The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-13 00:00:00

WITZOI7TH.

B COMPANY, RITUI VOLUNTSUS.—WiI have much
pleasure in noticing that Mr. B,wen will shortly be
gasetted the vacant Sub-Lieut. in the above corm
IMPROVIMINT OF THE BTATUL—n• painting is
goin4 on as fast as the interrnp ion of rein allow, and
our memorial of 'loyalty's visit Is getting more and
more ths envy of wretched little places never honoured
by kinely vidis.
POTATOES Agri Macre= —The catches of those
delicioue fish oscillate in quantity. N w the potatoes
(11,420 packages hat weak) are coming in fast,
mmkerel are short: occasionally. New yotatoes •
penny a pound.
REWARD or Pule& Our young short-name
champion runner, in cardinal, Mr. Caleb Hall, lately
stopped the fine but too 'spirited pair of greys from
bison. Devenish's, who had got the fops part of their
carriage off the rest, and were tearing towards the
Bridge. A very complimentary and well-deeerved
letter and • handsome and valuable pia have rewarded
the young man's bravery, which has more than once
nipped a promising accident before there was any
hurt. . .

Tag Saudi Bann —Ma committee bay* sent out
500 °treaters making for the annstacce of our reddest
gentry and townsmen towards the band fund. We
bogie they will receive liberal support, for .ithout it
we cannot expect to have the wervicee ol an efficient
band el sixteeo_performers.
Is Snay.on Toorrana.—Nmensa v. Barrett, an
affiliation case, wee again brought forward, the pre-
vious summons not having been properly served. The
porgies had been Is marries together at West Ashton;
but Bartlett was now a waiter at Savoy Palace Hotel,
Strand, at Us. • weak and board. By letter and tele-
gram be admitted being the father of the baby girl,
mid was ordered t, pay 2s 61. a week to the child's
mother._ _ .

Tas"Ptioun or Csuumse. —on Tuseday lag,
before W. Talbot, Req., De. Drew, Dr. H. Than, and
J. bundle. Req., Richard Talbot was summoned on an
adjourned School Board cam ; but did not favour the
Busch with hie company. Th• Mite had been put off
f-r • month, because something had been said on •
previous mcialon about illnese, so stated Mr. Pally
Hooper, who to-day on behalf of the School Attend.
&nos C 'comities asked for a fins to be impooed.—
Fined ISt., and In default of payment to be sent to
prison for omen day!.
Tama u Olt TOO Low:l.—Sarah Sheen, of 7,
Myrtle-terrain, wee summoned for keeping • dog
unpatriotiosily, that ie, without paying taxes.—Mr.
Jobiffe. excise officer, on going to Mrs. shessn's
George
the dog, for which she had taken out • license
for fife atlcatreite year.. In prosiness yaws aka be,
given him • great deal of trouble, • ging eh* would
take out the license when she o Mei afford it, and he
hod called more than once before she to k it; but this
year hi. pedaloe wee exhausted, and he summoned
her, and on Monday she took it out, too lats. C.
supervisor, did not press the can., but asked
for cost., us. 6i. Had she mkss out the 'lemma •
fortnight ago she would not have been pr *mutat
Final le and mote, and allowed • fortnight to pay.
A Mcsruastisy Rust. —On Monday Mr. Whit.,
stepfather of the truant boy whose cam was variously
Wore the Bench, attended to report on his stepson's
school-going. Ho said that up to and including last
Wednesday the boy Weeded school every morning.
because he took him every day; but immediately he
masa taking him the boy did not go-4. wan se the
restraint warn removed he stayed away. He, therefore,
hoped tho magi.trates would consider the mos, and
put the boy into • ectiocl.—Mr. Arden said if peretta
could pet their children into schools and have them
taken care of at a shilling a week, there would not be
schools aweigh for the children in the county; he was
afraid wents must tato eve of Mil children themselves,
and not expert than to he font to • school. —The
applicant said he was afield that the boy m'ght rat
int ) the path of crime, for be wes • truant from ech ol
directly his restraint was removod. Ho oxplaine i his
position to the Brach, lisle being • stepson, and ho
having no soother to look after him.—Mr. R doers was
quite sure Mr. White had done all ho mold to get the
boy to go to school. The magistrates were quite will-
ing to help him ell thee could; but it would r.onire
Ilang/ time to think Midst what should be door, Me.
Wbita recognised his reepoeudbility and did the beet he
oould.—Applicant was told to try the boy a little
longer, and do all he could to got him to school.
WID/UtiDAT 1•1111110 AQUATIC& Six pretty
yachts entered for the sailing match on We Inn, day
evening, and started at five o'clock. Thm wets
Mr. Smith's Ashanti (2) ; Dr. iihnseun's H llth (2)'
Mr. Wallis'. Margaret (2); Mr. Sylvia (1);
Loogessougles petrel (2) ; Mr. Goldstone's Blue
Jacket (&) They had to two rounds in front of tho
zipumds, &r and the wee between six and
seven miles. Arladno was round first, and maw
Mined her lead throughout, wit& Dr. Simpsoc's and
the not IMO too far to the southward, and the wind
gave them no chasm, Ariadno winning by about 16
otiontai ; Sylvia was wand; but m she is in Pio first
ciao, she bad to allow so much that Mr. Learmouth's
took second, and Dr. Simpson'. third. Mr. Willie
and Mr. Goldstone got becalmed at the westernmost
buoy, awl did not get in till very late indeed. The
Rowing Club Galley Races wets peactiaallY between
' the crews of the light and dark blues. In the first
I heat, lies whit.' fouled when half-way up the musk
Dark bins. won this him by two lengths, light blue,
I second. In the next host light blues won by about a
length and half, and in tha deciding heist, the light
blues showed the boater ottriag iv,a,wera Time st
=tants.; 141.0 k• about 34. Kr. mall was captain ol
Om light Nom Grionasett, sox. Mr. Mathews oar
. Wool-the dark blow, Rimier. an.

