The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-01-05 00:00:00

PEASANT FARMING-.

The latest contribution to the theme...ion on "Four-acre
Fartaiin..;" is iron, Mr. William !ken, who date hie letter
(Tom Inlno. renujeg on a small made ha., 1, often won.
denoted, but Mr. limn has for a number
years "vrupied a four-acre farni, mud whatever others may
say he is thoroughly coutince.l that tour acres .4 laud in a
suitable situation, to • person who understood how pro-
perly to cultivate it, and who had at his command ASO or
£5O, would by industry Anil economy enable him to bring
up a family in a ihrent. reepectable 'canner. Of course,
for the whole of the laud of the country, or for any large
portion of it, the small farm system would cot be Wean-
ta,..aua ; but hie own case is proof that in certain localities,
mailer certain renditions, the system might be adopted
ta,notkially. Mr. Beere's history should be studied by
all
fanm inhoowin who de,ire to nse in the w orld. Here It ill
In a few sentence,:
" The man who oecupici three or four sorts of land usually
fattens • number .4 pip, whirh osuume a considerable por-
tion of the produce. if lic can dispose of that produce to
ElEZgreater advantage he does 1., and purchases pig food sc it.
. e manure obhinel of that kind of live meek le that
The
he keep. up and merman Ow productive powers of
h land. An industrious man, punning enema-, would not
be compelled to depend solely on his had, Ina would be
employed • portion of the summer months at pioorrwork for
those who farm on a large scale, and to whom his services
would be truly valuable. This was the plan adopted by
myself for wally von. I drat 00M1pletl one hall-acre,
which was a great help to Me, ae 1 than had •
family of mall children and was working tor M. et per week V. hr. I succeeded In golfing floe at..fe and a half MOM bed I
Kate up my rivulet eitiployMettl, and hale never had to regret
haoing dine so Not having capital for time WI two yean I
had severe etruggles to make, as well aa to submit to great
privation& I sloe tex•upy throe acres, one of which is my own,
having purchased it alsmt four years sin.,
If more labourers were able to get bold of a bit of land
like this, thero would be fewer emigranta and lova thence
for he profesaiimal agitator.

THREE CHILDREN ALL NIGHT IN TIIE SNOW.
Three little girls, aged respectively ten, seven, and tiro
years children id Henry Claylum, a bricklayer, rteuding
at Hat,,ham. were, sent by their mother, oTh
n ursday
morning, to school, and the weather being leggy, she tare
them some food for their dinners. Not arriving home all
their usual time the father went to look for them, and
continued his search up to 9p.m., when he returned home.
Not finding them there, lie called for aesistance from the
neighbours, and speodily gangs of men were scouring the
country round, but without euccese. On Friday morning,
at SCVCII o'clock, however, as a labourer, natusel, Goorge
Grosvenor, was passing some Iwick-kilns, about a quarter
of a mile in the rear of Clay bon's house, he heard the crises
of children, and, on proceeding to the spot, found the
three little creatures huddled together, having withistood
the ftverity of the weather 'luting the entire night. They
were taken home, when it wan found that the youngest
child was suffering from congeetion of the lung. the other
two being little the worse. The eldest child stabs that
they went to MO Dome boys elide, when 3 fog came on and
they could mit sea their way home, and they cried all
uight

WHO ARE THE CONVERTS FROM THE
CHUIICH 01IrchILAND.
Dr. Massinghana. in along letter on our position wi
Protestants, make" mme startling discoloaurni. Ile 'Tato that forty of the Roman Catholic clergy of lAnidon
formerly belongwi to the Church of England ; that the
heads of their colleges and seminaries -Sitonyhurst,
()woo, St. Edward's, Elglmston, t.Charles's, Hays-
water, and the Catholic Public School of Kensington- are
all couaerts (rem the Chun"' of Esbatuol ; and that We
editor* of Weir newspapers ani also perverts f tho
English %ureic that is to my, that in the three governing
departments of I lurch life awl national life-- the priests
hued, nlucatioit, and tho press -there hare hpw, brought
under contributiou to Um Chureli of Reim beano of the
he..t of the mental nem, and fibre which have been born
and nurtured in the Church of England. Dr. Allaminghstis
gives particular', In a.loposition to canon I,bidon's view, to
show that Ritualism preplan,' the way for the most of
them conversions. In Isk it he 4ate.l lay a Roman
catholic organ, that 2,1 M members of tlie church of
England joined the Chunli.,f It e, awl that IT out of
every were from the ranks of the Ritualists, and out of
31 persons recently confirmed at From. IT tliu Roman
Catholic Bishop of Clifton. Is were formerly members of
Mr. Bennett's t laurel, congregation. Wor, than all this
is the disclosure that Mr. liennett WWI years ago received
into the Church of limn,: A cathedral prelmadary

