The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-14 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULI URAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14. 184.

His ,Royal Highness Prince Leop Ad, Duke of
,i4t
Albany hail, we understand, written to Captain
airk °war* regretting that a large number of
pre engsgements will prevent him from acting in
person the christening of the infant son of Captain
and the Hon. MN. Kennedy, which is to take place
shortly in Wimborne Minster. ant at which it had
' be,n hoped his Royal Highness would have been
present as godfather to the child. It is hoped,
however, that the Duke will pay a visit to Henbury
awl Wimbo ne upon some other occasion.
VINTRY. A vestry meeting was held at the
Oddfellows' Hall, on Thursday, for awlitity; and
paasing the accounts of the churchwardens (Mows.
H. I(ayter awl T. Munckton) for the
_past year.
General Maclean was electel chairman. Thera were
also present :—.:eneral Thring, Messrs. H. Harter,
T. Munokton, if. W. Dibben, IL A. Ford, E. T.
Ridden, A. Purkis, G. Wilson, G. F. Strange, B. J.
Kerridge, J. E. Jenvey, R Tilted, H. Batty, .1. T.
Randall, C. H. W. Parkinson, A. Moody, H. Itrown,
.1. Miles. C. Muncicton, B. J. Wareham, R. Elcock,
G. Lock, H. Morgan, A. Penny, S. Vosper- Morose,
J. Joiner, T. Custard, J. Stioklind, S. Foster, W.
Brown, W. Clarke, and many others. The accounts
and vouchers, having been carefully examined, were
passed.—Mr. C. H. W. Parkinson prop set a vote of
thanks to Mr. Hayter (the acting churchwarden) for
the careful management of the financial affairs .rf his
office during the past year, and complimented him on
the explanatory manner in which he had caused his
accounts to be made up, and the straightforward way
in which he bad pnslcced at that meeting every boot
and document necessary for the examination of his
accounts especially the churchwardens' bank pass-
book, which had been made up and balanc.Kl to
correspond with the accounts. hie Parkinson also
said it appeared that notwithstanding the akiv• rse
circumstances under which Mr. Hayter took office he
had nevertheless been able to pay the current year's
expenses, and dote his accounts with a good balance
in nand. The inotien was seconded by Mr. Pothocary
and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the
chairman concluded the business.

to catoh in an inland town. He recollected once being Ons Biel& R&M (open).--Ist ose,valle. ikr
preaent at • marks: dinner in Yorkshire—he had told the Lampard (Blandford) 2nd. 13a. Anon (whuhara" A
tale before, but perhem they had not beard it—and the g mos for first aul snood place ; • boa third WI
only fellow that could be got to represent the nary, niter fourth. TaIDI
considerable trouble, was discovered int e person of • One Hundred Yards Flat Ears (open). —lst win,
moo who once held shares in • bankrupt water company.. 201, H. 0. New (Roornemoutb) : Sod, valise its., Oar-
(Hoar. iof laughter) The volunteers w• rn a great f wee, 'niches' (Blandford). Very clue race throusbout. Five
artt he believed that in Dorset they hail the b-st battalion ran. value 304., I. in Englend. A+ to the yeomanry, they had a most sod- One Mile Walkieg Race. —let
*lut rotireseatitiv° Pre.'n•.. He would not mention New; 2nd, value 151.. Lender. Irtry closely contested
name,, but he lived some 'there near the Crown—(laughter) ray..
wood be ye.).nory any on, in (riot ot 120 Verde Hurdle Race, over 10 fights (oPsn).-let PAM
him la-a eha
With 'doe navy be ;could couple the yea- 20.,
putts 2ed, vstue 10.„ W. &weed..
name of Lieut. Webber, who ought to have retired with ' Ole NI, Ilicyel • Rac• top-' t Bland(ord residents
the rank of Admiral. Lieutenant Watts he celled upon j onle).-1.4 pries, value 3131., Laoipacd Sod, 16 LP . P.
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to reipond for the volut.teers. sod Mr. Byres for the Salto. A good race het oeen the first and eecond man la
7110IDSAVV. (4003,1auft) th • !ad lay, hut after the first lap it was evident Lampard
Licit. WEIMER, in rep .y. said if their Chairmen only het h, race in hi. hand..
enjut 01 hi. naval life al much as Le did during the ten 100 Yards Flat Rice (own to juvenile Oddfellows oaly,
Ay-ere he was in the service, he c Atli only say hi had not Abe ve 12 ye as),
W.
x 1.1
;orl4teh.s.
me aw.". They both left the service about the same Vincent ; 7ed,
W.
time, aid ho ould hear out what Lord Ashley had said D DK.
