The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-24 00:00:00

gob= Calk gab Strut edicts.

The paperhanging and painting teades are flourish-
ing in Poole, ani the printers h getting rich.
What witt puting up states of the poll, and bl token-
log them over, it remln la me more of a general elec-
tion than anything else.

if we begin like thin at bye.elncti ,IIP, what shall we
do when our own election COMO, en?

It stated that the Liberals or P,,01e had bills printed
ready to fill in the numbers when the news of
the Liverpool election came to hand, and that the
town-crier went round the streets to cry theme, waste
paper in the evening, as they were not wanted.

Anyone who Irn,we anything about a printing office
knows that this most he a falsehood be'ter than the
general public would kn ow it; but even the general
public can see through it.

Another thing—the town-crier of Po-le is not such
an ass am to get his party &Honied by " crying " any.
thing contrary to their welfare.

People having occasion to go to the Post-Office ars
requested for the future either to spook in a whisper
or speak out plainly, eo that they can be understood;
this will, perhaps, help to avert other errors in Ile.

I did not go to the meeting of the Gan Directors the
other day; I forgot the correct day, otherwise I would
have gone and heard the best and most original panto-
mime ever produced in Pool..

Were might have been seen fought to advantage the
battle we so often Nee waged in Poole between Brains
and Bunkum, irrespective, too, of the laws of debate
or propriety. It reminds me of a street fight, where
the big bully is afraid to begin, and his friends rally
round him and siay—" Go it, Bill; I'll 'old yer 'at."
But, joking adds, I do think that a meeting of
gentlemen such as I always understood the Directors
of the Poole (he Company were should be conducted
—first, according to the principles regulating the laws
of debate, and, secondly. according to the principles
regulating the oonduct gentlemen.
The fact ii we have too much gas in Poole already—
there are many people who live upon it entirely. I
know many instances where gas had kept a man going
in Poole for a long time, when he bad not a penny to
call his own, and wal head over ears in debt.

There has been a groat deal of gal consumed at the
Conservative Hall lately, not for the purposes oflllo
mination, but for those of inflation. There are private
gas-making machines belonging to the essociatioa, and
after Southwark and Liverpool elections there was so
much gas used that Poole was nearly blown up, and
some people were such big men that they took the
room of six ordinary mortals in the street.

There is a rood deal of gee us.(l. too, at the Ladies'
Walking Fiel,l just now; that building which is going
up there is supposed te bee gas manufactory on a
small scale.

Talking of 'the field," I see the works have been
flooded several times I am sorry for thin, and Gar
that it will increase the expenne of the work ; in fact,
an engineer told me that he (earn it will he next to
imnowrible to keep the new land clear of water at
hi-h spring tiden unless the work is c mducted on a
different principle.
I bear that anyone who wants employment In "the
fi Id" now has to go before two l'ories to ho " passed,"
previous to heinl: employed, and thst hi, height,
vreight, complexion &Wrens, and—singular to remark
—his politics are all noted carefully before be is taken
on.

Of course, all thi4 is not "undue infloance," a
practice respectahle Tories would not be guilty of;
but it may be satisfactory for all parties to knew that
amongst the labourars are " chiels Mkin' notes" of all
done and said, and that them notes are all carefully
treasured up for a reckoning day.

I have always said, and still maintain, that &general
election is sure to take place before Midsummer Day.
and I warn all good Liberda not to be weary in well.
doing, and not to be led away by the idea that the
wholesale bribery now going .n in the borough by our
of,ponents will gain onelittlebit of rantangeground for
the Conservative cause in I'oole, because it will not.

The Liberal cause in Pestle will newer die ; and, in
spite of Southwark and ',lvaco° .1 going wrong, the
day is not far distant when the return of Mr. Charles
Waring for.the borough will be welcgmed by all true
Liberals, but more especially by
The WANDERRIt. in Poole Telegram.
Longfleet, February 18th, 1880.
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BLAIDFORD.

BOROUGH Po Lice, Wednesday. -Before the Mayor
(r. Bennett, Vesq.), and the ex- Nlayor (C. Pond,
Rag )—Edward Foy'e. a lad, in the employ of Mr.
Charles Coates, bay dealer of Blandford, was sum-
moned for being (asleep whiist in charge of a horse and
waggon in Sasbury-streel, on Friday—Defendant
pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay 24. 6d. to
include costa. . .

