The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-02 00:00:00

" Ye gentlemen of England
Who sit at home at e.act!
How lit!, do you think on
The dangers of the meas."

Sleeping beauties who hoped for the sight of good
yacht races next day, and, for that matter, —sleeping
partners of the Regatta Committee itself, thought Ind
little or nothing of the dangerous risks run by the act i or
committee.men, who arranged the course about
midnight of Monday, in the midst of shifting winds
and ropes dancing all about the ballast quay and the
yachts.

Shortening the course and making it one with so
many turn, and tack., would not have been acceptable
In the old day. when schooners were all the fashion.
Their captains used to k,-rumble that they "couldn't be
alwaye tornin,g corner., 'and even the crack tmerica
we,, afraid of Englbth cutters in the crooked tour.°
in.ide the Wight. But a,, to the great race of the
Royal Itorset Yacht Club, only yawls and cutter,,
were in it ; we believe one .chooner entered, but .he
did not sail. The fact i., the schooner war alway. an
expetudve rig to work, and the big one,, wanted a
tremendous wind, when the little ones were afraid of
it. At present sclusmers, AN racing yacht., Neon to be
getting quite out (d date.

'Cis fortunate for the lovers of regatta,: and for
Weymouth generally, that so good an hon. secretary
has been found as Mr. Pelly Hooper. That ,gentletuan
has financed the concern admirably, and we believe is
I,,,,pared to show a go,s I halanc,..-sheet, with all the
lebtA paid. We trust the c 11111 l nittee will include
more active, fewer sleeping members, and get the
collection of funds so thoroughly done in future that
Mr. Hooper shall not think of resigning his post.

Poor Abbotsbury ! The fishery has been nothing
remarkable this year, and from the long-continued
rain, the f us Abb'sliry potatoes are struck with the
disease. More necessary it is to find work for the
people, and bring money into the place, and glad are
we to see the railway 'sullied n. o that the cutting
already opens into the ',NO at lirNtd[WCY. Eleven feet
below the mid they hair to awl that is all, awl if
money were 'plentiful, we could almost wish the
Abbotsbury railway were A more difficult line, for,
make it .3.1 well and substantially aM they like, so easy
is the work, and so plentiful labour, that it 4 be
very cheaply made. The reports from the inm district
show that there is re demand for English iron, and
this inuprovement Augurs well for Abbotsbury when
the line is made.

DISCENS.

WEYMOUTH HARBOUR TIDE TABLE.
DATIL MON WAIIIII HAI/ MIL ;LW WATIIII ea., nom
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Friday
Ucurday
Sunday

4.30 a.m. 630 a.m. 5.30 cm. .2.41 p.m. 2-;
4.50 p.m. ..91 p.m. 9.711 p.. 322 am 30
5.Y2 a.m. 722 cm. 9.22 cm. 358 p.m, 30
5.58 p.m. 7.58 p.m 958 p.m. 4.24 a.m. 3
674 a.m. 824 a.m. 10 24 a.m. 4.50 p.m. 3
6.50 p.m. 850 p.m. 6050 p.m. 513 a.m.
7.13 am. 968 a.m. 11.13 B.m. 536 p.m
7:48 p.m. 1138 p.m. 11.30 p.m. 539 LW.
759 a.m. 650 col.!il 50 a la. CV p.m.
22 p.m. 102.1 p.m.,12 V am. 045 cm.
8.45 nm. 1049 cm.•l2 45 p.m. 7. 8 p.m. :
9 8 p.m. 11. 6 p.m. 1. 8 a.m. 736 a.m.
9.31 n.m. 11.31 a.m. 191 pm. 7.61 p.m
954 p.m. 6134 p.m. 154 cm. 8.17 •m. 5

Tuesday {
Wednsday I '
Thursday {

0131X2
SMALL HOLDINGL—A mounatial is about to he
presented to Lord Rivers, from tie rigidities of Cea
asking his lordship to lease • portico' et his
the parish in =all hold. the memorialists ottrtiog
400. per acre for the Land, both hill &ad vele. Th„ memorial is behig very etteesirsly signed, and • klOpg
is entertained that the scheme will meet with hj.l4d.
ship's favourable conaideratioc.
Settood, Ftlinvuo —The children 1.1 ,nzing th. porch day and Sunday school. had their anon.' bath,' on Thursday, when the weather was from ppsoitioo. and the usual out-door sports had to he dej,;;;I• to a future period. The children, to the number of about2so, amembled at theechoolr,ora in the &itemise, the prmeesion, as in former veers, hovist: dispensed with. At half...out tour a b inntdol
was spread in the schoolroom, the Rev. Mr. quuflry (the vic ir), Mr. Gundry, Mestisr lin7h Gendry,
Nil,. Norman (2), Mr. John Down, Mr. Charles
North, Miss E. Biles, and others, doing their beet to
promote the enjoyment of the juveniles. After t,,.
prizes were presented by the Vicar to Master Harr, Northover and lilies Kate Freeman for general pro.
ficiency at school. The remainder of the day wee
whiled sway in cringing, playing at liattledo,e.
the festivities being prolougatt tdl dart:Mao tlud
Before selsarating each of the children was preeetuid
with • bun.

DEWLISH.
CRlCKET.—Nfilborno e. Dewlish.--The return moth wan played Io.tIVPCII the above villages on Aturuit
and resulted in the defent of Nil!borne by an nuoiin
and two r0i1... Symonds and Bent b ,wled with in
N. Penmen played carefully for hi+ eiebt.
seed* consideration by the Milborne wieket•keeper. Scores:—

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