The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-02 00:00:00

Sotto anb Vinta.

You must not damage your neighbour by your own
Improvements, Mr. Howard clearly showed at the
County Court on Saturday, la laid down by law. S
common-sense a principle would it seem, that I
should not have thought it had remaine I a moot.point
until lately, whether the daniated person cull recover
in such a C UHL But Mr. Howard showed that the
p 'lot haying been rebel by demurrer, had been
settled so lately as the previous Monday. Such is the
progress of English law.
Many a good mistre.n. wonders what servants are
coaling to now-a-days ? For, when confortably
lodged-, clothol, and fed, they won't forget they are
women as well as servant., and listen to the old story,
till it upsets the even tenor of their life, and drives
" mism• " t look for another lady help. Th ti was
what Mary di.l, who appeared at the County C urt on
Saturday; she listened to the soft wooinirsof chimney.
sweep Times, and Mary's time in service draws to an
end. Prmiert as her • x gene•allr are, Mary it C 5
from James to furni*h their Love's Cottage, and Jsmes
further endowed her with worldly g yids in the shape
of rings—" engaged" ones. I must presume, while a
Bible and church se vice for general use showed
James'. thoughtfulness. In the common Bible 14
count. they wouldn't write their names, to be followed
perhaps by other names in due cone, so James
thoughtfully provided • hig new picture Bible (he
didn't know what "illustrated" meant), and all thew
good things with others went to the custody of Mary.
The course of true love never did run smooth, James
declared that Mary had • temper. and a " tiff "
followed, Mary giving up Jame., and • lot of hi*
things. When were lovers' first quarrels final? Not
In James's case, for he returned to his old love, and
Mary again became endowed with worlilly grants out
of the pocket i.f .larnes. Mary's temper "pot her up
to a thing or two," for, she says. the goo.ls this time
were given over to her private wie—'et us say nettled
on her. But Mary's temper n•r Mary's prn.lenee
didn't keep her lover. And jam,s eat,'" a fortnight!,
holiday, perhaps with the view of testing their love,
did not flud that

"Al Penes makes the heart grow fonder."
Mary nett ally didn't like it; but—what was more—
she wouldn't stand it, nor wood .he rush to met the
tardy James. the swain war equally tenaciou. of his
and again they parted. James now mem. to
have thourlit he'd get his good. back as before • but
he reckoned without Mary, who wouldn't be played
with, kept the goods, and male aasurance doubly sore
by selling them and spending the money. Indeed
Mary had given up her place to be married, and she
recov-rwl damage." more promptly than I. usual,
for James lest not only the rings, but the bed linz. the
church service, and, worst of all, the Family Bible,
whe, ein the two names were to have been so sweetly
written at the top of the blank pane. Did James
think to rec wer from an English judge? Not even
though he appeared in working soot, and he only
gained the lantrh of the Court against him when the
Judge called bun " • black deceiver." last me hops
that Mary remembers the old song—

"Sigh no more, Indies, sigh no ore;sn
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot on ma, one foot eves,
To ono Wag coutaut never.

Our versatile "H." appears to be a noteworthy
exception; be is constant to one thing —trying to
benefit Weymouth. The Rowing Club have already
reaped the benefit of the combination of Mr. Harker
and the first chemist of—l can't say how wide a
district. Five guineas from each of the Members of
Parliament gives the Club • fair start, and I hope
that, metaphorically et course, they'll row in the same
boat.