The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-27 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AttitiOULTURAI GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2/7,1883.

Goorrvtilismitlinstated he was aa inenster of the
for Prsveatioa ot Cruelty to Lelseele,
=Wes autrimed at FA ,tr. He remembered Wag at
Heiden Nona Far, oa the Sildi last. Hs sew Booboo
there, sod told hint that he had corns to me hits respect-
leg • bull irk that was tune at D muster. on ths Otti of
January. His replied that it wee all right when it left
Powerstock &atlas . aad utast have got but moles
along to Darclowt..r. Oa arrival at D oder, (be
defendant) found the bled lama but thereakt it
would go off. Witness asked him how he thought
it dose, and be said by the other bullock
kicking it, that wee the only ern tbst be could eee it.
Wstame undershot blot to my that be had bees Fi Yeeee
in kmh4esoo• fiehotoon's employ, sad had never bad
my • olden' Whom he didn't boos what to sty. Ha
Mao sod that be told In, young ouster. Kr. Satoctuary,
of it situ he arrived at Dorchester. Dentin ry also said it
WI. an error of imageries, ou war pot not to have had
the aaim d ex unined.
Crosrvx unused : Its knew nothing of this until five days
of/wooed., when the awe was reporthd to him. and us'
society took it up. The reason why the sumenose W5OOOl
takes out mad the 93rt of Febrile,' WM WWl,* tlbia I.
be reported to this a) tete in L onion before procediap
were takes.
Mr. Lipscomb, We'd he was • teterinuT sun=
residing at Duch liter. On Saturday, the 110th of Januar,,
be eras called to 1)5 • ball.ck jug: outs& the CAWS
Market gate, newer. the Great Western Station. This
wed about half-pata two. TO intim .1 &pawed to be is
greet pain, and was suffering front a fracture of the
thigh-bone. The salami had no use whatever of that
both, and moving it about would occesics yds. He con-
adored the only course small bo to destroy the admit,
ant adviee I them ecoorthagly.
11 C10•-OX•01100.1: He law Mr. Sancenary co the after-
noon in question. He did not remolow Mr. Sanctuary
Novo it should be killed. He had not sees the bull&
lOWA it had been killed. If the bullock had rue up a
bank and fallen back it might hove cussed the fracture.
George Holly. a butcher, In the employ of Mr. Mervin
Lock. stated he helped kill the bullock. Mr. Leak Jot
Use hullo*. Thu was not its maid way of killing •
bullock, but they couldn't get mar enough to knock it
down. After it was killed It was token to • aleasltter.
house, and witness &mead it; one of its hind legs was
broken. When he first saw the animal It woe stsadiag on
this, legs, ant appeared to bets gnat p in.
Cross,: naiad : This was Moat four o'clock. There
were • few people standing around
Kr. Howerd thee &admitted the Bench on behalf of
defendant, and called for the &fame
P.C. Gorge Brows, who stattd he WY antlered at
Poyang ock. On Saturday, the SOth of Jemmy. be was
at the railway Asti a. He saw the defandsat comet* the
Maim with two beans, and p it them in • railway truck.
They were both all tight and there was no aPP.1•1•000 of
lameness with ether of them ; they were despatched to
Banister.
Sidney Fowler stdel he was at Po mattock station on
me 9M inst. He saw Mr. Dauber, there with two
besets. lie taw no lacono with either.
Frederick Hansford stated he stes • butcher at Poser-
.ten. Oa the MA of January he wag at Dorchester
Market. He saw Yr. Denney then_l_ be bad a red
bullock wile Mr. Dautoney said •W. ham nut with
is sesident with one of our bullock.; will you bay Ill"
W1S•••• asked lam what was ths mat ,ter and be replied
that he thought the other bullock kicked It la ths truck.
He 'eked &leaden if he thought the hullo* odd walk
back to the staltim, aid Dashes, mid "Too • it walked
down all right." Witness said if it mold wailiback Solite
station be would buy it. sad Doshasy thought it could.
