The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-30 00:00:00

BWAJIAGE
"pasty% anti putters."

We are informed that Mr. Hoare, who ret;res
his pension In in the Mouse of Commons' ;.01
succeed Mr. C. Edmunds at the Anchor. Zulu'',lat,
will change its name to a more p(l)eaoefml
after this, no doubt. Poor Zilu., bravery does we
always win.
CIiIISTUAS TALES (COnsismeals,L)—l. ffna.
slay morning, not long ag near a town, net very he
off, three jolly fanners (two of whom had been veld.
lag their Sunday in stock-taking) rode up ton common
meeting-place.
! Willie, my chicken, how goes the awe
to-day?" cried bluff Squire Hal, pulling his leg
thoroughbred lip on his haunches.
"kll well as I can expect in such pow times,'
replied the chicken, "fir what with frost and 6iret.
it's no wonder the mare catches the spirit of her rider."
" What be down in the mouth &hoot?' engulfed
lively Jack, a young man noted for his admiration of
the Christmas number of the Megrims -rm
happy as Charlie down below there, for he's got
Ito quit, and the Hector hare knocked off half ay
tithe., hav'n't he. Hal?" -

" Q.uite true, Johnny, and he sent me a cheque fee
ten per cent, off mine. Haven't you received your",
Willie!
"Gammon, flat I've had enough of that at chapel
this morning—let me paw."
" Nay, nay, Willie ; not so faq " ii& snatched g
his friend'. bridle-rein, and backed the mare's haunches
Against the hedge. "'live up the chapel, my chicksa,
and go to chinch as we do, and you also will get poi
tithes."

-71-Tret out of the way I" said savage Will, sad the
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gallopade towards my house, and la,ey spot
at
wrath upon the offending clergyman. I was not glad
come ; but his mare curveted, beneath her angry,
unreasonable ri.ler, before my dows, till, after remind:
fag him, until I also
Jack darkened the church•doon: f tem Yule-tide to
Yule-tide, and both spent their rixbliatlis rounhag
their sheep, I turned my back on him and went in, to
fihd the g.isvy turned to dripping, tuy =Lowe spittim
hot, and the children orrnwidistsig with .ut a WWI of
"grease." What could Idu under such circemataaces
but write you. sir?'
IL [Prologue. We (Lucia) were sold law eeek,
and so were all the papers. Everybody 1, Imetted at
us for thinking a " black boy" was either a paith .1 on
" teapot" that in our shame we begged a more exper-
ienced interviewer to go into that —to me, now--des
picsable district aol get at the bottom of the business.
This is his repast.)
" After turning your generosity int someth in; I could
venture to List., I felt more ready lir such a desperate
de.zarlainecially as the je.lic--const.ble. who had kiedly
me so far, held me up till the s4ed af part ol the
adventure was concluded. We fist seised the gentle-
man. P.C. shook him by the waistcoat, awl I grabhol
his ankles. After turnia.: him up-ide .lown a few
times, P. ', cried in his gruffest tone, ' Where', that
Black Boy.'
" Our victim visibly 'Oh ideas% or, it
never wasn't mine, it belonged to Victoria!' P.C.
felt now that it wee his duty ti take him in heed. and
he did, till the gentleman's face had M. Te mtur
his neck-tie, • Where's 11. M. Wank r he roared
again making the victim's nose Mr,' tot save tawnier
his veins. W ith difficulty he •ptit.ered
"He got "0 rusty about eighteen moths woe that
tr,body wouldn't have nott.ing tt do sith what was
In en, 'cepts we and no I Vac/ earn ien out-lisp
own pocket, and then they give I an the DMA of the
' Black Boy.' We saw se lenzth that we bad shook
the wrona: taitor, for evidently this captain was a
patriot. P.C., therefore, observed that if he wash'
tell us all about it we would shake him on more, awl
the short of the whole story is just this, ash. eirreoed
The rust 'are eaten through en wain, and I
corked the bottom o' en till he woollen stop Whet.,
and yet the Victoria people (liar lajastr'a G wem.
merit) w .uldn't interfere to have a new one. Bat no•
of the officials was so di gu-ted at the sigut of en that
out of his own pocket he paid fora new one, sad that's
how Black By 'aye alkappeared. You asked tea
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A merry Xmas will be spent at the "Royal.' Ow
large family of 19 comes this week. Malady maaww
has returned, and Mr. Burl:A.1o, whom we hare net
had the pleasure of greeting during the pad lost
months, will spend the *tams with us.
The new business in Park-mad wee opseed
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Friday, December 19tb, Mr. Taylor sass easy fair
show of meat, poultry, butter, cheese, and sow,
reasonable prices. Speaking of traaksinsn remade
me that if the P.C. will give me a call I'll drop him a
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Poor Tim Hopkina's house was nearly pulled down
by a passing loa lof hay or straw. Now an woe!
tell whether the bundles were wrong or the corast.4
the low roof in the way! 0 dear ! if it wasn't fur Dai
we c mid wish the load had lifted the foundation, The
place has made our eyes sore many times.
The Ancient Company, MO is number, would
let us take notes nor even tell us a wee bit of informs-
tion. By listening to those who came back the w
oW
for the excitement of the oratory we gathered a littla
(1.) Some who obeyed the summons did not almad ta
the least intoxicated of c .nditions. We suppose these
were the fellows who told us that the meeuhr
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- any rata will have what we wish to all out
"A Merry Christmas." Lccri

BIICILAND NEWTON
Tat Surroeso CHILD blicsmen—On Mondel
tb• prisoner Thorne was brolght op Nl'.
plebe and Oolonel Their, who Pe with cloud data
Oa tbe ground of there not being sofbrint evidence Ice •
committal, the got Thorne was disebassed•