The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-08 00:00:00

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WOCTII AND IIiCKCIdeiTER VOCAL
WEV.- ASSOCIATION&
To lk Milk.
Tepid of a meeting of the members and
Vocal Association, there is
r..-.„,,,,e in Mr. Avant's speech as to the amount
a° ,'",;-,. the Oorehester V,,cal Assmiation to OA conductor,
Po" -' 'th, which needs correction. The amount
sr. 11.01,1,,,,,anie as at the formation of the Associa,
*.;',:.,,-, -tem ~1 expenditure had to be reef'
efhen.ii,-,i,1 La haei never exceeded 10 guineaa for
clawiLi"r.:- And it may interest our members and
fill °".....„---;J"k'n'orr that the use of the large harmonium,
nitsie",-- -... unAn.e of flrands and other new piano, for
od the 0'ir.,,,, always been given by him free of any
tue ‘.oacert, ... V o,lf insertion of this will greatly
(ma, shales tr.
'''l'gets It SRO or Tll2 COMMITTE2 AT ITS FORMATION.
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spE.LLING BEES.
To at Rditor.
sia,—We real at the present thine, a gool deal about
n„.O. an anmement which appears to have
Sreum
'iotel in America. The innovation having reached
ski .itle the Atlantic, has spread to a great extent and
1s baring taken the initiative, several places in
tv';,-,-,.iiire: have tried and reptated the experiment
ligh',-;lve in all instances, marked !nieces..
Here at li-whester, their ia a lack of rational and in-
e entertainment% though we are s ..... etimen
'i,i,gr,l with Abel, of a ailTerell,t tyre.: and I venture to
`'.2,...5t through your . svidely.mrculating medium, the
I,,fr,,lslitv .1 e-riblidung a series of these Spelling nee..
'00,.b ,erler awl able Interrogator, are b
othinstructive
lama-Mg. mid rens to foster • spirit of friendly and
tr:.',uhr emulati am
on ongst the competitors. It matters.
„b., or what li oily takes the thing in hand so that it
sell, lout there are two institutions in this town,
lay mind ..e.un eminently fitted to take the le
to ad
7. mewl miners of the kind. I refer to the C ty
.. ~,.0. a!,,i Library, and the Working Men's Institute,
;Ai,of whi.b have not surplus fund% and are I preaume,
t.sent in running the risk of pror.4ing an entertainment,
ri;,,,,reelf of which might, or might lout benefit their
ttateiner'• "
s a I think that looking at the p mularity that Spell-
,flee. hose ibtoinrNl in other places some not lar mr
and that th..... is always a ear;,„,o, ;;.,
~ekesitsee,t id Meal Wear Raytelto re that such • aerials
r
. 1.,„ ~,,,,,,,tra, while conferring a boon on some of
-0, in2alitant., in the shape of profitable and annpdiur
~sati.,n.reill ...week fail to be remunerative to the
..—,rietr 0 hi,h organised it, leeame it is a thing that would
Apishly take.
l'ajeag about any result in conimunities, the object
r., 4 ~1 by samoone, and if it is considered worth
;40s. there are others who will interest themselves
in in fo,or. I trii4 that my proposal be acted union it
iffi,deat, and that you. Sir, o ill
he aide to afford a
Inco
„oil' roar columns to make it generally known.
I am. Sir,
Tour obedient Servant,
Ateans.

It is remarkable bow much easier it is to convert •
decent member of society into a being who, to all appear-
ance, is no better than a loss, ill-looking ne'eralawell,
than by any known process to confer on the latter,
when to the manner born, even a passing resembhuace to
gentility.
A conviction of the truth of this melancholy reflection
more and more strongly catne on iii, at, in the privacy of
soy chamber, I prepared for theearrying ou t if &certain long
chenshed design -a narrative id the more or less soccane
ful consummation' of which is hereunto appended The
metamorphisms is soon accomplished. Afe paaseawith the
inexorable schema's, and beard ail,' whiskers are *horn
down to connuon-place, bristly stubble, a stiff brush and
some cunning preparation of the hair-dream:ea, and the
i curly crown s reduced to • hirsute thatch, very harsh and
lank, and appearing as though neither brush nor comb bad
approached it for a week past • a dilapidated coat and
waistesat, an old woollen comforter for the throat; a pair
of watertight, though woeful looking boots ; an ancient
battered and whether-beaten billycock for the head, and
there you are: or rather these was 1, as complete a
picture of an incorrigible vagabond as ever slunk In at the
swinging doors of the connuonest of common Spitalfields
lodging-houses.
