The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-15 00:00:00

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A WINDFALL —Three brothers residing the North
of Yorkshire, named Hawkins, who haws libido been
in humble circumstances, have unexpectedly bosom'
possessors of fortunes to the sum of £lO,OOO each. 2ls•
effect on two of the brothers was very naturally • fop
ous one, but the third, engaged in farming parasite,
regarded his good fortune as • trouble rather than other-
wise. When the messenger sought him outs& Revise-
ham, he was among the corn stacks, which, Is said, in
reply to the intimation that he must go to Loudon,
" war'nt (beaked" (were not (hatched), end they most
before be could think of pint '
MAGIIITIATAN IX A " —A ellori time sham •
medical man was called in to attend optimum. emillsed
in the lock-up in the Abbeydore district, and expressed
hr opinion of the ventilation of the eell in a very gird-
liant manner—via, by poking his umbrella through eme
of the panes of glass. At the next meeting of the die-
Wet magistrates, our new county surveyor It
defective ventilation of the cells before the
and, as • practical test, it was deemed expedient shed
the mogistrates should inspect the cells. For this par-
p.se they proceeded to one of the Gelb, b.da.tt was
thought the test would be iverthlese union the door erns
closed, that operation was performed, when, to the es,-
siernation of the gentlemen inside, it wee diesevered
there was no means of opening the closed doer. The
remit was that the magistrates, notwithstanding Nab
pommelling and boating at the door with very misnmesel.
able activity, had to suffer iscareeration for • emote
of hours before the arrival of an °Goer who could
r, lease them. We can only hope that the worthy
gentlemen will be able to give a very satisfactory=
a , to the cute of yentile.icei in Alm
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Sums= Lose OF • Samoan WTTH ALL HASDIF
—The supposed loss of Um Corsair, of Plymouth, and
the whole of lier crew, is reported at Lloyd's, mad it Is
feared that she has been ran down. Bite left Plymouth
biden with grain for Loudon on Friday, and • quantity
of wreck answering her description has been picked njr
at the back of the Isle of Wight. Tim sewn of •sie
bcoring the words "Corsair, Plymouth,' a boat, sows
charts, torn shovels, and alting ban come
and from the fragmentary state in which a greet
of the lumber was washed in, it is conjectured that
the ill-fated vessel most have been run down. The
coast-guard on the island report having seen woe
lights as if two vessels were in cooled, and soon one
of the lights disappeared. Mr. Ceramist, the Niemen
of the Corsair, is dated to have had his wife ea bawd.
Mod of the crew belonged to Brizham.
SINGULAR CABE OF RILITITUTION.—A remarkable
sae of restitution occurred on Friday. Mr. John
Tacker, of Angel Street, Sheffield, received by pet
from Paris, an envelope, enclosing PO,
one EIO and two £5 notes on • Dublin 11‘717.1.eigere
was no indication as to who hod sent them, or for what
reason, except that inside the envelope was verities in
a very legible hand "Restitution." There sea, of
coarse, be no doubt that the money was sent by or en
behalf of some one who has wronged Mr. Tusher I.lk.
peat. It appears that a man who once held • eel&
dread position in his adablishment has remedy
died, snd it is not improbable that on his death-bed des
man was conscience-stricken. Possibly he might have
confessed to his priest, and been advised that the only
atonement he could make was to return the money.—
Leeds Mercier,.
A EGLINNA FOR • BRITIR.—At the parish Awl*
Leeds, on Sunday, • gallant painter and decorator el
Woodhouse, went to the altar in order to ester hote the
bonds of matrimony. Tbe couple were properly w-
ronged before the curate, and the ordinary quelicies
had been asked, when • lady presented hemelf sod
claimed the attention of the pried. BIN dated that
I she was the legally married wife of the painter that
they had only been wedded two years ; that the ;erste
, (who had married them), might refer to the register for
particulars ; that her husband had always been • good
1 husband to her ; but that he bad left her shoat eight
o'clock on the Saturday night without asking for leave
of absence. She added that she keard some reftionn of
the snood marriage on Sunday morning, and in core-
enema she prated down to the *harsh, and just arrived
in time to prevent the denouement. Her husband em-
phatically declared to the clergyman that his wife was •
woman to whom he was unknown; bet when She fast
of the registry of the former marriage was &eland, be
welly acknowledged it. left the Intemded bride in the
lurch, and took off his legitimate wile in the sab, saying
to her meanwhile, "Well, lass, l'n had no breakfast.
supped we go home and get some." The Ankh of the
story, and whether it will lead to any future legal pro-
ceeding, is not within our province to date.
