The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-11-26 00:00:00

flotto anb Tatints.

" Truth " says an old proverb, " Res at the bottom
of • well.‘ Some well mud have a muddy bottom.
for the London Truth writes :
" I wonder whether Yr. Hoary 'Awards, if he had Dni
been ILP for Weymouth, would hays made over .C. 5.000
for the benefit of the poor of that district in perostsitf.
nu. Ilm."
Mr. dwards had true faith, oossidesing that by the
ballot he Nanot even know who votes for him.
froth most come up from his well, pay as • obit in
Weymouth, and the odd °ornery of lib and other
amrapaymes may get something brighter to fill them
than • growl.

" What sa .:" about the libel wee r
Why, Mr. note was letagemne. end showed
him a gentleman indeed.—" And Dr, Drew r He
y = the
A
ems Ms regadstion , sad that he
full —" nd raped r Absoluteiy
untrue end felon —" Did the Wm We hint say doubt
of Dr. Drew's dada by aroseureagmair Ida r Thev
did not ask he a word.—" Whet obeli the others r
Kr. Matthews was clever, Yr. ilyntooria astute, Mr.
Hawse ramisok, the Mayor plemmiat.— Do you wish
to speak of anyone shier None ; let it drop.
"Religions mania" has developed a now. symptom,
• Nada. for acoostlng young wawa In Moir walks,
end the yet aces alarming one of patting the arm
round a pieesaat girl's waist. The dervish.. &AM
wildly, the Shakers ere funnier Will, Belgium Totter
was nitraimiriazoimi, audio I suppo the West torm
of religions mania is not over- • bat I have ot/
doubts se to whether ft lends toward; incetifYlog
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RICWM—A strong body of recruit., numbsrine about
sok Irma Bury, Lanes.. &mind in Portland on Tuseday, to
reinfore. the 2-910th Regiment.
geared or Soma—The Choir of Fortuna'. Well
areepayeia Ctiel on Tueedin night, in the Nee Congre-
Reamed Seto i. kindly lent for th• occadon. The novice
win sodded " omit the connective re.lngs nen
by th• Roe IL Pate atii, nod the ehoi,•eng well. Chesil
Schoolroom ins very full, and doecollection wee on behalf
el the Wealoyan Chesil Chapel ; let us hole it was • good
on,
ST. Joan's PALISH CHOIC6I RinToßsTiOn. —The total
eoet of this desirable week has been .01110 13.. 7d., and the
*mount collected £B3B Is. Si., leaving at present • deficit
of Atli Ili. 10d. If di as wbo here not Riven anything
would now rums forward and help, the deficit might vein
be cleared off Aro there not 50 people In the parish who
would guarantee El or Se each
Tel emigrant din Woodlark left for her destination on
Sunday rooming. She bad on board 300 emigrant., com-
prising about 50 married couples with their funnie., ISO
single women, and • number of young men. One of the
maser on board was composed wholly of Christian men,
who hold • prayer meeting at the commencement and
doee of each der. The captain of the Woodlark hail been
• teetotaller for 30 years.
Tits Hinton Church at Soutliwell has so far
In building that the chimed arch le up anP=ls have
risen above the front and side windows, so that there is
sufficient to me that it will be • pretty little church, and
although there is not • great deal of carving, the plain
stone work is very good. The church la well situated,
being on • rising ground, so that it is visible for • long
distance, but what is still more important is that the
villages of Weston and Southwell both will be in:Comm,
dated by it, the site being at the Weston corner of South.
well.
14.111. 8/1111 Warrior and Ramagen have lowered their
topmasts for the whiter, and the latter vessel is housed in
with canvas, In order that the boys limy drill on deck
during the winter season. Additional oomforts for the
boys are also permitted. A contain) irary writs.:—
" From • training ship I hear of a very important
, Admiralty decision arrived at notwithstanding the
absence of the Pint Lord sad all the other Lords, except
licar-Aiinairal Hood. It Is that boys may wear drawer,.
