The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-03-06 00:00:00

000 ant enbo.

That admirable publication, the Braish Workman,
bag this month an article, accompanied with a life-
like p rtrait, rehtive to the late Lord Juatioe Lush.
This sbutilii be specially interesting to my readers in
Poole, as there are members of the late judge's
family residing in the Borough, as there are at
Dorchester. It is written be Mr. Charles Reads— I
presume the noveliet—aLd his remini.cences of the
Chitty's—lawyers, of Shaftesbury, with whom Judge
Lush first oommenoed his connection with the law, and
the circumstances under which the beginning w
accomplished—are well worth perttial. The Chitty's, are
both dead and gone now, ale. II knew them well, and
it was only like their kindly nature that they should
consent to surrender their claims upoo the best cleik
they had ever had, In order that he might have a
w.der se ips for hi. abilities In London.

Mr. George Chitty, I dare say, It .9 often before now
figured in Poole. He era, well-known in the western
parts of the coonty, and when It was se .n that be and
'lawyer" Joliffe, of Crewkerne—still. I am pleased
to say, am lively ever —were pitted in • caae ag drum
eath other, either at a County Court or a Petty
Sessions, the public veuerally reckoned upon a couole
of boon' amu-ement, and they were aeld,rn
• p Intel. Mr. George Chitty bad a dry humour,
witch seemed t a irritate hie m TS imoulsave friend,
and the almost stereotyped " heading" t' the report+.
which appeared in the local papers, was generally
"another scene." _ _

Mr. Justice lfAtsh was the eon of • widow, who
kept & small stationer's shop in Shaftesbury, and be
first entered loto the employ of the Messrs. Chitty
In 1819. He was, says Mr. Reed, relidious without
parade. He warn a Baptist, and when be got to
London he lodged with • Baptist minister and his
two daughters. He fell In love er,th one of them,
proposed to her, and was accepted. The couple were
married without pomp, and after the ceremony the
good minister took them aside, and .aid," I have only
t2OO in the world ; 1 have save I it, a little at a time,
for my two daughters. Here is your share, my
children." Then he gave his daughter £lOO, and she
ban led it to the bridegroom on the spot. The go d
mioister smiled approval, and they set down to what
fine folk cell breakfast, but they called dinoer, and it
was. After dinner and the usual ceremonies, the
bridegroom rose and surprised them a little. He said,
" lam very sorry to lases you, but I have a portico ar
business to attend to; it will take me just one hour."
01 course there was a look or two interchanged,
especially by every female there present ,• but the con.
deans in him was t,,0 great to be di turbed, and this
was his first eccentricity. He left them, went to
Gray's Inn, put down his name as • student for the
Bar, pail away his wife's d,wry in the fees, aucl
returned within the hour. Next day the marrivi clerk
was at the office se usual, and entered on a tscs.f..ld
life. He worked se a clerk till five, dined in the Hall
of Gray's Inn as a sucking barrister, and studied hard
at night.

Loan Wnianaws has given £250 towards the
enlargement ot Lore set Church. Hie lordship. I
hear, has " let " Caatord to a gentleman ir.,111 L't their
si le o' the Tweed for • term of six years. He goes to
France I believe.

AT • RICIINT sale of shares in the Poole Gas and
Water Company, 72 ware sold for £756-10 guineas
each.

A SALVATION ARMY lass has made an awkward mis-
take at Parkstone, it is said. She rece..tly got mart I-d
there, forgetful that she bad already a hu.band
liviug? As a witty—or Whittely—individ.nd put it to
a defendant, in a case heard at a recent police-r-ourt,
"'ti, a tarnation nuisance to hare. bad memory."

