The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

Erma' Netas.

VISITORS TO LONDON are respectfully invited to
inspect J. W. Benson's magnificent show of watches
and dilate of every deticriptiop, and at all prices, from
3 to 50 guineas in silver, anil 5 to 100 guineas in gold.
His display of watches round his great clock, in the
Middle Avenue of the Exhibition. is acknowledged
to be the finest in the building. The Times, speaking
of Horological lustimments, clans 15, International
Exhibition, sap, "Undoubtedly, however, the nnest
show is made by Benson." See Times of May 7th, 1862.
The Daily News says, "The public pronounce Mr.
Benson'o show, including the wonderful clock, to be
one of the most attractive of its clam in the whole
Exhibition."—Daily News, 18th July, 1862 Benson's
" Illustrated Pamphlet" contains an interesting
account of the rise and progress of the seance of
Horology, with descriptions of the various escapement"
in use at the present time. It also includes a number
of specimens of engraving, and a copious price list, from
which persona in distant parts can select the watch
suited to their wear, without the necessity of a visit to
London. Full instractions are given for the care of a
watch, and the pamphlet will be sent post-free for two
stamps or gratis to application at the manufactory,
33 and 34. Ludgate Hill, E.C. Established 1749.
ARGENTINE.—The presentation of a testimonial of
affection to any popular or hard-working clergyman is
alike praitieworthy on the part a the donor as its
acceptable to the recipient; but, unfortunately, in
many parts of the country the pleasing instances of
public acknowledgement of the usefulness of clerical
labours have been very limited for the want of an
article obtainable at a moderate cost, and possessing all
those enduring qualities requisite to make the gift
worthy of acceptance. Mr. Benson's Argentine—appro-
priately named from its resemblance to silver
posaesaes these advantages, and can be manufactured
in every description of service or ornament suitable for
presentation as well as the more unpretending articles
ordinarily to be found on every dinner and tea-table.—
Clerical Journal, April 23rd, 1861. J. W. Benson,
Prize Medalist, No. 6605, International Exhibition
1862, has just puldished a most elaborate and coin-
plete Catalogue of his manufactures, both in Argentine
and Silver plate. It consists of 130 pp. Imperial Bvo.
and includes a full and carefully arranged price list,
and upwards of 300 engravings of articles of various
kinds. It will be sent post-free by enclosing six stamps
to J. W. Benson, 46 and 47, Cornhill, London, E.C.
Too PEFICIOUS Br HALF.--LA onnbined tower and
drinking fountain, in memory of the late Prince Consort,
was opened at Barnstaple, an Saturday, by Mr.
Norringtou, ex-Mayor of the borough, who, as is usual
on such occasions, had to take the first draught of Ole
water. A Town Councillor, named Barker, who, it
appears, isalso "mine host" of the ifertnaid, in Barn-
staple, no doubt thinking the water would be none the
worse of a slight admixture of spirit,'threw • bottle of
gill into the basin, to the intensedieeust of Mr. Norring-
ton. Perhaps the landlord of the Mermaid considered
a draught uf water "neat," on a raw evening in
December, an unsafe drink for an ex-Mayor. The
letter, however, not appreciating the kindness of his
colleague in.the Council, has called upon the Barnstaple
Boniface to make an apology, or retire from the muni-
cipal parliament.
THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMRHIP.—A report has
been made by Mr. C. H. Haswell, engineer and sur-
veyor of steamer., New York, to Messrs. Howland and
Alminall, New York, on the nature and extent of the
injuries received by the Great Eastern in her late
collision with a submerged rock, and the character of
the repairs rendered necessary and in progress in oonse-
queues of that collision. After stating that he has
examined the hull externally above and within board,
afterwards descending within the coffer enclosing the
rupture in her bottom, Mr. Haswell has arrived at the
following conclusions "That the effect of the colli-
sion is restricted to partial crushing of two webs, and
rupture of some of the outer plates of her bottom,
upon the port side, and that the hull of this vessel—
beyond the points of rupture, above water and within
bused—is in no wise injured by the collision. That the
repairs to her bottom, no far as made, have been exe-
cuted in a manner to restore it to its original security
as to leaks and resistance to stress, and that the design
both of the method of effecting theta repairs and the
manner of executing them reficts high credit to all
concerned." He then proceeds to remark upon the
construction ef the bottom of the vessel, as being
peculiarly adapted to meet, without materiel damage,
an injury like that which has occurred to it ; and
concludes by saying : "lii communicating the result of
lily survey to the underwriters here and to Lloyd's.
London, I shall report bar seaworthiness—provided the
repaint now in advanced progreaeare completed—to be
of the same character as before the collision which hiss
involved them."

