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

SW/MUM PICCULIA
T. As Editor.

Sir,—Frun my met on 130scombe Cliff, with Par.
beck full in view. I ooutinue the old sea captain's
narrative of Binutage and It, interesting folk. The
old captain said that he had spent most of his life at
:ea. In his boyhood be had traded to Africa, then
the sere of the disgraceful slave trade. He had
settleo 'town now in Swamis. He found it, customs
rssembleo rep, much those of Africa. For instance
be menti„ ~ the supply of moat There were three
purveyors ; the .P \Y Was limited, and the price
correspondingly big... Usually, he said, two of a
trade
wonderful noy. On. meat purveyor, he said, he
called the Athenesien Creed, .md likened his shop to
Canada. The oik,,,e two were vt of partners, inso-
much as they 11,1 the supply of the lar,:e Douses
alternate week& between them. The old gentleman
had lately been reeding the life of Goethe, and loudly
echoed the cry of the philosopher. " Light. more
light" for Swa..age. He said the lett ra of "Lucia'
hod caused discussion and much good.—Coof seed
scat reek IdLuiturrAs.
Bournemouth, September, 1879.

BELFRY BABBLE.
Westminster Clock Tower.
Tuesdey, September 23, 1679.
I have been befogged. Perhaps lam still. Three
sticoessive nighte, with the rest of the week neither
night nor day, is enough to darken any brain. lam
thinking of subecibing to the new emigration scheme.
and advise all men to follow the dalliers example. The
coming into fashion of each yellow mantles, and the
breathing of en atronephere so odoriferour, not to
nvntion the lovely showera of smut, take all the
charm from city life. Hitherto I have borne it simply
A hien" of mine in the Council gave me a very gool to bast the Yankees by being in • bigger than the
!clot report .1 the hueinewa of the Bet 'noting ot the biggest they can brag. But •cla.r, we have 1.0) light
tito.rete and Highways Committee. I h• or that the the gee on September morningo to see the daylight.
n Suereyor wants to turn the raol iota public The bare V•ought ••f Norenbx fog &ends a shiver
Th Ws rather an expensive way of going to ' through to. Foul, if that conditioral Immortality Awn-
Rrek , lilt not? Then p•iblic bathe are •Inwwwed. ciation will allow such • einuer tm pewees one. We
I a•e to he built in ••r near the have 300 hours of tog varly. A misty fact that.
Walking itill (after the Corporation have got the (ler Thursday loot the trams had t•• c.rry lights until
hoos. and filled in ilia mudlands, I a pp...). Th. ••• I lat. in the &Bertram. It would lw interesting to be
heard that ltlrs. Bury having give. a .•••nc se(on bp the inf.,rared what the Ainerkan shareholders say about
Bournesa.uth Gas and Water Cempanv to •oppiv much extreveganc •. They well not like to bear what
the whole .1 ti,. Brink...one Estate with cal awl wir martiaga builders say of them, for sending their can
°mt.,. the Corporatism hardly see the force of wiring over from the Stater, and raising their dividends by
:rich for the lever n• I sea, hear that public breaking up our roads.
t:ruy lg are oullsid d erod es vali to our SIMI- So Kateb-click-way-o has ben caught. Everybody
condition 'aka** What shell wed., with him r. Why not allow
the 21•11 lieglortnt to adopt the .hief, as the nth has
hear he a side wind that if tbe Corporation don't befrien.ied the forsaken Zulu ? Walk down kid
woo establish public baths, the result will be that the onperabnodast goddesses by lormubulutt" a Ii
Public baths will be private outs altar AIL Romans th gh the city, and then deposit him in a
new Beaconsfield museum along edtk the Irarnerelli
'Nowt dlr, some of you builders who have nothing Wreath. Cetewaro. like our Caro:Amos in Rom*.
to do, don t build baths, they wool pay, sod I can would not fail to be astortaded at as and ashamed of
pare It (but they will do good, bemuse they will bole us.

