The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-07-16 00:00:00

A BLANDFORD LABOURER'S ACCOUNT OF
THE NORTH.
[nom • Conan. ,Nuerr.]

I had °rowlock on Needs, t, gn in )S .0410,,1, A
run through the smiling valley of Black...or, site it.
magnilloant woodlainds, it.eraerans th„,
glituarhig whtera of the ri•• r welseitog is ooy sturnat
It. meadows and teatime in ic b hoe impressed
me with the paring t hue •trnet meat be %IA
indocienteoti that woul wake rein less •wou meow
for tbe ble•kness. the sterility, a Ad %tau darkness of the
North. Undoubtedly the attractions offered to the
emigrant has. been great; how they are realised lit •
innthereatioci I bad with owe who bed einerienoed It
show. As I got out of the train tie Blandlor let .1100
I cmlld bar .lr Nil to nolioo a Mee, are 4 opialora cl to au..
to be • superior ki.l of lehourer, sled who, on stepp
upon the platform, with i. basket of tools upon his
shoulder,. wag greeted by Owe or three c imrades with
" Hallo, mate, omit bask *pun 'boo." "At'," was his
reply, "and d epee 1 hied I be." " What'. git op thero."
woe the nett enquiry. " A pound • week." " W -IL,
if's' 'ad • poiu•i a co-k theri ...Wl made m .11 d•
then." '' 0 ware.. then; rtj doed t.. 0 Ire•h orriVol,
"I rayther thick tiers wvre • goad die the is
Ghessiag that the wee wits one of (hi recoA eaporta-
thou from Blandford, I fiat cur:oes to know how be
hail fared in his new field of laboer. So I iov:ta I him
to drink • a pint of home-brood qiiokly toe.. au I 41.
tongue. 'Now long bad he been away. I ask .d, a
inoeth on trial, which was whet was ogre Al uoin. 11-i
had beep up user Birmingtmin. Wet what tire) cellos
• dnver op there, what we shout I call dowo here •
outer. Workel in a brickyard, bit was miserable.
Couldn't thand it. Lir, who; we t'l oast aid toe
smoke never iteemed tile. no sea. T)ey fellows that
got 'em to leave made 'ern believe be wore I, have •
boosa and hal-eons re land ft...; bate dovil bit Mt hi
ever Nee o' either. You might op thorn bare • house
wi' • couple u' rooms jolt about Lig enough to stand up
In for arf-s-orowo a wish, but then you'd Imre to pay
water-rate, poor-rate, policii.ra:e, sal ell that, an la
took lodgings at Ile same orlon. What wore the p
of provisions op Caere, oi, tarnatiou dear. Torun
4d. a lb. • beef and mutton, lel. • bread, 71. And
then be isoitldn't stand the 'ours. Many a time he were
up it three in the morning, sad left off till °Memo
at night. Memo did say they liked it, but he were glad
enough to bring the woad .0201ork aid tin kid bads to
toe woold place. Oh, o'oottriae he had to pay hia own
fare back." . - . . .

Sash is the plsio, nevarnished desoriptoo, given use
by a Blandford maa ol the North.

TBE DORSET LABOURER IN THE NORTH.
The folio.* lettirs do not show • very bright state
of things for at any rate some of the agricultural
labourers who have gone to the north In search of
work. The envelope of the first bsers tie poet mark
OhasteriiilA aad ii directed " Yrs. S 61.44 L ick yard,
Woodbury RM. Bete kt go, aia,,mord. u

_
Dear Nother.-4 new take the planer of nting to jou, ibuptng
find you evil, ties.. se IA prearisht. I User Mother we
bare got mem work now, think God, bet thies in tee tlfi,
Job we bans had moot we base been goes from h on, s. Nother
you tell Frank Toms to bard at home when be think he A
well of, for If he coos, up Pere he •111 with well beck win
before he baba been here long, for we du LI yids gni was
home now. I Mother dint tete no tratible alr nit rue, lon i at
for
to"luy wallet itik?nibz.reaiti,litovre whenl. ('tot
rot • 4ouair 'pp"' l'hoio"lx%
never ewes to rileet Us. We Mope there adsy and nig° t. No-
body never ems and we could not Wok. *tom oil,
end we come on beet erio. We walked a :34 oath oofore
we had a Joh You must go down to gables. trio after ruy
address were to rite, sal you must return p MI,Ii.
Give ray knvl lave to all. J Lockyar sated, end r.lo
before Weneley. Mind it."
Toe other letter has the poet mark B made, sal u
directed to 'Mr. T. Lute. Bee lies* Labeler&
Dorset" It is Le follows :
Deer Farther, I now take the plasm of citing toy 0, bad
sews to tell yout We arrived all wink but when we got there
there was no body to meet an We waltlonel tberc d sod
nicht. Ma body Weer coal, so we &I not no wore to gi.
We could not make It out, so, we are working back agasn. We
are all together. We could not gets bit of work. We !lava
sold all oar clothes, and parsed it, for to hive •nu I:Anz to
est. Dont make your sell unhappy about us, for we are is,rlt.
lag back, for we haat doos bottling not mace we base Imam
You ern tell the cheeps not to think * tool cii. u
fr,te North for work, are elle they One: no to anotlier ptr,.
Whet we are you baden no call to tingsk we want to close home,
for we dont smut te, not if we ono net work, bit all no it
woeld never have corns up here, nor anyone reee, not if they
know wkat we do, for we wt., no suet hard toni, in oar
Ilvre. You mind and let them read Os I Ater Lest T. Orson
mother and Jomph Lik front, an I Jolts I. ye:or I. M cher
we cant tell you were no rite to not yet. we oral r.k: aria wiscn
we we KW. Mind and let Ant Mena rend It; it you d I
will never rite seal. Frau T. Logi, Wears Bansaley.
Suoday eight. Good bye. Cheer up.