QOM= AMU? °MOW. -On 'Tuesday, Mrs.
Margaret Stroud, a motherly-looking woman was
seilimoned for •••••It • little boy named Staple, and
She child Staple's father was cres.oeummo ed for
easiselting NEM Stroud'. boy.-Mrs. Strew, who line
in Weeleurtreet, stated that =June let ohs wa. in her
boos at business, when her boy ones in with his
"Mali swollen up sad minis* wham Mr. et•P4—
Mr. Arden: Dad you me it ?-11lre. Stroud : No sir,
lint I ban evidence. Her bry William was made to
demi up, sod his mother having unbuttoned his over-
uses pad -oasis him presseieble to the Bench, be WM
Did he know the meaning of an oath 1-No, he
asked-Did
be hese to scooorf-Yee, he'd been to
johe's viz yearn-Mr. Md..: Yoe know what it
Is to Wolk 010 truth, deal you ?--Yes, eir, answered
the boy; hut Mn. &rood interfered withl-He's not
old 'eolith to be *worn, sir ; he's only 10 years old.-
Mr. Arden: "Steed down, then," and the witness
was removed by hi. ma. But she wasn't without
evidence, for she called "Mt. Laity," who was stead-
at Jae door, and Walter Charles Laity, repeated
he was stendiog at his door last Thursday night, saw
:rite pies, and wished him good night but Staple
no reply, which he thought very queer, and
watebeid Mr. Staple, who went down to where tome
boys were at the timber pound, aoff struck Mrs ,
Shroud's son. Asked him why be did so, and Staples
said the boy had struck one of his boys. It was the
higher timber pound, near Commerotal-road.—Tbe
crossontonnons against Mrs. Stroud was then heard,
and she bowed with gracious mike N answer to the
=1--The father of the little boy Staple knew
about it, except what be was told by his wife.
He was very sorry to take up due gentleman's time on
such • truinteery squabble as this; he heerd.from his
httle boy that Hobert Stroud had struck him, then he
went and spoke to him, but the boy laughed in his
furs, when be was sorry to say be last his temper and I
struck him, once-with the open hand, because he
would not let his little boy aloon-The two boys were
stood up together, and Staple called on the Bench to
initial: the difference, the boy Staple being less than
half al big as Stroud.-Mrs. Stroud: Why didn't you
some to me, then? -Staple t Because I should only get
abuse -Mrs. ii.rend wee indignant at this, and said
something about apologieing._-Mr. Talbot dismissed
the case-Mrs. Shroud: Is William Staple to beat my
boy 1--Staple was warned not to take the law in his
own handa.-There was a little more scolding, ending
in Staple asking the Bench how Imag it was logo on,
when the parties were quieted.
Air OLD INHABITANT 001111.-Mr. W. Lowman is
among the MOO of Weymouth who have goes over to
Om majority of late, and he wee buried on Wednesday
afternoon. Mr. Lowman will be first remembered in
the mind-pictures of our youth by the immense dis-
play of poultry and game his wife said be used to
make at Christmas over the front of the shop
_in that
pert of St- Mary-street where Mr. and Mrs. W.
now make grand shows of pork and cheese.
But the old inhabitant was both by pretties and at
heart • meobanician and inventor. Many a patiently
worked model did credit to bh patient skill; be was
• dreadfully outspoken man, and did not forget to
thunder by word and (rem the press when he saw any-
thing was via( wrong. No matter whether it were
the timber of the Pile-pier that he thought hadn't
pounds enough of creosote to the cube foot, or tin
concrete in the Market House °eller, that would go all
to puddle and mod, Mr. Lowman was • terror to con-
tras:am* if he didn't think they had done the right
thing. He shared the usual fate of the outepoken ; he
got in certain quarters to be thought a bore, yet be
effeeted many caretaking.. So loud wee be occasionally
that it was felt the Town Surveyor's was ths ethos tut
him to 111, and then he stayed for some time.
Unfortunately Mr. Lowman, devoting his thoughts too
much to mechanic., fell into the issrpetnal motion CISZO,
and in pursuit of that qlitia New be spent many • day
and many • pound, wrth the usual reault-suocees wee
always just in front. One of his contrivances was sold
f .r his wants, yet Mr. Lowman could not grasp the
fact that the thing omit be done, sad only a short
time before his death we heard him declaring he'd
astoniah the world of Knell°, yet-tbe work was 'warty
complete. Like Palimey, he lost his first wife, who is
