The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-12-26 00:00:00

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CELEBRITIES At HOME.
TEX ZARL Olt SHAYTISBVIII AT ST. GILIMI 1100111.
(Prom Ma World.) ; (311.711•,, i,, a store-home pict r • oil ri.'. fri ire
Ths very tall man with grey hair and whiskers, I the wealth in "1 hipp-sulalle" al., e
p bats to the vill*fe s• abets of Wiwi...rue St. nere are ceilings and chimney- be
itis walkingestiek of enormous bulk, is the and p rtrai•s vabiable, ii it •a. •
ral l the soil from the ceutre of the earth to the I.lslisic In' ends .ttionz ;.. v ral lie
ay.; above, including all the un.asuages :old teas - specimens of Sir Julius; sir i.eiy*. portrait of
inei.ts the. eon and therein. He wears a rough suit of gar., .Jennings, Duchess of N1ar11.... oil
...weed . • his pantalaems are turned up at the from the descendants of the Seij • ost to
bottom ; Iris hat is of the familiar bowler type. Hie whom it WAS given by the volcanic ; I.,,troit
trelli II height anil the unmistakable Ashley nose of the first Earl of Shaft.sbury, Dry 'len',
reveal d.c 1;11.41Oil proprietor anal philanthropist, who as Lor.i Chaue.ellor • f England, e ! ,loored
tlunn4 Ids valuable mirror has yarned the applause of robes, beealise he had Lever •o • •l: t . bar;
the great North as well as that of au.l of his son, a haieleoule eoi byWessex. 11.3 explains that the village st,,cka have the poet. Why "glorious 0, the
re,:ently 6-en repaired, " not as a menace" to the principle of throning nitul
may well-behaved villagers of Wimborne ait. Giles, gallant cavalier as
hot rather out of leadenlyss to a venerable relic of the. "Tba: un(eatheed two-1eg..".1 U.., 7 o
barletroos Imes if Our forefathers, who in their zeal to it is difficult to imagine. The tattler of tilephil.,..opher
punish the drunkenness of others heeded little the whaled works have revived in fw.our oering tle• last
addition of shame to distannfort. The ancient stocks, few years was, as rendered by Sir Godfrey Kneller,
like " bruised arum hung up for monuments," may be certainly not a "shapeless lump like anarchy," but aa
understood to point a moral, and to record the change handsome a gentleman as any of his time, endowed
that has come over l)orsetihire, or at least parts of it, with the true "Ashley hand..." In the library hang
within the last loaf century. In the good old times a curious picture of John Milt as 3 young man by
the labourer had his six shillings a week, his parish Cornelius Jansen', awl A drawing in emyon of
relief, and the stocks if he got drunk, although the Haendal by the grandmother of the prevent EarL
achievement of the latter feat must have been lf senalel may be called the idustrions shade which
difficult under the circumstances. At present he has haunts St. Giles House. Other great in.ussiona and
fourteen or sixteen shillings a week, still the hideous some small ones, like the fine "hi inan..rh,nv,e at C
resort of parish relief, but no dread of the stocks, borne. preserve the memory of a hew line of royal
km necessary than of old; for increased wages have visitors ; lint the des,eisalant., .• a
isi the case ad the agriculturist brought no increase of treasure tile me yof the illa,trious inusi,7ian whose
intoxic ition. rooms at St. Giies's still hear hi, mime. Sratt.Ted
Oo thermandinanyother topicadoesLortlShafteebury through the various great roeins are many isrious
enlarge, as he leads the way round the model village memorials of the past, notahly Synder'u pi.-tie of a
nestled close under the house and church of St. Giles. porcupine engaged in the aph,lcryi hal operati el of
It is veritably 3 Thatch--beantifid in shooting his quills at hi, assailants. The isiretwine,
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a picture, It a bad sign in fact—his Head y
reared, and wattic.arelolab has been mnipletely
I replaced by brick. Here and there is a venerable cot,
i like that which on dwitructioa WM found to have
received twelve mats of thatch, as infallible a sign of
two hundred and twenty-four years' life as the rings
in o tree-trun: ; but the old type has almost entirely
vanidre an I the new labourer's mttage, spick and
can, lriok-h,uilt, elate-roofed,_ and ttttt tly eon-

inagnifieentl; painted, occupies the centre of the
picture. He has ita,:t shot .one dog, ho, trawtixed
with a pall, is bleeaing apace awl howlin, with a.mny
and he Is evidently taking aim at il-; No. 2, who is
contemplating the fate of his coMpaoioo with deep
concern. There is lii+U A valuable pi, tore of the
mndation of the colony of Georgia, in whll the fifth
c in took part, awl a sinoilar portrait of the
wicked old Hastings, who supplied one
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otructel, has taken its place. These new cottages, in
which Lord Shaftesbury takes great pride, are built
in pairs. I:wh one contoins its front parlour awl back
kitchen lin the gr unit floor, above which are three
absolutely unconnected with each other,
awl independent doors opening on to the
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the innuortal " chantetem." Ow sung r. iii. rich
tapintry, is hung n D I with OM fl hi e
of Ily.zone titiie, ilres4e I ins 411111,4 Of the real
pelt on by tonne pnweas like tlr.t. " thvellitt !" .4 ,t.e.o
eharaeterg which umeit miaile-mred Ivan ciii lee ole.:t
an a plesAant exetvie for -flimetting pet+ of trum nita
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e,,unnon'tinding.e The landlord, still energetically
willing his mighty v.int,4 out
with a qui-t lau.di that t : strip of •rarden
with wli: • :. oAts.,:e is endowed "hi front."
