The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-30 00:00:00

2griculturat Emus.

THE COLLERY EXPLOSION IN SCOTLAND.
I At five o'clock on Friday night a beam which had
•eere,iioii(uirdn the
drawn
it shaft.
up,
i,.
been blown across; the mhaft of No. 3 pit, and cup.
THE POIICT Or WIRIK[4. li (lied a great deal of rubbish, gave way, carrying a
The Staa4arel observe; :—lndicatione are crowding osiliatd
t. This allowed the fou gm l to e.ca .e up the h
upon ue that the question between mantere awl labour The nn .rkx.ngrti nsi i
tf
hadtl the material
t,
be
llonwely i
.
atsesti. an the of clearing the ehaft wan re.
era, an to +be policy awl poieibility of raising wage. by and all the fires at the pit mouth had to be ex.
means of strikes, without regard to the elimentary tinguielled, kat there eh eild be aliother exploelon. in
Principles of political economy, to is to b • put its n
final is
a matter
of
conjecture how nto di deowis
teat. Comnopolitanion in the employment of labour hae_yet to be removed before a clear psimcvm down the
ha. been forced upon e tpitaliete al the logical awl shaft", ii., obtained. N.. one can tel how soon the
necesaary conclusion of O.mA. ditanktu in trade. The knee A nl.l, be recovered. There are nearly 010 ~,,ffins
tra le unioniets —the reedit ehildren of derwicratic in on outflow.° at the pithead ready for the lashes. It
'agitation -have been Slow to see it, but they can I i. Pr',l,,,wd to Owe them in coffins befo, e being
hardly Lai now to read the lemon of the tact few brought up the shaft, bemuse it Is feared they are
months, which ia that they c.innot make the world an greatly mutilated by the extdoeion.
open market for their &mode, and keep England achwe It has been atertained that fourteen men who were
preeerve for their labour. So long a. the remit of seineeied to he in the Blantyre I.it and dead, are alive
attempting to It this was merely to divert trade from ant all right, having left the MAI hof No. 2 I'it in
England to bweigu parts, they continued blind ; but it the confusion which at first prevailed. Thie leaves
bl hardly possible that, when they find themselves the number of (lead leeliee in the pit at 172, and the
shut at of their workshops—by their own deliberate Lew (4 life at 204. It is also expected that several
act—and their 'Aimee supplied by workmen imported others relsoied e. deed will turn up.
from abroad, their eyes will not be openeilr (inc notion A ilecond telegram has been received from her
which the working claw"' widdd do well to get rid of Majesty, expre.sing her anxiety for the fate of the
employers pitmen, and her eynipathy with the relativee of the
ie that there Le anything wrong in their e
importing Labour. It ie what k (lone every day in sufferer,. Her Majexty has intimated her intention of
New &e land, Australia, awl elsewhere, and it has not
.giving a aubecription of 100 guinea. to Mr. MO'aldure,
hitherto been done here only. because there Wag banker, Blantyre, tee:wirer .4 the local relief bind.
abundance of English labour emote( for employment. Numerous other sitleicriptiona are coming In.
Manifestly free trade is not confined to free traffic in As touching an ineblent as any yet chronicled in
goods. It would he absunl to say that a contractor connection with the Meader hag transpired. Five Of
might take away hi. euetoin from England and buy i x mouth,. ago Thomas Halliday, aged about 20, left
rails in Belgium, but might not luring over BeLian hi* vocation aa a miner and enlisted lii the 26th
workpeople to make the rails for him in England. Free Cameronians, proceeding to Paisley to join the regi.
trade means, then, freedom to buy lab or ae well mi fluent. Prev ion. to the departure of the cone( be. the
any other commoditYi in the cheapest market, just ae eouth. Halliday wax tact week allowed leave .4 ab.ence
conversley it meane freedom to own labour at the for six weeks, which time he resolsed to spend with
dearest rate that can be obtained. Workers will have hie friends. On M Lay he volunteered to j (in his
to learn to respect the right., both of their employers father in No 2 .It, in melee to contribute a trifle to the
awl (4 other workmen. Rut it is evident that old rean's earnings ; but before the kindly youth had
employers will alway. prefer English workmen to been many hourm in the wine the explosiou ( ecurred,
,
foreigners if they can get (in with them, and win and he, along with hia father and a half(brother, fell •
import the latter only when driven to it by neeemity. victim to the firedamp.
Artisans e,hould en caviar, therefore, to meet their 'rue whole 1 the lsslies entombed in the Illatityre
employers half way. L ok, for example, at the Bolton Pite have not yet been recovered. Mr. bickinem, the
etrilee. It has already rot those engaged in It nearly chief ,inspector of mines remained at the pit...luring
ninety thousand pounde, or five
.j.ier cent off their the greater part of Saturday. He inspected all the
wages for more than two Years( in addition it hair workings as far an it was practicable, and before leer,.
inflicted untold misery upon old people, (lelicate tog the colliery exprexeed an opinion that Mr. Moore
women, and young children. It has sown the eeeds of had acted with judgment and dweretion in intspending
death,, in hundreds ,I constitution,. hae broken up the search for the bodice( until the olndruction in No.
numerous home., hae heavily inerenseA italtiutriam, and 3 pit had been renewed. That task warn completed
overtaxed the voluntary charity of the town. Yet after early on Satlirday norning. An exploring party then
, all this sacrifice the Men will evidently have to give descended No. 2 pit and Inspected the whole of the
way. The London strike is comparatively a email workings. They found that fire damp was prewent,
matter, but it hits Mao hronslit with it slifferin;, and awl that great care and caution would be necessary
possibly may totally revolutionise the trade. .‘ll these lair,, the laslies could be removed. The first body
, evils might have been escaiwd by a Rat, ternper and was brought up to the surface at three o'clock in the
moderation in the beginning, awl by an intelligent fifteen...li, and sine., theme they have continued to
( consideration of the cireunistances (4 the time. It arrive at the pit mouth at long inter. al* in hatches of
I ought not to have required extensive knowledge to three awl four.
; have recognised that a period of worlibwide depression
• is not a favourable moment to choose for a strike.
MR. NIMIMGATE, mix., ON M.RICI'LTIMIL
Speaking the other night at the annual dinner of
the Cole,' hill Farmers' Club, Mr. r. N. Newgate,
M.P., expressed hie belief that in the last two sessions
Parliament had entered upon a right counw in
determining to ad,(l4 measures for the exchmion of
cattle diwase and stamping it out when imported,
He thought that both in this and other matter,.
Parliament had shown that it ham ceased to be
indifferent to the 4.,11,1iti0114 ~f agriculture, awl that it
recognised the farming intereet ae the largest and
moet important commercial interest in the kingdom.