This privilege is to be granted while tho cold weather
last., but the con of thin keeping their nether extremities
warm is to fall entirely upon th. youagsters, and on no
account ie the wearing of drawers to be made compulsory,
nor is this article of clothing to be considered as forming
part of the regulation kit, It Is to be hoped that I
Commanding Officers will not give the order for returning •
drawers into stone too early la our treacherous springs, ae
the cutting east winds twit come upon us after the "cold
weather' may be supposed to have passed would tell
enehanntly upon denuded legs."
TOILPIFOLOIT AT POlTtanD.—The //Meal... Telegraph
says 'lt is, I think time that some inquiry should be
bald into the causes of the frequent loons of Whitehead
torpedoes. for there is no denying that these losses are
indeed frequent. The mod at Portsmouth taint contain a
few of these expensive weapons (the cost of one of which,
unloaded, is. I am told, just Meet and others have been
missed while practising at Snithead. In the Mediter-
ranean, t a,, several of our Whitebeads, with their secret
[mechanism, as fitted at Woolwich Arsenals, have gone
astray end may have found their way into the hands of
these who have not paid for the improvement made by
the Annul Authorities in the original Whitehead deeign.
Auil now, the special torpedo ship Heels, having on board
as practiced an officer as Captain Arthur, ha. lost one of
thew machines at Portland. It seems plain that there is
something defective in the mechanism by which the
movements of the locomotive torpedo are governed, for•
thay do not corns to the surface on having run their course,
as they are intended to do. The steering of the White-
head din fails to give satiefectiou, end the Admiralty
would be very glad to receive any suggestion on this very
important point. It is no exleggeration to say that the
loess. of Whitehead torpedoes has cost the country some
thousands of pounds, end therefore an inquiry to sift the
amuses end ascertain the circumstances under which these
Ice.ses have occurred would not be amiss."
VOnTnaLl. C 1.1.• —On Saturday • match was played
between Portland Football Club and a team from ILSO
Ships Warrior and Boecawen combined. The whips' team
kicked of at three pro., &ed, though their goal was con-
tinually in denser, it was only just before half time 'hat
Be nolds, in Ms dashing style,obtained • goal for Portland.
giod, were now ehangd. and the game semi around a
et aspect, es &mon, Gibbs, B nit, and Holland,
each obtained a goal for the land team, making in all five
to nothing. Westland, playing perhaps in better style
then ever, did out actuelly kick a goal, though he had one
or two vary near shines. C. H. Holland, s new member,
was found to be a most useful one, making novena very
good runs in addition to the goal obtained by bon, end the
mod prominent feature of the game was that Portland
played more for the club, and lege foe. themselves, than
usual, which was to • great extant tbe reason of their
thorough newt*. For the ships Sinn, Dyer, sad Store,
with others when nun. we do noiknow, played wetland
herd to avert &defeat ; but individual skill without general
eidanion is of very little use at footimll, and probably to.
ships' team will he much stronger by the time the return
match come. off, for they will very likely play more
together then.
YOUNO Ponrbeee.—Soniebody tells Mt the School
Attendance Committee have plenty of nape for their
labour in competing the children to make provision for
their future progress by attending school. Only CM Tues.
day afternoon about halls-dozen youngsters were seen
shout three o'clock near the very elfin of the School
C trapping small birds—la itself ma unlawful
set Ti.. inspector moat look after these young ones, who
will b all behind in the mxt age of Proem.' if they don't
learn. The lads immediately above them In age show the
evil of bad education in Fortune's Well nightly. How
that one did howl the other evening at the application of
a belt I But them night-howlers well deserve punishment,
for they disturb the whole place between six and nine,
run all over the gardens, break shrubs and flowers, and
damage property generally. We expect Sergeant Felthem
will not be quite so merciful with these fellows as his
kind bean would prompt, and instead of shouting
"II ibby i" and bolting, these idle hobbledehoys may And
• policemen at each end of the place and themselves
caught in the mash., of the law. From the frequent
complaints the nuisance, we judge, is genies slmOilt in. '
tolerable, and the young fellows will only have themselves
to thank if they find the strung measures to be adopted I
to mike it too hot
IWA.IIIIII.A.X.
