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His Honour Jiulgo Coventiy, Messrs. Holden .-ind Sons, botanical beer mamifaeturei-s, Roch- ihilo, brought an action against Cliiistoplier.Cal­ vert, Clitiieroe, in rc-speo'.l of a horse wJiich bail not proved to tliem all that could be desired. Mr. SLx.smith (Oldham) represented the pinin-


On Wednesday, at the County Court, before


tiffs and Mr. 'Woeks iiie defeiulaiit. ^ It appeared that on the 3rd of May tho par­


ties mot at Bui’.y Fair, ami the defendant repre­ sented that lio had a dappled grey mare, sound and perfect, ami ho n.sked ^tr. Hohlen to come to Ciithcroe aud see it. The result -of this was that tho horse was bought for about j ;43 10s., but not tui-riing out satisfactorily it was ■even­ tually sold, and rcali/.ed, after expenses had been paid, about J118.


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«S" NOTE ADDRESS— King Street, Clitheroe. POa BHEASPAgT AND SUPPER- _ Charles llohlen, a member of tho firm of plaiii-


Hll's, said ho met Hie defomlant at Bury on the 3rd of Jday, and as he liad bought horses from liim pi-ovionsly, he asked liim if he had got a


hor.se to sell. The deteiidaut said lie liad a dup- pled grey mare, five ve.ar.s old, verv qiiici, souiiil


and perfect, and free from blemi.sli of every <le- sc.ripUoii. Witness asked liim if ho know- an.y- lliing about tho liistor.v of the liorse, and de- femlaiit’said lie lind liad her almost si.x montJi.s, and although siic liad fiilloii ill with a coid once, •slie wa.s iiow all right again. He asked XI5 foi- thu marc. On (ho following Tiicsila.v, wil.ne.ss came to


Clitlieroe lo look at this iiiave and he lirouglit hi.s wife with luiii. Defendant w.as not at lioiiie on their arrival, hut his son put tho hor.se into a cart and witness did iio'J. iiotico anything wrong with it,. Wilnc.s.s saw- defendant afterwards, wlio asked him if lie wa.s s.atislied with w-liat lie Inul seen. Witness wa.s sati.sfiod w-itli the looks, but 110 could not ho tlirpi-mighly .sa'iisfied until he hail tried licr. Ho ovcntimlly lirought Hic horse for .813 10.S., oil ilefeiulaiit’s word of honour tliat it was sound ami perfect. When tlio hor.se was (ii'.st lakeii out, they soon discovered Hiai she gave way with lior foHock joints. On the IGHi of May they wrote defomlant about this, asking him to giro an opinion. The letter they re­ ceived in reply was lo Hie effect Hiat Hie liorse was soiiiiil when lie dolivei-cd tier, and she was certainly all right unless their men liad strained her. Perhaps the ailing wn.s a mere fancy of lhair.‘-(. AV.il.iicss said lit was imiiosifhle Hmlt


they liad al rained licr, .a.s tho marc liad had a liglit loail aii'l put into tho liglitest lurry. Tliey saw a vet. ahimt tlio horse, and ho .advised tliem to put oil cold w.aler hamlages. Siiliseqiionil.v, i!e- feiidaiit said lio would lint Lake Hie lior.-io back, na he wa.s not in Hio practice of doing this. Crnss-oxaminod, they w-eiit on working Hie


liiir.so for ahoiit si.x weeks. Wlien. Hiey brouglit lici- hiiek, defendant said they must liaro lier examiiicd by a vet., w-Iio remarked tliat .she liad a aliglit scab oil llio slioiilder and one.on the back. ,lames .Viarsliall, of Koa'iidiile. said ho was in


enmiia.iiy v.itli Hie plaintiff ai Bury fair, ami he heard Uia defeiulaiit i(.iy Hiat the liorse w-as


sound, ole. ■Tolm Lough, farrier, Koehd.ale, said lie exam­


ined tlio liorse and thought tliis w'us due lo weak­


said ho examined the liorse on tlio lOtli .May and found tliat s'.ia was liiiiickliiig over on tlio feiloek joints. Tills miglit be a mitur.al weakiie.s.s or due fo overwork. With rest the liorse would have impruvcil, hut it would corlainly go worse with working.


lie sliould liavo expected to find ia.aieness. It could not Imvo .strained hoHi joiiit.s at one.o. Mr. Weeks Hinught Hint after it Imd got a