Lord flhai‘e ...tay has no oi • 'on of back gardens;
"pubic opinion cannot be brought to hear upon them,
and they degenerate into dustheaps ;" the houses,
•• you will observe face the south ; it saves a large
pereenbue of fuel :luring the mild winters in Dorset-
shire, and ripens the apricots as well." Every cotta.46
has its apricot-tree, and the chronic?, of these trees
Lblanee to 'vial!' sacred

makin4 a Mtn% generally. St. Giles s lbeve al)
b.mita a olining-room of which tlic owner is especially
proud, as ban.: ao admirably iinmortionol that forty
guests will not crovrd nor ten look oiparion in it --e•
imlendid room the fu ill might of the lrnit.hji. like the
great hall, noticeable I w a monument ti which the
owner can hardly point without emotion. It the
eolosaal Mott of himself, earve•l mit llf ss Va 4 dwk
of marble, and pre,entell to the late Lady Shafte,bory
by the working people ,4 the North as ;t Memorill of
the noble work performed in their cituse by her
husband. •

It was Satanhay &fumes, in, .4 ; .t.ti • .•, c••.rly
full, chiefly witli children. A 1,,: t. 7 Hr••!:.
forgot toy anxieties, and W 4.4 :dr 0 ir f in;
loss of peace if mind by the shg'at of !„ .•.. ,ight fams
and the sound of the cherry lw.gtiter ii;.;,led from
Isia to box along the dress circle, au I ecl4 ,41 re, the
du-ky circle of seats near the ns.f. It was. ail Ire--I,to
them. The old, oil Jokes were all new; the iino.d we. al
geld; the men in the area were all liraee : women in
horseback were all beautiful ; ano for the, ,ih.l z,„t
be sr a sweeter fragrance than the scent of s•rwiliist which
tilled the place. how they taught:4i at that ioke about
the potato: "I like everything well do-e, said the
clown ; "even a potato." And, 3g4i11, how they treihophed
in the clown's uncheeeered victory es or ti,, sup•ri ir
per. in in blue cost with gilt buttons, alossy waite waist-
coat, and tr.husers with strapes et real gilt
"Shall I go first r hays the clown to this impersonation
of authority.
"No," severely replies the splemillly-,lressed luau iu
the blue coat, " I never fellow a toil,"
"Very well," says the clown, and hip, hr eat grin was
atiswensl i,y bomitiful laughter from a hundred little
throats, "I in nit soparticulsr."
Aral so this gorgeous person, emblematic of authority
whether exercised in the dining-lase,' or the mastery,
gratelly walks out first, :altogether unconscious ot the
juke which all the children clearly see.
Here appears to arise collie ima., of the ...Vier.. Ise
eseelleat moral "fleet of the entertaioluent provided by.
the 3leshrs. Sanger. How for what hams:tied AIL a later
periml of the day is traceable to the denhuraitz.dou wiirgcd
in the juvenile Mind by this spectacle of the trill-mph of
insulsweination over authority. is o question 1 slinilit like
to discuss with somebody. Would ter authority
own house have been absolutely out at 11,,t114111., and Siiolll4
I have been limited in the most olive suatiner it these
seven children had not before tea Weil that, list, C..a-
-' tinue to peke his fingers through the prper hip atter lie .