Mr. Sammaary mu presses. and he wind him if he could
had him • hone and putt at Powerstosk Statioa, far if
he could get at to DoeMeMer S'atios„ be would kin it at
Iberent ick Station. Be was to give Denham At Tate
was about two o'clock. He was helping drive the bullock
est of the market when they met the policeman, who
said the bullock ought aot to go an. Just post the wall of
the market UN bullock tried to ran ups bank, but fell
backwartia, and hurt iti leg. Up to that tiros to missal
had been walking falrly well on that
Orceo-extruied by Mr. Weston :11. had also bees
sunignoped for Onlaty to this missal. Of warm he gave
his evidence the beet WAY he could- U. %boon he was
doing the most humane thing he could. Ifie shouldn't
have even if ha torrold he had to kill it here
basted of at Po weestook. Taw didn't maims to drive
it after it Wooed doom. Ms peliosaten did aot prohibit
than from driving the ballast until after the salinal
fell down. 14. Lock bought the bun ack bosuns ho
couldn't et it ore Whoa the oedema.' sipped it,
winless told Denbeer it was no use to him es he couldn't
tet it boom, sad Daubers' a tersords sold it to Kr. Lock.
Whim be bought the animal it was Inas down. hid up
In the stall; he didn't see it walk at all when be bought
it. He knew what the animal was like, having sees it
before.
K. examined by Mr. Howard: The bullock was not
•• rated until Meer it tried to get up over Use busk, and
then it wouldn't let My one come new it. Be considered
It would have been more noises to o have let at go by
train to Powerstathk and be killed, which would have
takes three quarters of an hour. than keep it walking
about • public rod until fon o'clock.
John Wyatt staid that on thslOth of January he was
in the c AIM-market. He W•I • drover. .w
Hmoord, who asked him Li help him to the Mattes
with a bullock. He did it. They bad drives the bullock
Jost wards the gate when the policeman cams. Witnees
bound it woo ume in the bin ler lag. Tbe bullock went
to get up a bank when it fell, with tba Mod lag in under
biol. It did not gn up directly. Up to that time the
animal Wal quiet He th 'n went on. He thought that
DORCHTHL II the bullock had not run op the bank it would have
been able to get to o the station, sad go in • truck all
Mr. J. TtoYsN_ll2,, the Hon. Colonel tight
and Mr. W. IL Firmer, voted in Co Ls-examined by Mr. Weston •. If there Ind been
minaiity on Mr. Caret's amendment to the Addrees ; much the m attar with it he should have noticed it. The
tim Has. W. H. B. Portman voted in Um majority. animal was stool tip when he first sew it. When the
Ti. Mums " Escaoacsamer."—A meeting of animal wee I d out nnhing was said about the lune- ,
Lb. Veda', of St. Peter's p wish was held on Thuriday new. lie did not buy animas. lie but bought gout..
had been in this court before, but not in gaol.
morning for the purpose of oocsidering the opreing
Mr. Winton thee and him if he lid ay been charged
of the doorway of the new County Mumum in Vie with fano y. hßr.aooord tota,;:hod, and told
churchyard, also to receive • sapplemectary valuation Wyatt he lived not answer ohms questions.
as to oartahs new property erected in the parbh, By Mr. West,.: Its had S'Sl been stnemond to-
sanely the Museum and Grammar School. The eru.dtr to thie son. animat Ho never said &Driblet
Bodo, (Bey. T. W. Knipe) prodded, and those abusive to the polio-men.
t Wen : Mr. W. Darden and Mr. G. Fowler R,,xsinined by Mr. H 'ward :At the time when the'
Frchwarclisos), Mr. H. Darden, Mr. T. Coombs, drove thet.bb.ullboicki out the,
could are
the animal did
.B. A. Hogg, Mr. H. Ling, Mr. T. P..uney, Mr. lir. Anton, anddZingetre4B melt mid perhaps before
G. J. G. Gregory, and Mr. T. A. Pearce. The adj nit:acing. they would hear the cue &wallet Hans-
Malvinas, la introducing the subject of tb• alleged ford and Wyatt