AS the personnel of tho navy. Ha believed tele wee due 2 Yard. Flat Race (open to juvenile 0 Idfellows
to thd enlistment of young hands, and he nal glad to see under 12 yeses old), four entrisa-Ist pais+, Wells ; lad,
'l3alantr'celo..srdFr Four prism
Barn— es
when some tin"' age he question nal mooted in the Shepherd.
House that naval cadeta should be allowed to join some One Mile Flat Race (open). nee satirise—lit prise,
two or three years later than at present, it met with no value 30a, H. 0. New; In •elue 15,.../. Homiest!.
sopport, lie hope lin tee tot-re, seeing the efficient Hoch Jump (open).-14 prise. value lfa., (Johns. height.
state in which the nave was, no ono would be leen I so eV Bin. ; 2 od. value is. 61.. Coma,. Six competitors.
narrow.minded a. to object to the estimate'. At all 200 Yards rut Rico (open to Juvenile Parriom
events, be trusted there weul Ibe f Olnd no one promo% lot prise. Karelia I; Sod, Pete ; 3rd, Gollrrp: 4:b, Gould.
there that day to grumble at them. There were Plenty 100 Yards Who'd:to-row Rum ( 0) on.npetitente to be
of the Manchester sehord to do it without their help. blindfolded).-14 prig., value 7.. Si., Arnold and demi ;
(Leugeter and hear, h•ar.) iind. value 2.. Si.,landford end Stickland.
Mr. ETRES, 1,111 wes received with applause, A. The day's proci:edinge. which neared of meet eatlsfeg
humble member of the jeoe,anry, thanked his Lordship ton y. wee under the reanasesneur of Ilia (*Vowing mo-
tor the kind term, in shich he hat propo-cl their health. mittee :—Mesers. A. C muter, J. aeuoter, .1. Callon, R..
They had reason, be thought, to tie proud n 4 ouly of the Edema. W. GPAIII, W. Hammond, W. Hum:, J. Light.
Dorset Yeomanry C tvalry for whs.: they had seen of their J. Randall. J Tatam, F. Veneer. end H. Wareham, with
perforecaeces at Wieibledon and elsewhere, bit *epeeist'? MeStri T. Nesbitt as chairman ;T. Boer, treasurer; J.
of the Biandford Troop, whicii on Monday last succeeded Coombs, secretary ; and J. Carmichael as moisten; sera
in carrying off three first prises at the Stierborne Tourtm•
meat. It 'Dewed the warath o the Interest they took
In the (muse, and he was sure should the day ever tone
who their servicee might be required, they would find no
more loyal body or one more ready to defend the h nJur
co their country than th • yeomenry of England. (Cheers.)
lie would admit that at the toorfiament to which he h•d
alluded had he been a sportier, mart he s'acld have het
upon the four Blandfori trio, er• carrying off th prisv
trot the Wincanton troop had taken it, and he Miley
they downed it.
" Th. • Boda.ip and C ergy of the Diocese.' was the next
toast given by the Ctutareast. They all respected the
bishop, he remarked. He ruled over his abeam firmly, yet
beaignly. He was away. glad to see the clergy amougst
them on such occasions as that. He mutt my be dad sot
think he had ever heard • service too beautifully rendered
a+ he haul that morning. (Hear, hear.) They had also
had an excel ent sermon from Mr. Lee-Warner, short,
practical, and to the point. (Chose.) There was once a
clergyman who preached a sermon on a special occmion,
and, alter he had concluded. • friend said to trim, "There
was one passage in your sermon which I liked better thin
any other portion." "Oh, indeed," maid the clergyman,
"which parlous was thar "The reply was, " The
rie from the pulpit to the vestry r (Laughter.) Now,
c&olnfetsed, he. fur one Was quite sorry wheti his
reverend friend had titrishirl his good advice, and was
about to make his papers to the 'ware. (Cheers.) He
hoped the day was far distant when Friendly Societies
like themselves would begin their day's proceedings
without going to church and rendering thanks for all the
benefits they had hitherto received and hope to receive.
There wu one among-t them who bore a good old county
name, Sir Talbot Baker. (Applause.) The late Sir
Edward Baker was beloved and respected, not only in
Dorset, tont whereever he wan known, and he was sore his
successor did all he could to show his umpathy with his
(slaw ceratures, and to promote their improvement
socially and morally. (Cheers.)
Sir TaLeor BAKER, in reply, said he could not 001101HVIA
the clergy could be out of place in attending the ruutioes
of toilette' which held out the right hand of fellowship
one to another, and which had lor their great guiding
principle the scriptural admonition of thrift. (Hear, hear.)
The sites forethought which led them to put by for •
rainy day was the very foundation of the ponciples the
clergy endeavoured to teach, that they should look beyond
this world, and endeavour to lay up for that which was
to come. He was delighted to find himself among them.
They as clergymen, supported this Dorset Friendly
Socitity rather as a protest against the old village club.,
which used to tumble to pieces, at intervala, like houses
built of cards, and leave their poor subscribers helpless in
the hour of their distress.
