The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-03-27 00:00:00

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A oorrespondent of our o tntemporary, the Observer,
has made a wonderful discovery. He writes to it :
" It may not have ocetorre 1 to the majority of your
readers that the names of four gentlemen w us. deaths
have been SO recently red trde4 in your columns begin
with the same letter. I refer t Mown. Burrows,
Briggs, Ball, and Brlant. It is, perhaps, soother
Isom 'what singular fact that they were all dlonserva-
ti wen" The moral to be derived from this is, evidently,
" don't be horn, if you cao help it, with a patronymic
that begins with a' and, above all, don't be a Con-
servative.

I understand there is weepiest and wailing at the
Liberal Clubs. The only Radio landlord in Poole
has pulled &ma the light b:ne c.loure and hoisted the
dark blue. Of course, there I. great rejoi4.4 among
T.rries that the one black aheep in the L.V. Colt
shoo] I have returned to the toll. Well, as be' not
exactly a lamb, he has, I suppose, a right to change
his politics if he likes.

One of the most pleasing features of religious life in
Poole is the unanimity and Um/ Christian andbrotherly
(walnut which pervade* all *actions of the church. Att sod
a mestingmalled by the represeutsti wee of the FA LlMA-
mast, and you are oertain to find • Minister of the
Nonconformist body taking part in the proceedings.
Drop in at a minting in aid of objects advocated by
Dissenting pastors, and you are equally our. of the
presence of • gentl4resa clothed In the sombre and
sedate garb of the Church of Beglatad. Tbls ie very ,
pleasant, and as it should be. It reflects credit- upon
all, and is a forcible answer to the advocates of dl.-
establishment. AU persons are not however so blessed.
I read that the ttev. N. Y. Birkmyre, the now ricer
of St. Simon's, Bristol. had refuse I to allow the bell to
be tolled at the funeral of • Dissenting parishioner for
the following reasons :—First, it Is his fi,m oonviction
that the tolling of the bell, being a very solemn thing,
and an important part of the Church service, uo
instanter has any clan to It; and, secondly, as
Church of England clergyman, he can bays no sym-
pathy with any Dissenters, and it is plainly his duty
not to recognise them, as be believes them morally
wrong in the sight of God. Brave old Dr. Johnson
once said that if he thought he should meet certain
people in heaven be would rather not go thorn Mr.
Birkinyre is evidently of a similar mind. The thought
that there might be Nonconformist saints would
probably deprive him through
of any desire to pass rough
" the golden gates." But what earthly good can such
wretcblid higote expect to do—either the Church,
whose message of love and peace tiny an paid to
preach, nr the unfortunate members of their congre-
gations who have to listen to their narrow and
uncharitable utterances? Such men it is as the vicar
of tit. Birnoses, Bristol, who are bringing about the
downfall ,1 the Nation Church.

Hore is another besatifu-rs-p-cimen of clerical intoler
ance which I clip from the Echo :—" The Rev. P.
Poynter' Rector of Stoke, Guil iford, has Jost
diansiared the manager of a coffee tavern wit., was
found frequenting a Unitarian Chapel. The Rector
charges the manager not only will attending •
Unitarian Chspel, but with propsgatiag Unitarian
opinions. The manager denies that be has ever used
hie position at the coffee tavern to propagate soul-
deetroyiug views '• bat it is supposed that he was
aocustornsd to administer minute 1109.11 of Ualtariaa.
ism in the coffee, and that this I. the real cause for •
dreadful epidemic of heresy In the neighbourhood" I
woodier if the Rev. R. Poynter would object to buy his
beef off • tfoltarian butcher provided he could get It
• Id. • lb. cheaper than et the orthodox astablith-
meat. It l.a pity the Church Stores started, some
years ago in London, turned out a failure, orb, might
have had down • chart of coffee, and c =pealed the
tricked Unitarian to drink • pint of the stronger*
brew every morning, and thus, possibly, he might have
turned him from the error of his ways.

Mr. Charles Waring io ii7onotinced is the Liberal
candidate for Southampton, which effectually disposes
of thought. to which, doubtlessly, the with was the
parent, indulged in by some visionaries in this town,
that, in the words of the love-stricken maiden,
..EL, ...II return. I know him well."
Mr. Waring will have all his work cut mikes tha 3un-
gerratly. caodid&te, Mr. Alfred Giles, hair made
himself very popular by his rants to prevent one of
the largest Steamship Consperdee abandoning that
port. In sidition to which, lam told, the Conserva-
tive party as rather in the ascendency.
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Birmingham, ba • vary abort time, will have the
largest ndway station in the world. And by the
time spring suns are smiling, Poole will have a wafting-
room on th• down platform at their station. Lot us be
thankful foe small mercies.

