The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

'Keep us warm sad our spirit's up
Whau'er we drain the Burring cup."

(Loud cheers.) They had had a good market that day
and could therefore well afford to enjoy theniselves
tnic other reason too why the course he reeimmended
doubt be pursued was the nature of the subject for
discusiion that eveuii.g. It related to whiter. Winter
was cold, us they all knew, and the tvest way to protect
themselves from without was to make theumelves warm
(liesr, hear.) lie urged this more atrongly
now. because lie did not wish to see liii esteemed friend,
the lecturer, interrupted by the entrance of the wait-
ress, which might have the effect of diverting the attou-
Lion of wise of the members from the subject of the
to that no doubt equally pleasant, but at the
same time rattier out-o(-place object—the lair waitress
lierialf. (Cheers, mingled with laughter.) Ile hoped,
therefore, that gentlemen would give their orders at
oboe. (Ilear, bear.)
The cheirinan'a request was immediately complied
with, and all present haring provided themselves each
with liii favourite beverege, and pipes having been
generally lighted,
Tile Lecturer arose, and was greeted with enthusiastic
•ppisuse. Ile commenced by observing that the sub.
ject which they had that night asaenihled to discuss was
a inost inipsirtant one. If they could not RCM! late
—properly ))))) midst ehe 111C1111t —and frod their stock
duties the winter, sonic of thew would be sure to
suffer.
A Voice—Do you .nean the stodc will suffer, or the
fanner
The Lecturer —Ekith. If the stock suffered, the farmer
would be sure to suffer as well. Any ...lockhead might
know that.
The gentleman who had previously interrupted the
lecturer here at-we, in rather an excited manner, and
Raked, across the table, if the lecturer meant to say
that he was • blackhead.
The Lecturer said if the cap fitted the gentleman who
bail just spoken, lie waS at liberty to put it on:
Tiie gentlemmi, whose name we could wit catch,
protested that lie was no muse a blockhead than the
lecturer, and if lie would step outside ho would show

Tim Chairman begged that order might be kept. He
mesquite sure the lecturer did nut want to offeud any-
body. Ha hoped their proceedings would be perfectly
harmonious.
Another member here are., and raid he thought the
best way to produce liatmony would be to have a
little music. He believed there were some singers
. below, and be moved that they should have them up.
(Hear, hear.)
The motion having been seconded, it was put and
carried, WIN. di!, and a party of glee singers, site
happened to be in the neighbourbood of the lintel
were scut for, and speedily made their appearance.
They commenced by singing, with exquisite taste, the
1 glee

"Hard times 001118 again no more.'
When the applause, which was freely given, had sub-