Cross-examiiieil, it this liad been wilh a strain ,


s'liuin on one joint it could liavo got a strain Qii the other. AFitness said ho rceommchded rest ami blis­


siie had been blistiored siie miglit liave been bet­ ter, but the qiic.slioii was w-ii'ellior she would stuiid after she went to work. Dofoiuluiit said ho had previously sold Hie


i f


j mailt. 'Ife Iiad seen the horse tliak morning and I ho Hioiiglit willi proper ai.lcidion she w-ould bo iail rigid: in about six. weeks. • His Itonoiir tlioiigld Hie iihiintifi's had acted j ii’kloii>;isleiitI,v Ii.y working Hie lioi-sc. Ho did not beliovo Hierc wiis a wnrraidy, therefore plaiidiIVs could not vccovor.


-.1S more fit for a eruelty iiispceior lo see Hiaii II C’ross-c.xainiiicd.—Ho Hiougiit this had been


. him. caused by strain, whieli could bo done in one mn- EVERY WOMAN Blancuabd, Forest Road, Dalston, London.


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'Thousands ofl Testimonials. Mr. P.


.said ho examined Hie horse and ill exliiliitcd evory maiiifoslalinu of ill-iisago and over-exerlioii. It W


Iilaintiff a iiumhei- of horses. He was a breeder of horses, Iiiit tho Iiorse in question lie had bought 111 the Soptiemhcr previous.to Hio soiling of it in May. Tho plaintiff said he wanted a liorse which w-oiild liave lo do Hie heaviest work, ns il would have lo cart about two tons about. Eventtially dcfeml.aiit .sold them Hio lior.5o in qiicstinii. AVhen lie ffot tills Iiack lie (old ihem that they .shoiihl not have w-orked it for nearly tlireu months, and lie took it to .a vo’i. Wlieii (lie tinrse was sold, dufcmhuit’s man bought the liorso hack for him. It had worked for liim since then, and at Hie present Umo it w'a-s nearly all rigid. Riclmrd Jtillcr, veterinary surgeiin, Cliliicrne,


tering, but adinitled that this was not done. On the 29tli of June lie examined her a.gain, when ho found slio w-as wor.se, and tliere was al.so a small w-oiiii(l under Hie .saddle on tho near side.


ness. Robert llerhert. veterinary surgeon, RochdaVd.


B oarding and H igh S chool, ■WELL’S HODSE, OLITIIBUOB


STYLISH AND DURABLE.


P rincu-a l s :—MISSES WALE. Prospectus sent on Application.


tH E Cl ITHEROF., t im e s , FRIDAY. NOVEMBER i8, 1898 CORRESPONDENCE


B:£)iication.


Dt i A WING A N D P A I N T I N G ' From.the Elementary to '


■ ' AvR-T,' T he H igher W alks OF Art.


ME. E. CAWTHORNE, ATTENDS


SCHOOLS, CLASSES & PRIVATE PUPILS Address : Litti.emoob, CniTitEBon


Old Pupils, E xhibitors at t h e R oyal Academy, and at the City Art Galleries ol Manchester and Liverpool.


Whose Cows Were T hey.


before His Honour Judge Coventry, John At­ kinson, fanner, Rimington, songhii to recover tivo


On AVednesday, at the Clitheroe County Court, -


. „


•snort tune on nccount o f plaintiff’s pastures being yases, in wliicli ho ivitji his neck and bill was liis twenty years’ o.xp .orionco as a public vaccina- bare


the 20tu of Juno iilaintiff sent two cows by ar- hut from which tho Stock by lus long bill cOuld raugenient ho his’uncle, riioraos Atkinson. Sub- geh no sustenance, while the Pox, enjoying his sequently ho wiw unablo to get them returned, misfortune, tw it t^ him on the matter. In a tiaiiiinff state*! Ithat ho arranged -with his little wliile, the. Stork, feeling bound to return tho latter should ibko tn-o cows for a


11 ill uncle that montli l l i is the uncle died. -,vas


in May, and in the Plaintiff


fetched


following back


of Hie defeudaiit, who was housekeeper to the late Tjilomas Atkinson, [tlie cows were Again brought to her promises. Plaintiff valued these


at J225. Moreover, tho late Thomas Atkinson owed plainlliff about J!GS. Mr. AVeeks. for the defence, said that


give up the cows. Slie also stated that tlie uncle had lent tlie plaintiff money on several occasions. Several witneasos also testified to liaving heard


tho iiepliow owed money l:o liis imclo, aud he gave a verdict for the defendant.


