The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-08 00:00:00

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Ose of Mother Shipton's-pr"phecies was that H4h.
rata should some day be joined to London. This
has been well fulfilled. If the old lady had lived in
them parts, and had pv,phaeled that Bournemouth
should some day join Poole, I believe, from the proba-
bilities I see of this coining about., that this prophecy
would hays been fulfilled also.
Although Bournemouth has been, and still is, of
Inestimable veins to Poole, yet I oongratulate myself
that few of Use residents in that "rising miasmas-
place" owe me money, judgiag from the news of a
financial character which I heard last week, and
certain " disappearances."

The last link of Identity connecting the late tenant
of Beeohkrust with that venerable al chltesteral pile
was severed on Ladyday, far I saw • man removing
the brass plats from the railings. and I wept to think
of the immortal "crew that had let it keep its place so
imlatory repeats herself. It may be in the recoil's.
Lion of many of my readers that this mansion was
formerly tenanted by • solicitor greatly respected by
all who knew blm. Again I say, History repeats
hersedf.

I win plasesid to see that under UN !sew regime the
Conservative Hall has had it. face washed. In other
all the old placards hare been washed off, and
the brick. cleaned. I could tall of lots of things con-
nected with Coneerrstiszo in Poole (and elsewhere)
that much want washing off and cleaning.
Whilst the washing off prairie was going, on and
their " hands were In,, the Poole Conservatives caiuht
hare ocanmenced the task of wsehing dm three slis
petitions out of the memorise of the Poole people.

gosy intoreet many of my readers to know that
the mum ahem known as " The Parkstone forret
ease" wm withdrawn from the County Voce at the
last sitting, on that bittorly oold day, when " anow"
was ems NM it Court am well as outside It.

I went into the Court with the hope of having •
great forensic treat, from a Weymouth and • Poole
'elicitor, whose powers as "special pleaders" are like
"household words." and I was not disappointed, but
Lb. cum I speak of stands adjourned, and, sharks: the
feeling expressed by "the multitude," I hope the
Gas Connally will loss the day if they are trying to
claim land without a title.
It has often struck me what a zig•seg course a vehicle
has to take to get from the Para" into West-street,
and I had hoped that the New Wesleyan Chapel
(which, by the way, bide fair to be a handsome struc-
ture) would have been placed far enough back to allow
of Chapel-lane being mad. into a narrow street, then
U • piece was taken out of the old Burying Ground to
widen Um foot-path which runs alms' its edge, and •
similar arrangement carried out with the Lots-lane
foot-path, • new street could have been formed which
would have been of material use to the inhabitants
who drive carts or carriages.

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No ate can delay thst Poole 1.. " stuffy" towa--lts
streets ere badly Lid out, sad the bonsai am lalearebly
crimped up In may pmts. I/ some of our "back.
slums" could be entirely demolished I smears weshould
be Mr healthier, but instead of " thinning oat" imam
to be building more and mom.

The Town Gila's, for intaan, and all that 0•1111111111
pill of garbage and aa 'tablet behind th• Plains)
Library, might, without any manila' toes to the owner,
and with great benefit to tin town, 0011641 down It
would inners the vain ol the surrounding property,
and the inhabitants a little morn trash at. it did
nothbg 1111.

Then the ialubliarls isuld Aida • Warr view of ti• Mersey prosalsadritaMia4 softly. whisk
*ay ban a* Os

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ne two " Ortihemle," tee,with their redolent gutters, end the aromatic went of.boili eniteal
ng tallow yid* pervert's the. enei7 week, mini be very agreeable to
those who reside in them, especially in warm weather.
y third, Joey protein with • good show of nee% against the enormous sum wpey anntudly to the
Poole Wateryrorke Company for " flushing " the
By a very small outlay the pawn b.
• flushed" from morning to night daily with, eett
water, whilst • quarter of the good reservoir which now is let run into the gutters would supple
goad" P°ew:tucwi,tha Almon° dther.hatbaY,ditweirreatcann:t.ii,:,ontitainfze7t.fidrriofOisz:
Sinos I wrote this I see "the powers that be" hese issued • notice threatening to proceed egainst
meddling with the water used to " dash" the awe.
ilysraloolz.g.ntatlre.thsbeAsbiaudlo
wait
deb,b,
turity
by
who at
a greatatdresestkastodmlbLoo.rennewt,n in
sewage.
Fifteen Pounds Reward II Yea„ verqy. by tit.
side of this notioe the Town Clerk lamer (" by order.)
thie reward ho anyone who will give information
leading to the conviction of the rascsla who hese eat
down the sew trees planted on the Parkatorn-road. I trust that the offenders may get punished w
magistrates in • nghbouriug town iNeyweetb.
think) punished similar offeuders. They fined the
first few they caught heavily, and the destruction °Da. Liaising they went the next captured culprit to gaol
three months without the option of • fine.
I enppose we shall ere very very long see the Hot.
house on Anvil Point ootomenoed. A few wore
wrecks close to Poole Harbour leipat probaldy ths
means of getting the foutidatiou stone laid a ley
year,' earlier than it was originally intended to lay it,

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Nautical men tell me that it is no 1111110151131 n thi
for mariDe:• bound out of Havre down Cheemeut
in their desire to shun the far outstanding cape ia
that vicinity, to shape a course too northerly, e.,1
catching the strong flood upon the 1-o bow, be curial
over to our coasts quicker than they h„,14. for.
There is 'something in this. Perhaps the new light.
house will threw • little light upon it, and whe Ley
great-great-grand-children see the Anvil Point Lek.
house lit far the first time they probably seedy
the matter.

I sew ihe "Telegraph' returning from the stranded
ship on Saturday afternoon with her declu crowied
with " poor distressed Poote fishermen," who had hese
trying to get the vessel I believe they snit., Our,
£4OO for getting her ~ff. That is better them 1100.
'• mart +ban," after this, soul mound well ma the name
of our M.P., or any other flame whkh would bring
£4OO and give It to the " poor fishermen"
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So the shepherd of the Skinner-street d )ek is
rally
going away, to the great regret of m,ny, eed
to the joy of a few who are " hard to please."
There are various ways of ving to heaven, awl /
sincerely trust that every reader of this paragrept, hes
selected • way which will ultimately take him there;
but I can never bring myself to believe that the noisy
method resorted to by certain who fre-
quently parade our streets absolutely yelling at the
top of their voices, is by any means an agreedbis say
of getting there, or one 1 should like to adopt; in inet
I hare wonders i how it was our authoritiee
this "rowdy row" in the public streets, so in my opines
it amount. to a " breach of the peace."
The mew church clone to the Bourne Valley
Pottery Is being eulsrged. Thid church is stoic
stone', throw of some of our Corporation property,
which is for sale and—likely to be!
What haa been going wrong at Pa/ketone! No
wonder people are I—rate, when they are too high.
rated, and can't pay the rate, and then irst whir
people to psy it for them, and wind up by beind cal
into the bargain. Charity begins at home, verily.

Wanted, immediately, five hundred voters, open to
be bribed, to luny next 'Potion. lag of I ind, a
soup, blanket, and owl tiolcist, & rood dinner, lois of
beer, and the privilege of shaki.ng bands with end
standing tenet to the Sec.iptary. ' ime's up. gs.,ile.
men I any mOTO gping 00 1' The discussion on Um
"Land Question" 'to be continued in or nest."
Tin WLSINUICI.
Pools, March 31st, 1879.