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AGRICULTURE.
AGRICULTURE. ——* THE OUTLOOK. It is to be feared that the term" a promising season which headed this column last week has to be somewhat discounted on account of the cold winds and frosts which have continued with such pertinacity. The remark applies more particularly to the promise of the fruit crop, which there is little reason to doubt has suffered considerably, so far as all early-blossoming varieties of pears and stone- fruit are concerned, and not a few early apples, cherries and the smaller bush fruits such as red and white currants An examination shews that not only has the wind destroyed a great deal, but that the frosts have irretrievably rumea a majority of the blooms which have had little or no oiiance of "setting." it is just posibie, however, suould milder influences be forthcoming, that suihcieiit blossom may remain to yet produce fair crops. but at the time of writing the prospect, to say the least, is dubious. Although the country to the unpractical eye presents a ciiarui- ing appearance in its Iresn verdure, the complaint is loud among agriculturists that nothing grows." This, of course, refers principally to the pastures, which, together with nearly all vegetation, have been held in checic by the coia after a trying winter in which shortages of hay and roots irom last year have been too severely conspicuous, iiie season we have been passing through has oeeii very tavourable for farm work, which is well forward; out "be ven months of winter" has put a severe strain oii all concerned in the cultivation of tue land, which weekly becomes more desirable should be broken, and that can only be done by a plentiful growth of grass. A fair amount of ralll has laiien locally during the week, but in the ,outli where the frosts are reported not to have done so much damage, more moisture is needed to render the prospect hopeful. There has not been much animation in the oheese markets during the week, Cut prices have ruled strong, with an upward tendency of Is. to 2s., in view of the reduotion of stocks. Some new oheese is coming to hand, but the quality i3 as yet indifferent for want of maturity. Autumn made Cheshire ot the finest quality is about played out, and tne best to market realises from Dls. to 7zs.; fine, 62s. to 65s.; and medium and lower grades from 60s. to 40s. par lzuib. Otner English makes of all grades meet a good inquiry. Canadian also in demand as to best brands, and Is. to 2s. higner in vaiua; September, October, coloured, 62s. to 65s.; white, 59s. to 60s.; fine to finest, 58s. to 60s. There is a demand for avail- able small lots of New Zealand at 59s. to 60s. INFLUENCE OF WARBLES ON CATTLE. A most instructive article w.ta regard to the rearing and feeding of cattle is furnished from the pen of Mr. J. O. Hurle in the journal of the Bath and West of England Agrlouicural Society; which might be perused with profitable interest by stockbreeders in relation to the approacmng season. Incidentally he refers to the attack ot warble flies in the summer o; 1897, and to relief experienced through acting on advice sent him by the late Miss Ormerod. As an outoome of this advice in subsequent years the warble grubs were extracted from the backs of animals in May, and other flies were kept off by using the "smear" recommended, prevention and remedy being both inexpensive. As evidence of the capabilities of cattle under favourable conditions in addmg to their weigat records, Mr. Hurle states that in the twelve days from May 13 to 25 last year seven steers made the aggregate gain of 5 cwt., which works out at about 7iib. per head per day, on grass alone. The animals were shorthorns, and were kept on bare grass and hay from March 26 until April 27, during the first. half of which they lost 111b. a head, and in the second, when they received chaff and 4ib. maize meal each daily in addition, gained nearly 6lb. per day eaoh. From April 27 to May 7 they were on strong young grass, and received 41b. undecorticated cotton cake each to prevent scouring, but from May 7 they were on grass alone. From 31b. to 51b. per head daily seems to be quite a oommon rate of gain on Mr. Hurle's pastures in good seasons. THE BUTTER STANDARD. The fixing of 16 per cent. as the maximum of water to be legally accepted in butter still con- tinues to give rise to much discussion, and, it may be added, dissatistaction among those interested in the manufacture. Especially is this the case in regard to Welsh and Irish salted butters, wnich in a large number of instances are made in remote country districts for which ready markets are not very accessible. A pertinent illustration is furnished in a resolution passed unanimously at a recent meeting of dairymen at Limerick, as f,oll<)ws: That we, the members of the South of Ireland Butter