I Ond Mat there are t w.• Catholic directories, an F.ngliah one
published iii bombs& by lianas, and at. troll one published ha
loodon, by • iron nanted Liettersbury-, perhaps better known bt
Ireland, hew York, ac., as Itatter-ny's Ihuistry." In that hi
duly published the recei.tion 1)1r. hamlet' into the them.
thtbolic Cbordh Thu year '41,1, reception, ISM, is the year in
which bu resigned St. Caurs, linichtsbrktge •. and 1852 111 the
year in which the Jesuits, or itonianists,chanttolt/icir betties in
regard to publiithing the loons .4 their perverts (dialing, no
doubt, that when they seceded front the Churl, of kliglanel
they ceased to be iiiischierousy ; hut it h presumed that
pervert. conlinuol to be niale, hut were instructed to remain
In the Angina. Church, mold probably under • dieticiimation.
Thus. the olit.,r the •. I:in:loth Calendar " bag been directed
141 supproia sir. lie tttttttttt 11.1111 (prolobly by himself), but ha
not apparently been 444f1) of I.llc 111411 C410244r, to the
• iniquity owe. out their."
, What ha. the viear of From. to alp. this.ll)r. Mauling;
11)411 is Numeral produne the liatteraby
containing Mr. Itennett's 1141111; wbi,h is there either
rightly or wrongly. If wrongly, it sl Id he in ea if
rightly, the Ith.lion and Wells shoidd Ise apprised
of it. Apnlm+ isf Dr. lassiii.;liaties statement respecting
the Prevention of Englidi I 'buret, clergymen, teu 1114) .1,1
a+ a matter of local interest, tlie faet that the Kee, John
Franci• Higgins, wino a4/1 recently curate at St. Alnry
Manialene'N Taunton. hut Who 11. ,11111N114.1 atuilying
at tit. Mary'. College, ths,ott, as.. recently ordaineel sub-
elvai.on by the Ilomso, Catholic illol,ol, of Plynyouth, awl
will be attached to Dr. Vaugloin's dioceses.

A PARIS MYSTEILY.
A mysterious death in Ow quartier Saint-Gertnain.
Mr. fkai:Pulai, haa just occurred to amuse the enemies of
Itit.'esetis:"len willoimsweroluectlb"uti7ieeirrilinaron S
theal.% ti ' ilePTiirval"hltri
heard a heavy holy fall into the water. They immediately
Put off an.lNuccetwkil in roAcuing a man. On reaching the
chore they found that be hal two frightful %own Lit une
In the throat sun! the other in the alalonsen. A eta
wanprocuml, but the mius espirol before his riwcUins
gone far, aa.l hi, lardy was then conveyol to the Morelia.
There it was recogishied w 4 that of an eating-lion+e keeper
'wool Marveled, of No. 101, Rise Saintla 111 l inique. An
z
investigation showi4l that the wound+ had been inttieted
white he was in his be,L, as the sheets were covered with
blood, an well as hi+ truuwiw, which, however, were not
cut, an that the injury must have been rut before the
clothes were put on. His wife, who oeciliiio I All ;lilJwilli nig
TGWU, declares that she beard 1110 Iloi.o : hilt the !silica
argued, if the tetrad° laudseo a en; self•isailieteoi. how could
the man have droie,d and drag:sed Ishisaelf to the riser f
11, ~n the other hand, a murder has havlll EVI 1111 l jibs', bow
could it have been carried . mit without his wife or some
lwriwu in the house hearing is 110ise r

TIIE AUTHOR OF THE WII:AN coLLISIoN.
kiln, Field, the aingaltnan who WWI on duty at the
1!". Junction, near Warm, when the rellision
occurred tharo .4, Chri4lll, 1110Thillg ll it. iAttAr 141111
under remand. he hat ua lasted (it I. said) to .
who attended the iwiwmt that the collision woo entire();
hi. ini.take. Wt Ice had furgetten that the line MU blocked
with the train.