My purpose is easily explained. I was not actuated by
a morbid curiosity nor by a <ravine for material for a
" sensational" article. Having longentertained somewhat
strong opinions on the matter, 1 was simply desirotte of
seeing for myself what fret life at an asylum common to
beggars, tramps, thieves,—anylualy, meant, and what was
the peculiar system of dogmatic economy observed at such
establishments—awl they so ty be reekornel by hundreds
in .a about honami —by which the loilgera are satisfied
and 'mist in order. The Hell open to meta choose from was
a broad some, but I
ICC t Spitaltields, became, is short
time since, there appeared in the newspapers an account
of a wretehed old woman, Reel more than 70, if I rightly
remember, and who was found als ing at ilaybreak one
morning in the snow, in the roadway within a short
distance of a certain lodging-house. She accounted for
being there by stating that. birking the resitii,ite lodging
money, the "ileputy " s.f the 'dare hail dragged her out of
bed in the night mid turned her into the street, throwing
her clothes sifter her. Anil the best that could be said at
the coroner's Inquest slid not go very far towards provini
the poor old creature's statement to have been a false
one. Therefore, it seemed to sue that is Spitaltielils
lelgingitiouse would serve my purpme as well and perhaps
better than another.
It was not a nice night. The air wre aa raw, the mire
lerfisat was sleek-baked in the partial frost, a heavy,
tan-coloured fog fillet the narrow streets between the
tall black houses (where glimmered by i•andlelight the
broad and high glaze.' spares: known as "weavers' lights),
snaking the eyes smart and the nostrils tingle as though
one was sniffing the fumes warm vinegar. tingle,
evening
had not very far advanced when I reached my plate of
temporary aboile, and I was shout to push the door open
when 1 was addressed by a wretched lo.iking younng man
so deplorably rigged that I in my frowsy old coat and
battered billycock appeared almost a "swell" liesile hint,
" Matey r audit he, plitekinz me by the sleeve (I was glad
to hear him pay such a high compliment to my "get-sip),
"Matey," said he, with his teeth chattering as he spoke,
" d'ye 'appen to have a yennup (penny) anoreas you want t
I'm that murh short, and my wery knees are cricking
with cold. 11l do the Rome for you some other time r
It was a confidential appeal, and one which, alshrewd e
from one "matey" to another, could not well be resisted.
Besides, I was glad of the empire *ty. "Give me your
threepence and I'll pay for both," mail I, and in such un-
doubted companionship passed in without challenge.
1 found in the common kitchen every convenience that
a h leas individual, cold and weary coital desire. The
fireplace was broad and spacious, and *therein burnt a lire
which made my friend of the creaking knees gasp and
wink to see: si bountifully was it supplied with fuel that
It fell over on each hob like fat, glowing cheeks, and its
very bars were ruddy. There wore forms to sit on, and
well scrubbed tables to sit at and eat the bit of food
brought in ready cooked, or grilled or fried at the jolly
fire. I was amazed to and the place so clean. I hail seen
the interiors of comnion lodging-houses before, Ind that
was in Kent-street and Mint-street, over in the Borough
(there are, I believe, nearly forty of these establishments
in the lashinentioned thoroughfare), and soy impression
Was that they were the most evil smelling, dirty-looking
dens ever deemed tit for human habitation. My lodging-
house, however, was a happy exception; there was not
even an accumulation of ashes under the lice-grate, and
as I entered I was just in time to bear the "deputy"
(manager of the house) apply ensue very atrong and un-
complimentary epithets to an Irish beggar-woman whose
chill had spilt some coffee on the floor, anal was playing
in it.