" wooroaohment," said ha held in his hand the faculty The Bondi decided to Ivor the s 'good cue.
which bad been sent to him by the trustees of tin new Frederick Hensford and .1 wiph Wyatt were then
gogwown, which it was int/nada& If mcgotory, to placed in the dock chuved with cruelty it the suns
forward to the Bishop in regard to tits doorway in bnllock. on the 90th of .1 &nasty.
He gwished avoid •at WILT t,.°! t_l(t3ehrldrn.ruKr.itt'aw St.:a the.? on the eate! ay. f nth".Ztait'l%
Eled°fierat;Lr so." 'A "PC'ella market ;he saw Ma. two &fen lasts driving a bullock not
offseid opposition, to take responsibility on ol tb• gams, towards the Great Western Station. HO
Ithisself, and allow the doorway to ristusirt Ho followed them op the road, and saw the hind leg was
Feinted out to the vestry if the faculty out of joint, but it oould Iti•t Put its foot to the
won obtained tb• act would be irrevoc- ground. The bullock ran up the bank and slipped
able, and the vestry would be unable at my down. This did not came the Immo, butanes it was
time to withdraw the right of war, but if, es be pro- l.me the first thing in the morning.
posted, be should take Dm responsibility on himself, the
Market on the 90th of moan. He saw defendants
vestry oould at any time act upon the resolution
P.C. Redford stated h was on dely at the C .11.11
driving a bullock out of the market into the road. Hu
tbel lest ,_ u and order tk• doorway attention w draws te the bullo:k because he saw it
ni at
oned. The Chairman also stated that Mr. we. wearing lama It was walking on three
hell peomisod, if the doorway were allowed He Moppet it, and spoke to the tno d &ideate, who
to rentals, to pat up a railing, at hie own expense, from were driving it, and asked them where they were going
the doorway to th• corm f tbe church, to prevent to drive the b aback in thot stets. They both replied they
a: to drive it to the OW. Station to trunk it
g=r:bino"adiring over ti" churchyard at wore r
Po s•rot vk. He told then h should not alto
discussion followed, and,
although it to go any further, but they attampLorl to drive it oZ
erm no hostile mottos submitted, the tons of the vestry and be stood in trout to prevent it Wyatt said there
did sot appose to be I. favour of the ides. The sub- was nothing the matter. and insford slid it was tautly •
loot ultimately dre os with the understandior that kick. Witness said be believe the lo was broken. Wyatt
She Bences t ' should be acted upon.—Mr. T. masadit w no more broken than his warn: any MO who
A. Pearce (the vestry Clerk) reed • sopplementery knew anything about Wilhelm would know It wasn't
wolungion st. gig, now Museum and Grammar School broken The bullock was la such pain that it couldn't
premises, In which It was go row tho form., stop still, end kept rambling about the road, and that
tta ted nt ue • little bank but it ell owl ten and
U Mend the latter at I:sBP."Claination was agreed ;,-,11 Tiro) where 1., 000 w, %hog, :---000db, se
trt—la the stoom of the diecoakr Rect.." thin as before This warn bout threemo'Chick." Be
Iseidentally referred to his =owl nom@ erecting via for the saperinteedsot, and abs come op his with
• soboohtom In the ebaraliy Hs bopsd, if be ware P.C. Dunn, when the superintendent sent for Kr.
able to obtain the neemesey funds, to wry out his Llpsoombe, and he came. Thseninial was rather excited,
Intention. and got up before Mr. Litocooths tame: whim he Om&
laWaaatrini TlOMMitariCe ADDIIIIIIM.—The old liansfoed was there, but Wyatt went away before the
ohjestios that tismpersette address@ ars uninteresting, wit"! at*°°l94" get °S g." be°, and, kit The
. la was afterwards shot by Mr. L'escombe I seders.
*off that the urines" "I.riesasd„Dre, " rll4, "CToas-ex unload by Kr. Ho card: It wag about& outer
Male. and unitroftt•ble,- would WWI :Ply to so° of hour attic the bullock slipped down that Mr.