Coral,/ Fern fleasioes, Tuseday.—Before Colonel
Hamlet Captain Reteekeeerort_h, Lieut, G. IL Bond, Mr.
N. Bodeen. and Mr. W. M. Garnet.
William Peary, • labourer, of Harden, was summoned
for treniessing in search of conies, on lend in the occupa-
tion of Miss Drax, at Illorden, on the eith itotent—Defen•
dent *add guilty •xpreweed hu sorrow, and said he had
a large family to keep—A man in the employ of Mr.
Sturdy said defendant had a ferret, firs nets, and • rabbit
In his possession when be caught him. —Defendaat had
been previously convicted of poaching, and he was now
fined Li and costa. Ile
CAaries Ude Conine • gunner, of Langton Matravers,
was summoned to show cause why he should not con-
tribute towards the support of his lather, Charles emboli,
of Worth Heiresses. who Is chargeable to the Wareham
and Purbeck Union.—Mr. R. N. Howard appeared for the
Board of Guardian& Hr. James Henry Wiltaidre,
relieving officer of the Code Castle district. proved the
chargeability of the old man, whole 77 yeare of age, and
said the sou was in • position to support him—Defendant
earned 4a Id. • day, and his wife went out harvesting.
Us only had one daughter to support. —Defendant said
he did not earn nearly so much as had been stated, and
he had se invalid sop who was not aide to work half his
time. —The magistrates ordered defendant to contribute
Ss • week, end topsy Se costa.
limey Oreherd, • boy of Worth Hairston, was sem.
mooed by Hr. Jobe Stevens, • farmer, of the same place,
who claimed, under the Zroployees' and Workmen's Act,
10s, damages sustained by him in coosequence of the defen-
dant aleenUng himself from his work on the 7th of
November.— Plaintiff said defendant had teen in his
aem.plai for six oralogillmtornmths. aselyaireyltlyaserwaryer, at
om ilitita
week, anwtCpareets seemed to know nothing about it
On the 7th of November defendant should have been
harrowing with two bons., but he stayed sway, and the
hones remained in the stable all day. Ile brought the
boy before the magistrates to make him know better, and
he would not ask for more than N. damages, as the
parents would have to pay. —The Bench ordered defendant
to pay be damages and remitted the costs, on the
undirstandiat the boy was to return to his work.
Daniel Willis. of Winfrith Newbureb, was summoned
for trespeemie In Newel of earns on laud in the occupa-
tion of Yr. George Kane at Winfrith on the 31st ultimo.
—Mr. Fronk Spicer said he was wallamiund his farm on
the day in Quaid= end saw the defen t ooursiug some
allotments with a dog. Defendant went from there on to
a common, and back through the allotments again, the
dog hunting the whole if the time. Defendant then went
into Hr. Kent's field, which the dog regularly hunted—
Defendant said he was employed by Hr. Formai*
catching, sad and he was not poaching. His dog did run
through the hedge, and he went after IL—There were
three previous coandions against defendant, and the last
time he was ordered to pay the full penalty. He warn now
again fined gi end costs, 95. ; two months' hard labour In
del cull.
Charlet &Ws, • painter, John Everitt, a labourer, and
flphreiset Beam. • seamen, all of Montan, were summoned
for lighting • fire within 50 feet of the centre of the
highway, et Norden. on the 6th of November—P.C.
Sugby stated that between 10 and 11 o'clock at night, on
Us sth of November, he saw some tires in the direction
ef Parkconer. Its went to the spot and found three
thee in t he ruiddle of the turnpike road, about 50 or 00
yards apart The defendanta were at one of the fine,
putting on fuel. He told them they ought not to light •
Me in the road, mid they said the fires were lit when they
came thine, and they wanted to burn up the
trini=ts that were lying about Ramon said
.4t hwoiad%
be s soh if the hedge was burnt down. and e abused
him as be was coming in that morning._lMJ,ndants
denied lighting the line, and they were each red to
pay 6e. 4d.costa
Williams &mirage, e little boyth, of Wareham, w
h
iin remand with dealing iron, e pro vof r. cct=
Sieben* of Wareham, and lie was sent industrial
training ship, at BristoL