A brief scrutiny convinced me that anionget the kitchen
cosines's), there were, at present, no thieves. Any man of
ordinary shrewd observation, and who has seen h of
prison interiors, can have no difficulty in recognising the
true breed of low London thief when he meets with an
example. Theme is wariness in his every gesture, as one
always on the alert against sorprises ; a stealthy nervous-
ness in his inoveisients, as though the fact were never
absent from his mind that at any • t ile may lie
called on to run at race against pursuing justice. There is
in his eyes an expression whieh, to the uninitiated, 'night
pass for frankness and • ocence, but which is really
TIM nrantFani.tvEN EXPLOSION. only the boldness of seelaeity and insolent defiance. By
Tit, NessYork rins•rs -tate that puldie interest in tbe these tokens I knew that there were no thieves there as
anewriarni sapleion ha. been revived by an application yet. There were about a down or fifteen legions, but
brings:ale theeigli a friend by the widow of Th *Mak,
u they were chiefly of the beggarly elms, whose slay 's work
Opened residing in Dresden, to have a trunk belonging Gssl knows of what kina—coneludes at dark, awl who are
v, ha hoisted, which wa" lying at the Fifth Avenue ilad hi seek warmth and shelter as sisin as it is available.
Hotel, forwarded to her. The pollee were informed of the
a Wallace these there were three or four old people, inen
orangutan,. awl a detective went to the hotel *Mu a and women, poorly dressed, but quite ilecentilooking„ and
us.. esaiiii,ing the trunk (which had been left there
these, I afterwards ili-rovered were perains who hawked
to the ,e,tdoli of Thoinassen't last visit to New York), I
article& of email ware for a livelihood and were constant
sith a tire 4.1 aevrtaining if it containea anything
residents here. As the night advansea I fottnil that there
Orin; a Isle to Thomassen's nefarious callinf. In were several of this kina ; which opens some 's eyes to the
appearance the trunk Was este such as is common y used fact of how desperately hard striven for lodging aaecointaio-
Ly the ordinary traveller. There were no extra fastenings dation certain of the honed pi sr are to be dal to herd
up. 0, an I within.: abed it that would be in any %Sir with the seam sod dregs the p tpudatian, paving two
attrart attention. It was of medium size. and h shillL•ats a week in the shape of rent for the privilege.
evidently 5-eu -"else on steam boats and railromis. The The es etaingairogreased. I Iwguiled part sir the time in
&hence, not having the key, broke the lock. The conversation with an agel clelatr, trout whinn I begged
trunk'. content. pre'. ate I ,superficially a most innocent half a pipe of tulaceo. and who was elisment on the
'pleurae, trunk oa• liitle more than half filled ,of, of a lean an.' ienea,t to ot.fieoloah msm
apparently iyith clothing The first article rem e ovd was
. his aposuTr•r line of business. 'file cadger himself WAS AS
a coat sonewhat worn; the pockets were searched aim
miserable-looking an object as could well Ise boat:med,
found to Isi empty. Nest ealsle other articles of outer and
and Ile told me an amusing story of a friend of 13i4 who,
under wear. which after chew examination were found, with all the disposition and talent 144 Well to snake him an
hkr the coat, to contain nothing suspicious about them.
As layer after layer of clothing was piled upon the floor ecompliehed beggar, was, unfortunately, by nature SO
,
;leek and contented-looking that, after a long spell of
and nothing was ilnowerei bearing in any way upon the
fraitleal endeavour, he turned industrious in pure disguia,
horror ens Is-hat Bremerhaven, the detective was becour and %vas at present working at the lesiision Docks for
in,. rem inest that hi, vi-it WAS fruitless, when suildenlY threepenee halfpenny ass hour.
be Istiell coded up in the bottom of the trunk • strange
Between eight and alien o'clock the 111 l patty hail in-
set -useiriou. article. In formation it reeeembled a
creased very considerably, thanka mainly to the arrival of
piece ef .111411 toys, sleet the diameter of an ordinary lead ss•veral adult mil Isiyish males, who were undoubtedly
pencil. Taking it iio t the iletective uncoiled it, and f aI-nal
It "known to the police," as well as a sprinkling of ill-look-
it Is he a submarine fuse, ten feet, in lanai- s• was in , bragen-face.-I young females who, judging f their
made of hewni.ll guttaperelaa, hollow in the centre betaviour, were thieves. too, and every conceivable worse
throirsh it. eutire the hollow part being filled
thing ILA " as you like, lest do it quietiv."
with powder. It looked like a section of insulates'
appeared to be the principle on which the business of the
tileZral'h wire, a. 14 frequently seen in teleitaidi house was conducted. My brief anatiaintance smith the
Shoe, Finding nothing else of a suspicioies character in ! •
fraternity does not, perhapa m , warrant e in giving an
the trunk the officer took his departure fur the central
opinion, but truth Compels live to declare that if there is
once, taking with him the fuse. Ile delievered the MOM .. honour anionast thieves:" there are exceptions to the
tit•lteierintenilent Walling, and it Was ex summed by.lisany
rule. I bad practical expenence to that effect. To lam sure,
cunouv es 's, The fase now remains locked up an the
it was only a matter of feel, and atrangely enough.
radrah uttiitii, awaiting any further developments which 11l a a eeetela eke, very ',eller ideas
may fault from it- finding. The trunk and clothing were n:r.evail on this subject. I recollect, some time
Martel use to the friend of Thoulasmn's widow, who I
hold him •
• ago, bison a conversation with a " converted
marf el with the eiperintendent to self in reads. . , if.
