The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-07-11 00:00:00

LLNGTON.

Saes Or TEI Garvitddi Fhotats.—The third impor-
tant sale of stook at Langton, of the property of the
late J. J. Farquharaon. Rag., took place on Tuesday
last, when the (iunville flocks. consisting of 360 two.
tooth, 340 four.tooth, end 270 six-tooth ewes, 8) old
ewes 493 ohilver hogs, 249 wether hogs, 490 chilver
Lambs, and 480 wither lambs, total about 3,000, of the
purebred Sussex Downs, togetikr with nine excellent
cart horses, and a quantity of agricultural implements,
including a steam-engine and tbrashing•maohine, by
Turford and Son, were presented for public oompe.
titian, by Mr. T, Enter, the weldknown auctioneer, of
Dorchester. Thu morning was far from ievitiug for an
out-door gathering, but the fir.it-rate nu dity of the
flock drew togethrr a largo number of competitors ;
but not, by somo hundreds, so large • company as at
the first sale. The weather brightened at intervals,
and was certainly more favourable than at the last
sale. Amongst thoso present we noticed : Messrs.
Smith, Rester • Captain Thresher, Up.wey ; W. Mtn.
field, Dorchester; Martin. Shaftesbury; Bleak, Don-
bead ; Read, Downton Hamby ; E. A. Smith, Litton
Hones; R. A H. Castleman, Shettle ; J. Ford, Bush.
ton ; G. Hill. Hinton; P. Hill, Pimperno ; Partly,
St. Gibes; G. Keynes, Whatoombs ; J. iileynee,
Spettisbury • It. Creedie, Wareham ' • Whittle, Ware-
ham ; A. Barrow, Templeoombe ; Sims, Pitcombe ;
Groves, Demon y Form Blandford ; Richards. Almer ;
House, Anderson; Aiken, Foramen •. H. Fookes,
Whiteohurch ; B. Fowler, Whitechurch; W. Fookes,
Monekton ; T. Stone. Chalk; Wells, Cann; Sims,
Marnhull ; Warren, Stoureaine • Taylor, Bewley ;
Forester, Bryanstone ; G. Homer, Admiston ;
Jeffory, Allen, Pitt Rouse; Elegant, Whiteperish ;
Crocker, Peggs Farm; Boyne', Chisoombe ; Friend,
Gusstge • Wake; C3arles, steward to Sir W. Heath-
note; Muller, Plush; Wont, Handley; Gdpin, Keyn-
sten ; Davis, Littleton; Danish, Blandford ; Sup in,
Whiteohuroh • Tory, Turnworth ; Look, Bryanstone ;
Housa, Winteborne Z istone ; Burgess, Leunceslin;
Warren. Child Okeford ; Ridunt Gk./ford Fitspine ;
Daily, Dickinson, Luke, dm., tee: The sale oommonoei
in Church Field, shortly after cloven, wait the •.;ri•
imitate' implements, the greater proportion of which
wore old fashioned, and had seen mush serrioo. Mr.
Read was the parchaser of the eleht-horse steatixen rine
and thrashing-maohine Telford and Sons), at £330.
Between sixty and seventy bta of implements having
been diapered of, the horses were 'next off. rid.
Colonel, a black horse, was purchased by Mn, Somers
for 39 guineas; the next offered, a gr. y mare, 8.0 irt,
eight years, wan knocked down Cs Mr. Robert Fookes
for 341 guinoss ; and Diamond, another grey mare,
same age, was purchased by Mr. Curtis for 43) guineas ;
Flower, a bay mare, and Rose, a bay horse, fetched
respectively 28 and 21) guineas; and a brown horse,
Champion, five years old, a first-class animal, realised
42 guineas, Mr. J. Ford, of Biadston, being the par-
cbaaer. ; Whitefoot, three years old, black h/rse, add
for 21 guineas; and Smart, a black mare the same
age, and vary similar in apparent*, sOld for 36)
, guineas, Mr. Burgess being the purchaser of the former
, and Mr. Curtis the latter. An excellent luncheon was
provided by Mr. Byers, tickets for which were issued
by the sense gentlemen as at the previous sales, Mr.
, W. Fookae, of Monokton, superintending the whole
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arrangements. The sale of hi, sheep -commenced
punctually At two o'clock, with the two-twooth owes.
The first lot was bought by Mr. Whittle at 45,. each,
and prices ranged from 391. to 484, t!...0 latter sum
being given for a very superior lot by Mr. Faeroe,
steward to llusey, Esq., of Burton Bradstock. The
principal buyers of this class were Mr. Butler, Mr.
Whittle, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Luke; and the whole
realised £856, being an average of 451. each. The
oompotitien for the four-tooth ewes was somewhat
mom spirited; Mr. B. Fowler purchased one lot of 20
at 514 each; letr. Smith, Exeter, four lots at 481. each;
Mr. Johns, two lots at 494 each ; ant the other prin-
cipal buyers were Mr. Ralph ()roadie, Mn, Butler, and
Mr. Whittle; lowest price, 41s. ; highest, 504 ; total,
£803; average, 475. 41. Six-tooth ewes ranged from
465. to 50a. ; three lota were purchased by Mr. Butler,
at 484 each, one at 49'., and one at 504 ; the other
purchuere were Mr. R. Fowler, Mr. Smith, Mr. Taylor,
Mr. Jones, and Mr. Oreedie ; total for glx.tooth, t 754;
average, 484 811. Eighty old ewe. fetched £165;
average, 41s. each. One lot of two-tooth wethars
were knocked down to Mr. H. ',mkt' at 595. each, and
the others fetched 575. each., The °Miser hogs were
sold at remarkably even prises, 431. being the lowest,
and 464 the highest, the latter prim being given by
Mr. O. Homer, of Admiston Hall seventeen lots of
20 each sold at 44t., and five at 45'.; total for @Miser
hogs, £1,138; average, 41.. 21. The principal pur-
chasers were Keens. Creedie, Forester. 0, Homer, and
Charles, Wether hogs ranged from 46i. to 495.: Mr.
Strange purchased two lots at 48'., and one at 49 4 ;
Mr. Jeffery, one at 485., and three at 494. ; and Mr.
Cresdie, two at 46'., and two at 48.. ; total for wothor
bogy, E'733 Bs. ; average, 48,. each. The chilver lambs
sold at from 17s. to 21s. each, and the whole is
£482; average, 19,- 91. The principal buyers ware
Mr. Pearce, Mr. Read, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Whittle, and
Mr. Cresdio. The wethor lambs, mid in lots of 50,
ranged from 20s. to 25 each, and realised about 4:550.
and with them the sale of the flock condoled. About
50 more lots of implements were than disposed of, and
Mr. Ensor finished his labour. aboot 5 p.m., having
knocked off about 300 lota in fire hours.

MILBORNE ST. ANDREW.
VIOLENT ASSAULT ON THE Pomer..—At the magi..
trates clerk's °aloe. BlancUord, on Tuesday last Arthur
Path, •Atieha Davis, William Davis, James Holloway,
Charles Derrick, Fre teriek Derrick, alai Ckaries Way,
were severally charged with easaulting P.S. lull and
P.C. Hart at Mborne on lit July. The m sgistrates
present were Lord Portman and Js J. Farquharson.
Req. —The assault was a very brutal and unprovoked
one. The three Davis's, eho were the ringlnadera
were senteneed—William, to one month, and Arthur
and Elisha to 14 dayse.hard labour each; Way was
aned 51. and oasts, and Holloway ant the two Derricks
Is. each and costs, and bound over to keep the pearge
for 12 months in the sum of £5 each.