The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-10-14 00:00:00

" misstor' OF A MADMAN.

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Oa Thursday night, the steamer arrived as nenal
from Jersey sad Osernsey, and ou Friday a telegraphic
dispatch vu received by Sep" Vickery firm Mr. Mire Less,of Jersey, to the offset that his father el
ansmad mind, had been mimed from the Leland, and It
wee supposed that be had come over by the Jersey
packet. The manage shoo requested Mr. Viokery if be
meld And him, to seed Mr. lam bath by Use next
boat. gauntries were at thee made, and it was found
that as elderly urea of the dessriptise required, had
slept at the George Inn as Thereto, night. The delu-
sion of the pear old gentleman me dexterosely played
upon, for he es. &defied to sell as the Osildhall to
the the Saperiateudent of Police on betel/ of the
Queen. Ho lost little time la presenting himself, sad
on being ushered into the preemies of the Screeds-
%soden; made a profound bow, as vas It on approath-
Ins a deputy of ger Majesty's. T%e Superintendent
listened gravely to his remarks which were to
the effect that Mr. Lees had had • ooramissiou
from the Almighty to warn Her Majesty the
Q teen that shortly there would be • fearful war
in Zeeland, and that he had been commissioned to on-
struot • well of fire atoned London for the probeetios
of ger Majesty. Mr. Lae) farther stated that he was
the prophet spoken of by Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, and
other prophet', and that the Superintendent was to
telegraph to Hu Majesty that he had arrived, and also
to oonteittoloato by the was Masao adrift texts from
Scripture bearing on his common. He thee asked
for an Kogliale Bible which was given him, and he
pointed out some site which be wished to be 5.1.-
graphed. Through • Frooth interpreter the Superin-
tendent informed the poor fellow that he (the '
Superintendent) would a uumunioste to the authorities;
but that be considered the time had not arrived for the
message to be sent to Her Milady; aed he was to
return to Jr ratty ; but as soon as it was deemed expedient,
• steamer would be rot for hint to Mane to Ragland.
The old gentleman ma oondooted by the side of the
station fire, and at his request the Biblo was left with
him in order to And out the texts; but be soma grew
weary of that employment, and made himself ae com-
fortable as be could, At the thee for the stasuser to
go, he willingly went ea beard ender the guidance el
• constable or two, to whom he seemed grimily satisfied
that his message was In • fair way of being secomplished, '
and be expressed his belief that they would soon have
to fetch his bask /again. He arrived safely at Jesse,
on liaturdey morning, attd we hear that he has been a
large farmer there- He had with him sorted* piper,
IRMA he said would alo• his emunindon from the
almighty, and them ho produced to the &willies*.
dent; but they aparod to confab' only a rambling islementlnbeonird treseb, and noe nook oopytag.

ritsaasomor MALAN 01 lIDLICATION—.
At the wirlentilwra mastitis at Broad windkr keg
west, Preb.adary Malan of rot 00014 obwrvatlona on
lino Mon, whist, we should be very Wry to thllk
oe enthused hi the Wergy generel:y or any body
of men wbe lay, their out itly an I desire Its Increa.
prosperity. the rev. ,:sentlem at .0 thus reportod
Damon had add something about edosatton ; hia ors
(Prebendary Itasca's) view wee thle—sb,g to onr.
eduove • man was dohs,/ him mare harm thou 'ca.
Ile thought that orders gni alums of men ware oda.
by GA, and Nisi It was the grastost osistekg I.
the wot id to render them be 'doe sues' dissiti•fied with
their onoditioe. If they became thee dissatisfied tilloge
wont, b 3 Loretta teley-terrYs Lam I.l".wers would
*belga please with his farmers and eke Vera?, a-, 1 It
would be a bad day when that was the state of titling.
—(neer hest). His own vier of edues.ion was toll ;
thst every men should continue in the 'tattoo of ifs In
which G ,c 1 bad smiled at., end there do We duty;
whether hi were • labourer. • fanner, or • elergymmt
edueetton should ensble him to do his duty in his
station." Now • word on the Prebeadery "is his
!tall tn." lie should surely understand his Church
eateesdent, and apply its spirit to common life.
Yet, the rev. gentlemen ssys "every moo should
confiner In the atatloo of lite In whish fled had called
biro, ' and the coakitt breatbro theism' fatalism, for be
deprecates labourers lacewing farmero Bt he does
the catechism an 11l tam The Ora«, Is—" Do my duty
In thud state of lUe UNTO WHICH IT SHALL please God to
oa'l me." We know it le very commonly utiainoted,
but • Prebendary should be accurate. Were it not so
orderod, then the rev. dignitsry should have remained
s deacon. But the rule the oste•hism lays down ia tuo.t
wholesome and salutary. In whatever position a ma.
Ii he must do hi. duty; bet, born • labourer, if he
be indtudrions and thrifty, "It shall please Gad to wall
him" to be • farmer. Without this prospect of rising
In the social coda whet a drear waste if, would be!
'How °beefless the prostAot forth, lowly! Bet
Hope springs eternal in the human bread,
Yen never ht—but slwaye to k —blest.

