The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-08-19 00:00:00

FLOWERS IN POTS.

Luke Ranger, Elmore Green—best group of four
plants, in pota, in bloom. Stephen Tompkins, Holy
Trinity-2ud ditto. Joseph Wright, St. James 'a-3rd

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Stephen Tompkine, Holy Trinity- beet [single plant
as above. James Arnold, St. Jammed-2nd ditto.
Emma Sims, Cann —3rd.ditto.
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John FJot, S. Joules's—extra prize. 8. Orion, Bt.
Jaines'e--eitrz prize.

WILD FLOWERS.

The winner of the first prize disqualified. Sophia
Coward, Motoombe—find prize.—The winner of the
third prize disqnslitied. Adeline Briekell, Cann—extra
prize.

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MARKET GARDENERS' AND AMATEURS' PRIZES.
E. Miles, Elmore Green—beat four cabbages for the
table.

Enmore Green—best ball peck of aableaf
kidney potatoes.
E Miles, Enmore Green—best half peck of flake
kidney potatoes. William Briekell, Cann—extra
prize.
K Miles, Enmore Green—best half peek of potatoes
(any other sort). Bather, Holy Trinity—extra prize.
John Cross, Cann—best peek of long pod beans.
George Gatehouse, Holy Trinity—best four cauli-
flowers.

E. Miles, Enmore Green—best half peek of peas.
Goo. Gatehouse, Holy Trinity—extra prise. E. Miles,
En more Greenrextra. prise.

John Cross, Cann—brest parsnips (twelve.)
E. Miles, Enmore Green—best turnips (twelve.)
Geo. Gatehouse, Holy Trinity—extra prize.
William Brickeli, Cann—best carrots (twelve).
Thos. C. Brickell, St. James's—extra prize.
K Miles, Enmore Green - best lettuce (four).
E. Miles, Enmore Green—beat frame cucumbers
(two) George Hatcher, Holy Trinity—extra prize.
E. Miles, Enmore Green—vegetable marrows (two).
John Cross. Cann—seed onions (twelve).
E. Miles, Enmore Green—cut flowers.
E. Miles, Rumor° Green—best bundle of cachalots
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J. Cross, Cann—rod cabbage, extra prize.
E. Miles, Enmore Green—pot flower, extra prize.
Prize for honey—no competition, but an extra prize
given by Rev. J. J. Reynolds to C. Veldon, Donhead.
WORK.

Shirt ineking—let prize, Ellen Miles, Trinity; 2nd
ditto Eleanor &Rick, Trinity.
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- Shirt making, by girl, under 12 years old-Ist prise,
Maria Hill, Tnnity ; 2nd ditto, Fanny linber, Trinity.
Two extra prizes adjudged—let pri' ze Elizabeth Mills,
Trinity; 2nd ditto, Ellen Williams, St. Amos's.
Plain work by girls under 10-Ist prise, Sarah Simms,
Cann; 2nd ditto, Eliza Whitworth, Cane; extra,
Emily Oborne, Trinity.
Knitting stockings—lstr
17, Sarah Willis, Trinity;
2nd ditto, Sarah Brickell, James's.
Darning—let prize, Alio° arris, Trinity; 2nd ditto,
Emily Harding, Trinity; extra, Fanny Imber, Trinity.
Eight other small extra prizes were also given for
work, fear of which fell to Trinity, three to S. James's,
and one to Cann.

WIMBORNE—PoIics COURT, Friday, August
15.—James Hobbs, ben., and James Hobbe, jun.,
father and eon, were brought before J. T. Burkett,
and W. L. Adye, Esqrs, charged with violently
assaulting William Coombs, at Fern Down, on the
14th of August. It appeared that the parties were
at variance on account of the complainant appearing
against defendants on several 00CSIBIOns, and on the
day in question complainant had appeared against
them at the County Court. In the evening the elder
prisoner and Coombs met in a beer-house at Fern
Down, when a violent attack was made on Coombs,
the prisoner knocking him down and kicking him
in a very brutal manner. In the meantime the son
came into the room, and struck Coombs on the head
with a stick, but afterwards pied to get his father
away from complainant. —The Bench fined the eon
£l, and costs lie. ; and committed the father to
two calendar mouths' hard labour, and to find two
sureties, of £2O each, to keep the peace for sit
months.

