The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-11 00:00:00

WIRING FOR. THE TELEGRAM.

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way woe 0( our blue-costa in Ulla district would
only like to be invested with luminary power over
; but on the other hand, *Lime of the " jolly
ckv ^who *land
.em. a treat now and then would have
,ery apPllcation•

third policemen, I should like to ere them
...,°7l,int. If the P.C. who will be on duty at the
ibrket Have between 10 and 12 next Sunday morn.
rroutd only bend his steps towards the lest, and
hhif way to the bridge, branch WI in • southerly
hewould see something to his advantage,
enabled to plant another feather in hi• promo-
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ta,a cep.
Greve 4 anytY•looldng ende, generally limited to
•
awe or four, stroll leisurely along admiring the
bet before you can ray "sack Robinson,"
•dissittantred from view. Where are they
Keep your weather eye open, P.C., and you
,n 1 discern that one of the party Is peeping round the
wit of a brick arch. No, they don't see you nor you
ode until an hour has elapa4 when another reoon.
moor bare place ; they don't see you now, and coast-
,g,eak ~IT with an uneven gait.
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Sow there must be something Interesting beyond
pted nc that arch. 1 wish P.C. would hives-
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io the eninie of these perii silcal excursions. Allow
r„ suggest tliat on some dark Saterday night a
n,,,ecullis Ire constructed over that arch, and huniedi•
;14y after the mysterious disappearance, which is sure
r„ take place next morning, drop your portcullis and,
Do, that won't do, they can " have you " then,
, for they can make their exit t'other end.
ppple hare been complaining because they some-
rarer light up on moonlight nights, and don't light
the lamps when it is dark—dark am tar. During one
el sable evenings last week two vehicles collided;
big of own* that had nothing whatever to do with it.
riould not think street lighting a very extraordinary
riot„( the intellect; but the street.lighting depart-
meet has not istelfr it appears, been quite equal to the
Anis iilaced upon it, for reasons totally unknown to
the uninitiated. Perhaps the moon has been shoved
di hercourse. or the authorities have been consulting
the wong almanac.

Seine of the public officers of a picturesque little
wen in the West are interesting in their little way.
Even such an important functionary living down
„nth, who, short time since made a little error. On
the night when Britiportonians were honoured by the
,i,it E their borough and county members, be listened
nitn rapt attention to their able discourse., and after-
nneda feeling a sort of "I'd better go born." Benea-
th., proceeded in the direction ni hie domicil.. Now
the officer's habitation, to use an expression from the
Enteenkj Isle, "stands alone, joined to many others
jut like it." The officer entered and sat down, but
eridestly too far gone to discover that the house was
ith neighbour's, and that his neigh onar's wife was
mil -him with amasement. The neighbour'. wife,
tiiieking the ems a strange one, left the unconscious
dicer to take care of himself, and hurried in search
of his wife, who, meantime, wadi innocently awaiting
his arrival. Returning with Ids wife to the house, the
officer had disappeared; but from "the regions above"
amorous snore was beard. The result of an explo-
ration of the upper regions wan the discovery of the
ofker, snugly ensconced In his neighbour's bed, with-
out troubling himself to remove his attire.

At the recent annual meeting of the Choral Society
Sir H. 11. Nepean (president) °beer red that "music
ws• the first of all accomplishments in the world."
many will concur In the worthy baronet's expression.
But should not the members, if they wish to excel In
the am pay more attention to regular attendance at
practice! Mr. Stone, their skilful conductor, has dome
WI doing all in hie power to make the society
compere imourably with any other in the county, and
his egorm have been in no Milo degree suocessful. The
members should remember they are Raying but a poor
compliment to Sir M. H. and Lady Nepean, who have
alsve. taken • wamn! an.' active interest In this
evaellent Laudation.

The Sahatiouists base an awkward habit when
peergin; from their sanctum, to stand upon the foot-
path and coomient upon the flowers of rhetoric, with
which they have been delighted. I wonder what
appearance South-street would present on a Sabbath
toeing if St. Mary's churchgoers congregated in
groups .unside. discussing the merits of the sermons!
Surely the police, who do not hesitate to clear off a few
ponule i,llen, ran more in this matter! One doesn't
mind taking the road to oblige a group of female
uhationiu., but when it comes to a group of Vother
ge I, 'me likes to claim his share of the pavement.

It went do. The army, discovering deserters by
wholesale from tie ranks, engage the services of a
bugler, whose duty it is on Sabbath evenings to sound
"fall in to the tune of " Brother soldiers still fight
ea,"aml "Well pull the devil's kingdom down." Fight
away am Ion; a. you like, you've been laying siege to
Beilpert a long time, but the fort remains impervious.
A. bug as we have clergy awl minister* who can preach
1.11341 theological sermon yoU won't succeed.
With all due respect to the youngster wh lay+—
I mean manipulates—that meta:lion on Sunday
eruneg% I wi.h, for the sake ,4 those who own hy on
the other Able, that his musical ear was more accurate.
TAW melolion being anything but melodious, I should
imagine you are dole.; the very hest thing to frighten
any your few remaining recruit+.