The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-03-09 00:00:00

I ENSI ON SOCIETY.

T. fkr Editor.

in itie. Roberts' proprsials for a "Mutual Agricultural
Pension Society " read at a recent monthly meeting of the
I) .1-cheater Fartuers' Club. and the manner in which it
reeeirea ipy till,c who heanl them, I think 1 sec a
pr ..pot ii erte.2 hetereen fannori and labourers.
The ohjeet,, of the society are staled to be the promotion
of good feeling between lab mrers and farineri.
I.—lt)' ItII partici a;reeing in a method of arbitration
in all disputes which may arise between them.
2.—My farmers assisting the labourers by peenniary
donations towAr Is their obtaining aorernment I.l..iferred
Annuities on their mailing a cert:da
:1.--By helping the formation of sick and benefit clubs
anymeet
I.—By giving allotineuti to thaw who will make good
IL. of them.

5. —Hy providing register offices., soil encouraging co-
operative stores.
All the-e ohjects ace,,, to tue to be attainable without
any great sacrifice on the part of employera espeelally as
the donation, of landowners awl farmer., would be
balanced by a great decrease of pow rate in agricultural
parishes.
As to I ienefit clubs, I mu of opinion that throde for agri-
cultural lainntreri should be strietly limited to men having
the same occuixitiati. a. sickness agot agricultural
labiarers kas, on :in average, than that of labourers in
~,neral. It is utterly unfmr to in Nee agricultural
IMiourers to join chili.' to winch laboorer: in towns, with
higher wages and greater risk, are admitted on equal
tunas. Siek claim or lodges should not consist lif more
than CI or sa members, all living in the dame neighbour-
hood, and charting their own otticers, the sick member*
would be then well looked after, awl imposition a,MI
prevente I.
The bedt form of a sick club is (subject to dome modili •
cation) that originated by the Itev. Samuel Best at
Ablaitt:, Ann in Ilainpshire. Be principal feature is that
the surplus at the end of each year, indtead of being
carried to a general fund, it carried in equal shares to the
credit of individual members, in bank hooka, subject to
withdrawal only on certain specified wrasions, such as a
birth or death in the family of the depositor. I)n the
withdrawal too of • member, by hi, leaving the district,
he would be paid three-feu rths of his. isit, anion his death
the whole would go to his family. All ouch clubs in the
same county, working under the mine ruled and tables,
should be so far milted, that any one or noon, of them,
which, in consequence of extraordinary sickness rummest
their menders during the year, proved to be in debt,
should be able to appeal to a general committee of the
clubs for assistance, which, (if proof be given that the
deficit id wit caused by want of due care or other fault)
should be grante I, by of levy on every member
of every club in the fe.leration, including of came") the
club or clubs asking for assistance, whose members should
pay • double levy. If nutrla levies became frequent, the
rates of payment would have to be raised throughout.
These rates, however, should vary in each club aecoriling
to the average age of its members, which ahould be ascer-
tained annually, and a rate of payment struck aceivilinglY
for the year next ensuing; thid would make the managers
active in getting young people into their chalet from the
time they eea 1111 l emu earning wages. As the liabilities of
clubs placed on Rd, footing would .•.i,i,e to an end every
year, no perbeheal valuations would he required, and
therefore nepayment of actuaries, no riaka would be run,
as each man s share of the surplus funds would be in the
Goveminent Saving, Rank.
. . . . .