AN AMERICAN VIEW OF THE CLOSE OF THE CLYDE
STRIKE.

The 147,1 c Yek Com mercial Cflro,k7eoUklobrl3lb,
writes :—The lesson which had been learned on the
Clyde ohould he proclaimed ull over Obi land. The
relatin ass of lah or and capital have become more
involved on this Continent than in any part of the Old
World; and it is in the last degree eosential to the
welfare awl prosperity of this people that the claims
of the working man on the one hand, awl the claims
of the employer ii the other, 'ghoul.' he so adjusted
that the recurrence .4 ouch strikes ao those which we
have recently witnesoed ohould be no longer pooeilde.
:We hope nothing from legislation. Legidation ninst
not be allowed to deprive any citizens of his rights;
and it is the right .4 every man when he sells to sell
at the highest, awl when he buys to huy at the lowest
rates. A god understanding between the two classes,
a desire 141 the .me side and on the other to to justly,
and a willingness at nfl times ti admit to the
impartial judgment of honest outside arhitration—in
such ways, awl ouch ways alone, linnet ha sought the
key for the final liatisfactory solution of those
frequently recurring troubles.

TYTERILE PRECOCITY.
A lad fl 2 awl another of 8, are In cnstody at
Wiper for knocking down a ,4beep, battering out It
brain*, eating out It.i entraik, awl walking off with
liver !

TIM PREVENTION AND TRZATAIPNT Or ftvtotortiont v.
We believe there la 110 doubt that the number of
domestic animals is in excess of the needs of the rotas
munity. This statement applies especially to dogs. Cats
are, to a large extent, a necessity of civilised life, in order
to keepdown other imintals ; and as stnall a proportion of
cases of hvdrophohia are traceable to the Inte of a cat,
that the question with regard to them is lee, urgent. An
enormous number of dogs are of no use except as a source
of pleasure, and postittly ethical benefit to their owners.
The number of flogs—especially ill-bred ones—kept in this
country might be reduced by onethalf without the
slightest physical, social, or moral disadvantage to the
c tututinity, and it is probable that such a reduction in the
number of dogs would be attended with a corresponding
reduction in the number of cases of canine rabies and
human hydrophobia. Fulther, a large number of the
cases have occurred from the liitex of dogs kept as pets,
or "strange dogs "—he., straying dogs—which were not
under close surveillance, and were probably therefore also
kept for pleasure, and not for use. It is us very rare thing
for a man Ci contract the disease from the bite of a f."-
hound, although the disease is not at all uncounnon in
hunting kennels. For the purposes of a man's rots-
paniunship or the safety of his house one flog is generally
sufficient, and the maintamence of a large number of use-
less dogs offers great facilities for the recurrence and ex-
tension of the disease. Hy what means such a reduction
may best be effected it is searcelyfrithin our province to
dismiss. The present ruttul increase and wPlit prevalence
of the disease clearly renders the case urgent. So far as
the measures relating to dogs are concerned, we would
specify the following obvious pr.:cautions :—(1). The
law which enacts that a licence shall be taken out
for every dog ought to be rigorously enforced.—
(2). Stray dogs without owners should Ito at once
distroyeil. CO The breed shonlil be iniprived. It Is from
the "curs" and " mongrels" the contagion spreads. (I)
Greater attention should IQ bestowed on the essentials of
cleanliness and good food. (5) Dogs should never be kept
continually chained tap. (0i) The periodical administration
of aperients—castor oil is the best—is necessary. (7)
Every dog should wear a collar with the name of the
owner engraved upon it. The next question regarding
the prevention of hydrophobia is that of its prophvl
Plow far can the consequences of a bite of a rabid animal
be prevented / We need not remind our routers how all
measures far this end have failed, with the exception of a
thorough cauterisation. Inoculated poison is quickly
taken into the blood, or, If not alsorbed by the vessels, no
doubt rapidly diffuses stself into the adjacent tissues.
In spite of its apparently frequent failure, we think that
there is strong evidence of the preventive power of early
cauterisation. It is probable that in every case in which
half an hour hu intervened, excision may with advan-
tage be combined wink the application of the caustic—
Tits Lame.

Priutedand Published at 8, High-street West,
Dorchester, in the parbih of Holy Trinity, by GOO.
FRLNELIN, of the parish of All Salute, Dorcheetor,
for the Proprietor.
Tueedey, Ootobor 8002, 1877.