The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-04 00:00:00

lIALESOWEN.

EMI.EZ.:f.E3II4NT.—At the Worcester Qsarter Sessions
(Crown Co irt), on Thursday, before the Earl of Dudley,
Ei17.3 EMMA Smith (19), servant, was indicted for eni-
W esling certain sums of money, the property of Benja•
Nicholas Horton, her master, on the 9:11 December,
at M...11,16(1W0111. Mr. PA: filer prosecuted. Prisoner was
employed to take Inut milk. and fa'led to account for 3s
Old. which she rseeived from three mistorners. She was
acute:teed to three months hard labour.

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firxxxxiiro Dm:a—William Andrews, spade maker,
was indicted at the Worcest,r Quarter Sections (Crown
Court), on Teesday Mit, before the Eight Hon. the Earl
of Dudley, for having, on the 21th of Deemlier, stolen
four live tome ducks, the property of Felix Briggs Gran-
ger, of lialesowen. Mr. tiriffitlix prosecuted, and Mr.
Streoten defen.lcd. The duck. were ut.ileu on the night
of the tith of Decent her, and in the pen wie. found the
head of one of them, together with boot and fee' here
Prisoner's booti corresponded with the tracks on the
prculises, and on the way to hie house, Nether. were on
Ms dress, and the ducks were found hid in a lig lye on
his promisee. If. woe found guilty, and sentenced to
six months' hard laboxr.

CHAROA ow PCRIUKC.—AA the Petty Sessions, on
Tuesday, %War-, Motors. IC Moore and E. Gem, Francis
Hodgkins w..• charged by Sylvia Adams with itommitting
wilful and corruut perjary at the Halesowen Potty Ses-
sions. October oth. 1867, before Messrs R. Moor* and K.
Gam, two of her Majesty's dashers of the Peace. Mr.
Shakespeare appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Stokes appeared for th• defence. Our readers will es.
nie ober that on the above dete the complainant affiliated
a oaild on th• defendant, and after a protracted enquiry
an order for 21 IA per week War made amen bins. Dar-
Mg the procsedinr,s defendant. at his own request, was
placcd iu the witness-box, and po,itively sv.wre that he
had novae kept company uith the complainant, sad th it
no improper intimacy had taken place between them.
'Phi, was the perjury camplain.al of. Complainant Was
severely Ort/Oli-ClAlOilled by Mr. Stokes, as were also a,
great number of witne,es who were called on behalf of '
lii. prosi cation. As there wore three more similar rases
it war arra:leed that all of them shonl.l be heard before
the Bench IDOOIIOOFiCed a decision.—E.l ward Woodward.
Sarah Kendall, and Edmond If o,lAina were then charged
with eorninitCa wilful and corrupt perjury at the Petty
Sea,ionv at II deroweu, on the sth of November last
On that day the present complainant was charged with
perjury, by FrAlleiß Hodgkina, and was committed to
the March ASiiZOR. Oa that occasion the defendant,
Elward Woodnard, swore that an improper intitnary had
existed between Sylvia Adams and himself, and that be
tolk hr to the Ifilesowen Penny Readings On AIN sth of
November, ISGG. Sarah Kendall and Edmund Hodgkins
swore that they now the ter, parties togrther at the
Readings, and that they came and wet sway together.
All thi, NOR alleged lobe untrue, and prosecatrix ile2.as“l
that she went to the Penny Entertaiament in company
with her brother and his present wife, and that she did
not see Woodward atoll on that oeaasion. She ulao ear
phatically denied that any improper intercourse had ever
taken place between them. John Adams, Ruth Adams,
an I others wt-re called to prove that Woodward sviar tot
with tbetn at the Readingi ; neither did they see him
there. 'lbis being the CARO for the prosecution, the tit,
fondant* were charged in the usual manner, and each of