On reaching the age of t or 70, inability to do • olay's
work is the rule rather than the exception and cannot he
provided against by • sick fund ; the members therefore
slioUlil be inillicool to pay weekly townrils obtaining a
Government Deferral Annuity to commence at one of the
ages tuentioned - on reaching which, payments to the sick
fund would rouse, and the deposit standing in a inember's
name in the flank books would be at his disposal, in any
way he might wish, and at this point would come in with
good effect the donations of the honorary members, land.
lords. and farmer& to be added as iwinis in addition to Gm
Government Annuitioce obtained by the payments of the
labourers. It would amount to ii., great tax on employ-
ers, if the monolith,. were in this Manner doohlell : and as
the Government grants its annuities witl t charging
rare expenses, or Insurance 1' Dank; profits, awl there
is Nirer no risk, they are, notwithstanding the low
rate of interest on which their calculak is based, much
the best iiivestment the labourer lean Make—better and
safer than any so 1.:1110,1 111.ir.1111, I jellliet Arrange-
sll4.ll its theft' I have ski:Wiled. would place tloo
agrirtultural lakourer in • position. al •t if not quite,
independent of parish relief, and 00 an inducement to I
to make them, it would be melt, if ut hi, doing so, he
could be relieved from the payment of poor rates on his
cottage awl garden ; whilst the 1.1111.111W11..14 awl fanners
who alaiaed in carrying out such a Kystelea; would be lure
than repaid by the good feeling that womil spring up in
colz.selHeo.oce,
. . . .

Mr..ltoloertte next nocommentlation is the grant of allot-
ment.. Allotment. have this advantage over etottagn
gardens, that Well tiop indolent to work in them would
ot rent thesis, whilst gardens which eat ..... t be slit-
severed from tho cottages which mattol in them are too
often neglected. The men whose allotments were bem
cultivated without diminishing their value WI workmen to
their employer, should Ile further eneouragol loy toeing
allowed pasturage for a row, amisLance in pureltesing it,
and insurance, on fair tern's, against its loss. Every man
require. the otsutulu, tot hole,; it is slits every profession;
and yet the present heelers of the labourers , try
to persuade thesis that for I.lle man to work harder, and
earn IllitrU than another, is ungenennis. Every lawyer
cannot beetome a judge, nor every Comte a loiditop,
neither can every laboarer become^ farmer ; it is sufficient.
for them that their change of rising in life should not he
hopeless.
No amount of wages will satisfy men, if all are to
remain at a dead level, awl no hope of advancement is
held out to them ; farmers will find it to their town interaot
to look after the c fort, at a higher stantlanl than at
present, of those num and their families its whirr. they can
confide ; and if thee do so, they will Is, better eerved also
by those who are looking forward to toeing prutstoted to
the mine fort. in their turn.

nay nothing . mut Itegiatry office 4 and Co-opera-
stoma, both woeful thinga which would be sure to
spring up in Unions anvoupd lahourer for mutual help.
which should be looked upon with favour by farmers, as
the best rolnedY ngainat the I.7niona of malcontente which
are now perplexing them.
--; . . _

I will only WM that Peace produces Plenty, no War im
%Vutr; and that the wnaner Peace is proclaim.' betweea
capital and labour, the butter it will be fur both.
--

