The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-12 00:00:00

Obbis ant) enbs.

Tat SALVATION MINT has once again disturSed the
peace of the two, and the result of the conflict of
opinion between the roughs ttf the Army and the
roughs of Poole has been • had assault upon one of the
" oiffc.rs" of the former. It really seems a pity the
magistrate, do not, if they pewees the power, exercise
It in maintaining the orderly conduct of the etreets.
If • drunken man co- w .man mutes • mord to
'tremble in either of the thorou,hi.res, he or she is at
once "uniformed" off to en inter..ew with the Super-
intendent of Polic.. Why sholld not seen justice be
meted ~nt. and thes. aid expo ...tit, tlf w,a I, rd
sbaftesbury ha. termed "a cm:seine relied xi" end
the Dem of Carlisle "• horrible blasphemy" be com-
pelled to indulge their pecutiar &attics within their own
wall.. In MI tt ewe there would Tot be the least
pretext for grumbling. hut when common decency and
rebel tug thought ate insulted by a body of women
with tambou.ines cud men playing the bones and
banjoes. one vs .not but feel a tdight eympathy for
those who exprees their objection to the wretched
burlesque by • squunrhat more energetic protest then
the law recognise.. _ _

Of course, the indseent behaviour of the Army is no
excuse f 'Mihaly treatment at the hsnds of twee
who differ from them, and it is to be hoped that if a
cow d,lly kick was given, Mr. Osy, by any One, of
which there seems con.iderable doubt. th.. p roetrAtor
of the oharsge wit meet with hi. desert . Maj "
Day, " Corninan laut " If. oth, and the Vatlolll
"Calitsdirs” earn their Ii ehho d —it wav not !Jperha
be conk lered by seine a vs, y hotteat fireliho el—by
these means, and as long as t.,ey fiod "gully" to
support them, there can be no legality in attsoil tingto
put thin down by tome, wilekv,r the m0r..1 .im,wctof
the matter may be. _ _

I am glad, however, to tura that the Major, under
thy al:g.• care of im hlackinta it Mid Dr. L .wtoa, cm
',ramming favourably, and he will not bec,,me quo.
aunt' • martyr as waa hoped. There was a go I dat
In tough horm•play, and the 11.. j losing hto
ci th., ',cults. got cm I 'lwo. i• the ~that a d
anhatance ot what some p-ople me en Inavouring to
tu the out t,' ins a cruel and " ti,tardly " attack upou a
hand ~f 'lnnocent enthusi oaa.

Some three weeksago lasserted no officer of the Army
was lowei t marry aithout the permission nf the
"Geo. raL" This oeopotiem • owed • prep isterous
014 the statement, a• • rut., was received with
hew chalky. In my own Justine& i iiiide. the 10,low.
ins letter written to • Louil, n weakly by woe of the
members of the body :
" SI. -In poor roper of Auou tl9 I read kte Istar
on the Saiesion Arwy, aud thaok you tor the fair wow
vat Pe A no, a. I hollers you d all who wish to brter
the people of England for els •where.) Your cotreep
en., however, aweiwo to think that our CI ...al (Yr.
Roo- 1 hairier,. with the freed no of H. Ayes's, Au
I e rol s rehored to only apply to paid orlicere—ls•,
that Di officer .houht make an iltidegetiletit ei bin
twelve wont.' ; 2ntl. That no shall get married
without Ann infoonlial bee 'n .aitere.-1 think your
readers wid agree with me t t there is nothing hard
In 'tier ,if toe above rule., eoneilering, first, whot
chord% ',aid ethic it. tutnater. to form engagements
hp. tNor (oeusio. proper I I regard it so
ea u int Wait the , oos ond Army; sproadiy, t slio•
11. often. to worry ukase and tykes thy though' proper,
woo t tw ruin to the 'work ant officer.; and Ellellt
poi at • who now Intl thot t etc children (both utile and
Is 'law) who are swey from twin, to the work of the
A 1.. are sale; hut with tie freedom referral to they
woukt ho espow4 to much more denier. I eon wore
rea, that the odie re reseed toe (lettere' no • lather It.
; h. is el rays w wilting to help thew es It they
wee big Oen coddren. I know of no chinch where
wieb itheity in otheo 'netts' is given al in the Salvation
Army.-1 soh eh, your. (al h'ullr,
OFFICLII zo TEM
I think this letter new is no canna ut. If people
can be found to back up a Mali Wil.) titles the
AlmightT the Comwswier-in- hi-f," himeelf "the
Geners , on I the S ove•ur "the Army Doctor" (see
the bills p sited in Po ile :)—it only .how, that by
some, rather peculiar ii 'we ore euteriaiiiid as to the
passible pt..chas. of an adwittouce to Heaven.