The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-08-15 00:00:00

A TORY DEMONBTRATION !

The Tory political party are endeavouring to sake 'be
most of the present state of affairs, and with that object
in view • saw of demonstrations were made en Bout-
holiday throughout the country. " The Conservethe and
Constitutional Association of Poole " was in the swim.
and on Monday "a grand fete and gala " took place • it
Stotts, the residence of W. D. Dugdale, Esq., J.l'.
for the occasion." This was the description of the 10,.
iss quo saceeding to the bills. It Is emarierhat nit. ify in..
but I may as well say at 0004 that the (rand and Oa
did not take pious within the walla of Start* Howe, tor
doss Mr. Does* as a rule, take ID kis residence in the
field in which it really came off. The event has for the
'ad month hem heralded with monster-coloured posies.
thousands of hand-bills, and ever' exertion f as
trt=2 Or Priv ile canvassing could go. The attractions
were timely Laurasia T'lser Right Hon. Lord
announced
hid the bigeeet ' line"—this ought almost to
have been sufli l•rat ; a real live two-year-old lord should
surely be • drew. But the Poole Tory P.rty wit,
determined not to be niggardly—although some puts
of their programme were nigger-Li—so they coo-
siderstely provided a number of other attractions. Tbe
Member for the Borough, H. C. Richards, barrister-
at-law, whoever be mily be. and "several otber geode-
Titres splendid bands were oho to
he in rot into ne*. Ashamed Bartlett, E MP f eq., . or
' Eye—(pronounoe it Aye, plums dear constant; it accouni•
for his being to often found among the "Noes ")—ie young
gentlemen of 33, and also • barrister., on. of the matures
of the House, ass Mao billed, but this superlative Mt-mo-
tion did not put in an anpearance, and probably the
organisers of the demonstration never imagined he would.
Then amongst the other celebrities there were Mr. Paddy
Firman—he is not an M.P., but one of them mentlemen
wiry= in with
tble street.
rfetrtiltrtheeatel coloured
vocalist., the superiors of which you meet with any day
on the sands at Weymouth ; Mons. Cardona and Mona.
Aivanti—one and the sauna—in their wiz ad feats, pulling
endless coloured tapes from their capacious jaws; petal°
aid Gerard, who appeared in a "teeth performance "
this was entirely different from the teeth performance it
the lest Tory feed; and others, "under the direction and
Mese manaseen,nt of Kr. Harry Nast," or Bournemouth.
Such an attractive proomorne was bound to pay, end
think the promoters will And themselves pretty well In
pocket.
It was a glorious morning; and about ral4.day stop.
were taken to organise 'the Grand Preeaselon
announced. Thu. was • most superb affair sad I saw
numbers of wretched Radicals afffietsd with masses of
remorse and envy; or it might perheps haws bessitsz
wale in oonvtthione—of laughter—as the mimic:ado p
through the principal street+. It we. beaded by the
P. 0141 braes band, and something like OD hammer&
(Promisees, of keens& should apply to the Poole Cones,-
vat ye Association.) The caramillog of some of the fiery
steed. was something to he remembers'', bat their ridem
were fully i quint to the occasion, in spite of being for the
most part burdened with a short pipe, and no accident
occurred. Then followed a long array el true blues on
foot, Many Of th4,o apPlirilltiy in a 'Get of We-emit-go-
hoto•••tillmoroing condition. After this there were
vehicles of the most varied description. There was the
hired break, the humble donkey cart, tha natty pony Iran,
and the brewer's waggon. The big gene of the Comer-
reties party in Pool* were la breaks, the young Tory
Iswyeis were alter the nature of birds of a tea-her
congregated In one neat !attestors-out ; and the ermuselloa
was finally cloud with an open photon, col:asinine the
Present number for the Borough and the Chairman of the
Assoclatiott. The Poole military band. and Hr. Vsle
Lane. admirable file-and-drum bead also took part; sem
various hanoers were borne slot t—eomewhat aged for the
most p. hod Sate
as for instance one which bore the
ni c'tt° Sato the Riag " but they served to enliven
the affair. Mr. Supt. Hunt's gentlemen in Nets were
present in force, and crowds—es they will, whether it is
a circus or a funeral—turned oat to wither it Mr.
Schreiber bowed repeatedly right and left as his eeni
passed tbe spectators, but I am afraid the cheeni—hn
could not distinguish ane—most have been lest In Mem-
aide/rate laughter. Number, at privets individuals of
Cenford conversion hung out lags and elat_ke terthiek
and the elaborate decoration, of the "Pert Mamm wars
probably latendadoes • delicate 'malodor that the laying
out of the Lulise• Walking Meld wag Met Yet elate sca6.
piloted.
The Said in which the seam took Pletos_sio
pleasantly situated. and astral ring breeze tememed__.
the heat
.11wiw, raumbhoole, shooting
other latenoothel 440004.0.10 had been Provide.. ea,,.
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Milliner at Ma day Gomm with ths performeases of
a number of Star ArtLneesawainalag. it is hardly tweeearl
to say, the inevitable who, amoral odor
witticisms, propounded the delicate conundrum
was
el—Gu --Cos
I,
merryv it up. "111 mother
w ererry a by
would
hay': be
r to
, step it, Eel' f•
When the darldes, the tumblers, and others had quitted
the platform, the poSnmil performers afi"""d upon
' Lord Wunbonue aad Mr. Schreiber wen each greeted with
' three theses. and the,, wae a very fair thogiaff,„_o(
representativeOtionerustima
sadism was Woo slats, sad iniguissi" °".