The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-30 00:00:00

Earn Calk glib Strut edicts.

one Wanderer" hag received a very strong letter
a gentleman In this neighbourhood, who professes
1341 ho head very high, asking him to discontinue
',ruing "Town Talk' for the Poole feeprenst, for the
simple mum that the aforesaid gentleman has been,
now, looked up in am "The Wanderer" in
serious quarters. "The Wanderer" begs to reply to
tbe ~0,1,1.4„.( through the medium of "Town Talk,"
taJ to inform him, first, that as the paragraphs under
ids head ot the latter are written by, and collected
from, various individuals, no single pen can be
credited with their authorship. Secondly, that they
are aigned as if written by one individual for canyon!.
race only. Thirdly, that the prime idea with which
they are written is purely political, and they merely
stm t' thow up to the broad daylight the " private
and ousfilential" dealings of the Poole Tories, • task
all Conservativ• s, of course, unite in condernnint; as
vulgar," and in forth. Fourthly, that local news is
°testi ,ally added, when it is considered of public
interest, or when It is of a nature that thin-skinned
editors might insert in their papers with propriety,
bat are afraid to do so. Fifthly, that barmiest
Allman. Aare occasionally been made to matters not
altogether public, but always in • sportive and harm.
taa, way, which could offend no on.; and lastly,
that he is sure that the complainant himself,
who woo, in days gone by (and those, too,
sot long ag ,), a contributor to the Teeprust,
is too :rest an admirer of the paper to allow
of his wi-hin..; to ore it shorn of a co umn which is
read with interest by hundreds of Poole people every
week.

The orvati.in of the Ladies' Walking Field mud
pr..minently li•fore the Town Cou-cil As a
i.rat ii,rt if it le the property of the Corporation, they
are 16 to fil ii the whole if Sir Ivor will leas*
hi. Aare, together with the Ladies' Walking
reciaime.l lani, added to the field, would
make a •i•les .14 Priple'd Park. Don't say, after
thi., that the Corp Orion forget the interests of the
town.

The " powers that he" are coin encing. in a etry
'kepi. kind ol way. to ilemo,istrute that tallow.hoiling,
which krapa people awake all night by making an
alriminaNe aired), is a nuking*, after all.
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I belie,/ that the new Baptist Chapel at Corfe
hlutien i. all that eau he desired, and that it will be
rpened with the usual religions festivities on the 14

Whet have our friends the Tories been at lately?
'll,v het e held a meeting erery Tuesday night, and
m.,ke wi end of new metr.bers. anti vet they sing
"Ws don't *matte ti4ht,"

I shown a copy of that circular they 'sent out,
m_ tkel "Private and conlidenti 0," trintaining hints
I dintier tickets, and • lot of other nonsense. I
thir k if they did a little lesa dinner and • little more
m. 0., of l'arliament they would spend their time
Letter.

Now the intate of t, r• inliLic&l atramphere in the
Tory camp just now is thin -they want to compromise
bat November, and let things remain ju.t as they
are. Well, we'll think it over. In the meantime we
woeht nt,tt that, although we may be Liberals,
we are not fools.

Thee can't get six good men to stand. Some want
t 4 retire. others can't afford to pay their share, nr
well, Koine are getting disgusted, whlist there won't
=ran, and so they are in a considerable fix.

tno. ,d their very hi: gnua tried to persuade that
o.lf-conceited typ. of his fellow-countrymen the
Coo-el-Native working man—that if the Tories fought
aeJ were beaten it would be " all up 'with Schrieber,
Lemove they would soow their weakness, whilst if
the f auht aml twit. and thu. vhowed their etrength,
tit• libvraJa would set to work day and night until
they impmveri their position.
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Don't he alarmed, Sir, the position of the Liberals
I.e. not want improving. and when the time comes
for work, the Liberate will work, and some 'rood will
come from their work, too—that's more than your
Jude can say.

The Wanderer " hag an idea of getting very tipsy
next Sunday morning at • oertain public house which
dem a large Sunday business. This will be merely as
as experiment to further test the " legal acumen " of
ay advocate (experienced in the beer business) who
Itth "get him off." After the experiment has proved
helfa SUOCeIIO, "The Wanderer' will endeavour to
m "mute ninety-seven other thirsty goals (besides
•ell) to follow his example.
Skocld tide reach tbe eye of any of the "ninety
Steve,' they will kindly remember that the invidious
t•sition t key occupied as prisoners at the bar" arose
from • To, • informant. That was a nasty piece of
Weimer.