Merchants' Association, having had long and practical experience of the manu- facture and sale of salt firkin butter in the South and West of Ireland, feel convinced that the enforcing of a 16 per cent, standard will assuredly destroy this particular industry. That neither by dry salting nor any other process can a com- mercial keeping article be provided which will comply with the requirements of this standard. If a 16 per cent. standard be persisted in, the mem- bers of this association will be compelled to dis- continue trading in this article, which at present forms a leading industry in the South and We3t of Ireland, and will entail most serious results to the farming oommunity and the consumers in certain districts where this class of butter is in much favour Copies of the resolution to be for- warded to Mr. Hanbury and our M.P.'s with a speoial request for information as to whether the I sale of this butter can be continued under the declaration as recommended by the Departmental Committee." Questioned on the latter clause of the resolu- tion in the House of Commons, the President of the Board of Agriculture declined to express any opinion as to the view the Courts were likely to adopt, as to whether the regulations may be evaded by the vendor merely disclosing- the fact that the article contains water in excess of the limit fixed by the regulations. It is significant, however, that the Cork Butter Market Trustees have decided to refuse to brand butter containing an excess of 16 per cent. of moisture, and urge Irish dairy farmers to discontinue the use oi pickle and adopt the system of dry salting. THE DESTRUCTION OF CHARLOCK. Mr. G. F. Strawson, who may be regarded as the first pioneer in the crusade against this agri- cultural pest, writes in the Press:—The height of charlock is not a safe guide as to the best time to spray it. In many districts, both in England and Scotland, last season, I saw charlock only about two or three inches high, but that was old and tough as wire, and just coming into flower. Owing to the cold and unfavourable season, it had grown slowly, and should have been sprayed weeks earlier. When the weather is favourable and the plant grows away quickly, it may be successfully destroyed up to six or eight inches high. The only safe guide that I know of at present as to the best time to kill the charlock is when the plant is young and in soft fibre, after it had put out a few rough leaves. Under such conditions every plant that receives its proportionate share of 50 gallons of 3 per cent. solution of copper sulphate per acre will be destroyed (i.e., 15lb. in 50 gallons of water). I have just had an opportunity of superintending some field spraying under these conditions, and am now informed that 95 per cent. of the charlock is already dead. I have adopted a practice which I would recommend to all who spray charlock. Have two or three old manure bags, and lay them down over the charlock in the track of the spray- ing machine. The plants oovered by the bags will have been protected from the spray. These plots will shew a sharply-defined contrast between the sprayed and unsprayed charlock, and give a clear, decided lesson as to the value received from spraying. EDUCATION AND THE CORN DUTY. The Council meeting of the Central and Associated Chambers of Agriculture, held in London recently, discussed the Government Education Bill, on the report of the Local Taxa- tion Committee. This ran to the effect that as a general rule they had always objected to any new charge being imposed on local rates, but if the scheme contained in the Bill were not carried out, it was to be apprehended that before long, under the existing law, they would have estab- lished everywhere school boards levying school board rates far exceeding a Svepenny rate. Thus from a local tarnation point of view, until the present unfair incidence of local taxation was remedied, the pro posals of the Bill were to be accepted only as being preferable to the situation under the exist- ing laws. It would seem to be better to accept this charge than run the imminent risk of a very much heavier one. But the committee thought that while the existing local experience might at present continue to be a local charge, some promise should be obtained from the Government as to their undertaking at least a substantial share of any increased cost. They thought the education authorities to be constituted should have powers sufficiently ample to enable them to control the expenditure and management of the elementary schools. In the discussion following on the reading of the report a main point was the expression of the opinion that national educa- tion should be a national charge, and 011 this r, is point the report was referred back by an amend- ment which was carried by 24 votes to 22. The tax on corn and flour next received