The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-03-01 00:00:00

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Pool-Rare SIIIIIIONSEIS.—On Friday, before H. C.
Goodden and R. if. Eliot, Ems., Cap ain Pretor, and
Major Wool, there wee no other businees but poor.
rate summonses.
SZI.V-11/LIPIXIL—A tramp, named Thomas Hunt,
was brought up on Friday, before the Mayor, R. N.
Howard, Esq., charged with destroying his clothing at
the Union-house on the previous night. He had
applied for relief, and bsen admitted; but oonceiving
his clothes were not suitable to his rank and station,
hare up the principal, thus putting on the retepayers
the onus of providing him with fresh.—The Mayor
gave him a lecture on his effrontery, and sent him to
prison for a month's hard labour.
THE FocsaLL or CAPTAIN Orwsv, late barrack
master at Weymouth, took place on Thursday
morning. The time of the funeral was influenced by
• service bed at Wyke Church, and eleven o'clock
was fixed in order to avoid clashing with the
service. Owing to the deceased having been so many
years in a prominent military position here, it was
expected the funeral would be one with militsry
honours; but in deference to the exprres wish of Mrs.
Otway, it was finite private, only • few sergeants,
representing the mVtary. But !several gentlemen
col the Royal Dorset Yacht Club, mat at
rt'uliZ and followed the remains to the grave. Nis
was attended by Captain Neale, Captain
Captain Clarke, who succeeds Captain Otway
as re.ant commissary-general, and Mx. R. Oakley,
secretary of the Royal Dorset Yacht Cub; Mrs.
Otway was chief, mourner, with Mr. Waller Otway,
his nephew ; Colonel Swaffield. brother-in-law,
Messrs. G. and A. Swaffield, Mires H. and 0.
Sordlsldr arc J. and Mrs. Dynes, Rev. R. F. and
if,.. Lynes, and Sergeants Ford and Conner', who
served under the demand at the barracks. The Rev.
V. 'order, curate of Wyke, performed the ceremony,
mad moons of flowers were placed in the grave by
friends. A considerable amber of servants were also

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Moonlit SPIIITUALiaIa.—The lecture, in connection
esttli the Lecture Society on Thursday evening last,
was on " Modern Spiritualism," by Professor Red- '
mead—Bev. J. Miller, in introducing the lecturer,
asked the audience not to be afraid of any experi-
ments the professor might make, for his spirits were
a bottled, and if he lot them out, he also ?Salem
bcok again.—The lecturer gave • short of
ancient magic, telling of the old magicians' of
ettile or bones, his Incantations' his wand, and the
wrests .1 evil, if the spectator should step out of the
charmed circle. Du i& it was the beet place for the
magician to exhibit his illusions mostly by means of
mirrors, the laws of reflection being very little under-
stood., Ponderous books and "magic " tree helped to
excite the imagination, and the performances be in
obscure light, with smells and smoke around, the
/spectator was able to rightly estimate the effects pro-
408A In more modern times the belief in ghosts
olgoessees people, and many stories are recorded of
:Limed appearances, the pictures on the mind's eye
often more vivid than those on the body's
ra, while Sir David Brewster argues that the
Lad,, eye is actually the body's eye and that
bnagee are hand on the retina by waking dreams.
After relating some "ghost " stories, which were
originated either by illusion or some simple cause, and
mentiouing that even Nelson himself was a believer
In the superstition that • horse-shoe brings good luck,
the lecturer west on to modernepiritualism, the tricks
4 which are generally beneath notice, and often pro-
Awed by simple means, although some Are very clever.
well-knosrn medium lite Miss Cook was actually
caught and held by some scientific investigators, while
die cc• orating Marie, the spirit of • twelve-year
4,1 Yet spiritualism has now very any
believers, sad actually supports two newspapers. The
lecturer explained the slate-writing of Dr. Slade, who
bold the spectator's hand in one of his, the slate with
another, and wrote with his knee. Others WWII exposed
ibr word, the examinations of witnesses before magis-
trates being read; but the interest was chiefly excited
by the experiments. Them eonsisted of some clever
nempuing tricks, including tying the assistant in • sack,
been which, though sealed, he escaped in 2} Minutes
alter being left in "the cabinet." The esnel "cabinet"
performances, in which the assistant is securely tied,
and yet in a short time alter, being left in the cabinet,
gees Ca his coat, or gets someone elm's on, were
evuomestully performed, and an effective variety was
introduced by the lecturer promising to show the
"sauced inflow," the man who had been assisting.
The assistsat was fastened as before, and after a little
anon circumlocution, the lecturer unveiled the
embinet, sad showed • strange and rather startling
•hers, mooched In a quest attitude where the assistant
sausaubses been. The meal Itall-ringing. tambourine,
1:= earl ether eweiiesteticae were teiekly per-