CORFE MIILL,EN. TEA Merrtso. The
beautiful archery ground belonging to •£4. T.
Coventry, Esq., was thrown open to the children
belonging to the Corfe Mullen school on Friday last.
They were bountifully supplied with plum cake and
tea, after which games of every description were
introduced, and the young people enjoyed themselves
to their hearts' content. The Wimborne Rifle Corps
drum and fife band was likewise present, under the
leadership of their drum-major, Mr. Mackenzie, and
added greatly to the enjoyment of all present.
Capt. Coventry complimented them highly on their
efficiency.
BOURNEMOUTH. —OrrYING OP THE CZAR
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BORNE GARDENS. GRAND ARCHERY Errs.—,
Boarnem9uth has just added to its already numer-
ous attractions an archery and pleasure ground,
which, with great eclat, were formally opened on
Thursday last. The weather in the morning was
very stormy, but about the middle of the day the
sun shone forth in all its splendour, and the grounds
in the afternoon were graced with the elite of the
neighbourhood. The prizes were :-Ist, a lady's
three-piece snakewood bow and three arrows, sup-
plied by Mr. Hawkinson, which was won by Mrs.
Coventry, she obtaining the highest gross score of
223. 2nd, a handsome silver and pebble Egyptian
brooch, won by Mrs. Glazebrook ; and 3rd, a silver
arrow, won by H. Scott, Esq. Croquet war also
provided on a lawn measuring 105 feet by
45 feet, and many ladies and gentlemen repaired
thither to participate in the amusements. Adjoining
the grounds refreshments were provided, whither
those who had provided themselves with tickets
adjourned. Eyers's celebrated band was in attend-
ance, and the whole of the arrangements, we rejoice
to hear, gave the highest satisfaction.
SHERBORNE.,--On Friday, the 20th instant,
a grand fifer and dower show will be held in the
beautiful grounds of Sherborne Castle, kindly
granted by G. D. W. Digby, Esq. To add to the
attractions the band of the Royal Marines will per-
form at intervals during the day.
YEOVIL. —Conlin( POLICE, Friday. —A lad
named Joseph Adams, of Yeovil, WAS brought before
0. Harbin and if. B. Batten, Esqrs., charged with
stealing a scarf, razor, pair of snuffers, and various
other articles, the property of Thomas Hellier, of ,
Stoke. At the termination of the rural fate on
Wednesday a fire broke out near, and to which pri-
soner, with others, were attracted. Prosecutor's
house having . caught fire, the articles, with such
other property as could be seized, were taken out,
and placed in a drawer, in • garden. Prisoner was
observed by a policeman to take up a bqpk, which
he was requested to put down as it did not belong
to him. With this he complied, but still continued
to loiter round the goods in the garden. After-
wards the policeman saw him eating a piece of cake,
and enquired where he had obtained it? He said
from a dish in. the garden, and the officer told him
to put it down, which he did. Seeing that prisoner's
pockets were bulky, the policeman allowed him to
depart, but followed and overhauled him, and found
the articles in his pockets. Prisoner then said he
was not going to work for nothing.--The father of
the boy was allowed to examine the witnesses, and
sought to prove that the boy was in the act of re-
moving the articles when searched by the policeman.
He also sought to shake the evidence of prosecutor,
but the old gentleman WAS not to be wheedled or
bullied, and emphatically told the father that say
what he might he could swear to the property. The
razor, be said, he gave a shilling for, and had
used it weekly for several years, the snuffers he had
had for 15 years, and the scarf was made of a piece
of stuff similar to a vest of his, and he could produce
the waistcoat, if required.—The boy at length
pleaded guilty, and in mitigation the father said that
he himself had worked for Mr. Rawliugs for 25
years, and his son (the prisoner) for five. Upon
the foreman being called, he said the lad had been
honest towards him, but he could not say further.—
The Bench sentenced the prisoner to six weeks hard
labonr' a punishment we consider he richly merited,
as the prosecutor; after. • life of toil, finds himself
dot only deprived of • quantity of his personal