Claim Against a Clitheroe F armer.


His Honour had not tho slightest doubt that


f ile defendant snuHaiat it wa.s in conseq^oo -„,ienated my sympathies, as I, should tliink iti abatement set i i some years before vaccination in the sight of God of what tho old man told her Hiat she refused to w-ill of anyone wlio -will read i t over aud then


plaintiit oived the Jato Thomas Atkmsou a certain ui)0ii Tim npfon.InnfLi.l ia?nf®i'i''’'


------V/i •’----------- ... - — — _ . — • a ^ u lf***.*A»_1 — - — w. mw


the late Thomas Atkinson remark that his nephew- had got enough out of him and he would got no more.


give tliought. He says ""What has transpired 1796^ bqi; the Londoa' mortality bills show that within the last tea days makes it imperative that from lygo to 7779 the average annual death-rate


you should have a chanca of expressing your condemnation of tlio Jiigh-handed and partisan manner in wdiich the work of the Corfioration has, in future, apparently to be done.


It appears that tlio uidividual members of tho Council have now to have no voice or say what­ ever ill tlio matter. I f this' sort, of conduct has to ho tolerated, it w-on’t bo any use in future anyone who has a scrap of independenoe asking for your support. I think, how-evor, that tho feeling of Clitlieroe ratepayers, iri-espective of party, will he that'conscientious work for th'e town is more to ^your interests than blind obedionoo to nny clique." Now will your readers ask thenjsolves w-bat it is


. . . .


the Clidhoroo Town Council has done during tho fifteen years 01- so in which it lias been controlled by a Liberal majority. (a) It put out Alderman Robert Dewluirst into tho street. (Jii.st as tho Coiiscri-atives have dealt with Aldormoii Garnett ami Ormerod).


cline continued after vaccination was introduced, bull it was actually less by nearly 400 per annum. To sbow again tlio fallaciousiioss of Dr. Miissoii’s argument, tboro lias been no vaccination against the other members of tbo z,ym6tio family, such ns typhus and eholoiu, and yet the follow-ing short table, compiled from Hie Registrar-General’s returns, shows Hiat tliei-e has been a still greater decline in mortality from these two diseases. Deaths per million of the living in Englnml ami Wales.


1847-1853 . . 1854-1871 . 1872-1891


(b) I t voted Couiicinoi- Grime to the Mayoralty in place of Alderman Hi-iggs, the hatter sup­ posing up to tlio la.st minute that ho was tho nominee.


(c.) I t has acted wii'hout any sense of shame in the selection of public officials during these hast many a year, for watli hut little 'x-iep-


Surely no one forgets tlioso matters; and surely


. tion it lias placed in every olfice a Radical or Nouconfonnist.


evoryone remembers a mosl' outrageous and fla­ grant case of tlia appointment of one olticial tlirough sheer w-eight of votes on the Liberal side. I t was a niatler upon whicli, if my memory is correct, the " Clitlieroe Times” had a few wor.ls to sa.v. Tlicn, after all this evidence of maladminislra-- I could


point out Hiiit oven up to now- they lose no chance of favouring a Lilieral tradesman, surely it i;. a


“ lo jiart of the Lilierals. Wlien


sclfisii luisei-ablo UUiene.ss tlunli makes iheni uFO Jtr. Eastwood a.s a inoutlipiecc to cry, " Mother,


a big lad’s puneliin’ me!” The Conservatives Imve grinned and bided in


their exile. I.ot tlio Liberahs take tlieir licking like men. At present tlicy rescmlilo a Fliady Irick.v forward on .a foollbull field w-!io ‘rips an opponent, and llren, .seeing Hie eye of the rcfcrco is upon Iiim, Uii-ow.s up lihs haml ami claims a inul. Thinking w-ell of Jlr. Eastw-ood formerly, t nm


disappointed to find him putting ids name to Kucli ail nddre-ss as lio has issued. Surely he never wrote il' liiniself. Yours, etc.,


DISGUSTED ONE. -----------


THE


GU.ARDI..Y. S AND HARGREAVES.