I had been remonstrated with f if they Is i not watched
hie, safely trip up a succession of respeetwide and
unsuspecting bystanders, and heard him, wit.' his
maiter's back was turned, call that persitosge " sheep's-
bowl" and " r
As there were no street-turnings in Astley's Theatre, I
' took the various changes of the pregramme as a con-
venient recurring epoch, and carefully counted -the
I children, toy spirits lightening as I foind they remained
stationay in numbera in the procec.litics Donglas
took objection to the fact that the sawdust wahl net green.
In Dublin, it appears, acconlisi.,• to this authoritk, the
sawdust is amen and white. "That's just like srud
the young Milk:shot, regarding the arena witlt something
..f that n•Jbitt scorn of things English which Major
o'6.onian occasionally dimilsya Is, the lloase i.f Couinehue,
on the contrary, beheld everything with approba. •
Linn, clapping his little hands at everything he saw and
heard, and absolutely ut.livinis if any other section 4.f the
aloha, that' that which lay within the circle beforo
. As a role he affect* to wear his hit well ii, the baek
hie head, but to-day he got it S.l far hack that how it kept
uu at all was a mystery.
t• sail his sister, " we are going to Lase a war
I —the Battle of Hastings, you knew."
lint Rollie did nut hear a word ot this, all the emotions
of his soul being centred on the lithe movements of that
! beautiful horse" Black Eagle," which, at sign or gesture
from Mr. George Sauter, threaded its way iti1,11,4 the
blooming deeer-Poth or leaped, or galloped, or lay ace's.
or stood tionlea.
This impending "war " grew in interest as the time
appro wiled for the opening shuts. Edith evidently
dui not like the ',respect, lind was touch concerned
to know " whether there would he any b1h.41," or
whether anybody would he realty hurt. This former
query drew from Harry a graphie statement of how lie
had on sense occasion earth or heard a real Nosh, or Owing-
thillit that looked eery like it, appearing on a stage ; •
story listened tutu dead silence by is awe-stricken circle,
even Rollie hushing hie hat forward o little., :ma tootoeu.
tinily turning round to lis:eu.
Perhaps it was this little episode that braight Rollie
back to a sense of the reality of life, awl led him to
meditate upon things as they wore, and rortiora as they
might have beim. It seas four o'cloclii and the perform-
ance mere than half over, when Rai, suddenly liegru to
I relate, without preface, hew he had been pr 1111 l ised three-
pence, and the satisfaction of having tea with his
Mamma, if lie had stopped at hem.. It altPt'arod that he
hail on the previous day tumbled over a chair, and there
was a prospect of his being unable., .nt mug to
I received, to show himself in In view f twig
contihgarzi Imt ho ,1 received the promise &me racord.l„
! and had guile the e•ogin cm i rtior ad .-atico the
I expenditure of the coopers. There Wa. 4 Is, ea
with'. mo penny for a ball of string, and the residue for the
perelirse of a Lore,. I fancy frein the eloed that nhesnuen.
lord)" tested ulhou hollie'd face that Lis thoughts wets
beginning to linger regretfully over the tehasible aispenc...•
and the treasures it would ions,, Isolglit, tiers whoo the
plas half 4hver, and the w hip the horse, and the ball of
! string would have been taogii:le
hal and handle atitl pull to ;M•••es through the gr,,ler
portion of a eretk. Olt the %hole, MO ci.; prri
to the fact that one half 44 the was
irrevoosinly cm, itl ii it not
.lhave letter t.• have
stopped at keine i
But here was war at last, and through the 11411.4 +u-KKI
cuitain bright eyes flashed et the sight of the lower
portioos of the limbs of gaily sorparisoned nor Wt.,. and
Werriore bOOted end Spurred. Klmlshall hymn the glories
of the scene that foll.hwed; or chronicle the deeds et valour
dune by "John Shaw, the Lifeguazalsolan ;" or repro-
duce the soulatirriug addresses, delivered to their
respective erodes on the eve of Waterloo, by the
Emperor and the Duke of Wellington ; or paint
the harrowing scene at Dover, where the faith-
ful Patty hangs on to a repo flung over the side of
the ship in which ber lover is being is ,114 to battdo, and
so sails out of sight or Lion the 1./V, Ora •ais• I IWO gre,e
that tilled the bellromn itt Broii IS, where a emiipany of
the &And 7.,ere conveniently disistsed
down the middle of the festive-hall, and where Molly
XM4:r.• the cam sutler, appeared itt her best chhthes and
ilaticerwitah tLa officer f It was a soul-
stuntoo tell'., fcr here On this stow ive,e gmberou
together men whose Wed, were too fannhar to us in our
ochishl-hooks. Here was the Duke of Wellington iu a
cadet coot, Hie hula tweed up with emu I ll,re was the
Emperor Napoleon II hi/ rutll4ll/1 r. diaipte
blue lista if liniuswick, Sir Thomes NLirshal
Bert.- 41r, and Marshal Noy, with Litt:guards, Highlanders,
itolre‘aiethl, Polish Lancers, Chasreurs, and
• Soldier. the p.
