The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-23 00:00:00

COWARDLY ASSAULT ON POLICEMEN.

At I h C tint, PAW .-c,urt. Motor fay. brfore J. 111.
P. M ntuAwl 8 W. WA. lb•tn. Hey.. egu, mine farm
lab on ri. n sm.el It .1. ut of ['Joan.. worst cle.
and Chad..l..,J, No-th were
es-to if with I. •Ini drunk .n 1 rict er..e. the pr.v,ue
Wight. ond furl. r "rah aosiullar Droos is the
executi.vn of ht. duty.
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__PI otter* ros get If.
PC. Crown avid b. wa. .lily at P.woretre't shout
130 at •rgw,.pt 1.0 lilting a it
e.t.a hut at 'be toP v a. Ile viaea thew so KO
bo, q ae tç..nl h • w*a th.a eseaalt..d.
P •••••1 tsp el be at wit% lat *vitae s. and
irrolioeved h;e et.etetateat. Bath p.i wag:* a, Iro '• As&
aerprie. drupk."

- Forth. defence Pr;Men said they wets Dot 5 drunk
•• the "dative' mode them out to he.
Pawnor@ was thee charged with Lk. sesredt.
P.C. Brown sob' Viol when he anivim.l prismers to go
home .inletly Wrix,n *Did " Who aro ya totting tot
It- r land wits... lord " Yes." Wrizen then smd " I will
ties you quiet,, you " sad struck at hint with •
it nahmon t r. whir:2l,e het In hi. 1..0.1. Witnew oausht
I. woapon for.iducerlL which Allan .d p.nt ons of hie
haat. but Wr a n pulled it out of won at • boil •o•In.
and sirrck ar hie face three times sin his hat. Ile took
him into cu t .ty, when he • 11 TINI very despatate /stint.
tine 3. a soul took plte••,_aii I Ln• can, t • the sultan to
of the other view, and ettainotad to VI/ow P.C. Cue.
tard over • wall. Ile stein,' Less to so twat', hut be
took told of P( C nitwit an I 'flout iris ,ner. Wits"..
took •tut 144111..1i on I struek th • arm tiesag
him 1.1 co. %Via •0 eat handcuffed and taken to sitn••••••
holm, whoe he to alatut the larniture and hr. k •
chair. Lea came down t the hoop., on arito 114 appre-
hended him, It it be her crO9 Vi neat ant Ittelc.-d milbit tic,
conatable. W1'..., got . coca t trleJ ant brouaht th
to Bri Ip 1r L•ge threttened +lto-tut all the war. and
Wrisen t ,reale cod to put • knife Into witness as woo so
It. wee at lib,: iy.
By the Boah : "it wss Wheels who used the coulter."
P.C. Cuotord then give @video*. fully blaring out that
din..a by the previone witnem.
In mole tr Vie Bench. pit NMI toy hid nothing
to say in dnfroc

The Llbairmsn said that for hoint drank and rintons.
Prisoner. won't each hsve two wits& hard lih stir. hut
th• &malt nu the ladies was a mull more s-rions
altar and sop rlllll vs he was in the ex Cition of ha
slots% Tnry world talto Into thou, considerat on that
Writ m bast no doubt the coulter Wis in his hood in the
rx-rudon of his taming a as an agricultural Ishower.
but Irs nsicht have halal tbe ca•tsble, and have h•on
s-nt for t•ial (or murder. %Vrixto oii,l have two
moth. hard tabour. Lug, who hit attermitel • use so
and bitten the ',Aires...or. woul I havo•M wri is . bot 'shoo r.
makina • total if sight webs for Lem and tin weeks
for Warn.

P1i6.11416 new removrd In rostody.lo,king 64 if they
had not barealasd speeding (111 litotes et Do -cbteter.
Palace.

A merry Chriatma*, and a prosperous New Year,
oneo snore, Mr. Editor, tl you anl your many
reader,.

--A
festive ',arm ahluld bring festivity in It. trim.
and we are reminded of the f tct by the carol of the
etristmaa bell.. which, ma they break upon the ear,
awaken thooirht—meditative an !retrospective. flow
many have passed away for ever from our midst since
the festive 1101.011 of 1331?
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In the sky of lone a wo or three brilliant stars have
set; in the art firld several eminent masters Ince been
tut down by the unrelenting rod uust,aung sickle of
Ohl Father ; on the batte—round the blood of
matt), gall .nt odic,s atoll men, who fell for " Queen
and country," is sc.r.w yet dry. Hut th gloom is s .me-
whit cheered by the remands's ligb, of those y
store • by tbs tut works .1 h••••• i0.1414id110 'ld student+,
awl ate fond memory if tit • Irritant crew whose 1.10
Ilowd ut the caue. of lutrooti.to, Qualms, ant home.
14..na° have win,i out with Lemma I vail., by the ever.
e1.b1.1 %We, bu'.. though the frail barque ha,
.11.-
appes ed over tit. Windt stile horiz in. there ate the
I interitits high and dry u.. the b"sub—high out 1.1
'lt • war -s of scan., .I ant lucre Why. Th-in, again,
o.diVloll ha. called mans of hi. numeral. U ick —but
•Istr.d WS.y of thou' who lire titerss how) to
hdd ; t• strog.d.. on its thee Id b.ttle of life,
men, if ever koown in their traleery and
. . .

