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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

THE DORSET COUNTY Expßris AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETrE, TUESDAY. DECEMBEtt 23. 1879.

SUDDLN DEATH AT mnna

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A dreadfully nada death happened at Wyk' on Wed-
tiesday afternoon. Xt. ?Ando or. painter, of WOG. Iran
Dear the church, when be fell down in • L Dr. Reath,
who was in tha alums at the tame. WY called. but oaf orttl'
natal, his aid Ina of ao fat ha only arrived in time
to tee the poor man breathable last.

SERIOUS FIRE.
011 Wednesday about 10 minutes to IS P.C. Eason
discovered that the =ads belonging to tho slewter-how*
of Kowa Luah and Roberts were on firs Hs immadi-
ately ran to ths polio.-station for seskstanos The Ike hoes
was sans on the spot, sad es= was thrown on the
bolid-
Polio* Sergeants Ape= and Dalamont, and P.C.
Hansford and Soli= worked so will 10.1 10. fire was put
out without seek= damage to the main building. In the
shed there were four fat beasts and Sr. fat sheep. 04 well
as some dogs, which were fortunately *amt. It ilk •
wooden building adjotrdng soother very large Me. she se
wood, which was filled with saxes, and belonging to
News. Ellis and Christopher. Potato msrshatits, ea that
the discovery of P.C. Etson nun most timely one

YCHILRAL OF A CHOIR BOY.
Thomas Loder. late a choir boy of Holy Trinity Church,
wee buried of the Wyk. Oemstern en nimuday last. The
bearers were composed of pupil teachers of TrtalV Schools,
viz... J. ChaddirC*, J. COW. J. Romelk mad W. Jeffery,
and the service was mad by the Rev. W. & ShattlewmiL
Hymn 100 (Ancient and Modern). "1 bead the voice of
Jams ray." woo sung in the church, l," Let agate on
earth," at the grim', aud 6. 'O. let him whom sorrow.'
at the conclusion. A considersble number of persons were
present, and every mark of sYmPethr and reaped woe
shown by the I. choir boys of deceased and the
teachers and schoLue
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

AN OLD-FASHIONED C lIRISTMAS.
(Eler rarogniaa it.)

When, the moment you leave the bowie, you find mar-
vel( seated diagonally on three doorsteps at once.
When you are summoned by the wish sulk Mties
because passing strangers perform similar feats on the
pavement in front of your house.
When coals burn twice as feet ea usual, and cost twice
as much. . .

When, neyerthelsee, you sit in the Andy of your
eligible modern manikin," wrapped in a railway•rug,
wondering whether the math-east wind can be se bitter
at the Pole.
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When all your nine chiktron want guinea skates at
on
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Mamma" insists that everything tbey war out
et doors ought " certainly to be lined with fur."
When all the pipes burst together, and the water comes
I. as usual—down the staircaes (or through the ceiling).
When you are asked if you" call yourself • gentleman '
when you have given a hansom cabman halls-crown for
taking you two miles.
When, with the thermometer at 15 delves, below
freezing-point, you have to slide home from etheatce with
your family, because cab-horees haven't yet learnt to
skate.

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When there's no hunting and no vegetables, and no
getting warm water, much lees hot, and when, with the
doctor in the house, spirits falling and prices rising, you
begin to ask yourself, savagely, what on earth people
mean by congratulating themselves and you on an old.
fashioned Christman!

PAN.
Pan, whom the pagan poets still Invoke,
Cool common-sense has placed beneath its hen,
For all INK year he seemed—and 'teas no joke
AlwaYs • alfiraene—or • fryin 1.11-
Talk of "the great god Paw" is therefore rot,
Now Pen lie plain has gone to watering-pot

SUGGLiTIONS FOR SONG-TITLES.
For borrowers —"Always a loan r
For ladies loving shopping.—" The sweet buy sad
bug. peea. lisautisa—" The sons of the old bells.'
For tha.ppourtsd sportsmen. —" Never moor r