Mr. John Tindal, the antiquarian, diol on Thurs.lay.
Mr. Prest, brother of the Archdeacon of tiateshold. was
burned to death on Thursday night.
The vicarage of Shapwick, Somerset, in vacant by the
death of the lb,. Giles Pugh, at the age of 71.
The statement that Lady Dudley's jewels have beers
recovered is contradicted. No clue Ika.4 luen found.
There are over NAM beggars of all age, and loth
sexes in Paris, who "earn" from three to sixty Inures per
dee.
It is understord that the House of Commons will rime fiir
the Easter holi.lays 4611 Friday, March 19, and that the
recess will extend until Monday, April 5.
There is some talk ..f repairing the Mint.; of La
Fontaine and Molter.., which are in a disgraceful condi.
nen.
The body of a market Wolll,lll lialee.l l/ynan, was found
in the ornamental waters at Sion Park, Ift:worth, on
Wednesday.
A shark ha.x been washed ashore at Ventnor, Isle of
Wight, measuring 24 feet 10 inches in length and 15 feet
in ein-limference.
A London correspondent nays that it ix not improbable
that the Government Shipping Bill will he referred to •
Select Committee.
It is reported at Rome that Archbishop Manning and
the Archbishop ef Mechlin Sr., to be created Cardinals at
the next Consistory.
Lieutenant .I.n s Ley. Royal Engineer., has been selected to
superintend the work .1 restoring the graves of the
soldiers who wear buried in the C ' a.
Inert:et comsat. in Rome are to the effect that the Pope
in grolually sinking (nen shier 4.1.1 age, although ho fill
cent' iiii e 4 his receptions and alelielleee.
The Tichborne coo, dramatised by a writer on the
Siecle, is shortly to be brought out at the Perim. Autoigis
Comique.
A tine marble statue of SL John at the ago of fourteen,
behead to he production of Michael Angelo. had been
unearthed at Piro
The Prince of Wales was on Wolneelay night elected
Grand Master of the order of Freemasons. Tho
Prince's intallation taloa place on April IS.
The Unitol States government letiotetsented to place at
the disaal of the Arctic expolition the depots of pro-
virionsestablishol for the merviee of the Polaris.
The Pruelorn will In sent out with the Arctic Expedition,
limier the command of Ileut. Allen Young, the expense
being borne I.y Mrs. Franklin and Mr. I lordon Bennett.
It el authentatlvely etatol that the Commissioners of
BROADOAX. Lunacy had nothing to do, either directly or indireetly.
gabahviii.- Z Wblz
with the conveyance of Miss Wood, the Shaker, to • lunatic
v 1 - fo nerly lived at Rothenhaninton ..
. for the mot twe .4
Tum.
he N:ttimal Agricultural lalo
urentUnion Executive 7 m., rad been dairyman to Mr. Kan Elliott. It e 'tn. *fed ti & donation ~f el/ towards the relief fend
a:t a he wax known to have been from heart fro heart of the lucked out miners aol ironworkers iii South
eSrie nxdsl.ll/y.,
a.,eiaesiatlativ 0.. r.
r til. h. (tale
, .t...i. :.11 . 1
ta:voe. Ile was working in the tiel.l4 heltiml his hour, Wawa
, • kin lip wood in bundles. and at a quarter toforAt a meeting of the Central 4 loonter of Agriculture on
•ehrk-in the ft.:neon wan foam' ,i,,a,i by a I,„y meeel Tuesday, it Wa4 resolvol to send a deputation to the Prime
Robert England. It ir said that a pig wax Wee de. to Minister to advocate the appointment of a separate
the dead body when discocorol, but left it manacled.— Agricultural Detartment of the tiovernment.
An inque-xt We, bell before the Coroner (Mr. N. X The eonstruetion of a network of railways in Switzer.
I," ''in on Thursday aftennem, at lan. yhe following land, at a cost L. the State of PI milleentilf francs, hat
....I the Jury. who met at the deeeased's house. via, been saactioued by the popular vote of the Canton of
Meom Esau Elliott (foreman), William Evelpigh, John Berne.
Harding, John Chubb, John Ilenley, John Pile, Joseph The guardian of tho tomb of Nate.lemi I. at the In.
Parker law f 'hula', John Vincent, George Chula. (flax Vltli.lee died last week. Ilia neon, was Pierre Ilemlier.
dresser). George Chubb (blacksmith), and Eli Itusall. Ile was seventy-six years old, and fought meter the great
5.....16 Gale, wife ..f deeeased, said, on WedneelaY after- Itonatarto
nom the Huh Joy, !Wort England, called in at he three r Last week an wild boars and two very large wolves
I ,e., and „aid Mr. Gale was asleep in the field. She were killed a few miles frem Porrautruy, in the canton of
went out and Law her husleuel lying down. Thir was Bente. The rewanl offered by the State for the dotrue-
*lout quarter to four o'cleck. Ile ate a hearty 'limier, tamt of a or„if is 54.
left the house at two o'clock. and ,he 'Ed not see Inn/ It in reported that thu government have decided to
alive after. She put her hand under his head and mu..col hear 1/r. Kenealy's Tichborne motion on the 16th, and
it, Inc so. rhe thought he tined have hadntl a fit, but she that the law officer+ of the Crown an: preparing to answer
ti,,,,, „aw he ~,,,, a ar0..., Ile had frequey eomplainal it,
if pains in his armee* :mil lack, at times of tightness of The 1 !curt of Common. Plea. has 'hackled, though with
polling booths and at the counting of the vote&
the rhea, and abortnens of breath. lir. Irenrilee saw him much distrust, that a candidate at a municipal eio.tion
about :6 fortnight ago, and 6elve bin. some Medicine. has • right to le where Ids agents hare a right to lie -viz.,
i„Nthoew that the Prince Imperial has completed his military
he was subieet to. Ile bad worked until the day of his studies mit Windwich, he be exported to cultivate oriel
iliuttlmuttf.,"r„.t.nl;3.lt.... is,tl
,t4wtho,Wspe:lte,...