ARTI/ICIAL "SIAMESE TWINB."—A curious and in-
teresting experiment was lately made at Strasburg to
effect the union of two animate, no that they might, to
&certain degree, have • his in common. It was, in-
deed, producing artifically what nature produced upon-
taneoully in those extraordinary phenomena, the
Siamese Twins, Two white rats, of the Albino
species, wets selected for the experiment, probably as
being inure manageable than their darker brethren.
An incision VMS made on the right side of the one, and
on the left of the other, 'engaging the skin end the eel-
lulur tissue under it. The surfaces of the two wounds
were kept closely together by sutures and bandages till
the sixth day, when union by the first intention was
found to have taken place. They then walked side by
side, being united by a fleshy band. An attempt to
poison both by the month of one did not succeed, but
an injeotion thrown into the jugular veip of one animal
was found to have entered the superficial femoral
veins of the other, showing clearly that an intimate
vascular union had already taken place between them.
This interesting experiment may Inure • most im-
portant bearing on restorative surgery.,—Oalionani.
HERO Woßsuir.—The ladies overwlmlm Garibaldi
with letters, in a hieh they entreat of him to send
them an autograph or a lock of his hair. Were their
desires satisfied the General's head would be as bare as
are the palms of the fair writer's hands—which cer-
tainly would not have the effect of curing his rheuma-
tism. General Turr is also overwhelmed with requests
frum all parts of Italy, and even from Paria, for
"relics" of Garibaldi, although Garibaldi ie rapidly re-
covering. The person thus addressed has, rm a great
favour, sent little pieces of bandages which Garibaldi
wore to several of these hero-worshippers, and the
jewellers of Naples, FloreLce, and Bologna are for the
present as busy as they can be setting them in brooches,
breast pins, bracelets, liekets, and even reliquaries.
The wife of an Italian artist, residing in Paris, has
obtained a long bandage which was worn by Garibaldi
when he was being conveyed froin Aspromonte to
*atria. She is not an Italian, but no Neapolitan Lady
could prize more highly than she does this souvenir of
the most popular man in the world. Nor are the
English less inclined to seek for those peculiar objects
of veneration. Their applications for them ere very
numerous, and an Englishman of fortune tact week
offered 2,200 f. for the bullet extracted by Zannetti.
lie did not, however, succeed in purchashig this relic,
as it Is to be sent to a museum in Naples.
EXTRAORDINARY FRIIAR ON A BOY AND GIRL.—
Early on the morning of Tuesday week, • worthy gentle-
man and his wife, residing in Tillicoultry, wererthrown
into great distress by the diecovery that their son and
oaughter, aged respectively 14 and 12, were missing.
From the appearance of their bedrooms it seemed evi-
dent that they had left the house at a very early hour,
and a rope, fixed inside the boy's room and hanging out
at the open wirdow, led to the conclusion that they had
thereby escaped. A search Waiinvuediatelyaorumeoeed,
and was continued until Wednesday night, but no trace
of them was obtained. Arrangements were then pada
for a niore thorough search on the following day, but
about eight o'clock that sight, while the gentleman and
some friends were seated in his parlaur, • wend as of
some one knocking was heard in a distant part of the
homes. It attracted bat little notice at linty but, being
continued, it was traced to the vacant space betwixt the
attic ceiling and the slates of the house, where, to the
astonishment of the parents, the miming ones were'dis-
covered . They had remained in this place of conceal-
ment from 2 /LW. on Tuesday, until 8 p.m. on Wednes-
day, and had taken with them to it a loaf of breed, •
joint of cold meat, a jug of water, and some bedclothes.
The girl cried bitterly when discovered, but the boy Was
unmoved. The fear of punishment at school for being
belund with his lemons is believed to have been the
cause of this extraordinary conduct on the part 'oldie
boy, but how he managed to prevail upon his sister to
amolupany him is a mystery.
SINGULAR Se PERS rITION. —A correspondent (Rays the
Glasgow Herald) traneiniti the following account of a
superetitions ceremony which took place the other day
et Neihatos : The jolly blacksmith there is in passe&
siuu of a flue young she ass, which, with her frolics,
had caused great amusement amongst the boys of the
town, while some c .Iculating old gentleman wondered
what could be the use of suck an animal. But itt use-
fulness was made apparent in a very queer manner, the
other day, by the appearance of a decebt young Ineh
woman with a child ill her arms about five months old,
with the request that she might be permitted to pass
her child three times under the ass's belly. Of course
her request was granted. Now, you must know that
the ceremony was not to cure, but to prevent the child
taking the hoopingeough. The cuddie was Mime"
diately removed limn the stable, and solemnly led out
to the yard. Meanwhile the woman lied procured a
handful of oatmeal, to be given to the cuddle while the
chil i was being passed and repatsed under its belly.
But care had to be taken lest the caddie should eat all
tne meal, as three piles were to be kept to be put into
the child's mouth after the ceremony. All things
being in readiness, the rite was about to be perforuied,
when it was touldenly interrupted by such • roar
of laughter from tile two young fellows who were assis-
ting that it well-nigh frightened both cuddle and child
out of their senses. But, all being got quiet again, the
ohild was safely passed under the anitual'e belly three
times, and the " pile,'" of meal duly put into the child's
mouth, to the complete satisfaction of the mother, who
said that "the child would never take the hooping-congb
while it lived, an' Pin very moult obliged to yes! an'
there'ssinother chit' Gomm' up in the eveuin' to yes, to
be treated in the same way."

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