Miss for any further inquinn if called upon prase Ihe nter, a than who in his tine' hail been an awful
I ruffian, int who in his sild age had turned preacher. !twits
boast, however, that his, had never committed a
robbery. "I don't say, mind you "—I alai using his own
worils—" I don't say that I would go thirst) while I could
lay hands on another moan's pint of beer, or hungry while
1 eoulil snatch another fellow's grub, but what I mean is.
I was never a thief." I found that the alum fine distinc-
t between stealing and "taking " prevaihi amongst
ether folk.* besides ruffian prizefighters. tome snapper
tissue, in sinter to male a fair chain of &OM( as the others
did, -I Went out and bought at a neighbouring chandler's
shop a pen'orth of bread, and as being the mist wholesome
available eatable, • rasher of bacon which cost me two.
knee halfpenny. My rasher Was 00444 ill the same pan
with two other rashers, one the property of a lanky young
man of a lively disposition, and who wore a tightly'
buttoned dark coat, and a manay.looking fur cap which
fitted his bullet head like a basin, and the other rasher
belonged to an aged man with a venerable-lookin,g beard.
We fried our bacon atuicably. and when it wan done we
fairly thrilled the fat, We sat shown at one table with
our plates before us, the old man with the beard and the
lively young fellow being on either fail° of me. Before
had touched a morsel, to bread, which stood at the lanky
young man's elbow, by some accident, as I then imagined,
was knocked down. 1 stopped to pick it up, and when
rose again my 'aeon had vanished' while my two m cop-
anions were munching their., without the least vieible
Man on their faces that they knew anything about my
bereavement. Nevertheless, as there was no one in the
room within several yards of atis, I ventured to inquire if
they had remarked what hail become of my supper.
"Conic of it r replieil the lanky young man, with the
utmost gravity, and as though he were amazed at the
simplicity of my munition ; 'why yoii eat it I see yer do
it." " Certainly you did," said the old man with the beard
blandly • "you put the last bit in your mouth just when
you sta:ped to pick up your bread.'
The audacity of both my pleasant companions was so
amazing, that for some momenta I could only stare from
oi,e to the other, to the great amusement of the occupants
of the other tablets who evidently enjoyed the joke. It I
would never do, however, to show that I might lie mode
an unresisting butt for practical jokers, therefore, making I
light of the matter, without ceremony I helped myself to ,
what was left of the lanky young moan's rasher, on which
he, with perfect g sod humour, passed his hand behind me.
Anil tipped off the greasy old tall hat of the grey-bearded
one, and lo ! there was my 'aeon reposing at top of his
bald head. The lanky young man snatched it off and
proceeded to devour it, declaring hilariously, as he slid so,
that he had got the Wit of the bargain after all; a prop ash
tion I did not attempt to dispute.
At the $41.111e time, it is but just to state that petty
larcenies even of this kind are discountenanced by those
who are responsible for the good order of the establish-
! ment, as is the exhibition ot stolen property. It is of
(ni Wriuvranar evening; 300 of the street Arabs of I course possible that, under favourable and unteiestionably
Pontiff were treated hi a good tea, through the efforts of safe coalitions, this rigid rule may relax ; but I speak of
the Police! matters as I found them. AP, for instance, there came in
TIMI's.I4IIB are nnalde to take Cocoa because the a man, spoor, cadaverous•looking wretch, with his purple
varieties cre 111111 l nly wild are mixed with Starch, under
the I toes lapping out at the sides of has broken shoas &nil with
plea of noidetina thee, soluble while really making !no shirt on—se was plainly to be noted when he un-
like°lhsel, A''st,i Ssssf, indigestible. This may lie easily I buttoned his tattered old coat—anal who, recognizing
'lels!desi. eie ft,t,Es jn thy on, it pre-ma friends, and I suppose mistaking me for one, furtively
eatfiGoa (locus Kasen, is showed us three cloth waiecoats, still tied together with a
it is therefore three times the strenctli of these piece of string, and which he candidly acknowledged Ise
t• awl a afreshing Beverage like Tea or Coffee. had just before been successful in "nicking ' (tl'6l.ollllllOn
_T in Ilsia.—For 40 years Mrs. S. A. ALI.Ves WORLD'S thief slang phrase for stealing) front the iloor of a pawn-
time Iltstteara has received the commendation and shop where they were expoeod ; but the lodging-home
!Stour of the politic. It has acquired the highest lilac° "deputy" happening at that moment to come towards us,
that ran he obtained for any moderate enterprise and the shirtless thief hurriedly concealed them from view.
