The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-10-19 00:00:00

BLLNDFORD.

Tide Rev. Promoter Lear, Guardian of the Spiritus.
lines during the vacancy of the see of Salisbury, has
licensed the Rev. liiehard Herbert Morgan, clerk, 8.A.,
to the curacy of Blandford Forum.
PEDISTISIANISIC —On Wednesday last a man named
Itieh-rds undertook to welk in 12 hours from the Black
Bear Inn, Eilandford, to the Royal Oak Inn, Habana
Si. Andre we, three times sod back, the disesteem
altogether being 4e miles, and two miles besides.walking
backwards 10 miles during the journey. He performed
it with 10 minutes to spare, notwithstanding that during
the latter part of his walk through the streets of
ford, he was much impeded by • large crowd.
NARROW Eee•rm About noon on Saturday a
boy named Frank Beer, son of Mr. Beer of Dounory
Court-street, bed a very narrow escape from instant
dean. The boy was in the sot of picking ups hone
chestnut which fell from • tree in t-street, when •
carriage belonging to Messrs. Godwin, of Dorweston,
came amend, the poor boy, ben, afflicted with desfoess,
not hearing the warning of the driver or those near, was
struck down, the fore.wheel passing twice over his body
and the hind wheal partießy over. Then who ssw the
accident concluded that the lad was lead, but on his
being conveyed Immo by his father, who happened to be
returning home to dinner at the time, it was found that
though vet/ severely bruised, no boom were broken, and
we are glad to hear that Mr. &toot, who was called in,
gives • (avow-able opinion of his recovery.
THE OLD SAvIEGH BASIL—To Ihz Editor.—Sir,--!
did not think that In the case of the oh! Bland! ord
Savings Bonk, one institution no longer required,
would have given place to another, and that
the premises 'which have been dedicated to the
economies of money, would be henceforth and
for over dedicated to the coonomies of the
iutellect. But it appears this is not to he, and that
the frugality of mmunion.werahip is to be exchanged.
nut for institutional advancement, nit the esmand digui ty
of private life. Law is imperative, and I presume the
trtistees are right in permanently endowing one of the
last of the Tribunes, who shall decree authority in the
little Lombard-street of our little town. Still, it is a
uatier of regret that premises so well-suited in every
co- yet for public reading rooms should have altogether
pivoted beyond our reach. Twenty years sinee Bland-
ford rejoiced in the eduasitionaladvanteges of a Literary
Institute, with its lectures, reeding-room, and well.
furnished jibrbeT. It is useless now to discuss the
niany causes which have placed,in a public' point of view,
the town of Blaudford, in • worse poeition cc respects.
t. sources •,f keowledge time it was 20 years since, but
I it limy not be equally 'nein, to ask what has becomof a e
iihrwi of book., stitch in our institution time",
bootrabd a valuable supply of reading in modern general
literature not to be surpassed by any publics library in
Ito county of Dorset?
.To assuthe ignorance as to the
(twee meting-pine to winch it has been consigned would
be simply ridiculous. but it may be forgiven one who
has some liking for hotter thoughts than Ins own if he
hesitate.' to tell tbe public that the written thoughts
of a Gibbon, Macaulay, Alison, Dickens, and • hundred
other kindred minds, are entombed in dust as " Wards
satire Lne of
totehne Alendford eorporstion. What •
ire on o
mvihsation that we teach our young
1 wen to handle the rifle, the cricket bet, and the billia
i rd
mie, sod look-up n the Town-hell of our market-place,
the many sources of a better knowledge I Let all grow
together, but let not the education of the brain be
de,,md the steadying influence of those habits of thought
and research which come from reading and etudy.
Surely the fact that the number of young nice now
commercially employed in our town is far greater this
it was twenty years ego. when a flourishing institution
sffordsxl greater facilities for obtaining knowledge
should induce those who rightly appreciate the claim.
of our Units to seek to appropriate the locked-up
treasure of thought to meet that eonetuntly-reourring
question heard in our streets, what shall we doSsith
ouiselues this evening.—Orra wrie a/LH:A.—Bland ord,
October 13th, 11469.