•rry Christen is. and a Happy New
Year" I bit. speeially I. t it be to the myriad. for
whim ther- is no trutupi t a mud f ir • ft e.h conquest in
the New Year ; n • biLle call to bi.l them buckle on
thee *insole for a new fi.dit ; no vision of • great and
noble tutor,. LA the experience, also, of • " Happy
hristurss, and a iwormarous New Year" be to those
wit° are animated by honestly-conceived intentions of
la oli g s•lf. leovin.; lit, s; t • those who are inspire
w.th the spit it of nt oily in lepen.lence, to th MOO whose
Ii ht.—thou:6 fiaT, contra to I wth that of their
gran ler brethten —sheds a brad-Int ray over the
Ii ippy home—tie laud y circle, an I the budding lives
of the riciagnenerati..n.
, It is awes in open hands an.l sympathetic hearts
to tor en.mzeil in many little benef action& Already
ar • many of nil, lie .1 gantry coisi.iulg loade of cox',
I j dots of mod., clothing. blanteta. &c., to the
naly p or-1; tile,. thaw! 'Eh-re are in my who,
from ciroittnitanee-, ..re debarred from sortlatine such
pr ante itli, ki..du•es as this; hut how many ore
there who c.cild b •.toe Ides.ings pr .por: Waste tithe
comfortable means e their digs sat Yes d not
len •w hi,.? nit owe to leavers, the haunts
f misery, where the Ira I, we iry he art is scaree'y
susceptible to the rays of • Christmas sun ?
Thou I are row charity in the hands of the T nen
Missionary. osr uri-st nay : .01 I point you to many
a covet—nue°, the the Widowed name of "H .ms,"
and within a do e.thr .w. too, if the localities +bete
v occasi ~,, tely air n w robe of velvet .ir your co A
of broa.!c'oth A. 4 your ever-aealons
nti -*henry whe.h.r al gene f so..h ill .l. iii n d exist
in the pit h. ..OrlY 1141 to traverw ! If pin
ii clot shun •It we., why by nil Umani
iii• IN hut de not be lois:ekes by outward appearances
only.
II you ray your Christmas visit to the " hovel
bite." where the chit ben are in rags, filth, and
wretchelnew, whlre • r:ckety table groins not bmenth
the weight of • Ci.riwtnia j in., where a leiag,
he arum the n sines if husband :said father, bends Over
an au 1 cc fur • fire, in company with a prew aurae
oil, and deba•sel-1 irking woman—a ails and a myth«.
—you, will say," Here is my charity needed."
Perhaps it Li—perhaps it is la4—et any rate your
charity woill n.t be ill-be t owed urn the &sadism.
Perh go if y inquire yon may learn that the earnings
of that dehasxi min (and perhaps the woman) with
the exception of • few shillings are comfortably
xe-tling in the till of the nearest pot-house, insteid of
being used to render that home and three children,
wholeoim., heathy, ant happy.
The met &h.!e yoor visit would err., ta ty. per-
haps, be . tie you would pass by VI Dewitt g no help— ,
n eympathy. Surely the "GA "is as clean as • pin,
awl although the inmates look pinched, yet are they
tolerehly The II tie furniture is art upulously
clean—indee.i, the place has such an air of eliminates,
almost of comfort, about it that you wo ill hive no
ii• j chug (irovided the elands were god), to dins at
the t Before you jia,e by, try an.l iliac iv-r I
whether or tat the bra id-winner of th d f.tuily ...ern. I
10 out half th it aemnri by his dirt-begrimednedrig. ;
try sal di ...Cr whether the family wool,' starve
tech. r that, a-le • f your —even a 4,hri•i•in se far•mr—
of you; rather sacofice anythii g than kelt the
tomb e home like a filthy duogeon, rain. r than early
the 11:11e har.l-earosd ware in tee groz—h ip, rather
than starve th e • whom God bath be s him with

Noe. to wire' lime wll y ur 1.11 raty
You wit fi ,•I 'ti. (e.t.a reritie.l if y i p.y your
vie In •re you tick'. yo ar p .Istee with turbot or
ta oft» ; yea, end tour feetiv:ty, your own enj /MOW,
will be more t•oly h .p:.y and o moleie wi•h the
thooght th .1 the eufferiur p ior ril-are it with you.
Tie it. ant ! It will bring you e•eeter
reflection., ant more aurtiefting .reo.lweti .ne than
you ever imperi-need before. Than there will be
more golden chord., awl lens idle show in the formal
greeting which now passes from mouth to miuth—" A
.Merry Christmas and • Happy Now Year."
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