known for all bit'
affections, liver awl stomach complaint., and indiges
tion. as proved by thousands.
Also SARSAPARILLA OINTMENT, the best
soother of all sores, Imrns, and scalds; each in boxeg,
; 2s. pd., and Is. 64. By post n, 36, and 60
OtAMVI4.
Cinch DepUt, 131, FLEET.STREEt LOND ON.

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EXTRAORDINARY EYRE' OF A liOthitl.—" Her Majesty's
Gun Boat, ' Netley,' Wick, North Feat Coast I,f Scotland.
—Dear Sir.—Having had a MOH distressing Cough, which
caused me many sleepless nights and restless days, I was
recommended, by His Lordship the Earl of Caithness, to
try your most invaluable Balsam of Aniseed, and I can
assure you with the first dose I found immediate relief'
even without having to suspend my various duties ; and
the tirst small Bottle completely cured toe, therefore I
have the greatest contidenoe in fully ret ding it to
the million. Most respectfully your., W. Lintel!, H.M.M.
GAL, Netley.'—To Mr. Powell" Powell's Balsam of
Aniseed can he had of all %enlists. In Bottles at Is. lid.
I and 2.4.3 d. Warehouse, Blitekfriaro Road, London. Ask
for " Powell's Balmiu of Anisoeil."
A DISHONEST PRACTICE. —For the sake of extra proti.
some unprincipled tradesmen, when asked for BF.CHITY'S
EARIS BLUR IN SKAREA, stalbititilD3 inferior kiwis in the
same form. The BIM% "As USED IN THE PRINCE
OF WALES LAUNDRY." is now so universally esteemed
for its splendid quality —above all other blues—that it is
important to observe it is only genuine when sold in
~,mases, wrapped tip M pink paper hearing I. Reekitt and
Sons' name and trade mark. !fetus, all Blue whielt is
not so "rapped.
A Drier TO OTHERS !—Are you broken in your rest by
a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth? Go
a once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mits. WaYstow's
SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer
immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to
taste, it producer natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the
child from pain, and the little cherub wakes "as uric it as
a button." It soothes the child, it softens the gums,
allays all pain, telieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is
the best known remedy (OF dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising frotu teething or other causes. Mrs.
wmanwis soothing Syrup is wild by Medicine dealers
everywhere at Is Lid per lottle. —Manufactured in New
York, and at attl Oxford-street, London.
THROAT AFFECTIONS AND BOARSILNESS—AII suffering
from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will lie
agreeably surprised at the almost intim:abuto teliet afforded
by the use of " Ilrowtt's Bronchial TrOellaS. " These
famous "lounges " arc now Wad by most respectable
chemists In this country at Is lid per box. People
troubled with " hacking rough," a "slight colt, "or
bronchial affections, cannot try them too soon, as similor
troubles, if allowed to progress, result in serious Pulmonary
and Asthmatic affections Kee that the words "Brown s
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It makes the aair charmingly beautiful, as well as
promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots, where
the glands are not decayed. Ask your chemist for the
" MEXICAN BAIR HEMMER." prepared by Henry C.
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and Pet hinters everywhere at 3e. 6d. per bottle.
ELORILINE!—Foa TIIE TENTH AND Ilitgarib—A few
drops of the liquid "Floriline" sprinkled on a wet tooth-
brush prisluces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly
cleanses the teeth from all porosities or impurities, hardens
the ir ms. prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth
a pect..iar pearly-whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to
the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from
de-eyed teeth or tobaceo smoke. "The Fragrant Floriline,"
being composed in part of lioney and sweet herbs is dell-
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HORSE GEARS, &c.

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BOILERS, &c.

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PLANS ANI) ESTIMATES
Fuß'amyl) FoR EVERY DESCRIPTION OP
MILL WORE, WATER WHEELS,
SHAFTING, GEARING, CASTINGS, Sts.
Illtestrnied Oitatoques post free on appliention.
Mr. It. 1.. trFriN Wen& 3larketa.

