The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-18 00:00:00

WIRING FOR THE TELEGRAM.

Some time ago subscriptions were set on foot for
the purpose of providing a new organ for St. Andrew's
Church of Ease; but the deplorable old instrument
still remains, n spite of the fact that the fund ham been
lately considerably augmented. That another
Instrument is wanted to take the place of the "box of
whistles" now in use, is beyond a doubt; but as the
present one occupies a site which precludes the
pondbility of its being men by at. least nine-tenths of
the congregation, it would be a woful waste of money
to speculate upon a costly and elaborate instrument.
Attending divine service at the church. I have often
been struck with wonder that the musical portion of
the service is conducted so well as it is with such a
wretched instrument. But the worthy canon boasts
of a really good choir, a good leader, and an efficient
organist.

I wish somebody who keeps a dog in the vicinity of
the CMdfellows' hall wouldn't keep it so aa to be a
nuisance. The slightest thing which disturbs the
equanimity of the canine race naturally takes effect In
this instance. This Is especially the owe when little
semi-clad boys push straws and sticks beneath a door-
way to agitate the brute, thus disturbing the quiet of
peaceable neighbours. Can't the young lady OWller
raise wind enough to invest in • capacious barrel in
which to stow the "object of affection? " aure the
neigbouring grocer has enough and to spare.
The civic chair of Bridport is for the ensuing year to
be filled by Joseph Thompson Stephens, Esq., of the
extensive manufacturing firm of Messrs. W. Houneell
and Co. Mr. Stephens wee elected without a dissent-
ing voice, although there were whispers of a breeze.
Some people are wondering how it was the out-going
mayor was not reelected. It does seem somewhat
peculiar, when it is remembered that for several years
pest, at least, the gentlemen who have occupied the
position of chief magistrate have been considered
worthy to hold it two years in succession.

Mr. Edmunds, the out 'going mayor, has certainly
Dot been behind his predecessors in his desire to Me-
ehan?, the duties of hie odic, efficiently ; and the
energy and tact which he has ever infused Into all the
various phrases of his office, have certainly not been of
an infenor character. In the council chamber he haa
been patient, on the bench he has displayed a lenient
firmness, whilst in the details of his daily official life
no man could have been more aiwiduous. One matter
for regret perhaps is, that his duties at the committee
meetings would have been much lighter had he been
better supported.

It would be much more dignified if his Worship and
his succomors were provided with a badge of °Mos.
Most mayors are distinguishable on the bench by •
gold chain or a robe.

The ratepayers of Bridport take little or no interest
in their local parliament, and on Monday, notvrith.
standing that the annual meeting of the Council for the
election of mayor, kc., is always open to the public,
only a solitary half dozen this year found their way
into it : and those persons were more or lees Intimately
asiociated with members of the COUDdI, or were
official. themselves. After such a display of indiffer-
ence I hope I ehan't hear any more grumbling about
the action of the municipal authorities.

At Monday's meeting the bad state of the Town
Hall was mentioned. The ex-mayor stated that the
bad weather had interfered with any steps being
taken towards • remedy. The valuing committee
have at last been requested to examine and report
upon the oondit on o,f the structure without delay and
not before it is needed. The borough surveyor made
a report, en long ago that I am afraid to say how long,
declaring the building to be In a very bad state of
repair.

'Cho framework ,d the roof is in many plains
completely rotten by reason of the roof itself haviag
been for • long period in • ad Mate of repair. This
I. • work which should be undertaken at once, or else
some fine day when the Council are in oonclave
assembled the whole place will be tumbling about
their ears. Centralizing as it does two of the finest
streets in the west, it should be the pride of the town
to render its appearance, if not palatial, at the
least an ornament to the borough.
The grocers have agreed to close their establish-
ments at five, the drapers at four p.m., on Thursdays,
during the winter months. This is a considerate Ides'
but a friend of mine said be had read somewhere that
' Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour
until the evening," and he fails to see why
drapers' aerietants should "knock eV' =lnt.ger
afternoon.

WHAT TEIS WORLD SAY&
There lithe best authority—that ol those most cooogroul
—for saying that the Vourlalt story is all • myth. The
fleet was serer adored to go thl t bor. • n.t eras consequently
never recalled or countarinanded. Bit lb. •;ory we. so
full, believed in at Constantinople. that Masora/ Pooh.
wan actually instructed to nuentioo Lard 8.11.. tire on tb•
subject. And, will it be bnlieved l—L rd Batishury C
not ar aver until be bad sent for Kr. Bn,lth; and the ront
Lap,' ,nu'd n 505., rL. rd Salishury ho hod .pot
half- .i.oliour ilk inquiries at th. A.liniralty I Then the
sea.., was, that nu order had been aisau to th• Admiral.