A mom mealnietisn eel of mimes were etwelY wpm
&MOW in one week. Ifthklithl.yoladOsol
humanity and education, leave SIONI religia4 what
must the germ have been? Pearls woad have the
army spin oa the Afghans as a 800 among wolves.
Pen would scotch the skull of the enemy is St. Gs
did the bead of the dragon • but Judy advocatee=
blowing of the Csbnlase train the mouths of cannon. I
verily believe if cholera ,wept off the poor fools (who
don't like to be conquered) before we get the chime of
castigating them, and working off our choler in pow-
der-clouds and blood-dr:its, that the Tdmrspft would
die mad. Perhaps when Me mar le over, if the
" Gusher" survives. the Government will appease Its
wrath by an amulet from Cabal's scorched ruins and
a draught of gore from thelskull of the Amor. Whyl
we are but reaping what we hays sown and sown in
spite of all protest. Cavamsari himself to have
bsenasdsaftoallwarsjnga.hlg employers. Ills a
mercy for our peace of mind that no oorrespoadents
follow the Army of Revenge. We shall learn enough
from private letters and firs-side recitals to make our
hair stand on end, for if these paper@ *tweet our feel-
ing% how beat the hearts of the red-jaokete

Lord Hartington is certainly a great political critic.
Who would think when they see him in these
exciting
meetings that he generolly walked about with
Land. deep in Mope:ken and looking as lazy as a lord?
His .peach at Newceatle wee wonderful. "Hear,
hear" we say to his splendid period which We
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ring out to the county :—" Well gentlemen. dare
say then will be mime who will affirm that we rejoins
at the catastrophe which has tsken place in Afghan-
istan. But I say fur myna, and I say with truth for
everyone of those with whom I act, that I would far
rather that every prophecy which we had ever made
had been falsified, that every criticism we ever made
had been made ridiculous, and that the party to which
we belong had been oondetneed to busing seclusion
from office, than that this great misfortune, with all
It. inheritance of bloodshed, of farther war, of further
disturbance to ,Indian finance and to Indian Pe
with all its probabilities of internal danger in=
should have taken plaoa"
Read again title thrust into the Tory Executive
"It occurred to noon., I imagine,:thot there was any
man in power, either in England or in India, so rash
and so reckless as to endanger the lives of brave men,
and court • deadly insult to the British name, by
sending an unarmed embassy to Cabal, without the
assurance of the ruler of that state that he had not
only the will, but the pmer to protect them."
Then are the words of • wise and true man, but the
most merlons sting is in the taiL He sail the task of
the Liberal party on return to office would be "to
undo, not mischievous legislation but mischievous
policy. Our task will be to metal.; confidence abroad
and restore coufidence at home—and as a preliminary
to any work of Internal or of social reform, to restore
as authority t Partiessteit."
When this way, do not fail to pay a visit to the
Home foe Lost Dogs near Battersea-perk Railway
Station. A large barn-like building is divided ar into
cages, each compartment possessing a door or hatch
Leading out into the yard, which is also railed off into
ample runs for the strayed prodigals. Hundreds of
them are led in weskly, and they inhabit the cages in
more or lees numerous companies. The canine race be
here well represented id,rana;abreeds and no bait
manilla and Newfoun hounds,
Poodle-Pupa Thundering and sepulchral bowls
are mingling ever with short snaps or piercing yells.
Xvery visitor is greeted with sadly expectant looks, or
disappointed growls. These dogs do not hesitate to
illustrate the immortal doctor's

" Dom delight to bark aad bite"
By • series of very snarling scrimmares, which end in
the usual tail-turning to the victor. The keepers carry
whips and use them smartly at times. Thille animals
get fat on their food soaked bimetal/. Tsey
sleep on straw in troughs shirk Ile along
the sides of the cages. Every nook in the yard
La utilised. Unclaimed animals are sold. Mongrels
are, so we understand, dispatched quietly. We imps
they have no soul& Contributions will be thankfully
received by the society. If the kennel-keepers will
take • gentle hint they will not find it amiss to pay
some little attention to visitors.

The civic honours are waning from Dorset. This is
the last time we shall be able to my "Mr. Sheriff
Burt," as on the 29th inst. Messrs. Wooleton and
Bayley taken turn at money spending, and don the
scarlet. Mr. Burt has won golden oOnlons. I fear
the idea abroad cosoerning the Lord Mayor is not
quite so precious, as yet. These gentlemen iodated
on Monday afternoon at the opening of St. Paul's
Garden, and stood on the site of the famous St.
Paul's Cross, going from thenoe to Christ Church to
listen to the annual sermon, and to the Court-room to
remise the list. of Hospital Governor..
Bio Bu.