014 YOU go to that Tory supper at Parketten*? No,
▪ I looked in, and nearly ran up against • waiter,
.TIO 111 carrying a joins a !wet, and I was about to
eee '4/ strong Ima,maage, when, my horror and cur.
Prue, fotand that 1,.‘111 irentleimm !tad mistaken for
hwaiteT was one of th.r Borough Justice • of the Pee"'
This so fag' htened me that I had to run off all hard
ed their
viva Fancy how they mum have mno)„
'heeet. I wonder if all the waits:" were we'"
never salm!, I won't be hard upon them as they wa'.
" drinking on Sunday Morning. after all.
I wood r if Mr. Baddwyn Fleming knows a• mach
I shoot the constitution of the Poole Board of
'usrlmau,. I w-tald respectfully suggest that every
rate •ayer in Poole reads every word of the excellent
re"l of the last meeting of the Poole Board of
Guardians contained in the Poole newspapwa, me by
▪ loin, i they will he the better able to realize why
PP rata' are so high, and w o we have to blame for
crePmg them so. This come. of increasing the
Baled, of the Union official, because they are good
t•Mterr abmi of their own gaol characters.

You remember my speaking la ,t week about • Tory
clique in a lar4s indtutry here. lam pleased to Pay
that the virtu.,ue indignalon evinced by the so-called
" Tory ell'Elan fa,, marked, that me ife .4 in danger
every time I paw by that noisy bona*. Never mind,
my remarks have had the desired effect. and though I
told " a story," / only said whAt might have been, or
ft', boo, or partly so, six months ago.
I heard a little story sbeu—t—a little la very little) boy
Ia a kit, who lost hi. temper not long ago. I awe
keen promised further and full particulars, which shall
witlY appear.
Thtt', not a very quiet: and peaceful Individual, I
faa,r. who is " kickkg up • dust" about some foot-
path at Peri:stone, and about various other road ini-
kworaniata However good • Liberal he insy be,
oee't think there is moth of the " relorraer " about
him eh '

alcoakatltsibir spend sow in bonding largo
public new with any Hotel, tin doom of
which require no pa•eot Canford key to opsn than, and
will be opened to all mete, all politicians. all Maws. all
dancers, all opera companies, all concerto. Praslawl
the hire I. promptly pad. This speculation would pay.
don't you think!

Some of the "Tory chiefs" lid their fanatical
followers to expect • general election next December.
That suggestion WM volunteered before the Cabal
bueinees came on Lb. boards. Whet do you think of
"Peace with honor" now' Ihear that they are going
to bring Downy* to England for exhibition. and pay
off some of the heavy debts the Tories have run
the country into with the proceeds.
Tax WAIIDIUR
Longfieet, September Eind, Drit.
WANAGB.

Ripon or me Bceooui Coriarrze.—The follow-
ing ia in circulation through the neighbourhood by Mr.
W. H. Start, hon. Dec. to the School Committee :
" From the Ist October next, the school fees for
, children not in the infant deem will be threepence
instead of twopence a week; and after the yearly
examination by H.M. Inspector of Schools in 1800
two shillings will be returned to each child who hai
in two, and throe shillings to each child who
passed
pissed in all of the three subjects required by law.
The schools are kept up by monks got from three
sources. (1 ) From • subscriptions.' (t)—From
fees or pence in return for the great advantages reaped
from the achool. (3.)- From the yearly Government
grant, which is much or little as the children attend
school well or ill, and pass in the required examina-
tion. Now, as no further subscribers its forthcoming,
and an the grant is much leas than it might be, owing
to the faulty attendance of the schoolars, the managers
see but one way of making their school income equal
to its necessary expenditure, namely, by raising the
fees of all children one penny a week, and then giv.
ing back the extra pence to all those who have passed the
examination and obtained something in grant. The
amount of grant which each child obtains is Bth on
average attendances up to the day of examination, 9s.
for palming the examination, no child who has failed to
to make 250 attendances in the year mu get one penny
of grant or even sit for examination,and 300 attendencee
at least should be made to secure passing the examina-
tion creditably."
"flashes ant Piano."

o :
Hurrah I the clerk's lanthorn is sunerseded, and our
evenings are made bright with the light of other days
—other days than thoee of the rush dicker and horn-
HMS we mean. On Thursday evening—this must be
noted—in common justice to the Board, which works
most regularly by the Almanack, and lingers nut for
our hints— the street lamps answered our nightly
petition. The strong smell at the back of the Victoria
has also ceased to ae • source of profit to the chemist.
As the swallows migrate so do our steamers. How-
ever, it Is cheering to remark that we are not quite kilt
to the Lothair—not that we have any fault to find with
her, but her lonely preemies has always a tendency to
make our nose look blue. The steamboats, Telegraph
and Stella, will run for a little while yet, acoor big to
their time-table for Angola 22nd ; except that the only
tripe on Saturday will be the 3.30 p.m. from Poole (as
nearly as the train then due will allow) and the 60
p.m. rum Swanage.