°appal ipsiabes that lives begs deliver during the Coward eams, and ablut 10 minutes aft.rwsrd. that Mn.
pest week by Mr. E. Welsh, a London working Lipscomb. sone He was 10 re SO yards away from the
Asa. He bean the stamp of a working men, and hie been when he saw it first, and he followed it Into the
apes* betrays him to be • dwelt., in Cooksyne. His Msumburprost. Hansford told him he was solo to
goosnwoo have inonowid nightly, nod hi. hogooon ed.ch • train and track it to Yowerstock. where hi 'MI
have bees thoroughly anansiedl asei interested. Ths 10 kill it. be would not eay Inoue the below,
11 weight or not on its injured Mg.
Slit nesting WS. bad 1111 Ch•nidaster. "'hi° Mrs. Mr. Linecotobes oedemas In the former mos was reed
Immott who we may say hem beim mainly instrumental ogog to ido„ gni wootfloot
In osgasntog this mkt* of tileu_Serswee misting.). In crcetraxamittailon by Mr. Howard, he said the
W
.W. A. Banks*, of olletoo, spoke and animal could only have dragged its to,, it mold not
housed Mr. Welsh. Al the doe* of a mod have born* any weight upon it Ho wee of opinion that
kdomoung mottos gouty phidgeg mon tam, on the anima could nit hare borne any weight whilst Um
the following evening the meeting was held at latWai in the fr"itieW be found it.
wiseordlactos in lb.
schoolroom. whwa the
totigeettiZZ: endows was hood in • similar manner
Vicar (Far. Beatian.. Aftte,_ „an Mr. Howard the. Inks on behalf of the two defesdant
stelliews DY sown, jom•Ou and urged they were not guilty of maternal amity. but
the ranks of the abstainers. the Vicar nr.dllag that they WINO guilty of an erne judgmeot He also
himself as a member of the Church of Hogland e ntanded that the &leaden% Wyatt WU not liable,
Snowy. og wodnadoy ogoning tho &gnaw mon being only hind sad paid fld. or se to help drive the
tab:eAr of meeting. This was • very entertaining animal to the station.
. Tim room was crowded by soldiers and Dash Jobl3°°b°°lt who frenm" Di rhsider rotirkin
for 40 years, am had never been PUMMOU tri for cruelty to
trieleds, the las" toatfasadaat, °D.°I Mardtals,_,_ estimate or anything else Dime, rail he drovs the toast In
Wise is as earnest Mammal/as eirrooe...6w.. WW question to the market from t rental 0.. It walked lame.
18PP:wt. KM Irma, Presided, wig= ff•ee • but could boar its wet /hi on oh o lame limb WA or ss our
alianseterdetio address, and Mn., Sweretti recited in 'Aerated Manaord's endows in the previous cas •
iikimettl.d style Sims' thrilling poem, " l'be Showman." B inch retired, ant on their return the Mayor had
Marshall addremed the meeting, and invited they had given tho ca doe consideratioa, and they
hist.= to mom lormord sod otccar,proo,lo. certainly thooebt thwe had been an error of judgment on
ths
put of the defendants. Still, they did sot think there
lug to Blew them °TNT 11° and ""warml"l" bad been any wilful Intention of injury to the animal in
Twenty-Gee me.a to the Colossi's invitation. 0000 non .I:ng tn.,. hod ...hum ben moat anion some-
Olt Thursday Kok ity schoolroom was the Oboe where -*they all felt the Out ought not to have been
of melfall. and Mrs. Zrerett seam took the chair, kept in the state It was form many bouts • bat feeling
The Bader was also present, and Introduced Mr. I it did not cm* within the moaning of the Act. they hai
'Ada. who goys no ogangiog nod tub-native oaten, decided to dismiss the case against all the defendant..
Os Friday evening East Fordington Schoolroom woe
the plain of meeting, who. the Vicar (Ray. A. A.
Leonard) presided. Among those present were Mr..
Emmett and Dr. linimey. At the close of an excellent
memig several pledges were taken. Each night Mr.
Welsh has given tempsranos par.od. tee on well-know.
Bacchanalian melodies, such a• Good Rhine Wine,"
white provoked much laughter. He is an exoellent
gra for th• working claims, and I. capable of effect.
lag mach good

