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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-01

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special railway and other arrangements made for the con-
venience of Passengers. Cabin Plans, Bills, Map!,
Pamphlets, Guides, dec., on application to W. H. HAY-
WARD, GENERAL EMIGRATION and PASSENGER
AGENCY, 18, UNION PASSAGE (opposite Suffield'.
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A Well-bred BULL, is kept si G. Ilaseley's,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-01

ENVILLE

TO YOUNG MEN.-ASTHENIAMA.

A New awl INFALLIBLE REMEDY for
tt the Care of NERVOUS DEBILITY, PHYSICAL
INFIRMITY, &c. For full particulars enclose a
tamped, directed envelope to Mr. H. Judd, Chemist
Exam.), 51, Conduit strait:Leicester.
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FIVE WAYS, URADLEY HEATH.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-01

Soca! anti pistrict Setts.

COMMISSIONERS MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this body was held
on Monday last, Mr. H. Bißingham in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. H. Hughes,
Franklin, Young, Perkins, Emery, klewnam, J.
Hughes, Allsop, Blunsom, and the Rev. D.
_ .

Maginot&
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meet.
jog, which were confirmed.
The Chairman stated that there was due from
the Treasurer on the Improvement Account,
£949 19s lid ; due from Treasurer on the High-
way Account, £ll4 18s 61.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-01

AN INTERESTING POINT OF LAW.

In the Court of Probate and Divorce, the cause of " Greaves
v. Granites" has been heard, Mr serjeant Simon and Mr
Searle appearing for the petitioner; Dr. Deane, Q C., and Sir.
lia)ford for the respondent.
The question in this case was whether a marriage
celebrated by a clergyman in a church without bans or
licence was valid. The S2nd section of 4 George IV.,
cap. 76, enacts that if any person shall "knowingly
and wilfully intermarry without due publication of
bans or licence from a person, or persons, having
authority to grant the same, first had and obtained."
the marriage of such persons shall be null and void. In
this case the maniage was celebrated on the 18th of
June, 1857, at the parish church of Bradford, in York-
shire by the then vicar, the Rev. Dr. Burnet. It was
admitted that the licence for the marriage was dated
the 19th of June, 1857, and that no licence was in
existence at the time when the marriage was celebrated.
It appeared that on the 15th of June, 1857, the day be-
fore the marriage the respondent, who was the husband,
had gone to Dr. Burnet to get a licence, and had made
the appointment for the following day, and that Dr.
Burnet tett bum there would not be time to have
the licence sent from Ripon or Richmond, but he had
no doubt a licence would be issued, arid it would be
all right. The respondent stated that the petitioner
was perfectly well aware that there was no licence
before the marriage was celebrated; but the peti-
tioner stated that she did not know there was no
licence, and on the contrary euppomed that all necessary
steps had been taken to render the marriage regular,
and it was not until some hoots after the celebration
of the marriage that the repondent informed her that
the licence had not arrived. The fact that it was
dated on the day following the marriage was not dis
covered until some time afterwards. The wife had
instituted a suit for a judicial separation, and the
husband in his answer having questioned the validity
of the marriage, that question came on for hearing be-
fore the other issues in the cans. The only point in dis-
pute was whether at the time of the marriage the
petitioner, as well as the respondent, was aware that
no licence had been obtained, as it was conceded that,
if she did not know it, the marriage was valid.
The Judge Ordinary, after hearing the evidence of
the petitioner and the respondent, said he had no hesi-
tation in believing the account given by the petitioner.
There was no motive for hurrying on the marriage, and
if she hail known that the licence had not been ob-
tained,she wouhl no doubt have postponed it to a future
day. As she had not "knowingly and wilfully"
married without licence, the case was not within the
22nd section of the statute, aml the marriage was valid,
and the suit for judicial separation would, therefore,
proceed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-01

PROSPECTS OF THE WHEAT CROP.

The advance in the price of wheat has taken many
of the millers and dealers by surprise. Yet it is easily
to be accounted for (the Chamber of Agriculture
Juurna( thinks) on the common principle of demand
and supply, the former stimulated partly by the un-
favourable weather, partly by the shoituess f the
weekly supplies of native wheat, and to a certain ex-
tent by the absence of importivaous from one If our
largest sources of supply, namely, the United States.
From the large and general demand for foreign wheat
since harvest, there is reason to believe that the stocks
are much reduced since the beginning of the year,
although the importations have been in excess of the
year 1871. This, no doubt, has not been lost sight
of by the trade generally; but we still believe that
the inclement state of the weather was the im-
mediate cause of the rise, supplemented by the other
causes which we have enumerated. It is feared,
with much reason, that the growing crops of
wheat—let alone the other grain— begin to suffer
from it, as shown by the pale yellow colour of
the blade. They would recover from this if fine, dry
weather set in ; but a continuailre of wet we.‘thi r
would give the plant a chill it could Lever wholly re-
cover from, hut must run up spindling, and produce a
weak ear and poor grain. 'There is no telling, in fact,
the injury the crops would sustain from a further con-
tinuance of wet weather. The wheat crop will sustain
almost any amount of frost without material injury
before it shoots the ear; but continuous rains are fol-
lowed by a lazy habit in the plant, which is the fore-
runner of lodging and mildew with all their disastrous
consequences. In some cases the roots of spring
wheat, or later sown winter wheat, become super-
saturati d with moisture and burst ; in which case the
Omit dies. We have not at present arrived at this
stage of dieas;er, but the farmer must " look out for
s
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-01

INTERESTING TO TESTATORS.

