The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-24 00:00:00

It would be amusing to get a certain County Court
Judge appointed on • court-martial, if a thing an
shocking to red-tapeian could be managed. Fancy the
feelings of Mr. Let coy.

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Again we mast return our grateful acknowledg-
ments to Almighty Providence fur the glorious harvest
weather, Day after day the morning has broken
gloomily and rain has been threatened; but instead of
a disaster coming, the clouds have only served as a
shade from the great heat of the autumn sun, thus
enabling the harvesters to get on with even more
work than could have been accomplished had the
sky been cloudless. And in the afternoon, almost
every day, have the clouds cleared off, and a cooling
air has united with the sunshine to keep the corn dry.
In the evening the air increases to a gentle breeze, and
perhaps the night time is the most pleasant of the
whole, for the moon approaching the full has
continued light to the busy scenes, so that as lung as
men and women could labour, the work of saving ths
valtied cqin has gone on. Nor have the farmerc
gentrally'been slow to perceive their opportunity. As
a specimen, we believe the worthy treasurer of the
Dorchester Farmers' Club cut in early with several
machines and going on for a hundred people, while
Mr. Genge, another experienced member, actually
showed good sound wheat in the market last Satur.
day. "We shall have a good loaf of bread," say
the labourers. Thanks to the blessing of Providence
on other harvests, and to free trade, we had that last
year; but at what a cost? Ltoo,ooo,oco is reckoned
to have been the outgo from this country last year,
and that could not fail to leave the agricultural
interest with less money to spend. But "to-year,"
we may have something like an average harvest, and
farmers and their dependents will joyfully lay out
more money in the towns. I should like Ilis Grace
the Archbishop of Canterbury to be ready with Iris
Thanksgiving service, when the answer to prayer has
beat so evidently granted.

DISCEN:.

Ts' Rsv. H. C. G. Mous, WA., is on the list
ef select preachers before the University of Cambridge.
Mr. Houle Ii down to preach on the 10th of October.
Conn ANDIAIIST, the celebrated Austrian states-
man, attended Divine service at Holy Trinity Church
on Sunday last, with Mr. Herbert Bankes, with whom
the distinguished diplomatist is staying.
Hots TBISITY INFANT Bestow.. The infante'
clam-room at this school is being enlarged by the
removal of a partition and the absorption of a dwelling.
room ; the work la being done by Mr. %V. Tilley.
&MALMO Vaudin and f'honag
Parker, from Hartlepool, merchant seamen were
brought up on Friday last, scanted with staking a
quantity of rhubarb, value 104., from the garden of
Ur. Charles White, market gardener, Chesil, Port.
bad. —P.C. George Stone, just before one that morn-
ing, wag at the Cutle-ronl, Portland, and saw prieoners
come from a garden occupied by Mr. White, went to
them, and Just before he got there, one said to the
other, "drop ft," and each dropped something from
under their arms. When salted what they had
dropped, they said—" Nothing; it was only • lark."
✓andin went to the spot where the rhubarb wee
dropped, and the other ran away. Vandin said he
came across • field and pulled it up ; but witness
Locked him up on suspicion. and went after the other,
wham he found on board a ship, lying alongside Port-
land Pier, and locked him up also, when he said the
mate (Vandin) pulled it up, and gave it him. Ile also
went to Mr. White's garden, which is attached to his
house, and found stumps which fitted. There were
also *sees where the crowns had been pulled clean off,
and more damage was dons than by the carrying away
of the rhuberb.—Prisonere said they bad • drop of
drink; but Colonel Bingluun told them that was no
excuse,—Mr. White spoke to the sticks of stolen
Amble) corresponding with roots in his garden, and
estimated the damage at 10s, as the men pulled the
itutbarb all to pieoen—Vandin said it was entirely
through drink, and not with any intention to rob.—
Colonel Bingham reproved Vandin in particular; be
was the DIMS of a vessel, yet he took one of his own
man to rob a garden. Hs sentenced them to pay the
costs, El 34. 10d., and 16s. 2d. fine. -Vend's.' father
was captain of the ship, and the prisoner said his
father would be certain to pay the fine. But he had
no money here, and the men luel to remain in custody
till they communicate with Vandin's father.—
* Stone, however, undertook to take the men
down to Portland, that the father might pay the
money, and on this understanding they were allowed.
da=y,
O Boor,—At the Boomth Polioe-court on
Saturday, before the Mayor (W. Durden, Ent ), and
Devenish, Req., Joel Home, slim Evan or Spkraiei
Tucker, was brought up for stealing a pair of boots.—
Acting-liergegnt Carter reoeived information that a
pair of boots had been stolen, made enquiries, and
found the prisoner had left Dorchester, and yesterday
Sidmoutb, Devonshire, with a warrant
recra to
apprehension, and found him at the police
station there in custody. P.C. Coplestone had pos.
meal= of the boots, which witness produce I, and they
took them to the prisoner's cell, where,
while ;Al Copleetone held the boots, witness charged
the prisoner with stealing them. He had read the
warrant to him, and prim mer said "Those are the
boots, but I did not intend to steal them, es I di.' not
intend to COON so far." Coplestone said in prisoner's
proems, that the wowed was not wearing the boot,
at the time of his apprehension, and prisoner stated
that they were at home at hie mother's house. P.C.
Copt...none then went and took °barge of the boots
from prisoner's mother's, and bed been in possession
at them till witness received them.—Mrs. M. Charles,
ci Tubb 's Cornet, Fordington, the prosecutrir, is in
the habit of taking in lodgers, and the man "Jack
Horne" lodged with her five week. last Saturday. He
did not sleep there on Thursday week, hut came on the
following Friday morning, and she let him in ; he said
he was going away to look for work, and left, along
with Charlie Sparing, On Thursday she had the boots
hanging up in her house in the pantry when she went
to bed at night. The boots had been left in her custody
by another lodger, • poor friendless fellow, named
74werd Spier, who had been gone since the militia
left. On Sunday she went into the pantry and saw
the boots_ rms. and "Jack Home's" hung up in their
She had been asked by primmer to sell the
telt:Vise refuted, as the owner had left them in
her t she never gave him permission to take
them away. Valued than at about 44.—Frank Sparks,
elm eaUed " Charlie," had worked t° rnipshoeing with
Pileoser, wben the latter said he Ibouldn't work
0.. r hanikbc_li r• honi• to his father, for what be
totes iset would get him four ths if he
=Yaimed bora Hs held up his feet_ and witness
on got on a nier of 11.4.4-
did ye
get them r Primmer that they hung up
at his lodging% he took .=
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eid awe in their place. Then they went oo so (pp
al the town and had • not 44 bear, and on ;kw.,
wpm. gave information of the matter.—Remandea
to Monday.— —The Was brought np on
day morn before trellaaryor Os, Duram. zioct.
Davi% and M. Devilish, Req., and es( po
previetrily klrea haring been read over eon
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