8/SOIDAT.

Henry James Millar, a.m merchant, Church t
Passage, Weymouth, said he dealt with Mr. Swat•
rk end bed 8,01 Of big sacks. &ores had dealt
with 0,
them four m five yearn The bran he purchased
wee generally delivered to John or William Swat-
ridge's sacks. He did not alw.ys return them at ono.
It wee very likely for him to have eight about 13,s
premises.
Mr. Howard said In the lam of that explanation the
evescution would withdraw.
Kr. Sweet then asked NI. Mit/ &gaunt Mr. Swat.
FMCS. and it was aces* in which he thought the Bench
smght t

Healy 8y.... said b• was in the emPlo7 of Kr.
Sheridan. On the 141 Init. he was ordered to go out
['Acaighing with the bores. Allis has the charge of, he
llen) hewing eon to the There was a carter
,g named Tolman with bin On returning from
work he dressed the horses, an I gave them tome hay.
He braided the tails of lb* horses is the monde(
before be went to work. When be lilt them the
hones wore ell rhea, bad their tails wore still braided.
He did not see th •nt 11l the following Saturday. He
then noticed the tails bad been cut.
Cran-examineri by Mr. Howard: Whoa be left the
stable the doors ware not locket, and anybody could
' ban got in. This was the first time he had ever
dressed the talk of the horns In question.
Manse Tolman said he lived at Highoo_ :BILIPP•O
Farm, with Joseph Alleo, as carter boy. Ineendtiot
had four bones in his charge. Adiniaing the stable
was a house where they kept cern, chaff, and hay, and
Voit only way toll ern dm:mitt the stable. That bones
W" away. b,Pt Wain, and &deaden always had the
key. He had beard Allen soy be was snag to leave.
On Fair-day be came to D and Byars took
the bones to plough. The last time be saw the horns
alter work on that day was at half -pest five, Willl• the
tails were braided up. Alin retuned between seven
and *ht. He went into the stable when be came
back. The next atoning he tried to acmes him of it,
and asked him what he had beam up tu with the horses'
tails. He told him the tails were all right wins bo
left the stable, and were braided up. Ddetodant said
they were not braided when he weal into the stable,
and some of the h.ir was out off Witness was sere
be did not go into the stable if tor half- put five, and
be was oleo sure the tails were braldid up whoa be
left.
Mr. Howard: Where IMO you when defeedant
weal to the stable ?—Witness: In bed, sir.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Howard: Then you did sot me him go !
Witmer : No, sir; but he goes every night.
Witness further stated, in answer to Mr. Weetcm,
that when defendant returned in had had • drop of
drink, but was not drunk.
Thomas Kilian Mellish, farm bailiff, in the employ
of Mr. ShorPan' said defendant was carter, aid had
charge of I ur horsee. He was about to lean. On
the 14th he gave him leave to go to the Fair at Dor-
chester, and pat a lad nant.d Span in his place. On
the 1.5% witness went to the field where defeadant and
the boy Tasman wan ploughing. He walked by the
aide of the defendant for about halfaa.hour, and
during that time he did not my anything about UN
horses' tails being out. It ern his duty if anything bad
gone wrong with the hors's to lolorm him. Hs had
done so on previous ocasiona He did not say say-
thing till witness said "Hubo I Joe what's been at
with these yore hens' tail. ? BONI outtea"set oft?"
He said he didn't know how they use. eat He asked
him how be lift them on the MOM*: of the Fair. Its
said they were all right then. Witness told loim the
boys said the tails were braided up when they let
them. lo reply to that he said they were down when
be weal out into the stable.
Mr. F. .T. Luscombe, land steward to Mr. Sheridan,
said in coneequenia of information from last wham he
requested P.C. Wallis to meet blm at Skippst on the
ltal. He asked defeadant what he had heard shoot
the tails being out, and be replied "I did not
out them, and 11l kite the Book no it."
Witness said be had not charged him with cutting
them, but he intended to do so whea the policeman
came. He asked him why be did not tall Mr.
Mellish of it. He replied Mr. Mellish did not give
him time to do so. In the harniestrroom be found
some hair, which corresponded with the hair of the
borne' tall. One nen was pulled out and the other
cut off. A good deal of force must hots been used to
have palled the hair out. Tail omits were not "Bowed
in the stable. One of the born' had had a beautiful
tail. bushing the ground, and tritons estimated the
damage at SI.
In reply to Mr. Howard witness said he could not
i sweet a tail comb was not n the stable, but he did not
as. one there. There ware about 80 men on the farm,
and any of them 000ld have g 4 into the stable. They
were only going to change one man this year, and that
was the defendant.
, P.O. Wallis, stationed at 'Frampton, said on the
(this be went to Higher Bkippet to meet Mr.. Lug.