rin,rial tissards . There was quite a seusis-
tion ivhuti the it in,,,,eer Napoleon was diseovered Weep
ihy camp lire, -the noottliKlit exelosively upon
ailigs Oaring his faithful guards in the desdow. lhere was
• • . when. later. the Dub', of Welleh,to,
essisisn Arley before Ladle," theta to
i 11.41101 die 1:,111,r,,r.
addres4ed the ro. • and
yhtt.tfig I igL t I
hatttle. Ili., grace .4' '-
speaking slightingly of ts'f-rools. •••"' was.
of " It happenist that the limpet...
during the delivery of this address, standing at the wings
waiting to come on, when he was discovered by Edith.
who ...need his presence in II loud sltrill voice. But
this and aB other mounds were presently drowned in the

roar at loath, and ta. clash of wins fIl which acv..rdlng t)
the Ens "1,000 men and 11.,n,e4" ne•t stl,l nracd, I, sw.4
the ittire of Lino and rcol I'Ltht... t 1 e hnowitl.: •f
draw I.4oolsCra a cans.,ualt.. a 4.1 the rsttl, , ‘ 14
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vileahing. emu who will never ;wire
year, aor 1100e7 again beheld the in le .4 Astley',,,

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Mr. !town q.C. and Mr. A,ltl,p,t, appeared
cteendant.
In opening the cm for the plaintiff, Mr. Row that the Jury when they hail hoard the cao"
d0,1141,,0s 'irpr ii that the detendalit
t.eoz•le before tl/elll. "Iliere were fele
lon' lied a ill, liar frieS,!. at
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treet.
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tilidille-ae.nt math about 111 yearn ohm,.
Ile intristneed itte n'antlitl I Li, !'.."'t't
w:fe. it .es•oal with her the:, •• • " 'iii' .4
stilted with her as to the t.t and con-
keep, the sort oi earti.ll:•, . '.'l. .1,41
luntPes. we, .1 i',••:
by licence at.. elnireb nh, ''• ",! i Is. :a
1 Prelharations acre cari.•• ! •;.` I " The
Inviteo 511,1 the 'ii ii • th •
some reason or other t!... , ''ri, i 4. alien for
request of the de:eieloit.ui.,•!..;i,' ':•!P .1, at tha
plaintiff bal. by that •°,l••*.m. -puns. Tim,
acconlance it h the as,. . f ,'l"t"..‘,:,itt May ins. t•
to reside with her fr/.11.1.. Ls' sons
which was a conahleral.l.• r., la U.:, ins,
the llainctiti. Retort, ult
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he celebrated the defend in: le. f .",
wall, and Ise ninth: a great tio4
the plaintid. The defendant,,
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deal iipoa his ailments, and et WI. • i• In • in, In On 01,14
aa offer that lie sin ,ul.l pay • oenr.l., t' iia
instance until his health alio, e t l.ier I , . '
a,. A ter
THE CHILDREN AT ASTLEY'S. some hesitation mho :unveil to 0155 S'•.• 5.. i!
he gni,' her Xll5l, at the wino, iiele• 1.•,r Pram May Pair.
• paper purporting to lie a reccoit t.e I, ~,.5,5.. rws
Like the family of the little cottage girl whom Words- document the defendant non 1,11,1 e.s. -111-1•1.!Ikt
worth met and queetuntel, they were ievett. T., •.•1 id • ; of all claims t ;• .."
r faluiliar phrase, which, owing t,, it,iinthetition, in the t Miss Harlow, nor met aiii, the i• t ,•1 it it was
East, and a emu...pie:it presiiure on the newspa,., we an, ,thing lout a neeipt for the to
have lately missed from it. wet:stoma,' the 77°04 'the plaintiff was caile.l. he that ti. !Honig,'
"their united ages amounted to at" They were In two ! was twice postponed, firs" in c ineept..nee of
detachments. There was Annie,,, pretty graceful girl of : nicht which the defendant hail to make, and 'a, the
twelve winter., on Selene thee early in life ti,, truth hail ground of the alleged accident the clot, 5.5 i
forced itself, that ladies ahould be quiet anti ‘elf-Poso•toed screwc,l was simplv a payment to war I h.—
in manner, and not ti, opnnly given to 4,x woos- loot of until the defendant recovered stitlt•ientin s, ..,r. admiration. She Wa., fresh (ruin her native in At the tittle she signed a receipt it ma+ 'with r ~• ,I t
Dolan, and wait, by a stretch of parental kunginqtioll. IV or iii.l She Ile:0 Wfitille lletbit it. 5..," t.-
siipprwed to have inityr her charge awl rare her twather that.
