The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-03-21 00:00:00

WIYBORNE.

BEE.—One of these well-known entertain-
manta wu held in this town for the first time on Thursday
night, and proved a great success, the new Town-liall
hung crammed. The Rev. Georo Garland. M. L of
Stone-house, presided, the Rev. Mortimer Heath, Rector
of Lytchett Matravers, actin4 las interrogator. and General
Maclean as the Secretary of the Committee who got_ up
the AUL Tiara were about SID competitors, nearly ban
al whom were Wlm. The standards of coaectimes were

Walker's and Webstor's Dictionariet The interrogater
commenced with easy words, and progressed step by step
till at the end very dilticult words were put, many well-
informed persons admitting that they Emil never hoard
seine of thew before. The orthographical competition
was interspersed with yowl and instrumental nuite. The
p•sailt .if the contest was as follo vs: —1.4 prise, Ilk.
Mrs. Pridhard ; 2nd,. 74. 111. N1,•3 Gray ;Jrl. 5 Mr.
Battorhury .4th, Is., Mr. Pdre-11; 5-i, Ur. lions ;tith,
20., Mr. Page. We 'ennead that another bee will be
held iindsr the Caine auspices in *belt • (•irinight*. tuna
The We:doyens have also announced •speUiug bee in their
schnolroont for Thursday, the 22ril inst.
Pgrry StialO•s, Fri.lny.—Refore the Rev. Carr .1. Glyn
(chairman), Mr. G. V. Garland, and CapL Biddle.

• REVILACIORY PIUILIL
Plea& Green, • single woman, was charged with mis-
behaviour in the Winiberne and Cranborue Jni
Geor.m Harvey, master of the Workhouse, said prisoner's
general ronduet Waa very bad, and they could do nothing
with her. Sin, had threatened his wife several times, and
on one occasion took ups knife for her. On ‘Veduesday
prisoner,took her food from the haP, where it ought to be
consumed, and came into the private kitchen and sat
down and ate it, refusing to leave when she was requested
to. She was shut up till bedtime in the room for refractory
paupers. Next morning she refused to get up, and after-
wards when given bread awl water allowance she threw
it about amongst the men.--It was not the prisoner's first
appearance before the Bench. and she was now sent for 21
days ithprisonment.

A CHANCE FOR EXIGRATION AGENTS.
Bidile was charged with sleeping in the open air
at Three-Legged-Cross. —P.C. King said about four o'clock
that morning be found the prisoner slimping in a ditch
under a hedge at Three.Legged.Cressi. He bad formed a
covering of heather on stick*. The pri.ener hail been out
of gaol only about • fortnight, where he had been sent for
living in a house unfit for human habitation. Since his
release he had slept mostly in the open air—The prisoner,
who was in rags, Roamed well satisfied with his primitive
sleeping.plare, remarking that it WIWI very "loo" there.
Ile said he had liberty to sleep at hi* brother's house when
it was wet,and he had doneko several times since his release
from prison. He asked the Bench if they could allow hini
any land, as in that case he could soon erect a house and
get a living by making brooms.—The Bench strongly
advised the pnsoner to give up his uncivilised mode of
living, and sentenced him to 21 days' hard labour.—
Prisoner Well, sir, I don't see as 'tie any good for me to
go down there. Can you allow me any ground.—it li
almost necessary to say the latter question was answered
in the negative. W ,hould advise the prisoner to
emigrate.