The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-26 00:00:00

ebbs an enbs.

The Plum Lire AMITRAKCi C .—/a trar
edvertivenieut column there appeated, la.it week, the
18to annual report of this ftiurishing C impany, entl it
is well worthy the consideratiou of those who tuoy be
tenuous of leaving behind them, when the inevitable
hoppeos, some provision for those near end dear.
There is • certain amount of timidity felt by toe
general public whether, perhaps, after yeare of inveet.
went, ihe money may not be loot through the collnpre
if au office. In this rose there need be no each fear.
Tne steuility of an tifflco which iocreasee its pr roium
rooms by nearly £2O 000 a year, doubles it in three
yo.rd. an I oppoiote over 1,000 neer swerve &emptily,
is surely, Ile Crcur's wife, "aluvs eu-picion." Tour
office represents mon, and peculior ativc.tige., but
fr them I roust refer my re• tern to the energ tic
sup,r ht.aaeut ~1 Lai district, Mr. William lit. y, of
L 1, 12,,wevor, will add that I am pure al
who ewer him join in the regret exweese,l by the
Directors at the death of one of tier Ludy, Mr.
Hurry.

PutrricAt.—Aa a brilliant ep-c'eneu of the use of
yut,er garbege in dealing with iolitical oppo sots
coudnend we to the le ter .4 tt.i*
week's 06strikr. No wonder they are about to enlaree
liilaiussgatet. Half-a-durtn sucu writers, en I th-re
wouldn't be mud enough left to throw. small spout-
, ful at your biggset ene-ny.

WHAT IS GAMING ?—Po. it'', it i Jul to my
be rustic kilt' his move Wall
the rvasion of his r otil g, bat I ain't tont,. I can-
not sea by wh&.. c ncludon. the 114
arrived at their deciai .n in the al....dad catholic,/ . ri-
iiceoae t•pleillilleS case heard befoie Dom or, NI. flay.
Oue wituess ew.,re beer wits played for in the skittiei
alley ; two others took their oaths that nothing wits at
stake—that it was • mere game for !wee. Their
worship. dismissed the a.e, cautioned the pubilesi.,
and ref used the two with wwe, who upset the proaetn-
tion, their expenses. Why? Di 1 they believe tioor
teatm any? If they did, why cut off their "ea. s"?
If they did ot, why di-this, the ties' As I. rd
Dondreary would say, it seed,. "one of those things co
tonsil cao uuderstsad." _ _

Stop! Or wee it the Pietiess attoepted the rating of
the late Lord Chid Juatum C.ckinuu. aud hil tat

aiitre•--iii;olve • oort.ia am—uu. at of
_.ki.l

" although, not perbspe _lf a very high order" Oar,
herefore, it does not come within the meaning of the
section If so it is good news for the keepers of the
skittic-sile, the Poole bench never —well, heroly.
ever—stultifies fteelf.

Perhap., after all this is the real solution of &matter
which at tir.t sigat solvate somewhat parplexim;, a,i I
I don't see why it stioull not be. I think it would take
the authorities a long tune to make up their minds
prosecute a landlord who had permi ted • " quiet gam*
f hiliiarde just f,..r two and,ft's" to be pley- din is
Mime. tS by, ttun, should • couple of workiug-uen
be debarred having • friendly
_throw-up at the suliar
nine for a pot of IOW.?

Tar COSFIDINCS TRICE —HoW people eau be found
to be ou silly as to lose their money at the solicitations
of strangers who express • wish to expend a fortune in
charity, it they can only find some ono to do it leg
them, seems unintelligible, seeing how the trick is
exposed almo-t, daily in the papers. But so it ta.
hear of • m,,re than ordiumi.y simple take-in, which
was successfully acouintilishod in a publichouse here
the other night, altnutigh the amount was not large.
The innocent WAS quaffing his boor, whoa entered •
truld•Lpoking stranger, who introduced the s Abject ef
c mjuring. In the course of conversation the etraliner
offered to show his nowmiade friend • capital trick
how to Lake a tw....hilling-pieee (roma handkerchief,
gra pod tightly in his hand, within a given time. The
two-sbillingmleco was produced, tied in • secure knot
ic.tbe handketchief, and the victim expressed nis uu.
failing belief that he held it in his hand. "N w, I
will just go outside to the poor, and take it from
you," said the modest youth acting as *bowman, acid
if Ido you will have to stand two &cies." Tbe
him quite agreed to this; hadn't he got it in his 1,41. !!
Tue Wrallger left the room. Minutes pas 4..!, utlw
did not return. All, thought Innocent, h-'s and
erm't come bAck, tie accordingly untied the k,e .1 a
the handkerchief, and lo I • penny UAW his astunishett
gala. lie wants to fall across that young =S.

FOIL?! Tassel's I—There Sr. some people who
never seem happy unless they Sr. trying to render
others miserable. Fictitious appointments, anony-
mous letter., and that class of amusement, teem
make up the aim sod object of their being. This week
some of our chief inhabitant' have received alarming
notices of notable FOLIALII4 being in tbs t we,awl
suggesting that the usual precautions should be taken
at the Volunteer drill ball. The authorities have, of
course, treated these communication* in the manner
deserved -lit their cigars sub them. Tim author. are
Pretty wellitnown, and I may suggest that in future
they should be rezognieed not am 'gay young rolc-,"
I but A/ " w uld - scare-crows"

No one will deny Sir Garnet Wolseley hag iroll
earned his barony in liiviug proved himself one among
the first strategists of the age. His persuicuition hog
saved, as far as one can judge, many an English home
from a wretched Ch istmas—of nouns, there is no need
to take int , accniut 111. thousaals of b.lgyptians wh
were killed I They are ot a different colour, and
naturally their wives and offspring possess none of
those loving characteristics which are only to be fungi
in Exeter-hall Christians. There is not the slightebt
reason to fancy their deaths will be wept for or bewailed
by their widows and orphans. Therefore, we ought
heartily to enjoy when it cornea the animal festival el
the birth of the PrillCO of Peace,

I am sorry, however, our future Commander.im
Chief, the Duke of Connaught, with his Gusrds, bi
some unfortunate misapprehension did not have the
opportunity of distingtushing themselves. It you rend
toe sec AIMS t,f the engagements you will see tbst in
all three t ‘e Duke and his Guards msnag-d t arny•
kid as the work had been done. At the fist encounter
with the enemy we were told that the Guards carne
up alter the °enurement, .though • line regiment
which had starve, at the same moment arrived in
time. Then on Saturday week it is written. "Th.
Guards arrived here at sunset, greatly diaappinted
at being out of the fighting." And at the battle
of Wednesday, "All the work was done by our
troops Is the first line of attack. The principal
fortification had been carried by the time the Gaud"
and fourth brigs ie came up." I am sure it must have
been disappointing to our "warrior prince," and I
heartily nymp•thise with him.