death. Witness was not certain about his lerth-day, hut . intereourse with wine of our ntateseuen. It is said, Lea
she believed he woe about ill years of age—ll"lart Eng- that he will be attachol, by special permiesion, to Use etaff
!knr(us-hesti.reluvviloussienpitghst'lnia
lam!, a little boy, nine year' of agc, said the previeur day or the Luke of Cembridge.
lie was ~..ming to his sister, Mrs. f.ale, about a .inarter to In the York
.Convocation, on Friday, the motion of the
four o'clock, when he .owdecoeial lying on his haat. Ilirhop of Carlole to the etfeet that no doctrinal signiff-
and, he thought he was asleep. Ile went in and told Mrs. can.,, is attributable to the "eastward poeitiou" WWI
(tale. Ile did not see anyone elf near the Placc•—Th• carried in the Lower Ilouse by 31) to la yoke, and was loot
PIM then returnol to Mr. &MU Efliott's house- The n the Upper lion Ne.
foreman raid he had known the deeeased for year., and UtZIL.NSLaND.—The " lean; a regular London liner,
he theught death resulted from heart disease, from which arrived at Brisbane „i, 25th
..,..mbr 44,
aft. a
vary
it was generally supposed lie suffers:AL-4We of the fure favourable passage. She left louden with 511 souls en
asked if rheumatism of the stomach would eau. 'heath. board, 11l ef which were single women, and 155 single
--The Coroner replied in the altirmative, if the spasms utast, and all the women were engagol before 11 0.4.1.. ck
wereeery
eetere. —The jury li,l not think • yen morons on the day after landing. tel Well IN nearly all the single
examination was necessary, end returned a verdict that inert Dr. McLean, who has favoured us with this
deceased had used from heart dietratel. intelligence, has been Surgeon Superintendent of 13
.
cargoes. of Emigrants from England to .2ueenshuel, and
LYNX REGIS. he reports that the demand for labour is greater in
lint/St.—A lama in aid ..f the repairs of the Wlaleyan Brisbaue than ever it Was, especially fur single men and
Chal'el war held in the .toembly Rooms on Monday. The women,
tea at flve "'Hock. Wan followed by a 'radical lecture on 0
1...1.1.5.11 COCOA. TX,CI. AND Cominariee. "Ily a
"ScandaL" by Mr. InneWe. Mr. Howell, of Bridport,
thorough knowledge of the ' h
natural laws which govern t •
took the chair. The result of the day was thoroughly
erations of digedion aud nutrition, and by a careful ay-
satisfactory.
li tion of the tine properies of well-relected cocoa, Mr.
BRITISH SCIIOOI- —llli op
l Wheal has been recently ex- la
. .„„ _ .pp a tun provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
amined by II M'e InalLeetor. end the reP"rt ear' ' rue flavuurol beverage which MAY heavy
whoa has done welt There were only two failures in aU doetor's bills. It • 1 ' - save
us
many
' I f
the ech.ol" Such • result is very ratisfactory to the Is n• the judicaour use of such erne es o
diet that a constitution begradually built up until
committee. and gratifying to Mr. G. Cooley, the master. stro enough to may
d li
FIRE. —oa Sunday alorailla the cabinet workshopts, ti 21 resist every ten envy to . seam.
enured.' of subtle maledies are floating around us ready
ith the upholstery and ware room hell:mem
together w • ato atteck wherever there is a weak point. We may escapa
to Mr. IL Radford, were totally rlestroyol. ie fire WWI I many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
discovered about a. 'tarter befere seven by a filen in the
.. . yard , ~1_ ~ _ ~ .. ii . . , • . pure blood and a properly nourished fratue."—Ciall9reeice
witinmni, or see 4,,1,1. /1,0., BM alarm Nat reise,‘ , own,.
and very aeon there was plenty o help. But help was I
unavailing, for the lire had gained suela a L.. 1.1 upon the I DIL LIMOCICS INIIAIONIC WAVED% give instant relief
inflammable material,' that very little was raved from its to asthma, consumption, coughs, c01d..., bronchitis, and all
ravages. Mr. Radford and his Well were ,luickly 011 the disorders of the breath and lungs, In hysterical, nervour,
spot, awl effort.' were teed° to save some of the trots and Mart complaint& they are unfailing. In rheumatic
lolmiging to the mien; hot it was to, late, for the fire had . and nervous f inns they act like • chann. Nothing el.e
beret end the interior, and shortly afterwards the roof fell gives ouch a ?Wink refreshing night's rest They taste
in. The Wilding Wee of stone, 70 feet long, 20 feet wide, Pleasantly. Soil by all Druggists at Ir. If 4. per box.
and throe stones high. The basement was used for goring lintlomais Ointment and Pint --Glandular swellings
weed, and the first door for furniture, the workshops alout the threat, neuralgia, tic-doloreux, rheumatism,
Icing an the top. It is not known how the lire originated, gout, haulage and other diseases affecting the glands,
All was apparently safe at eight "flock the previous museles, and nerves are permanently eradicated by this
evening when the men left the premises. Mr. Itadferd is healing anti-febrile and soothing unguent. It is also a
, non," in the Atlas office, but the loss and inconveuietee mo-feet remedy for all skin diswasaa and superficial or
will be considerable, as no sue:unto( insurance can replace deep-seated !ere. saon lose their angry and_ painful char-
a stock of well seasoned materials or compensate fur the actor under its coohng beneficent action. The Pills have
Ito a work. The lot to tie work„,on. ob.. 6 o never been administered either by hospitsl or Priest°
aerie. matter; their tool, which ace eabehate were practitioner In. .Iyepepela or liver complaint without
entirely destro”d ; and it is hoped that thrit-r-eage will
e• producing the desired moult
mite =bigenW rYlniell4.

