The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-13 00:00:00

'e
to know whet timm Wee being done for Christ in
d They hail heardlined tattniti Exprtos. Irelan
Irish. sing that peo; l 6 I°
mulocieginniuutg t sorrows
they
, were sick of Irelaud, but they might depend
DORCHESTER, FEBRUARY 13th, 1883. 1 upon it where those were great crimes and
sins there were great evil., eJmewhere. All of
oustexe , there Led wicked hearts, and who ness
showed Reel! la specially wicked \ way., they might
he sure there was something at the bottom. They
never talked politics at thoise meetings, and never
said what an excellent Ministry it is under Lord
Beaconsfield or under Mr. Gladstone; neither did
tiny compare one party with another; but he thought
if they praised all round or blamed all round than it
could not be said to be party Politics. He twilit Bey
whether • Conservative or so-called liberal Govern-
ment was in power, he believed each of them felled to
see the real source of the es' aof Irelond. There were
the evils of land over-rented, and many other things
in the land question; but the real evil of Ireland and
that which caused all that great cloud of blacneu
that hung over the land, was the influence of the
Itomish Church and the wicked devices of an Ignorant
and an uninstructed priesthood, who hail immense
power over the people, and were just what fit Paul said-
"lordsover their fellowmen." (Applause.)—The Depu-
tation then gave the objects of the society he repre-
sented. It was called the Irish Church Mission., and
Italy it might be said in God's hands it had been pros-
pering, and had done a great work in Ireland. Its
object was to help the clergy who lived in very
extensive parishes to bring the power of the Gospel to
bear upon their
,people. They bad a great many
difficulties to contend with, and largely in the apathy
of some of the Irish clergy themselves ; but they in
England were not all alive, and therefore tb.y. could
not expect them to be all alive in Irel .nd. He then
briefly traced the ancient history of Ireland, narrating
the apocryphal story of the descent of the old Irish
kings from Jeremiah, and from them the kings of Soot-
band, and again in their turn our own English kings
and queens, even to Queen Victoria. He gave
the committee an interesting history of the
introduction of Christianity into Ireland by
means of a young ricottbih lad, who was captured
on the sea co.= of Dumbarton by pirates, and *old
into slavery into Ireland. After many years of
bondage be secaped, but, in thankfulness for his con-
version to God during his period of slavery, he
qualified as • missionary, became bishop in the year
eV, and returned to Ireland, full of =legionary zeal.
'the knowledge of the Gospel spread rapidly up to the
time of the conquest by Henry 11., when the religion
of Ireland was changed to the religion of England.
The Bible, that made Ireland an Ireland of sainuaand
their prayer book were taken from them, and the
leettu mass substituted, and ehe rapidly sank
down to • grievous state of spiritual night, and she
' had never been able to recover herself to this
very day. The Reformation was hailed with joy by
the clergy and the people, but the great mistake of
that time was the Bible was in Eitel.= instead of
Irish; in • few years time the Pope made efforts to
regain Ireland, and Jesuit priests came over and began
to steal away the hearts of the people, and in about
50 years every parish had • bran new priest from
Rome, and very soon the country had • bran new
Rams= Catholic' Church put in antagonism to the old
church of St. Patrick. The lecturer gave in an intimat-
ing manner the history of old Lulea& but owing to want
of time wee unable to give many particulars of the work
of the mission. The lecture was illustrated by some
pretty risme of the loveliest parts of Ireland; also
pictures of mission churches, schools, end refuges, with
several characteristic groups of Irish children. (We
regret to say that at the commencement of the lecture,
Mr. Robinson had the misfortune to have • valuable
lens broken by the heat of the lamp. A gentleman in
the audience, however, kindly lent a lens of similar
size so fortunately the lecture was not seriously inter
, fend with.)
' DOZOSIBTEI LIM'S SOCIIZIY.—" The Mistakes of
our Modern Wardrobe."—This thoroughly practical
subject formed the groundwork of a lecture delivered
at the Town mu on Friday evening last by Mr. Pope,
In connection with the Dorchester Lecture Society.