Mr. BURT, of Sinews ex-Sheriff of London, proposed
"The C divest on and the Trade of Blaidford and its
Neighbourhood." Many members of the Corporation of
Blarriford he had had the honour and pleasure of knowing
for some years past, end he understood they were thorough
business men, earrying out the duties that came before
them in a spirit of liberality, and in the best way possible.
The Mayor, he balieved, had filled the office four times in
succession, and he woo sure had worthily filled it..
(Cheers) Their trade and commerce had unfort instate
been for some time rather disorganised. They must,
however, live in hop". And endeavour t stein the tide
that was rolling otrer them by reVILICing their expenditure.
He knew thy difficulties such a n ighbourhood a+ that
had to contend with, and, SA to thy c ountry generally, he
might mention that a ship-builder in Glasgow recently
stated the first shipload of goods from America oust seven
tons of coal for each ton of goods, sold now thy were
bringing them over for six cwt. of coal per Lint and that
tear were also bringing corn ovdr to lei, country fur 4'. 51.
per ton. He meationed that to show what the comprti-
tion WAS they bad to meet, and the sooner they made rip
their minds to meet it, the sooner would they see bettor
days. (Ileac, hear.)
The MATO& (Mr. Darden), who was loudly cheered,
returned thatiks in appropriate term.. For very many
years he said he had been an advocate of those eocietiea
For some year. he was trustee the SPetisbury Friendly
Society; but in consequence of the heavy call. upon therm
they were obliged to wind up. From the experience he
had gained during that time, he felt the rstepayere dii
not sufilliently acknowledge the benefit+ they received
from these societies. (Hear, hear.) If they felt their
value more, and were more liberal towards them, he
believed it would be very much better, both for the rate-
payers and the societies. (Cheers.) There was no doubt
the ratepayurs derived considerable benefit from them in
the Ravine of the rate.. (Hear. hear)
Mr. Councillor Aseorr she returned thanks and, in
doing so, remarked he know of no town that had suffered
more from the depression of trade than alandford, Their
connection was comported chiefly of good, respectable
formers, and they all knew the difteulties they had had
to °mitred with. He bope I for batter times. (Fleat% hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave "Success to the Friendly
Sae...ties here amembleci—the Foresters. the Patriots, the
Oddfellows. and the Dormt Friendly Society." A+ had
been very justly said by Sir Talbot Baker, these aseocia.
time were a vest impr overnent upon the nbi village club,
which, of necessity, when the hard timee came—that were
generally allowed to occur after an existence of some 21) or
25 years, inumuch as they heel not put by sufficient t
meet their emergencier—were obliged to collators. He
believed that to • gr•at extent there societies were the
reason why Englishmen were so content, and that England
was not torn with internal dissension. They beought
people together, who met and fraternised, and the result
was that some who might not be in se high • station in
life as others eel& Wetl. after all, they are not such bed
fellows." (Cerro...) He wee perfectly certain the great
weakness of Ireland at the present moment war that
throughout the length and breadth of the land there was
not a single benefit club ia existence there. If a poor man
in that country got there WAS nothing for him to fall
back upon. He knew a gentleman who had 650 tenants
in that country, and the largest holder—and he had only
got one of that sine—wag • taunt of 150 acres. These men
employed no labour, but tilled the land with the united
effort, of their own family; and what was the result
When the bad times came, starvation stared therm in the
face. It was a most miserable state of things, end be was
sure he did not know • cottage in that part of Dorset that
was not as good as any Unmet farmer's house la the Watt
of Ireland. Of course there were people going about
who sneered at the whole anbleet connected with
Friendly S acieties. They said, " What is the use of the
and the uppermost to- • -
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POOLS;
Sore Coss.—Mrs. Hannah Saunders, of Hantstorthi„
whose gdings.m have made her tolerably notorious,
was summoned for being drunk and disorderly is the
streets of Homworthy on the Wednesday evening.
The defendant, who Is • highly-educated lady, and
occupies • good social Position, gives way to drink,
and, when the worse for liquor, forgeta herself esticely.
On the evening in question she was running about the
streets, evidently crazy druuk.—She has appeared
before their Worships on wevious occasions, and an
the last warn warned that if she came up again the
would most assuredly be sent to prison.—The Mayor
now told her it was • lamentable thing to see a *masa
like her in that situation. They had no alfespatite,
and it was their duty in the interest of herself and the
public generally to send her to Dorchester jail for one
month.
POLIOIII COURT, ThilreUl.—Before the Mayor (Mr.
(1 Curtin), Mr. W. D. Dugdale, Mr. F. Millets, Hr.