Tin WATERWORKS Q1:1131ION. —The usual meeting
of the Local Board of Health woe held on Wellies.
day last, present 1.
if. Dot.len (chairman), A.
B. Hodge., P. T. Johns, C. Pond, 11. Gill, L. B.
Smith, J. G. E. Lawrence, J. Ball, E. J. L. Brown,
J. I. BeIDON, and P. A. Barnes.— l'he Chairman asid
It was advisable to give some answer to the letter
received from the Local Government Board with
reference to the water-works question.—Mr. Gill
opined it would be the safest plan to go to Shilling-
stone for water, as there they could obtain an abun-
dant, unfailing supply of good quality.—Mr. Pond
considered any resolution should come from the whole
of the Board, and as sever il of the members who
took greet interest in the question were absent to-
day, it would be best to again a Ijourn the matter.—
Mr. Pond spoke of the difficulties in the way of getting
• constant supply of good watir free from surface
water near Blandfeed, and said the volume of water
under the hill at obillioptone after all would be the
grandest thing for the town. He referred to the
6110(11101 of tube pumps at the Blandford St. Mary
and other breweries, and said they were worthy of
' szpseknent.—Mr. Lawrence said it would be a great
whir of time if they decided whether they would
have water-works established in the town or not. He
firmly believed that if they lii have water-works
they must have sewerage-works as well.—
Mr. E. J. L. Brun thought they were either
to swept or reject MF Lawrence's plan that morning,
and he felt sure that if they went to the vote it would
be rejected by snob a small majority that they would
not to jitstified in erecting water-works. Ile ii;reed
with Mr. Lawrence that if they had water-works they
must have sewage-works as well. lit r. Brown coin-
mentad on the fact that the notice convening the public
me ting held last year mentioned sewerage-works
before water-works, but the former was now dropped
out of the question. His opinion was that it the
Local Government Board got in the thin edge of the
wedge they would have to go through with sewerage
as well MI water-works.—Mr. Johns said they could
not decide there to-day whether water-works and
sewerage-works would go together or not. He
believed conscientiously that if water-works were
established they would be able to do without sewerage.
His firm opinion was that Mr. Lawrence's scheme
would do no good at all. They were trying t p stave off
whet would be forced upon them, as had been the carts
with other towns.—ln answer to a question, the Clerk
said the Local Government Board Inspector, when he
was down here, esid the Board would certainly iDaibt
upon • water an..nly, and they might require sewerage.
works DO well.—Mr. Smith proposed that theconsidera-
tion of the question sh.old be adjourned until the new
' board was elected. Au adjournment till Apt il could
not he of much detiiinent The election would give
the public another opportunity of expressing their
, opinion, Mr. Smith was, however, a opicion
, that the Water-works must come.—Mr. Gill
thought the two questions of water-works and
sewerage had been mixed up too much. If the
London Board was once convinced that they
were going to get a good eater so ply, they would be
matisfied.—Mr. Pond said Mr. Lawrence* plan had
been put to the meeting, he had one which woald
eclipse it altogether. and which he should have
proposed as an amendment. They Is old gather from
the election the opinion of the public. n these mattere,
and he hoped the opini n would be one that would
clear them of the Loral Government Bosrd. Hs
seconded Mr. Smith'. proposition.—Mr. Hodges spoke
in opposition to the establishment of water-work, and
said he never had any fault to find with Blaudford
water.—Tbe proposition was carried, and the clerk
was instructed to inform the Local Government Board
of the course adopto.l I.y the tueeting.--The Chipirman
made • financial statement, and said the B. a,lwas
now indebted to the bank to the extent of £395.
Amongst the bills ordered to be paid was of £ll7
due to the Gee Company,— The said be was
one of the outgoing members at the next election, and
he therefore could not act MI returning officer on that
occasion. Mr. Pond would act in that capacity.—The
retiring members were Messrs. H. Darden, F. T.
Johns, T. M. Park, A. S. Hodges, and H. W. Abbott.
—ln answer to Mr, Brown, the clerk said no answer
had been received from the Local Government Board
to the appeal for the disallowance of the auditor's sur-
charge of the amount paid to the treasurer as interest
OD the Board's over-drawn account —Mr. Smith asked
if he was correctly informed that Mr. Atkinson's bill
of costs for the Local Board prosecutions amounted to
£l3 10e. and that on its being taxed. at • further cost
iof 10s., t was may reduced to £l2 lOsi—The Clerk was
underetood to answer in the Mlimuslive.