con- sideration. initiated by a motion of the Right Hon. J. Lowther, M.P., "That this Council approves of the tax on corn and flour, but regrets that a higher duty was not put upon flour." The imposition of the taxes, he urged, might have a slight tendency to induce the importer to send his corn in bulk, so that the milling would go on in this country. They would be glad to see the poor millers get a chance their trade had been largely withdrawn from them by unforeseen cir- cumstances, and any restoration of the milling business would be welcomed by the people of this country. An increase in the inmost on flour would enable British industry to have a little chance. and from an agricultural point of view it would increase the import of feeding stuffs to this country. Some opposition was displayed to the resolution in the discussion, but it was in the c;d adoptod by a. large majority, and a copy was directed to be sent to the Government. SUPERIORITY OF CANADIAN FLOUR. As is well known to both farmers and millers in this oountry, considerable interest has been aroused and much discussion taken place in re- gard to this question. Canadian flour has been steadily making headway in Europe, and it would seem not without a cause, if its superiority as displayed by experiment and analyses be taken into account, as to quantity and quality of the bread produced from it. Tests have been made in London by three first-class firms of bakers, each using 1001b. of stveng Canadian flour, with the following results:—(1) 1461b. of bread, (2) 152',b.; (3) 1511b. To meet the increased demand in England for hard wlieats to mix with the home- grown and softer wheats, Mr. F. T. Shutt, of the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, made a comparative examination of Canadian best patents and the best grades of Hungarian flours, the foreign samples having been procured by the Dominion Minister of Agriculture. The result of these experiments proved the superiority of the Canadian flour for bread-making purposes. The proportions of albuminoids or protein, the most important ingredient from a nutritive standpoint, were—Canadian, best patents, 12.59 per cent.; Hungarian, best grade, 11.27 per cent. The determination of gluten, both wet and dry was also in favour of Canadian flour, namely, Canadian, best patents, wet gluten, 34.22, dry ?;u^n',12"33 Hungarian, best grade, wet gluten, 26.17, dry gluten, 9.79.
TAIL WORM IN THE COW.
TAIL WORM IN THE COW. IS IT SUPERSTITION? An interesting article appears in the current issue of "The Field," dealing with the once favourite rural superstition which accounts for the cow's loss of power of motion from paralysis, or rheumatism, by the existence of a disease in the tail termed "tail worm." This cal!s to mind the cir- cumstance that in Eccieston there resides a de- crepit old gentleman who not only believes the existence of this malady to be beyond doubt, but solemnly claims to have cured it in at least ten instances from time to time. The venerable genius, William Mou'iton by name, has attained an age considerably greater than the three score years and ten allotted by the Psalmist, and it must be confessed that the most credible individual, on making his acquaintance, could hardly fail to think he might be a likely agent for the perpetua- tion of oid superstitions. Be this as it may, how- ever, he willingly concedes, despite his numerous "cures," that tail worm is a very rare disease in cattle. His treatment is very simple, and strikingly similar to that which was seriously advocated by farmers and cowmen many years ago, namely, to make an incision in the surface of the tail, and fill up the wound with a mixture of garlic and sait. This homely remedy was learned by Mr. Moulton, when a. young man, from a farrier at Kossett, who, he says, applied it in many cases with the greatest success, and was regarded in the neighbourhood as an authority on the treatment of the ailments of cattle. Whenever anything ailed their cattle, the farmers in the district sub- mitted the beasts to the amateur vet., who made no charge for his services. The last cure of "tail worm" Mr. Moulton c 'airiis to have made was about a year ago, when he experimented upon a cow belonging to Mr. William Jones, of Eccles- ton. The existence of the disease, according to Mr. Mouiton's theory, is indicated by a soft, in- flamed piace on the tail a few inches in length. In the face of his theory the following extract from the comments in "The Field" reterred to will be of Interest: It has been already stated that the idea that the loss of power of motion from paralysis, or rheumatism, or other cause, was due to disease in the tail was an old superstition even half a century ago, and it was one perfectly well known to veterinary surgeons of that time. Youatt, in his well-known work on cattle published by