In the Vice-Chancellors Courts, the cause of "Harris v
Da l'a6lluier " has been heard, and was a suit for the admin is
Witha of the will of the late Mr. Thomas I.l)land, of 28
charleastreet, St jameS'ssqUare, a gentleman oho has for
3 ears he. n a large contributor to charities, under the signa-
ture of " Name."
The will, after making a provision for the testator's
widow, and be4lueathing legacies to the executors,
the payment of the following legacies, free of
duty— " To the Cancer Ifspital, £lOO ;to the Brompton
Hospital, for Disease of the Chest, £100; to the Right
Hon. the Lord,Nlayor of Dublin, for the timebeing, £lOO,
for such objects as he shall deem mostdeserving ; to the
Blind Asylum, New Kent-road, London, 1:100 ; to Mrs.
Gladetinie, of 11, Carlton house.tetrace, to be applied
as she thinks proper in charity, £2OO, to be considered
as coming to her from her correspondent Nenio ;' and
the residue I bequeath to my trustees for such objects
at, they consider deserving, whether in increase of the
before-mentioned one or otherwise." A preliminary
question arose as to a bequest to one of the executors
of i'3oo, "being the amount he now otsnds indebted to
me." The executor had repaid the amount to the
testator during his lifetime, and
The Vice-Chancellor held that the executor took the
legacy.
The further question was then argued as to the vali-
dity of the bequests to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and
of the residue to the trustees.
Mr. Kerslake, Q.C., and Mr. J. Tremlett, for the
testator's widow, argued the case against the bequests,
contending that there wee nothing to point out what
objects were or were not deserving, that it was clear
the legatees were not themselves inclined to put the
gifts into their own pockets, and that the bequests
were void for uncertainty.
Mr. Hemming (for the Attorney-General) said that
if the legacy to the Lord Mayor of Dublin had stood
alone it would probably have been void, but that on
the construction of the whole will these gifts to de-
serving objects were stamped with a charitable charac-
ter,!and therefore good, a,nd that if so, the residuary gift
must also be a good charitable gift.
Mr. Greene, Q.C., and Air. Graham Hastings
appeared for the trustees.
After Mr. Kerslake had been heard in reply,
The Vice-Chancellor said he considered it would be
too strong an implication to hold that the gifts in
question were gifts to charitable objects, especially as
the gift to Mts. Gladstone wan differently worded from
the gift to the Lord Mayor. The gift to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin would therefore fail, as would also the
gift of the residue, and the residue would be distributed
among the next-of-kin according to the statute.

lirect2;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-01

CRICKET.

STOMIBRIDGE 0. BaoststillOVE 011•1111 ill SCZOOL.—•
match was played on the Ambleeote Ground, on Bator.
day last, between the abovemamed clube. The Stour-
bridge won the tom and elected to go in, but the bow-
ling was so good that the whole of the Stourbridge team
were dispooed of for the small score of 24. The school
then went to the wicket, and notwithstanding the strong
team they brought to play, the whole were out for 96
rune, the bowling of Mr. Webb being remarkably fine.
The Stourbridge Club then went in to bat, but there was
only three-quarters of an hour left to play, as the stumps
were agreed to be drawn at half-past six. Although the
time was 40 short, no less thou 48 runs were obtaiaed.
Had there been time to play the match out no doubt the
result would have been reversed, but it was decided oa
the first innings. and Stonrbridge lost the match.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

A CURIOUS LAWSUIT.

A lawsuit about a doctor's fee for a single visit is not
a very common occurrence. Such an one has just been
tried in France, at the joint expense of doctor and
patient, for each of them must have had a great deal
more to pay in covts than the sum in dispute.
A lady, while dining on the very common bourgois
dish of tdt de vein a la vinaigrette, took into her mouth
a morsel of the cartilaginous part of a calf's ear, which
went the "wrong way." It lodged in her reiophagus,
and its sojourn there—though irritating, painful, and
alarming—was not dangerous to life, because the
gristle, not being hard or sharp like a bons, would
certainly have subsided in time into the stomach. The
nearest doctor was sent for. He introduced an india-
rubber tube into the throat, and without much diffi-
culty extracted the cause of apnoyance. For this ser-
vice he sent in a bill of £2.0. The lady refused to pay
this, and tendered EL Hence the action on a quantum.
meruit.

The lady in remonstrating against the extortionate
demand of her doctor, who, it should be stated, is not
a "celebrity," had expressed her opinion that the
great Dr. Nelaton himself would have been satisfied
with £4. The doctor, affecting to understand her to
have said Dr. Nelaton had told her so, applied to him
to know if it was true. This 'prince of science" wrote
back to his "dear confiere "that he had never heard
anything if the matter, but that being appealed to he
thought the demand very moderate, considering the
nature of the service rendered and the "means of the
patient," and it seemed to him a pity that the fee
should be disputed. However, counsel for the de-
fendant, H. Chenal, did not accept the great author, ty of
Dr. Nelaton as conclusive, tie demurred particularly
to his doctrine that a doctor was entitled to charge
according to the supposed fortune of the patient, which
was neither legal nor reasonable. If that principle
were admitted, there would be no limit to extortion.
Dr. Nelaton's letter to a very humble and obscure
colleague, whose covetousness was whetted by a job, was
a complimentary one, such as Lamartine or Victor
Hugo might have written to any small rhymer who
paid them homage. Four pounds would be very good
pay, and a great deal more than the plaintiff was in
the habit of getting. The court split the difference,
and gave a verdict for £l2. Foreigners should beware
of French doctors, whose claims for remuneration
often far transcend the dreams of the most eminent
practitioners in Savile-row.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

Els §Storirtitibge ellstrinr.

SATURDAY. AUGUST 31. 1872.

AGRICULTURAL SHOW WEEK.