MR. J.


been ba.scd entirely on facts w-hich can bo proved, aud I still challenge anyone to prove them WTong, hut 1 do object to arguing Hie matter aimlessly. Let Hie fads be put lo the hast, ns I suggest, and Hie result cun then bo published. " .Socialist Guai-dian ” sa.vs that in roliirn Cor


dently tho Inisiness ahility-of some of our repre­ sentatives is of a qucatiniialilo iintnre. Ilcro is a small family in receipt of near A4 per w-eek, and ow-iiig lo Hie i-atepaycrs a little over .83 from an old nccoimt, niid Hie Guardians, instead of do- niiiiiding payment, ns it- is their duty to do, offer to giro tlio family many pounds of Hie ratepayers’ moiie.v, in return, for.sooHi, for the payment of Hio (ieht w-itliin a month. No wonder the rntoa iiici-ea.se. Youra truly,


Hio moiioy iiifended lo ho jiaid by Hie Guardians i-lie ninii was fo pay Hiein .a debt of .83 9a. Evi­


J. HARGREAVES. -----------


THE AfAYOR


AND CORPORATION CHURCH.


To Till! Bditor of thk AT Clitheroh Times.”


wiliiesscd w-ith iiiiusuaJ interest, and' Hie spec- liil'm-s generally .apjieiir to havo regarded Hio pavado as a sliglit improvement, in its repre- .senlativo clmracler, upon foniiei- ocea.sioiis. Tlio pi-c.senco of Hio A'olimteer.s wn.s a w-cicome addi- (1011, and Hiero seems to lie no reason wliy a greafer i-epre.seiitalioii slioiild not take place by tho mmieroiis piililio bodies of Hio iiown falling in, siic.h as hcnevolent; societies, inolnding the Masonic hroHiron, I wish res])eo( fully to call nticiiliou III anotlior mal'er w-liioli on first re- flectioH m.-iy seem trifling, hut is, I contend, quite significant, namely Hio ab.seiico of nniform for Hio linlbord hearers. Since Hieir first install,v (ion on tho preseiitntion lo tlm town in 1857 of Hio halberds. Hie hnlhordier.s have conspicnonsly Inokcd nnifonn, and when we romember Hie grand niiUqnily of Hie Corporntioii, surely none lint pcssimisis will begrudge tho small cost Involved in snilablo livor.v, as a repetition of tho ontlny would not occur for many- years hence. AVliilsIi Hio solecHon of officials has boon marked by good jiidgiiioiil, (ncensioiially in ycai^ gono by an


Sir.—The civic procession of Sunday last was


eyo.soro lias orenrred by Hie burly figures at­ tending ill “ bill.veocks” or soft felts, ill-becom­


ing Hie digiiit.\^of “ tho body corporate.” But Ibis (lilficnlly w-onld he obviated by Hio jn-ovision here snggestctl. A jilain niiifei-m wonld net he dc.spised, but a dress after iho pnitern of the Bcef-e.aters at Hie Tower of London or Hie javelin men nitondanli upon Hie Higli Sheriff and judges at: the .'Assizes, may- uoinmend itself (0 the powers that he. Grateful for Hie valuable space allowed mo, I am. Yours truly,


A SPECTATOR.


Iii-oving what I .said, ami I can scarcely eoiicoive aii.v intelligent person ni.sliiiig into iiriid and using such strong laiigiiiigo lus lio used w-hen, at tlio most, there is only a very few shillings bc- tw-een u3. A’crily, the mmiidain hath laboured and hroiigld forth a mou.sa. Jf.v statements throughout this matter liaTo


leiisely innocent or lie i.s a f-----r, w-ell, he is very foolish imd cgolisHcnl., if lie fiiinks the matter is di.spased of by a simiile stroke of his pen. If lie is in earnest, let him iliscloso hisxunme and light ill the open like an Eiiglisliiiiiui,' Hreii, if ho will put down his A5 in I ho hamls of any iii- doiicndcid. geidieman, I will .also put JTi daw-ii, and tlhcii Hie matlor can he seltled in a biisiui-ss- liko way. Tlio figures ho gave la.st week come very iicor


To Tiik E ditou op " T iir Clitieeboe Times.” Dear Sir.—" Socialist Guardian” i.s either in-


THE GUARDIANS MEETING.