the Society for the Diffusion of Lseful Know- ledge in 1334, comments on the notion under the head of palsy, observing that the hind limbs are chiefly attacked by a feebleness which in- creases to stiffness, and at length total loss of motion. In many parts of the kingdom, he says, this complaint is traced to a most ridiculous cause. The original evil is said to be in the tail, and all maladies of this kind, involving the par- tial or total loss of motion of the hind limbs of the animal, are classed under the name of tail- ill or tail-siip. Mr. Dick, the principal of the Edinburgh Veterinary College at that time, also remarks on this superstition. He says that the farmer and the cowman believe that the mischief passes along the cow's tail to the back, and that it is on account of something wrong in the tail that the cow loses the use of her legs, and then someone sets to work to cut the cow's tail off, while others less cruel, if not more scientific, made an incision into the under surface and allow the wound to bleed freely, and then fill it up with a mixture of tar and salt and we know not what. It appears that farmers occasionally in early times went a step further than even the above-named idiotic treatment. They looked upon the matter as the result of witch- craft, and had recourse to charms, such as bind- ing a small piece of the rowan tree on the ex- tremity of the cow's tail and making a black cat pass round about the animal until the cat's re- monstrances satisfied them that the devil, which had previously resided in the body or tail of the cow, had now taken up its position in the body ot the cat. We are informed that for years veterinary sur- geons have without exception ridiculed the idea of the existence of such a malady as tail worm, explaining that the feebleness in the limbs attribu- ted to a worm in the tail is none other than the symptom of disease of the bone. It is to be feared, therefore, that Mr. Moulton will not have many believers in his theory. After quoting a descrip- tion by Professor Dick of the anatomy of the cow's tail, the writer concludes: "This plain, if some- what fanciful, description of Professor Dick should suffice to make the mystery clear enough to the least educated or even the utter'y ignorant; but, unfortunately, these are the people who are the least likely to get the information."
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As announced in our advertisement columns Messrs. Preece, Everall and Waddington will hold their monthly sale of store cattle and sheep on Friday, May ICoth, when more than 1,100 cattle and 300 sheep will be offered by auction. These sales offer most advantageous facilities to buyers who should note the fixture. The sale commences at 12 noon prompt.
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LORD DELAMERE'S RIGHTS. ♦- THE NEW PARK DISPUTE. At the meeting of the Northwich Rural Council on Friday, Colonel France-Hayhurst presiding, Mr. Gerrard said he had a matter of some importance to bring forward. It had reference to the fact that Lord Delamere had once more taken action and had locked the gates which formed the entrance to the New Park- road, which it was held was a public thorough- fare. What he wished to know was how the Council stood in the matter. Tne Clerk replied that the Council informed Loru Delamere's solicitors that they were content to allow the matter to remain as it was before the gates were locked against the public. He had thought that by this time Lord Delamere would have opened the gates as before, and would have satisfied himself by doing what he thought sufficient to protect his rights. Mr. Gerrard: As a matter of fact, he has closed the gates entirely against the public both as regards the footpath and the carriage-way. The Chairman When was this done ? Mr. Gerrard A fortnight or so. The Clerk said that what was intended by the Council, who had held several conferences with his lordship's solicitors, was that, without prejudice to the rights of any party, the thing should revert to its former position, and the same facilities should be afforded to the public as formerly existed. Mr. Watts considered that the last letter from Lord Delamere's solicitors did not lead them to suppose that he would acquiesce in the Council's request. The solicitors averred that Lord Delamere possessed all the rights over the road and the public possessed none. The Clerk: He may have asserted it, but we assert the other thing. r M.r- Holland remarked that 011 this occasion Lord Delamere had gone further than he had gone before. He now refused foot passengers admittance. 0 After further discussion, Mr. Howitt gave notice tnat at the next meeting he would move that, in the event of Lord Delamere's not havino- taken steps to open the road to the public, the Council should remove the gates from their hinges.