This great event was inaugurated on Tuesday
last, and will ever live in the memory of the in-
habitants who have witnessed it. The career of
the society daring the last ten years, like most
tissilar local essociations, has been of a some-
what varying nature. The apparent want of in-
tared attached to the annual exhibitions, four
years since, well•nigh determined their promo•
tees to abandon them, when the "happy thought"
was suggested to try the experiment of peripa-
tetic exhibiMons in the various towns in the
seanty. The first of these towns selected for
the honour was Kidderminster, from its central
and here the er.hibition of the society
was held in 1870, the experiment proving eroi-
*anti, satisfactory and encouraging to the com-
mittee to panne the plan. Last year the fav-
oured locality was Malvern, and again succees
was the result. The offer in the spring of the
resent year was taken up by the inhabitants of
titeurbridge with • seat which showed that the
Paripateliel system' was a movement in the right
direction, awakening end promoting an interest
ia the operations of the society, which bad been
unknown in connection with its exhibitions held
year after year in the "faithful city." One of
the conditions imposed in connection with the
honotir of receiving the society in any locality
hitherto, has been a subscription from the town
and district of £3OO. This sow, both at Kid.
derminster sOd I dveru, was cheerfully and
readily raised; but it is due to Stourbridge to
Waite that L him eclipsed its compeers With
greater pretension*, and, within a very short
time alter the opening of the local subscription
list., a ston exceeding £7OO WAS raised. The
enterprise thus put forth by the local committee
at ones gave an earnest of the success of the ex- ,
kitioa, which opened on Tuesday under the most
favourable auspices. In to the .tatra
paid over by the Local Comtui!tee to the central
fonds, additional attractions wets offered by the
principal portion of the balance being devoted to
local prises, thus supplemeuting the general
fund and enabling the committee to offer prizes
amounting to newt £1,200. For some time, at
the special reque4 of the Commissioners, a great
'timber of pereo•ia liavo hail Ii ir licuses
led and cleaned; cud we may klAy that the town
never looked cleaner. In adaition to thit ;_;reat
Lu bed be, wads by tradiames and
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

SHE EP.....SHROPIaIIiti.

Class 16.—Five breeding ewes, hiving had lambs in
1872, and suckled them up to Jane I.—lst, £5, Mrs.
Sarah Beach, The Hatton., Brewood, Staffordshire,
vAriIOWI ages; dud, £3, Mr. W. C. Firmstone, Rocking-
ham Halt Higley, Stoarbridge, various ages.
Class Theaves.-Isl, £5, Mrs. Sarah Beach,
The Haltom, Brewood, Staffordshire, 1 year 5 months 9
weeks old; 2nd, £3, Mr. W. 0. Foster, Apley Park Firm,
Bridgnorth, 1 year 6 months 3 weeks old; 3rd, £2, Mr.
W. C. Firmstone, Rockingham Hall, Hagley, Stombridge,
1 year 4 months old.
Class 33.—Five Th . —25, Mr. T. Parry, Wood-
house, Chaddesley, Kidderminster, long-wooled.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

Tuesday
tii• he

many a show of Rags were moOn hoisted up 4_
Street, Coventry Street. and the whole oft.
surrounding diskiet. Flags, banners, garlands,
and other symbols of a general holiday were
exhibited. The High.street presented a very
fre=appearance from the top of the town,
was one asses of garlands end flags, beau-
tifully decorated with various mottoes, such as
" Welcome all England," " &Loons to the Town
and Trade of Stourbridge," "Welcome Steen.
gen." At Messrs. Firmstone and IdoEwen's
there wee a neat diaplay of evergreens, with
mottoes—" Speed the Plough," loc. There were
oleo some line flags and banners displayed at Mr.
J. W. Turney's works, and other factories in the
district In the High Street Mr. J. Edwards's
wine vaults were illuminated outside with gas;
as also were Mr. Parkes's, in Coventry•street.
This street was not behind its neighbours. Oar.
lands were hoisted, and a fine display of flags
and banners were erected. A large castellated
archway was erected in the centre of the town,
similar to that recently erected at the late Royal
Show at Birmingham. Mr. D. B. Hughes,
artist, of Birmingham, was the artist. The arch
spanned the street in close proximity to the
Town Clock; and even the" time indicator" was
not forgotten in the general " brightening up,"
the whole presenting a very gay appearance.
One of the principal adjuncts to the success
of the society's efforts during the two previous
years, has been the fortune which has favoured
them in being able to obtain suitable and appro-
priate ground. The present occasion is no ex-
ception to the rule. The ground selected by the ,
local committee is in every way well suited to the
purpose. Pasture land, 22 acres in extent, was
placed at their disposal, situate in close proxi-
mityto Amblecote church, and adjoining the
town on the Staffordshire side. Throughout the
whole extent of its circumference the ground
has been enclosed by high palisadings. Along
the south and east sides, the horse boxes, 160 in
number, were erected. In the open space was
the ring for the exhibition of the horses. This I
was 5501 t. long and 120 ft. wide, and contained
within its area four leaps, comprising a water
leap, a double leap, post and rails and hurdles;
and, in order that the spectators might have the
opportunity of seeing the horses to the best ad-
vantage, a stand, 200 feet long by 10 wide, is
erected on the west side. Behind this stand
were arranged the stalls for cattle, sheep, and
the two representing a length of 900 feet and
1,000 feet. The northern portion of the ground
was devoted to the exhibition of implements and
machinery, the secretary's, judges', stewards',
and committee offices, and the tents devoted to
the display of flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
Temporary water pipes were laid down from the
Water Compay's mains, on to the ground, for the
supply of cattle and other purposes.
The entries were more numerous than on any
previous occasion, and were as follow :—Cattle,
sheep, and pigs, 284; horses, 170; exhibitors of
implements, 60.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION.

