The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-01-06 00:00:00

ANECDOTES OF 1/01. Pit.T4 OF CELEBRATED

"IN.

Wediinittoo Trying (thc celebrated Anterievin author) tells us
of the pleasure It gave him to see Sir Walter Scott rum led
%ill his dumb e..anyanlims, In his beautiful grounds m Abbuts.
I'll. I mast not linger In • description of this huge baronial
plc, at this time litalq enlarged and altered, but tell you how
the two great anti; its delighted In the Nona of a garrison of
dogs. Sir Waltat in a simple, almost rustic dress, with his dog
whistle at his Wile walked rather laine on a stout stick ; his
large iron grey stalihuand gravely looked on at the clamorous
*wane brothers. awl ;w it were greeted Washington Irving In
sp.sial way -Scott laughed !wittily at the gra, ity uS the dog,
•• I make no doula sail he when • goads' in alone with the
young dogs, he throws gravity aside, and play thee boy as
much ;is any id them ; but no is 1141AITIC I to do so iu our
cidniany and “4,111 S ti coy have done with your milowise,
n.p yoa.ters •' what will the laird and that other -;,ntly.
tom think of me if I cite way to this to 'cry?
Maid*" reminflf-I him, he said, .4 a scene on In ml all
armwl yacht, h, which he male at, excursion with his fri-nil
Ad,.,,. Eergusat ; a eiy big iiturdy ...maw, had been pct.:kaki'
to ;Wax a fig, h., xsa; gave It up after an awkward wool ..1
or two like our friend " Maids " here les of note" ti
the *allot with a side glance at us, "000 can't danca always
suintlice.•" . . . . .

Scott was amused at the peculiarities of another of his
A little sky terrier with large bright eyes and a most ',natl.,
Mak isaly, he felt en)thing likt ail Mann most keenly lii.,
vitt' waif whipped h. ‘v.mhl %weak and hide in the garra
Deter 1',11411 thAVII until he beard the ehopong knife, sy.
thought some victuals were hying got ready wcn he tedni
rune down with a dawn cast look, but skult away if notie.l.
Scott never punished without cause, and rewarded all their
aorta to please with plevent words &one dumb companions
need a greeting end gently kindly words as much as we do
causeless. ills domestic animals were his friends. Every
thing seemed to rejoice in the light of his counkbance, and
they seemed to anticipate a cheering word, some people are apt
to make dogs play toe., much ; jumps into the water over toul
over again, cabmen a dog very much • and often a favourite
had dropped down deel, burst a blood vowel In thu chest;
especially jumps from bridges or any high places are dangerous.
To return to Sir Walter we must not forget the cat which be
need to Joku about and call the " mysterious witch Names:
Mie eat with grave eyes rt....cardiac the fire "Ahhe et tilt! ••
thaw cats arc mysterious kind of folk. Then he would joi,b,..ty
tell tales of the cats all in mourning carrying their duel
comrade in a coffin with velvet pall. The Ilighlanders all
dvlhrht Its hobgoblin storks., and in Scott "as tempted to
humour thou. in those pleasant days Washington Ining
Pisan. the e% nings wore enlivened with the music and songs of
of Sir Wsiter's daughters, he (Scott) would read aloud his own
romances 3114 versos at the request of his visitor, and
anecdotes and conversation added a est, while "Maids" sat at
his bet AI favourite dog, and his large grey "eat was assuming
great autitt-tity over the slop sitting on a Chair by the door,
and giving etch dog • playful pat as he passed to and fro; and
rivaled with ill-bits from master and mistress at tattle. Cats
sod dogs would far oftener had peaceful lives, ifs cruel person
did not lel. them on to fight ; they all copy their marten,. if
they are imeily 110 Wig tile animals he, for they have fooling
and a de,rree reaston which leads them to follow gootl
LA:lmph. Sir Walter Sc. itt was a great author, one of the first
in the world ; lot us if we cuurbt equal him in mind, at bast
epial Min in heart, and remember " bleeped are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy"

DRRADYCL ACCHAMT —A young married man, named
T Lonsu Sage, bas met with his death in • frightful manner
at the Old Mills (Misty, Poulton, romerset, where he
wu employed as chief uglagar. It sppears that it is •
custom every Christ= MI to dean out theism:en Desseased
entered • email &rob under the boiler for the purpose of
tapping is. H. turned the tap, not notialog that a
culvert through which the water should have run was
Mopped up. The water, in cone q ueuos, II vied he
tunnel. Tee deoeued. finding no other, means of exit,
attempted to escape by rushing the biting meter; but
that he was unable to do, aa the way was stopped by •
grating through which he had sreeled on eateries the
itui nil.
THE LOU or TIM LOCH BAlN.—Tise inquiry into the
lose of the Loeb Bun and the Ville de Havre was con-
cluded on Friday. Captain Robertson, of the Loch Bars
stated that a Brews& boat, with an offur and four men,
Game slopped' tau minutes after the : they
brought DO message, and did not Mete that the steamer
was cut below the water line. Witness wished to state
that none of the stories re•pectiug the French
enuoarad from Mau Mr. Maude mid thou welds=
doubt the captain wont down with his ship, sad was
taken from the water. After some discussion as to an
adjournment, the court, having deliberated a quarter of
an hour, decided thet no blame waa attached to the
crew of the Lull Bans.
Tils MARCH Of Itershuto'r.—The world ouasion ally
witnesse• the appearanoe of a man pre-eminent moss
his fellows, who leaves bis mark upon the world either
hr good or for evil. Our century has been unusually
fruitful in such men. We have our military hero, our
philosopher, our astronomer, our statesman par
czoeliamor; we have, also, our physician and philan-
thropist par al:alkyd. But now we have Professor
Holloway, who, benefitted by the empusbanere of long
experiments, and enlightened Is 7 deep study, has
bestowed upon the world one of the greatest, in the ferm
of his celebrated Pills arid Ointment. By their instru-
mentality health is Wooed within the reach of all that
will avail themselves of them. They bave reortn me tided
themselves everywhere by their beneficial effseta, and
ate now known throughout the civilised world. We are
glad to know that not only unbounded tome, but a con-
siderable fortune, have rewarded Holloway for his
Philanthropic labours. South and Centrist America,
Minims aild Cubs, following the example of Spain, have
!mmi. °oil" large consumers of them articles, and wherever
the °vanish Isofusgis is spoken, they ere now exten-
sively used as amily me hides. No region or the earth
lifted' such 011Portunitlee for testing the ttnikwreeliq of•
remedy Di ;tool
America. From the enormous In-
equality of level between its different portions, it com-
prehends the abniates of all the sours, and all the
di`, ""e Pewolker to the varisties of temperature knowa
temperate, and torrid are found among its in-
Labitants. A grander field for the eMpluyment of
Preparetions adapted to core *eery species of disorder,
internal and externs', cannot be committed, and as thou
nieces' bas been uniform in all puts of th• southern
°Oirtinent, we may falrly regard these mullein" as
reiSm for the maladies of every soil and clime. We
ootmaks these statism, nts aad express these
_Pin! na without having weighed them well. They are
17.1tIzded nserly upon common report, but upon the
cf poetics oimapying high poultices in society
that
lit, unblemished reputation and matured udgmoct;
„;alliise, is confirmed by cdroumstaness within our
hunt& n'sdisks knowkdifill. Moreover, we have the Less
declaring our predilistioas foe these
hiasmnsh mil is sharid by oar brethren of the
less qs
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