The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-22 00:00:00

SWAXAGB.
"Pasties anti ,flititrrs."

Itonim.sroNs Hocsg, Hendon, is finished and
built so well that there have been many applications
to purchase. Nay, sirs, this style of work is never
sold. On Saturday evening the owner invited the
builder and his workpeople to dine with him, which
they did, and did ad well as they had built. After the
cloth was removed the usual toasts were given by the
host, Mr. King. In proposing the health of Mr.
Reuben Hardy, the builder, the cnainnan said that he
was so plowed with the manner is which the work had
been accomplished that he could hardly find words to
express his thoughts and feelings. Mr. Hardy in
responding thanked Mr. King for the high compli-
ment he had paid him, and saki that he always tried
to give satisfaction, and hoped ne should succeed as
well elsewhere as here. Some capital old English
songs were sung during the evening, Miss King
accompanying on the planofotie. Mr. R. Hardy is
adding a spacious billiard mom k. Purbeck House.

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Imenovewmis near Ivy Blouse are by no means
uncommon. Mr. Frank Burt ha. given up a small
;onion of his land. and the Local Board have been
thus enabled to widen the road and footway consider-
ably ;no small boon to the pubic. If the Board were
always met in this spirit by *nue of the more extensive
landowners, the inhabitanta would see reason to feel
4-rateful, and be almost led to dub them " bene-
factors."

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MOCISING GONII 7,1•1," We afel compelled to observe
when we hear of all the doings over the corpse of the
1 young Prince. And now forers,th a monument in
Westminster Abbey. That surely is beyond all the
bounds of courtesy, and so, if we mistake them
not, will think the French Government. Why,
what has he done ? Lived a rather unhappy,
but good life, served England as a cadet, and
perished nsnantically, but rashly, as a war-
spectator. If we are to raise monuments in our
National home of the noble dead to every favourite of
royalty, and if every victim of military bungling is Lobe
remembered, these will soon cease tobeeonsidered any
honour at all. We yield to none in our esteem of the eon of
Napoleon, the friend of England, but, measured as
history will measure him, we say he by no means
reaches the standard of the mighty heroes whew names
or whose dust we embalm lovingly in our tribal
cairn. To "the National memorial of a beneficent
character connected with the name of the bite Prince,"
we have not the least objection. We ought to repent
heartily for our share in this Zulu crime, and a never.
perishing memorial of our sorrow could take no better
form than a mission of Peace and Salvation to blood-
stained devastated Zululand. Such a memorial would
do more to bring sunshine on our crops and life to our
murdered trade than all the prayers we are offering
in our churches. "To obey is better than sacrifice
and to hearken than the fat of rams," at least it was
so in olden times.
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Tiit Ftowits Snow at the National Schools turned
out a great success. We most give our nised of praise
to the Rev. W. H. Start for his happy thought in
starting it and undiminished zeal in making it succeed.
The garden flowers, especially those sent by Mr.
Churchwarden Burt and Mr. Docwra, were very
lovely, but not less so were the wild flowers, the
"lilies of the field" fathered by the children. Many
of these little ones did their work purely to benefit the
sick and without thought of the prises, while a few
aching hearts among the prizeless ones told the old
old story of our Adamic descent. The flowers were
forwarded to London on Tuesday morning. Will the
friends next year think of the pleasure they would
give to the children at the London Orphanages by such
a present? No one begrudges the hospitals till they
have flowers "and to spare," then we begin to look
round in other directions for the bearing away of the
overflow. The Charitable Home, the Workhouses the
Dispensaries, as well aa the Orphanage., look with
longing eyes and wishful noses at the flowers from the
far-country. By means of the Dispensaries flowers
can he scattered among the sick prborof dingy slums, an,l
! won't they be welcomed' When the Congrega-
tionalists have their floral offerings will they turn
these hint* into horticultural favours ? Growing
flower" even more than cut bouquet' are welcomed
everywhere.
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Tl4l TOWN PUMP has not weaned away all the
customers from the Tainted Pond. But, my dear
ladies, much am we would like to serve you, we really
cannot ark the Local Board "to soften the water."
Auditors are getting fivaidious and will not "peas"
accounts for " soda supplied gratis," even to such
fairies and nymphs AA haunt the brazen nozzle.
Besidea nod& ix not good for the interior, even ,f tea-
paw, and if that argument cute both ways, and loudens
your clamour againet the new liquor, remember, pray,
that stagnant stuff like that down the hill does more
kerne than even soda. Choose the lesser evil or there
will be more fevers. As to " washing," well, if the
pond suite you better by all means In ma you please,
any waggling, but waehing-down, may be accomplished
by the ancient supply, without harm. Our friends
on the Local Board have been of late most exemplary
in their efforts to do their duty ; when nature is
against them we must not grumble, at least ai thinks