The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-09-30 00:00:00

THE POOR LAND-MONEY AT OWERMOIGNR.

To as Editor.

In a letter which eppeared in your but week's Ilene, froal
an endgrent to America, the queetion is eaked —How are tbe
=ln owewutoigne getting en I have they got the poor
awry they have been robbed and cheated out of so
lose I beivis no doubt many e f your reader. would like to
know If there is any foundation for this chant.. and I will just
en a Wel outline of this ellalr, nit has %Muted the villagers
For ...,sty years peg, and they are asking for a settlement
still. Out are refused, and it has caused much ii feeling, where
place sod good will eught to mist.. The following le a copy
of the will :
.11se lest will and testament of Adam Jame, of liolworth,
la the Parish ef Abbotamilt a in the County of Dermot, dated
lba es day of April in the year of our Lord one thomand ale
hundred sod fifty three. Item, I give to Me Church Aosoont
of Gam Motto* the sium of twenty shllllnga Item I aiva
unto the poor of Ower Magna alormaid, ell that my freehold
sante, which I purchmed of one John Grant, of (Am
Noire,. a...wad, lying, and being In the said perish of Geer
Moigne. to b. and remain, whole to the us. of the poor of
the meld perldi of Geer Moline for evermore. And the
profits thereof toil. distributed to the of the said molt
by the Minima., Churchwardens, and &sen 5ax...6,y
for ever, that Is to my four days before every of .the moat
usual Imola or term. in the veer. And to nich a. hare not
m well no to such au ham relief, but net to asaa
the parish many respect Item I give to the parieh of Ower
Nolen* Use sum of tan pounds to be and remsin In stock to
the use of the poor of the mid perish If (haat Hulot. lad erer
more. Proved at Weetailneter the: fifteenth der of Mar
thoismnd and Ma hundred and fifty %bros.—Jean Margit and
Henna Clara, mecatora."
It appears that this " dole " wee peid out to
familbu at the church door four time. In the year. the
Rev. J. Cr.. menu; than It wm altered to Once a year. aed
was distributed by hint. It amounted to lk per yeer each.
After a short time this amount was reduced to mt.,
intimation that the old sum would noon be rednetmed
again. But It has never bees resumed yet, and the jr.llll,
parlthionere here felt there arse a lot of money lying behind
that wee due to them, but they did not know the amount.
Another muse of c mplant waa that those who ley,
parish and went grilles away to Um bed this dole regnjeri,
sent to there, although other poor paris ins had coine in their
pl test mu was dope till about • year ago. 84(00
months does the subject wee brought up at a Union
meeting, held at Wein Lulworth, when Mr. P. Rartnell, who
was one of the epsakers, spoke of It amid cries of Sham a'
and stated the amount accumulated to be £3OO The kin%
W. Gild.., of West Lulworth, was pmeent, but did not beliem
Ala statement ; and on the following morning rode user to
Owernsolgnis to the Bev. J. R. Cr.. and ascertained that it
wee • Olfie under what wma etated ; and he (Mr. Odd..) gave
SI toward. the emigration fund. Altoir thin the sillagere met
at Mr. Cr..'. hams in the evening to ask hlin about it. Ile intl..
meted that the ml.uS7 dli not belong to thsen,aod that it would
do them on good If they had It; that he would rather build
• echoed or oott.g. with It, and, (Many, that he wished the old
man mosewhers batore he had left the land to the poor,
and that he (Mr. Creel would throw the whole thing into the
hand. of the Charity Commialonvn, and then they would see
geti any beeeilit from IL Accordingly, be wrote to them the
l I ng