A friend of B,r Garnet W 01.41: y 141114 in, th. 4 the unlit
fear for the lumpy tutu of Z dui trt.l hich
entertains is loot a High Gatu•nisrloner rhould ksh sp.
pointed who might be led to eur..tuare nrie.lonary ester.
white settled Against the wieli of at, native,.

Friday's Gamete contains an ebtry that is tneinorab'e
Mama of It. uniqueness. For tbe ge,it fj,,,0 in our
" island hlstory" has • British commander found himself
oalkd on to ackaoldedge the iier•ic+l in fare of
enemy, of • neespaper consispindent. Zits's swipes
MAMA and the Gefette had to print what General rriler
wrote; but It is node/stow! la lailia that the allow to
question wee visited with the displeasure of his superiors
because of this welcome InllnVlltlon. and we. Indord
called upon to cancel the Pardon of his deepatch ski&
commended Yr. FOrbeell cool Purtumfal conduct undue
eze. General Tytler, hayloft a will of hie own, and having
named Mr. Forbes on Use promisee of Ulcers of his column
who witnessed sod admired Mr. iiirbrs's timely gad
service., &dined to delete the nalliolipp. I. 4, of
quite needless to observe that the galliat mom-
Ineedation Will he utterly barren of tarot Our autbiri-
u. •i.oly ranard 11,50 Fres. impertinence On the put of
one not a s 'idler to be guilty of .ny Der Vine On eimpainn.
De mailer whether that Oerlriee Consists In .••Inif human
111, or in cone. sing Important Intelligence under the moat
has irdous coedit/eon

They tell no. that the members of the legal profession
did not take very enthuslasuctlly to the idea of giving •
publlo dinner to General Sir Entre Wood, mad that it
reria,red • pretty strong "whip on the put of M.
Attorney, who wrote to several of the leaders of tips Iltr
min.'s them sts • personal favour to attend, to prevent the
whole thing from being • failure. A, it was, of the SO
tirkists, more than 150 were taken by the hid/tip and the
sac and more than 50 tickets were untold. 1 rot
know whether this want of en thotiasm I. lobe attriba tad
to lack of military ardour on the part of the Pinlor bar, or
to the foot that Lk* prism of the tickets wan • guinea and
• half.

Boyers at the Brighton baster wrre very scorer. and
required • lot vreseluSi Imw in American millionaire
being li•eraily dragged mune the room by • lady to her
stall. rh• manner in wbieh ladles unsex themselves at
them boamrs is simply diegustinVand defeats its own
°bloc% for it has come to this, men will not an, so nese
the puce." 11l bad to organise a baster, it would be on
the distinct understanding that no person should bo
iseptrtuned, wild*s should all have their mites ticketed
upon them in large characters, and lady etall.keepers
should only be allowed to invite buyen with their ryes.
Atintber mistake male at Btightnn ens, that the isdiee
associated with • stall kept standing In • I ery In frost
of it, thug preventing woeld-be porarere haring nooses
to their goods, I andeestend about &AO was Attuned
in Brighton is the area days at the bum, ; bolt of this
neer £3130 was got by presentations to this D Ike and
Deep., en giving • puree and fire guineas—a device I
think, for the sake of royalty, more b be honoured in the
breech than the observance. The town subscribed £OOO
foe the decorations and fireworks: but no doubt this was
'tamped by the enormous influx of visitors.

The full bearing of the Ilse hy am:lmago to our allow.
is India. or at home on furlough. is lilt'. understood or
in &island. It repres -tia at prewat • reduction
of twenty p-r cent on thyir incomes. Tots sonny, sot
only directly to those baying to remit monyy bolus for the
sapipot of relatives and eduretioa of cbl iron, but is-
di.ectly on all imported arUclite. wines end storm, cloth-
Mg. 11.. on which tradewnya tout charge embenced mites
to cover Ices of incite:age. A deduction of four shillings
in sec) eovereign is rvis iy . IlertOU. Mater. Tb• lotion
o,vernacent would do well to coost ler this in tanking
(Wort lins. Tie*, it suffers elm. and very heavily. hut
that doss not casks the hardship on the Indian otflatide
lighter.