TRADESMAN'S . --
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tt re k r oPsc mBALL—This gathering of inhabitants enquired the name of the man; and in reply she said
Elerard Handel% of Witnborne, a carpenter, in the employ '
of Mr. Elorock.—Tko Bench considered hie conduct very
had, and that he was more to blame than the boys. Under
beevegnnit iagrap at
the
it liallr agLls lHotel,
"namenta wel. The reeve"' were festooned, sa"A the cireurostances they fined them 61. and 2 costs each
the lower part of the room wee carpeted, and formed only.—Jenkins, it was stated by the police, had been pre-
• buffet. The fl wir was in first-rate trim, as smooth viotudy flogged for stealing cigar-holders, and had also bean
as glee& Dancing commencing early, was kept nr, fined for an aasault. it. seems • promising lad.
till about six in the morning. There were nearly 100 THE WRONG MAN. Willlsrn Esteem, of Hinson,
present, including the hby,r and many of the lead- leboeurer, was summoned by PnllipTlallour;drifattlie. Pam*
ing tradesmen of the town, and the affair wan a cool- lac
FM timiggstealing
a called.o!%e: geranium,
prosent. sad the defendant
about equal id number.
Pieta success, the ladies and the gentlemen being wee not casee
man g : It was his brother—The ease was
accordingly itismissed. Taylor having to p,y the defendant
Samutn CANTATA.—The choir and singing clam, led Is. for his day's work. He said he would do this, and
by Mr. C. Cro 'her, and sccompanied by Mr. G. would summons the other man, who not only took his
Bartlett, organist, of Hope Chapel, on Wednesday geranium, but smashed his window. and frightened his
evening
~ ___e^ gee° a red entertainment at the Chapel, wife out of her life, and she had to ha taken to the Poole
the herald (tenor), by Union.
b' ""'onninff the Cantata " DanieL" The prophet
P P —Edward Train ton. of Colebill, who
Daniel (baritone), tem represented by Mr. C. Bounton,
' did not gapitig7 ed John Cockland, were Outmost with
Mr. W. Griffin, Aguish (toner/. eallusitinaltplsagraC gehriatopher on the 19th February, at
Mr. H. Crocker, the King (haw), Mr. Foyer, and then ! Wimbotne.—On the evening' in question the parties bed
are two characters musically necessary, though their I been at • publichome drinking. from 'clock until
words are not found in Scripture—t e Queen. Miss shut.up time, IL On getting outside the two defendants.
Wright;__ and the Sister of Azsriak, Miss May Free- who appeared to have been annoyed at something that
men- The Cantata firm represents the Israelites had taken place during the evening about the outclasse
oppressed in Babylon, and here the chorus, soft and
Without of • sythe, went up to Christopher and knocked him down
el G.hem or four times His face bore witness to his story.—
,ow, By the rivers of Babylon" commences the The Bench seemed to think tho complainant had himself
amide& and wan tunefully and exPreseirelg sung. to thank tor this, having been at the house all the evening.
going through all the parts of the antatk and fined Frampton, whom the police mated was already
we may note that Mr NV. Grin's clear and pure under remenisances to keep the mace, 105. and costs, and
rendering of "The King bath commanded " was a Coeklad 9.. and costa.
great treat, especially in "lie shall fall down," which Warrox Mecum,. —Four young fellows of Witcharnp-
wee given with distinctness suitable to the ginger's ton, named Henry Joy, Frederick liebdige, II irk James,
and Albert Eimber, who were charged with damming a
supposed office. Mr, Foyer made a capital king, as fence the property of Lord Alington. on the 12th of
c°uld be represented without a character dress, and his February, pleaded guilty to doing eo.—P.C. Pope OW
voice was commanding, and, where neoestarys Pompous, stated that he received • letter from Kr. Meikle, stating
im that tioia part was well hlle,l throughout. Mr. C. that this fence had bean destroyed, and asking him to try
Baunton sang Daniel's part with expression and some and end out who it was had done it. Ile accordingly
power all thr oigh, and Nfr. H. Crocker was indispen. went to James and asked him what be knew of It. an
sable as Azimuth. Of the ladies, although their parts he then admittod he had done it. and also told the names
were inventions of the composer's, it must be said they Ifietiltle bgo,td others
Ai
g who
wteg,g concerned in it with him--Mr.
e_n; steward, who wag in Court, said
won the favour of the anlience by the propriety, he did not press for • heavy punishment, but the case as
cnrrectoess, and expression with which they sang, • caution, for a great deal of mischief of that kind bat
while they were not deficient in suitable power. The lately been done. Although the damage was only laid at
part of the Queen made considerable demands on Mimi 15.., yet it would conio to cmsidershly more, for the
Wright, which she well fulfille I, and Miss May whole of the fence, which wail • rustic wooden one, would
Freeman, who is always a f tvoarite, was equally so on have to be rephiced.—The Bench told the defendants after
Lord Alington's invariable kindness to the inhabitan.s of
Wednesday night, though the weight of the piece was
so very well borne by Miss Wright. ,tweee the the neishhoinbood the was very gross ingratituie. They
could only ascribe it to extreme thou !oilman.. They
principal successes we noted were—Mr. Griffins. "The would be fined Os. each and have to gpay the costa and
King hath Commando I' " Mr. Bounton's andante— damage between them. This made the amount each
"Hear the voice of my cry," Miss Busy Carter's— defendant had to hand over 11.. IM., end they were
"Slug unto the Lord," Mies Wright's—' How lovely cautioned as to their future conduct.
is Zion; and Judith's children, " kir. H. Crocker and --
Miss Freeman were also much appiauded, and
deservedly for their duet singing, and Mr. Foyer was
stumessinl ihroughost. Of the choruses—" The Lord
Reignetb," though some part of the effect was
peculiar, was mend tower& the close' and "Ones
more the spot," with subdued and pensive expression,
was well rendered by the choir, and it was finely
relieved by the bright spirited thud chorus—" Freedom
main is bringing," expressing the joy of the Jews on
their return to their land under the favourable rule of
Cyrus. The rendering generally was very creditable
to the singing class, an to their conductor. We would
suggest that the Sunday School Children, however,
should not take their i&sa of the history from the
cantata, especially the third part. That, however, only
affects the composers and must not detract from the
praise due to the musicians on Wednesday night.