The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-10-26 00:00:00

Vorat Cot* Cars.

_TUFSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1869.

FOgliftrlT.—The balance sheet of Court "
we. UK for the half year ending ffeptemtr:rlise
just been Waned. Prom It we find that Forestry to
"teadily progressing in Dorchester. The sick and
funeral fund, Including three years' subscription of T.
Cam* Ea°l,l fie), El 10. from Colonel H. Start,
M.P., and thi. from W. Vernon, Esq., amounts to
£SIO 19s. lad. The amount in Saving's Rini, last
relit was £427 13.- Id.; deport this half year £l2
There bu been 536 days sickness for which £4915.. 4d.
I was paid and there is a balance in the treasurer's bands
of k6O. Ilid. The management fund &motored to
£.39 lls. 414.; the expenditure was £26 7.. 4.1„; leering
a balance in the treasurer's hand, of £l3 Is. 014. The
demonstration which was held last Coronation der was
I a great sumer and the Court was able to Invest the sum
of tl4 lls. 64. as an "Incidental Fund." The total
worth of the Court With is £472 18s. Id.
BOROUGH COURT LILT. —This time-honoured gather-
ing took pros on Monday, the lath inst., when the
officers for the ensuing year wore appointed. On
Thursday. evening the jurors and their friend. dined
together at the Phoenix Inn, under the genial presidency
of Mr. James Drake the foremen of the court, the
the vise-chair being filled by J. It. Taylor, whale
exuberant jollity greatly promoted the pleasure of the
meeting. About thirty were present; many more
would have attended but for the fixture of the Duchy
Court for the I-Hoeing day, and the lamented death of
Mr. F. Pope, of Kingston Lacey. A tirst.rato supper
use provided by Mr. and Mrs. Barrett, affording mach
satisfaction. Trast, sentiment end song followed, and
the hours passed pleasently. It is almost the only
oonroial meeting left In the borough et which the
tradesman of the town eau meet, and, believing that
such gatherings are calculated to produce happy results,
In that good undentanding and mutual appreciation
amongst all which are so entitling and beneficial, we
the old custom will long flourish.
LONDON CITY Miasmic —A meeting in behalf of the
London City Miesion was held in the Town-hall, on
Monday evening last, which was attended by every large
and respectable audience. The chair was taken by the
her. E. W. Pears, who, baring opened the meeting with
prayer, and read the report, and announced a legacy to
the Association from an old subscriber of £1919.. called
on the Bev. IL Tyrrell, the well known and
highly esteemed secretary of the society to
either the meeting. Among many interest-
ing facts, illustratag the need as well as the
nacres of the society, he stated that 1.993,000
persons par through the London Hospitals in • year, ,
or more than belt the number of inhabatents, as in or
out-patienta, a large number of these being persons
from the country. He gave a mar interesting it:stenos
of the sirens of the Hospital Missionary, and she I
Illustrated the work of one of the missionaries to
public-houses, and added that although upwerds of
£7,000,000, was given away in charity of some kind Of
other, every year in London, these men get whole'
districts that were never visited by any Christian person
of any denomination. There ere 353 mrsionariea em-
ployed every day in the important work, and the
society is in an improving condition. The collection
amounted to kb 51. It is much to the credit of the
Christian people of Dorchester that one of their mis-
sionaries is entirely supported by them, in one of the
worst pert' of Londoia. in whirr, but for their help, the
Word of Lilo woald naverbe heard.
Boannon PITT( 8181110116., Tawnier —Before C.
come, Esq.„ and J. RiMop, Esq.
Thomas P *dupe was brined up for drunkennem and in-
deeeney on Wahiawa') afternoon, near the Royal Oak; for
drunkennes she was tined 10s.. for indecency a months' hard
Intone. and for damaging the cell ordered to pay IN.
MODIDAT.—Before J. Error, E.g. and J, Bishop,
Esq.
A girl named Cati,yßraint pleaded rtilte 1.1 dealing a
child's role. belonging to Jane Lake, a woMarl lodging in
Cno• Buildings, and was Offitelleed 10 a Months hanl labour.
CoCIITT PATTY 8111510101, Saturday.— Hefore H.
arillbm• Esq. (Chairman), F.. L. Kinderuley, Esq., and 0.
W'Raarrltioneaddre was aummoned for an ...lull on Michael
Miller root, bailiff for Mr. Prevost, at OWN% October tilt. -
Sir. Weston promcuted, and Mr. Howard defended. It wetted
that complainant and his wife %CM returning to Came fnen
Ito Black Dog, B/14.11110110, In the evening, w hen teo men
0r,., up (nid to be defendant soda man innwel Valiant's, at
had lavn .sth.. ion.) mei one said "W 1 tin. are your
and struck at coOlipillioant, toll am blow pawed lattonit him
and his she Foot dniek at the man with • stick, and hit
him on the head. The identiflcatkn of defendant was ind
proe ed to the mtlsfaction of the Bunch, and they dismissed the
caw, The cods wore remitted.
Charles Wanl, of Ws he Regis, a man of
anew, no summoned for being on Captairrr==
with four idhers, lunching, at Radtpule, Otiober.
Andress prosecuted and Mr. Howard defended. -Fined 400.
liwluding cods.
Bmiland wan charged with stealing the limb of a
fallen tree. Itelonging to Mr. C. Mayo, • 4 Little Puddle lann
Mr. Howard for the defendant. win. ',aid that he folio. or the
limb In the highway. Cl.Mictol, hut at 011tV ,16.6.4111.
W atm in Orchard, .4 Ablattsbury. was fined los. for is aching
a rabbit on the land .4 Mm. 'Wogs...in 1,, defAult payment
he no. committed for 14 (Lays.
l;,,,rge lima.. wan .ommoned for working a down dowhev.,
silt nomennis large .41.11..11....n then...a ittioninftton, ntinsford,
October b. P.C. Ilidiop pn.vtal the rate. Food ag, and coda
Gd., or a tuontlis hard labour, Allured a fortnight to pay