paTrout lo a

t Rive It.
Kr. 11.,wasd strooeL
lv
objects' to tisk It was •
Cl.. at very grave sus ion, although it td failed in
His had newer known a c•es where costs had
Cot gritntacl in sa indictable offence.
The Bench decided to allow the solicitor's costs, but
not the witnesses'.

STRALII

William' Whiting was &arg.-ci with stealing wood,
the property of John Moyer:Esq., IL P.
Mr. IE. C. Weston prosecuted, and Mr. Howard
deleoded.
George Gill, who has been in Mr. Floyer's employ
over 50 years, said defendant had been employed to
ant wood in a aerials copes, MI I some of the wo of
was at timer& found to have been used to make a
boos round his garden.
Cassiderable evidence was Wren, but Mr. Howard
smateeded it we. not sufficient to omelet.
The Bench oonsidered the came fully proved, and the
defendant was fined 40!.

;mho. At tbe staVe-s his ai-LoUnp wee Galled tt •
brown mars called " Merry." Her tall was cut and
damated. The tells of two other hones had also
been cut. He charged Allen on suspicion, and he
replied he bad not done it. William asked
bine to produce the hair. He said he bed
none, neither bad he out the tails. A quantity
of heir +se found in the hassestbouse. a part of
which appeared to hare been out off, and the
other pulled out by the roots. Fl produced the hair,
which, be said, corresponded with the tells of the
h•+erse. He &eked Allen bow be accounted for the
heir being there, and he replied he picked it up at the
horses' feet. With reseed to the hair that appeared
to be pulled out, he ell I be had pulled It out a few
day. before while combing the owe Merry.
Crossexam,ned by Mr. award : The hair was not
0000mled in any way, bat was lying with other hair
which Allen admitted he had out off.
Defendant : I cut that off the mane because the
mare laul a bad shoulder.

Mr. Hwe.d ni-a-iniiiieved be had no ease whatever to
meet. On the face of the summons, the evidence did
sot show an offenos in patrusace of the Malicious
Damage Act.
Tbe Adagietratee' Clerk quoted from the Aot I. show
It was fully provided for.
Tee Bench ware quite agreed to convict to this can.
It was p•rfectly dear that he had committed the
ammo. He would be fined Si, Jackals* spate.
sable
It.
mat
LITZ),

Delencisot : I can kiss the BOok $0 11 I did not do

He way allowed a mouth to pay.

