The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-12-31 00:00:00

THE SERIALS.
I ADM. “COATS."

Coats are the fathion f I.ltea, A noted Paris
dressmaker has introduced the Politnec cost, which is
mmemlly ma-I.' in velvet or brocade; but the Caaaquinade
Fermiere, or peatlnt: bottaowns, are the IS,ZO : the
bodies buttons to the waist, where a deeo begone i• added.
Its • remusl from the well-copied ',bins 01 Loin XV.
and L .uis XVI., end it is not unlike the Polignar, on!,
that the 1.1...5uem ..ttl cut differently at the limk It doe.
not as much for the tuventive faculties of meters days
that ml the new f.hions aremproductions. In Wales the
Upper rheum are copying not only the dreams, but the
fabrics, .rd some of the daughters of the belt fernlike
about Swansea are appearing in the ancient costume of
Welsh flannel, a short skirt, a bunched-up petticoat, a
bedgovrn bodice, and cockle-shell hat. For a pretty
woman there is scarcely • more becoming attire. One
point is certain, that in Paris two colours in one tiilette
are again the rule, and that coats, and Cum:mins all
contrut with the petticoat in col or, and o ten in
material. With these revivals shot stlig are again to the
fore, a. well as wat,...1 silks—From What fo Wear in
Cassell's Family Magazine for January.

TILE CHURCH IN THE FUME.
What • Church, what • nation, would ours be, if all the
fathers and withers of the land could say of their children
what the lather of the Weitict s 14, of his large far. iIY
" God ha, shown me that I should/ bare all my nineteen
children &tout me in heaven. They will all he saved. for
God has given them all to my prayers f' It is only in
proportions, the Church is recruited thus from the families
of the land that we can ever hope to realise the concluding
words of the Psalmist's home song, " Yea thou shalt see
thy children'. childreii. and peace on in foliel" (Ps. ex:will:
15). —The Rev. Dr. Maguire, in The Quirer for January.
FZIJER CUSTOMS.

Cate are not supposed ro have the intelligence of does,
end yet if we observe them we find that they are capable
of • great degree of trasonmg. A cat bel ingine to as had
o kitten, which, when it had learned to drink milk from
the saucer with its mother, was given to • neighbour.
For many days after the old rat never drank more than •
pertain nitantity of the milk given to her. bearing the rest
for her kit•en, which oho hourly expected to return. After
• time, finding that the kitten did not come, abe resumed
hot habit of drinking qv, whole of the milk placed in the
saner. We were calling at • cottage when an old cat
came In. "Ali! " uud the woman of Me house, "she has
been to we what our neighbour'. cat hoo got for her. She
is too old to hunt to- herself, so our neighbour's cat will
keep • mouse or a bird for her, and ship pee regularly
every morning to me what there is for her. —From Little
Folks Magazine for Jaanary.
Tug NAME OF THE 11.1411T.HAULOW.

The rest-harrow derives its generic IMMO front the Greek
word for an au, bemuse it is said that the plant is eaten
by that animal. The idea is very farletcbal, r even
assuming the fact to be so, there are many other plants
which, from their greater abundance and known
attractiveness to the asinine palate, have • far greater
claim to the name. It owes its common English name to
its hmebness, from a belief that when, during the
preparation of the field, the harrow arrives at its wiry and
rooting stems it must perforce suffer a cheek that causes
it to rest awhile before the obstacle is overcome. It is
only fair here to observe that in some old hooks it is called
the wrestharrow; the idea involved is, however, much the
same—that the toughness of its stems wrests tb• harrow
from its course. It is also called caramock—a name that
we cannot at all explain—and wild liquorice. This latter
I, shook name, not rine in popular use —From Familiar
Wild Norm for January, with beautifully coloured
plates,