effects, either stolen, or destroyed by the fire, but
has to repine at the loss of his cottage which haAl
been purchased with the savings of years. Under
such circumstances it was cruel in the extreme for
the prisoner to have taken advantage of the confu-
sion, sod attempt to increase the loss prosecutor had
sustained.
111LtitTRENDING ACCIDENT. —The depth and ex-
tent of a woman's feelings who can fathom? From
the creation of the world to the present time does
not history, sacred and profane, teem of instances
chewing the great affection and devotedness of
mothers! Our present purpose is to notice an se-
nsual circumstance which occurred at the Pen Mill
Station on Saturday. Just as an uptrain had
started a woman was seen frantically gesticulating
from the windows of one of the carriages, evidently
in great distress, and it was supposed that she
either had left behind a bandbox containing a "duck.
of • bonnet," or was being e,arriad in an opposite
direction to that which she intended. Suddenly
rashes a woman on to the platform with a baby ire
her arms, and exclaims, pointing to the train, "Oh t
what shall I do, she has gone oft with my ticket, and
1 have got her baby." We must state that the
innocent little creature had been pledged by the
mother, and that the ticket was taken as a duplicate
for the deposit. Matters later in the day, we hear,
were again set straight.
CREWKERNE.—On Sunday the Rifle Corps
mustered for church parade. The Incumbent, the
Rev. Joseph Stubbs Stubbs, having received his
commission as chaplain of the Corp., the meeter
was large, 90 strong, and in appearance, all Uwe
could be desired. The uniform, after nearly three
years' hard service, so far aa wear and drill go,
looking veteran, but still respectable. In this,
grey uniform has the pas over greens and blacks.
The service was remarkable for an minimally large
attendance, and the chanting and singing, filled
with the numerous fine voices of the riflemen who,
had undergone tuition the past winter, under the.
able guidance and instruction of Mr. Summerhayes,.
were most effective. The sermon, which was,
looked for with grave cariosity and interest, Waif
most powerful and stirring. Truths and sugges-
tions, advice', and lofty patriotism hand-in-hand.
The chaplain, for such Mr. Stubbs immediately an-
nounced himself, and honoured through the
announcement, took his text from the 6th of the
Ephesians, 10th, 11th, and 12th verse.:—" My
Brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power
of his might. Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wile. of
the devil. For we wrestle not against limb and
blood, but against principalities, against power'',
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places." It is
difficult, we have observed, to find testa exactly
calculated at all points which point the moral of
the great national development of patriotism so tut-
selfishly illustrated in the volunteer institution of
old England, still there are but few thoughtful
minds who will not recognize in the text chosen,
sentiment and warning, and imputatiOn, which,
closely connect themselves with the principles
under survey. The subject was most ably handledl
in a truly extempore discourse; amongst the most.
felling portion of it, was the new and original, an&
yet truthful argument, that the example which,
volunteers had already set of order, sobriety, and'
discipline, would have material influence over the
moral tone of those young men who went forth
out of the social body in which this example
was evinced, into the regular service. Indeed, the
discourse, as we have intimated, was powerful,
practical, and true, mid the chaplain of the
20th Somerset Rifle Corp may pride himself
with sedate satisfaction in having proved
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to the deserving and patriotic body of men to which
he is, in a double sense, so closely linked, that man-
hood and pure Christian principles are not incom-
patible with the position of the Volunteer, nor with
the pastor of a Protestant congregation. On
Thursday, the. 14th, came the gala day for the
dear little hearts undergoing the hard, but not
ungracious task of tuition, in tho National and
Sunday Schools, and we believe in the schools
also of our dissenting brethren,—• gathering
of the May of human life to the annual treat,
given by a subscription of the townsfolk, bet.
mainly due to the exertions of such true pbilan-
thropints as exist here, and we hope have a prae-
tical existence in other places besides Crewkerne.
As the small fry trooped past one's window, petted
or held in order, encouraged or chided by the lady
teachers, (themselves setting a brave example of the
beauty of unselfishness, of womanly love and charity,)
May-day broke out in its blushing freshness in the,
heart. There was no reproach then. There as
reflection that another year bad slipped by out of
our own lives, that our hands have been folded, anti
our lamps untrimmed. No, the thought was un-
selfish. Once, again, we could welcome the sight
of human nature in her May; the buds were green,
and they, God help them, bound to the yearly
opening surprise to which we were bound. Can we,
not feel for them; may we not pray that that which
we neglected may not be neglected by them; that,
"Come unto me," will be engraven on their hearts;
and more, that the Divine call will grow with the
growth, and prove a talisman against such outer in-
fluences as are sure to assail the young. Mackey's
chaste words and sentiments filled us with their
grace, as this procession of innocent pleasure passed
on. Listen,—
"Hid I a voice, a persuasive roles.
That could travel the wide world through;
I would speak to men with a gentle might,—
Tell then to be kind and tree.
I would fly, I would fly, o'er land and sea,
Whareever a human heart might be;
Telling • tale, or singing • song,
In praise of the right, in blame of the wrong."