keided,
mm
The Lecturer re-commenced the reading el his paper.
IS Was a fact that very many larmeis lust number+ of
their stock from insufficient care of t wea during the
WEYMOUTH.—Poider. COURT, TneSdaY.—(Be- wintcr tbs. The words of the beautiful glee which
fore the Nleyor and Alderman Rower. )—A 'iliat they hail just heard so charmingly sung were eminently
timiyhl, Erluarrd Knight, :vat Juhm l'arr, were suggeetive. Farmers heel lie d hard times, but be hoped
charged by P.C. l'owill with lighting on the Ee they were gone aud wuull " come again no more."
planate. As is usual in such eaSeS, etch endeavoured (Hear, hear.) Certainly there was no need why they
to vindicate his own conduct, and, a, a poor apology i should make them herder thaun thoesy
towouolicliiociiithkeorwhiuticei
is said to be better than none, the defendants found i
, tultleilylr A
iectude ormau uwel7, who was not improperly
it to be such in this instance, as the case was din- i ceaviaeted an authority on f.,,ming matters, lied told
missed upon their paying Is. 6d. each and ooeta.----- I them that " Annuals seldom do well so the land
Chunks (jour) Was summoned by John Fenton for 1 after Octoler, and even if the weather is eutticieutly
an assault. The parties are 11y-drivers, and vitrified favourable to permit their grazing, they should during
the old adage of •"Pwo of a trade," &c. The de- 1 the long nights he comfortably housed and lie dry."
fondant was fined flu. and mete. —James Mugu- A member begged to say this was very dry work.
ridge', a sailor. belonging to H.M.S. Collossus, was His glass was out, and he saw that those of several
charged *WI being drunk and disorderly, and au other gentlemen Present were i" the ume e°"di"
molting P.C. Browning in the discharge of his duty, tiuu. He begged to move that they should all re-
tied was tined 20a, inc oiling costa, which was paid. renieli their glasses before the lecturer proceeded any
—C.therine Hurd was charged with stealing four ulPheer.Chairman hoped such interruptions would not be
baby's frocks, two petticoats, one jacket, eight rape, persevered in ; but that they would allow the lecturer
a quantity of ribbon, and other articles, value .CI. to go on and tinieh his discourse.
from 13, Terminus-etreet, the property of Robert The gentleman who had offered the suggestion said
Scott. She pleaded guilty, anti was sentenced to he lied only followed out the recoutineudation of the
three mouths bard labour, chairman himself, which was that if they were to
Touvisst lioNe Nlair.- -To witness the tactics of do their wok well they must make thetueelves coin-
the Tories during the past week one would imagine fortable,
that we were iu the height 0( Dog-days, in conic- The Chairman said the speaker knew very well that
quence of au announcement having limn mule that
idx Liberal borough magistrates were about to be age. t0w,....d
b winent.aietinupnotedsu.ch thug as that the lecturer
nted. As "sugar" in Odle:sec WUUId Wageless, the ' The niembrr awl be did not care whether be meant
pei
Tory mandates, it is said, have been bonding on.
of
that
of'; or not—his glass Was out, and be meant to have
it fillet!
their Henke). round with a memorial, vetting forth several 'gral other members here interfered, and it was
that the parties proposed are unlit for the office for finally &soled that, in order to restore quietude, the
which they have been naintal. The hsbour, however, glasses should be re-filled, and the vocalists should be
which has been expended in the matter puts us in again requested to sing. This they did, the piece sung
mind of the couplet of,-- being
" Live and let live."
" The King of France. with twenty thomeind men, The Lecturer then resumed. The sentiment expresied
Marched up the bill, and then —marcbed back again.' in the song was one peculiarly appropriate to the subject
PILEaaNTATION.— The sergeants of the 49th tit his paper. Not only was it desirable that they
Regimeht, stationed at Weymouth, snet in the should live themselves, hut in order to do so they must
garrison temillig - room on Saturday evening, the let their stock live also; but they could not live if
12th instant, for the purpose of presentilig a *etch they were not taken great care of. Sheep, for instance,
and chant, value £7 10s. to Sergeant Itigney of the alter biug fur fourteeu hours on a wet cold soil, which
above corpe, '• whose period of service-21 years— absorbed the heat of their bodies and waked their
has expired." Colour-Sergeant McCoy, on preeentiug tloreuces, would
obesnreue, wool to died be sufficient to pay to a far greater exteior
nt
au
the watch said, Sergeant Ripley, lam desired by '"' 5',`.,:‘,..: ''' " Y
v
proper eo 10001.
the non-commissioned otheers of the 49th Regiment A uninieer here begged the lecturer to explain what
to present this watch to you, ass mark of the esteem be meaut by " dying to a far greater extent." He
you are held in by your nme-counnissioned officers, always thought that when • thing was dead it Was
alai lean mem.. you it is with feelings of groat pleasure dead, amid could not die much further.