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snacks" bei— the premium offered as con. •si A totems to who
shook our heads. It wan such limn consultation,awkwinithinazlwiLetahl! unredeemed pledges,
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piano '
Them were I:3f -a-dozen of us ' nu&
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See Dela. ch. iciL, v. 23.
general opinion. A regular "tense' wool l'nt take it. It with • Mr. Gough. who, on th i expiry of the time for
wax no use taking it to a licemsal pawnbroker. It wasn't redemption. sent it too sale-ro bit, where it WM purchased . CLARKE'S
a thing to ta.ke to a broker's shop nut offer it as. an ar'ti I I the 1 ' r
. e er e p aintib. So In afterwar Is it was lb.:covered i
for which WORLD-FAMED
one had no further use. The individeol who i that the lustrous sit .Ibl MA 1.•1 nig to the man he whom
had negotiated the waiscests was appealed to, hot he shook !it WM 031,,:t41, hilt t, XI • •-r•s. lirilismead, from WhOlil he ' BLOOD MIXTURE,
his head ro emphatieally than alw one else. lie ' had hired it an.l tl Wiiolll the 1.1 iiiitiff was °Wised to I (Trade /Lark —"Blood Mixture.")
wouldn't give a penny a promo] for it "on 'pee." Least. deliver it. Ile thereupon demanded from the pawuhroker .
ways, he wouldn't give a farthing H II
more. ow nue i did the prbe paid, hut this ox, ref tees' in the 'round that ME GREAT BLOoD PURIFIER AND RESTORER.
it weigh I I did not hear the weight of the stolen cheese ; the seller of an unredeemed 01 1
.- e ge give WO warranty m
.• ,• , FOR cleansing and clearing the blood from all
lea after stone whispered parley, they went out together, title. The Judge took this view of the CMW. ohserving impurities cannot be too highly recommended.
' and were away some time. •
that the purchaser bought it r.iibie'd t.. the question • For Scrofula, Scurvy, Skin I/Denies, and Sores of
And now came for me a ticklish time. The • •t of e inaion y , whether or not the pawnbroker hail the right to sell it as ' all kinds it is a never-failing and Permanent cure. It
the maks who had occitpie.l the kitchen during the even, against the true owner. Cures 01.1 Sores.
lag, hail already sought the dorinitory, as hail a great SANITARY SclEscg.—An instrument hos jest been Cures Ulcerated Sores on Neck.
many more, who, ratsiring only :deep for their (ourpencei, invented for accurately dQtermining the velocity of sewer
. gone straight to hed, having pai.i their money. I had gas, so that the result of the steps being taken for drawing Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs.
livi
seen all that I cared to .43e . ~ and but too willingly would out the gases and ventilating the sewers in large towns can Cures Blackheads, or Pimples on the face.
now have turned my back on the odious place, and sought be definitely ascertained. In the parish of Elthatu, in Cures Scurvy Sores.
fresh air and freedom, even though I could have found no Kent, a adoeity has been attained of a mile per minute. Cured Cancerous Ulcers.
cabman credulous enough to listen to the story of such an and it is believed that a still greater extracting power will Cures Blood and Skin Diseases,
unlikely lookieg customer, that if he would he so kind as be shortly effected. Application is being made to the Cures Glainlttlar Swellings.
to drive me to Upper Holloway, he shout', when he got Metropolitan Board of Works to get a clause inserted in Clears the Blood from all impure matter.
there, le handsomely remunerated. I would, rather than some bill in Parliament to compel the builders of all From whatever cause arising.
stay, have cheerfully trudged a-foot in my rags the whole houses to be erected in future in the metropolis to As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and
distance ; but I could not miss the fact that more than construct a ventilation pipe to be carried from the house
once the wary deputy, over on the wets+, had cast curious drains above the roof of the buildings so that the sewer warranted free from anything injurious to the most
eyea on me, and the door was now bolted. It woubt never gases, instead of entering the houses through the drains delicate constitution of either sex the Proprietor
do for me to go to that sharp deputy, with the lame excuse will he carried off at the top of each house, solicits sufferers to give it a trial to teat its value.
that I had altered my mind, and did not mean to lodge SELF.GUILLOTINiNtb—An Inquest was on Friday held on Thousands of Teal 111.011i441 II from all parts.
there after all. 1 e"31.1 have got out., of course, but there the body of a French artisan named !Auguste Chere. Sold in Bottles 2e. 6d. each, and in rased, containing
were still :several hulking reseals smoking by tlie kitchen During the last twelve months he hail lodged in New Crimes six times the quantity, Ils. each--sufficient to effect a
lire, and at the prompting of the irate deputy my exit Bowl, London, but a fortnight ago he stated that the
• •
might have been heal Iln.t. So, all things considered, I money which he hail saved for commencing I.:Keine ennanent cure in the great m
:it was ' Dajority of long-standing
AND NTi PATE .
msolved t, entrint myself to the arms of the common nearly gone, and when his hail no more he would quit the cases —BY ALT. CHEWS • .
lodging-house of Morpheas, anil take my chance. world. On the previous Saturday he tok home two large 'IEDICINE VENDORS throughout the United
A sigh of :relief escoped flue as I inoante.l the stairs and planks of wast and a large douldaliandled knife. With Kinfdom and the world, or sent to any address on
looke•I in at the partly 013.11 door of the chamber wherein these lie constructed a guillotine. Grooves were formed receipt of 30 or 132 stamps.