nzAa that Mr. Daniel MIMI], the blue ribbon
orator, local preacher, and guardian of the poor—or
rather poor-law suer ilan—is so dissatisfied with the
decision given in a recent case, lo which be took a
prominent part, that he has declared be will not again
address a Pole audience. I hove not had an oppor-
tunity of hearing Mr. Billet.. eloquence beyond that
afforded me at the police-c ,urt. If that was • fair
sample I don't know whether the people of Poole are
much to be commiserated. But I ran assure him there
are • good many others, besides himself, who questioe
the righteousness of the magisterial decision.
AT RICHMOND the dog-poisoners have been at work.
Laying down poisoned baits is not a method of getting
rid ~f • onisancs that commends itself, but I fancy •
good many of my reader, wi.l sympathise with the
currespindent who writes :
" He is not surprised at some inhabitant doing a litt'is
Borgisistn on his own account, so as to contribute
towards lessening the maims of does with which this
lovely spot I. troubled. At the present time, it is ku•
possiMit to conceive anything more filthy and diegusting
then the suite of the Richmond streets, consequent upm
this dos pest, unless the mind is conveyed to Constan.
tinupla .

What with the plscoe of doge, the whip-tope, and
etone-throwlog, life in Poole is hardly worth living.

IT Is 6011ZWITAT Salliling t, hear some of 1 he electors
of virtuous Poole talk about the remit of the Salisbury
petition. "Not legally proved, my dear sir,' they
▪ "but there min be no doubt tho constituency I.
dreadfully corrupt," and then you may notice, if you
are particularly observant, a masonic twinkle of the
left eye.

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL has declared against
the closing of publichoom aou Sundays. No doubt
hie distant relation, the 1130alier for Poole, would, if
wilted, do the same, so that at the neat el..ction for this
" auoielit b " we may probahly see whoa,
reenlve themselves into the were question of "blue
ribbon" versus "blue ruin."

IT would seem that General Booth issues to those of
his "officer." in whom he imposes implicit trust •
book of secret instructions, which they are no no &ocean t
to show to other psople. The profane and blashemous
buff tonery of the Booth family has lately been exposed
in the Tines by the Rev. Samuel Charleeworth, of
Ciaphamotmenon, whose d ourhter was reo-ntly
expelled from Geneva with Miss Booth. Mr. ()bade.-
worth sets himself to "fully unmask the dangerous
prinplu and practice of • sect whicb,in sodeavouring
to obtain • world.wi,ie influsuoe, is subverting much
that we hold moat dear in our Christian faith cod
home life." Addressing the "General," Mr. Charles-
worth says :
Mr. Bootii, you may be working for the Lod Jeaut
Christ, to win souls fur Flint: but I tell you that in yo ir
work you, and your family, and your system, have torn
from my widowed home one of the most loving and
devoted children, the sunbeam of my life, the cheer of my
declining paste; and you know that I ant not the only
@offerer In having my home thus made desolatt by those
terrible principles of your systvm, that all home Interests,
rights and duties, and all rolationahip obligations are to be
subservient to the interews of the Salvation Army. It is
so written in your secret book of orders and regulations
for your offiosra, awl I challenge you to make that book
public. In that book you make yourself the autocrat of an
order at despotic as that of the Romith Jesuits. In that
book you Ignore the holy Sacraments of the aviation
Church ; roe set at naught the obligations and duties of
married life, if they interfere with the interests a! your
army • you assert that the Bible dom not contain the full
revelation of Godi mind and will to moo, but that the
words ot your army teachers. under the intpiratton of the
Holy Spirit, are of equal authority.'
•_

THZ EDITOR Or A satirical paper published at Nor-
wich, celled Daylight aopeare to be be baying • rather
lively time of it. He has had his office windows
smashed, got • couple of actions for libel to fight,
and has been horsewhipped in the streets by • loving
son-in-law, whom father-in-law he had disparagingly
referred to. Shoul I anyone feel tempted to take such
(similarities with the M.A.P., I whould fore-warn
them that we keep • fighting man on the staff to do
our part in any such little matter.; and when I
remark that Tom Sayers admitted he was the only
amateur with the gloves who ever managed to make
hit nose bleed (Tom Sayer's' nose I mean, of mare...)
at least, he tells me so, I think any pugnaciously
Inclined Individual will probably consider discretion
the better part of valor.
MAN ABOUT Pane.

