The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-09 00:00:00

" pastels anb flidters."

Mr. r. Summon; has given up the agency of the
reoirem in favorer of Mr. IL flur4, newsvendor,
Jubilee-square. We desire thus to give expeemion to
our appreciation of the zealous manner in which the
late agent strove to make this paper more than ever-
a medium for the expression of liberal public opinion
In the isle called Purbeck. Through his self-denying
effort journalism has become a power in the Deign-
bourhood. In vain had many tried to establish even
the sale of a paper till biz. Bummers took the matter
Into his pus hands. Now a contemis,rary is
found able to on the very spot, and, though •
county paper, we flatter ourselves that the Telegram
has been enabled to arouse no email amount of local
spirit, and to our late agent belonge the prase.
B. Hardy will be happy to continue these exertions,
and will forward any matter of public interest which
may be loft with him, to the editor.

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Visitors have cane with a rush, and still they come.
The rain has made some of them miserable. One bit
of ,onsolation, they would not hare escaped this
mood by choceing any other locality. Saturday last
brought sunshine and the steamers Lothair, Stella,
Telegraph, Florenos, and Empress, from Bourne-
mouth, Poole, and Weymouth, with delighted pas-
sengers.
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The pest riot is oval:: We breathe freely. For
three stscosesim evenings came " confusion worse con-
founded." The peeler was away, so the boys had
rough play. P.O. Freeborn was enjoying • well-
earned vacation, and young Swirlier, enjoyed hie
holiday to their heart's content. The matter would
have been dealt with in our most serious manner, as
It seemed tending to shocking revolts among our lees
demonstrative visitors, had we not evidence of their
smiles abetting the youthful delinquents. They
enjoyed "the fun of the thing." we should have she
If the frolic had been heightened by the will planted
strokes of the policeman's belt As it is, we advocate
that the gentleman who, all unaided, forced than 200,
or less, rioters to end prematurely their wickedness on
Saturday arming last should be preseated with a
special constable's staff highly illuminated, subscribed
for among the sinners But from whence this high
tone of moral indignation in oar youthful philosopher,?
Who, who, we oak, put them up to thie effigy burn-
ing Someone bigger than the average boy was at
the bottom of this match-box. There is DO doubt
about It. A brother Marble" so maltreated I Ali,
there may "fault on both sides." se my good
grandmother, now unhappily dead and gone, used
ever to °town on the smalls* provocation; but we
fail ton. the reason of this noise an all sides, and for
the sake of our ear-drams crave that there be no more
of it till P.C. Freeborn is bare se au impartial judge
of Mr. Lynch's dictum. Can anyone really tell us
who the effigy was supposed to represent At first
our heart smote us. We thought he looked so much
like lost Luna

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Norbrook or Northbrook, ui landsmen will strangely
pronounce it, was originally a portion of Carrent's
Court Manor, in the parish of Asameic, • name
derived, so assorts • historian (more inventive than
believable) from sic or wire. • curve, and Setae, the
name of the Danish admiral (!) who perished on
Peveril ledge, or was eaten instead of fat on his I
charred cakes by good King Alfred, as the case may
be. Some barbarians have mid the name of the
parish was Onamenia or .9116-1140ille, which is about
the mom thing in the end. However, this plass wee
once, forsooth, held by the wife of one Hugh Pits.
Grip, and a tight hand she ought to have kept on it
if it was worth anything, and she did not belle her
new.. All this, and more, is it not written
In King William's Dooms • Day Book? At
preent Holbrook is held by Mr. T. for-
lock, as his rented portion of the entailed
Dehfoulham estate, to which whits Norbrook has
been added by purchase. Through the kindness of
Mr. Horlock this ancient holding was placed at the
mercy of the Wesleyan Sunday School children on
Friday last, and Ito was a very good tea. The latter
Mood but little chance, though it is said the youngsters
did more justice to the cake than to their Sunday
lessons. They had been urged to make good use of
present and fleeting oppertunitire and on that occasion
they did. be teacher@ looked on or worked about
approvingly, and when their tarn came, which was
attar all the others had been served, they proved that
example vas better than precept, w that parents may
henceforth safely trust them all to "redeem the time
at every fitting and sweet opportunity. The Wesleyan
children get annually a double portion of the treat.
giving spirit, so that we were not disappointed at
hearing ' all things considered" the juvenile oontinont
of Methodism was both ' fat and flourishing."