TIU PARTY AND BARAAR.-012 Thursday evening the
annual tea party and bazaar got up by the ladies of this
parish, was, as usual, held in tk• Infant Sehool Room.
The proceeds, which are always applied to some charitable
purpose, and not wholly connected with the parish, will
title year be given towards the costs of erecting • ehurch
at Slumber Mill, near the Lye, • district doubtless call-
ing very loudly for further church athommodation. The
room, both at tea and afterwards', wed crowded to two's-
vonience. After ample justice lad been done to the
good things of this life, advantage was taken of the mica.
sion to preaeut Mrs. Hollier (formerly Miss Durant)
with a very haudionie timepiece with side ornaments, lU
her marriage, ai • small token of the esteem in which
Oust only herself, but her family are held by the inhabit.
sets of the parish. The subscription, amoutiting to &GI
Use • limited one, so that the whole of the inhabitants
might join in it. The preiiieetatien was made by the Rev.
George Halls, the Vicar, ins few emit and feeling °User-
milieus, particularly referring to the mane kind and liberal
acts of Mrs. floater and her family, and Vie lois that
was naturally fall on bar leaving Cie pariek—thosigh ab•
sent, also would never be forgotten. 'the Rev. Mr. Hid.
lisr, of Both. oil I,half of his sister iu-law, and in terms
very appropriate replied thereto, being frequently inter-
rupted by cheers from the crowded assembly. The tune-
piece bore this inscription:—' Plasma.' by the inhab-
WHIM of Clent to Mrs. Holier, on her marriage, January
2. 1808." The baz tar now begau in right earnest. As
r usual a great rush WAS at once made hors dip into Miss
ntratit's lucky bag. Taough of large dimensions it was
soon muptiel of its coiliettitA, it being well known from
experience that full value was received; and no little
amusement was erected on the opening of the parcels
from time to time. The stalls were covered with a uns-
eal:menus assortment of articles. and might vet, appro-
priately be termed "a curiosity ahop.'"flie large Chriet•
moo tree at the end of the room, was soon stripped of
its appendages. The amount to be added to the lands
w:11 be a out:thing handsome for a little eillage lilac Chest,
£23 0, 81 having been reeeived for sales to wh c'i
will have to be added the profits from tho tea table. The
Lilies and geollenien found plenty to do. for the par.
chairs were nit few nod far between, and both parties
plied thrir avocations assiduously, cud in a manner
worthy of the cause. 'rise following ladies presided at
th,:" several stalls. and representatives of nearly the whole
of the families in the district were present :—Miss liar-
ant. Mrs. If oilier, Mrs. and Mi. Thatcher, Mrs. Aleph.
Iztt, Miss Dudley, Mrs. 1111111 Mice Idttlewood, Mrs. and
Mi. Itaylie, Miss Pollen, Miss BISIId, Miss Stokes, the
Misses Cohens, Mrs. W. ltob.rts. the Moses Bromley,
Mrs. Amid Mi. Freer, Mrs. and Miss Farmer, and MIL
Farmer. jun., Mi. Giantliain ; as tisted by the Revd'.
Ilidls. Wslmaais (Stourbreige), sad Robertson (the 11.)e).
and Messrs. Roberts, Maybe, Aniphlett. Littlewouil. sad
others. The bells from the ill church tower sent forth
during the evening their merry peals, which gave • joy-
ous lie to the oce.ion.

S elm Lsi ltEarii. —On 1/I armlay morning, a men named
Thomas Goode. of Bournhealle. was found dead upon the
•hle if Oa road at (dandy hell, lear 801 l Boa. Mr.
It tyntond, f it 41111,111Z!it.111. 11111g4411. WAS a tot for, who
finical that he had been Judd ton.: time. It would appr ar
Li at the poor 111A11 had draa a Ills ,onall town upon the
✓oa I, and tether sat t.r fell down iu the piace whore he
was loan i,