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WIRRAL GUARDIANS. a The fortnightly meeting of the Wirral Board of Guardians was held at the Clatterbridge Work- house on Wednesday. Mr. W. Knowles pre- sided, and there were also present Mrs. Hannay, Mrs. Dalglish, Mrs. Hcdgson, Mrs. Hampson, Miss Pritchard, Colonel Lloyd, the Rev. S. GambleWalker, Messrs. W. W. Christian, H. A. Latham, G. J. Townsend, C. Hope, C. Hook, H. Earle, W. C. Sutton, Warbrick, Tullock, C. Morris, J. Grundy, J. Delamore, W. Ledsom, J. A. Miller, Allen, J. R. Turton, S. Jones, W. Peers, J. R. Thompson and H. Lea. AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. With reference to the complaint of delay in the registration of a death made against Mr. J. A. Hignett, registrar of births and deaths, at the last Board meeting, a letter was read from Mr. Hignett, in which he said that Mrs. Hyslop first called at his house at nine o'clock, and not at seven as stated, on Thursday, 27th March. It was not convenient for him to open his office at that hour, and he sent her a message that she could call the next morning (Good Friday morn- ing) on the chance of seeing him; but if the morning was fine she might find him out. On Good Friday he was engaged in the Eilesmere Port district, and on his arrival home again he learnt that Mrs. Hyslop had called. He regis- tered the death on the Saturday morning. He heard no complaint until the last meeting. The official hours were advertised on a brass plate outside the house. He pleaded for an impartial investigation of the affair. Mrs. Hyslop was then called in, and gave her version of the incident. Mrs. Hampson did not think that Mr. Hignett could have been in bed as stated, as Mrs. Hyslop had heard footsteps. Mr. Hignett said he was sure he went out about nine o'clock on Good Friday morning, while Mrs. Hyslop was just as certain that she called at twenty minutes to nine. The Chairman This is not the first time, Mr. Hignett. Mr. Hignett: Where's the second? The Rev. S. Gamble Walker protested against the chairman's remark. All charges ought to be made openly before the Board. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman: I apologise. Mr. Hignett regretted the incident had oc- curred. Colonel Lloyd thought they ought to express their deep regret to Mrs. Hyslop for what had occurred. THE CORONATION. The minutes of the Coronation Committee shewed that that committee recommended the Board to give an entertainment to the inmates similar to the one given on the occasion of the Duke of York's marriage. They also suggested that the women be given tea and sugar and the men tobacco, and the children medals and fire- works. The High Sheriff had written promising to do what he could to entertain the inmates, and his offer was accepted, and the committee suggested a trip to New Brighton or Liverpool. The S.P.C.K. were offering £10 worth of books for £ 5, and it would be very desirable to secure such a library if Mr. Banner would undertake to purchase it.—Mr. Thompson asked if any extra relief would be given to outdoor paupers.—Mr. Latham thought the outdoor poor would be entertained in their respective villages.
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THE LATE MR. R. CORBET. o THE FUNERAL. [By ocr. OWN REPORT KR.] If any evidence were needed to indicate the great esteem in which the late Mr. Reginald Corbet was held by his hosts of friends, it was afforded in a striking manner on Wednesday afternoon, when the remains were laid to rest amid peaceful rural surroundings in the historic churchyard at Adderley. Members of the nobility, prominent hunting gentle- men, tenantry and others braved a torrential down- pour of rain, and assembled in a large number to mourn the loss of one who was regarded as the beau ideal of an old English gentleman. The coffin, covered with choice wreaths, was borne on the shoulders of 1(; of the deceased's workmen from Adderley Hall across the park and into the church- yard by the private entrance. Preceding it were a number of manservants carrying beautiful floral tributes, and it was followed by a procession of the principal mourners, tenants and servants. The college was an impressive spectacle as it wended its way through the grounds. At the entrance to the churchyard it was met by the officiating clergy-the Revs. U. J. Winser krector of Adderley), F. vV". T. Greenwood (vicar of Market Drayton), Brook de Malpas Grey Egerton vrector of Stoke-on-Tern), and H. V. Heber-Percy (rector of Hodnet)—who read the opening sentences of the burial service while preceding the coffin into the crowded