The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-15 00:00:00

Monet Countq Expreso.

DURO EIRSTRR, JANUARY 15th, 1684.

Dotes.

The railway communication between Weymouth
and Dorchester and L•ndon is elways a subject
Interesting alike to commercial men ant the public
generally. Witt a keen eye to business the Wey-
mouth Gunnell, headed by the Mayor of Weymosth,
have jut petitioned the railway csmnanies for °titer
awl faster traine up anal down; we have not yet been
informed if the Great Western have made any cones.-
lion., but Mr. Archibald Scott, for the L. and S.W.,
writes as fellow' under Yriday'es date
Dew Sir. —Tte Direcore bare had antes consideration
a Itttv you addrseed tow, on tit., leth December. and I
am instructed to inform you that it istimir intention In the
entree of the cocaine imam, probably on the 14 April,
to ezteril the elpreos tram s t•lce now in eZelenee
betawn Lon.ta and Weymouth mono to accommodate
W.-pi:mute, and so give to Waymouta, Dorchester. Wore
ham and W imb gee tie ben4t of a fast up-service in the
morning, and a at door./ train In the afternom. The
trains ref. rrwl to or., the 9t in. f,out Rmgerond, due in I
L maga at 111.10. and the 4 53 p.m. from Londoe. di. at
Itine rood at 7.31 p.m.; ar.l lbe propoord rixtonded @lr-
mce in connveUen tnenrwith. will bus fat train leaving I
Wele mouth ab oat 8.10 and • f sat dorm train erriring
at Weymouth about 8.50 p.in.—Truatine tine will be WI&
factory. I sin you a rvap.Cdully, LaCUISALD SCOTT.' !
Like a famish. I mate we must perforce be coin-
forted with say morsel that la doled out to um, but
satisfied is another matter. The whole trait) servici,
both Great and Sout,e, ttourb unduuLt idly abundant,
I. fax from ethtient, and wo would advise Dorchet ir,
Wareham, sod Wanboroe t cast In t lair lot with
Weymouti, .nendering that conoesaiona ate granted
only by parsiat eat and almost clamorous petition, and
jdo in again re:mewed prayers for faster MMus. Of
unless uu one would be so unjust as to aver that tits
recoil publio railway meeting at Weym nith has bad
any itifiJOUCe with Mr. So At'e directors in conceding
thee far I

Another windfall for Boras I A good old lady,
formerly residing In Liadon, who has subscribed
yearly the sum of E,4,000 to that insatiable institution
of the It mash Chords, Peter's Ponca has just died,
Latvia' behind her the huge p"4, of £lBO,OOO for the
Pope's personal beuefit. A noticeable incident in
connection with the bequest Is that the old gentleman
has sent his nephew and Signor Cataldi t take
possession of the legacy. There will be • rare chink-
ling in the Pope's coffers for the rest of his natural
da7s.
There is • genuine grumble on every hand at the
now bankruptcy taieff, and la our opinion not the
least ressonableis that of the shorthand writers. Every-
body who knows anything of the procedure of the
Bankrupt,/ 0 roil is aware of the extraordinary strain
undergone by the shorthand writer at an examination
of the bankrupt, • strain luting sometimes several
hours. Under the new rules the remuneration has
bee o unmercifully reduced, in fact it I. now very
doubtful if any shorthand writer would be found to
take an tuaniciation under the present tariff. The
Lamina and provincial writer* have amelganested, and
unless some sub.tantial concession is made, •
serious collapse Is anticipated. Mr. (Medd ,ne,
who appreciates the shorthand wri, • at much as
anybody in the country, has put In a word which we
trust will have doe effect. Writ ing to the secretary
of the Conferense of She. the., I Writers, chi fly mem-
ber,. of the press In the principal towns of the country,
he expresses his appre.dation of the value of thel-
servioes, and his cinviotiou that the reasonable repre-
sentations male by them as t , the remuneration pro-
posed t, be paid them when engaged in examinations
under the new B mkruptcy Act sal receive the fullest
consideration from the members of the 1,1 ,verninect
leaving the matter in bend.
In Ike name of the prophet, firs I or, si It mig:it be
rendered by Mr. Gladstone, in the name of profit,
eggs I The Premier's most amudng and Interesting
speech to the Hawardea farmers deserves very deep
attention. It may have been • mere ooincidence, bat
If Intentional it was hapolly so, that about the time
when Mr. George was opening his mission of social
revolution, and declaring that the only hope for the
poor was the abolitioa of landlords sod oontlacatlon of
capital, the Liberal Premier aboald have been teach.
log Cheshire agriculturists the lees sensational but
much more practical lesson that so uoworked mine
of wealth Iles in the orchard and poultry yard. Mr.
Gladstone'e idea of planting all railway embankments
with fruit trees is admirable. Untold thousands of
tons of apples and pears might be grown in this way,
and as for by depre lators, fruit might be made
common enough to owes, to tempt boyish °te-
pidity. Devooshire orchards are rarely robbed.
Anybody may have a pocketful of apples for
asking. But what deters many farmers from fruit.
gnawing is the "extraordinary tithe," which is, In
fact, an oppressive tax upon orchard planting.