Due Stu,—Yon will favour me by inserting this in
your valuable paper.
We have now just entered upon the year 1868, mod
have left behind us the year 1867. Some, I dare aay,
will have cause to rejoice when looking back, to find that
they Lave lived for some purpose. Others will dembfless
look bask on time that is past, arid have canoe to mourn
and complain that they have dour nothing caleulated to
bring glory to God, or blessings to men. I class myeell
amongst the latter, and my complaint and sorrow is—
'. Precious time, thou art tied and gone never more to
return to me." Sir, whoa we eonaider the goodness of a
loving Gad in giving us health and strength, food and
raiment. and, in addition tea all temporal blessines tie
has given a Saviour for the human family, how It should
eause us to lift our hearts in gratitude cal say, to God
be praise and glory for goodness and mercy has followed
us all our live.. When we review the past what do we
find ?—mneh to be sorry for. When we look at our pees
sent state what do we see ?—muth to be thankful for.
In the put we have heard of many who in a moment of
time have been swept off the stage of tone into
eternity—some by the hood of a loving God, and others
by the howls of blood.thirsty meo—and yet we are
spared ; what for 1 Doubtless to be a blessing. In 1814
we have been blest by God giving wording to hii promise
springtime and harvest. acid &bandeau of fool for men
and beast. But although • year of sorrow; although
blest by • loving God, sinful man has brought • stem
upon it. They the young, the strong. the aged. might
have almost curried the day that gave them birth. Lovely
year 1 look back upon thee. To me thou lust been •
time of many blessings; but I have not been thankful,
nor redeemed the time that God bath given me. Man !
sinful man! thou that art Lora of the creation, •Init
&instil the.? Thiuk what thou art. and to where then
art bound. The ex kuowetb his owner, and the us hie
master's crib; but the inhabitants of earth do not know,
neither do they consider. Let as think for • moweet
that however bad we are at the Iresent time we might be
worse. Have we suffered by the loss of friend.,? ho
thankful. Have we lost by sea or land a father, &brother,
wife, or alter? Be tlonkful. Have riches Liken to
themselvee wings and fled from us, ant poverty looked
us in the fee? Be thankful. Has God in hi, provis
deuce given us so many blessings in the removing of
friends and wealth, and modiag us poverty in their place
ctu,sed as to mourn and complain instead if being
t,iankful. If such i 3 the ease think of One who said.
'the foxes have holes, and the birds have nests; but I
have not when: to lay my lierul." Thick of Him who
had not hailf-a-erowu to pay the taxes of his country.
Think of Him who irs his life showed so much kiwitmes
to ail wish wlnou ho colli• its contact; but in his triiug
hour all des. rted and fled. Can it be said that 1661 lois
it surew to no ray a fire side? I Doer, no; for
I borr me the lan3a.sg, of one id Scirtlauelle sou, who
said. "Maria inhututhity to ions, niges c.iontioini taw:t-
au lo mourn. Think, reader, of those who have lost
the:r lieu while proviairig fuel for you and leaviug
boidint Lo•ni weeping widows and fatherlesa children.
Think o' llithe who have to encounter the ragin4 seas to
bring ,r in a foreign land its produce to Miler us happy,
arid in doing so have, together with Well- costly cargoes,
mrisbcd in the deep. Think of the soldier an the leinle
till, who faces the enemy with unflinching courie,;e,
fUliting till overpowered and laid low. Think. !
think, if those pair sufferer: trot aro lying in pain and
agony, from the late sad e, I ml y in London, which has
been brought about by dr vilelesiguing wen. Think of
the rOcrow of 1,, aet and Lire pain of body they have to
endure. Think then, and be thankful. Think that you
have btu in 0 laid teat ia highly favoured —the land of
liberty. and the lased of Bililec Wiwi: we look back and
take itito account the loss of life leirth by sal and Wel
duritig the past year, hew thankful we ought hr he.
When we look to Abyseinix, there we see our thuntrymen
are made captives, and an army ia sent to release them.