contributed to the adornment of tens .1 thotasan'ils of From some peculiar Cerise, which I coul.l not make out,
II :ills. who have the proof of its serviceable character. there was an oleitacle in the way of the man himself ilia-
ponsi.f,, floss-ac end ',wore the original mut ne)e,it posing of his plunder ; but when the deputy hail passed
anat. Wads, and piled Heir. It will etrengthen on, there was a whispered parley, and ultimately a rogue
tem.snsisssrate the Bair, stop its falling and induce • of the company, who was more decently dressed thaathe
healthy
biounant growth. No other pre. paration can rest, agreed to take the stolen property off
thethiefs
Yeedeiat "he-tube same leneficisl result. Sold by all Chemist. hands for the tune of one.andminepence; and the transfer
lionthannatetirr large huttlea, as. Depot, Ili and Ile, effected the receiver went away with the waistcoats. and
A Clitio L • returned in a few minutes, looking AA though he had done
met at trna.aaie E.lNni"—The Deka of Beaufort's hounds a satisfactory stroke of badness. It seemed to be
the tt same on Wednesday. The pack, with aiwuniesi that no one present, beggar o
or otherwise, wuld
"Isuss ot Woreeder, had only proceeded a short turn informer, and the conversation turning on the reek-
yamence trona the point of aneetia ar to,when less way in which pawnbrokers end linendrapers expose
nl° Grace, wh" as aline a littln bewnnil ear 'a noise their goods in the open streets, several little stories were
isa large ttirro.fu„n•lieortwhheich he was palitning,' hand', looking told amongst thaw who gathered about the kitchen lire.
sals, saws
had waited until its act of descending, as though it of daring purloinangs and "close shave." and "narrow
inamediately sounding ti‘ialaiiesee hadarleeir th'y. fluke, squeaks, names and places being freely used, mmt of
11:e hid them being those of tradesmen in the adjoining neighs
soon gave chase, gallantly son; Plalce;tliw and bourhoods of Bishops gate and Commercial KOSII.
9irmiia run, which °flaw! In a kill. As before reioarked, as far a* might be judged, the
kr.% Sllll..—Th. Ro_ 'al bovereimal maieriti of the company were not thieves., but were
frol.iferpoolL'E'emytanh'‘eetbfe Irperty of Mr. FAward Bs misers!) creatures who somehow " picket up' a living,
cfti,twalninc.ouot`ln ""tinhourisoiaoiy, wzri,loobn,sloroooodon, withiora jgolooodseed,ipotooit into but unknown to the police; but all wlthin earshot laughed
at those funny tales, ad regarded with undiagniseiladmira-
.aity iuf her crew, eighteen
soout of tion one particular thief, who declanal that there wasn't
Ewontrdans. being stricken down with scurvy. of fifty shops from (!ornhill to the Ilackney Road he hadn't
!ae. men were so ill that they had to ho 'ed to the " tried his forks" in, and was generally lucky. And yet
~fishers' llonie in cots. The men state that the provisions even. this bounceable robber Was supping off • saveloy and
-sce very bad that the biscuits' w a nesse pudding, and the whole of the clothes
r • and that aha Perth
cemplaint was made of the meat anrew days' after the on his back wouldn t have realised half-a-crown had they
Vessel mailed on her outward voyage to Kurrachee. A fresh been offered to aim old-clothes man. The worst pert of the
sas-k of meat was taken in, hut this is said to have been }neatness was to see with what avidity more boys of ten or
no iunnaeenient, the pork being described as rank and twelve and who were of the beggar or tramping tribe and
Pat±id. No presercal meat was Lamed. The ca_ptain died had mime there with their parents, listened to these
51 Bombay, but of what disease is not stated. The coffee stories of thieves anil thieving, looking as they did so au
was_ exhausted on the outward voyage. trade to take to. To be
were resolving in their minds whether
nottower's Onrraiccr Lao Plus.—The finest remedies though
they
not be • good
in the world for bad IMP, old wounds, sores, an ulcers, robbery
if they had the same opportunities of listening as 1
II tiled acroniing to directions given with theist there is had, they would have been given to understand that even
no wound, bad leg, or ulcerous sore, however obstinate with the—for the tinie—successful picker and stealer,
(4 lent standing, but will yeild to their healing and existence is not always smooth sailina, late in the even.
