The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-24 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

LECTUlti.—On Tuesday a pictorial temper. ,
ance lecture. interspersed with vocal and instrumental
was given at the Town-hall by Mr. F. 11. Hallett,
of the Dorset County Temperance Assisi:ohm. The
lecture was not 40 well attended as had been expected. '
MODICIUI MARVELL—Under this title our readers will '
perceive by our advertising columns that the celebrated
be Vero the conjurer will shortly pay um a visit. According
to the London papers he has been a great seeress at the
Alexandra Palace, Muswell-hill, and Cremerne Gardens '
whore be has appeared during the last twelvemonths. his
programme is replete with novelties, and which we under-
stand are principally of his own invention, and, refeiring
to a notice in the Times, of his performance. we read
that some of his illusions border on the miraculous.
Judging from the favourable impression he has already
made in the provinces, we doubt not but that he Win
draw good houses here.
Lodati IROAIM.—At the monthly meeting of this
Board on Wednesday there were present—Meeers. H.
burden (chairman), }I B. Smith, T. M. Park, It. .
Ryera, L E. Wareham, F. T. Johns, H. Gill, It. W.
Abbott, J. G. E. Lawrence, A. S. Hodges. J. Ball,
J. Lindsay, and C. Pond.—Mr. Gill reported that the
Lighting Committee had inspected the public lamps
and found them in a satisfactory state.—ln amover to
ifiestion the Surveyor (Mr. Wills) said the fire
es. hose, &c, had been attended to and cleaned,
they were now in good working order. --Since the
last meeting two chimneys have been on fire, and one
of the cases was of a serious nature. Handbills have
been issue.l cautioning the public that if their chimneys
caught on fire in cuuseiluence of their neglect to have
them swept at iroper intervals they would be liable
to a penalty. The Surveyor now asked what he was
to do in such cases in the future, and he wit., instructed
to issue summonses for any such neglect where fires
oocurred. —The Surveyor reported that Mr. Bailey
had completed the work ordered by the Board to his
satisfaction, and he recommended that a little surplus
stone be purchased by the Board. Mr. Wills said the
only work now to he carried out was melee little
repairs. —Several bills were ordered to be paid, and
some plans of proposed alterations in the premiss*
of Mr. J. Ball, coachbuilder,. were approvesl by the
Board.
A CHILD% 7 arivsta.—On Thursday, October sth, a
little fellow aged 10 yams who n gave the tissue of Charles
King, was found wandering about the streets of Poole in
search of an uncle, *hose name Le said was William
Scott. As no such perm was known to the police they
took care of the boy, who said he hail been pent by train
from Southampton, by his mother to visit has uncle till
Christmas. Thu boy told what appeared to be a very
etraightforward tale. but on Supt. Hunt writing to the
Head Constable of Southampton to make enquiries the
following reply put is very different foe.- on elle matter :
" In reply to your enquiry respectini. Charles King, aged
10 years, I have to inform you Mist his etateuent is false
—his name is "Brown, and his mother resiks in
Orchardwtreet, Blandfoni, Dorset. This youth has kept
me employed answering enquiries respecting him. The
last place he was detained at was Devenport, Devon.
Supt. Hunt then communicated with the mother of the
I boy through Supt. Underwood, nf Blandiord, and her
I letter in reply which we print below, shows her an to lo
s eery promising youth, who has visited many place in
the country by railway without tickets, and evaded the
vigilance of the official& The boy was brought up on
Thursday at the Poole Petty Sessions, and wes interro-
gated by the magistrates follows :—Q. What is your
name I—A. I sin emuetimes railed Brown and sometimes
King—Q. You have been about a good over the
country I—A.. Yee.--Q. How do ) ou travel, by railway II
A. yee.-44., Who pays for you! —A. Nobody. —Q. Do
you get into the train without paying I—A. ; they
don't ask Inc fur ruy ticket. —Q. What do you do when
you gat out of the train and have no money f—A. I ask for
my nude.—(4. William Scott is the uncle you are look-
ing for; is he in London I-1. Tors —Q. And at Devon-
poetyee—Q. And at Southampton / A. I have
• cousin at Soutluoupton--1. Was not your uncle
there t—A. No, toy cousin, I had a cousin th.r.._The
Magistrates' Clerk read the following letter from the
boy's mother to Supt. Hunt :
' Orchard-street. Blandford
" Oct. lth. lift
" Kr. Hunt—Sir.—Bea to acknowledse the receipt of
letter received by Hr. Underwood oil Monday last, which
I should have answered before—being the boys mother—
but was waiting to hear the result of the trial • but, not
hearing, thought I hasi better write. I have, inlieed. had
' a great trial with him. This is the sixth tune he has
started off and I have been obliged to am! the mon
,y
bring him lswk, lie went to Southampton, and I emit
the money there, mid :is 44.1. down to Diromport, and to
L•uion. Templeoetabe, and other places, and he travelloa
all those Ow** without tickets; &lid my income is $o vert-
. email I really cannot afford it I tow td,,, if he tee.a.lt
any umre I should send no more money, tir t is out of
my power to do so. I have no husband to 1..0k M-1 have
been unfortunate—so what le to is, done wit:, him I
cannot imagine. He wanb be under a man, and until
he islam afraid he will be lie better. I suppose you to
not know of a place that he could he put where he would
he dealt very firmly, but kindly, with. I egeeot afford to
pay anything or I would willingly Is se. I am afraid if
something is tot done with blin ho will tarn out very
bad for lie don't care one hit for :no. Ile went eff in
sucb an untidy state; he only came back from Temple-
combu, the night before (Wednesday) and Thursday
morning I said be Was not to go to school ea it was so late
in the week, and I told him to put on his old thin. and
I eddy went apitsirs for • few minutes end he must needs
man sway again just se he VMS and I had no idea where
be was till Mr
_Underwood came jo Kees" astern,.
and raid your letter. Will You kindly write me a line per