COUNTT COURT, Monday —Before Judge Lefro3'.
Job Rose, farmer, of Sturminster Newton, v. Charles
Ridout and William Ridout, labourers, of the same place.
—A claim of £l—Mr. Atkinson appeared for plaintiff.
His Honour gave judgment for defendants.
John Rowland, of Sturminster Newton, v. Thomas
Northover, of the same place. —A claim of which was
not disputed, but against which was pleaded a set-off of
£2 9asd., of which Es. OK was admitted. —Mr. Atkinson
WWI for plaintiff, and Mr. Brennand for defendant. —His
Honour gave judgment for plaintiff for £2 se, to be paid
in monthly instalments of 91.
Corsair POLICE, Saturday—Before Lord Portman.
Sidney Coal'. of Milborne St. Andrew, was charged with
obtaining is. Rd. worth of grooeries from Albert Golding,
of Tarrant Monkton, by false pretences on the 29th of
August last.—Prosecutor proved that he supplied prisoner
with the goods on the faith of a note he brought to his
ship, purporting to be signed by Frank Harvey,a thatcher,
of Tarrant Monition, and which authorised him to supply
the goods, stating that the hearer was working for the
writer. He could swear to the prisoner, as he knew him
when he was working for Harvey several rears ego
—Frank Harvey proved that the note was not written by
him, and that he had not seen prisoner for nearly three
years —Supt. Underwood said he apprehended the prisoner
on his discharge from Winchester gaol on the previous day.
Prisoner told him he knew nothing of that case, and he did
not expect him (the Superintendent) after him, but he did
expect P.C. Chum—Prisoner, in defence, said he was
working for a builder at Bournemouth at the time in
question.—His lordship committed prisoner for trial at the
next Quarter Sessions.
VISIT OF MR. ARCH.
A meeting was held in the Corn Exchange on Monday
evening, in connection with the Labourers Union, and
although there was a small charge for admission, the
spacious room was nearly tilled by an attentive audience.
Mr. George Mitchell prodded, and Mr. Joseph Arch spoke
at great length. Ile said he was there because he was an
English...an, and he wanted to see his countrymen in a
prosperous and happy condition. Ile believed the
Labourers' Union was Just the thing to help them to be
that; it had done 'nor. good than any institution for the
last 200 years. They wanted to lift the degraded and
poverty-struck classes of this country into a better
position, and he was satisfied that England would be the
better for it. The richer classes had nothing to fear, for
that country was always in a state of safety in which the
people were a conteated and a happy people. They had
been charged with sowing the seeds of discontent, but
they had simply opened up an avenue by which long
continued discontent could find its way out. The avenue
they had opened had been the platform, and they did, not
go into secret conventicles to consider what they should
do. The cause of the downfall of every nation had been
that the power of a certain privileged few had crushed the
liberties, freedom, and happiness of the many. The
farmers of Dorsetshire might still say they would bind
down their labourers, and let it be so for the present, but
he believed the hour WI, not far distant when their
tyranny would be over and the yoke would be severed
from the neck of the slave.

"God mad the sea, and made the wave,
But he never, never made the slave."

But he was not there to blame the farmers, but the men.
Farmers could not buy men like cattle in the market, if
men were not willing to be bought. Referring to the
hiring of men in the streets at Dorchester on S .turday,
Mr. Arch said he believed in higher sentiments than men
standing on pavements to be purchased like bullocka He
combatted the idea that • twelvemonths' hiring was
necessary for the farmer to got his work done well, and
went on to say that he had beard it said that the Union
was dead. If the farmers had paid as much attention to
their business and to the farming of their land as they did
to trying to crush the Union, they would not have had so
much depression as they hail now. They begun at the
wrong end, and they could see it now. At the
commencement of the agitation large numbers of
men were thrown out, some families were thrown
Into the streets, and in their blindness and
prejudice the farmers thought they were going to do
wonders, and they had done wonders for themselves. The
very men who persecuted the labourers and tried to
stamp out the Union were now filing petitions in bank-
ruptcy, whilst the Union had been receiving .C4OO or .C5OO
• month. Resolutions were passed in favour of the
extension of the franchise, a re-distribution of seats, an
amendment of the land laws, and the abolition of the
game laws.

COUNTY COURT, Tuesday.—Before Judge Utley.
Bessie Giles, domestic servant, of Tarrant Hinton, V.
the Rev. Charles Glyn, of Rowlands, Wimbornis. —This
was • claim of £1 It Bd., • month's wages and defendant
pleaded a set-off of the same amount in lieu of notice.
Plaintiff who is now in service in Wimborne, said she
entered defendant's service on the 10th of December for
a month on triaL The agreement was that she was to be
paid £l3 a year wages with £2 lit• beer money. When
she had been with defendant a fortnight she gave notice
that she should leave at the expiration of the month, and
she did leave on the 10th of January.—His Honour
remarked that he could not see what the defence was,
but Mr. Glyn said the girl was not engaged for a month
I on trial. but in the ordinary way, at £l3 a year —ln reply
to Mr. Glyn, the girl admitted that when she gave notice
of her intention to leave she was told she would not be
pail her wages if she did. —His Honour said it would he
a very hard case indeed for Use defendant to have the
benefit of the girl's services for a month and then not pay
her.—Mr. Glyn said he strongly denied that the girl was
engaged on trial. He did not think the facts would he
disputed, or he would have brought Mrs. Glyn who
engaged the girl. He thought the case would turn on the
law as to whether or not the girl had a right to leave
without giving • months notice—The Judge said be
thought it would be • veil' hard case for the girl to lose
her wages, and substantial justice would be met un-
doutedly by defendant's paying her for the time she was
With him. He should give judgment for plaintiff for the
debt and costs, to be paid forthwith