The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-02 00:00:00

BRIDPORT r. WBEllOl7l'll.

Another 'booting match between the above Rifle
Volunteer Companies, and arranged by Captain
Whether!), of Bridport, and Lieutenant Groves, of
Weymouth, to dr place at Bridport ,o 2 Thursday. and
...Jed la a victory for the home corps. The range..
were 200,600. and 600 yards, seven shots at each. Tba
weather we' beautiful, and • most enjoyable day vim
spent. Tbe acoree were its below :
A 00111.1!IT (Baloroar)
WA Yds. 5410 Yds. 000 Yds. Toe
Private Spiller . ... 10 10 El 4
Sersesnt p.sun . .. a a a - 71
Private Hoare . . . IS 14 11 43
Sergeant T. Hounwil ... V II 15 09
Private Harding ... ... 99 12 15 56
Sergeant Terry ... . . 90 a 17 —66
Sergeant W., ea ... .. 99 21 15 74
Private 0 Elw re ... ... 11 90 17 03
Sergeant 13. Hounesil . U 21 23 73
Esigt..lastrootor Haim— 90 a HI 50
la 190
E Coltrane (1WeY11001w).
8.2142weet Lee... ..10 11
ftcsend. ... 1111 14
Bargeeat Hamel' ... ... V 11
Priva, 01.1ber . . . V 15
Corporal Lush ... ... 13 15
Lieutenant Grove. ... 14 21
Beret -In.rructer IPreet... HI $4
Private Wawa ... ... 19 X
Corporal D4wniug ... X 19
Colour-Bait Eobart4 ... 10 11

183 !NS
12 —U6
13 19
17 55
15 51
16 54
13 56
77
19 74
is
10 64

in us iii aie

A TRIP TO WIY.WOUTII.

I wee one who like hundreds, end I don't think I
should be wring is saying thousand., of my fellow
creatures pat • visit to Weymouth on %loader.
On reboiling Yeovil passengere off the oil B. and K.
line and B. W.R. lino were told that they would have
to wait a quarter of an hour, notwithstanding that •
Weymouth train was in and waititg. However, the
very 14111 and obliging @totionmaster, Mr. Foster, told
as to gat in the waiting train, en.l on the incommode
-
Um woe not sufficient to convey all the living freight
" lying " about the pled irm, some extra carriages were
soon put on, and in • short time we were off. I got Into
• smoking compartment, and as twos' the young Indies
were bound &leo to follow—f r what reason I don't
know; whether they el iy thee impany of thoe who
travel in smoking o impartments, or whet'', it is that
they fed some satisfaction In smelling the fragrancy
of the weed, whilst they dare not Nooks it—although
I expect we should find many of them do it on the
quiet—l gamy it say, but this Ido know, that all in
the carriage I was in appeared to be dotermined that,
as they were out for the day, they wont' no iiitibt illy
have a day's enjoyment, Their conversation, if not
edifying wee rattier amusing. and • facetious young
man, in trying to chaff the ticket collector. got rather
the worst of it. Ayked tor hi. ticket, be gays no the
half he should have retained, an I the c 'fleet ir, taking
advantage of the chaff that bed been going the round,
told him. smidet the laughter of nil in the oarriage,
that another time be had better bring his grandmother
with him to help hien to read his ticket. Therepreseuta-
tires of the fair sex were in,,, busineee-like. and gave
us some details on to the value of farm prodooo In
the Taunt in district. One lamented that she was
only getting Is. Oi I. for eggs a di zoo, whereon in
some places they were fetching le. 91. Her butter
she seat to Bournemouth, whilst her co npanion
found • market for hers at Taunton. After being
thus entertained we weregiven the pedigree end hid uy
of the horses—of old Bees and young B es ; end
tnjolng h tom 12 at" the poultry-yard one of c iinp•Dio4
that her first brood of gelanies warn hatched
that morning, and that others would soon follow.
Thus the time was whiled away until Weymouth wax
reached, where we soon lost our companion. in the
crowd. The weather was rather cold when we arrived,
and we hai not been lung la the town before • heavy
downpour fell. It was, however, a cawi of sunshine
and clou Is, and the clouds pawing over, the son c iine
out and shone, if not with the brilliancy 01 last week,
euffiJently ti make our trip an e.ij yable one. I will
not campy your epees by relating ali I saw and did,
but will oonclude by advising your numerous reader.
If they want to spend • right j illy day at the
sealide, then I say go to Weymouth by all means.
Tose* you will find • grand bay, @plaudit parade, ex-
. Aleut bathing, shops which surpass thaw In any other
Vomit town, awl above all a resort which is as healthy
as it is poe•ible foe it to be.
"Oil in • Caowo."