The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-02-22 00:00:00

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THE WEYMOUTH LIFEBOAT.
To the factor.

Eart.—Ynts will remember the immense parade will
which the .'tenet Flarri..tt was received in Weymouth,
4:e, her tiny.!. What crowds came in from all ports ot
the c,,uhtry to see her, what en •rts it miler bora. 01
Royal Engiu,ri, of civic digiaaries. of naval office/a.
of camat-gu..rilsinee, of volunteer., artillery and rill••.. •
of committee •iiii magistrates, •11.1 custutti ONIOVro. 01
bands. Forewtent, fkldfellow, hail on heir is.;
from the railway station to the Bay ! Why, the very
list tate' away oim'• breath ! Thin the ..peechoi: the
solemn prayer, the exercietaa, and the feestiog—wxat a •
day it was! And now, what has the lifeboat lICC,II.
plashed during the whole time she has been here' Th
bay* not been wanting fatal wrecks, hairbreadex
seams, vessels ashore and vessels foundering.and all thr
usual' of a greet seaport, as before. The bleb tat
tolerably fair weather) hes been exervied, and has
proved herself • noble craft, splendidly fitted. But not
once has she attempted to render the slightest service
for the purpose for which abe was built. The very
first day she was nearly crushed by the falling of the
boards covering her slip, and since then she has bee
the butt of ridicule for the extreme tl.fficulty and slaw.
nem with which she was launched. Them defects have
bees remedied in detail, though what would have been
the use of the boat before they were attended to, it
would be hard to cams. But we are told she 15 00. of
no use for the West Bay, because she meld not he
launched. and she appears to be et no more value
for Portland Roads, lellol a stranger lifeboat, mei.
dentally there, was launched on Monday while ths
Aelles Harriett remained in boose. Prom Bator:ay
to Monday was one continued opportunity lot
displaying her capabilities, when model after vend
was driving on (shore, and if there war so danger
to render her presence necessary, surely Monsdey woe
splendid day for showing what she could do is • at rs.
and getting her crew used to stern work. Sc., se lin
iolorma I, thought some of the committee; kat this
were not mumbled, because, forsooth. it was
rough and cold, and tha opportunity for esersiwywas
gives up. I have known the lifenoets on She west •
North Devon bay mims their exercise; but it we.
bemuse the strew 'corned to go oat, if the sea was not
rough. I depot wish to have elderly seaman distresiod
but in the name of decency, let them, if they gannet
face the cold and wind, in a rots•boat that can *tither
be sunk nor °remit, give up my connection with what
is known to be posh hard work as that of the lifeboat.
lithe Aguas Harriett is of no use for the West Bay, if
she La not to be taken into Portland Roads, if cold
and wind are to keep her from Boise out in readineu,
when an easterly gals misht driVo • ship say on the
Breakwater Rod or the Mixon, if the Chapman's Pool
boat guards the coast to the eastward. let Wiryinourb,
for hnoismity's sake, my to Pearl Strafford, " My Lord.
you have made a mistake by giving your boat to ea
A Luctine galley or • Venetian gondola wilt suit mu
purpose, of showing off to visitors, much better; tato
the Agnes Harriett, and put her on some mast where
there are men who will take her out to all weathers,
and where she can be lannebeil to the reams of those
ready to perish." But I am glad to learn that there
wan men ready to take her out on Monday' Before we
loos the boat from very shame let her be put in sons
part of our coast, where she will be useful. I would
venture to suggest that Government should be salted to
give • site for her house near the old "Look-out," .cd.
• path down to the spot. Tom would searcely refsw
for such an object. Thus eontending interests might bs
harmonised, and the boat placed in • spot where, wit
out being mash fartner from Presto, and namingtoa,
she would be immediately available for Portland Road',
without baring to round the stone pier. Pilots night
still be sheltered under the walls of her house, sod
crew would be always at hand, and could reach her in a
minute (soca Haire-lama. Bet at all events, don't lit
us keep her, for fair math h weather e—ew she is as much oct
. of place as an angel would be in a menagerie. Yoso
I truly,
Weymouth, Feb. 15, 1870.

ESPERI'S.

BROOKING ACCIDENT IN A OOLLIERY.
lAMB OF THIRTEEN LIVIN.
On Monday morning an explosion of yuspond!r:
which is need for sinking, took place at the Mfeto%
liery. Thirteen man were killed end opwmis 6
twenty injured by the form of the explosion.
Marfa Uolliary is situated nem Port Talbot, b'ista
well..

TERRIBLE STRUGGLE BETWEEN • 11M5
AND A BOA.
An extraordinary incident has just warred.
Liverpool. Mr. Crete, of Mason-street, bail it 4
imported from tropical America two large boat. 44
which the female upon its paging& gave buth to the!'
eight young serpents. The reptiles were depreited
• building next door to a stable, Lai during till tiibi
the mak, found means to escape from his box. at" W
creep through a bole in the wall into the stable, whew
a horse was resting in it. stall. What befell het•e4
this poor animal and the python was hot witnesoL
but may easily he gathered from the swoon! ,4 t.e
stable-man. Opening the door at seven o'clock in Ito
morning, he n itioed that the hon. WWI etreofell
nervous and agitated, and, upon approaching to total'
it, hp waa astonished to find the glittering body .1 It great snake hanging down from the manger hY::
head, which was crashed and half eaten awai, we'"
the tail end WM trampled at under Dobbin • ,
The coat of the horse was marked with circular
as if it bad been beaten by a thick whip upon the and belly. We can have little doubt of eh at
happeni-d. The reptile, sharp-set for food after its °I
voyage, had "gone at" the poor hove. all noon as it 0
into the stall, and had prob.bly sammeded in booing
its coils about the animal's body, The .„„ so
ofies
acted im the jangle had been rehearsed in the l.wr
pool stable, ant it must have been indeed tomb,. te
the astonished quadruped. Eis managed, however, I'
get his hilvibd round far enough to fasten his halal
the bead and neck of that dreadful and uncials".
enemy, and thereupon a frenzied cram* from "
grinders smashed the reptile's akull, and made,
horrible emgiace unclasp, Wild with fright, the "'-
seems to have actually champed away of
monster while stamping upon lid ad
body; and its terror w mot elided when the serfe""
hung dead and motionles. These python's hos I.!
P 0401111604 ; they kill by saloidtag and crushing the'
prey, cad afterwards they eject • omitted and dh.ufl
saliva upon lb. body, to prepare it for swallotrudt
Eve& if the boa had killed the hone hi would harill
have manaesti to get it dawn; but the oircemente"
Wastrels; On boldness of the nosetrieto,. and el" 71
us pray that persons who import those areeteree
keep tivem with more careful precautions. If it tag
been a baby in the sesdle, or even a eleeplag 041!,,,
python would assuredig hays "get outarie" hi. Fr"
Wore saciatiag.