The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-08-26 00:00:00

I rangrata'ata tha inhabitants of Longfiest on having
a public do.* at Mr. Owinsairs which is now, known
to vary.

I see that they have begun to erect some new homes
fir Ifeesre. Beibea near the Quay, and have pulled
down some unsightly oottages ti make room for them.
In addition to this the pave neat outs' le is to be
widened, and the street will thus be genera), im-
proved.

The Antelope Hotel is one of the best conducted
hotels in the county, and the host, Mr. Henry Curtis,
is an universa favourite. therefore I do not hesitate
to make a so:gentian wblch, if he can carry out, will
do him mach good.

If he maid only persuade Mr. Palk ( who, I lmow, would
make any mmce to benefit the town, without COP-
"Merin himself the least lo the matter) t pull down
those unsightly fish sirtroalprosite the hotel, and
build in their place a few shops, the view from
the hotel would be y improved, and Mr. P.
w uld be able to make good use of laud on which is
now built the most dreary and unsightly edifice I
think I ever saw.

I hear that the owner of the last-named structure
contemplate' making great alterations at the angle
formed by the junction of High-street and Rlll-street,
and I am delighted to hear it; but a.! also hear that
he lutes de to build over Mr. Holinees garden, all I
can say is that I hope the Corporation will not let him
410 so, because our %owr is cramped up too much
already.
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1 waa very much shocked to hear the other day that
• gentleman who I thought was • good Liberal, and
whom name was Josiah, or Jeremiah, or something
like that, had registered him name ea James, and will
not be called upon to vote at an election. Had he been
a Tory this would not have been allowed.

First catch your hare, and then cook him, and when
the C harm bury bequest has beeu h guided to our borough
treaeurer I will hugest a mode for disposing of it.
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"Sweet Edinbroo, I smell thee noo " may have been
all very well, but what shall be done to abate the mud
nuisance In the Ladies' Walking Field? Why,
compel the owner to walk round it twice daily for •
month, or give km land to the Council.

I am not good it figures, but if it be true that there
were nearly 5,000 person. in the field at the Comerva-
ties fête, and :1,000 tickets were collected at the
railway station, there could only have been 2,000
pertain from Poole and neighbourhood present, out of
whom only 250 voters walked in the promotion. This
le great cry about little wool, as the barber said when
he shaved the pig.

It warn not unnatural that a speaker of the tempera-
ment of the Judge-Advocste-General should notice
the respectful bearing of our Liberal Harbourmaster,
who personally performs the arduous duties of his
office, without the aid of • deputy, because he under-
stands his business, and at shunt ate twentieth part of
the salary received from the tax-payers by the right
hon. gentleman; but it was bad taste to allude to Mr.
Mciratil's Irish descent, became there are many Irish-
men of humble birth who are gentlemen, and a few
Englishmen of patrician descent who are not.
After this, the right hon, gentleman's advice to
avoid personalities reminds me of the honest parson
who besought his congregation to do; what Is', told
them, and nut to do as he did.

Tory intimidation has succeeded yet in Poole.
The manor tenants do not all change their principles
when their lord changes hi.; nor do the Pa/ketone
potters care to be handed over in a batch ; and the
mild hint about the mild influence of the Poole
Brewery will not be calculated to make its Liberal
employees vote at the bidding of the new proprietors.
By the bye, the Alderman will yet make two more
October brewing, before be quits the mash tub, and
homey be tempted to dip the head of any intruder
who may try to meddle with the opinions of the men,
and by that time the next election will be • matter of
hiatory.
The ballot-box is the greet panacea, or cure-all, for
Tory landlord despotism. and if the tenants, to save a
house over their head• sipi the requisition to their
landlord's step-father, at the request of the steward,
small blame to them if they avail themselves of the
protection of the ballot in voting for their tried friend
Waring.
Ladle, don't forget that Monday next is the day
for making claims or ellectlons in respect to the right
to vote for the next Parliamentary and municipal
elections.

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THS WASDISZIL
Poole, 18th August, 1879.