And, anises thsre were this future, on would have bat
smell stimulus to exertion, and lb* material progress a
the couutry, losing lli no• soar-renewing Impetus,
would q iok ly decline. To ear iii. not the will of lied
men should improve their eondition le unwarranted, acd
It is " ttrowtog deal in the eyes" of both labourers and
farmers to formulate inch a doctrine. It is the glory of
our wintry that the lowest boy la the and may rise to
be Lord High Clausellor of the realm as several have
doe.; and it wnali be an ill day for goglaid were the
proving incentive to industry sod Tit LCIII destroyed, or
In say degree weakened. EnUghtenid legleletion seeks
by edno.t.tort and the removal of I utpedinieo ts. to enlarge
the f.oi iti,s which now exist for such advsaerreent to
all who are abl wad worthy; an 4 mar the day be far
assent when there shall prevail • retroode policy I

Bemuse SRIVIOII.—IR the liaaneial year ended March
Met het £10,044 wee issued for payment of model
ecrrior.
YXOEINIVR DIUDIMING.—The nuasber of deaths
attioatel b ooronore' j tries last year to exoessivis
drinking wait 379 -NA mes sad 111 worsee.
MADRID, Oot. 12.—A oombst °secured betimes the
four Cartagena frigates and LA) is squadron off Caps
Palos yesterday. It redmlted to a preolpitat• fl:ght of
Lb. rebels to Cartereas wait bury demises. The sea
and land blookade to now perfect. There is is rumen'
that a conspiracy estate to assassinate Orastelar. bat It
II not believed to. PrillailitlOßS have, however, bon
take..

Flow TO LENIN THE ICTIUI OF DIMMING —The
ifiAta of exeseelve drink are, no doubt, demoralizing.
W. hove to take into account not only arm. y spent,
but time waited, health injored, sad the orb .le men
degraded sod bistallxii. riot the love of drink is a
ympton only; its not the disease, mid we sbooli be
wrong to deal with it as Uit were. A men drinks, not
only because his brats nature is strong and mama the
stimulus, but became ho hes no other interests, and
moat do something ; or bemuse his home la onion.
fellable sad his lite dell, sod be needs some real inojoi-
cor•ot ; or 'some, he is fond of mammy, and only
wishes to be I.ke the rest. . . The evil of drunk, lite
essay others, 011111 best be met bedireetly. We shill Meek
It only whim we can seemed In edstestion the working
sissies, sod In giving the. now Interests. They will
drink sill, but they will to: And in disk their one
plamore and mime. Bat if we attempt to do the same
tiling by direct means—if we Glom pabllobonses nod
establish • Bios Liquor Low, 114 the 'United Klogdom
•Ilitnee would advocate—we do not attain our obj-ot,
ails shown sufficiently by the .:pr, repos if the United
Audis, sod we do cucceed in making men Isbituol
law breaker., sod le rousing • deep indignation easiest
the law itself sod its mini,. err, and against the handful
of Innaties by whose will the obecx,ous restrietion barn
been imposed. The net whieb exit. already Is too
great to at end In need of exaggeration, and too serloui
to be trilLid with by mere empiricism. We cannot
hope that it will be removed, 64 we should gladly or.
'lt keened. Tim earnest united illate of the nowt
°lmam may do mush to raise those beliew them, but
they mutt be einployil sonsibly toad walk dieertrion.
They will not be aided by °Asinine of ettietba whisk
prove no ling, or by eompitiory en totmenta, whiox will
only Wartime the mischief whirsh exists, or will erode&
greater in ita plem—Timor