Dontglas, her Junior by four years. Ti,'' wio,o,d detach- Evidence was given liy plaintiffs aunt to the 5...•
silent consisted of four brothent and a ti4er, Wiilie, turd thetefentant had props4,l *.i to the .• ng ten ; Harry, aged nine; Ltertie, aged e,,J,t, and Iloilo:, in tew.ir•lo her loaiutenaney, she haviii,t given up tle• at whine bright eye. the 111111411iee ef iive nuttroin, B Iton.
The young lady fhlith was in her ser,qii rine. and .ti her Mr. Pope, Q C., for the deretebutit, urget that f 1,, Li .)
little for-trimmed It ant rink hat 1014( .111 "like it I All- wan A din •leirge iii full 44 all the plaentiff. deasatioli
grown darn, of the period, seen threugh ti.. I lri cut ot • defendant, wit., hail been as,,,,red by the .I.s•ters tiit telescope, would he dangerous for hint to marry. The plitintid
In one of throe momenta of ilespeno w .rea.' brought this action with 11 VillW to getting time, aeizn upon tile lewd arlocutur •,, , ~,st 44 the deFendant,
them to grapple with unfamiliar &mg.,- ; ;iro- itefeilitant was and In, rani that he la .•t t'ai• poosl to take these seven children re .I.! ih•• it title of i ~'a .111 apa .!nt tient in bury,
,th.l he t ear with
o, et front a boa at Asth.r',. wpi .; 'u _lit , r.cultPt fully ar;Lten A'Ad a .11Ach a.: Al
rynfain of the evening at lily liocie•lor He.. I A., 10 i tall of the ti o• idai ii' ii ~,i;ht bas,,
meet at Astley's at a qtrarur to two, r t° I him is. mow,. 0, in I,,,tiry lo r, o:111 be deliyenol up t., up tharge tl,Yir r • both saw the words 10.•! r••• .! t,• ta •,,,y. 1,, -
Fortaro, wao NO far but that the / •.. •o n 1 t,..0 ..mmitukt,o:ll he to : •,• t;,,Y •1 ,
arrayed link ant without any ) ated „ !... f
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hi the hi, whe^o 1 left them, aweitii. ti,•• 1, wt., the., man", It
II of the fear.oble They • full I ,•,,, ,
of life and extic,:taiion, ith !he
sieuist.iiity awl anxiety ot ait thlerly itit.l s 55. wiat timid h„ii, I. 4,in, „.„.
MAO.
al al 1 I
eon count them, sir, every tea, • p tis- .5,1 e.'.l 't 1:.•
nitro, mid to me c "When I ...• tii out.
'awaye e.itiut them at ev.rry fre-et torn. . ..reeto
I believe tha• till :hie 111,.111.1.1 11 11,1 • .• ‘11,0,1
1/1Y jA,Aiti..A. Tl.i4 o,.'i .it)' for a,.• i•.. .i„
njurell up a vivi.i I' turn .it I •- 5..
lisipinarateen, awl 1 Wei sinely .;.. ,!... pro
blew: What must iii, ittlotNll-ill,; at Iv in gm
1 find that of the seveu there are in
1410111,1 I leave the awl go and i,•, tile I.:tel I
would li Ile asked "lie itur.te to stop ..0 .l Ina after the
arithmetical part of tip., enteratiainei.t. It it w.lll
; ant her,: Were the flee &Win.; 4'l Alt in the p•ortiers,
attiCrilig iu the 1.,0k,:a4.., ii.T tt,
Oretdy ,iarting 1,•,1! ,to i.t i
'ii.: tic' 1 mole M 11".• n. :I, at ..ny tt!., he a
net,: five t iatzurt with, arel cla, . then. g-nily
b.e. When we reached the be, faitene the
ant arntubting the cht•iroil on r. e.trof thy
counted them. Seven. As yet a!1 was ten!!

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