The nem tsity of the protest I ventured the other day to
offer against the pereistamos of local nobodies who will
sir their eloquence when all sagembly has met to bear a
great man. wet painfully illustrated in the cam of Mr.
L os at 0 ao' ham. Tbr right boa gentleman had bees
invited to addrees • meetine of Vie local Liberal
Avsociation. He had accepted the invitation, and, feel.
lag hie responeibillty at the preaent bad be-towed
much c Sr. upon the preparatioo of a mooch. The proosed•
fogs commenced at balf-past seven, the crowd in the hail
boring already bean waiting half an boor, The cbsirmaa
made a speech at considerable length ; then theta .1.1. a
no.. lutioo reared sad seconded try too ganuegaeo, ohs
mede the most of their opportunity; then came Mr.
Melt w and Mr. Raindell, candolates for olectlon. who
delivered stupendous oratioat Nett there warn another
reoolotton duly moved aod seeet.dol ; and at ten minutes
root nin Mr. Law*, who bad perforce sat and lietened to
(ii. tvrahlie, was introelluent lip the chaie,aga—p,oi.
iv. ly .11 anolher speoch I By this time the muff are,
mewed in hot room, were fagged .'it, end sere apt
Incline 4 gi listen even to Mr. L If tha tort of thing
noes on, the few public weaker. wham voice the cowry
cares t p Lear at p 1111.) (girls will, in defence of their
own reputation. hare to decline invitations to provincial
Watt rms.

ris B napartist prim in Paris halm made • faint
sat pt at representing the production of the "friendly
Z Jos on the Trench stags as • gross breach of taste;
their •rounent being that it was exceedingly mean of
the Republican Cabinet to let th• "murderers of the
prints hemmer (aim perform their war-dance before •
Paris public. " ttub" It was meekly r .tortied, "b.
iglus do not belong to the hostile tribes that welted nor
against the British fore..; they Fe friendly Yelllca."
"So much the stone for them. le tits Ronspertist
answer; no in that CAM they are probably coon- cad
with the two black aconadrels who lel the unfortunate
Prince into the ambush." Is nut the argument curs:m.ly
Illustrative .1 what political feeling will do to burieeque
facto!

.1.• WWI awful articles for them who are 111021oyeri by
other
rrp Luyal plahttoo next door •eh p-rog b rut: r'eeenhdo pt th,ll
naleht be easily worked ryw a child. The pr. ices rangel
Iron ten ehilltage lox couple of pound.. net the metro:
meets rejoiai severally in the title. of the " Squeeker.
the " Wirer of Br Ay, 'and the "R mrer." In. the moderate
outlay of three pounds you coAld frightau a piri•h. Thls
weapon, I ch.mld imagine, will he vastly popular at the
general electlm—when it comes oft.

Art intcresting correspondence has been In program its
the Timm touching an alleged lack of sixpence,. The
gehtleurah who raised it ems smartly answered by " •
Churchwarden,- who explained that the coins ai• all
given lo the offertory for the pror on Sundays. On Satur-
day "A Vi-sr' caps the churchwarden's story by declar-
ing that at his church " the .If...eV-ay-pia ow are tilled, not
with sixpence., but with threepenniaa'' "On payment
last week in threepeivides sly greengrocer's bile,- he
inseolowly adds, "she expressed her thanks thus •
• These threepennie• WO such a erns-intones to ens, a-
MA now obits' so many of your etnign-g titan, 00101•
torn. fr thorn on the Ssiurday.'" To.. Is • very good
otori : only. as • isymitu. I .11 mid like to boo • bow A
Vicar" cams to be pay Lug his groangroceis bill out of tbo
odertory I

The county•murt jurisdiction in Ireland is graimily
unveiling the mcret of IriM p .Vtr 1.11. F alcy om judge
having 11100 :401:0111161 for debt to &mom of I Many of
tee. were c •ntrectwd l.y" thv led es" of the fanner,'
farnilitt• for apparel .holly u,..u.led to that, etation in
life. One hill that I heard .d woe cut d on by the legal
functi..unry Irmo 1.15 to .C 5. • hich be considered stificl-ht
for a farmer's daughter to speu.i on clothes annual.) I o.ds
item was • smiths Whet, 15 go. Tn.., ladies bad
evidently cinsidared the lilies, nod considered thmn
arrayed.
--
A Hebrew magmata, who follows the chase in one nf the
Ilidlend °motifs, desirous of •howing hided sbility to hie
emsl in leri ira, wee wont at tie c worMs to &WTl'so one
of hit neighbours, once a B mr:shing hatterman in B •nd.
street, bat now a J P. and doputy:lieutenant, with the
following appropriate question: Well, Ur. Buoddar.
bays you got sny good cheese to sell r To. no- thy mauls.
trete, although writhing under this allusion to his past
career, either from sweat of truminstims. or from
peter-
sac, for the so. moos wealth •,f his que-tlon. r, for • l
time repied only with a monosyllabic " uinocompw4
by • e ea, ; but irritated at length twat all
power of • odor men he turned nom his tormontair, and,
to the delisbt of the Mataaders. rejoined, "No, baron.
Have roe got any old clothes to NI,

