The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-18 00:00:00

SMALL NOT BRAVERY BE REWARDED,

To at liciiior.

Sri,—As acts of bravery are sometime+ held up for
public admiration, so ought cowardice to be hell up for
public ridicule and contempt. A c qua of an assault was
heard at the last Wareham Pet. y S s.ions in which the
conduct of a railway porter was con•ider:d so cowardly
that the magistrates desired to rusks • note of it. It
seems that two sailors arrived by the hat train at More
ton station, and were asked for their tickets which they
refused to give up. Afterwards one of them gave up •
falm one, and while the stationmaster was ex,minius it
they both commenced t &lease and lastly to assault
He called In the aid of the nolicernan, who fortunately
egs close by, • porter nam,d S +tidy who was ale, present,
but as soon as be raw the eail r. show sht, he ran away
and hid himself, and did not show himself again until
the too fellows were sale in the cuffs of the policeman.
The two minors got a month each, and Sandy got a note
msde of his conduct He ought to be rewarded for his
bravery in running away and leaving his duty. Mr.
Samson, the stationmaster, is an elderly man, and the
policeman is not • young man. They were both buffeted
about, but they might h.'', been seriously injured or
killed for what Sandy cared. There is some talk of •
subscription being started to present him with • mode',
made out of the prim of letther that the tailor sewed in
Pat's trousers to prvtect hie heart, and which dld him such
good service as be was running awAy from the enemy.
Subscriptions for the above may be left at the Sand Pitt,
Moreton Station.
X.
October 13th. 1881.

The new chaplain, the Rev. Josiah Meigh, B. A..
appears to be prosecuting a vigorous campaign in behalf
of this society and in Its work. On Sunday he
preached sermons in the p3rish char hot St. George's
and the Avalanche Memorial Church, and collections
were made. On Tuesday, by the kind perntitai..ll of
the lie,. T. A. Ottlev, M.A., 8.0., vicar of the
parish, who very cordially co-operates in the goo I work,
the first of a series of services was held at the Reauing-
room, Castletown, when the following hymn, specially
comrxmod for the occasion, was sung to a tune from
BUILDING SWIZTY.—WS hear this 'society is about
Hymns Ancient and Modero,
making an advance to one 01 its members Vi complete
.. t,ord, Thou sr- now within this place; the purchase of an excellent and commodious residence
Reveal to us Toy gracious face, lately put up on the Tannton-rowl, and, by the very
And it t not nne ti.nlght depart easy repayment of monthly instalments, in 14 years
Without a Wafting In hi, heart,
that valuable bourn will be his own freehold property.
Thy Promise b, where two or three STIAMI3B.—The change of the weather, together
Ara met for prayer and praise to Thee,
with the advance of the season, causes the numbers of
There wilt Thou be, and that to bless
, the excursionists now carried to and fro by the steamers
With gifts of peace and righteousness.
1 to be very limited, and it is expected the Lord Elgin
Oh, what we need Is grace to live, ; and Empress will disoontinue the daily trips between
And thin is Thine akme to g vi; ' here an. Bournemouth after this weok, and then poi'.
Lvd, Thou art rich and we are poor,
Swanage is left out in the cold for another winter.
Than give us of Thy bounteous store.
THU HAILWAY.—Diving the past week the surveyors
And as the lighthouse (rein afar, have 1.)...en going over the route of the proposed liwanage
li wee aod ponies the nwtrirwr,
railway again. It may be remembered that the plans
ii, tar there from this room, 0 Lord,
li I scattered sunbesues all abroad. already roughly drawn included land of 200 feet in
width throughout the whole line, and these gentlemen
And, 011! ont God, we pray Thee keep have now had the time occupied in deciding on which
All thow who plough the stormy deep, p irtion of the 200 feet the line shall be made, and in
And may thee all in edity emus
doing so they have bad under consideration the cheap-
?. heaves, the great eternal home,
set which can be best ii instructed, and which will be
The Rev. T. Ot, ley took port in the service and the tr.cist convenient to the land proprietors. From this
Rev. J. Meigh gave an Address. The member; of Mrs, final plans will be drawn, astiliates made, contracts ouley's Bible class kindly sedated in the singing, arid let, kn., all of which will occupy about two months
the prayer* were In accordance with the order ef the more.

SWANAGE.