on my part, to Late the hot ''''' rof presenting you with Another member said the last speaker Was labouring
such a mark of frentiship, mid I iniPe You will under a mistake. In the case of sheep at least. when
live long to wear it, after several songs, and the they acre dead, if they did not die to any further
usual loyal toasts having been given, the meeting extent, their fleeces were subjected to dying over and
terminated almut 11 p.m. • over ',gain.
The Chairman hoisil that this sort of thing would
STU II MINST Eit NEWTON.—Wrasteeatr /ilifri- not be indulged in. The lecturer was giving them very
SION:S.—The anniversary of the Sturminster auxi- valuable information, and he hoped it would be quietly
liar) commenced on Sunday, October 13th, when Mtened to. Chad was Very Well as a feeding stuff,
two eloquent and impressive screen's were preached but:iiato
lAuwss rather.
d
omit
r. he dl."cc therer.y th gentl en did
in Churelwitruct chapel, by the lice. C. J Williams, I
not unde.rslianurco eu Deter wasw whet was toetheinseelmves and
in the afternoon flow Rev. min., verse 17, and in the the club to which they h:.d the 110DOUr to belong, than
evening from John xii, verbs 32, ta crowded and to interrupt him with such frivolous observations as
attentive congregatiens. On Monday, the 14th, • those which bad been made.
public meeting was held in the same chapel, pre- A member less here understood to observe that if
suleil over by liobett Edwin-tie, Esq., of Fontmell. the lecturer did not like it lie could let it stone.
On the platform we uotiewl the following gentlemen, The lecturer then proceeded at some length to disease
Rev. G. Warner, (Primitive Methodist), Rev. J. the various modes of warmly housing stock in the
Cooke, superintendent of the circuit, Lava. C. J. winter. In cold weather, he said, pigs stud bullock.
Williams and J. IS. Charles, with Messrs. Savory could scarcely be packed too closely, so long as there
and S. Drake. The Rev. C. J. Williams read the we. rosin for thetu to he down comfortably.
report of the society's operations, alluding to the A member asked if by packing closely the lecturer
many doors opening iu various parts, aollle oh which intuit placing the
.buttocks as near Logigs.
ether as possible,
were indeed very remarkable, and called for thank-
and filling up the iuterstices with p
fulness to the great Head of the Chuich • but while Ds Lecturer midi e meant uo such thing.A
member wished to know what the lecturer did
there were doors opening, there was another phase, 0,,,,n ?
and that was She Sending out luiesioneries to enter— The Lecturer said his words were plain enough. He
that involved expeuse, and this expenditure must be could uot pretend to hind brains fur others to enable
toot by the contributions of the masses, who were them to untleretand them.
more highly priviledgetl. India, Western Africa, The member said if the lecturer repeated that obser-
and Feele sent the Jlacedouisti cry, "Come over vation he would knock his brains out. (Cries "chair,'
awl help us." A liberal response had been made by " chair," and " shame.")
The Chairman interpmed, and at the suggestion of
the ft Mutts of their society, amid during the peat year
oue of thomembers a gentlemen present favoured the
their income bad reached f. 140,000. The Shaftes.
year
bury circuit having ta meeting with the Ethiopian melody,
, bled in the past
£166 171. nii. towards that amount. The Rev. Mr. "Char de Kitchen,"
Charles then athlreesed the meeting. followed by Mr. in the chore,' of which all joined, and harmony being
8. Drake, who spoke of the influence a revival of 2s restored
relig. exerted rei missionary alerts. It produced thl'ite Lecturer proceeded :He dilated upon the necessity
one of feeling, liberality, and a number of other
of economy, trot only in the arrangements of the
cattle shed, hut in the feeding of the stock. Many
benefits followed iii their train. Thu Rev. J. Cooke persons were iii favour of a liberal supply to pigs of
amid in looking at varied objects of distress, and cinders sod emit, which were found to lithaieSa great
wishing that it wore in his power to alleviate the warmth end considerahle stimulating effects.
indleriug, had called up a train of thought respecting A member wished the lecturer would tell them smile-
UMW* distressed, diseased, and pitiable condition. thing new. Everybody knew that Mall before they
But universal as was the distress, there was a power became cinders got warm.
staid a will to relieve in the Hand of the Great Sym- The Lecturer protested against this unceasing inter-
=going Friend of Humanity, deep-seated as the ruptiou. He was endeavouring to conferee the necessity
might be, and indeed was, yet them was a iird warmth for annuals as being aim st essential as good
eed
!skilful Physician that would, on application, cure A member said in doing that tho lecturer need not,
as supplimit. and bestow blessings innumerable and display so mai warmth himself.
them. The Gospel that proclaims the glorious The Chairman again interposed, and something like
news to mankind bad been publiabed, and many cadet having been abtaiaed-