LORD DIARY AND THR OONBKRVATIVBR.
L rd D rtry I.as Domani tied the one unpardonobie sin In
Ike Cons inmates decalogue ; he has gone against his petty.
Te• Conservative who hes does ebb' is sent to Crventry on
• omoner quite as real in Its way as the schoolboy Who
Mlle tales of his comrades. At the present lines there Is
only one teat of party lopelty--wiherenor through thick
&ad thin to the party Isadore llscerative organisation
implies the decay of animating principles, and the Con.
esmatme ranks ane so Perfectly teased and easily lid
because they ars pmetrated by ease' dew Thorsen, no
reel differences at the present moment.. between Comerva-
Bee and Liberal, art.icli wruld defy the solveist of •
trailers' eli•ction. sae* sp cit., or th• forme, t•foldoe.
Renew the .t etuan •ho oat & IDA either Lord
Derby or Lori Caoray..o to &one strikes at Vie r,r) root
of Cinevriratis•u—dwe a;i that can be done to i ender
Omar ',raisin impossild • Ltd Derby is thua view d.n 4
so • political diseident, but a. • de Asitali•• bererlarch. He
hits precisely the tom pos i • ion, las ruserds the bulk of the
Ouaseinatives at large, as w.iold In the okra, wan ho
geortimed tha &ebbs" of verbal inspiration among to.
Z.angelicils..o. a °lrate who derioutriel the doe rine of
Rome floin • R.tualirtilo pulpit. Ile hoe violated tho only
canon • 4 shry bleb 0 •nrervatirm booties ;he has bad the
lomrimu au twit,' to differ trio the great leader of his
pall —not init. to iiiffer, which is lormeteriel, but to
declare and to act upon that &Renege, v hick o the
GOOlaree.l.. lirdut of view, unforgivable. For the Cm.
servaiive who has dope this there is only one puiiishus nt
—it is that c •Id ahoulderiag The Gemervatirm of to.
day is far more irf to pedal dim • political organise' ion.
and It is the *mist venseence which descends nioet
heavily upon the bend of the political d•Requent. Con.
servative boa's light shy of Lcd Derby ; is it vet,
surprising if, in hie tura, be does not care to have maim
Oonarimative euesta But 111. Mice low to suppose that
the disinclination wanes the exiataere of any irreconcilable
feud with the political priaciples of Ooosertretient, what-
ever dime may be. It is precisely teems, 0 nervmserg
has no Principles, became, under the silted Tory
thaninatarcist who now dagg'im te democracy with his
performance, it has become • eoci tl hybeid, that the
lideLlsafe of a arrliy is pOolilail, ..•1.1 the tho halls of
Knowsley echo with the sounds id Liberal revelry.

00.0PARATION.
Like Imperial Wm-. the 1., h ..! faehiunible ca.:opera-
Lion ion denser of failing her•th it. Own burden. The
modern 00-operatiee POCi•4011 hare ri ached Obligati ma
which in he them an neeleldy wdeantiv ; and twe print
ttas now been arrived at when r ci n etain•t haul le
toesit.his. Go..d work they hoe •.1 no, an I wate Isitt r
than the direct compubion they bee- Led on trwlrineo to
rector their prier. So far is a!I lb. neceisalies of
If. are concerned. Ott re are DO. LI30,10•11d4 01 ',hops in
Loudon and in the provinces which succesefelly compete
ertth the atoms au halms MURIA, more advastegeries to
the public. The grocers, baton, sad bstalient, who. is
the undemtanding that all 1130011. ti are settled weeklr,
sari out cads at shoe prices, are really uodereelliag he
stores A* retard* the luxurlia nt life, the diatomite.]
dltorease which them le hetsrer shoo and wore prime
hy no means reanimate unquaidni lies to the buyer. Ose
expecte to pay, n t only ttr the artier Itself iebith is
purchased—bat for Um spy irtuuitios &forded for its
parcliser—for the wiJo novas that variety allow*, for
careful and imorteons attendants, for the facility to Inspect
closely arid critically before the parches. is Concluded.
These Odom caanot he had et Ow mores : and, therefonr,
while the value of the ...tale prouort °newly declines, the
price is really raised. Fiudly, there lea loarawee la that
case of a shop that there will be nothiag to and twit sub
In the commodity when it luta been mat home, and that
there will he no blond r in the computetion of it. cosh
Add to this that it is not eriryoort who cares to effort pare
ceases la an atax sphere full of roolusion and uproar, or
tiohlig impregnated with LAO aroma of meignatioa, aa
argument of much practicel we ibt in favour of Mr *bop
and against the ins• will he (owed. Teel dtdsreor
between eu9pwrative and other tryling la not „oi,
daissital--it t0i1... that which stirs between shopping
with cosier' and decomfort This is the age of evaitesorat
esighalistelle and ephemeral manila.. To that catalogue does
fashioafible ; and wit' thee other ex.
OM nobs ==apt=th ha,* goaNit Is &Wart
to go.