(From Punoh.)

DoWN on the Ramsgate beach,
Two Ladies, jolly and fat,
Were sitting together, and each
Wore a br owdbrlmmed sea:side hat,

The husband of one sold coals ;
The husband of Vother sold meat
They both were jovial souls,
Enjoying an autumn treat.
"Here's a letter from my old man,
JEMIYA, my love, say, One ;
And he bass nice little plan
To give us another mouth's run."

" And I have a letter, too,"
The other Lady, says she;
" And, upon my word 'tie true,
My old man 's a-coming to me."
"Foe what's the odds, Mrs. RICE,
About a few pounds to us?
Coals are gone up in price,
In spite of all bother and fuss."

"And here's my old man's letter,"
Mrs. RICE says to Mrs BROWN,
"To state times never was better,
And meat will never go down."

Then I thought of over-worked clerks.
And their pale-faced children at home,
Who must take It out in the parks.
As they cannot afford to roam.

All untaxed breaklast's the cry;
Ohly give us cheap sugar and tea !
Cheaper coals and meat, say I,
And a chance of a dip in the sea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

MEETING OF THE MASTER BAKERS
OF LONDON.

On Monday evening, a meeting of the master bakers
of London was held at " Anderton's Hotel," Fleet-
street, Mr. Dwarber in the chair, to frame and ap-
prove a platform of principles previous to meeting the
men in conference, and also to elect eighteen delegates
to meet the men in such conference. Nearly every
district of London was represented, and some hundreds
of masters were Present.

Mr. E. S. Mintz, the secretary of the Trades' Pro-
tection Society, gave a detailed statement of the cll.-
cumstances which had led to the present meeting.
The Chairman said the meeting was called to discuss
certain resolutions which had been laid before them by
the committee of the Protection Society, and he trusted
they would approach the question in * spirit of whole-
heartedness and Vith a determination that from that
time something should be done to improve the con-
dition of the trade at large. The first prop.sition was
then laid before the meeting, and was as follows :
" That a working day shall consist of 12 hours, not to
commence before four o'clock hi the morning"

Mr. Bonthron then moved an amendment,—

" That a working day shall consist of 12 houre a day, 72
hours per week, hut that such 12 hours be left to the require-
ments of each particular chop.'

In the discussion which ensued, Mews. Barry,
Hollis, Stevenson, Johnston, Ether, Callow, Thomp-
son. Rose, Pringle, Marston, Bontham, and others
took part.
The Chairman then put the amendment to the meet-
ing, when it was declared carried by a large majority,
about a dozen hands being held up for the original
motion.

The next propoeition was,—
That the committee tee no means of abolishing Sunday
baking exempt by Act of ParLiament."

Mr. Hollis moved and Mr. Compton seconded the
regeluti m, which, attLr some discussion, was curried
by 3 large majority.
The third proposition wag,—

" That the men's demand for • universal rime per week per
man cannot be entertained.'

Mr. Goodall moved, and Mr. HoHee seconded the
motion.

Mr. ilitchell moved as an amendment,—

" That as a principle it may be correct that as. per week
should he &deed to the wages of the men ; yet, as the
wages paid are so various, it is desirable that we have more
&Unite information laid before us "

Mr. Bonthros seconded the motion, and after some
discussion, it was declared carried.
The fourth proposition wit,—
" That sack and yeast money, flour, bread, and all other per.
guisites be abolished, and the wages of the operative be
raised according to his value."

Mr. Hollis proposed and Mr. Brode seconded the
motion. _ _

The question of overtime was then brought before
the meeting, and it was agreed that by fixing the time
at 72 hours per week the meeting had virtually allowed
overtime to exist. The consideration of the overtime
question was, therefore, postponed.
The meeting then proceeded to elect 18 delegates to
represent the masters at the proposed conference. The
proceedings terminated at a late hour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

CHEAPEST PASSAGE TO
' ALL THE COLONIES.

IVEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, THE
IA DIAMOND FIELDS. AMERICA, CANADA.
CHINA. JAPAN, , &e., by Mail and other
Steamert. and Sailing l'Ackots, reg,:o.rly tiospateoed Irrn
all Seaports in Engiaud. Books, Maps, and licketa of
Embarkation, obtained of Edward Bent, Emigration
Bant-straot, &inlay Rill.

3;.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

THE HARVEST.
Mr. Meehi writes from Tiptree Hall, dating his
letter the 26th Met.
•

Fourteen days of bright and dry weather have permitted
the free use of the scythe and reaping machine, so that har-
vest is nearly completed in this neighborhood, and thresh-
ing machines have been at work. Their results prove un-
mistakably that straw Is out of all proportion to corn, and,
1,, fact, that the wheat crop hereabout Is in too many in-
stances a decided failure (belying their appearance) both
In imantitv and quality, more especially on stiff tile
earths and unelrained soils. In many coses the crops have
been ruined by lee, storms, and we eds. The account& of the
fine white wheats called 'rough chaff," which in seasons
are prmluced so abundantly and extensively on the stiff soils
of the Delight Hundred, are quite deplorable, Red wheats
have stood the season better than the white. Rivetts are
very good and perfect, the season hut suited their growth
and development. This will to a bad season for heavy land
arable farmers, for labour and expenses are heavy. Light
land fame, s have the best of it, and stock-breeders are
doing especially well, subject to some drawbacks from
foot-and-mouth complaint. We may surn up our 40,000,000
acres roughly as follows i—Wheat (not good)-
4000,000 acres ; permanent pasture and green and
root crops have had a suitable season and have produced
abundantly, although much hay has been got up badly owing
to wet weather; their second groath is also abundant-
-33,000,000 acres peas and beans a good crop, although rather
watery and shrinking-850,000 acres; oats ;which like a
moist season) will probably be an average crop-4,400,000
acres; barley in a doubtful position ; good in some cases, In
, others injured and tied to the earth by an unusual growth of
i weeds-2,700,000 acres. Potatoes much diseased.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S " PEN.

