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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

THE CHOLERA AND THE DUTY OF
THE PEOPLE.

Each man has a double duty to perform: that proper
to himself, and his own h..wiehold ; and that due to his
position and influence in society There is no know.
log what terrible mi..chief may be produced by a
single case of neglect. It is easier to keep out than
to turn out an enemy • formidable as disease arising
from neglected impurity Nor is the duty less in-
cumbent on every houaeholder, or each head of a
family, to watch over the safety of his borne than it
lion local boards, medical officers, architects, engi-
neer, even clergymenon all thoee men who, knowing
whaedanger is, know also how alone it is to he averted.
Dr. Buchanan wisely says that no pains taken, and
costs incurred, in the way of sanitary precaution will
be wasted It may be difficult to say, "By snob and
snob steps you have kept the cholera from your neigh.
bourhood. If you bad not taken these, you would
have suffered." One is not perhaps justified in Bay.
log as much as that with certitude. But there have
been many cases that look very like it. By all means
let Us give ourselves the benefit of the doubt; and not
seek to bart the efficacy of precautions by neglecting
them in order to see what will happen then. We have
many domestic enemies, little, if any less, destructive
than cholera. That form of enteric fever which seems
to select the noblest and mord lovely as its victim.. is
one of them. Any precaution required against im-
ported cholera is none the lev. requisite againat auto.
genic fever. Illeasnrea of preventi in are at once
cheaper and more effective than can be any measure
of cure. We do not say there is any immediate
danger. The course taken by the epideopc, at the
present moment, seems to be southward rather than
westward. But it is id's, and worse than idle, to shut
our eyes to the fact that danger may be upon U 4 at
any moment. Let us urge all to set their house. la
order, hoping that the enemy will not come, but doing
our beet to render hie invasion WI ineffective as possible
lilt actually tak s place. —Thriftier.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

A LIST OF ACCIDENTS.

To fall from a timber stack lift. high cannot be
done with safety without c ,nsiderable practice.
Henry Wily, a la eiurer, in the employ of Mr. J. J.
Norton, timber mer .hant, found this out on Saturday
morning, when he ina.lvertently made his first ,
attempt. The result was that the poor fellow broke I
one of his legs just above the ancle, besides receiving
a severe shaking. Ile is getting on all right, but does I
not intend to repeat the experiment if he can help it. 1
Taking one's better half sod two of the youngeters
out for an early drive thee beautiful mornings ahows
considerable c inelleration for their health, but then, '
before starting you should make yourself quite certain
that your harnees is in a perfectlj safe condition. Mr.
Harris, the respected landlord of the Angel lintel,
forg,.l that on Saturday morning, and the result was,
on coining down Conatitution•bill, the breeching
broke, and the trap ran on to the haunches of the
horse. Toe animal started at a stretch gallop, and
Mr. Harris Wai powerless to pull it up—not • very
pleasant state of things' as those who know the
locality will a Imit. Its headlong career, however,
was stopped by some men who were standing near the
Park•tone schoolroom. and Mr. Harris and his two
children, who had kept their seats, had nothing
but the pardonable upset to their nerves to complain
of. Mrs. Harris was not so fortunate. She we:.
either thrown out or jumped out, and pitching on the
top of her head sustained some severe lacerations. She
was taken home to Poole, and medical assistance was
called in, and it is pleasant to state she was enabled
ti be in the bar as usual the same evening.
Looking at the immense number of little brats, whom
Ike Hood's pauper, nobody seem, to own—to be found
playing along toe Quay from early morning till late at
night, it seems really • wonder we do not hear of more
accidents than we do. Monday night one of the
midgets—of the feminine sender of course, they are
always the first in mi.chief —fell over the Quay into
the water, and would inevitably have been drowned had
not a sailor from one of the veseele lying by jumped in
and rescued her. In direct cmtraliction of the Royal
Humane S iciety's Inst, net me on the subject, she
we, one informant Told lie. held as, th it her head
and feet w. re re,eree I, ant th, water having been
poured out of her, she was enahled to trot home to
receive the maternal sputking which awaited her.
. . . .

A paste atm.dent happen" I on ‘londay to • young
man lu the employ of Mr. Hidout, butcher of the
btarket-plccc. He was in the claughter.house, and
clipping ml.. grab at a ho .lc to .Z.l himself, and
the book entered his wrict and Ldiicted a very eerion.
wound. He has now to walk about with his hand
etrspped to his bre wt.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

TRIOYOIJNO DOVER STRAITS..

