The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-30 00:00:00

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"Near this spot stood the ancient e
famous in history as the scene in July, 3,57;5,
when a malignant disease, knoWW:Ls the
the death within 40 days of thg
^rd Chief
Bell), the High Sheriff (Sir 100-
.Thert Doyley,
about 300 more. The mak.,dy from the si
Boners developed ittelk during the trie
~,,
Jenkes, a 'saucy, jce:;emouthed booksell
words uttered Alre.'.nst the Queen.' This
here in 1275 "exactly 300 years after the
records.", "
f; tOO
dNAKE DOCTOR.—The idea
!I one to be credited that the Prince wIll„"-seaite:;,
take a few dozen specimens of the cleanseigt
India back with him from Madras to Stillee. slestle
The mewling of the joke is, however, Pre;lseet p
Dr. Shortt, of Madras, certainly knows In°r3v3oo. es,
serpents of Hindustan than any other livingeeth ii
for their habits, he is perfectly conversant Tao
especially with those of the cobra, for 13/ esPed,
past ten years been constantly emploY .
euef
menting with cobra poison, with the view, "000'0
ing an antidote for it. Indeed, the atoll '5.„ lesqles
true, that, upon the occasion of a certall'oels
savant calling one morning upon the eeetor,a 01170
suddenly "Ha, • w you au eire
, exclaimed,
L-green snake out by the tail, as that leeeiy set
, dose eels
trying to enter the visitor's pocket! Tne few of ',",40
large collection of snakes (although only a "Se torts"
—his "pets," as he calls them—are tale ..brtse
about his drawing-room), and it is Ivesl .t eibiLseee
Prince of Wales may be asked to inspect lre'iel
is in the city of Madras. Dr. Shortt haa, lechsti;oll
among natives as well as among Angie; etorit 'of
the snake-charmers, jugglers, and snake-to- roe.
him; and it is not at all improbable that the_ompl?„,
Wales may like to see the display of the !tfeC voCIP.
merits of these ingenious persons, through tu
estl'
of Dr. Shortt.
pry .4
THE TITLE OF " REVEREND.”--lil`A ; the rlof
ings on appeal to the Judicial Committee otorootet_,
Council have been filed by Mr. Brooks as 'Lessliie,;l
Mr. Keet, described therein as "The Reverd 400,0
Keet, Wesleyan Minister," and the vele the Preve
whether Dissenting ministers are entitled tesidea, eti
,''e'leteP t 0 1
of "Reverend" will now be finally deue tascw_ of
Phillimore, the Chancellor of Lincoln,reftlee,.\`,, tit3sseeto
for an inscription on a tombstone with
"Reverend," and Sir Robert Phillimore, pn_vabee
_e,
of Arches, affirmed his judgment. T 0
he
oln 0035°9
Owston Ferry refused the erection of the
obiectil is
and the Bishop of Lincoln sustained the te v/1 es.
the description of "Reverend." The aPlites the
heard bef ore the Judicial Committee du
n 9!
sittings.
THE BALAKLAVA. CHARGE.
Douglas, late 10th Royal Hussars,
Times :
• "With regard to the number killed in the •
of the 25th of October, 1854, I beg to refer 31(‘3).1
return detect September 23, 1856, and signed •
Adjutant-General, wherein it is stated that
ber of officers and men who have beeu kill(
up to the Ist of June, 1856, was, Cavalry, 8
commissioned officers, 104 men—total 122.
bave to be added the number %Om died ft
ceived in action—viz., Cavalry, 3 officers, 17
or 142 in all, less 9 men belonging to heavY
Included in the 104 given above, which ben/
the Light Brigade killed down to 133. Now,
said to be on pared° on the eventful mornint
are still 471 to be accounted for, and even all(
half have died since or gone abroad there sl
where at home 237 of all ranks capable of takL
banquet. I may state in conclusion that I find
despatch gives a higher number killed than
etherall's return shows, but the discrepaneY cite
enough accounted for when it is remembered
ing were included among the killed in the ofIT:
first named, an error not likely to be copied iI3W
"THE SILLY SEASON." The ft- -
—Punch.
og• ',boo
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DR. to
late Dr. Hook was unceasing in his effcr7bs ter °Ls
the masses, and it was his own boast th'bo'netc.t:
than thirty years he had "laboured in u
the nit ea)) ocs'
ing districts, not for the working classes, _ ;arm
in the measures desired by themselves for tneci,isetp
ment of their class, and having for their deice, 00
formation of habits of temperance and Pr?,., the 01130
especially that he had warked with thern !;• ea
of rational secreation and of edacationee•
01, sdhoeiss
phase of the education movement Dr. -119 e this tot
to the last • and it was with a view to al" 580e0sod
and gener:i etep in the education of the 11313aeet, Sc
late in life he joined the temperance leveesedstlieet
actually became a aworn teetotaller.