When we look to Italy we see the great Italian Liberator
kept in close comiumuent for trying to break the 44111
yea., and make his counties free. Wiwi, we come a little
nearer liaise and leek at the late proceeding. in lliriniugs
iii danger. life taken, and yroperty destroyed.
When we lock 41-Ontl.i wioin out think of the attempt to
blow up our prisons and liberate Hien who are • pest to
society, have we not great cause to be Mudd 11, and
might we not unite and say oa.. lines have fallen unto
us in pleasant placed. Let as look again to the painful
affix that took plum at Manchester—a nutliful servant
cut down iii a niotnnit of time in the act of doing hi*
duty by those that eh mid have loved him. Look, trailer,
at the scaffold ; look awl thick of the three nieu in (Le
priro• of life nitpicked into eternity. It may he the
language of e ern of Us, what Loril, are we, or our father's
house, that roles& are taken and we are loft? NY hat are
se that we are kept from soon a shameful end. But I
must aid, tooth of the headway that Antichrist is making
in this our native lasisd—the laud of liberty. the plaol of
Our birth. Are we once tnore to be breught under bond-
age and the iron heel to be placed upon our neck, Ozer
mijoying the biassing of like: Is- so I sig? Think Gist
1867 had burr, the year that Antichrist, by his infernal
legate, ham male several attempt+ to overthrow our hers
"of GLlUmltitntlo.l., arid rob us of ea the hleerougg
(list God has cultured upon us as a people or nation.
Stink them all up, take into account, and he thankful.
The wise nierehaut at the cad of the year toluene-1r to
see that li has gained rind what be has loot. Let uo, as
individuale. imitate him. Take tithe's, my brother Ulan.
If see your days of darkness been more than thoseul sun.
satiese ? Have your dap; of adversity Leen mare than
thiiiic of prosperity ? Have yule day. of grief, pain, and
so-row been in ire than thou of joy, comfort, sad re-
peeing. Lo at them falrly. Look et them honestly.
%Veigh them all in the &vales of oath. and I 1,311 acre
aceee wr.L vac and say that during the year the
••tele. of God hove been great towards you; that
blessings ynil neve rareive a but abused thorn and turned
you santhine into d rikeeo. /1.111.1 W../ Gist yiri hove
weighed them all you fine] thithtlied bi good to all, and
Isis tenter mercies are over all his works.
Now, after having finished the vr ar with thanksgiving,
let or, if etiari begia the JIG*/ ike inOU. Let ley-g nee
by by-goaes. Let fathers, mother., eistere, and briltherl,
beihniiile :old wires, live in peric • &nil units, One with
enother. Let no, as neighbOliri, ptAn..SillY On, with
another. Le us seek to proin..te each ..t:ier'a welfare.
14,t iii, like men of ininde, look higher up, end not
grovel in the earth or selll,li, erring give, give. lot us
enter the new year, forgetting tire trials and or. OnA
the old, excedt to take a le•ani front thou for Onr own
good. I conclude by giving
.a few liens from one of
Iseglana's pOot3:—.

To me, what is wealth ?—it may pass in an hour
It tyrants prevail, or if fortune should frown ;
To me, what is title, the phantom of powi r ?
To me, wind is fadrion? I aeek hut renoam

Deceit is a stringer as yet to my soul,
I still Ica utipraetisel to varnish the truth ;
Then, why should I live in a hateful control
Why wette upon fuly the days of my youth.
With all the couiplitneuts of the season.
1 tun ',Lars truly,
W. L.

_
1101.LOWAT'el PILL2.--/Eurehm“ e dere.—Tise
medicines commonly used for the su:qn.,:ition of the,.
disc ailed an frequently fail of effect:ALl that object that is
should be known to all sufferers from these maladies thdt
Holloway's Ointment, well rubbed upon the *Wow,,, t co
or three times a day, with the application of warm bran
poultices in the intervals, gives immediate ri.lief, gradually
soothes th• irritable bowels, and assune thair inost dis•
treading pains. This treatment is applieable to al tutus
of diarrhea, dysentery, and cholera, aid, with att.,,ti,,u,
will always be successful. Farimicaous diet, niiik, and
barley water should give subsistence during the continu-
ance of the disease, to the utter exclusion of all dolid
food, which the deranged bowel* are incompetent to add,
collate.