The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15 00:00:00

gob3n trAlk anb Strut echoes.

I suppOlN it is true that the nomination °lowa of 08
Hisao* Unardiaaa "t, b." la invalid. As usual. tee
apa "wire pedlars" show their habitual want of leek
I thought the Tory Asiociation wai reorganlawi, eiwi that tin Dew broom was to sweep slava little dean
which remained to napinsent Oonservatiaut here,
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I eine suppose it is true that another caodidats he
retired. pr,bebly be dreads being cared en with the
political broils of hi, supporters. If ao, he is 1 man thaw most of them are.
I

Thu
retb•seent will leave entirely filiatti th.
situstioo a gentleman who anowe how. to speak abd won' so Wont bet upon.

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sa w • gentleman walking along the ruepti the 'other day with a pips in his month. I mked who it vas.
and I was told it wad a candidate the
of Guardian. I repiied that was impossible, as 11064.4
and even tried to put down the pawn. brick kiln, and linse-burning smoke.

Should this meet the eye of anv working avu,
earns his living se a potter, a bricktnaker. a lira,
burner, an engimer, or in any smoke-producing
pation, I hope he will think twits before he f
yot
anyone as a Guardian who tried hard to to aw y withif,. very thin 4 which gets the working man hie% • lief.
Three uheisis for tall almost...
lam told that Poole man has the honour of hen,.
the oldest master mariner in HerP d
Cept sin George L was born in oole °5 2,
December, Me, and took to the "briar` •hnt
nb,ntt 12 years old. At the early age of I? he had charge of the "Ann Tar,: a small yacht Icloogiai
Kr. tipurrier, who built Upton Howe, mid tw... Jun
laser hue. appointed to the onnotand of the cuter
Lucy," of tluernesy, which c..aveyed .4
passenger's between the Channel I•lduds and Poole. About four years sitar he became in titer mid pert owner of the "lice, in June," which alio coovetet
wafts aid palsenger. between the Santa W. 0.1, WWI to,
211 years past aptsin Lack ha. sailed the cams
.• Enterprise," of Poole, of which he i., the owner. Captain Lock is still an active, healthy man, and
is every probebildy of his coatinniog in c .ront,nd
be
some year. to coma As an instence of the longevity
of fda family wet mention tb.t his motaer 117•1 to be 96, and that • the, reachel the age of fit yea,
Can anyone tell me why the last train from Pools to Bournemouth isalways isolate
to lt is a sad waste of thee
have to wait at night at the oone-t m-comfortehl•
warm Poole station for twenty minute. or hyl.ea.
hoer for an habitually late train, which the c,mpnif
might Jost as well give correct information almit ia li. timatables.

And when you got to Bournemouth by the traio
It
Ii non, too piedmont to bo b Lorlod " hob," by a dosem n.day Jahns oh,
thennaellras hoarse in your oars ut thou sanity t, got
"a taro."

rhe World says that political Ports!'harm is quiet,
awl that ousts of fj pol tical duit adhere. to nice stn.
when toe Heine Bolero chaog• their iota,* wai
saooseettilly coutest Bristol.

'had* is bad in Poole. arm yet. "Throe
time sod on work on Bstunley• it t oprertutt?
Isd pleassut. If this goes on Um now Guanine, •ig
have no *say teak to oiepsose relief ; but we sitk
hams the as i-factioa of koosin4 that UIII will ries
theca leas tuns for pAitiwl trittabblitig.

When all tredee fail I mean to tore ri liag gm*.
How often have I envied hese indLyi nide wine
Geo. ting "the young, the nay, the beatutful sad
free" about the m.untry, end I never di.l so ot we nee
when I hear t one ~f the lrat.rity had gallop,. "
with hie wealthy nupiL "tilt, what • 'falhatud trio
there l"

So Mr. Curtis does tot spprnve nt doctors taking
aloe, at lee.' so he saki at the meeting 01 the lional
Board. I quite agree witn hare, that a. to sir al hs
meaut Conservative cloct.a... thou4h I sea tihi the
doctor who warn nominated for the Burial Board wet
beaten. as usual.