An attempt to Gross the Channel In • collapsible
boat made out of • tricycle hued with canvas, on
Saturday, was soocessiaL re. harm of to. gentleman
who seciomplished this fmt Is given as leery, and hi is
said to hays ben formerly • naval man. is arrived
at Dover on Friday from London on him tricyola, and
started on Saturday morning to moss at about alas
o'clock. The boat in which the arms* wa• made is
abootalnifsstloog and four wide. Terry is oe hie
holidays, and attempting to make the journey from
London to Paris by roams of hie tricycle. The boat is
propelled by • pair of sculls. Terry arrivad at Calais
nattily on Saturday afternoon.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

ITIIRDMISTER lIIARIMA.LL.

T 222222 nce Fem.—The fete of the Sturninster
Mai shrll Temperance Society took place on Wednev-
.l,y, July 25 h. The day being be ititifully fine, the
...pie gather. I ill great number.. The Bonds of
11-pe (Sturmiorter Marshall and Spetisbury) j dned
their forces at the Railway Bridge near the strain,
and, led by the capital Witoborne Rills Bras. Ban I.
paraded the Tillage, numbering about 200. Different
parts of the villare presented a pleasing and lively
euirearance. busy hands and earnest hearts baring
been engaged in decorating, despite the rein in the
early noon. The field, kindly lent by M. W. Martin,
being reached, a public meet ng as at once Coni•
mewed, ably presided over by the Vicar, J Cross.
Speeches were given of a most instructive and
interestinir nature by able advocates of the temperance
cause. Tbe different phasee of the great enterprise
were dwelt upon by the Wiry. Pelham Stokes (Warr -
*0! K Cies' -Ntrolia
games were heartily entered into by the young peopls.
and, being the first fete, is most encinraging and
satisfactory. The children were regaled with tea and
cake, after which a tare c impany sat down and
partook of the cap that chevrs but not inebriates.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

sansßoaxn.

A SAD CAREER.

At the Kent assizse last week George William!,
rims George Wortley, Hill, aged 30, and deocribed as
a eorninionion agent, was indicted for forgery. It will
be remembered that the prie nets was ar.prehended n
the charge at Sherborne, where he was trying ..n a
smaller gone of fraud. It is to be feared from the
character ..f the defer.c. which be instructed his c iilfl
eel to make that his habit of lying and false Pretence
was indulged in to the last. He described hi. father
as an admiral, when in truth be was only a captain,
and his assertion that he himself served a* • captains
saved a ship and received thanks for it, seems to be an
impudent concoction. The charge mg sinst bun sass
thee-fold forging a banker's cheque for to.
obtaining by false oretencrt, from William Samuel
Cox, the sum of £2, and forging a banker's cheque
for £7, all with intent to defraud. Mr. Simpson was
for the prosecution, and Mr. Will .ughby for prirtorr,
who, however. pleaded guilty. The latter said, in ex-
tenuation of the ..H.r.ces, that prisoner was under he
influence of drink at the time be committed them. lin
was of a good family, hie father being an admiral. tie
himself had served on board ships. captain, and wns
wounded in the head •, and be afterwards received
thanks for Raving the ship from fire. In 1875 he g
mixed up with • person by the name of River, and way
tried and C..D% icted at the Uantral Criminal Court.
At the conclusion of hia sentence his friends 'ant him
abroad, and be served In the army dude., the Basuto
rebellion, in which he was wounded and invalided
home, and since then had commit:e4 the offences.
The judge, in sentencing the pria .ner, aaid that he
could sse no ground whatever for extending any mercy
towards him. It appeared that he had systematical.y
defrauded hotel keepers and other., lie had b, en
previously convicted at the Old Bailey, and undert nu;
18 months' hard labour. That bad had no effects awl
NI would be sentenced to asses years' penal senfluds.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

HIM 'US ACCIDENT.