THE CAD'S CALENDAR.
DICCIDIUR.
Dun December ! Dismal, dingy, dirty.
Sti:l short combions--makes • chap feel shirty.
Snip mllVlgeolls, drone • regular summons
Fan gets married ; ah I them guilt' is rum 'uns ;
After all the coin I squandered on *er
Want it now. A 'eap too bad. 'pon honour.
Snow !els that's yer sort though, and no error,
Treat to twig the women scud in terror.
Hot 'un in the eye for that old feller ;
Cold 'on down 'is neck, bust his umbreller.
Ha ! ha !Then Christanas,—*ave • lolly feast I
The Boss will drop a tip.—'ope so, at least.
If I don't land some tln, my look-out's queer.
Well, let 's drink, boys—" Better luck next year r
01,0 PROVERBS RE-POINTED.
A man and his molars are soon parted.
A thorn in the bush is worth two in the hand.
Too many broths spoil the cook.
Watched lovers never spoon.
Short nwkonings make lung faces
One good kiss dvaerves another.
A hitch in time is no crime.
(By one without an ear.)
Lace in haste and lament at leisure.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

.KARTIN-ICTOWN.

_
OX SUNDAY la.t ...mons were 'welched in thL
church on behalf of the County 111,e5p4.1, sad
tioLs toad. amounting to et ss. 91

ABBOTSII-1711Y.
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SWANNZRT.—Mr. I f hpeoa wee,.
the Feet wag nearly I 400. It may be intareita„ to
your readers to know that both the Ah'..t.sim y-L4
Weymouth swanneries are tteatlily imreaaing
number,. 'rite letter wan, if I manger rightly
..tartsel in 1873. when the Eon! ..f Ilcheerst nreeeem4
to the town of Weymouth 72 bird.. The Abbotahney swannery, as is well.ks.own, he, been in trieten,„
many hundreas years, but was rapidly .1. egessig,
in number a few yearn ago. In 1886 there %err, se lees than 175 birds mining, and the numb., coontsg in August of that year was 646 only. Slaue
time, with more careful looking out on the Fleet
the numbers have progressed eatialactorily, until at the present time the Abbotabury awe uery
1,511. The Abbotabury birds are «sante 1 tenes
year, and the average number of missing birds darieg the pant 14 years (not including the present year) ho,
been a little over 50. The number coolant thie yeu
is high'y astinfa,tory, there being !Mesita: 21 leak
onl v. Thin speaks well for the eery sith which they
are looked after, both at Weymouth mil the Fleet,
and the last winter, th 4AI sery 14•Vvrr,
blve hd no ill erect on the ewans
Weymouth swannery is a help to Lord Ike ter, at
the look-out on the Backwater and I.o.ltimorl r tecti
the binis of both swanneri C. many .1 the Aldessbuey
birds often resorting to the Ida kwoler and I...hese.
Iteeidee this, it in well.kn an in the ntiziab etrheel
that a lewnrd will be paid to any pennon git lig inf.syug.
than that will lead to the c omit tion .4 anybody kitbag
the birds of either ewanne y"
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

:WAREHA.W.

COUNTT COURT.-11 T E P. Llfroy, E q. (Judge)
The case Delam dt • Delamott was a ithirawn, Mr.
Howard haring intimated to Ha H moor that he bad
talc n it to • npiriar Cut —Jos. ph B. Mood It goon r,
v. Rev. B. L. Cousins was a cl•int for E. 6 ISI
supplied. The defendant was curate at Mori t at the
'line the dehts were contracted. Ile had given notice .n
V.. defendant, hut he la t failed to put in an too...wane.'.
The plaintiff sal I he had never received any offal., he hal
twice called upon hint. loat he ritfus.id t • ace tuna Judge
merit f heel h. —J. H. Pope v. Gerroillitemit. The olain•
tiff, miller. if C irfe C El., claimed £35. Id., fir goods
supplied. Mr. 1...cy appeared for the plaintiff. There
appeared to be a c..n.idernbla improveng. nt in Pie p'ain•
, tilts accnunta, and Hi. Honour gave • verdict for the
fendaut. —J. 11. Poled e. C. Stoeklev Ira, • claim for
£1 15., for meal and flouraupolied Oaler for 4.. a moth.
—Freiterick &mune. s 5. James B duideld. Tue
whollyes at Bwanage,claimed .C 1 4.6 1 for a chest of draw.'
supplied him. The defence wait ibat thy chest of
was supplied tinder the lollaeneo of drink. Thi• lha
plaintiff denied, and an order was given for fit. in a hut.
night and b.. a moth, with cnsts.—J. H. Popel a Jinxes
Vincent was a Mahn for £3 6.. 71. Order for 2.. in a
fortnight and 2.1. • month —Albert Rammer* • Thomas
ordy was • claim of El 19. 81., god. entd him. The
claim was disputed,hut be admitted awing El. Order for El
and 2.. in • fortnight and Stem...Ob.—Oa, Riddle a Chu..
lffarshalteec The Pluntiff clehnel £13.. 61. for haws
...Polled him. Mr. Lacey was for tne piault‘ff. Order for
3.. in a fortnight and 3.. a month.—Alher. Summer.,,
Jehn Courtney. Adam. for Lifer cat yid bouts sup
plie I hum. Order for 2.. • nth.—George Riddle e.
Maria 11 was a claim for El IV. GE for boota and
thaPol7. Order foe 2. in a fortnight and I. a month.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