ON the lilth indent, hononrable members were so tired of
hoar, that they all determined logo elsewhere.
"flus gone oo the mountain," 1. 1011 now true of many a
one of "ye goode men of ye Coromona"
WHAT quality does a newly-ordalned elergymas Most
desire I—A.-curacy (a curacy).
wake musical instrument is of most nee to a person travel-
ling to Indiat—The piano (the P. la 9).
THY Two-Ended Nightingale ErEpsed—On the Great
Northern Railway JUDY las seen Seven Slaters' Junction.
LEGAL—A Copy-holder—A coninsnor-
HANDY Book-martens—Dirty thumba
AN adventurous astronomer, with some 'pare capital, is
looking out for a sate apeo—ou the disc of the sun.
CLERGYMEN mod waiters are much alike—they both wear
white ties and take orders.
agEADICIL ACCIDENT.—Two lovers 'Ming together the
day at ase cond-deor window in the Strand, out.
How to Cutoospell—Tarn your back on him.
*int would • adder add be a good collector of debt.?—
Because else stop arrears.
WHEN are cricketers most likely to "Click to their
stumps r—When ther wickets are pitched.
WHICH is the best time and place for learning in hot
weather P—Well, we don't know—Evenings cool.
WHIM lithe worst county ti England to sell chessie in?—
The county in which there is Nuneaton.
A PLACE of Interest—A loan office.
A GAY spiritualist may be called a happy medium.
—Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

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THE STOURBAIDGE OBRERVER.
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I MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this body was held
in the Board Room, on Monday Ism; Mr.
Hughes in the chair. There were also present
Messrs. Dillingham, Griffin, Edwards. Thome,
Perkins, Newnam, Blunsom, J. Hughes, and the
Rev. D. Maginnia.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and confirmed.

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The Clerk read the report of the Finance
Committee, which stated there was £163 26 74
in hand on the Improvement Account, and on
the Highway Account £289 15a 104. The Corn.
mitts° recommended £8 16a on the Improve.
ment Account, and £l9 10s 2d on the Highway
Account were ordered to be paid.

REPORT OF THE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
"Your Committee report that they have con-
sidered the minutes dated Dec. 4th, 1865, Dec.
16th, 1865, and Dec. 18th, 1865; also copy of a
letter to Mr. Smalruan Smith, dated Dec. 11th
and 18th, 1865. They have also inspected the
back of Mr. Giles's premises, and with him ex-
amined the two stench traps through which it is
alleged the sewage flowed into the premises,
frem the peculiar construction of the one in the
garden. Your Committee were unable to disco-
ver how the sewage could be forced up through
the same; but further examination showed that
the stone into which the trap fitted was loose,
and in the opinion of your Committee the sew-
age may have forced itself through the side
openings. The trap in the back yard is of an
ordinary description, and your Committee was
unable to see how the sewage or matter could
force itself though the same.
"Your Committee, however, advise that in-
structions be given to your surveyor to examine
and report Imola the course, formation, and level
of the town sewer from Greenfield to High-street,
where it joins the High-street sewer.
" With regard to the application as to putting
in one on Mr. Woolley's premises, it was not ob-
jected to, . . . . .

"The Mill-street paving was complete; also
the paving from Mr. Morris's to the Talbot
Hotel gateway. Your Committee request the
necessary power to repair the footway in Queen.
street and Wollaston.road.
" The Clerk was instructed to have the face
of the clock cleaned and varnished, and the
figures on the dial repaired, at the cost of .22
2s.

"The Committee appointed at the last meet-
ing have forwardd3d a letter to the secretary of
the Great Western Railway, asking for increased
railway accommodation, and reminding them
that the time will soon expire for the completion
of the branch line to High-street under the Act
of 1888, and insisting on the formation of the
branch line sanctioned by the Act referred to."
Mr. Billingham moved the adoption of the
report, which was seconded by Mr. Maginnis,
and carried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

Your Committee report that the Town Offi-
cer has reported 43 cases of nuisance, and had
34 removed. During the month there have been
eight persons ill with small-pox, of whom six
have recovered, and two are under treatment.
These cases are of a mild character.

" Your Officer has reported the slaughter-
houses of the township to be in good condition,
and the petroleum stores in satisfactory condi-
tion. The repairs of the Market Hall and Corn
Exchange are in progress.
" Your Committee report that the Public
Health Act has received the Royal assent, and
two copies thereof have been received from the
Local Government Board; also printed circulars
which will be laid before you. With regard to
the providing of scales, weights, and measures
for the market your Committee report progress."
Mr. Maginnis moved the adoption of the re-
port, which was carried.

ATTENDANCE OF COMMISSIONERS.

The attendance of Commissioners at meetings
—including special and annual—during the year
has been as follows :—East Word: Henry Bib
lingham, 17; W. Turney, 0; J McEwen, 8;
E. Stringer, 11; F. Perks, 0; W. Edwards, 11;
J. W. Franklin, 10; J. Hughes, 8; W. Griffin,
7. !Vest Ward: J. Maurice, 0; G. R. Perkins,
15; D. Maginnis, 17; C. Blunsom, 10; Joseph
Hazeldine, 0; J. Cooper, 0; George Thorne, 5;
J. Woolley, 14; W. Young, 12. South Ward:
J. Allsop, 12; J. Walker, 8; E. Elcock, 0;
H. Newnan', 12; C. Collis, 1; J. Emery, 12;
H. Hughes, 14; L. Packwood, 4; John Blew,
5.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

AUSTRALIAN MEAT 1

ettamlnea writes to the London Standard :

In your leading article of August 23 I see that you
have taken up the cudgel on behalf of the Australian
preserved meat, and as I have been in the habit of
using it in my family for more than a year I venture to
offer you the reeuito of my experience.