But the most serious acci lent of the catalogue
occurred on M mday t. a ruin; man named Absalom
Curtis, a n iie f Kineon, end a mate of a vessel
owned by the N..wcsetl,. C.. 01 C .mpany, of Poole. Phe
resew' was being unl ..1 n at Jeuning's Wharf, and
Curtis was standio.: near the held. Suddenly a chain
of the crane broke. an I the consequence woe tk.
elevator of the m ,chinery fell with. a
le sigili.dl;"".'7l
the tea I, fl ;cl ing He wearecon:
leg three ,d his rib. ao
now abider the care of Br.
cored bi• r' .
out his c nblitt 'all very critical. Another
young man standing by lia I also a narrow escape, the
falling timber striking h:m on the arm and matting it
open.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

75) tiu Earitor.

Sir,—l felt surprised and astonished after perusing
your paper of last week t fin I that your former
correspondent's lelter should have elicited so many
ridiculous replies. It seamy t use, after resoling the
letter signed by 'One at the sck," your corres.
pondente appear as it stung to the .puck, and com-
menced penning rediee in a series of rambling and
vague imagined .ns, known only to the authors them-
selves. Toe only -easou I can assign for their so
writing is ss a meat, of advertising their own works,
or what thn vulgar c.ll "Blowing their own trumpets."
I should advise then to read Lord Lytton'a "Alice
and study the charactsr of Cesarini, who thought hint-
s-If an anth .r, but whose end was in the madhouse.
Sir, —Whoever heard of anything so absurd as the
msliciout statements made by " &lamer Fidelis," I
should think be mu t have been 'suffering under a
paroxysm of rage wten he penned his epistle. it
contain, a conglomeration of unjustifiable attacks,
made upon a °utak young gentleman who was
invited to take part h the entertainment. Having
heard the song entitled" Dear Me, &c.," it issufficient
to say that it was weedy a comic song given for the
entertainment of the public, and only taken offensively
by • section of Cho.° present. Solace it to say that
one of the sinzers of this song was f ,rmerly a
prominent member of the Order, but who haa since
resigned, owing to the obnoxious behaviour of the
other performers, their actions probably being CAIIIO4
by jealousy. It is quite evident there is a division in
the camp, which has ultimately ended in the resigna-
tion of several other members also..

Iteing ono of those present at the anniversary, I
goats concur and reiterate the sentiments of " One at
the Back." I saw lc, disorderly c induct there ; but
the twaddle and nonsense which was put before the
pu'dlic was enough to produce laughter, which was
iiffensively styled disorder. As for some not being
allowed to remain in the room is .imply absurd.
saw no occasion whatever for any interference.
The letter signed by "One at the Front" I treat
with the indifference and contempt it deserves.
Apologising for encroaching so long upon your valuable
columns, I beg to subscribe myself
A Woacnic MAN.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

PROPUIRD PLEASURZ GROUNDS Al PARICSTONE.

With reference to tin sui j -ct the following was the
notice on the Agenda Peper —'to: consider • memorial
fr ilts a verel or the inhabitants of the Borough, urging
the Council ti acquire Ri
piece of land near the miest
Steti in, Parkstone, belonging to Lord Wimborne, to be
lead out as a potilic garden and recreation ground, and in
the event iif the same being adopted to determine •uch
measures am may be required for giving edect to the
memorial."
Toe lows CLICRI: ihformel the Council that he had
written to L ird Wirtib woe upon the subject, arid had
receivel from him • letter to the effect that he heti no
obj•ction to the Council purchawing the land, provided
they cool arrange with the builders.
M. CcaTiapiuotcd out the great neoessity for acquiring
the t•ianguler plec • of land in goeiti in, and the ..era ius
matter thist it would be it it were built upon. Objections
hod I, en retail that it eat sitdate to far away trout the
inhabitants or Poole and K IMOD, but at tho souse time be
th itight the benefit of any improvemento at Parket ins
would be felt in • oole. 111 moved that stops ta taken
to eehnire the piece of land in question.
MT. MATE iieconded Lb. proposition. If they wanted
to lucre.. the population, they must pay • little wore
atteution Li Perestoue than they had done.
. . .