1 wos to somehow pass away the hours before daybreak. in the wood for the knife, and clown these, after having P. J. CLARKE, Chemist, High-street, Lincoln.
It was, as regards its general aspect, very much cleaner been drawn up with a pulley, it Wan forced by heavy Wholesale, all patent medicine houses.
than I hail expected to find it. The walls were yellow. stones. The unfortunate 113311's head was completely Dorchcsger--Sold by A. J. Evans, How, and
washed, the floor tolerably clean, and the menu, which several from his I..ty. A verdict of suicide whilst of Dm,'"
was low ceilinged lout spacious, contained betwani thirty unsound mind was returned.
awl forty bedsteads of the low stump kind, each one being The diffisilty connected with the reninval of snow from BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS.
furnished with coarse sheets (which certainly were not the streets does not yet seem to have been fully stated.
spotleas as the driven snow) and a coloured reg. such SUI A further complication was brought to light on Monday
are used for soldiers' beds. There W3l nothing visible to when Mr. Knox delivered judgment at the Malhomugh-
aecount for it, but the smell of the pla,•e, despite its street Police Court upon the question whether the Vestry
.kcent appearance, Wa4 sickening. I have no re L4Oll to of St. George's, Hanover Square, under a local Act of
doubt that the rides by which the house was constituted Parliament, and on the ground of public convenience,
a registered lodging-ionise :ieconling to Act of Parliament were empowered to remove snow from main thorough'
were enoink,,l with ; but I fun afraid that when the fares into less frequented places, no as to clear the prin.
authorities decided what was the iniiiiimon of sp ice that cipal streets for general traffic. Mr. Knox held that in the
' should be allotted to each lodger, they di.l not sufficiently Invent case a reasormble use had not been made of this
consider the proleible eon:Winn of the cla.:4 of persons power; and, in imposing a nominal penalty upon the con.
wl the Common I,alging Act would lie most likely to tractor, suggested that on a recurrence of the annoyance
affect A couple of more of cleanly individuals. with a now complained of it would le as well to proceed by
wholesome regard for soap and water, mol with clean indictment, so 34 tic oldain the verdict of • jury and the
clothing would le far less liuelv to containieate the ruling of a bulge upon the matter.
as,,,,,phere of a given spsce, this , •• ay creatures the Wive Meansa.—A shocking wife murder has been
colour of whose skin is aetrcelY recoguigable for dirt, and cominittod at Dunstable, Bedfontshire, by a man named
whose rags are an altoninat. . Not that the said r . . ) tvid Dumpleton. employed as a groom in that town.
were visible MA regards iim bcd fellow, Excepting his Dulopleton, who has been married about ten years, had
e Ist4—and in teases they were such deplorable wrecks of late lived unhappily with his wife, who had given him
that lie t have been a petty thief indee.l who woulit Cause for jealousy. About eleven o'clock on Monday
have purloined them —every Leiser Insi taken his tittered night the neighbours heard shrieks. A constable was
suit to bed with him, awl made it into a bundle, as well called, and on his arrival at the house he found Mrs,
to ehe out the shallow bolster as to insure its safe custody. Dunipleton lying on the tloca• in a pool of blood. The
But I have net aeillit that it was a very necessary pre- husband was standing by. and in the coolest way said, in
caution. The law which makes the landlord of an inn reply to the officer, that if Le lui:1 not killed his wife she
responsible for the Rafe custody of a imeat dots not seem would have killat I ' , and he took the first chance, He
to apply at a Spitalflelds common lorlaing•house. Thirsts was immediately taken into custody. The Prisoner, who
a locker at the &split-II of every lodger down stairs, and was perfectly sober, is, stated to have been a steady, hard-
you may lock up what you please in it, and, if you choose, working ~,an.
for additional security, entrust the key to the keeping of There is a grim interest in the returns of the nimitier of
the deputy .• hut beyond that you ninst look after yourself, deaths whish result from drunkenness. The Registrar.