To Tire. Editor op the " CLiTitEnoE Time.s.” Sir.—-.After the Guardians meeting Inst week it


‘boeauso false ruinours can so easily get out, and I w-aited patiently for Hie issue of your paper, SI) w-licii 1 liiid read the account of Hiis meeting I felt like exclaiming, " AA'liat next? AVliat nextl?” I Hiink no one will need to doubt after roudiiig that account where tihu-mastor spirit comes from of Hie actioii.s |of tho Tory mciiihers of 'file Council at their fii-st mc-iliiig, and wlio is tlio


oozed out that there had been a scene, and that Air. Benson hud been “ sat on ” by Mr. A I w-aa anxious to know tho merits of Hie case,


A


aiiliiority Hint Councillor Hiirdaoxe referred to w-lien Hie legality or otiiorwise wa.s being di.s- cusaed of .Aldcniian Parkinson being cliairmnn of Hie Ifigliwiiys Commi'.'tec. Tlio spirit mani­ fest is so nmeli alike! In referring to Hiis mat­ ter I want to say I am no Socialist in the or­ dinary acceptalion of Hio term. I also wish to say I hold no brief for Mr. Benson; but I do Iiold a brief for fair pla.y, and never in tho his- (iiry of tho debates, ns recorded in your iiaiier, has Hioro been more imfaimesa manifested. AVIiat are the facts? A requisition is Sent from tho Birmiiigliain Guardians asking tlio Clilheroe Guardians to consider n resolution wliicli is far- rcacliiiig in its effects and of vast imporlanca in its issues, and, if po.=sible, to give it their sup­ port. TIio ordimarj' rules govei-uiug the actions of tlio Guardians are observed, hence tho reiolu- tioii comes to bo discussed. 'I'lie ruling of Hie Cloi-k, oven in splto of Hia Chairniau and of Air. Assheibn’s motion to oriisli it in its tnceptioii. A


A ’liat a pity Jlr. lAssholon was not just in time,


and Hien tlio people wouhl havo got to kiiow- notliiiig about it. Tho address iftoceods apace


until Hie iiropcFei- happcins io say somqtliiiig about tlio liai-d w-ork of some hrauelies of frade, and flieti Mr. A


A ’eeks can stand it no louger.


''AVliat a stand this champion of philanthropy hikes wlioii it is liinted tliat somebcKly works lu luiril as liiiiisolf. Ho diitis w-liat li.-m been said as Socialism, lieiieo it must be condemned -, lie is Hie only man who has used tlie w-ord, bui Hint is onough for liiiii. Ho asks the Clerk, “ as a mat­ ter of law-,” whoHier Hiis disenssion is in order, ignoring all tho time, to sen-o his owui purpose, what on other occasions lie w-oiiltl most strenuous­ ly contend for, that in nmtiers of tliis sort cus- tom becomes law, ns Hio Clerk pointed out. AA'liat- cver else was aired, certainly Air. AYeoks’s tem­ per was; ho is evidently w-ritliiiig niKler Hie idea of being called names. I have no jnslificatioii for iiamc-calling, but even iinme callnig will re­ bound upon its nuHior. But (here are other Hiingg equally b.ad or even worsa than name-call­ ing. AVIint about a man who w-ill Hirow tlie wliolo weight of his intlneiice to put men into tho highest places of trust who are engaged in a traffio tho effcoto of wliieh are a greatest cost, hntli of money, suffering, dcgradatioii, dcmorali- zatioii, iiiid destitution, than all tho other trades put together—this very man cliiiiiis to bo a tem­ perance man imd thou forsooth ho comes on to our publia plat.fonna as an advocate of mission­ ary ivork. If Jtr. AA'eeks says ho cannot help Hio,so things, then wo simply throw- back his ow-u principle, as ho sent it to Mr. Benson—“ his men can,” and evei-j- man is know n by Hie com­ pany ho keeps. AARicn all this lias been going on for soino time, then tlio poor old man in Hie


chair rules Mr. Bonsou out of onlcr and actually projiosea that tho resoluHoni of th^ preWo^s


meeting bo re-alflrmed. Then tho Clerk rules tho Chairman out of order! AA'hat a pretty kettle of fish we have served up to us! I am sure it must bo very eilifying to your readi-rs. Has this man to ho tho governing ford* of CLilheroe? I f ho has, all I can say is, “ AA'oo lie to Hic old town.”


FAIR PLAN'. P.S.—TIio above w-as w-ritten iiefore it was


known illmt^r. AVoek-s was coming out us a can­ didate. However, it ciui bo taken for w-lint it is wortli, even in that matter.—“ F. P.”


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WORSHIPPING AT NATURE’S SHRINE. To THE E ditou of Tire “ Cmtiikiioe Times.”


