The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-09-06 00:00:00

have bithinio enjoyed. There ace two very important
consideratioos in connection with such clubs, to whieb
we desire to in attention —lst, that the relief affordedl
Is doubly valuable bea:use ti armee at the very
Um e it ie mod needed t end 20d, that .one of the.
reeipidots mod feel &ay kind of shame or false delicacy,.
inasmuch as each sabsoribee the 'restive proportioui
for what he receives.
MARTOCK. Walter Loonck, of this plare,
planted in April last, in a garden, allotment rented•
by him, Pr potatoes of the specks called " gram-
mars," weighing three pounds and a quarter, whicb,
be cut into nine seta, and planted them afoot and a•
half apart in the drilL Ile lifted them shout •
fortnight lone, and the produce was thirty...four'
pounds sod • quarter. The weight would donbtlear
hare been more, but symptoms of double.shooting •
being apparent in the tubers, it was doomed ad-
tillable to take them up.
HA/dIMCIDGE. CHATEL ANWITICIMART.— Tba
members and friende worshiping at the Bible
Christian Chapel in this plane, held their
anniversary on Sunday and Monday, uniting
with that object the eipeemio of @retitled' to a
boffralfal Providence for tire freithel harvest and the
heautiftfl weather vouchsafed for pothering it is. Ols
Sunday three among were preached by Mile Pother.
from Bloke ; and on the following day the sermons
was preached by Mr. Ching, of Bristol. After the.
sermon a tea meeting was fief*, at which abort 80
were present. In the evening appropriate addressee
were delivered by Miss Potter, and Mew& Taylor,
Abbot, Macon, Beadle, and Ching. The prooeedingp
were of a pleasing and gratifying nature.
KiNGSBERY EPISCOPL —On Sunday, the,
28th alt, two sermons were preached in the
Wesleyan I.:bevel in thin village, by the Rev. J.
Frampton, in and of the Studley B.thools belonging to
that place of worship.
LONG SUTTON. —On Tbntecliq erenieg next
the annual meeting of the Moult klimionary Society
will be held in the National Bilhool-ttionv, i* this
village, when H. Town, EN., will pretids.
LA NG PORT. —On Friday, the 2nel *lst a match'
of cricket was played between eleven menibertrog
Langport (21st Somerset Rifles) and eleven' gentle,
men of the town. The rolunteersfiret essayed' lit;
AM in defending the wicket, and scored 38.
civilians then went in and made a score of 48. Id
their second innings the soldiers got 40 runt, which
the town gent/omen tied, with five wickets to go
down. We understand that before another seams
a cricket club will be formed at Langport.
ILMINSTER. near or Natant. Mr.-
Robert Barrow, an amateur breeder of pigeons, haa•
in his possession a ample of Miami which are
brooded night and day by a blare-kerb gismos. The
&bikes were batched by a fowl, and' by secedes%
got into a pen where the pigeon war Ikept, and
which has ever since been fostering them.
BRISTOL —FAIL--Our September fair ea
cattle market was held together us the lit be=
there was avery fall supply of beef ad mations ;:thiti
former, however, was not of very trzljnality, aadl
secondary samples could searoely be d of, even
a reduction. Anythiog good sold well at lad mink's,
prices, beat description realising from 66e. to 684., maa'
Inferior from 58t. to 63.1. per cwt. ; some
_very foie •
samples retailed on hand till mid-day. • kith mho
for sheep soon cleared •11 the pens, within realise.
from 7ld. to Sd , Rod ewes from 64d. to 70. per lb. •
full supply of lamb, hot owing to the lateness of the
seems it wild not be add. A remarkably short 'apply
of store cattle, the number being lees than we be'. nes
at thy prevtios fair, and those on offer were sot wasted.
Good thew of mach wows, bet little doing, balers rio
fusing to eve in to • redaction. Short show of pigs,
with an advance in prime, a good demand, and nearly
double the number on offer could have been era. Very
full share of cart homes, mares, and with • tea
attendance, but the demand wee dull, and, in order to
form sales, farmers consented to • considerable mdse.
Con ; the qui:ration being lower gam we have known
them for some years. A large number if young boron
wen left on band. Hunters freely imposed tee, ha
very few present.