There was • good attendance. Mr. Henry Symonds,
one of the secretaries of the society, introduced the
lecturer. Mr. Pope, be said, was a stranger amongst
them, but he had no doubt be would keep up the
reputation of the society.—The lecture was both amus-
ing and useful. Mr. Pope endeavoured to show the
fully and even danger of • slavish and fatuous
obedience to Dame Fashlon—that great modern
Juggernaut as he termed her. Being • medical man he
was eminently capable of =wiling with such a subject,
and he moved to demonstration what an absolute risk
to heath and life were the fashionablo customs of the
wesent day, opecially the commonlfeminine habit of
tight lacing. It was on this suicidal fashion that the
lecturer mainly dwelt, and he proved by statistics its
lamentable consequences both directly and indirectly.
In the interests of the public heotth he threw out some
valuable hints, which dowerved the careful attention of
all who go in and out amongst our distressed poor.
Whilst hurling his thunderbolts against the fashion-
able foibles of the ladies, he did not shrink from
criticizing the several absurdities of male dress, includ-
ing the choking stand-up collar, the "chimney-pot,"
and other little weal-nooses. The lecture was • good
one, and appeared to be the source of considerable
amusement to the audience.
Apropos to this subject a ecrrispondent, who signs
herself "A. 8. writes as follows :-.1 believe, if it could
be put to the vote, that most women would, like myself.
be found in favour of the reiantion of the " petsicost,"
however much they may cond mu the folly of high heels,
and the worse than folly of tient-Moog. A skirt of some
kind and dimensions—not dual but of the customary and
primitive sort, as contradistieguished from the male
habilaments named trousers—has been always, with very
few exceptions, the recognised civilised dress "par
excelh nce " of wools ii.k Ind, axon of distinction and badge
of the me which, as being mint Issaorrlng and modest, it
Is beet and tensest to preserve, easing that there tone real
reason for Its hanlidtment. The dress of Swiss, Dutch,
and rusay of the French peasantry, being short, never
incommodes the hard-working women who wear it, and
• similar length of ladies' skirt., say, one or two inch.'
above the ankl., or eveii to the top of the walking boot,
would be sufficient to eniare el.aalinem even In the
muddiest streets of London. If the light woollen materials
so warmly advocated by Dr. B. W. Rishardson were used
for these sensible walking-dresses. and they were made
of • proper width, not so wide as to be cumbelloollo, but
so as to fall in natural folds from the waist, there would
no longer be any jest cause of complain, for want of
"freedom of movement ;" and, emancipated alike from
the odious tied-beck ski-te of recant fi .ttion and the
rii_ssultatigs-begettlng crinolines of former years, women
might ..74" more "step out " aid walk well and gracefully.
ieweed .0f e:"esstling and tottering SIORg, almost like the
unhappy ladles o. .4.
.. China, whose feet are stunted and
deformed from babyho.. For this end,. of coarse, high-
keeled beets teed b. ithoii.,;:it, sad thick but light-soled
""uni? foot should be
boots of proper shape to fit the umnge.ts are
adopted. 1 em not sore that loose-be.,.
Pr....e. cil
necessary to abolish tieht lacing ; at all_ .. -'---•
the youthful and well formed can wear I °dim*, liiii "
gentlemen wear waistcoats and coats, without any corsets
at all; and then untold of the ugly wasp shapes they now
too often behold, our eyes would be gratified with the
naturattised waist of womanhood, and trsined to admire
real and artist,c beset, in lieu of its artificial and hurtful
ccunterfeita. The limd gear of women, toe, might as well
be made more rational, hoods in winter, especially in
very cold, snowy, and rainy weather, are by far the most
comfortable things to wear, and very much warmer than
prinoess bonnets or the usual hats. With the protection
of waterproof cloaks and hoods, umbrellas could be
dispensed with, which in crowded thoroughfares
would be • great convenience. Though other improve-
ments are in my mind I forbers from any further commo-
tion/ at present, knowing your epees is valuable. What I
have written is with the view of showing that to eke
our dress rational, healthy, and convenient, no vroleat
change or revolutionary innovations are needed, but
mere,y some mild reforms to , be Introduced in the name
of common sense by sensible women, who are neither
given to running into extremes nor ambitious of platform
oratory in favour of masculine attire-

tines. tat us turn to them in the order of importance,
and no one will deny that the agricultural interest Is
&preened at present, as it never his been st least in
this generation. As we might expect, • variety of
nostrums have been Wild out by officious people, who,
step in to play the now discarded partl dimmers
friend. Foremost among these are the land national-
isation schemes of Mr. George and Mr. Wallace.