'Copj of communication it to tho Charity Comuelsoltmen
by tho Rev. J Cr... in reply to their soquirle. respecting
tio mid Adam Jotter'. cluntygor Owierstoigne, Ditirset.- Adam
Joust'. Chanty for tint Parish of Owermoign., Deoot. ch.mq
land let at Aff les a yea. Population (of agneulturai
M.) 194—Item to be distributed in dole, but the sporebentlon
mums to hare been that oo used it would do more harm than
good. A tsneflcial odonosuratlen would be to apply it to
assist tho most deligoot and 'whatnot. f the childrem Ii
remaining longer at who. I. Instead at going to early to ruck.
• sum of LIDO 00. 5d., the socumm'ated rant Lir mosso tleth
rurris. ilegthsAltrings Bk0:;4. Lrustese..
J. H.llleuttroluil
A no can meet" this Uttar that tho amount to admitted to
be [lOO, accumulated rent, end that tbe rev sunken in thinks
It would do more harm Own good to glee it direct to the
poor ; et he woks how to opted the money tn some we,
Macron& t 0... tint will of the donor. A. to the manner he
which the doh has been dlaributod this mummer I will oely
my that thou who spoke loudest had nothing, although they
had received before, some for the past 17 or it poor.; the
next clam., who.. dm were not ea great, retired es *ha*
toms who had fewer hod marks and in toms cum fewer
children, bad 100. This is understood to be this whole Joie
paid at ones Is such managtheent liking to produce that
good feeling we hear tallthd so much about now-adapt?
• Iroaasso

The Sniards waniod money the other day, aad in-
vitsd sta6ariptioris to a National IAMB of
pounde at six per neat. at pm. 0 the last day spooled
for the anheeriptoo—Septenber 14—the Hats wtre ex-
amined, whoa lo I applicatieos had been received to
the fabuloue extent f eight thousand poneds—the
wade' roma of iargieet'ng to pay overdue dividend/I
us hope the Spode/de will sot bo able to rale* half
million on aoy terms until they disown the acantialoaa
praotioe of paying dividends in talk.

AtiniCULIE. alralllON IA THE CHURCH. Earl
Fortesone has written • lett- r in answer to a communi-
cation made to Lim about auricular oontessiou. The
nosh lord says:—" I have been thankful to ore that
the sound Protestantism of the great msj ority of my
fellow-citizens is leading to ink:cant protest' in all
parts of the country a/alma the introdustion in our
Church of. prectise the abuses of which—notwithstead.
lag the oar. and pr csution bostowsd in its organisation
and regulation by the ROM= Catholic Church—ars too
much felt by fathers and husbands in Roman C•tholie
countries." He hoped the believers in saoremental
confession and other itandala tenets would bef ore long feel
themaalves bound in consistency to follow the ablest and
most earnest of their party, Dr. Newman, brohdeartone
Wilberforos and Liaoning, and many others of leas oral-
nano*, who, after vainly tryieg to maintain in the Church
ef finglacd, • logically untenable position, had for years
been, olio after another, taxing refuge in Roma, "not
men," Says Earl Fortesue, " to their own relief than to
ours." Upon this the Lao remarks :—”Karl nevem
has expressed • pions hope that the Anglican &wo-
men who believe in sacrameetal eonferoion will shortly
take rafts in Rome, 'Clot more to their °en relief than
oars' We are decidedly of opinion that the •Committit•
of Ciergymen,' who are editing • series of 'Bo2lkll Books
Um the Young,' are arson; those who might most
properly 'quit their (spiritosi) ooantry for their
, country's good,' and who would find the air of the Beres
Hills eonidderably more suitable to their mental oat.
, @illations than the climate of Eaglish thought oat
' feeling. The following are some of the counsels
addressed to children of eight yeses old and upward.
The child is told to 'go to Christ's priest and tell his
veto simply sad °peril, all the sins which he
or she remembors to have committal. It is
to the priest and the priest only that the child must
acknowledge his sins if he desire that God
should forgive him, because God, when He was on earth.
gees to He priests the Divine power of forgiving MOM
their sins.' The child is than reedited that 'children
who conceal their sins in confession are in danger of the
siverlsatiog (tree of hell.' Of sours • boy or girl brought
up under stub a system ls from the drst • slave of the
man who holds all hie or her little secrete, and never
comes to true manhood or womanhood at all--indspen-
decos of thought or reserve of sacred feeling. Even
if we timid suppose that • boy might swaps being
inciaslly imbued by such perpetual theulsenos of hisoli
to an older man, it Is inoonoeivable that the whole
bloom end bsuly of • girl's nature should not be
destroyed by befog thus trained to violate all the imeress
of her heart."