the story of his change in this direction ,n
ing way : . ed 'Da
pve
"I had in my parish at Leeds a man ire e:dd to 013'
week; out of this he used to give 7s to his vn'ed' eorC ee,falt;
the est in drink; but for all that he was a IV° aesta'" ?,
I went to him and said, 'Now, suppose Y0,n„,,, Sir vow,
gether for six months." Well, it I do. tvil& he4ittfe•
his reply. Yes,' I said, • I will." What,',BLd 110: oil
beer, from spirits, and from wine ?"Ye,..„3-'„ Ases,,Pl
I know if you keep your promise?' ' De' poen
Missus,' and I'll ask yours.' It was agreed be oro AlO
six months at first, and afterwards we reneWfted
elu'off
'fselery
A l
He never resumed the bad habit that he ha- sts
now a prosperous and happy man in busineso
burg, and I am Dean of Chichester." Del
11
A MISNOMER. —lt is announced +hat ista -st
cuirassed battery, after the model invented bloobscl
Mr. John Elder, of Glasgow, has been elauliseoctol
Cronstadt by the Russian Government. lushes,' Osell
the Russian admiral who recommended Ze'tethet7a
vessels, the ship is to be called the PoP9-1/ ser fb el
such a name as that Would be more suitable
tt sor
pedo. Let us hope there will be no occasio
popping-off, either way.—Judy.
AN AUSTRALIAN MINER.—Mr. jOhn
who died on August 22, at the age of 72, wr
some note in the mining community of 8.,a
was (says an Australian paper) a self-mane
one of our oldest colonists, it being over it
century ago since he took up country abso
and settled at Bonshaw. He died very
calculated that if he had retained an intere -
runs his income must have been not less than
or £50,000 a year. Some eight or ten years
his Bonshaw pre-emption to the Bonshaw
Company for £20,000, and a few years later ti
belonging to Winter's Freehold Companyb se
b°o‘
£50,000 more, the payment being made, at •
tion of the deceased, in sovereigns. In theseele
Mr. Winter has been closely identified with the
industry at Ballarat. The deceased was DIA,.
Lauder, in I3erwickshire, and landed in Victo".
years before the gold discovery.
THE SHOOTING Farr.— Those who
perfectibility of aquariums should send
specimens of the "shooting-fish" (Che)'
which a correspondent of the atasiects
cubes as now frequently made a sort of
found in proper receptacles in respecf
houses. A small stick is fastened in
projecting some two feet above the level cs
and when the fish is to exhibit a large fly or ol
lightly fastened on this. The fish s.
stick once or twiee to examine the object;
to the surface, remains for a few secone
and suddenly ejects a few drops of water at
prey with a noise not unlike that of a sqt -
bringing the mark down with the first shots
fails, however, he repeats his circuit of
pauses again apparently to measure his
ii-
then discharges at the fly once more. This a setil
is described as seldom reaching ten inches Tea
and being of a plain, yellowish colour mar'
dark stripes.
T,JniA.,dy
DREADFUL BOAT ACCIDENT INpofvfo,
shocking boat accident is reported by them Ale
Gazette as haying occurred at Kurrachee on t 0 otl4,
ing.of Sunday, the 26th of September, A larg 1011.0; f
craft, with a number of passengers bound fle eesclee
chee, mistook her course, and dashed on So It
the breakwater and smashed. The weather vficoate,
rough, and a heavy sea dashed against the breSoeoc,
The cries of the passengers were heard at edst
Captain Parker proceeded to the breakwater're,
the risk of his life saved nine of the passevg! ser`
then went towards the wreck and set aflo'esseg
with a line fastened and saved seven. The s'"eeve
the lighthouse bravely swam to the wreck el eft
woman and a boy. Eighteen were thus save 'eso
men, six of whom were the crew, two Catcheeerov
and one boy. Some say that 42 persons were el
and some 75. Thirty-four bodies have been recv
all terribly disfigured.
MASTERING THE QUEEN'S END
-
Standard remarks :—A good sign of the
general belief in the permanence Of the Briti
India is to be found in the eeserey with
educated natives set themselveslo the task
ing the very difficult language of their Eragl
needless to say that they find some of the it
far from intelligible, seeing that Englishns
very often be at a lose to furnish an exph
them. The Indian papers give some answer
given at Madras in explanation of Eng
matic phrases. The examiner asked the
of the Phrase "To set the Thames
and received the following answers :—"
the ships that anchor on the river Thames,"
battle takes place the navy used to stand on
and attack the town, so the Thames was I
navy," To fire the cautions in the fleets an
the mouth of the river Thames," "To set sa
Thames." "He rides his hobby to death"
plained :—" His horse runs with full gallop,'
going to die," "He rides very fast to a gew
so that his horse Hobby may suffer death.' T
"It serves him right," is thus explained :---4
viceable to him in a right way." He can
it." "It is much useful to him in perforns'
of writing." "It does him good, he fa
The first of these phrases was hardly a fair
seeing that its original meaning is wholly .1'
phrase as it stands. "He will not set tle
temse) on fire" had a fair application to •
when people knew what a tems was, and th
' zealous worker might, through friction, set
but it has no meaning at all, or at best, a_
fetched one in its present shape, i
in which
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