SCHOOL

work, en I achieving results en •ctly the reverse of
those he anticipate'. lisle good enough 4) hint that
" Another Worker" must be "tinge I with the p Aeon
of atheism" braysee he happens to urg tit it religion
Is not • glomy thinz ; but 114 ma tell '' Work •r " it
I. joist such lett /re a 4 his that make men ath dets, or,
at any rate, that till them with diegust at the • ry
narrow-minded und)nrisiianly Chriatiaiss who au rround
them in this word. " Worker " goes on to challenge
your other co reap talents that they ars not so happy
as he is. Of course. lam delighted to hear beta so
, very happy; people who can lay claim to perfect
' happiness ses not very pl n ilol, I tear. Most people
have some care or sorrow to m it th ir unalloyed tni 7•
mutt of life ; awl I should hope to not a yea the
that there is so much sin and mieery and wickedness
around them is • source of so much unfeigned anxiety
and grief as ta preclude the possibility of their
being truly happy. But" Work-1r" is p manned of •
different dispisition ; he is evidently so s.ti,fie I with
himself and his own opinions that be can remain
perfectly happy, no matter what may to p using
around him. " Worker " is not lozical in his
arguments. How is it piesible for him to be happy
wbi's such eicop's worldly mattere ve nieger minetras
continue t ) cud ml fl ittrivh ? But one must not
attempt to argue ton finely with Worker." In his
first letter he condemned a Working Men's Institute ,
in a village near here bee tux, f T....1th, when it is
closed at night the neiglOonrirg publichouses become
filled with young men. I) es Ma" Worker" see that,
In all prOabili.y, vrer• there no such place of resort as
the institute, the young men, ti wham be alludes,
would spend the who'', of their evenhatt la the public.
house instead of only half-an-hour or so be bonuses
them of doing But, sir, I will refrain from referring
further to "Worker's" very ill-a.lvised epistles. I
reerat exceedingly en dangerous • controveray should
have arisen. It cannot do the CAMS 3 your comeepon-
dent had at heart the slightest g and will probably
do harm. It it impossible to persuade any sensible
people that such eatertainm Into as that Siren by the
irchester Minstrels are, in any respect, harmful;
they merely help to relieve the monotony of life by
prcvidiog agreeable and innocent reeveation.—Believe
me, sir, yours truly,

A iiATIR Or CANT.

WAIRILA.K.
Turrnauroa Mewrmo.-0 i of the lagt meetings
to be held in "The Ark,"which etructure le abw tiy to be
taken down, wee held on Frid .7 evening Met, when an
earwig widres Wall delivers I by Canon Wilberforce
before an ses‘mbly numbering, M leest, 1 00 persons.
Al the close • number of blue ribbons were taken and
dodges signed. A choir, under the A notion of Mr
Smith, sang Moody's and danksy's hymns at interests
during the evening, Mr. Bennett aocompanying on
the harmonium.

Dorchtuter, F.bruary 25th, 18143.