hope ..
UNDO:

A little girl named Benin Wood ins hnntght up for gelding
pair of earrin., heloihll to Alim Stn.', at Portland. 'The
I,•irl au 0011 41" ed to ktcli water for the hon., She .tok the
earring", I,roke the pcsolant fnet them, and adorned no of
her Angers eith no f the ritt,p., and took the .4her which
~he had br..t.en to be repaired at Mr..MentWra. -Sentence 14
days impnaonment.

DOBCHESTRB FARMERS' CLUB.
The firstmeeting of this club for the SWIM 1569.70
Wa4 held at the Antelope Hotel on :Saturday evening
last. There recur nrosent—Mt. J. Homer (President).
Mr. R. (knee (vice• President Mr. T. C. Saunders
(Treasurer), Mr. 0. J. Andrews (hon. sec.), Mr. H.
T.tylor. Mr. T. 1-:!.sor, Mr. Rowe, Mr. P. Pearc.., &a. A.
thls meeting is princirilly to arrange the course of
ctives for the session, übrgeattcodsnoe was not tube

ex pecked.
The l'ariinerr said se they were aware ho took the
chair hat veer very reltietant'y, and he hod fully made
up his mind to giveup the office this seraion, thinking
it w..uld be more to the advantage of the club if some
other gentlemen were chosen. -(no, no). However, he
bad again been inclined 4. preelde •t their meeting., and
he hoped they should go through the ensuing session in
the noire pleasant Drily 0 ey always had done since the
formation td the club - (hear bear) This being the first
meeting there was no parer to he read ; the business
they bad to trammed was to audit the accounts, to
consider how they cool I test dispose of their surplus
funds, and to arrange their programme for the session.
The club had now been established eight year., and
tiering that time 40 lectures had been delivered.
He did not know the number of meniben
at the beginning, but they now had seventy,
and the funds were in a flourishing Mate. Tie
attendance during the pod year had been very limited
indeed, and, as officeri .4 the club, it was very dis-
heartening to them to sit there regularly every month
end not be properly supported, It they believed that
Farmers' Clubs had been instrumental with other
societies in improving agriculture, then such an um-
elation was not only good for them but for the public
in general, in girder that still further advances might be
tallle. The lectures which had been given embraced
both scientifie and practical fanning, and were both
interesting and useful. But the falling off In the
attendance was an unto; ilfactory circumstance. Sonic
attributed it to the pre-erce of the representatives of
the Press, on account a whom some members were
deterred from taking part in the discussions, while
others were led to stay away as they could read the
lectures and discussions in the newspapers at their
leisure. For his own part he had the greatest respect
for the gentlemen present representing the papers. He
had seen every one of their meetings reported truly, no
he might say, to the letter. But the principal object
of the club was to gather • large number of the farmers
of the district together, and to elicit by the discussions
after their various teeter, it, their different opinions and
experiences. If tb• present:, of reporters really pee.
vented members from attending and taking part in
their dimeazions he thought It would he well to try the
effect of having their meeticgs private. With rcif.rd
to the lectures for the ensuing session, he suggested
that "The best and most improved mode of feeding
cattle and sheep with artificial food" would be • useful