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The Cock on the steepleof St. Mary's, &renege. has
been very uneasy of late, whether for fear that lb*
sudden historical mania should end in the discovery of
the use to which the tower was originally put, or that
the Local Board would spend too much money on
street repairs, we are at a lots to say. Certain are we
that the coals are mending. From the manner in
which the old bird winks hie brazen eye down-street
direction, and rubs his gilded spur under his wing, we
are rather led to suppose that " Eight Holds" I.
troubling him. There has always been trouble
with " Eight Holds." The "vulgar" were, for
ages, tall in feet the National School taught them
better, in the habit of calling it "Eight Holes," and
some stupid boys would have had us believe they
were intended for "marble pit.," but we were not
eerily taken in about that time of life. Then again
the Countess owned some land hereabout, but (like an
estate which ought to have come to our family) no one
knew where it lay. So some hallowed antiquarians
awed that the noble Countess once owned "Eight
Holds." Some time after the dear lady left the land
for good, Edward 111. took the liberty of calling it his,
without very special leave. Awhile and the aouls of
Henry IV. and his, went to purgatory. and lest the
priests should forget their loyalty, these "Eight '
Holds" went to pay the chanter. When the country
began to doubt the propriety of getting such souls any
further liberty, "Eight Hold s " fell into the lap of
good queen Bees. Troubled in conscience perhaps as
to what the Kings in purgatorial torment would do to
her if they ever did get out,, or if ever she went in, the
queen gave it back to the Cathedral of &Teter, and
they hare altogether forgotten Henry, but have
retained the price of his soul ever since, letting It on •
lane. Very near this neighbourhood are posts which
the Local Board have erected as a sign that Mr.
Robinson is not to rule every roost. They are now
defending the public rights and pavement*, and if the
public begrudge the coat, we hops they will have the
sense to lay the blame on the shouldm of the too
much be-praleed "benefactor," who wouldn't do what
he ought, and now wants to make the LB. do what
they ought not, under pains and penalties of law
costa. He is to blame. Perhaps Henry's troubled
spirit is urging him to more vexation among the
laving. Through every event in this post business we
hold that the local authorities have done their duty
wisely and welL Can they more We shall certainly
do our beet to midst them to maintain the public con-
fidence in the righteousness of their caw*. Somebody
suggests the pests " ugly." Wall, the whole affair
on is side not pretty, but if he himself ,ofor,ld
kindly stand astride our sentries, they would become
positively fascinating, so that the_postpath would be
the promenade of Purbeckiana. The path to glory is
prepared for him.

Forethought of the wisest was shown by the Sheriffs
when they refused to be bound by the new-tangled
'bangem-on-the-quiet" business, and boned orders to
admit the Press, to see that the Sheriff's deputy did
his work humanely and 'well. What a blessing that a
deputy was forthcoming, it has tared their reputation
from a the odium being common hansom. We hays
to take the rough with the smooth in this life.

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Wanted to know by Um common ocouncillars of the
city. eta.. etc., what the political °Malone are of Mr.
vlheriff Burt? 111. the vray to the Lord Mayor's show.
But doe. any one at present really know? We should
like to, wedally a. his friend Sir Charles is a Conser-
vative of the bluest type.

The weather forecast in our Let was very hard on
the farmers. Theme few hours of fair weather will not
prolonged sunshiee. Mono wind or rain may
promise expected during the coming week. The weather
promises to continue rArs movable.
[Sorry to throw cold water on you, dear Lucia; but
may you have all the rain t lay Swansea dust, while
the country rejoices In more than dashes—an unflick-
ering blaze—lucis. —ED.]