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1/ORLDLY TEACHERS.
To the Editor.
•
D.ar fiir,—l am very much surprised that my few
pl uD retnarks on tie above subject should have takes
hold of Men po ,pie a. it ha.. bud so drawn them out
hr us to 'ci what kind of spirit thi-y are mats
of. The first thing lam c mvinoed of is that the
spirit of neither of the letters in reply to mine is
of faith, hut of the worl.l, because dui side with the
world. I thought there was • large megasine of
worldliness in the town, and I yenta. e 1 to put the
match of God's Word t it. It has explode lit in
three different places. 1 hive "Visitor," and
Another Worker" to deal wi•h. I rejoirs, sir,
that we have made the devil show fight 4 last, aad
am we have exchanged a few eh,ta in the newspaper,
perhaps he may be induce i to show himself on a
public platform, where the world would come out in
its true c 1 ens, and where the Church would come
out in hers. Let but the Church unfurl her standard,
and the world will retire at once, but only let the
Church g off Into a sound sleep, and the world wII
advance at once. I see that your correspondents" D,"
"Visitor," and " Anotier Worker " have all evaded
the real p dot at issue, and have tried to teed your
readers to believe that I am striking at the
youog men who took pert in the entertainment.
Bit this view is bridge to my mind, as
most of them, if not all, know that I am looking
after young men In every p stable way, trying to lead
them to • Bible class held on purpose for them, and I
aek any father or mother woich place would they
rather that their 110114 spirit their leisure winter
eveniags at--the mindsets or at the Bible elms? As
a parent, I answer at the Bible eases, and why
Because Gid's Word says—'' Wherewithal *ball a
young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto
aooording to Thy word." Now what gave rise to this
correspondence? It was not the minstrels, as your
correspon 'date have Implied; hut it WM a letter
written by a leader in the church, advising people to
patronise that which bee no part in Christisaitv. If it
has, will "D," or" Visitor," or the other " Worker "
tell me what part it Ls,aadlwill take that part? I
have never seen yet in our instructions from God's
word where • man is to black his face and waste his
time with such vanities for the purpose of being
applauded by his fellow man, and where be is to sing
songs to please his fellow men; but I have seen thie—
' Let the wird of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom, teacliog and admonishing one another in
hymns and psalms and spiritual sous. singing, and
making melody in your hearts as unto the Lord." I
am afraid "Another Worker" is not a worker for
Christ, or he would not hate Mafia the
following remarks, which, to • thoughtful man,
show at once he I. tinged with the poison of Atheism,
airl one who has a. higher s eruct to go to for enjoy.
meet than the things he named. Ile says--" There
are • number of welding aping people, as well as clergy-
arm, who seem to think that religion is only 'temp.
fled by turning the world tato one van prisondionee of
gl ioni and superstition." This has ever been the
point where the worldling stumhlee. Ile must have
his toys like a child, or else be is wretched. The
Christian Is satisfied with the peens which paseeth
knowledge. Now, I will challenge either of the three
correspondente, "L)," "Visit ,r," and this " Another
Worker," that neither of them is so happy amen as I
am fchrojamatth:inmveiryty I.7.tia.tot thGoeidr. si lliadog.wimithyotheur
00worrerld,
s.
pondent " L7Ver of Truth," because it is from the
right quarter, and is sound ant pure, and will glorify
God as it goes round the county. Your corres-
pondent "Visitor" would like to know bow! can classify
nerds,. drinking. dress. black faces, and other things
named with minstrels. I will ask him • geoid...
Is the practice of the.. things from God, or from the
world? It it Is from the world, then they must be coin-
.. _ . . .

pared with cards. I want to; know how we can do
otherwise than set everything down se the world where
God is excluded. I hope your readers will perceive
that I am at war with the principle, not with the men
who adhere to that principle. Far be it from me to
sneak one word 'salmi our 13 ercheetee young men.
Whet does the Rev. E. W. Pears say in hi. pamphlet?
" Never were there more determined attempts to make
the line of separation hetween the Church and the
world as narrow es porib e. Daily do we see clergy-
men who profess to know and preaoh the goepel
identifyinghemselves with those wh preach another
gospel an toiler the pretence of charity, avoiding
the re of Christ."
I bops "D" will fled • reply to what I have said,
although he has gone • long way round te gather •
few 114400111 to throw at in.. I consider his arguments
not worth wasting time in replying to. Whatever the
War Ory is in his opinion, it is read by wiser beads
than his, and the words I quoted therefrom were from
• man whose [Mini is become a household wad in our
land. I had no intention to take up so much of your
valuable spare when I berth. bet as I had three
replies to write in one letter, I have been longer than
I intended. I thank you very eineerely for your kind-
in permitting us to raise our voices through your
*alumna for each a noble cause as the truth of God,
which ha, been increasing down through the ages, and
will increase until it shall cover the earth ae the
waters oovee the ma. I pray that "D," "Visitor,"
wad " Another Worker' may all he led to see the
weakness of this cause, an I that *req. time they lift
Weir osay shields they may be pierced through by the
award of the SPitit, which is the Word of God.
Yours truly,

Woman.