LATEST.

The 'Viceroy talegra—pb-s-t;:cia; :—Bright reports the
movemestof rein!. roements all along the line. Farther
forms have reached Bancllkotal, Basawal. and Jells&
bad. Gough marched rda for Cabal. Rep rts
his communication and by Ghazal, who were
driven a with loss. Azmatullaa is repated wounded
Hie followers appear to be &Patina hm. Dona
reports the rumour of a gathering of hfolununds abost
Dalai, which has bean reinforced. Panties distal b-
ane* about Bakke; otherwise Mohmunda, Alremb,
and fihinwaro all ateolutely quiet
Commis unaltered. London wheat firm

SHOCKING WIFE MURDER IN NORTH
DEVON. _ . .

At the village of Wear Gifford, nmr Torriertee,
North Devon, a gentleman ,4 independent seam,
named Frank West, 'hot his wife through the neck os
Sunday morning. Death appears to have hem Mum.
taneous. The deceased lady was is her night dresi
when the deed was perpetrated. West, who lad bees
beard to threaten her life on the previous night. hal
been apprehendet.—The Firs tel Mercury mye :—" A
shocking wife murder w... 1 c.siinittedat Wear Gill eo
near Barnstaple. t ‘rly Sunday monies. A reatkom
named Francis West, 30 years of me, living wish hie
wife and two children, who is said to haws leady simo
wsy to excessive .Irinking, shot his wife as she eat ii
chair. The stile le summed to have died immaily.
A servant went into the wife', bedroom as Beadily
morning and saw Mrs. West dead. The servant
expressed Immo; at the sight, when the Woad
minuted khat he had more occanos to be Mocked
an she. The husband afterwards treat to Turinf.
toe and gave himself into the allure if the Polk& It
appears that West shot his wile with a revolver. Nit
mama is &signed toe the tragedy. The itlibul4 bed
been living Os rood WON with hi vuL—py.•
Gifford is one of the prettiest vinare you
on the lovely banks of the river Torrid's. It Bohm
visited in annantor by booting parties, VhS Mr IP with
the tide under the woods that overkeeemi
etra at the
itrsP
beak,
b' land
trvillaonalfa Lad
°limrotondsi
the WM este back to Bideford town. The Pit" b
much out of harmony with such a crime Si og. 'MG
conceive, for it might almost be taken for ewe of Ohl
villages in the "Happy valley of linteelek. 10 Itol
la the natural beauty and cam—Eß.l
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

ICON ILTON.

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WANTON DAIRGE.—IktWeen twelve and s lay week some three or four young ime
D p r orchester were at Monkton pond. 'rhea
deliberately pushed down several yard.
.4 intez
walling alongside the Pont. Soule of the village saw them at their mischievous work, and therilo.
clue to one of the offenders. Of course this
annoying to Mr. Symonds. after kindly all
people to cone and 146te on the. pond, and if
tkis.
Lind of thing goes on, Mr. Symonds sill
certainly summon any one found iin the pont aevst
the rand. We notice that a rewsn .4i
evidence leading to the conviction iif the !iffeniert,
aanndil
itt:uentasingt
who
lit those a,,te mize•
id mischief. It is alsiminable that rough, shanti conduct themselves so disgracefidly, ant it
remembered that at Chant two lives were 1..4, ,hi,
would probably have been saved IT a k
aidetratus stretched over the ice through the iihdaa
thropy id Mr. Gillingham, hail not some ram. rascals destroyed it by horseplay.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

SKASONABLK

Quoth Paterfamilias, black as the frost,
While, half perished. half-roasted, be wa;ted for thaw,
" Tween Charybdis and Scylla the gulf must be crossed:
Of cold water too much we dual have to our cost,
When the change of the weather reveals eaoh pipe's
Saw
Of hot water too little, when ski-high we're tort,
By the boiler admrsting 'cause liquid's all lost,
Through a leak in the feed-pipe which no one e'er saw
While the Cook kept on coaling, intent on her roast,
And stoking and poking, as deaf as • post
To my lectures on beat end hydraultad law !
So, *twixt Hot and Cold Water, the Thaw and the Frost,
Tis nice • look-out as man amid have to draw I
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

WEATHER REGULATIONS FOR 1880.