church. A large number of mourners were unable to gain admission to the church. The obsequies were of a simple character, the choral portion being entirely eliminated. The coffin was laid in a grave at the south-west corner of the churchyard by the side of the graves of the deceased gentleman's father and mother, the former of whom died in the year 1877 at the age of 72, and the latter in 1885 at the age of 80. In the same church- yard lie the remains of the deceased's brother and sister—Richard Arthur, who died in the year 1871, and Mary Eleanor, in 1892—his other brother, Edward Andrew, having been buried at Florence in the year 1870. The cothn bore on a brass plate the inscription:—"Henry Reginald Corbet. Born,, October 1st, 1832; died, Alay 4th, 1902." The wreaths sent by Ladv Enniskillen and Miss Smythe (Mr. Corbet's nurse) were buried with the coffin. The chief mourners present were Mr. Reginald Corbet, M.F.H., and Mr. Randolph Corbet (sons), Sir Philip Grrey-Egerton, the Rev. K. W. Corbet and the Rev. Athelstan Corbet (brothers), Mr. Rowland Corbet (nephew), Colonel Egerton, Colonel Cornwall Legh, Sir Walter Corbet, Lord Enniskillen, and Mr. Baldock. Others in attendance included Lord Kenyon, Lord Stal- bridge, Lord Arthur Grosvenor, the Earl of Kilmorey, Lord Delamere, Sir Henry Delves Broughton, Mr. Henry Tollemache, M P., Mr. A. N. Hornby, Mr. A. H. Hornby, Mr. Reginald Cooke, Colonel Cotton Jodrell, Mr. Cud- worth H. Poole (Marbury), Mr. Arthur Knowles Mr. St. John Charlton, Dr. Lapage, the Rev. G. H. Egerton (rector of Myddle;, Mr. W. Von. Schroder, Mr. S. H. Sandbach (Malpas), the Rev. G. H. Stapleton Cotton, Mr. J. L. Birkett, Mr. J. H. Beilyse (Audlem), Mr. H. M. Wilson (Master of the jNorth Cheshire Hounds), Captain Griffiths, Mr. Piers Egerton Warburton, Mr. Egerton Lee, Mr. Marshall Brooks, Mr. John Lawson, Mr..). H. Stock, M.P., Mr. George Davies (Saudi way], Captain Ethel- ston, Colonel Cotes, Captain Lloyd (Shrews- oury;, Air. A. T. Bennion, Mr. 1<. Gouldbourn, Mr. W. Woodburn, Mr. Rowley Conway, Mr. R. C. Donaldson-Hudson, Mr. W. Tayleur, Mr. Gordon Houghton (Tarporley), Col. Rivers Bulkeley, the Hon. Frank Hill, Mr. Wardell, Mr. Hugh Peel, Mr. Arthur Starkey (Wrenbury Hall), the Rev. E. H. Hinchcliffe (Mucklestcne), Mr. Harry Reynolds (Hartford), Mr. J. Tayleur, Major Stamar, Mr. Edward Massey, Colonel G. Gordon Warren, V.D., Mr. J. Evans, Mr. J. Palmer, the Rev. G. R. Plant (Childs Ercall), Mr. H. Wood, Mr. H. Barnett, Mr. Hugh Jones, Mr. Bright, Mr. Geo. Boughey (Nantwich), Mr. H. E. Barnes, Mr. J. Lander (Market Drayton), Mr. J. Boughey, Mr. Bevill Stanier (Peplow Hall), Mr. George Brown (Nantwich), Major Gerald Harding (Almington), Mr. A. Earp (first whip) and Mr. E. Tyrrell (second whip). The tenants present included Messrs. R. B. Annandale, G. Done, J. Chidler, F. Bickley, J. Simpson, C. H. Arrowsmith, A. Coggins, G. Lewis, J. Tapley, W. Perry, H. G. Taylor, Urban Major, Thomas Major, W. Barnett, C. Aston, T. R. Wycherleyt R. B. Chesworth. G. Parker, H. Sheppard, J. Great- banks, F. Sheppard, W. Annandale, A. Mulliuer, Giles Kirk (bailiff), C. W. Bradbury, Remiio (head gardener), Ryder (head coachman). Baker (butler), Cheshire, James Major, J. H. Wycher- ley, T. Simon, W. Allen, E. Cartwright, J. Lea, J. Hollins, G. Taylor, J. H. Godsall, W. Ashley, J. Greatbach. A. Powell, L. Shuker and W. H. Goodall. Wreaths were contributed by the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, Captain Bertie and Mrs. B. Corbet, Lady Boughey, Lady Ennis- killen and Lady Kathleen Cole, Sir Walter Corbet. Sir Philip and Lady Grey-Egerton, the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Sir Gilbert and Lady Greenall, Sir Delves and Lady Broughton, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. Sutthery, Mr. Stanier, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tayleur, Mrs. Kellock, Miss Bibby, Miss Freshwater, Miss Smythe (Mr. Corbet's nurse), the house servants, the Adderley gar- deners, Mr. and Mrs. Baldock, Captain and Mrs. Griffiths, Mr. Ned Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. Schroder, Mr. and Mrs. Broughton, Mr. and Mrs. H. Kellock, Mrs. Williams, the William Pitt Instock Habitation of the Primrose League, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hornby, Mr. George Brooke, the Ercall tenantry, Mr. and Mrs. Annandale. Baron and Baroness William Von Schroder, Mrs. Bruce and Miss Corbet (sisters of the deceased) Archie, Ethel, Andrew and Rowland, Mrs. Rowland Corbet and Miss Margaret Corbet, Mr. Simon and family, Edward, Agnes and Lilian, Edward and Emma Griffith.