WINCA.NTON.—The Independent Chapel in
this town haring undergone extensive alterations
and improvements, was on Thursday re-opened
for Divine Worship. The Rev. Mr.. Quick, of
Bristol, preached to a full audience in the afternoon,
and in the evening the Rev. Mr. Guest, of Taunton,
preached to a crowded congregation. The alterations
may be said to have made the building a new
chapel, as only the four outside walls of the original
building remain. The design is plain Lombardic,
with central entrance, circular centre window, open
pews, and inclined floor. A low reading desk has
given place to the old lofty pulpit, and the whore of
the work, executed by Mr. Barndsn, under the
direction of Mr. Btent, architect, Warminster,
reflecte great credit on all entrusted with he 'sem.
tion.

GREAT POLITICAL CRICKET MATOll.—PAm's TEAM
AGAIREGETHE AMALGAMATED DIEZTITTEL —Mgt exciting
match has been commented on the St. Stephen's pound,
and up to the time of the drawing of the stumps it will
be Been that Pain's team have clearly had the beet of
It. The veteran; has, indeed, by far the stronger ide,
having pretty nearly had the pick of All Bagland, by
whom he has long been held as a prime favourite.
When well warmed to his work there are few more
slashing and hard hitters than old Pam, and he has
shown- himself this season snore cautious in his play
than it was formerly his wont to be. Dizsy's under-
hand sneakers and insinuating twisters have proved of
no avail against Pain's bold and forward batting, and
while he has been ever ready to hit out, we think that
all who have enjoyed en opportunity to judge of it must
have much admired the skill and style of his defence.
We were not at all surprised to find him, when the
stumps were drawn, carrying out his bat, for the
veteran is one of those who when they get well in are
generally found by no means easy to putout. On the
whole, we think Pam's team have pretty fairly satis-
fied the hopes their captain formed of them ; although
be knows as well as any one that there are ease or two
uncommonly weak players still among them. Young
Peel is mush too reckless to be trusted in • match, and,
though ho makes at times a fairly average
good score, old Wood is sadly clumsy and un-
scientific. Lewis is a rather slow old-fashion
sort of player, still at some points we admit be is not
without his merit ; but Cowper is so generally unlucky
(if we may not say, unskillul in his play that hie place
might very easily be filled with some one better. Little
Johnny Ruseell, is a good old steady player, and from
his long experience he has, of course, acqbired a thorough
knowledge ef the game; but, we think, put to the
captain, Bill Gladstone is decidedly the bW man in
tie team, and though rather apt, like Westbury, to
show a little temper, he must certainly be viewed as an
uncommonly fine player, and one who very rarely will
let slip a chance of scoring. Well knowing his weak
point, Dizzy did his beat last spring to aggravate him
with his "teasers ;" but Bill was on his guard for them,
and wisely took good care to keep within his ground,
although certainly, we must admit. at Brat he seemed
inclined to hit out rather wildly. On the other side we
find but little to commend, although we certainly admire
the pluck that Dia has shown in playing what
he knew would be • losing game to him. Bin
tactics have, however, been a long way from first-
rate, and on more than one occasion the
absence of good generalship has proved of fatal damage
to him. What eould be snore absurd than the potting
on of Walpole as a bowler at old Pam, who of course
made mincemeat of him the first over? Moreover,
there must be something faulty in the captain when a
team are so unruly as the Diazyites have shown them-
selves. To play well together, an eleven must have
confidence in the captain who oommands them. This
confidence the Diezyites have failed as yet to feel, and
we therefore cannot wonder at their finding them-
selves beaten. By getting Cobden on their side, and
another one or two of the Manchester Eleven, they
doubtlessly made pretty sure of putting Pam's team
out before the hour came for the drawing of the
stumps. But though a clever bowler, and making
as
aiirzicilgaco:ittrhaarty wiyth.
sneakers, Cobden
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means
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now so powerful so he was, and certainly old Pam is
not the player to be funked by him. It is understood
that the match will be resumed next season, but unless
Dizzy contrives to get his men more up to work, there
seems very little hope of his doing any good with them.
Their fielding is at present far from being at all first
rate; indeed, an dummy have they showed themselves
In much that they have done, that one might really
have imagined the Amalgamated Disryites most have
a close connexion with that other team of cricketers, who
have elected Co be called the Amalgamated Duffers.
As has before been stated, Pam carries out his bat with
every chance of winning; indeed, some of the members
of the St. Stephen's Club are quite willing to bet that
the veteran will he reported as "not out" all next
season.— Punch.

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