BALUTUN. ID .pe.kiag t the resolution. pointed out
the expou-e taint would be lie involved, end said be was
very glad their medical officer had reoorted ot them as
wall as be bad dome. but he did not believe in it. Ile did
not believe titre was soy pima in which so great an
invit stion to the cholera to come Mere ea in Poole. We
. . . .

were snoply heti:44 In a farmhouse that was uninsured,
because, as no fire had broken out yet, we were desirous
of saving the paltry cost of the insurance. lie wosoert sin
if a sanitary ceturnissi tow tame and inspected the state
of their se true, it wool i eat di • ruinous cost upon them
for underground drainage. Ile was only sorry toe agenda
paper had not got on it Mr. Curtiss motion for the free
public library. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BUDO6 thought after Mr. Bast ,n's speech it would
be a stirs thing if the Guardians appointed him inspector
of nuisances. He coofessed he Wso very strongly an favour
of the scheme. Niw that the walk around Sterte, through
the action of a wicked Tory, had been shut up—(laughter)
—they ought to have som.thittg as a countet•bitlance.
A letter was read from Mr. Kemp-Welch expressing
approval of the scheme, an I suggeeting also the laying out
the land from the end of Mr. Buckley's house to
Tattenh am-lane as • perk.
Mr. BeIiNILS said that would be some 20 or 25 acres, and
would Woke something like • park.
Ultimately the Town Clerk was instructed to com•
nounicate with Lord Wiintiorne as to the tenni upon
which he would be willing to sell the land.
This concluded the busbies..
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

Corresponzmcr.

To tke !door.

141 y.—In answer to your nun:tams correepondents
and the base and personal insinwition. c tut tined in
their letters, I can only asaert that I te at ,Item with
the contempt they deserve, and t ni I
" Where ignorance is Him 'tie folly t 1“.
never more 'mop, fate than it is in thn nreaent
As they were well aware the char wide by m-
against the performer, at the 1.0 0 T. me.tins were
ondentable, and the fact of their not *Mounting to
disown it shows that any further corr..n none, upon
the matter is wholly tunlecasury.—l have 4,11 the
honour to remain,

.45-2P.i.0-1, TA- -A.7.1112' BACK PART OF !HZ AODILIOL

4*A July, 18&l.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

LOVE AND SUICIDE.

A bottle waa found in the River I..yfu, near Plymouth,
on Thursday. containinr the fePowiug not.—"! loved
one, and she low,' n u What is the um I living I
None. Should this bet!' • b. nicked up, my body will be
found a little forth, up Ify name is Samuel Jon.sf.
Remember me to +II my friends What as the use of
Retrial lam tired of 11. Goal-bys. My last wish is
that she should know I loved her dearly."
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

DRINK AND DEATH.

At Br user an bequest was held on Friday on the
body of James Goodm tn. mimeo, of Gloucester, who we,
accidentally killed by • fall. It appeared that dereamd
hod been drinking en.h the captain of his !sisal, the
&lime% end when r turnips on board be fell arainat the
vessel's side, an I upon the mud below. He *natal:kid
roocuesi in of the bran. The coroner amerely animad-
verted oo the modem of the captain of the veisel, sod
the jury returned ocerdict of "Accidental death, brought
about by intoxication." The Caroller reomiked that
drink stayed were persons than the sword, and the longer
he lived the more evil he sew resulting from it.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

r " I " "

lIWANAGIL

pleased to *se. visitors are

Vitirroas.—We are

beginning to crop in pa-3
fast now, and nearly every
lodging is engaged for next month.
Wit are very please'! to W% that the L.B. have
Issued a notice, offering a reward of 10s, to any pees in
who shall give information of any persons removing
flowers or doing any other damage to anything within
or belonging to the Cemetery. It is quite time a etcp
should be pot to such depredations, as we know of
nothing loots vexiqr than t i. if mows, &c., removed
Iron the graves of departed frlends.
A Cortagse.NDlOT, writing from Swanage, wants to
know whe-e the 'Blue Ribboners" are gone to, as he
never wee nor hears anything about them now. Are
they gone to sleep? If so, they will have something
to 10,1 t at when they awake, to behold the most con.
venient place in Swatting., for a "Temperanoe Bar,"
with • certain wine merchant's name in huge gilt
letters over the door. If one company that has got to
compete against so many others can afford to take
the place, surely the other, that mould have had it all
thoir own way without any competition, could have
done so, with such • number as they could boast of last
winter. It's time something was done for their men.
hers' if they intend keeping them to the "blue." Why
not allow them the use of the school to have a quiet
game, and get someone to 'apply them with tea and
coffee at a cheap rate? A c Iltction occasionally will
pay for cleaning the room, gas, and other necessaries,
and we should not hear so many jokes then about the
" blues" popping in behind the door, and as being the
landlord's best customers, as such is the case if anyone
should want • bottle of gingerbeer, or other temper.
same beverages.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

THE PER/L8 OF MEDICAL MEN.