Lan.= Bnnces. —The I ourth of the series of
Wednesday evening Lenten Services in our parieh
Church watt held lett Wednesday when the preacher
on the occasion was the Rev. J. G. Phillips, rector of
Olteford Fit:palm _

DILUNIL 441-:;.—On Friday last, before Mr. J. J.
Farquharson, a well-known character named John
Smith, who has figured in similar columns of the
calendar before, wu charged by P.C. Powell, of the
County Police, with being drank and incapable of
taking charge of a horse and cart In the pariah of
Spettisbury co the previous day. From the constable's
evidenoe it seems the man was so helpless that he had
to drive the bore* to Blandlowl, and there the help of
the Borough Police wan requested to take defendant
I. the station. Fined fis., Including coots.
Horricciruaat. SocirrY.—The committee of the
society, which after • lapis of some yearn, held • very
sitonswful show in Bryanston Park last autumn, met
In the T Ana Hdi Tuesday evening, when Mr. H.
Darden presided, and decided ou holding show for
the weeen year on Thursday, Aniruit 23rd. At the
same meeting it was decided to somewhat extend the
show from lest year's, so as to admit amateurs to com-
pete. By thin mesas it is hoped the fl river and fruit
ahows will be much more interesting and varied. The
hon. secretaries, Mears. R. 0. Richards and J.
Richards, still rift& their dice, and Use oacoakittee
act aa Won,

I FoOTSALL.--Blandford v. Dorset Comity School.--
1 This match was played tinder the Ass viation Rolm
on the ground of the former, on Wednesday, (a
capital weather. sod with the gr nod in excellent
condition. The nacre played well together, soon
placing two goals to their credit. meat before half.
time, and after changing soda, the home-team ;'roved
mire earneesful, gainim • goal and playig
together. The reault we. in fermi.- of tbe sfl2ool by
two coals to one. 5abj0i.....1 arr. ch. 11.1E01 of the
teams :—Dorwit Conn y Sabo. I—E 0. SmIV, C. ii.
Plummer (right whit); S. 11E...5.t, W. W. wa„,,,aa
(1.-ft mina); J. W. el Ock, C. T. CriPliN S. C•hl.i.
W. -m J. ocker (ceotres) ; Rev. :i. Nichols, Mr:
(hacks) A. fih 'Hand (um Kt. Per).
liiandford—W. It. Itichratie (right wing);
A. If utehi. go, H. I. gram (left wios); F Blandiord
F. Daniell, F. Id li, H. Smith (*mitres) ; K. 0:
Richard.. C. ‘Vatti (necks) ; A. W. Bacbwey (coal).
Tantmaitscnt Sonivti.—On 'faraday evening a wee'.
in,g was held in the Lector. 14 al, wlj 'lying t.
Congregational Chaoel, in counection with the Bland.
ford Temperance Society, at ehml, there wee a very
good nttenditue•. The chair was taken by tha p ytor
of the chapel (the Bce B. G ay. B A.), wh. ,sva a
hearty welcome to the asembe,a of Vie society, cud
although not personally on aboamirr, yet expreswri his
deep interest in the tmodetance reform, and wi.i.ed
Godmpeed to the vement. tie fir-t celled on Mr.
G. A. Dll. one of the ini-ei .nitri.• of the Dorset aid
Southern Coindies' Temperance As-ocistioo, eh„ gave
a thoroughly good a Idrites, dealing with severs posa•
of the drink quention in masterly fedi' .11; but the
chief internat f he meeting centre I I. the spech .4
the K. Evans, f Poole. This gentleman delivet.g
• calm, coo sihcing, and most interesting addresi.
illu.orsting li, suiject by ca es which ha.i come under
hi, own notice. ai.d tread°, the whir question fora
'he hi:he•t aid no' est stand poi r.• . The meatinc was
ettliveved 7 a «deetlon of music rendered 11 some
the temperance eh Or, and at the close
very hearty vote ..f thanks was accorded to the ch..ii.
man, filreahee.. and the vrardeim of the ch.pel for the
u.s.if the excells.,t and commodi..us Lecture Hall

OBBNI ABBAS.
MISTIRMI 5C11001... —Mr. Trevarthen's report.—
" The in In Very good order, and taught with
great care end success. The school fees for ti.
1.. Fox, and D. Sommers have been slowed."
Average, 53; grant, £45 19s.