The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-01-28 00:00:00

Corrasponbenct.

DORCHESTER FARMERS' CLUB.

To the Editor of the
_Dorset County Express sod

Agricultural Gas•tte.

Sin, —From your excellent report of the last meet-
ing, I find that Mr. T. H. Saunders is makings
large profit out of Hampshire sheep; and feeling
certain that the leading agricultural paper will not
allow the people of Dorset to fall into error, lam
desirous that you should ask Mr. Saunders to show
more clearly than be has done, that his figures are
correct, and will beg you to submit the following
questions to him :
Why does he say that the lowest price for hie
ewes was 635., and omit to mention carriage
to London, commission to salesmen, and other
expenses?
Why does he omit the carriage (horses and wagons
being employed) to the fair or fairs, market or mar.
kets, as the case may be, and why have the several
dues also been carefully omitted?
Why does he not show his total expenditure,
well as his total receipta ?
Why does be say that he has a balance of so much
for interest on capital, &a, without saying what the
!cc. means?

Surely, Mr. Editor, thee* figures will not beer
investigation, for they appear very like " Moon-
shine."
The sheep which have been carried to market
often enough to make them know the way, mast
have incurred expenses.
Errors in the accounts of men who speak of their
swoon in public are always grave, and in this in-
stases,- even Mr. Mechi's balance sheet Is quite
ealipsedi and the simple raelSodof cooking-accounts
by giving sM tbe receipta with& part of the taper
ditare, itoo glikrilig to be passed over,••
Years truly,_
A 'RLEND TO ARISTOCRATIC tHEri.
Dorchester, January 27th, 186'2.

A DAUGHTER ATTRICHTING TO POTION BIM MOTH=
—At the Town-hall, Torquay, on Monday,' girl named
Caroline Elsinore, aged 14 years, was charged with
having attempted to poison her mother by putting •
quantity of sugar of lead in her tea. ProM the evidence
of the mother it appeared that she resided in Swan
-
street, Torquay. On the previous Saturday evening
"between the lights," her daughter asked her if she
would drink • map of tea' while the went out with some
clothes. She took up the cup, and was proceeding to
drink it, when she found that it wee not tea, and more-
over had a peculiar taste. During the afternoon she bad
threatened the girl that if she found out something
which she had told her to be an untruth, she would
beat her. In • cupboard she had • bottle which con-
tained • quantity of sugar of lead, and upon subsequent
examination she discovered that • portion of It had been
removed. Being rather suspicious, she took the cup
with its contenti first to Mrs. Bishop, and then to Mrs.
Norman. It yds afterwards submitted to Mr. Moir
ridge, chemist, let anoints. He found that the liquid
was impregnated with sugar of lead, which, as is well
known, is • deadly poison. When the prisoner was
taken into custody, she said that if her mother chose to
keep such messes in the cupboard it served her right.
Under such circumstances, the prisoner was committed
for trial at the sent assizes upon the charge of attempting
to poison her mother.
A BASS HIGHWAY ROBBERV— A crime where vio-
lence arid ingratitude contend for mastery is reported
to have taken place near Lytham, last week. Two men,
who represented thenrielves to be out of work, called
at the Half-way House, Marton, and received asetecloe
from some persons who were there. Among the t,
• kind-heartesi gamekeeper gave them sixpence, IDa
offered to give them their suppers if they would go home
with him. Tiey went in that direction, and in • lonely
part of the raid they attempted to murder the game-
keeper, leaving him on the ground unconscious, after
robbing hitr of £4. They have been taken and com-
mitted for trial.

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