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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
February 10. 
Mrs. Jolliffe well, really forced her way to the room where 
she lay, aiul was agonized at the sight she saw. The poor 
creature was in a state of delirium, lying on the bod, covered 
over witli one duty blanket; nothing else! There was no 
comfort; no common necessary things; no food by her bed¬ 
side ; all was wretchedness, cold, and misery; and in the 
midst of this lay Mrs. Jolhtfe quite delirious ! 
Her friend said all that she felt to the monster who stood 
beside his victim, hut he took no heed; he only passed it 
off, anil got her out of the house as soon as possible. Nice, 
nourishing things were constantly sent to the house, but 
it is said lie never gave them to his wife, and his conduct 
warrants our believing it. Enquiries were made of the local 
authorities whether something could not bo done, whether 
the poor woman could not be rescued from the hands of so 
cruel a husband, and be taken proper care of. The answer 
was, that a man was master of his own house, and of his 
own wife, and that if he refused to let any one in an 
entrance could not be enforced. 
Whether this is, or is not, the law of the land, Jollili'c 
gained his point; and if he did not kill his wife outright, 
he caused her to die ; in what statu, and what suffering, the 
eye of Him who neither slumbereth nor sleepeth, and “from 
whom no secret is hid,” alone can tell; but “ IJis eyes are 
upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. There 
is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the worker’s of 
iniquity may hide themselves.” 
The tears of poor Eliza Jolliffe arc put into “ the bottle ’’ 
of the Lord; not one of them is lost. Every sigh is wi’itten 
down, and every sorrow is noted in a book. The day will 
come when that book and that bottle will both be opened 
before the eyes of him who caused them, and in the presence 
of men and angels. “ Woe worth the day.” It will be, 
indeed, a “cloudy day” for that cruel spirit, except he 
repents of the evil he hath done. He shall call upon moun¬ 
tain and hill to cover him, but they shall stand fast; the 
Lord will “ mock when his fear cometh.” 
Eliza Gibson thought nothing about Jolliffe’s character 
when she married; she must have cared nothing about it. 
She was getting on in life, rather looking down the other 
side, and perhaps the prospect was somewhat dreai’y, as she 
gazed upon advancing age. But what dreariness can be so 
sad as an unhappy, an unholy marriage ? Better live in a 
cell with a spider for company than be tacked to one who 
neither fears God nor regards man. IVc are too apt to 
disregard this. We are too apt to take those who have 
pleasant manners and civil tongues, instead of roundly and 
fearlessly asking them “ the reason of the hope ” that is in 
them, aud waiting for a sound answer. We do not know, or 
care, about our own “ hope,” aud therefore we neither ask 
that first and greatest question, nor could tell, if we did, 
what the reply ought to be ; and this is the reason why old 
and young marry and are ndsorablo nine times out of ton. 
^Vo may not be beaten with stripes ; we may not be starved, 
neglected, and ill-treated; but we shall find a worm gnaw¬ 
ing ; we shall find, as Jonah did, the gourd wither above 
our head, aud be ready to faint under the “ vehement east 
wind ” and the sun. Happy, thrice happy, is she who by 
God’s mercy is delivered from the snare, though it were 
with loss of life or limb. 
It is a veiy uncomfortable thing, too, to feel that wo are a 
kind of “ chattel ” in the hands of our masters. If no one 
is to interfere in our behalf, what may become of some of 
us? Does not this doubly prove the need there is for 
looking into the spiritual affairs of those who speak honied 
; words to us ? “ What ai-o your means ?” is a prudent ques¬ 
tion of worldly caution ; but “ Who is your master; whom 
1 do you serve?” is a greater iiuostion of spiritual wisdom, 
I and of ten thousand times more consequence. 
; Let us not fear to grow old in single blessedness; it is far 
better than manied misery; and if we cannot or will not 
look to a man’s walk and conversation, whether it is with 
God or Satan, we had much better sit by a lonely ffresido, 
and fullil some other a|)pointed work, for no blessing goes 
with marriage unless it is undertaken “ in the Lord.” May 
the story of Eliza Jolliffe, by the blessing of God, load us to 
great caution in this matter, and may we seek help and 
direction from the Lord in evei’v step wo take. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
Torquay.— This exhihition took place on the Uth and 
20th of January, in the Old Market-place, liberally lent for 
the occasion by Sir Lawrence Talk. The pens were nuiged 
in a double tier round the whole building under the piazza, 
and in the centre was erected a spacious tent, beneath which | 
were placed the Devonshire collections; tlie whole being 
tastefully decorated with evergreens, and the entire arrange- I 
ments roffecting great credit upon the Committee and Hon- | 
orai’y Secretaries, whose labours had been most incessant. 
In the following List of Bi’izos those classes lU’e omitted 
in which there were none awarded. 
.fudges: G. J. Andrews, Esq., Dorchester, and the Rev. 
Grenville F. Hodson, Chew Magna, Somerset. 
CiiA.MPiON Prize.—M r. Thomas H. Potts, Kingswood Lodge, near 
Croydon, Surrey. 