A petition in favour of the Affirmation Blll—that
bat noir of " our member "—is lying for signature at
Um Liberal Hall. Those who are in favour of reliev-
ing members of thAlli 4' pochrisy of oos minute invoking
the name of the 11 upon chair acts and the next
voting large mins tbe slaughter of inoffessiv•
blacks, or wastlog £50,000 over the repairs of Royal
yacht. whsa s.h. papers teem with hi. reading
account, of deaths from starvation, should at ono* go
and affix their names. Oaly • few weeks ago • mem-
ber was cheered when he took the oath when it was
well.known he is • Freethinker—not, perhaps, after the
vulgar style of Foote; but he ISone of those who bar.
b so named for pro-scowls for blasphemy when a cer-
tain society can wilect snakiest tools' ponce to nadir-
lobe it. Mr. tirootlaugh, h.,wever, couch one may dl.-
soot °Waal views, at all event. merits
sespectt from
f ttl
or coisseLcy. Why on earth should not
a man be allowed to maks • solemn affirmation on
entering Parliament *Knell, as If he win a vitae,
at an inquest or a Palam.aattrt, or • Cloaks, allowed to
bi atm.. with Ws hat as, or a Miamian to smash a
most 1

The Bishops are workbag bard against the Dammed
Wife's Sister Bill. Pm whet retson it would be
bard to may. I remember ow, wising the seetegarim
of B.C.U. (Boglish Qui ,o) say that when •
man married a woman be epiritually marrie I her
sister, and an earthly marriage would render him
guilty of Moist. This may seem extreme, but it
nay the foundation upon which the opponents to
lb. ralialitre wrrk. Aooor ling to that—and young
husbands In pe, opeotive should hear it in mind—not
only doe. • men Wm unto himself a wife, but all the
hotels portion of the entire Lundy, luclatlinA, ot
°nurse, the grandmother. In Pole, in many oases.
to Judge from the police reports, couples tai• t o of ton
neither married nor given in marriage, but mutuslly
arrange matters. &me of our clergy who may wish
to alter this state of thing. should hail a free tying.
up day—say onoe • quarter—as they do in many
churches in London.

The Poole Board of Guardians are to be congratu•
late& They have hit ups% the happy mesa. TheY
neither shut their doors entirely egainst the Prem, nee
are they desirous of seeing its represent Alva* dancing
attendance upon them at every meeting. They simply
give thsui the " when there Lu oy business of
especial interest to be trenesecid. itverroas koows
that the presence of reporiere le a direct inceoUve to
Individuals. who fancy themselves the lineal descend.
ants of Danostbenes, to deluge with • sti,ant of vapid
nothings their long sufferiog hearer.; or ever aod
anon, like we too .ftan see the case at the meetings of
the B urneutouth C ,matiosioosic, speaker. will IA the
world fully recognise toe foot that when they went
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echo .Itheir mothers did not pay the extra twopenos fur
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In prof of the shore, le-Z-me refer ti the left meet-
ing of the Cambridge 13 Aid of Guerdiene. Li •
ouirersity Loma oue would haVollXl4o.d to. find • .me
slight modicum of daency io cooducting discuseon,
but it would MKM gam xpeoistions ere not rawer.
realised. Tee chairman, Mr. o.rukti, it would saw,
with • delicacy which errry cum must a Wio,euver•
mpg referral to some of the aiiimOters ~1 the Bard so.
" taily-mea." This is how he was Normal by • Mr.
Rob:—
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"A &ram Casks mad have lost sight of the lac: that
ha woe ralirals• hats vierY luso to sebum se Mammal
wonted. ma sulety had foraottm that 11 waa not many
)•00 ago Lace h• was living in Jodi/toga ist Nossieius
e sort and ems thin oily • brearkutoeshsaie earptotot.
N twirmamadlaa that. ha was nor in the •z•lted poutma
of moms 5445 1. estireastimper banning. sa Ohl ilodos 61
lo.rousee per dim. We, iit ns. oollaagu• 10,
Trolly Ward a smell alit44seper I Bu, a, toair amain& us
Was "mouser exams. of Um pot ca hag 1, too tad.
black. (L.agittler.) As Alumnsan 0040 sad Nee pretty
sell eheotama as hmergoartem„, ha aoaid spare h m. s•
while Ot Lii SINAI 0009kollOiliii (mead; 000, by the so,,
mold, pat.**. bay up Alumina. Cooar, bully and
billoiliaa. Whaltd bay. some 60lois to say t. aim Alderman
.1, as gemang an mg num, mid II he covered Mahe ol
With mho% mot nsothasi bussed w.ti mete o 11. the
remainder of be 4.7. would be short .cough for him to
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of ths aagesUmiusaly, cowardly. and immlinlia
upon rasa uf o• n alma"
Mr. Goohl, ju his :--
" He sever lodged to Itlisepiammit, sad be wee not sod
armor had been • oarpeitter. Kr. it. multi fancy th.t
he hal amen him • rare beating. hitt he nersr telt Mae Mr
mairlesd." lir. Its. bad aerates of Matadi( he were • was
of straw; 1101 11 im aroma appossit tso Amuse. mm.be *cm.'
d the 11• Me, aid soul lor bums them yrs.'s. 11101 15 atm
matter ol ptoaserty, ms was not. at eveata, beamth Mr.
Rim"
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Fancy tbe Poole Guardians " • bt-callin' "each "their
in that way ; an I then Aging t,, Auer th4r bout
boots one against tue otos , lite a 101 ot labba y
enbuol boys I Toe very tuouabt is Lou painful, so lei
ua paea on to tn. next •übj,ct.