The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-07-25 00:00:00

Oaa that. before the jadirmeot.
Carries poor.nols to hal

Next te Lord StuiftesbUry's mild allusion to the
army, as "a grotesque religion," I think the most
appropriate term I have heard applied to this fanatical
piece of humbug was that a Salisbury lawyer made
use of a few days ego—" blatant blasphemy."
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A Coasseeowoorr WRITta me anent the egnabble
that has arisen between a c 'up's of local builders in
regard to the building of what the "Army" calls it.
new Barracks." I cannot give his letter bee ‘uve I
should lay myself open to an action for libel. At the
same time I may state the "Army" according to his
account, net only accepted the lowest tender, but chose
the builder whom in their opinion they coneiderad the
most capable to carry out their work.

Prima:inn instill extant even now. Hare is what a
correspondent writes me :

Dear sir,—" I know you are alway" ready to put an
amusing rarsgraph in your paper. and I now suggest that
you should say a imething about the Skioner•strest
Congregational Chapsl Sunday School Anoiversary. on
July 9th. I mean about their decoration". They
made thirr chapel Into quite a ritualistic place of worship,
by decorating the Lord's table oor altar id it is sometime,'
called. It wag oompletid7 covered with flowers. which is
more than was overdone at the parish church."
Now, my dear straight-laced friend, whatever harm WAS
there is placing flowers on God's altar? A little more
of snob relief to the stern realities of religion in the
present day, and we shouldn't hear much of the Pool*
tree-thinkers.

The Morning Post tries to gull its readers into
the belief that the I)uke of Connaught will take com-
mand of a detachment should matters turn out seriously
In Egypt. A Poole man, who remembers the Duke
volunteering for Ashantae, and mamma saying "On-
naughty boy, you shan't go, stay at home and tske
care of your wecious skin," wants to know if all the
readers of the lI.P. are confined to that class of which
Carlyle said the word was for the most part composed
—" fools." If my Poole correspondent has any doubt
on the subject he must be a fair representative of the
Chelsea philorophers' rather harrl dictum. The offer
on the part of H.R.H. is a mere bit of humbug. He
knowsthe Queen would never allow him to go, especially
after the fate of that would-be young murderer, the
ex-Prince imperial of France.

" NORDICS MOST FOUL"—altboo4h there ere no
poultay stealing CIIIIPA-0061TIS aptly t.) describe the
state of the calendar at present being discharged by
Justices of Assize at Dorchester. Let us plume
ourselves upon the fact that no one from this place
will engage their lordship.' altantion. AU that we
murder hers laths Queen's English

THR SIR HURT WHATLRY TYLER, who Is prosectit-
ing Mr. Bradlaugh—as every one knows the summons
against the staff of the Prat/tinker is a mere pretence
to "get et" the member for Northampton —repnxsents
Harwich ; and equally, of course, in the Conservative
Interest. He he retired Artillery Colonel, a Deputy-
Lieutenant for Glamorgan, is getting on for 60, and is
a director of no lees than six railway companies—a
pleasant and easy method of aupplementing one's
income. He has no landed possessions of his own,
nor any church livings to give away. There, now I
hope that will satisfy my enquiring correspondent "A
Poole Freethinker."

THOBI Poomi Pouriciage, who declaim so loudly
against Arabi Paella, will feel somewhat crest.fallen
when they read, on the authority of the Timm, that
the horrible mamas of 2000 Europeans at Alexandria
has dwindled down to five killed. For one I sincerely
hap, that Arabi will be enabled to hold his own, but
It is eeldom right has much chant* against might.
Arabi has simply protested—revolted call it if you
like—against a system of oppression whirr' is draining
the life-blood of his countrymen for the mike of •
cumber of English, French, and other foreign vultures,
who draw Immense salaries, Pay no tares, and
generally live on the fat of the lead under the wretched
pretext that they are looking after the interests of
Egyptian bond-holden.

This is simply what Is going on in our own country,
sad it is only because they raise their voices against •
lot of aristocratic loafers, the descendants of the kept
women, favourites of Royalty in bye-lone days, being
maintained at the expense of the English working
classes, that such men as Rradlaugh are Peccenntsd to
the utmost extent to which the law can be ingeniously
twisted.

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