The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-30 00:00:00

gottnt gait ant; Street echoes.

It might naturally be suppose,' that the Liberals of
Poole would now "reet upon their oars," after their
racist soecomes• but as they have no cont: Jen,* in the
pentomimiorriormances of "the man at the wheel,"
resolved
they are red upon still further :.ttempts "to keep
the game alive."

There has been a distribution a half crowns going on
is the borough, ~rul I am very pleamd to his, of this
" extreonlinaly nannifiosnos." " The Wanderer"
expects to ;it one of these mina.

" Conservative octal only burns in ConasTratirs
grams." The widow who rmaived this information
how ism spiritual advisor new finds that neutral coal
give' forth no political Rookie.

I hal the honour of aludeng hands this morning
with the author of the letter to the "Rider," OM.
plahsing that cake enough to feed 200 children was
wasted at the Temperance Hall. Some people are of
°Pinion that this remark mak, not 'llly have been
made respecting another p'aoe. it is true
or n d is a matter of opinion; all I can say is that
'The Wen hrer" drank sixteen caps of tea and had a
whole cake to himseU, bread-and-butter being beneath
his consideration upon such a festive occasion.
I also had the pleasure, or rather the honour, of
shaking hands with three of those gentlemen (V ten)
who came away from the fir 4 meeting at the Antelope
" converted." I advised them by no means to dis-
associate themselves with the Conservative dissocia-
tion, as by continuing to belong to it they would be
all the better able to appreciate what Liberalism
meant as opposed to "Jingoism" and " Canfordians."
One f them will shortly spesic at the Liberal Hall
at one of the monthly meetinge, and will invite some
of those who are still wallowing in political ignorance
to come and hear how it was he renounced the p 'mpg
and vanities of Toryism. Let the Tories make
converts like this, and we will talk to them of their
successes.

The owner of Brinks° t 1.1 ind does not always meet
with the same receptiol be met with when he made it
his bneinese to a.ca.e Mr. Waring the other day. It's
not quite such an eai.y task, sir, as you think it is, to
convince the Whitehaven people iif the wisdom i.f the
present Government. Lord Lonodale has not become
more popular of late in that pocket borough, what
with road-closing and so forth, and you will have to
borrow the Canford screw. or some other such imple-
ment, before you can get returned without niip-sition
next election, see if you won't.
Notwithstanding the request made by 1,500 of the
electors that he should "go home across the water," I
daily see he face of a certain person here. I
admire his pluck. I differ with his p and, know.
ing that his only hopm dep-n I upon Mr. Warieg's
premature decease, I have insured the latter gentle-
man's life in my own favour, en that "The Wanderer"
may rejoice with the Tories from one point f view,
however much he may hare to mourn for the loss of
the kindest-hearted and truest friend the Liberals of
Poole ever bad.

I hat u &bum, although in elm. instances I can
excuse it after dinner, but depend upon it the author
will gct abuse I hitus-lf. • Thu, has verily c ,tne true.
If pm doubt my words, go to one of the Cumberland
pocket borough., and hear what has happened there.

This has been a rare fete thus for skaters. One
poor fellow, however, WIII drowned, and another one
had • ducking, hut wee rescued through the vigilance
of the police. A member of the force has always
been in attendance at Hatch Pond, and I am pleased
to find that our "Super" is so attentive to our
Interests as to send him there.

Talking about the police, I waa very pleal•ci to see
the order they kept during the program of the torch
light uromrion. I think they ars dowsing of the
highest praise, and I vote that each one receives fire
shillings from the borough fund se a proof of the
borough being mindful ist services such am these.

I see that a centenarian died here • few days ago.
She most have been very fon 1 of Poole to have lived
In it for 102 years. Perhaps she wav ; some people do
like Poole. So do I, as long as it returns • Liberal
member to Parliament.

Did you go to the theatricals ? I fear they did not get
"bumper" homer, and left Poole just at the time when
people bent upon enjoying themselves would have
patronised them.
Someone told me that the member for Poole had sent
a copy of the new edition of his "Life of Palmerston"
to the Poole Liberal Association. If this is the case,
it issoother proof of thatgentleman's liberality.

The " Wanderer" wee disappointed not to receive
an invitation to Crichel the other week; hut he finds
that his wee not the only county family which wee
conspicuous by its abeenoe.
There has been an enormous flot:k of wild ducks in
the harbour during the last fortnight, and yet I hear
you can buy Poole wild ducks cheaper in Loudon than
you can here.

TR, WANDEIIit. hi Poole Telegram.
Loneleet, December 22nd, 1879.