almost as well remembered, and quite as kindly
thought of, as the stein, goetipy, croobety former
Iserveyor hims-lf. He married again, hal • second
family; he was for • time curator of the Alexandra
G rdene, but there his tall, rather (suet figure and his
oddities were • trifle out of place. Age, disappoint-
ment, the fresh cares that cams heavily on an elderly
man, have been too much for him, and his determined
enemy, friction, wore out his frame at lam, Before
Its', he Wag • care to other', and yet-in mite of a liN
far fr..m made the beet of, now the ever-turning wheel
Is broken at the fountain, and the piece. of the machine
put out rd sight-there ere many who feel that, had be
bin more complete in his knowledge, more instructed
In the inevitable, William L twenan might have been
• name to bring fame to his town.
THZ Volga' TONGOL—EIIen Plank and Eliza
Kerley appeared oo Toes lay before the Bench, being
crom-eummoned each for inciting the other to &breach
of the peace-Ellen Plank, quite a little woman, who
caused soon curiosity on her speaking of her husband,
was prompt in claiming that she had the first sum.
moos. -Mr. Alden: Yes. and we are g log to hear
your case first. -Mrs. Plank lid how she had only
been in her lolgiogs liv. weeks, when Mrs. Kerley
pushed herself in and enquired how they slept. She
was much surprised, and said they slept very well.
On this Mrs. Kerley brought a very nasty charge
against the house, which witness narrated to the
magistrates' disgust She went on to tell the parti-
culars of the querns!, which were far from agreeable to
htar, the toltra.ble pert Icing that they both had to go
to one tap for water, and Mr• Kerley threw the water
about her door; site also told her husband about •
young man, who was going with a bad_young woman
ff.c.-the result being that Mr. Flank became
jealous, and showed his annoyance, not by rending his
clothes, but by smashing up their goods.-Plank was
ogled ; he looked cheerful on it, and kissed the book
with great alacrity before the time. He was duly in-
structed about an oath, which was administered, and
then kissed it with • smack that was heard all .:vet
the Court, and was encored by a voice thus-" His it
louder." The officers cried " Sh-sh," and Plank
went on to tell how Mrs. Kerley had tried to net
mischief between him and • young man he was
acquainted with. - Tbe Bench hastily asked :
Do yor know anything of it, Sergeant Harvey whim
that officer raid all the neighbours blamed Mrs.
Harley-That dark lady's wrath was • tight to see,
but Mrs. Ruth Beggs didn't care, and stepped
forward-" A dozen words 'll do for me; I wouldn't
tell • lie for my mother nor yet for my father." She,
however, exceeded the dozen words almost as much
a• the eloquent speaker who begin -"Just two words,
sad they shall be brief," for spout wouldn't suffice to
print bow she told at length about the charges Mrs.
ILerley brought against the room-" shovelfuls' was
part of It; but the Bench earnestly begged they
mightn't be told that again. They were, though, for
Mr.. Baggs hoped she • mid drop deed if she told •
lie." The row was all through thei woman, pointing
to Mrs. Hawley. The defendant quickly turned on
bier, and a lively quarrel wad rehearsed barn the
Bench. • man shooting-" I've had one to do with
you," and Mrs. Barge returning "AU right, my lord."
-Mrs. Kerley was then put on the compleinant's
side, and Mn. Plank lu d fondant's box, when the
bigger w man said Mrs. Plank callei her all the
she could lay her tongue to.-The Bench and
I Mr. Arden tried to stop Mrs. Kerley'g tongue, which
' was pouring out verbatim reporting; with a fluency
worthy of • better cans.; but she gave them the
sanguinary conversation. -" all about this Mr. Brown
that they do talk about." Kr. Brown *be had been
to, but he said he'd nothing to do with women's
affain " Well, sir," said she, "I consider 111. under
• scandal I didn't ought to." Would they like her to
summon that gentlemant-The Bench declined, and
bound the parties over in ES each to keep the peace.
-Mrs. Kerley threatened to leave the Court, •
deciaion ,net with applause by her otrighboun-On
Prank coming up t. bo bound over, that cheerful soul
c .uldn't tell the number of his house or the name et
the Ott; it we a ittle house he had done up; but
Sirs. Plank not only told them her husband's name it
was Robert, but they lived in No. 1, East-row.