The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-21 00:00:00

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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGVOULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY. JANUARY 21, 1879.

edam obligedto come on with fear and trembling.
TheAssetion with me wa•—" Cool'] Dot some of the
tremPe who mlicit alms at these time. be provided
with shoulder pntectim and some stout foot-gear
like the Promo aalv.t., and be pal i for keeping the
roads clear r At kr .st 0., bog hill oil.. where slip.
ping 15 10 dangerous Luis lit the " able-bo lied tramp"
he set to Daman honest c-ust aad du good to the com-
munity who travel by road.
Not lid( a good alteration, old gage+ tell Is
that doing away of turnpike gates. " Nakano@ to
have to pull up, air Not a bit of it," said an en-
piwismoed Ludlam, man, who had kept the road for
between two and three soon years, and visa fresher
and tamer Num many of the )ounger men—" No, I
never refused or delayed to pull at, for a turnpike In
my his Whole to keep up the dire tion-peets and
the milestone, now Besides, why should the general
public pay for the repai sot road'? Let the cost fall
on those who um them." Certainly the milestones on
the Blandford-road are faat getting cowered with lichen
and moss, an& instead 01 it being true that "he who
runs may read," none but an antiquarian will soon,
at the present rate, be able to pick out the teachings
of the old friends who come up so slowly to the weary
footmen.

Memo. for the pedestrian in slippery weather—
Don't go up Yellowham (ought I to say—" Yellow?)
Hill or down Basin Hill with slow and careful tread
when 'tis covered with ice. Scoff along, half skating
half sliding, and 'Us wonderful how quickly you'll get
over the ground without danger of damaging your
Upper stony by a fall and stopping too quickly.
A coffee tavern wouldn'to any harm at Puddle-
town. Of course them is plenty of the beet beer; but
If I may judge from the furious rate at which those
four rustics were driving their waggon to Dorchester
on Tuesday, • variety in the drinks might give the
chance of saving an occasional capsize. Had the
I). C. Constabulary been represented there I doubt if
the plea of being olly good fellows would have saved
them from • " pull Dorchester" endgame fines.
Millions* is pretty well guarded on the Dorchester
aide, if I may judge from some Oaring rod pisc.nk
warning off " Beggars" from the con/table's how*.
Ah ! I doubt whether in this time of bitter distress
the D. C. Police will govern the hungry wanderers
unless the mendicity tickets are freely granted. The
tramp le apt to look upon the red bill as the sign of
aauger. as the railway client Innk• the red tamp.

Writing of railways, bow quiet has the diversion of
traffic mad* former stations of the coaching businesa
There is dear old Milborne, • roystering place in the
times of the Crown and the Cardinal's Cap, now
sedate and a trifle overeteady, 1k oigh the Royal Oak
boasts a genial landlord and family. Here I was
reminded of Mr. Barnes's lines :
A,. down to the plumb-line, sweeping low.
The pendulum mill for rest will fly,
And yet wilt as swiftly pass it by,
Unoessingly turning to sad Leo—
So I, in my love for our old place,
Still seek it to turn away my facet"!

The railway-robbed village would be enlivened if
the intelligent inhabitant*, of whom there are a good
many, would get up some concerts or other entertain-
ments in the dull time. The ladies of the villages
may be shy; but every attempt, even every failure,
would bring an improvement neat time. At present
thew are the things that set the Rubble goedping in
inland places :