™Y0 ns believe that man cannot w-orship Hio Groat Creator in a true spirit of holiness, on nnconsec,ratod ground, at Hio slii-ino of Nature, w’liich, to the true lover of Nature, is Hie most saered altar, w-Iiero overything is piiro aud an- f'.ulliea by ain niid wickedness. How clianiiing it Ls» at ibo first dawn of day, to hear tlie featlicrod choir pour forth their sw-ect music in y-aried strains, maldiig Hio shady dell re-echo witli their melodious songs, which inspires tho soul of man lar more Hinn all tlio lunsia which falls from tho l‘PS of men, and lo hoar tho humming of dcos, and Hio miirmnr of silvery streams, or the ruHtling of lo.ayc^^l these have a charming ef- tett when they fall on the car of a trno lover


-V oortam section of iiarroiv-minded men w-onld ,


Tliy Temple is tho face of day. Earth, ocean, lieaven Thy boundle,ss tlirone. .


Sliall man confino his MnkeFs sway To Gothic domes of mouldering stone;


—BjTon. National Canine e v e r y MAN


troat(xl wlthoufstottiflcb inedlcfttlon. * offflci ft rerfccl and per«


Sftnt Foalod, Poat Frea.—Addreati I .NORTON. .'>9 .t C


BtlaHiA/d SO 1'""’ O.


9lInerTous nnd orffanlc dornnpeiHcnts ? amlplcftRnnt. and will .


. ' ICSPO t' lurra- - ’eeks.


son w-aa only titj-ing.to do him and his broHirou of Hio lancet a good liirii. Lot Hie vaccination officers cheer up. “ The Government of all Hie doles ’’ w-ill not forget them, and they may de- pond upon it some compensation w-ill bo pro- vided. In Hie meaidirae, Dr. Musson might pick his opitlieis more carefully.


Yours trul.y, LEAVIS J. SHACKLferORD


Perhaps Dr. Smitlues w-as right and Dr. Mas-


1,151 • 877 338


522 137 19


Smallpox Typhus, &e. Cholera ■305 223 89


ooiisistoiit supporter, blit this address of liis has ag shewing the abatement in small-pox; but tho ““d their mode of woishin ® practiseil. Joaner’s fitrsil vaccination was in.


I have been a supporter of Hr. Eastwood—a q quot^ consistent supporter, but this address of his h ^ ^ — T r.1.


the mouifesto of Mr. James Eastwood. eii


• M


.Kastwqoa—a 4-111,^ It ifl


uo ed statistics wliicn wore most ’ ---


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satisfactory t thhoosse which church or i. iv_ o«j


e which church o ------» « » The Great Creator, Qod w.


from small-pox w-as 2323; from 1780 to 1799 it was 1740, or nearly 600 loss annually. The de­


m universe which mo!esi°' . Whoso glorious works in


To Him Who all oreatEFmW Tile man -ft’fio lires lifa « 3


Ho needs no creed for”Lhf^ Each little' thtegwidchT,!!*?''*


And He atee-ptlourSce^"^ ^'Mir


--------- ♦♦♦'------- SABDEN I10.U)s.


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to tho 11*0 Clifheroe Ru^ nj’199 . a® stating that the litti


___


sons who were born in Hadl in question, Un, oneTn ''Siti


baixien, were not in existri,,,, • ® He is enUrely mbiSraTryef H


•. -i. s atiirglhi lio'iuHi.'':®^!


111 1818 aud they (xin proVe t R f ‘ not only cxisteil before 1823, w f e * (fliey have never heard of them Ujt , ■


BO Tp


tho contrary, but if it is | duced^ at tho water trial some v


theCyi JPthjt,,,


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any way different from wkt i f f ■„ I do not know what


tauts of Saixlcn, as they W h acoGsg lb the Parish Clmrch of H e 4 fe |


"■m


Sahden is too remote for tliem to in S J ]usfc and reasonable demands «ia n i l


Iho Distnet Council appear (0 ^ 1 1


them by tlie PariBh CounciliVtheSf a solution ot this road question, eba.?* qiiiry will surei.y be demanded ^' I w-oidd poiii'i out a source of


.yards of Sabden county brife .1 sfnSi has cqnhnuall}-, dimiig IlielastfemS, the higliway from Clitheroe to Pafflam’.


Jlisti-ic^ Council s .SiiiTcyorottWccmih' cits official, I leave for coesiitenitioii- would not be tolerated in many plates. I am, Yours truly, ’


IV ! • .“-T O n. T. u r n ----------♦♦♦:- LANCASHIRE AND INFECTEDIiKilp


To the Editor of the ''CMTHiMiim The High Em, Nnlfield, huTo.


