The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-09 00:00:00

OM ant enbs.

A Bournemouth contemporarycontains a letter from
a tender-hearted " resident " in that t .wn, whose
quite too sensitive feelings have been rudely shocked
I.y learning that the owner of a dog that worried a cat
was not sent into p nal servitude by the justictst. Let,
however, " Resident " speak for him or herself:—"
have read with sorrow and shame, the report in your
paper, of the attack of a savage do.: on an unoffending
cat in Mr. Fudge's shop; if I mistake not, a fine
specimen of the to me race, long known and admired
there. That the magistrates should h tve dbunisse I the
dog's master, without one word of reprimand, or
emition, is not satisfactory ; and Bournemouth streets
will be regarded as dangerous to ladies and children if
such things pass with impunity." The sorrow and
shame " is affecting, but it becomes somewhat mixed
when the worrying of a cat by a deg in a shop is to
be considered calculated to make the streets unsafe for
ladies and children. Surely "Resident "does not
regard ladies and children as specimens, fine or other-
wise of the feline race. But the most exquis.te
portion of the letter follows :—"A little pepper dusted
Into the dog's eyes, would s I m have sent him off
with a well deserved howl; and pipper is a thing
always at hand ; snuff will do as well." "Resident " I
an. sure must be a pmininent member of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I only hope
that when next s dog fight occurs in the streets of
our fashionable sister, " Resident " may be there to
empty the contents of his n• her sniiff-hox into the eyes
of the brutes. At the same thou I trust I may be at
a convenient distance when the humane experiinent ma

'I be eh-apatite of a we—ll--kn—own hotel in this town
I.lsl th-ir early slurobers disturbed the other night by
shrieks and knockings. At first it was thought they
Wet. c ,ussd by me of the young gentlemen who were
eviying there. and who ha been engageil for the Odd-
fellow,' Fete, rehearsing their parts; but as they were
found to cone from the sleeping apartment of the
fairdt sired Hobe who so grahvfihly dhipenses drink-
able. at the establishment, the lanill.dy repiired to
the ap irtiniint. There she fould the young hsly Ins
atsie .1 mortal terror, as she %Cie sure there was a
men under her bed. She hail hearil him watching /
The plucky li•tle landl sdy peepe I under the coma,
moil ths mystery became rev -sled The monster was
nothing more t-rrible than a tame rsbbit. which had
bun-1 its way into iny I sdy's chainber I The intruder
VP GA removed, nerves were wthed. and happy dreams,
I trust, soon compensated for the (right. :.,,nne people
ensv he thou4htlele euough to laugh ; but it is no
dLe for a young damsel to fincy she bee a luau under
her bed, and, above all, to hear him scratching I

WAREHAM.
FLOWER SERVICR—The key. IT. P. Stokes had
intended to hhi fdover nervice 4.12 Sunday last, at
three o'clock, in St. Mary's Church, but on account
of the weather was unable to hold it.
THE Rev. H. P. Stokes has had the offer of the
living of Wimboroe Minster, but he has no intention
of accepting i:, which many will doubtless be pleased
to hear. _

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Ai the meeting of the Board of Guardians hchi on
Tuesday, the propeal of Mr. Yoandey on behalf of
the Wareham Local Board, to allow them the use of
the infectious diseases hospital, should they require it
in case f small-pox reaching the town, was declined.
BAND Or HOrlt I lIIIAT.—On Monday. the let
August, the cliddren belongin: to the Band • f Hope
In this town, were taken by the 9.28 tree to Canton',
where, but for the rain in the afternoon, a most enjoy-
able day would have been spent.
CLOSING or Si. MART'S tlll'lteliTAßD.—The church.
wardens have received the order in council, dated the
15th July, ordering that no ew burials be allowed in
this Thereby rd without the previous approval of one
of Her Majesty's principal secretaries of Ste e, except
as follows :—ln such vaults and walled graves as are
now existing in the cher, hyard, burials may be allowed
on condition that every coffin buried therein be
separately enclosed by stoneworkor brick work properly
cemented.

ST. MARY ti CHCRCH SUNDAY SCHOOL TREAT —The
rhildren and teachers, accompanied lo many of their
friends, proceeded in naggons &c., healed by the band
of the 11 Company D.R. V., to Arishwell, wh re they
Arent • most enjoyable day, retuning about nine
o'clock in the evening.

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A PETITION against the Charitable Trusts Bill, 1881,
which, as amended by tho House of Lords. is now
before the House of Commons, has been signed by the
Mayor and (coffees of the Alm* HOll4O Charity. and
forwarded for joresentation to Mr. Guest (the borough
member). The Bill, if it becomes law, will enable the
charity commissioners to call for a transfer of all
charity property in the country, whether real or per-
sonal, to the official trustee that is their secret .ry,
and further to form schemes f their own for the
snansgement and distrbution of such property from
which no appeal to a court of law mid !ie. The
ats•ements as to the effect f the bill made in the
House of Lords by the Governments are 01 a a me-
what misleading kind. A careful examination of the
prowail measure will show how vexatious and un-
necessary is the interference with the trustees of
charity property, which it contemplates. The present
powers of the commissioners n'e amply sufficient for
all practical purposes. We may mention p,at the form
of petition WM forwarded to the fouffoes by the
authorities of the city of Loudon, with a request for
their as-operation.
SHARP PKAC TICS. —lt will be remembered that in
March last, an entertainment in aid f the War ham
Church Sunday School Library, was given in the Corn
Exchange. Amongst one of the most enjoyable items
of the pourramme was the rendering, by Miss Skewes
of the song " Ily the sa,l sea waves." Even that
pleasant reminiscence had faded from our readlection,
when it WM suddenly recalled to the memory of the
f Air singer, in the form of a lawyer's letter. detmuading
payment of a penalty of L-2, for an infriugeme t
copyright, inasmuch as the song above-mentioned had
been sung without written permission having first
been obtained from the "Copyright and Performing
Right Protection Office." A correspondence ensued, in
which Miss Skewes informal them thatthe she,, from
which she sum% bore the name of '' Benedict" and not
" Chorley," in whose behalf they claimed. The fact,
that the money was paid pnitup ly, coupled with the
sound judgement Mr. Skewes is know° to pisisai-,
compel us to believe that Miss-Skewes had become
liable by n t obtaining the writ en permission of the
'• Copyright and Performing It ght Office."