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'BOROUGH PETTY 8111,1011.1.—A ooze irhish showed
the ne., e,vit v for tteeder.i to be ever !ns the !tiert
c dultwt .4 (1.. young people in their thiploy. Mint. before the
Inagiatratos 1& Weduodlny, he,v muued Geary,
S.xiciottr, beisout 12 sad 13 agr, hod hoon
romoodod from (I.; pre, Witt day) we, ,harge,l witl two
and .ixt,ehot worth 011,1. cot "ii
the pn.per4 .15 itt. Shipp, pt itingter Ithindfor.l. Ile
plvadull fIvIllt) • Mr. Shipp stated 'hat to, lied lor woototsno,
ootpook.l the hoy, nod hut evuthdted him. The Icy took tho
Antall... to Mr. Ilebbv. pgationer, fur %me. ~d hod
ph.o.horir done the vault Uin., Mr. 11.4.1”. tokl him of it.
yivo Ihforno•I thd tettudd Ihuovit had Cleo
,Ld ht !felt, ',yr Autypo for him, an.l We.
ail, • .I,loli het As, h.... 1.4.;

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areteie the Bench would tied An lenieutty wtth him aa
they eolim. The magbarstes told the to.) he was liable to be
sent to prime for six months, and be whipped and then writ
,to • Reformatory forgo. yMIS. They were dipierid, howerer,
,
to MAI lenientl) with him, hoping MU be would set better for
too future. But If wny other boys wen, briuMat up ir a
dinnr e charge, they should Inflict the full insult 3. id the law.
40.. „,. ~,,,, wmers imprisonment ; allowed • fortnielit
to ley. Tradesmen cannot be too moeh on their .mari am 1.,
whom they tire money in exchange for stamps, as'fron ham-
mew. we Um rempel there are several boys In the town
r hi, weekly spend in trifles double the amount of their wee,
It is to be biped that the name.. crown Iron: primn of one of
their companion. will met as • Million to them.
VAIIRAMM. - J.,ph Pram who dated that he came frau
Warwickshire, was brought up in custody by Mr. Superititen
dent Brun, on 121/1 October, before J. J Fermium's. Juno.,
Bei. uttered with begging at, Ifilhorne ht. Andrew, and was
committod tor 14 dam.
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STICKLAND.
Tile eeeciog school wee opened for the winter on
Monday, Oetober 4. There were 19 young men and lads
admitted. On blonder October lithe number increased
to 27. The school is opened three evenings each week;
and it is to be hoped that the you'lin of the villago
will avail themselves of the opportunity to learn.
RIADING Itizmu• —The general riaerteril4 ineetimi was
held Tw•sday. October 5. The Rev. W. L. Jll,OOl in
the chair. The secretary (Kr. White). reed the seeminte
for the quarter. from which it appears that the Imbue,
in hand is et 14s. 6)d. The proceed• of the loe
to
Ofkme to 12s. 2.d.; this giving a total et CI 6s. lid. in
the hands a the treasurer.

WINIBORNE.
PRIIIZATATION.—Froderick James Pearce. of WWI-
- has been presented with a silver watch by Col.
'dolma, of Allendale Howe, for his bravery in in‘ciiiu:
a young son of that gentleman, who had fallen into •
dangerous part of the river Allen.

SHROTON.
80.011.. TIM/LT.-00 Wei no.ilay implial treat wait
'twee to the hildren belong. g to the day and :iund.y
school in this iiarieh by Mr. id Mos. Fenwiek, of
It ....ten House. After tea sports were entered
upon, and some donkey racing created the bigte.t fun
iesginable. The jockeys were in costume. and the
lite, Jonathan' seemed quite at home, nod to enter
into the sport by throwing their riders ehonerer they
I those.