A leg of mutton of 81b. served my family for about
three days • a piece of the "top side of the round" of
beef lasts 'the same time ; so also does a 41b. tin of
Australian meat. For the first I have to pay from 75.
to tie., for the second about Is, and for the Australian
meat from 2s. 241. to 25. 61. Of course the real question
of economy is whether we get as much nourishment
out of the Australian meat as we should have done
from fresh meat had we expended the same sum upon
it. As lam not a scientific man, I can only refer you
to facts. My wife, children, servants, and myself
have been in the habit of dining on preserved meat at
least three times a week for many months, and we
all enjoy good health and find the food agreeable and
eel), digestible. Had the meat been deficient in
nutria,e properties, the result, I should think, must
have become apparent long ago. I certainly should be
very loth to tey the experiment of dining my family
for three days a week on half-a-crown's worth of
butcher's meat.

I do not mean to assert that were the supply of fresh
meat as abundant and cheap as it used to be some
yearn ago, I should prefer the Australian; but I take
it that the choice for men, like ins self, with familtes
and limited incomes, does not lie between the free use
of fresh meat and the free use of the preserved, but
between a restricted supply of the former and an
abundant supply of the latter.
Thornton Heath, August 24.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

BIRDS IN BORROWED PLUMES.
(Prom Punch )

I say, Punch, old boss, I don't want to be rude, but
—hey you paid your tailor? If not, before you du,
just heave a squmt at this :
"Its Bleecker Street there is .place where forty or fifty
dress-coats are let out every eveninswinring the bill season:
Whar is Bleecker Street ? you'll say. Wal, Sir, it's
in New York. Cures we air the smartest critters in
creation, down to dressin ourselves . smart in
other critters' clothes. Wheels the gooa..of buying
a dress-coat, when you can easy go and borrow
one, and hey the pick of fifty cusses till you get a
fit? You can't wear out a dress-coat, unless you turn
head-waiter, and even then, I guegs, you'll find the
fashion change a dozen times afore the coats wore
out. Wal, and whar's the good of sinking forty dollars
of your capital in buying such an article, when you
can easy git a loan of it when you've got an invite?
Better make a loan exhibition of yourself, and instead
of sinking money with your tailor, save up your spare
cash to buy yourself a cobler when ynu want toe liquor
up. Guess if all you swells in London were to borrow
your tail-coats, you'd soon have funds in hand toe
square oar Alabama Claims ! Till when, all-fired old
hoes believe me your expectant oreditc.r and Cousin.
Broadway. JONATIUN CUTE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

BALMS BY atroonow.

AGRICULTURAL SHOW, STOURBRIDGE.
Mum.

OATE% PRIMERS. sail WOOLDRIDGE
will BELL by AUCTION, ea Ur SHOW °ROUND,
st Assirsen, Oa Nor" Itarrartas 2nd, 1872, in
• Lots, the CANVAS r ed ta severing the Shedding, &e.

TIMBER MATERIALS,
.14 TEI

kaBIOULTOLL BOCIKTY'S SHOP/ BUILDINGS,

STOURBRIDGE.
To 000rrucToas, TIMBER BUYERS, BUILDERS

FANNIN:RC AND OTHERS.
Nana.

OA TES, PERRENS, sad WOOLDRIDGE
Ni lavimared with lastrtiettons from Messrs. Wil-
age liar& and Co., of eloseecter, to SELL by AUC-
TION, WS the OEM GOMM, It AMBLIIICOTA, SToOlt•
111601M11.011116M1181t end Ilicenimr, SUPTRINSKS 7th and
ildt, ISM in convenient Lots, and without the slightest
resarve, the whole of the TIMBER MATERIALS used
la Me erection of the Worcestershire Agricultural So-
stogy's Cattle Show Buildings comprising the under-
mentioned RED and YELLOW DEAL BOARDS,
SCANTLING, BATTENS, din., viz. :-
61,000 Feet superileial of 5-inch and 1-inch BOARDING
in 6,7, 8,9, 11, 12 and 13. inch widths.
54,000 Running Feet of SCANTLINGS, DEALS, and
BATTENS of various sizes. . .

The Bale to commence et Eleven o'clock each Morn.

Nut above can be seen prior to the Site, arranged in
suitable Lots in the Show Yard.

Catalogues, deacribing the Lai, to be had two days
atter the Show, of the Auctioneers, Stourbridge ; or of
Mears. W. Hassle and Co., High Orchard, Gloucester.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

THE POTATO DISEASE.