The former of the amateur economists and social
reformers would oany out a root-and-branch system
of State proprietorship, making the State the one
gnat hind monopolist, and swallowing up the existing
monopolist', like Aaron's rod which swallowed up the
rods of the magicians. The other scheme, which is
that of Mr. Wallace, would stop short of this by
converting occupiers -into owners, and bringing in a
scheme of peasant proprietorship, as in Franca
which bee succeeded so wonderfully well as to '
sawn:age us to repeat the experiment. In contrast
with heroic remedies of this kind, which seem to us
doomed to failure, simply because they ■-• heroic, we
may slaws at the hoped held out of • peace& I revolu-
tion la British agriculture by She general adoption of
seilage. Tested by the dictionary, the word b.. not
yet bees naturalised among us; yet the practice of
ennlage, is as old almost al agriculture, and hi I
been followed from Vote immemorial et Ali regard to
antain root mops, sub ss potatoes, mangold wurzel,
and turnips. It has not been applied to lay and corn,
Imply became we have been accustomed to stack
them But the difference between grans with the
natural jabots retained In it, and the same dried
and mongered, as hay is in this couutti, is
obvioasly as great as the dlffenoce between fresh
and malt meat. It is not yet forgotten that the rose t
beef of °Mistime became the festal dish of the greet
said-winter festival, on account of the fact that all
through our long winters families were rationed on
lenge Jenks of salt beef. Feed for the cattle there
was little or nous, and hewn to kill • bullock and
Indulge in fresh roast beef at Christmas war an
uneocustorned luxury. Cattle are now fed on dried
provisions during the winter, much as men were fed
on salt meat in winter during the middle ages, But
this will probably soon become • thing of the past,
V
and if ensilage becomes general, as it is likely to do
• se soon as its adventures are thoroughly understood,
It is not Impossible that our depressed agricultural
Interest may again look up, and money be made in
laming as formerly. The second gift of leisure to
She came of food production ia the frozen meat
system, which, after a variety of costly experiments,
and not a few disappointing failures, seems to be at
last washing the point of suoceei. No fewer than six
thousand sheep carcases, neatly dressed and ready for
market, were landed the other day from New Zeeland,
and in such perfect condition of preservation that
the importers were able to demand the upset pike of
the! wait, and to hold them over, in ref iigerators
until the buyers were ready to take them ol their
bands. It is needless to otwei ve that it would be little
sae to import cargoes of frozen meat at reit expense
how the Antipodes lilt most be thrown on the market
and sold for what it will fetch on the day of landing.
An intermediate storage system is ementlei if the
frown Mist is to compete on anything 'ike fair terms
with caroms, sent up from Aberdeen or Nor", :ch.
Hitherto our importers have not attended to this, and
the remit is disappointment and loss in the venture.
But now that these details are attended to, we see no
reason why Australia and New Zealand, with their
almost limitless supplies of beef and mutton, should
net come into healthy competition with our meat
market at home. Science has thus held out an open
brad bath to tows and *Autry. She promisee to
enrich at once the fanning and the unix= class; and
the lemon from We coincidence of • simultaneous stroke
of good fortune for both Is to t, et to free trade, and
meg to listen to the cry for Protection in any shape
when it pleads w:th bated breath for Reciprocity
only.