T .


i..iiicashire 1 lagiie Committee meetiigiblh casliiro inll eoiitinue to eiijo.r, in theemi!: Board ot Agriculture, tho distinction dfa so^ lar .a.s Rabies is concerned, and infeetdq trict and will furtherraore continneleajy pnvilogo of being a muzzled one ah). Ik , word ’District” .adrisediv, for in tfe K Orders issued by Hie above Hoard it is t!a 1 trict not the Individual iloj wliich is cck!* iiiiectcd iukI looked tipoa as a danger to country. Take your dog! oa mch outsik nuiffici circle drawn by .Ifr. Icngrs coinp^ and lie ncc{l not be muziJed, and conseqt cannot bo regarded as in himself either kV or dsangerous. But let any other dog, no nj lu>w hcuitiiy, step within tho prescribri and ho ia at once labelled dangerous ari >vcar the instrument of torture. ^


see from tlie Pros reportsrfliss! .■ J’hi.s ludicrous interpretation of the liij.


lo prevent or supervise eenss from thatikd would spewlily be laughed out of eduvated Public. Tho ficani of ArriciT


tlio prevention of tho epread of disease 5ci: paraloll in medical annals. A medical B«.i llciiUh which <lrew a circle round a clnb platMie-strickeii district and faade no


011^ veterinary matters its loige staff of ofiicials and travelling Inspectors ora buss' veterinary surgeons.


Another matter n.stouishing to all _ „ i


men', for shrewd eoiiimon sense, 4 j. trust w-ith w-Iiicli the verdict of ‘Tabid tS»n Board’s te.st by- inociil.'ition, is comity.' If half a dozen or so of


'


hits die, after imiculatioii from .a tliah dog’s disa.se is proiioiinccd to be tliink it cannot bo too wiilely known “V ineouinto from a dog suffering nmn <lisc.a.so (ns jiroved by- tlio recent ca.=e at -'M


die just ns reailily ns when w'*™ a rabid dog, and .ns Rubies has in common w-itli otlior canine mlmea'S 'M


no shadow of proof, from ihe opeil b.y- the rabbiis, of w-hat disease tc J


strongly advise all wlio hold no timo in expressing them to ,. tary Roprcseiiiative. Spceiid


died- All Hioso are matters of


been i.s.sne<i by tlio “National T'®,” and will bo supplied gratis to nil wb to^ Jtr. G. J. Knight, Secretary at iw I


purpose, addressed to JUT 3


’.o y njiai'


'. hi)


however, sees thin^js from a different peij view, ‘Xancashiro is on our iniml” Board ^*and tho dog who gets out of it bo and anxiefy to ns.” Possibly the whw this extraoixlinnry line .of reasoning lie o. fact that tho Board of 2\gricultur?isnotJJ ic*al hoar^l, that altliough it lnjT5 down t-


-Aoreiaifl m case a frost were to occur ffitlm^ superriaon cl


cannot bo wnsidcTOl^^XrideSS,^^ was then objected to os w or th S^ > l These roads are very cssentm!


to tlieliamleioSj


To Tin; Editor OF TUB ' Cliteei .


:eoei


On land, and sea, and Wlien w-e with admirahn! ' *4^1 Upon the flowers which ickTt't I


E ® ! ’*®. 9“ ® it'appears that on in shallow dishes which the Pox could lap easily; could derive no food whatever.


tho invitation, soiwed up the food in long-ncoked nerfcctly comfortable, but


selves with morals, was " Do unto others us you would they should do unto you." Morals such as these hold good even unto this day, and I am impelled to offer to you a few


from which the Pox tarm,^ bu I through Hie instigation q*j,Q moral, if ever your readers troubled them­ o — . --•


(Professor of Bacteriology, King s' College, Lou- woods he receives a blM.: ^ ^ don). Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace (the oollabora-


tor to abiandon Charlea


1- . . - „.lHi m,ni.|oaDnrii-in nf HieEvolutiOnTlieOn-i. i f


the place alone- hT i®'. th e re


ia ain— bandon his


father, who was _


belief eU a --------- i in v vaacccoination,


To THE EbiTon OE " T he Clitheeob Times, dinner speecliea too severely, but -when Dr. and to breatheiu t h e M Dea b Sib—lanisuremostofyourremlors ivill Mussou coUs a consiuderable number of bis fel- from the woodbine. __________ recollect the fable in which is related that the low-townsmen and tUoimnds of Ms fellow-ooua-. thorn--thi3 is true


