The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-05-03 00:00:00

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HAUS/101T MON Will tag place OR Thursday end
Friday, Kay 12th acid 13th.
CHORAL FacrivaL.—At the parish ebureh. Chine's-
• ham. on Thursday. a festival took place, oonsisting of
the Chippeoham district choirs of the Moo este, and
Bristol Dioc•ean Choral Association.
THIS members of the Warminster Rifle Corps bays
presented their hon. secretary, Mr. Joseph Smith, with
• haedmme silver epergne, in resognition of his servime
to the corps since its formation.
, I suourr.-012 Thursday an inquest was held at Book
Hill, near Caine, on Dm body of James Hummers,
labourer. Deceastd waa at work repairing an old well
on property lately occupied by Captain Budd, and was
killed on the spot by the falling of the well. Verdict,
" Acreidentally killed."
80101n1.— Kr. Henry Gale, an old inhabitant of
Chippenhase, ironmonger, clerk to the market cora-
, mimes, bailiff of the hundred, and e member of the
town Council, cot his throat on Saturday afternooo,
from the effects of which he died at two o'clock on
Sunday morning. The jury returned a verdict of
"Ternoorary insanity."
A Betannwto Coslomwr.—Tbere lives at Swindon •
gentleman, who looked •
_mitiatifiselly, is. curiosity.
He maintains that the earth is not a globe. but • fiat
dim, and that the distance of the sun from the earth
Is only some few Him/winds of miles, " about the semi.
diameter of the earth'; atrium." Members of seientle
societies are " tricky, uniorttpalons ; " "infidel,*
addicted to "unscrupulous falsehood" mid **astounding
1i,,;" the Newtonian philosophy is " a_bugbear and •
delusion," and must be so, bemuse the Scriptures no w
where confirm it, which silent* mould of wires b-
ansooonntable "if • revolving slobs were really • fact'
Like • bold sportsman, ILL Hampden backs his opinions
with his money; but when somebody seeepte his
oballatge, and the referee decides against Kr. Hampden,
that gentleman declines to abide by the decision, and
cells exchnintenter, referee and others mottersed very
hard names Indeed. It will be best to leave him to
enjoy his opinions, with • eautiou not to travel too far,
as be might get to the edge of the world, and tumble off.
Where he wool,' go tn, goodness only knows,
,Cap.. OW 14 Years' anTBCII. BY DIL Lococa's
MAO= Warwaa.—Prom Mr. Eckersiov„ Weet Houghton,
to Mr. T. Will,, Market-place, Hindley : "My 'rife can now
sleep soundly the whole of the night without being disturbed
by her cough and shortness of breath, although for four years
she had not been able to sleep more than. very short time. She
I, now better than the hu hew for the last 14 van." Dr.
Locock's Pulmordc Wafers give instant relief to asthma, con-
sumption, coughs, sad all disorders of the breath and lungs.
All throat altectioas are immediately relieved by allowing one
occasionally to Mewl's in the mouth. To singers and public
speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the
voice, and have • pleasant taste. Price to. I4d.toad., 4s. gd„
sad lla per box. Bold by all Druggista,
box of the genuine medicine has the woods "Dr. tome-it's
Wafers" in It. letters on • red ground In the Gov t
Stamp. without which words nil are counterfeits and an
Imposition.