The Prime liblider, baring tequested the Dlrerseer of Yew
Gardens to give publicity to the method ancosestuily intro-
Mond by the late liev. ProMeer Henskw into certain
In Suffolk and elsewhere for MUM( diseased
Dr. Hooker has sent the following to Oa papers
or pub n
" It haa been ungraded to mebyhir. Gladstone that,
now that we are on the eve of • potato famine. I
should give the widest publicity to the very sample
method encceedrilly introduced by the late Rev. Pro-
fessor Henslow into certain villages in Suffolk and
elsewhere for utilizing the diseased tubers.
" This method depends on thelect that the darch of
the tiotato is md affected by the disease, but retsina its
nutritive properties, and consists in rasping the peeled
tuber. upon • bread-grater into stub of cold water. Is
a few minutes the starch will be found to have sunk to
the bottom, and the diseased matter, woody fibre, dm.,
will be suspended in the water, and should be poured
away with it. Fresh water should then be added the
starch stirred up, and again allowed to settle. Two
or three of such washings will remove all impurities,
and render the starch fit for use. If thoroughly dried
it will keep for any time, and san be used as arrow-
root, foe puddings and cakes, or, mixed with flour, as
bread.
" A flat piece of tin, prepared as a grater, may be had
of a tinsmith for • trifle, and nothing else is required
but a knife and a tub of water.
" But this temporary measure cannot be all that
scientific resources may supply. Surely some method
(by desiccation or otherwise) Is applicable and avail-
able to the cottager by which the sound tubers and the
sound parts of diseased tubers may be so (rested that
they may be preserved for winter use; and I cannot
doubt but that chymists will suggest such.
" Lastly, this season, whicn has favoured the potato
disease, has also favoured an abundant crop of green
food; and I would urge upon the clergy, medical MOO,
and intelligent classes of the country parishes, com-
bined action, in the way of precept and example, in
introducing the beetroot, the foliage of the turnip, and
various other vegetables as an article of daily coneump-
Bon.
" Now, too, is the time for laying in stores of such
nutritious articles as dried haricots, relevances, and
various other pulses and beans which form the cheap,
agreeable, and most nutritious food the populations
of many tropical countries. "J. D. -HOOKER.
"Royal Gardens, Kew, Aug. 2L^
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

JUMPING.

One of the special features of the show was the jump.
tug of the horses, which appeared to excite great interest.
There was • great deal of competition for the prizes
offered for horses in classes 66, 57, 58, 59, and 62. In
ciass 55. for hunters, irrespective of weight, the jumping
prize was won by Captain Foster's (Stourton Court)
chestnut gelding " Picnic," seven years old. In classes
57 and 58, for hunters ridden in the pa.t season with the
Worcestershire and other neighbouring packs of hounds,
and for hunters the property of tenant farmers resident
in Worcestershire, the prize wu taken by Mr. W. Smith,
of The Farm, Tarrington, Ledbury, with his six-year.old
not named. In class 59, for hunting mares and geldings,
under years old, the prize was won by Mr. C. Cook,
of Taddington. Winchcom h. with his gelding' Admiral."
4 years old. In class 62, for hacks not exceeding 15
hands, the jumping prize was *Lis woo by Kr. C. Cook,
vilk Ids* "Lisalfh"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

KLLiVt.

THE SCHOOL Boarin.—A meeting of this Board was
held.on Friday, at theGirls' Board School. The Hey. J.
Hodgaon (chairman), presided ; there were also present
Messrs. Bolton, Buns, and Belcher.—The Chairman
having reported that he had given instructions to Mr.
Bernard of Stourbridge, to preEare a draft deed of con-
veyance of the site proposed for the new girls school,
and that he had been informed that the deed was now in
the hands of Mr. Chessbire, the agent of Mrs. Brindley,
the owner of the site. the Clerk was instructed to call a
special meeting of the Board, if he should receive the
deed before the next ordinary meeting. A letter from
the Endowed Schools Commission was read, enclosing
copies of the draft scheme for the management of the
Emcee Grammar School, and stating that • copy was de-
posited at the office of the School Board for the inspec-
tion of any person who may wish to see it. Cheques for
payment of accounts owing by the Board were signed,
and the Board then adjourned to the 6th of September
next.—The following is the business of the School
Board on Tuesday :—To confirm the minutes of the
Board meeting held on the Bth of August lust; to com-
plete the business arising from such minutes as far as
possible; to receive the reports of the committees; to
receive any communication which may have bean received
by the chairman or clerk since the last meeting of the
Board ; to appoint infant mistresses to the Quarry Bank
and Brierley Mill Schools; to receive the school officer's
report; I. receive the reports of the school managers ;
to hear excuses of parents, and deal with cases of remis-
sion or payment of fees (if any).
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

THE TALBOT HOTEL COMPAE i LIMITED.

The Proprietors, in taking the abuve large and comma.
thous 1101 JEL, moire the Nubile that {lO efFert will be
*pared to conduct it with elbeieeey, to as in every to; to
render it a firm-rate hi,isbushicint.

The Hotel adjoina the tar•lainyd Luluile Gardena and
the neighbourhood CP131301 Le surpaaed for ita beautiful
&vinery and b,althy Pituntior.
By the k.no permie,2ol, • f the Earl of Stamford and
Warrington,

THE ENVILLE GARDENS,
Now in their full perfection, will be thrown OPSN to the
PUBLIC on MONDAY, 1 UESDAY, and FRIDAY in
each week throughout the Seaeou Free. Ticketa of
Admisaion to be had at the Hotel.
First-duos WINES, SPIMf El, and ALES. LUN-
CHEONS, DINNERS, and TEAS at moderate Prices.
Large and well-ventilated LIED ROOMS and SITTING
ROOMS, commanding extensive views of the beautiful
Parks and Grounds of Enville.
Large awn Excellent STABLING and COACH-
HOUSE accommodation.
ObihißU anti run between Stourbridge and Emilie,
from the 'lalbot Hotel every Morday, Tue,day, and
Er Mar, starting at cne o'clock. 'Fares le each way.
cAitS, WAsnUsIuTIRS,O stbus, bligtahnolte.,
may be obtained at the Talbot Hotel, Stottrbridge, tor
Parties visiting &milk.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

in ffiviy!ottie streets, apd

taisa°4lkelasis
,olit Baiter,

yews Months 8 4 rib, Oa
-
Class 4.—Two-yearold Hafer, in milk or in•ealf.-14,
11r. George Gera, Choreal Heath, Chippiag Nor.
ton, Batterly's Daher, roan, 2 years 1 monthl -week 4
days old; fed, £4, the Karl of Stamford sad Warringtoa,
Hall, Stamina's, red, 1 years 6 months old ; lei,
12, Hr. Joseph 14moa4s, the Bea Pam, Ciserisr,
Bridgaorth, 2 years old, Waal.
Clam 6.—Yearling Heifers. lit, 15, Kr. George
Gems, Charelthill Heath, Clippiag Norton, l
red, 1 year 11 amain 3 weeks 6 days old; ba.rtt
Yampa of Hater, Bargblay Park, Stamford, Peaslopm
rasa, 1 year 10 mouths 1 weak 4 days old ; lid, Hr. Out
Vaasa', Bennis Hemet; Swindon, red, 1 year 5 :weal
4 days old.