o :
This week would have been one of great quiet but
for John Barleycorn's exploits. A. wicked little imp
lab.. Last Thursday a peaceful pair arrived at the
Anchor Hotel in a vehicle. . ' Oh, oh I" qnoth John,
That horse shan't have any oat. yet awhile." So he
popped down the throats of the nom couple, and
turned such topsy-turvy tricks in their organs of corn.
bathroom., that forgetting the horse's hunger and their
own social relationship, anger fleshed from the gentle-
man', eye and naughty words from the fair lady's
tongue. Than little Jack ran right alms their arms,
like a flesh of electricity, and kir pinched and Mrs.
wretched till the gnawing palm in the int.rnals of the
quadruped formed quite a feeling demand for the
interference of an wont from the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Society.
That same evening, flushed with victory, Jack rode
home in company with a Swamis* gentleman. "Hullo r
saith John, when they were well Maid*, " hmen't you
a deal too much household furniture, my boy? Clear
out a little of it and make room for me to sit down."
Incited thus the light-headed but hospitable sondem=
made an attempt to imitate the antics •if a •' bull in a
china shop," and in spite of rot,stations from other
quarters, he soon had a heap of sherds for hit friend
John to chuckle over. By this time the gentleman
haa discovered that too free an entertainment of
strangers is costly.
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Will the National School managers consider the
words of " Lucia?" He will speak as clearly and as
seriouely as he can. The plan which they prolzet
to say the least, startling. Will the Educational
Boar,( approve of it? Is it not bribery' Will Swan.
age come down to the tactics of Langton? Surely
every was knows that such plans as thew, so long
taught in that unfortunate village, have vitiated, and
will vitiate for generations, the common people.
What is wrong? There is financial embarrassment.
This ariaes from either a too limited income or an
excessive expenditure.
The expenditure is reasonable. We shall be the
last to advocate feeding on the brains of teacher,. In
other matters the schools are managed economically.
There are three mumps of income. The first comes
from subecnbers, this is always a precarious mode of
getting money for education. Visitors have to provide
for their own children—no small item in a gentleman's
expenditure. When will the working man follow
that example? Then, visitors have to pay School-
Board rates in their own town and cities. The inhabi-
tants ought to do more, but we cannot press volunteers
exactly. Some of them would do more if the manage-
ment was representative. It would be their duty to
do PO, and they would meet it.
The second source of income is from the Govern-
ment. That comes short becam.se the children are
backward. They are backward in knowledge became
Irregular in attendance; flashing and flickering is not
the royal rued to learning. This irregularity is an
injustice to the teachers, a shame to the parents, and
will e. din di-grace to the children. Will it surprise
the managers to know that from this difficulty, felt
throughout all England, have sprung "Compulsory
Clauses ' and those dreadful "School Boards?" But
alwansge thinks it can legislate for it itself. Is cannot.
However, go 00, try • little looser. Yet, by the way,
where are the officials whose duty is to see the children
are an school Where are the names of defaulting
parents on the Wareham "charge-sheet?" Are not
our people of the very class for whom thew Acts were
pawed ?—people who have to be driven to am-edate,
or, at least, to receive the Weaning of knowledge.
The third source of income is from the payment of
school fees. Is it not ridiculous to offer to return to
a Swanage stone-mason two or three shillings a veer
from the already too small Governmentpant?
It would be nothing ..hort of wh treat, pauperism.
Good Heavens! let the man smoke an ounce of
tobacco less and feel himself free! Where there are
many members of the same family, or where the
parents are poor' arrangements can he made to give a
discount. Charpethreepeace gad keep it ; any and every
school deserves it. lithe children do not come, make
the Guardians do their duty, or appeal to the wain
above.
We appreciate the labours of the managers, and feel
their difficulty. They do try to forward the "welfare
of the children and the future of the town," and "in
the interests of the parish" the school, are conducted.
But the schools are not ours. We we not represented
in its management. The schools ire ma the perish,
but are not the perish schools And we really do no
see that this plan is either fair or just, to the teachers,
the committee, or the Government. It is • fancy a
whim, and one more phase .f the gallant but felt-
falling attempt of section of the community to
meet the req te of all the others, in this matter
of primary education. The time must come, even to
Swanage, when, through the supineness of the rate-
payers, the tessive opposition of dissenters, and the
selfish blindness of parents (all differing. yet all lend-
ing weight to the tide of events), the true-hearted but
over-borne persons will succumb to the fair and just
educations' power, the &Mal Board.
Lutts.