Rain to fall only In the night.
A committee of weathercocks, to requlat. the winds..
Chairman re oltria, clerk of the wssther. Members of
the Vane family ex .11eio members.
East winds not to be allowed at the West End.
Mountain dew to be taken without water. None
allowed to get beyond mountein dew points of highest
saturation.

When the barometer falls. the heutemaid to pick it up
and report the occurrence to the neared weather
station. _

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Squalls to bean:dined to nurseries.
Barometrical pressure not to be unfairly increased by
tapping the glue.
The rate of wind may be noertained from those who
hare aunceeded in raising it.
Licences for the introduction of the weather into con•
venation will be granted by the Meteorological Society.
Interesting and valuable experiments with the "dry
bulb" and "wet bulb" may be ina.le by means of an
onion and a glean of water.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

APOHANISTAN.

No more tghtthg of a serious character has taken
pins in Af though the troops which are
marching to the assistenoe General Gough have had
some brushes with the enemy. Colonel Norman wan
It would appear, obliged to return to P*eran 011
Thoreday night. In the event of General Gough
being unable to nuke his way to Oabol, General
Bright intends to advance to the relief of 81r F.
Roberti with his division, about 8000 strong, se MOM
as arrangements 011111 be made to bold the posts from
India to Gondamuk. A massage has, however, been
received from the latter, ordering General Gough to
come to his aid with all speed. A Govensurent note
has been published at Calcutta, explaining Ulu
General Roberts has with him at Bhimur 7500 effective
troops and 23 guns, and In sdditiou 214 guns of various
calibre, together with large stores of ammunition. It
I. further steroid that General Bright has 1000 men
and 30 guns between Jurnrood and Jogdulluk ; that
Steward has 9000 troops and if gum at and
below Onsdahar, and General Wanner • similar
number of troops and 10 guns in the Karam Valley.
When the reserve division, now in course of formation
at Peehawur, is organised, there will be available for
service in Afghanistan a total field tome of 45,000 lose
'ad 180 guns.

All abadpo and Pait-•Sao anises antCemisl:
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Priatiod aad Pubuabad by lairnirlt"
th• 011088. Fliebvirein West, Mackinaw.
WWI is lbs
ad Th• Rely Trinity. ke tibr Pragaialna
Noisy, Desember ZS, lai•
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-23

SOUTH AFRIOA.

CAPTURE OF SECOCO—ENTS STRONTMOLD.
Pairroal.t, Head-quarters, November ,ith.—Simul.
taneoualy erith seizure of Water Koppie aMestablisb.
ment of Fort Alexandra by Major Carrington, oe the
morning of the rith, Leydenhurg eolums,
Major Bushman, aeisel Hill Sforokumen as 4
establiahed a post called Fort George, five miles foss
the base of the hill over Secoeneni's town, within three
miles of Fort Alexandra.

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Head-quarters, November 2S. March to Feet
Alexandra to-night. Corps took part in the aesault.
which was comOstely successful. Fighting Koppie sad
town now in our hands. Enemy's loss heavy. Less
In Naval Corps is not very heavy. Troops halt bees
to-day.
The steamer Wilmer Castle. a:rises! at Madeira
Sunday, Nino new. that Sir (iarnet Wobeley
captured Beoncoeni's stronghold, on Noinnter Nth,
by a brilliant assault. The total British
about 25 of all ranks. The force was us one .i•le
available for assault about I. Europeans, 2.,C00
natives; and on Leydenburg sink 400 European',
6,000 natives. _

Dec. 2nd Ir
town wan attacked on Notember ,lth. Colonel
klurray commanded the centre. The Menzies attacked
Lb. town from the east. The town was captured at
Len in the morning. Subsequently all the form
stormed the Fighting Koppie. liscantsy, hte
12th Prince of Wales's Hoyt' Lateen., end Captain
Lowrell, 4th Hussars, were killed. The enemy', lon
wee hoary.