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ACTOR'S SLANDER ACTION.- -Judgment was given on Tuesday morning in the action for alleged slander and for procuring his dismissal, brought by Mr. Ernest Pope, an actor, against the well-known theatrical manager, Mr. Frank Curzon (sued as Francis; Arthur Deeley). The jury could not ag-roe upon the question of slander, but thought that Mr. Pope was entited to a continuance of his engagement at the Prince of Wales's. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £ 10 (is. with costs on the question of the non-engagement at the Prince of vv ales's Theatre. No judgment was entered upon the claim for slander in consequence of the disagree- ment of the jury on that point. °
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DEESIDE GLEANINGS. --+-- ¡ An interesting link with the past has been severed through the death of Mrs. Ellen Stone- house, which took place at her residence in Park- gate-road, Neston, at an early hour on Thursday. Deceased, who was born as far back as October, 1812, had possession of all her faculties until the last, and was only confined to her bed for a day. Until the last year or so the old lady looked fully twenty years younger than she really was—a kindness on the part of Dame Nature which, while it is appreciated by maidens of forty or thereabouts, is often a source of irritation to mar- ried ladies who have passed the allotted span. One of the simple pleasures of her declining years was a friendly chat over her garden gate looking on the roadway, and as she had a most retentive memory, filled with recollections of Shotwick and other local districts in her girlhood's days, her conversation was often very interesting. Her principal grief was that which is so frequently the penalty of living to be very, very o.d. All her friends and kindred had gone before, leaving her as it were among strangers, and like the last min- strel, she would "fain be with them and at rest." James Stonehouse, husband of the deceased, who died on the same day of the same month tweive years previously, aged over eighty, had from his youth dabbled in journalism, and was the author of several books on old Liverpool, which in their way have become classic. Much of this lore was gathered from the recollections of old Liver- pudlians by the young author, and a number of them were embodied in a series of articles entitled "RecoLections of an Octogenarian." This fictitious individual was supposed to relate his reminiscences while walking about the George's Pierhead, and to the intense amusement of the writer a number of persons were in the habit of going down to the Pierhead in the forenoon to watch for the garru- lous old gentleman, who neverlappeared. When Charles Dickens paid his first public visit to Liverpooi, James Stonehouse was sent for by the authorities, and asked if he could furnish a suitab.e set of verses to be read to the great novelist on the following day. Brief as was the notice, some charming and very suitable verses, welcoming Dickens to Liverpool, were forth- coming, and so impressed the creator of Pickwick that lie asked for an introduction to the poet. The intimation only reached Mr. Stonehouse as Dickens was leaving Liverpool, and the interview took place at the window of the railway carriage at Lime- street in which the latter was seated. In the verses mention was made of one of the captains of the liners on which Dickens was a passenger, who on reading the death of Little Nell cou.d read no further, but flinging the volume into the sea in an agony of grief, turned to the writer with the exclamation, "Good G-d, Dickens, what made you kill her'r" Dickens was very curious as to how this episode could have reached the writer of the verses. The incident is not very unlike that narrated by Bret Harte, who did this much in his verses on the death of Dickens, entitled "Dickens in Camp," which made such a hit at the time. 