THE POX AND THE STORK. „


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To THE Editor OE THE •' Clitheeoe Times." o r '^ ’oatcn^^n''® SiB.—I t is perhaps unJujul to oiitioiso after- ’vhioh make the


(Mu-s or thoir value from Isabella Gough, of Hoi- Fox invited the Stork lb dine-with him, and upon trymou " mui’derers, it is t ^ e to eater a pro- Natures shrine. Yet <ftn. Mr. Jjancaster appeared on behalf of the nutting in an npoearanoo tlie Stork fo'"'U '>'» plaintiff, and Mr. 'AVeeks defended.


deep disappointment that the food was served up quet to speak ns an expert of some liity years loveliness, except o n t i , l b ! i wj -


-1-1-............................................ ....... , 1— —— Hr. M.isaon claimed at the Mayor’s Bon- have tlie onne-t,...:,^ .................... --------------------------------■ luling. AVe do not'dispute his claim, but some


®PP“Uuility ' uu n,„ us prefer to base our conduct in regard to oui


ildren upon the opinions of such seaentiho' men oenoid the wonderfurTC““f 8te have mado-a special study of vaccination and to study their structure ite*o7reots. We think that the works of Dr. AV. J. Collins and his — -------- - — _____


I^nurie Creighton,. Professor E. M. Crookshank to ir to- v-i. - . i,


iuduced. b -y mabon. Dr.


inn- yet tho blessings he S i ! his


too i


to say that by worshinnbfn ^ at


ieots H


to glide away too L c f e . Mdtfel tongue to enumernlA


« . I F o r e ig ^


CONSCIENTIOUS MURDERERS ?


of Nature, from tho I


i,------ — —uueo 01 grass fft Sold. ^ MB*


The


prlnoipnl s i Saturday :


,to celebrat.| CluU Sir


reflcctiions (for tvliicli I trust I may hafo your qualifications alouo -would occupy a column of spiritual blessing, but S ® ®alfSI poTtlon, sceiug that I but rarely trouble you), your paper, are a safer euido than evenvthe ex- by breathing in the mirA


periences of a country practitioner, . Dr. Musson whioh true statistics wldcli wore most 'satisfactory


lovers r ^ ’"itei 5 **'“deiS


M.P-< P’’®! Asquith to I


II-P- AV. Tanstill of the L ib f The Chaij


oial positioJ Iclub almosl with tho gi’l


L-tho loss oil Ithought tha club could I 'plan exampl [world cour [ed, wh'otlieil [friend andj greater pe [haps they 'to Lancashil ;er referencT


They in Lai 'Lanciashirol [they w-ould| biise the gri] (Od, cspecia had lived t | was now though we 'who might i iliar term [use of the I


'ond laugUtel smell as syv! feetly w-iUiil the substaiif [of “ the Opel presence o f f 'with his f i | took part i il tablishmeiitl of tho LibiT Sir Joseph I two menibeii


'—and in t i l pi-ivilego aiij


■isaw-orkiiig mr| Kiand grateful ato Homo (Cheers)


shoulder wif Xirogress Mrl ship of debl they- ever bil temper aiidl and, human| one of Hio in tho state- Eihtral heail ish Isles ne| tion for Mr.p ing hirgely ing women,I


to Hie seeo'J that was nf opening of I nual ineetiil ■ the Padihail


they of Hif —should forces by t | tho ladies (I bailed th |


witches”- (I they could V powei-s of (I that paup'l their attenl interaperanf havo causo| ladies te men and come that I AVomen’s I Ormo who I oral woma| her work : hour Coniil (Aisten toT


would all most with I ting palricf coat crisis.l Air. Asfj


cheers, s.t.1 plo.asurq o | and collcal bus c.nnstiti oral electol forward a I a momentl A'on havcl al record.! fees; b el and you t f solution f l future, (I months a l vited me hound to I nor jnst, ciices slioil and my i | and priniJ pathy- of I the counll myself, b l mid yonvl and llio s i dnous dnf my right I once, and| not say- bnlh natil me to spil I w ill veil he is niitr every dn:l iiwaluabil the natnf render t |


iioiselessll extent nil ohligatioil ing in till


' ing w-itll w-hich .sip Navy, irT and.w-hnti incsB fori and deg I surpassc'l its his!


things 111 ns I h o i |


p))nderal w-ithiu t l Adniirall than thJ


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