The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-16 00:00:00

"Held the ,at they took front Waring,
(iive hint bark hl4 own
For that dirty. vie petition
BoJn we will atone.

Good night. sir, its • took me fire hours to write this, and
the clock have just struck twelve and my candle's out, so
please excuse more.
From Your friend
BILL BLADILS.
Parketone, Bth March.

--
Eaton Calk anb Street erbots.

I think that the candidates are Willa to seize time by
the forelock, as I hear that the writs for the new
election ar, all ready, and will be sent out simultaneous
with the Premier's resignation. This will bear out
what the " Wanderer" always said, namely, that the
election will come down upon us like a thunder-clap.

I hear that one of the vacant sesta is to be allotted
to Bristol, so there will be some chance, as a minority
candidate, for "the rejected of everywhere" after aIL
The Tories say that they will win the ex-officio
Guardian CLIC Will they? I happen to know from
exceedingly good authority that they have not a leg to
stand upon, and that before very long the legitimate
election of a rate collector will be duly confirmed,
Strum claque applies equally to our late member as it
does to our future rate-collector.

Great alterations k High-street. Another draper!
As if we have not enough already; but I suppose we
are • rising town, and there is room for all, so again
I say suurn cuique.

I wish they would bring the steam-roller into the
High-street again, as the road is almost impassably
rough. Failing it, we might use our own roller and
settle down the stones a little bit into their places.
I thought the Wesleyan Chapel was to be opened
this month. It does not look like It; but I will ask
the " Clarke" of the works, who has made a capital
job of it so far. He can tell me when it is to be
finished.

The Foresters' dinner was numerically a failure.
There were only about 100 there, and it became rather
slow. There appears to me to be a reaction going on
amongst Poole Benefit Societies. The members, I
hear, do not attend their Lodges and Courts as they
formerly did, nor are there as many initiations as there
need to be.

A working man told me that all this wee due to the
depreas;on in trade and the general stagnant state the
c omtry was "1 do not dispute it," I said; "but
tell me what the depression and stagnation is due to."
'A Tory Government" was the answer I received,
and I said "Right you are, my boy; remember this
when you make your cross at the next general election,
and vote for Waring." I put that man's name down
In my poll-book as " certatn " before he left me.

But the chef (louvre of the evening was the speech
of Mr. Waring on "thrift," a speech every working
man should have heard. Although the latter may not
have a chance to save much whilst his money ir being
spent in the "gunpowder and glory" business, still
better times are awaiting him.

Ou r Medical Officer of Health respecting the" vote
and baby" question was ltily discussed in none too
complimentary terms. I think, perhaps, his picture
is a little overdrawn. Doubtless it is "a way he hag."
We must now say "An eye for an eye, • tooth for •
tooth, and • baby fer a vote."

I should very much like to know what lithe go
value of a working man's vote in Poole. Let us start
with the assumption that the highest possible price to
be asked for it is a baby's life, and the lowest ball-a.
pint of beer. To get this question duly solved I must
pay a visit to the Conservative Hall, where the science
of electioneering is brought out to such perfection by
the assistance of thnt legal acumen so characteristic of
Toryism in Poole, that in a book—a blue book, of
course—are recorded statistics of every voter in the
borough, commencing with his name and winding up
with what he haa for dinner every day.

It is astonishing what an amount of legal acumen
can he brought tl bear upon an election if you pay
well for It, and as the quality is undeniable, and the
influence it has omnipotent, the election has only to
take place and - the best man will win. I have
seen a great many elections, and I always found that
their success was in an throne ratio to the .o-called
Ind mum amployod.