A gentleman's servant brought • stilt. in the
Divorce C .iirt last week against kill wife and Mr.
Gerre It hards, a medical men, lie eg at h°Bl.
Herefordshire. AM to the wife ft may be said at
once she wee • thoroughly bed women.
iOd her
adultery with vitriolic persons We. th".....„h".1
eatAlialted. The main contention WM
had witcondocted herself with Ike doctor. Her call
was—for it was at her earnest suggestion her husband
made Mr. Richer*, • co-reepondont—that while he
was treating her for • uterine complaint an impr.per
intimacy wee earabliched between them. There wal a
great deal of evidence on butt Mdse. It we. shown
Wit alt &MP agobot the oomoponclont wm wot
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

1111731017 TE.
,YBRYING A BABY.

0010017 LL 07 TM PLUM.

A Wrings ow of neglecting to give proper food and
&Mondial to ao Weak whereby it has loot its His, has
jest occurred la Weymouth. A man apd hid Wift,
named Glover, living in lower Bonkstreet, had a
family of four, and one child dead. Demand was
born on the 3rd of May. The child thrived well until
the lest three weeks., when it was noticed by the
Glovers' landlady that it woe pining away, and In
addition to this erdered much from convulsions.
Tied, this time It IPPearod th• mother, who woe of
intemperate habits, left tb• oUdcr hews at a
snot* without either food or soy one to take Cu.
it. The mother was of too remonstrated with end
asked to get a &caw tor the baby, but no notice was
taboo of the appeals wade by the landlady. Tim day
before the doomed died the egotism left it alone •
portico rd the morning, afternoon, mid ammtrig,
On
I being weigitedit was found the body was only n
Is esploist, whereas the weight of • baby of deceased's
-aid hare base from pies to twelve pounds. The
ago oh,
aesseserdaitad with, Ned tio9 following
Coroner wee -et
enquiry Wei the am,
Tie MLR. Wee
Was Itsid out Friday at the Gandhi: "%hi ham
entgaik Carew, and a Ivry ceameleedo•
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

To the Editor.

Sir,—After baying read the letter written by "One
in the Back Part of the Audieoca," I was surpriaed t
see that it callsd forth such an abundance of con-
temptible rubbish as that which appearel in your last
issue. In answer to "A lember of the Lodge," who
tried his utm 'et to describe the meeting lie beiog high-
clams, by stating that a well-known vocalist, of good
lib ities (which consist in being able to frighten everyone
(non the row), watt singing. I think I may fairly say
it was a howl. Toe cornet solo, also given by one ..f
the members, reminded we forcibly 1 an ass'a bray-
ing. The speeches, too, were of the most ridiculous
character, reminding the h f a stump speech, sa
they were evident,y spoken by those who thought not of
what they were saying, ea the following sentenoes is
the various speeches will shore. One member said—
Whatsoever ye reap, that shall ye also sow."
Another advised those present— • If they could stood
by a little ale eh di, they sh .uld take it," thus going
'lost till theory of G KAI Templars. This evoked
peals of taught,. If this cannot be callad twaddle,
vanity, I have never heard any.
The other c .rreapondent, who signs himself " One
in the Front," wish° I those in the back to go to the
Baud of II .pe to be taught by the children how to
loth eve. Ile appears to me to want very badly the
instruction which he prescribes for other.. }loping
that at the next meeting ttf the Band of Hope he will
present him-elf to take bid first leasun, and oblige,
yours truly,
Us purr °ARGOS.
Wimborne, July 24th, 1883.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

THE cHoun.