with the full knowledge that on all sides of you are Judi- Iknerat's annual report, recently issued, shows that the
viiinals who have been bred to the trade of petty larceny. registers of deaths in England, and of their causes, holl-
and are so amazingly clever at it(as witness the alatuction cate a substantial decrease in the last few years in the
of my rasher of bacon). that if thev might make a public number of persons killed by intemperance. In 1559 the
show of their curious skill at the Egvl.tian Hall, or else- number W 3.4 Sea, them being 510 deaths from delirium
where, they would excite ~,,, re amazement by their tremens and 311 from less aggravated intemperance; in
sleight of hand than the smartest conjuror that ever 1873. the latest year for which such returns have been
exhibited. issued, the total was but :77, the deaths from delirium
I don't know if it was the foul rags growing warm tremens have fallen to 345, the other deaths from intern
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under the heads of the lodgers that augmented the evil penance having risen to 411 In the intervening Years
odour, but I found it so terrildy offensive, that I was glad there were great fluctuations in the numbers. In 1861
to secure a vacant bedstead near the door. a position by the total had (alien to 1157. in Pril, and again in 11465, they
no means in favour with the exis•riencal lodger, because exceeded 1,000, and then they declined again unnt in 1870
of the draught and the constant disturbance of late reached the exceptionally low number of 615, rising
lodgers passing to and fro. For obvious reasons 1 pre- afterwards 10 711) in 1871, 713 in 1872,777 in 1873. Some
(erred it, however, and adopting the hint already alluded mild satisfaction may be found in the fact that the matter
teas to the disteisal of MY attire, was soon beneath the is one in which the nation isnot actually growing worse,
coloured rug, with a vivid recollection ..f a certain other though our position is still not one respecting which
night, now just ten years gone by. But, as 1 expected, there is room for much congratulation.
slumber, for the present at all events, Was 011 t or the l'aeseargn Mete Is TlVl.—This mode of preserving
euestion. With the majority of the esculents of the beds, meat, so extensively practised at the present time, has
sleep was the serious part of the night's performance, to been in use for a longer period than may lei generally sup'
Ins precasted by a farcical entertainment. the principle 0( posed. From the ganitary Reriew we learn that in
which appeared to be borrowed from the horseplay and Pei. Messrs. ISonkin and Gamble supplied tins of
petty 'arsenous vagaries of Mr. Clown in the pantomimes. preserved mutton to the exploring ship Fury. In the
The chief actors were the youths and boys of the party, following year this vessel was lost in Prince Regent's
set on by the grown men, the victims being elliefly the Inlet, and the cases of meat were lan.led and left on the
worn-ent and weary poor fellows who were strange to the beach. In August, lett, sir dolin lties found that the
place, and who had slunk tip to iml early, and were meat was 34 g..0l and fresh a 4 ever. Ins letter he wrote
probably asleep before the tormentors came iiis True. to Mr. Gamble lie mentioned that "the provisions were
the printed rules of the house forbade "harking" in the still in a perfect state of preservation, although annually
bal-ne tttt and the removing of belclothes and holsters, exposed to a temperature of 92, F. below and $0 •F. above
but this only gave a zest to the performance. Bets were Zen' Sixteen years later Captain Sir iillllB4 Rosa, of
stealthily colleeted and hurled in a shower at the the Investigator. Mopped at the same place. Ile found
unoffending body of a Peaceful lodger. It was generally that 'the provisions were still in excellent condition,
an 01.1 man that was selected, and if lie dared to leave his after having been men the beach, expose:l to the action
bed t . call lip the deputy, when be roturned his 11•Ister of the sun and all kin:l4 of weather for a period of nearly
:iii.l re.; had yanhdi,,,t, nor sould the helisnant deputy find I a quarter of a century."
any one but was tie so I asleep awl snoring to now :
anything of the outrage, .:r where the bedclothes hail flown .
to. A terril•le seh.s.l for boys. It was had enough to
hear the appalling language use.' by the nien, the horrible
oaths and blasphemy with which they expresied th,•ir
admiration for the tricks of the lads, but it was infinitely
re painful to listen to the shrill voices of the latter
4•inulating the foul slang and obscenity of their elders, and
hung their best to outito them. But the stories that were
till. I clam not here repeat them, or even to hint as to
their peculiar quality. There shonl.l at all events be an
alteration of the low in this re-pact. A c 1111 l mon lodging-
house Oiould not mean a cone. 1111 l sink into which the
human sic" mut spialor of the city may be nightly swept
to fester in it licap, iiiol increase in isesonous properties.
The rooms should be separate. It is not easy to imagine a
graver blunder than that whist' is committal by those
who have the ordering of these matters, when they entrust
boys of tender years to the pant' of rothians grown
grey in the ways of iniquity ; and who shall estimate the
outcrop of the teaching of such schoolmasters in such a
night schiel I As the night wore on, and mom night-
birds C 13141 h 1111 l :i (,) roost, every fresh batch stifling up
the evil conversation anew, I WM 11110r0 MO Wore
impressed with this convict' , and lay awake through
the long hours, and after we were "full," and no more
I..dgers could be admitted. thinking of it, until falling
into a fitful doze, I opened my eyes to the welcome sight
if the feeble but unmistakeable light of the wintnr's
ruing showing at the window; after which, not
tiftmo minutes elapsed ere I was gladly trudging home
wants.

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