BIRTHS.
September, 5, al Feet, the wife of Mr. John ORM',
ooartguard, of a daughter.
September 15, at Blaudford, the wife of Mr. Be
Hopktna, of. eat.
September 18, at Garry Oottage, Parindona, the
wife of the Rey. Walter Riley, of Rishroond, of • sou.
September 21, at Wistrlth Roam Wititritb.
Dorchester, the wife of R. T. Nettkton, Bee., ILN., et
844.

MA.RRIAGIS
September 13, at the pariah 'bunk Gillingham, by
Lb. Rev. 0. A. Pinhoru, Elwta, 11110004 SOU of Mr.
Neale, of Mande, Dorset, to Sarah. daughter of the
late W. Farmer*, of Winterboarue Stoke, Witte.
September 15, at Brussels, Belgium, Mr. Willies
Sargent, of B.tb, to Miss Sally Rauyard, of Zest
LII worth, Dorset.
September 23, at St. Lake's Church, Southample
by the 1t.,. Mr. Treilboy, William Cattrill Kakis@ of -
Dorchester, to Harriet, donut danghter of Ja;nes
Allen, end granddaughter of James 4110111, Lq., M.a.
formerly of Weymouth.
September 23, at Si. James' Chutob, Poole, by the
Rev. J. A. Leeson, Mr. G. Pewee, of Sellebury,
eugineer P. sod G. Company, to Mime J. C. CrIN,
youngest daughter of Mr. It. Cribb, Late of Hot
Majesty's Customs, Poole.
kepteenner 23, at All Sainte, Ston•brldg• COOS,rid d R en, by the ev. Jared Qshk, Brae A 11.., Sm., of
Dadra, to Mary Sarah, only advising daughter of
John Belford, formerly of Poole.
DRATHS,
September 11, at Derebeater, Steamer, relief of the
late Mr. White, dafeelicarsr, of Blendford, aged gn
years.
September IC at the Ship Inn, Langton Matravers,
the reddest:le of her node, Jed Sander', aged
eonsamption.
September 18, at kilsaftesbary, Mr. Ring Hard, aged
91 jeers.
September 18, at willow Lodge, Mudeford, Christ-
Aura. Sophia Praisers, widow of the labs
Captain William Gilbert Roberta, R.N., at a very
idealised sge.
September 19, at High Lea, near Wimborne, Lochs,
wife of de late Robert Friend, aged 6i.
bar U. at Lyme Regis, in her Bth year, KM\
Eire=, eldest daughter of Henry and Ilisedith
Healey.
September 21, at North Allington, Mr. Thome
Banbam, aced &I year,.
September 21, at Lyme Regis, Mary, redid of tie
lad Mr. J. Peony, sged 77.
September 23, at Glyde.pathuui, Dorchester, Mr.
James Moors, late of Bookhanig leo, aced 77 yawn.
September 24, at Blandford, Mr. William Our, aged
66 years.
September 24, at Poole, after years of intend suffer-
ing, Marianne, relict of the lake William DravderldP, if
Lymbigton.
September 25, at Berton Bridled*, Jame' Brows,
Esq., aged tirJ.
bltrabe: 25, at 'Sandford Bt. Mary. alter a long aed
peiillnees, Mr. Robert Brine, 000 per, aged 64
years.
September 27, at Hams Terms, Boarsdnouth, Ledy
Adeline Wabash", widow of the lete &I. Joshua
Walmekty, aged 71.

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