S'tb.Msrtabniioff the •. H v,k "
poor distressed fishermen "bad the sp.)
log about five pouods ea.b, pi theta lut
Wedneedey. Judging from the" h state " erne'
ot them were iu that day, one might reseonably
suppooe that the fishermen were all out .4 deb', end
were justified in harteolng their fur beer; bat
such a supposition would be lamentably wrong.

On Wednesday, April 2nd, I only onntrl intim
vessels alongside our gave, an I num' of tivve wan
only vary " small craft." Sion, then I sea Uwe us
Seen Lem

I have heard from veiy good authority that the
oollector of the Harnworthy rates is also cullest te
the Poole Con•efl'AtlVll AASOClalioll. and Secretary to
one of the Ward C .01011MIKII. I li,o• I am mina-
formed but if I find lam not thia matter alull be
fully ventilattd.

Whom ha we I tv,thnuk for two temperance p tin phitts
Nat me the other day I sopp .-e they were not to
prepare the way forth. advent of the nr• brewer.
I find upon enquiry that in order to be &hie to rest
certain grounds let for horticultorsl pmp se% poi
must po«ess three qualification., which are no II ows
Yrst, you must be a Cuuserratirs; seom4y, a
Churchman and thirdly, a political en pp wter of your
land-lor,i. A i•Kirth qualification is neceseary it yen
mean to "so in" for a prlse—vou must b 4 a voter.
As I only µAwl the loot qualific .tin, 1 bars not
sent in my name to any of the politicol" references'
who appear to hare "all to do with it,"

The paraffin glees a fair tame, light whet Wed
by reflecton as it is opposite the Poet-Ace ; but I
Ilk. the gas-light beet• however much I dtslike the GM
Company. y the Ivey, what has been dap eh tt
that piece of land? There is very little land to P.als
without Ws.

Did you go to the meetl g at the Tempersace Hell
last Friday night? Our old friend Samuel was In his
usual fine form, and illustrated the correct way of
upholding the dignity of the Magisterial Bench hr
speaking of one of our Borough Marstrates as " Tee
Teddy would have hems far more pohte.
I am assured by very many people who will
have a finger in the settlement of the rate-collect*
question that before very long, under any draw
stances, the borough rate and the poor rate will be
separately oollected, and that the cost of collection
II be less, if anything, than the sum formerly paid
to Mr. klouliston.

Hare you read the ex.Sinyor's paper! It is tie
best be ever wrote. Yes, sir. • • fang roanorms" or'
oonvssient occasionally, especially to those who "sill
not willingly make an incorrect statement."
The Liberal Association in Poole has Dn "pnsto of
honour" for the working man, it bas no e Alector, no
Ward Committees, and no " new broom." Them srs
some of the ornaments it has not, bat se a ortall
against this it ham one good point—it is smog *sough
P o bold the seat for Poole for its n• mine* &enlist
comers, and that is more than "lb. oppoaitioo sto9.
can ever say.

Rave voia man the " 81,5. r r It has Non rather
mild of late. Rap .rt says that Mi. ia dm to Ma
mom haviog boon put on —the ol I fornititr 1011,7
and the sditonal screw being " out down fug noway'
sake."

Wial, when you come to think of it, two bowing
altd"ma& a year is • lot of Waif to pay Iv, a
" Blazer, but you fee It will not blue ma tat
bellows are properly blown.

In my opinion (humble, as nsual) that wu • vory
Poor lates.nt th• "SL...' mad* to throw arid wow
on tb• mid.) or's palms. Ih. latter was writtaa 17
• ass of the world, and • mem wbo soupiss trsta
with goal seam

I am about Mewl y forth. eppointimot of eiswitotik
Omford Emote, Editor of the 'Biz r," iS Clerk Ii
the Allotment Grounds, for the modert iM
hundred a year, and And my own soft Do .9
guarantee not only to make Me bummer regriCi
1.
but to make them behave what I say.
Tui Wannui.
Poole, April 71h, 1879.