The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-06-03 00:00:00

DOROHNSTEIt.

Denim. —Georoe—H;ifs;el, of Urietol, woe charged
on Saturday with being drunk and disorderly in South-
street, on the previous night.—P.C. Bartley found the
prisoner outside the Coffee Tavern drunk, and asked
him what he was up to, one of the people came out
of the Coffee Tavern and said he had asked them for a
lodging, but they could not give him one and he would
no go away. Prisoner swore and refused to go on and
witness took him into custody' be we very violent
and abusive on the way.—Fined 2s. 6d, and costa.
lrn.s SoLotuis.—At the Borough Polio* Court on
Saturday, before Mr. G. Curme and Mr. G. J. G.
Gregory, two eoldiers of the 32nd Regiment, named
James Purnell and Henry Symonds, were charged with
being &Went without leave.—P.O. Gould on Friday
afternoon found the two prisoners at the Chequers Inn,
High heat-street. He aAed them what they belonged
to, and they said "Oh, the 3211,1," he asked to see their
peas and Symonds said "Purnell has got mine," they
afterwards said that they had left them atiWeymouth,
where they had slept the night previous. He said
that if they did not show the passes he should take
them to the police.station, and then did so. —Ordered
to be sent back to the regiment at P9rtland.
KAMA M 011.11130 Itsmovsi..—Turning out about
five o'clock on Saturday morning (and beautiful it was
with the trees in their "vernal bloom "), we spied an
omnibus rattling up to the Great 'Western, containing
Warder Grove's and another °Moor of lI.M. Prison,
:italAigisoner Gales, and when they got out and
the railway platform—

" Lo I Smith and Hargreaves walked between,
With gives upon each wrist
These travellers were from H.M. Prison, and were
being removed to Taunton or Shepton Mallet, liar.
grooves, • weaver, is the fellow who heartlessly robbed
a poor girl under circumstances of peculiar cruelty.
The prisoners are distributed out according to what
trade, they are, and what are required at the prisons
to which they are sent.
The Lairroi Wean Farrurammasr, Fiven at the
Corn Exchange lei week to large audiences, waa a
capitally varied group of different amuaements. We
had the singing of Mrs. Geo. Ware, whose imperson-
ations were remarkably good, the dresses being
elegant, and the figure in the Lost Duchies especially
remarkably correct and in good taste, the only
difference ben& that this Grand Durham had "never
been loot." A duet melange, by Mr. and Mrs. are,
"Parlour sketches," introduced some clever parodial
on well-known songs, as "oh dear What can the
matter be?" and • very laughable one on "What are
the Wild Waves saying r also the Laughing Chorus.
The yokes chorded well, and the singing was not far
if at all, behind the charming duties of Mr. and Mrs:
German Reed. Devono's juggling showed a wonder-
fully clever artiste, the most remarkable of the usual
tricks being multiplied, and also made more astonish-
log by the articled thecovered in impossible places
consisting largely of live animals, thus where the
conventional watch or orange was to be found, • live
pigeon would flutter out, or • kitten walk with demure
expression. The Lemon family were a group of
acrobats, the father combining the balancing powers
of the Japanese with the strength of a Hercules, while
the younger members ably econded Ida efforts, and 't was
fearsome to see a little boy standing erect on the top
of a lot of washing-tubs, which had been added from
beneath by the man's feet (lie lying on his back), till
the child waa at the level of the orchestra above.
From this • very clever drop of the whole pile of boxes
into • blanket was effected, and the boy, turning aaomer-
&sulk dropped erect on the man'a feet. The two boys
turned somersaults, in fact, spun like wheels, until
their extremities could not he men, so swiftly did they
go and after the most daring and exhaustive feats
they always came to rest in graceful attitude.. The
culminating piece of the whole was the Bluebeard
burlesque, in which the principal lady acted, danced,
and sung, and, pretending to be a young man (Seim),
found means to exhibit • very shapely form. A variety
of other singers—contralto, serio-conic, comic, and
baritone buffo, made up quite a talented burlesque
opera company. The militia band played in the
orchestra, and remarkably well too, though we should
like to have given the drum more than a few bars'
rest. Drums will be drums ,• but we can give them
more scope in the open air. The entertainment, as a
whole, was far above the ordinary run.

THE BEWLERB IN DORCHESTER.
To thei
"Inquiser (who. 1 pressune. is • bookselke
on commission) asks the writer of • letter dined " Non-
Shaker" to remove kb obtuseness on certain statements
ccomminn what he terms "zo Gir 's tertain-
...t e mirsin Menem remarks mooch:fill mi
Zoo oirer's tot, tothe shape of amusements. Bat if Non-Shaker " ssipuipte the task of removing what to be so deeply
rootelL lam afraid he will dad • -.zit=
chn eerily credit Ids inability to WlOlll
nets ir'n a " Non-Shakes" latter. Ifai—c saw none. Probably
our friend would here suggest "• doss " of Whatley of
which ha dialuterestadly (I) Informs as a ausir
he published shortly. From his reconamendahos el
his high-class bteratties. I infer it is
ho penny numbers. Sada 3 Prossoloa FarohLism"l4l NI!
1. He may not be • gesina but he must have known thst
Oh, majority of the audience were not entirely ipponiis
of either Km O. or this doctrines she is trying
dimeatinata, and his him as to what refutation implies
borders on the original. When I read • " Noo-Sbakeis "
letter I did not for • moment think ha boomed the
audience as posossin, of deluded minds, but rather the
lecturer. But on the principle of Hasa wit owl onaiy
pow I opine an "require, " Mad on the cap inteuded
1., another, and the 01W.. so exact that ha at mos drew
bis own inference. therefrom. If he had kept Wont he
would at lasst ham had the beesset of the doubt With
Non•ihaker " 1 hold that Kra G. had • right as an
Feglishwomen and • Sleeker te be heard without anlem
ha„..fprisig„ What " Enithirer " means by " one pert K
...Uwe disgracing mother I know not, for nothing
to that effect was even hinted at in the letter ha so
Lian.thy cdue..d. ,ito to *Wombat mul other beliefs
wag "outcomes of ignorance and credchty,"
meows in which sea has his own woowdowas to satisfy.
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