Devon Collection (Not less than 3 varieties^ nor more than 20 
birds).—First Prize —Mr. \Vm. Wcvill Rowe, Longbrook, Milton Abbot, 
Devon. Second Prize —E. Vivian, Esq., VVoodfield, Torquay, Third 
Prize —Rev. St. Vincent L. Haminick, Milton Abbot, Devon. 
Best Devon Pen. — First Prize —No. 149, H. Adney, Es((,, Lymp- 
stone, Devon. Second Prize —No. 95, I. K. Brunei, Esq., W'atcombe, 
St. Mary-Church, Devon. Third Prize —No. 36, Mr. R. T. Head, The 
Briars, Alphington, near Exeter. 
Open Competition. — Class l. —Spanish. — For the best Cock and 
, Two liens. 
First Prize—^ 0 . 1, Capt. Wyndham Hornby, R.N., Knowsley, Pres- 
cot. Second Prize —No. 3, Capt. Wyndham Hornby, U.N., Knowsley, 
Prescot. Third Prize —No. 8, Mr. \Vm. Jos. S(iuare, 4, Cobourg-street. 
Class 2. — Dorking. — Coloured. 
First Prize—"So. 18, Miss Ann Willcox, Naihea Court, near Bristol. 
Second Prize— 23b, J. F. Pearce, Esq., Lower Slewton, Whimple, 
Devon. Third Prize—^o. 23, J. F. Pearce, Esq., Lower Slewton, 
Whimple, Devon. 
Class 3. — Dorking. — White, 
Third Prize —No. 28, Edw. Vivian, Esq., Woodfield, Torquay, 
Class 4.— China. — Cinnamon and Buff'. 
First Prize—'Flo, 32, Mr. Thos. H. I’otts, Kingswood Lodge, near 
Croydon, Surrey. Second Prize —No. 40, Mr. Thos. H. Potts, Kings¬ 
wood Lodge, near Croydon, Surrey. Third Prize—^o. 3(5, Mr. Thus. 
H. Potts, Kingswood Lodge, near Croydon, Surrey. 
Class 6.—China.— Brown and Partridge Colour. 
First Prize—"ilo. b\y Mr. T. Atkins, Babbicombe, Torquay. Second 
Prize— 52, Mr. T. Atkins, Babbicombe, Torquay. Third Prize — 
No. 54, Mr. Thos. H. Potts, Kingswood Lodge. 
Class 7.— Malay. 
First Prize—No. 64a, Henry Adney, Esq., Lympstone, Devon. 
Second Prize—l^o. 64, Mr. Chas. Ballance, 5, Mount Terrace, Taunton, 
Somerset. 
Class 8.—Game Fowls. 
First Prize—No. 65, Capt. Wyndham Hornby, R.N., Knowsley, 
Prescot. Second and Third Prize —No. 67 and No. 68, I. K, Brunei, 
Esq., Watcombe, St. Mary-Church, Devon. 
Class 9.— Golden Pencilled Hamburgh. 
First Prize—No. 72, Edw. Vivian, Esq., Woodfield, Torcjuay. Seco7id 
Prize —No. 70, The Rev. St. Vincent L. Hammick, Milton Abbot, 
Devon, 
Class ll.—S ilver Pencilled Hamburgh. 
First Prize —No. 73, The Rev. St. Vincent L. Hammick, Milton 
Abbot, Devon. Second Prize—No. 79» Edw'. Vivian, Esq., Woodfield, 
Torquay. 'Third Prize—No, 76, Mr. Augustus Paul, Adwell Lodge, 
Torre, Devon. 
Class 12.—Silver Spangled Hamburgh. 
First Prize —No. 85, Mr. William Kennaway Spragge, The Quarry, 
Paignton, Devon. Second Prize—No. 86, Mr. Charles Edwards, Bris- 
lington, near Bristol. 'Third Prize —No. 83, Mr. Augustus Paul, Adwell 
Lodge, Torre, Devon. 
Class 13. — Poland. — Blacky with White Crests. 
First Prize —No. 91, Edw. Vivian, Woodfield, Tonjuay. Nos. 
87 and 90, equal 'Third Prizes —Mr. J. P. Hine, Thickthorn, near 
llminstcr, Somerset; Mr. Chas. Edwards, Brislingtoii, near Bristol. 
Class 14.— Poland. — Golden. 
'Third Prize—No. 93, Mr. Alexander Pontcy, Nurseryman, Plymouth. 
Class 15. — Poland. — Silver. 
First Prize—No. 95,1. K. Brunei, Esq., Watcombe, St. Mary-Church, 
Devon. Second Prize—No. 98, W. G. Vivian, Esq., Singleton, Glamor¬ 
ganshire. 'Third Prize—No. 98a, Mrs. A. E. C. Strickland, Oaklands, 
Dawliah. 
Class 16.—Any Distinct Breed not specified above. 
First Prize —No. 105, W. G. Vivian, Esq., Singleton, Glamorgan¬ 
shire (White Poland). Seco7id Prize—No. 107, Mr. Alexander Pontey, 
nurseryman, Plymouth. 'Third Prize —No. 99i Mr. C. J. Braiue, 
Abbotslcy, Newton Abbot, Devon (Black China). 
Class 17*— Bantams. —Gold Laced. 
First Prize,—No, 109, Capt. Wyndham Hornby, R.N., Knowsley, 
Prescot. 
