The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-03 00:00:00

POOLE WATER COMPANY.

The fifty-mooed belloyearly ntestior of the Poole
Water. o, be eJtnpeoy was Mild on Tboreday. Mr.
W. Pearce, (in the abs.... of Lord Wicaborne) was
soted t.. the chsir, and lb. following report was sub-
mitted :
The burst:ors rotor to announce the death of Ifr. Kemp.
Welch, a it...trots oho hat taken Lim greatest Utterer la
the w Ifs e of the Company front the ortatenooment of the
undertaking, and rewrote all re a treat lam to his brother
Dirt ow •in the mlatiaistratio of the agaire of the Company.
n. dljllore In melamine to re lb rholdrop their ban-
jtiorly report, word direr their stratum to the foot, that
alit itsh then it as itcroar of Lot Is the workleg exposer,
cog...quint on the 'Merge rat as I extension of ihe Worts,
lbs tern we this °moratoria by tbe loweses of MD Is the
receipts for the pest half-year.
Tse earlier of arm in lb* new district hare two readily
continued Mom the last prom, with the result that about 10)
new weirs bore heel, told on. . . . . . .

A new AL. bel has Owen eonatreetel t Ll,llput, awl le
00. reedy a., meet.lb. Illterl cl materials.
?be derfaelye plate le Uto water task, reterrad t i by Me
Director. U, Ib.lr 1481 report, wain.' aediately .placid by lA*
• .ntraelere, wit° coarsened Its sloW.cy to a further port.'
uf eta mamba. . .

The o•• capital celled up amounts to 410,000, uf which
Lila remains to be paid up.
The Lbreatorek wiih the view to meet present liabilities due
ou aew work., and tor future estoosion of algae, tc., pro.
pose I, Ise tie £I.OOO addltioaal oseitel which b. limes
i.fered to the shiroboldere pro. rata.
Toe Directors nom used that au aslant eq.sal to Ai per
cook be yead on the 611,000 original stock, and silks rats ur
/.4 per cook uo tbe new pald-up stook.

A SALVATION ARMY SWINDLER.

"Tall lIINOCUIT TOOIIO MAN,"

A owe was bristly opened—that is Jest sufficient
evidenne being taken to justify • remand—before the
magistrates on Saturday, which pr 'wises gouts erry
amusing —rsoept to the bitter or:Bee—revelations of
how I. done. Jams WI, • young man, dressed in
the uniform of • Salvation Army recruit, and •
wive of Pottmoptb. was brou4ht up In custody
cherged with obtainieg ander false preteeces roods
to the amount of I:80 from NI,. Samuel Baker, the
eril.ktown " 5.L.8." of platform notoriety; aid

£4O in money from Mr. A.'° A. Allen, the rs.spec. ted
magistrates' clerk to the boroulh. But very little evi-
dence was takw, but we are isuabled Were our readers
• pretty full and relisble account ol Lb." goings-on"
of the young man whom Mr. Samuel regarded as such
• childish, innocent, unworldly young fellow. It
appears be came here some weeks ago to superiotend
the cure of souls, or the weds of the aurae of the
Poole detachment of the "Army." He had not been
here long when he made it generally known that he
was a young man of considerable expectatioe, in foot
he was expecting the modest sum of £1,500 to be paid
Into his amount at the Willa and Dorset Bank. He
was • very nice youne man, very mild, very earnest,
and very pleasant, the only drawback In the eyes of
the shrieking sisterhood being that he WU married to
• young woman, as" fi-L.8." put It, al childish as
himself. After a short sojourn bare be entered into
negotiatione for the purchase of • house in Lagland.
street lately erected by Mr. Barns., of Fishetrest
This he did upon the strength of his fifteen hundred,
which wee so shortly to lie to his credit at the bank.
Of course, his word was not absolutely taken as to this
fortune looming in the distant*, although he way •
recruit • under " the Prince of Wales .4 Reason,' as
the General has dubbed himself ; and the somewhat
worldly demand for • referent's was made—in the
m it delicate manner possible DO doubt. This was
soon forthcoming. "My uncle," • gentleman, of
Port•mouth, woold answer all questions. My
uncle Ina 001120alUi011ed, and if he had been own
nephew to himself, the replies could not have been
more favourable. Well, negotiations as to th-, house
having been thus sat slsotorily settled, the
next thing that rose was the furnishing of it, and
there wait also the additional necessity for • little of
" the ready." He was accordingly Introduced by Mr.
Barnet to Mr. Allen. Business with which we have
nothing to do rendered it desirable Mr. Allen should
assist this young mast II matter. were " square." His
proposal for a low of £4O was, therefore, promised
consideration, should replies from "my uncle" be
sati•fectory. The noel* was telegraphed to, but no
reply received for three days. when there owns an
apology—" just returned from 0 wawa' "—and s• *Ma
It was perfectly correct, that £1,500 would in a noon*
or six weeks be paid into "my newsy's," as Jen
Borne used to put it, account at the Wilts sad
Dorset This was acc,pted, and no personal inter-
view with the Portsmouth uncle Wag considered
necessa.y, after • time the £4O was handed over to
the Innocent looking young Salvatiouist. In the
m.anwhile his home had been furnished by Me.
Baku. ; an.l In connection with that a remarkably
sharp trick was played upon that usually astute
Sehtlemsn. A few days after the furniture hied been
housed Captain Cox called open Mr. Baker with alarm
written all over his innocent sonoteoance—" man was
In p.messelon." "Dear, door," c tomieersted ' 5.L.8.,'
"a-1 ow (waiter* ti; I Neppow I must pay him
out," and £l5 went into the pock,t of the captain to
pay out the mythical wen In poseession. 5, matte,'
went .0., until at lest the time for the payment of
tbis LI 500 into the bank was considerably overdue.
It woe thought, therefore, whether it would not be
se well t , go and have • personal interview with "my
uncle." Accordingly Mr. Baker started off to Ports-
mouth. and called at the house, which turned out to
he • @hoc where his letters were addreesed. "Is Mr.
Cox at home?" eoquired " 8." "Doesn't live here,
was the reply. " But we have seat letters here
and always had • reply,' urged Mr. Baker. "Oh
yes, there is • gentleman who has called for lettere
under that name." "Whet sort of a man is be 1"
"Wed, he's a young man, this, with Mast moustache."
" Oh lar, oh lor," wailed poor Samuel, "why Me the
very men himself." Enquiries were then made for
" Cap.ain " oox, and ultimately Mr. Baker was
direc'e it, ore of the lowest dens in Portsmouth—he
ocys the pohlichousee ol Pools are model, compared
with th se there—and upon calling a wooed time his
man was there surrounded by the most disreputable
of company, and wijoyin r himself in his way. Of
course he could offer DO satisfactory explanation, but
be gave op a toll welch Mr. Bakal had lent him, and
also the ticket for another, which he had the pleasure
of paying El to redeem. Mr. Baker natured to Poole,
• warrant was taken out, and on Friday Captain Cox,
S.A., was brought beck in the custody of P.C.