The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-16 00:00:00

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Those wicked compreitore ! We have heard lot ly •
great deal about the slipping of the Word net from the
going...mg stick, awl now the committee for the railway
are declared to have issued a manifmto in last week's
Telegram proclaiming concerning oiir lack 4.1 railway
r ..... inunication, " that the longer this state of isolation is
allowed to continue the greater will be the relative
advantage." N..w if it was no' a compositor of the
Telegram we should exclaim "Stately an enemy loath done
this !' A printed hill before 114 says di,eadvantage. and
that is what the committee mean.

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W e eounwl the Mendota people not to he rash in vowing
they will pay no more Local Brazil rates until they enjoy
light and safety. We deny the soft impeachment that
" Lo i ris" s Mr. Government and that our humble nuggets-
tims are royal commands. For the peace and prosperity
of other people we are glad we are hut a flash and •
flicker of light. Perhaps gas light is no Idessing. At least
anyone visiting the Clearance Sale at Messrs. Ut dock and
Sims on listoralay awn-nine, o.l.ober 6th, would have
alwovered a plainly•printe.l notice ta this effect—" The
Puelie are requaxied to make their purchases Delon Dart.
mad MOE depend on the (Ms Light. The original ma now in
our possession. The reason is thin: On Friday evening
the gas in the street lamps, awl the goo jets in the shops,
suddenly dig appeared, and much inconvenience was caused
at an entertainment trying to proceed at the Institute.
I f.Sairanage-town gets served very often like this Ilerstun
wait taaa charged an extra rate for !wing allowed to escape
, Sonoma.

We hare cense to he grateful to the Irical Board! One
of the poet, the upper one, at Purtsek House is to he
removed. The middk lamp-post is to he lit. The lower
poxt ix to he exalted and illinuinatel. BIT.. are not
satisfied ! That is nilwe asked because we thought there
were right, in quebtion, although we could not conceive
where they arose. We to not Ike to trespass on any
person's rights. There are no rights and therefore we ask
that there he no posts. If the town ran afford another
light let them put it under the trees in West-street If
any ratepayer wants • special light I,fore his own door
let him ottilelt a private lamp to his own premises. If the
, lamp at Spring-hill is not then needed, put it at the south
end of Buns-lane. No lady ought to he expected to pees
between the middle lamp and the wall, and surely in a
new pavement we shall not compel passengers to pass
each other in the gutter.

Are all our females going mad I D they aspire to a
Lunatic Asylum I Or dues the Relieving Officer of No.
3.district get a capitation grant according to the number
of patients he sends to Dorchester I An old pauper woman
was living here a few days since who fancied she was
" witched.. ' She called in the police and troubled her
neighbours, but she was as harnilesw as is asul though just
so disagreeable. In fact she was more dirty than dan-
gerous. Surely the place for such a person was the work-
house, but No. 3 comes and she 1, spirited off t, the
Asylum. Now if he does not stop carrying off people who
are filthy or who believe in necromancy, he will frighten
all the pauper-women off him list, and our fair Isle will be
known as Purbeck the Land of the Lunatics.

So much for the first cab,. The second seems incredible.
A woman who had been getting " a shilling and a loaf."
became low spirited. She showed no signs of insanity.
Mr. 011ieem strartway gave her husband notice that she
must go to Dorchester, and orders her before the magis-
trate. But her husband earnestly opposed this course.
The medical officer of the parish wisely advised the man
not to tell his wife where she was sten; and hi get souse
person to accompany her, at the same time remarking
'l will hire the conveyance." (How long will the rate-
payers bear the expensive luxury of movies.; for such
purposes f So long as there is no Resident Magistrate 3
The little party arrived at the Hall and net No. 3 and the
doctar. The medical evidence before the magistrate was
clearly demonstrative that a change of air was what the
patient needed. The husband was willing to bear the
responsibility of his partner and said that she was going
on a visit to some relatives at Bournemouth. The order
was not signed. Just after, Ni. 3 declared that the hits-
. band should pay the cast of the conveyance. Sweet
retaliation ! But with a peculiarly annoying smile he was
met with his brother officials " I will pay the hire of the
vehicle." Will our two Guardians oblige us by seeing
that neither the doctor, husband. or ratepayers psy for
this little freak, and that lunatics only are sent to a mad-
house, while the woman does not lose her " shilling and
a loaf."

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I s there any one at Stuilland willinz to defend its
honour I Since we advocated the charming village as the
future suburb of Swanage from different quarters we
have hear the chorus •'Stadiand is unit/silky' We
have reason Si know that one aged lady has lived
long enough to bury ten children in the churchyard : but
how old where they and of whit diseii,e did they die

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A last no to the wise. could the gentleman who
eollated the statistics of our mineral trafhc kindly inform
us how rAtIPV tofu of allow are imported into Purbeck per
annum! Or could he give us an idea of the number of
bushels of potatoes import.' or grown in the dintrict
minus the exportation, which are never seen on our tables
in the form of tubers. We do not mind bad colour under
some circumst flutes, but we do object ti bad trier in a
, staple object of household consumption. Does our police-
man know the address of the county analyst!
Lress.