'Tis a small world, my masters. An unassuming I' paragraph in this column told a plain, unvarnished tale of the little dog of the late Stephen Scarratt, who insisted upon attending his master's funeral, and conducted himself throughout the obsequies in such a broken-hearted fashion as to move the onlookers to tears. Unlike most dog stories, the tale was literally true, and having been set care- lessly adrift here, the story travelled like thistle down throughout the land, and took up temporary lodgings in journals "doggy" and otherwise, far too numerous to mention. Among other places it has found its way to Italy, and "Ouida," the bril- liant novelist who writes so unsparingly of the "fast" sets in a certain stratum of society and so lovingly of the dumb creation, has despatched a special message inquiring as to the dog's welfare. The letter is written in a very bold hand, three to four words to a line, extending over a large page, and is signed with the above weL-known nom-de- plume. Codger, the small dog, who has lost much of his woe-begone appearance, has in reply to this sat for his portrait to Mrs. Morris, a local photographer, and has sent on his photo to the eminent writer, and a flirtation has thus begun of which it is difficult to see the end. it is not. often that railway wagons go on the rampage, but such an event happened on a por- tion of the joint line on Saturday, and made it particularly warm for the staid old colliery loco- motive, which, having completed his week's work, had retired to his shed for the Sabbath. It ap- peared that eleven coal trucks had by some means been left uncoupled at Parkgate Station, and the engine-driver was shunting them in the direction of the Wirral Colliery. Tired of the state of ser- vitude which compels them to be pushed and pu'led hither and thither by an unfeeling steam- engine, the trucks awaited their opportunity, and on reaching the incline by the level-crossing near the laundry, bolted for the colliery at full speed. By the time they had passed over the three- quarters of a mile or so that lay between they had attained a terrific pace, and entering the engine shed at the colliery, they gave the steamless loco- motive such a thump in the buffers that it reared like a bucking horse, and dashing out the end wall of the shed like pasteboard, darted out and buried itself some three yards 111 the clay embank- ment outside. ment outside. If the trucks had sped along the passenger line instead of the Colliery branch, the result would probably have fully justified the local authority in the action they have taken as regards pro- viding a cemetery, but the levels no doubt pre- cluded any possibility of this. A novelty has arisen on the charming road which lies between Ness and Burton. The road is made up, as everyone knows, of hills and hollows of emerald green meadows and wood- lands-swelling, as the eye takes in the distant prospect, into panoramic views of land and sea and far away hills. Midway between the two villages rises a bold headland that looks over the estuary towards the distant sunset. It is one of the last landmarks visible to the unambitious local mariner as he puts out into the Irish Sea, and owing to its formation antiquarians have long expected that a great "find" would.be made when the mound should be dug into. It was, so they asserted, the work of ancient man, and some old chieftain, with shield and weapons of bronze and ornaments and vessels of gold, would surely be found sleeping away the ages there, and would come forth into the strange Twentieth Century. As a matter of fact, a mansion has grown up on the summit of the mound, and excavations have in consequence been made, but no "skeleton in armour" has as yet made his appearance, and the Ll excavators have said things in reference to the old red sandstone of this part of Cheshire. All this, however, has nothing to do with the "novelty" which causes the scorching cyclist to stop his headlong career and bids the motorist forget his German-Emperor-English-Navy- Mercantile-Marine uniform, put on the brake and turn back to read the words on the gate-" All are welcome. Please shut the gate, and please keep to the path." The passer-by usually strokes what is popularly supposed to be the seat of intellect while lie ponders on the words, and is. to use a word not usually found in the English dictionary- flabbergasted." No wonder. After Private Road," "Trespassers will be Prosecuted" (often spelt "persecuted"), Mind the Dog," etc.. etc.. one should he let down gently. It is to be hoped that no Bill Sykes" will wander along the Ness and Burton road, but even if he does he will pause and consider ere he takes a wrong advantage of such an invite, and so will many others.
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EXTENSION LECTURES AT THE FREE LIDUAKT.— We have received the following list of candidates who have been successful in the examination 011 Mr. Horsburgh's course of lectures on modern .statesmen .-—Passed with distinction, Cornelius Williamson (prize); satisfied the examiner Susan Florence Parker, Alice Partington, and Charles Wright. —
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