and breast, the buttons of red thread to he no given that
each of the PI) persons may have one in live years. The six
men the year they have their coats to attend church in
them when the bailiffs go publicly, and each of them to
carry a white staff. Rovet is given away at tho ar sh
church after service and sermon every Sunday, and also
on Mind Friday and Christmas Day, viz., a penny lot( to
each recipient, the number of whom is now about ...A
('ate and petticoats are dilly given to the peraons eon-
telnPlated in the legatee's will on the second of March in
each rear, but the red nerve or Walloon trimmings and
the lettered badge have long been discontinued in arcord-
core with the !spirit of the times. The sermon was
annually preached till the year ISM, when the rector of
the parish (the Rev. P. Williams), declined to do on, as
only two or three persons attended to hear the sermon,
and the practice of preaching • commemorative sermon
yearly on March 2nd has not since been revived. The lus.
set apart by the indentore for the preaching of each
senora, is, of rourse, devoted to furthering the other pur-
poses of the charity. On We :Ird of trtober. 1473, the
bailiffs an.l burgesees of Bridport sold the land from which
the charity is derived for the small tutu of DA subjert
an annual rent charge ~f £l5 clear. From what we can
learn respecting this transaction it was one of tho evil
ronsopiences of a bitter party spirit at that peril raging
in the parish. Mr. William laswoml. of Downe House
Farm, is the present occupier of We charity hell "Thorn.
combs: Beacon."