The Medical Offioer of Health, Dr. Verner's sent in
a report in reply to a reque.it front the L Govern-
ment Board relative to the preeautions be would
wiviee in face of a po.ible visitation cholera. In it
he wave it as his opinio.i that the time had arrived
when all pumps in the town should be done away with,
or at any rate for drinking purposes. Most of the
pump water watt polluted, a,d wnere it was not the
pumps were in such danger ms proximity to ces.pools
that they might (we'll ter them. lie could test* to
the good condition of the water supplied by the Water
Company. He had from time to time examined it,
and had ineariably found it f good quality. He
recommended that when closets were emptied the night •
soil should be disinfected before rem iced The health
of the borough W.t4 g and Vie low rate of deaths
from zymo.ic diseaoes he cocci lered was 'suety
attributiV.le to their system of eurfaLe drainage. He
would recommend as an admirable locality fee quaran-
tine should it be ever required, what is known as
8 oithdeep, off Branksea Island. Should any c .se occur
on board ship, instead of having the clothing disM-
fenced hp would hove it destroyed, :in,l in the event .d
death he would have the body tak is at least two miles
out to see, properly weighted and committed to the
deep.
. .

It was regarded geuerally iia City sigiihotory
report.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

DISASTROUS FIRE NEAR DEVIZES.

GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTT.

One of the most e%teniive end digultrous fires that hail
occurred in Chi. neighourhood for • In ry coneiderable time
wee oceuione 1 on Fri lay morning at Wedhemptun, •
village nem Doric hy a child lighting n heap of ',trate.
The fire caught 2011109 adjacent term buildings, ani. aided
by the wind, moon sproed over the +hole area of the farm•
stead occupied by Mr. Eam Hatiberd. Before an engine
could be obtained •notner lore farm•houee, tenanted by
Mr. J. Huntley, hed emelt fire, .0 .1.0 bad come Alia-
cent cottages In • r..ry short spec,, of time the farm
buildings of Mr. lithherd were burnt down to the ground,
as also were the pretuieei ot Mr. Huntley. Tbr• c Mega
wens entirely destroyed ant Where dimmed, and but for
the praiseworthy manner in which the D.visr• tire brigade
and their helps.. 'the trod to extinguish Vie Games much
greater damage mutt h., re-tilted. An it a the whole
centre of the village re entirely fell west , the property
burnt extending over en 'yea of I a-ros. The
amount of demure d ia di flicul to estimate, hut cannot
be lees than 11,01.10 or £.5.000. This la partly covered by
insuraeca
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

AIMINSTIRE.
A SORDID LOVER.

A young man who bad been in Her hialeety's Army
bad won the affection. of • smart young dimwit, a
housekeeper at one d the Inns in Axminster. livery.
thing had been going ~n as merry a. a marriage bell ;
the wedding dress orep wed, the mother of the smart
young damsel bed given her consent to the marriage,
the intended bridegro ,m had consulted the mother of
the would-be bride a• to what amount of money the
would give with her daughter, the sum warn fixed and
sensed on, to he handed over ti the intended bride-
groom on the marriage day, the bridesmaid. and beet
man were appointed, the wedding ring bought, •
marriage licence procored, and the carriers ordered.
the beautiful waterinir-plece of Seam being selected
as the place at which to spend the day after the
interesting ceremony had taken place at the church.
At the appetite i time on Thursday morning the
young man proceeded to the house of the mother of
his intended bride. with horses docket off with
rosettes. He WM untrustbel ecough to demand the
dot before he went to church. The tr4her preferred
an excuse. but the sordid lover tleclared he would not
marry unlearn be had the fortune promised before be
left the house. There WWI a terrible row between the
obi lady and the intended husband, and the lady at
last told him to go about his busing... "And so I
143," said the mean-min led follow, "ant have no
more to do with your daughter." He and his beet
men jumped ibt tte carriage. and were followed by
the intended bride, who &Arad die would stick to
her lover. The driver was crdered to drive to
Arming's, Chung], where the clergymen Yea waiting
to tie the knot, bat wag told the wedding would not
take place. After refreshment, tha intended bride-
groom, the intended bride., the beet man, and the
brideemsl,l were driven ti Lyme, where they spent
the day, we are told, in • j ,vial manner. The affair
caused c tnaiderable amusement io the neighbourhood.
The your g man hails from the neighbourhood of
libton, near Taunton.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-31

BLANDFORD.

CPIALLINGI CUP comeirrmon.—Eight members of
H Company, DR V., aasainbled at the butts on
Monday f. r the tenth fortnightly competition of the
i.enion for this cup. The highest score was made by
Corp iral Light, 52; but, es be was handicapped for
pr.moris which:iv, Private Skieingt.n's more of 40
t..k the cup. itenges 200, 500, and 600 yards fire
shots at mob.