Claes 6.—Bulle above 1 years old.—lst, £lO, and SSD
for the best Hereford, Mews. Fenn and Harding, Stone-
book House, Ludlow, and Blobs House, Shrewsbury, 6
yews 4 months 1 week 2 days old ; 2nd, £5, Xt. H. N.
Edwards, Broadward, Leominstee, Sir John, 4 years 1
month 4 weeks 2 days old.
Clad 7.—Bells above one and under two yeus old.-
Isl, £lO, Mr. H. N. Edwards, Broadward, Leominster,
Albert, 1 year 11 months, 4 weeks 2 day. old; 2nd, £5,
Mr. Jobs Lawlings, Stoke, Tennury, Trade Mark, 1 year
2 months 1 week 6 days old.
Llass B.—Cow in milk or in calf.—lit £B, Mr. Richard
Tanner, Frodebley, Dorrington, Salop, Lady Milton, 4
years 1 month 3 week. 2 clays old; 2nd, fl, Mr. Benja-
min Prosser, Offerton Farm, Hindlip, near Worcester, 4
years old.
Class 9.—Twoiyear-old Heifers in milk or in calf—lit
£B, Mr. Richard Tanner, Frodedey, Barrington, Salop,
Princess Louisa, 2 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days old;
2nd, £4. Mr. Benjamin Prosser, Offerton Farm, Hindhp,
near Worcester.

Class 10.—Yearling Heifers.—lit, £6, Mr. H. B. Ed-
wards, Broadward, Leominster, Annie 2nd, 11 month. 2
weeks 6 days old.
Class 11.—air of Dairy Cows, in milk, any breed.-10t,
£B, Mr. Jam. Webb, Spring Hill, Fladbury, Pershora,
Baby, red, 7 years 1 month old; Minnie 2nd, roan, 5
years 5 months 1 day old.
Class 12.—8 y the Stourbridge Dom' Committee.—
Dairy Cow, in milk or in calf, any breed.—lst, £5, Mr.
Frederick Mann, Holt Castle, near Worceater, roan, 6
years 5 months old ; 2nd, £2, Mr. James Webb, Spring
Fladbury, Pershore, Annette°, roan, 8 years
months 2 wesks 3 day•
tAasa 13.—Two.year.old Heifer, in milk or in calf, any
breed.—lst, £5, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington,
Enville Hall, Stoarbridge, light roan, 2 years 4 month.
old ; 2nd, £2, Mr. Frederick Munn, Holt Coati°. near
Worcester, roan, 2 years 6 months old._
.

Class 14.—Alderoey or Guernsey Bull.—Prize. £5,
Colonel William Barrows, The Birches, Eitoarbridge,
Mulberry, fawn•and•white, 9 years 3 months old.
Class 15.—Alderney or Gaernsey Cow, in milk or in
calf.—Prise, £5, Colonel William Barrows, The Birdies,
Stoarbridge, Alderney, in calf, 2 years old.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-08-31

BEIERLEY HILL.

CHARGE OF ASSAULTING • LITTLE GIRL. At the
Police Court, before Messrs. B. St. John Mathews and
H. Smith, James Stevens, glass•maker, was charged with
I assaulting Hannah Salford, daughter of • publiean re-
siding in Brettell Lane.-14. Addison prosecuted, and
Kr. Ululow defended—On Saturday, the 17th
.instant,
the girl was proceeding down Dennis Park, on her way to
her sister's house, and happening to tread upon the steps
in front of defendant's house, Steatite rushed out and
kicked her three times. Evidence in support of the
charge was given by • number of witnesses.—The offence
was denied in tote, and the Bench, believing the defend-
ant's version of the affair, dismissed the ease.
ALLEGED UNLAWFULLY WOUNDING. At the um.
Court, Thomas Boden, Bent•atreet, a shoemaker, was
charged with unlawfully wounding a married woman
named Mary Batherman, of Brockmoor.—Complainant
stated that on Monday last she met the defendant's% her
mother's house, and an altercation ensuing about some
family matter he picked up a knife and threatened to
strike her with it. The weapon was wrested from him,
and he thereupon pulled out a pocket knife, and said, " I
will kill the —." He went towards witness, and
tried to strike her in the face. She put her hands sip, and
the knife caught her hand, causing blood to flow. Her
husband came to her rescue, and he also had • share of
the defendant's violence, his wrist being badly cut. Ulti-
mately the second knife was secured, and the defendant
was removed.—John Batbermau, a miner, and husband
of the lost witness, deposed that on the day in question
some words passed between him and defendant, and the
latter challenged him to fight. Re (Bodes) picked up •
knife and struck witness on the wrist, and he also struck
his wife.—ln cross.examination witness admitted that he
took off his colt to fight defendant, and that he struck
him. Their quarrel commenced over 3d he owed the
defendant, which was still unpaid.—The defence was that
the cuts were the result of an accident, and this was
borne out by the testimony of witnesses.—Committed
for trial.