curative properties. Numbers of persons who have been hug, observing an eager whispered discussion at one
Patients in several of the large hospitals under the care of ' corner of the kitchen. I joined may inquisitive head with
wroinent surgeons without deriving the slightest benefit, the rest, and ascertained that the subject under discus-
tare been thoroughly cured bY Holloway's Ointment and sion was cheese. A youeg man (who"' Personal appear.
rills. For glandular swellings, tumours, seen
diseases of the skin there is no raedicine that ran'wi bey..111:3 sear nito
seemed,
.o.foimokoodney
ashloroult! boriLobeoem
onutnt odfenca cart,
forms of
with
an effect equally salutary In fact, in the worst • east the present time it was laid in • sack near some
bleak thatia="„„rdis, t non th• of the railway &Tea ill I vicinila The question WM, did
any
need nakieintlY. are isresistible. one know whore to " t" a large chew I "

BAVARIA-2.f LFAIEND.
A corresisinient writing from Nuremburg on the Ilith
says:—" 11 iris: pitehul my tent for the winter in this,
theettainted of all obl mesh:era' cities, and haring a little
leisure on lay hands I purpose sending you a line occasion-
ally. We find Nuremberg quite famous for its legends and
prose, o, • isiotally c-one across a not that is worth
tracking, and by way of sample will !elate the legend of
the wonderful equestrian Eppelein von lisilingen. the
tout renowned roliber of lei Ably. Tradition has assigned
him Ai the favourite of the roinnianding chief of the
bottomless pit, Ile (tourist...l in the 11th century, and
wall rival of thy celebrated Counts of Brandenburg. who
bag thee c...stlui in the vimnity of Nuremberg. IfistorY
aarrates that they weft all martial gentlemen who found
melding a
Among these rdasera of the early laye, this lien., von
Gailingen tea. a , orc of Tammany Boo' or ' big Injun,'
and marvellous stories are told of his dauntless feats.
This is II wallet city. the moat beim( aliout 50 feet deep
by 80 wide. Having heard that it was once succeufully
crossed by • man on horseback, I resolved to visit the
Mot and examine for myself. The local guile, after
having taken me to the various wonders of the city, cons
due Mil me to lb, castle, the home & the early Kaisers anti
King, of riermany, upon the hill, and after showing us
through the courtyard he pointed out the 'exact spot'
where lien. von Ilailingen made his wonderful leap (AD.
MI and for the second time saved his life and limb
from the exquisite agonies id the Torture Chamber. The
guide informed me that, ninth to the joy of the Norma-
bscgcrs, the great robber was re-captured and speedily
rcmdernned to undergo the tortures of the horrible Iron
't true. Before the day fixed for his execution the people
clamoured for the public exhibition of him. This being
granted, he was brotaght forth dressed in his armour just
as when raptured. Ile was the poreessor of a wonderful
len.e, mid to have 'men presented to him by his Satanic
.4/esti. cod to i.e half home and half goblin nm . Time ae
.the horse was 'Black Lightning.' When the groat
chief WV, led forth to be exhibited, he craved one boon,
144 mill one, and that was that he might have the
Pieasure of showing I self to best advantage upon the
back of his favourite steed. This being granted, the
rl.erger, was let forth. With a graceful bound von
t'adikeen iaulted into the saddle, gave one piercing
Klein. to his well-trained Lightning, who mule three
bounds over the heads of the stupid burghers, when he
reached the leant; one more frightful shriek front his
master, and at a tingle leap he cleared the moat I To this
41% limn the opposite wall, can he seen deep and distinct
indentatiou in the stone of a horse's two hind feet: which
pn,of, of come, is ineontestahle. Although I hail heard
"ss tarns in my day, I was not quite prepared to swallow