The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-09-05 00:00:00

WEST LULWORTEL

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here with my family for • abort period,
I have embraced the opportunity to investigate Vac
alleged defective saxitary stste of the voila and drains
near the "cove." The chid local sore appears to ho
the smell 11V.Alitta at the terminus of • 131:tris drain, that
empties into the mill pond, and not, at al
times, covered by the water. This small nuisanee
can cosily be remedied by extending the drain plpos a
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the Board of Ousnlmus, eating as the Lical Sanitary
authority here, s -et taking act!ve steps to have this
work done. The drain referred to is about 0 yds. in
length, and receive* in its course the outflow from
11.11 L oont-guard station ; and will it not surprise you
to hear that no pump or well exists on the* Govern.
moot buildings? A pump placed at the upper arid
would, if worked daily for • few minutes, Ofllll3 •
rapid Bow of water, thereby wulr4ig away all vegetable
and other accumulation& The watsr from the wells
and springs is, as
.• rule, exec sdingly pure and free
from organ's) matter, and if the owners and occupiers
of houses would only take the ordinary procantirls
essential to cleanliness, and instruct their servants to
bo more particular in their domestic arrangements,
there would b 3 no Cinit) for domplaint. In one In-
s' 7CO from inattention to the drainage. 1-found the
water ciontaminated with impurities. O investig sting
the cause I discovered a leakage in the smeared
gutter pipe, thereby allowing the washings to percolate
into the well. This defect has been entirely removed,
the barrel drain destroyed, and an open surface
gutter substituted. In conclusion I am pleased
. to be able to state that the village it now perfectl,
; healthy, and I have no hesitation in recommending all
who are in search of health to visit our delightfully
' piotureseine village. —I am, Or, A VISITOR. August
. 29th.

SHAFT MEW RY.
Citurvi I TO tiortorm—At the eounty petty serious,
on Tuesday, Wilton Salver, proprietor of • Alain wax-
work shows going (ruin town to town, ww summoned
for coney abusing and tlrturing, or e .nalr 3 to be
abused and tortured. coa It's horses, by work'lg them
In a plied a-id unfit state, it Gillingham, on the 19th
Inst. Polioe-aonstable Payne stated, that he saw defend.
ant with mars' viii drawn by th-ac different horses.
On examination he (wild that one had a gall on the
shoulder larger than a crown piece ; the others s'so
had galls upon them, but of a amt Per sir. Defend:.-it
was fined 10s. and costa.
NaltlOß ESOLpIt or so flzromrs TB —At the
petty sessions on Tuesday, lir. J. Parrott, an exteasive
aviculturist, residing at Pitthouse Farm, Bockhorn
Western, was summoned by the authorities for allow.
big his cattle to stray upon the London and 'tooth.
Weaken Railway Oompony's line. Mr, Thomas
Gardner, irspostor of polies it 'Southampton, appeared
for the oompeny. On the led of July, as the 2.10
Wpm train from Loudon to Exeter, whioh runs the
journey in 4i hoar., sod Is tom of the new fast ex.
=art on by the Gunplay, emerged from the
Waist. Oassol, a number of milk wore
mom by lbo Moor • bomb of the loofa abooMbe-1-a.