PACING IN • BASEITT.—A performing castertientet,
who is now in Sunderland, 'starring," and matt
of the habitues a minor musieball, twisting
twining himself into all sorts of shapes, had ,beneit
on Friday, and undertook a somewhat remarkable
journey, for • wager, as the bills announced. At a
I quarter past twelve, • basket, two and shalt feet long.
and one and a-half feet deep, was pined on the top
of • cab and the professor, who was • man of the
middle height, astonished the spectators by tiling
himself into the basket by some mysterious coetraetion
of his supple joints and muscles. The lid was then
fastened down, end the cab drove off to the rawa
station, the basket being duly forwarded to Newcastle
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pert and parcel of the luggage. At night As=
fewer made his return journey, "this side up" as
was conveyed to the music hall, and delivered blamed
from the basket amidst the admiration sad applaass
of his patrons and friends.
FACTS ABOUT nil MORKONN.— Th• following letter,
dated " Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Sept.
1, 1861," appears in • contemporary :—" I have now
travelled 680 miles from Sacramento, in • mash, day
and night, for seven days and siz nights, without un-
dressing once or getting one nights sleep, living on
bread and beaus and bad Deice, and receiving • wet
of dust so thick that it look several boars to sorabb
It off, You would not have known toe when I mashed
this city. Under these cireemstaaces, and as there is
• further coach juarney of It days and nights, de
you wonder that I am resting for • few days macaw
the Mormons? They have chosen a bosantdul spot ter
their settlement; with niageiteent mountains ear.
rounding the valley; but I would not live here in the
midst of their polygamy for all the wealth in tits
world. Ism certain that it is like living on • 'ramp,
and that one of these days there will be a terribis
explosion. The landlord of the house at whisk lam
staying has four wives. Brigham Toting, the chief
prophet, is said to have, some soy twenty, some mixt,.
It is certain that he and one other man 'apply one
school with 2100 children. It is very difficult to learn
anything about their domestic matters, as they are
jcaloric of the Gentiles, as they call all who do ad
belong to their church. I have received a good deal of
attention and made many friends: I have not ewe-
seeded in being introdueeet into any family, and again
and again when I have led the 000versation to poly-
gamy I have received replies in monosyllables, and
the subject has been turned. The women deem in
cotton without hoops, and with the ugly shaker
bonnet, which is uglier than the old Quakereis's
seal-
shuttle. I have not seen above two or three that
have moderately good looks. They an all from the
lowest classes in England, Wales, Denmark,
and Norway. This morning I attended their mrsiss,
when shout 2,000 listened to some good twain
about honesty. This afternoon the sairramene wee
administered, and Brigham definers' an address that
for indecency could wareely be 'tended blot
lewdest people. Tomorrow I shall ride on
beet to the Salt take, where the salt at assiaia
es lies a font or two thick on the surface of CM
where the water is far salter than that
~sts &nor or? PORTINOUTH.-00 Thee.day mania(
h piety of the naval cadets from H.M.S. Brittaais wide
'bathing, as is their custom, on the beach between tie
harbour's mouth and Haler Hospital, whoa a peculiar
ewes was obeerved ors the surface of the water, at no
great distance from the bathers, by wine mamas and
the watermen of • boat which was coming into the har-
bour under sail from the ships of war at apothem& On
drawing near the object it was discovered to he the
dorsal On of a huge shark, which, with its head towards
the bathers, was apparently engaged in watching their
proceeding with great interest. The aloes prozissity of
the boat, however, appeared to disturb his copitatiosts
for the brute, with scarcely any perceptible tihris
sheered off at great speed into deep water. Shealy
afterwards be was seen cruising of the Whin amainso
at Southeea. Measures bays been taken to died his
capture if possible.
" Witt it Wash" is a genuine British_ phrase, which
indicates acuteness in enquiry, and a deeire for moo'
thing intrinsic in rider, rather than merely sleelry.
There is one common feature which will "eel wash, or
rather will wash off, and that is We end of colour on
the Green Tea generally sold in Ragland. Its beautiful
bluish appearance, is a "facie?' artistically applied by
Us Maass to hide defects, for is this way they dassims
lice soasamars, and get rid of worthless dock, for until
the 'powdered mineral is washed of whoa drank with
the Mirka, it imparts • deceptive vane to all broom
autumn aorta. Hershman Co.&na knowing the pails
prefer real quality to merely showeaTea, and being elee
desirous to swore • lasting preterites* lor their artists
are imparting Pure Teas, the Greer" 1,..$ Wish In ad
a nideral olive ; neither is the the meads
istaassly dark. 's Tea basemmosio
and wholesomeness, and is highly oaly
In Pmeata by authorisad Agents as admwthlrd k Mr
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