G. H. Gutch, and Mr. H. Farmer.—The following
licenses were transferred :—Vine Hotel, Marketstreet, from Mr. James Andrews to Mr. William
Hooper; Sloop Inn, Parksteue, from the late Mr. Job
Wiltshire to hi. widow; Keehive. Parkatons, from
Mr. William ROW to Mr. G. Stickland, Jan. ; Crown
lon Market.streest, from Mr. G. D. Boynton to Miss
&diodes Agnes Boynton, his daughter; Shah, beer.
house, Longlieet. from G. Woodrow to Mr. C. Booking-
ham.—John Harland was prosecuted by the School
Attendance Committee, for whom Mr. H. W. Dicldn.
sou appeared, for neglecting to send a boy, to whom
he stood in loco parentia, regularly to school.—The
chill's father is dead, and his mother has deserted him.
The autlviritied of the Formidable trainlorship had
agreed to receive him, and en order was made that he
go there for four and a-half yews—Thomas Bailey,
f-sr allowing a horse to stray at Seldown, near Long-
fleet, was fined 24. 61. and costa.

when she went out of doors as be ;bomb, to to to bor
sister's Mrs. Briggs, to dinner. The demised had
been 'unwell for the previous nisi or tea dos bud
o mid take no solid food, but shortly Were gstog out as
&today afternoon she said she feltbetter, Sad that she
could eat a good dinner. At *boat halfpaet eleven
o'clock she had some weak brandy ma water—not
more than a fall wino glare. She also had some
strawberriet The little dog which wool out with the
&aimed came back in the course of the evening. Find-
ing that deceased did not return he west to esquire
after her, first going to Mrs. Brien's, but fouled that
she had not be in titer,. If. then west Intim house al
Mrs. Coles. where deceased was sometimee In the
habit of calling, but could not hear anything of his
wife. He did not tasks any farther enquiries that
night. —Questioned further by the Coroner, wieners
stated that hi. wife in noway ha giviu any isdiestlem
that she was likely to destroy berof. When pretty
weU she WM of • cheerful, lively
_Merssities, but she
had always be delicate. lie had no 'Masher...ask
log with his wire on Sunday morning. Be had some
brandy and water with her. She was not in the habit
of takin3 @Smut:mitt to exams, and only took Meal
when unwell —ohs sometimes had • bottle el beer.—
The Deputy-Cormier : Is there anything you know of
which will throw any light on this matter 7—The
witness (after • moment's cosideratioa): Nothing.
She certainly said she should like a Mee bath.
and bow much neod it would do bet —The Deputy.
Coroner: Then you have nothing to niggard to the
jury as a reason for the occurreamf—Ths witame
No, n S imetinies we have had • word or
two bat it has been about business transactions.
The brother•in-law of the deceased, Joseph Briggs,
poulterer, told the jury there had never been, to
witness's knowledge, any serious differemee between
the decease! and Mr. Whitlock--nothlng beyond
what would occur f tom two excitable persons living
together. As far as he had been able to observe the
Isu.band had always tmatad her with comidswiation.
She was excitable at time, built would be diastole to
Ofty whether it was caused through the use of
stimulants or from her sUments.—A ptssiosier mated
Duckett, formerly in the employ iit Ift Whisiodx,
gave It as his opinion that they got on fairly well
together. They occasionally , had word*, as 11104
mr.rriod people did; but he had sever sodded my
serious diffesenip. He heard be, mos say that she
hoped Mr. Whitlock would be bettor, for if sot she
was afraid she would go out of her mind. That we.
five or six weeks ago.—Aad Elisabeth Elkin, Isandreee,
said when she saw the deceased os Saturday siterneas
she was lying on the sofa in bar clothes, bud mewed
to be in great pain. She wag very sink, aa.l said she
bad had nothiag to eat fur three days, and could sat
eat She talked sensibly at alma, but at other times
witness could not understand her. Air. Whitiosk
wait very kind to his wife Molts witness was present.
—Questioned by the Deputy-Corotter as to any
remarks made by the deoseeK witness said that
fletstrday afternoon she said, Mille !suffering dreadfully
"I I want to die out of my pain."—The in ry ref:maid
a verdict of" Suicide during Temporary taalty."
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FATAL ACCIDICNT.—On Monday afternoon a lean
named Penny, in the employ of a fly proprietor In
this city, wee driving a conveyance down Fisherton-
street, when, upon nearing the Infirmary, the honk
shied at • milk-cart and bolted. The horse upon reach-
ing the corner of Higirctreet stumbled, which ceased
the vehicle to eepsUe, and to throw the occupants
into the street. There were ton persons in the
conveyance, and all with the eximption of twO children,
were more or lees ceverely injured. They were all
conveyed to the Infirmary, where their injuries were
promptly attended to. One of the injured prone, •
man named Henry Kelsey, a gardener, from Gospw
died early on Tuesday morning. An Inquest wae held
in the afternoon, when • verdict of " Acsidental
death" was returned.