subject to begin with, cow that Dorset has beeome such
• greeing county, and he remarked that Mr. T. C.
Saunders would be a very good else to give it.
The VICI•PRIAIDIENT said it would be superfluous to
enlarge on the subject of attendance at their meetings,
anti be would therefore pass on to the question of the
disposal of the surplus of £25 odd. It was euggested,
and had been considered, that it would be • good way
of usieg that money if it were devoted to printing in •
volume the wuole of the lectures delivered in connec-
tion with the club, as their proceediege would then be
preserved in a handy and useful form. They were • small
meeting to decide how the money should expended, hut
they had met foe lounees, all the member. had reogived
notice of the meeting and if any were disposed to find
fault with what they did to-night the blame rested with
themselves for sot attending.
Mr. Arceal.we suggested that very often business
could be better transacted at a unell than • large
meeting. -

Mr. GENGE proceeded to my that with regard to nub-
jects for the sesni!!fl he thought erasing would be a good
one to eouimenee with, if Mr. T. C. Saunders would
take It.
Mr. Sao/Mih4 assented.
Mr. Genot : For the second meeting they might
perhaps got Professor Bookman, who promised last
session to give them a paper this year, and perhaps he
would continue the subject of the agricultural labourer:
for the third evening, the question of irrigation
might be taken up ; the fourth might usefully be
he devoted to steam cultivation : and for the fiftth and
last, he had no doubt Mr. Spooner, of Ehng, would give
them a good lecture if invited. With regard to the
presence of reporters at their meetings, the question
bad been discussed before, when everything that could
be said pro and roe was advanoed ; it was now time to
arrive at some practical conclusion as to what was beet
to be done. The eastern of having reporters there bad
been amply tried; and, although there eould be no
doubt their presence and their reports had added very
greatly to the italuunce of the club, yet, if it prevented
shy members front attending and taking part in the
discussions. he thought they should try holding their
ordinary fleetingn privately, end if any subject of
special public interest was to be brought forward at
any time, or they had a professional lecturer, they
might invite the represoutatives of the Prow.
This very proper suggestion met the approval of
everybody Proonnt! and we hope that on the 20th
November, when Mr. T. C. Saunders is to bring for-
ward the subject of the best mode of feeding cattle
with artificials, there will be a large attendance of
members and that, as there will be no "chin among
them takin' notes," they will all freely tske part in
tho discussion, and nuke the meeting interesting, Lt...
ful, and sueoesdal.
Mr. Rowe suggested that the balance in the
Treasurer's hands might be usefully devoted to offering
prises for roots, and for the best prise essay on some
amicultural subject.
Mr. T. Engin thought this worthy of consideration;
no rolsehrted to info.* new interest into the club.
Tkie IIIinIDIXT said he had very great objection to
offering prime for root crops by local clubs. He had
aeon it wirrisd through so many times soil they woul 1
only be following in the footetenn
o• other dub!. Tbere
were not ten or even eve members who uld mpetik
for everything depended on the locality midway° of ileir