The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-13 00:00:00

WIRING FOR THE TELAGRAM.

Mothers have cert tinly not lost all control over those
beardleas youths who, during the past few evening; or
rather morning; ha,. e amused themsel yes by extinguish-
ing the lamps- by means of their umbrellas in the
principal and bye thoroughfares of our little town.
Between twelve and one, a.m., these naughty boys
should be safe in motherly arms; but I advise them to
take warning, or early some morning, when they least
expect such a powerful embrace, they will find them-
selves in the paternal arms of a policeman. Consider-
ing the Gas Company show themselves rather parsi-
monious at times with their luminaries, it is rather
hard, when they do light up, that the benighted
wanderer should be cheated out of what he gets so little
of.

A constable stationed at a pretty little sea-girt town,
not many miles from Lyme Regis, last week proved
himself in possession of extraordinary and unprece-
dented presence of mind. Absence of body would have
been better, he thought, when he was startled to
observe the apparent carcase of a man dangling in the
moonlight from a lofty tree overhanging the road near
Sea-lane. After the first symptoms of alarm had died
from his blanched lir, the first im-puue was to feel the
pulse of the fated suicide. No sooner said than done,
the body was cut down and every effort made to
restore animation, but without success. The queen of
the night now casting her soft rays with a more
brilliant effulgence, the constable fancied he could
trace the lineaments of • worthy captain not far away.
The iaptain being a bosom friend of his, the constable
redoubled his efforts, and it was not till he had rubbed
the features into • shapeless 111/1511 that he discovered he
had been duped, and that the cause of his horror was
a faithful representation of his friend the " Cappen."
I hear the " peeler " has taken possession of the span-
new suit of broadcloth in which the "Cappen " was
attired, but is not this the property of the county

Although the grocers have disoontinued giving
Christmas boxes, there are several adventurous spirits
who have set them an example, but a very pase-ful
one. Those cottagers who had their panes of glass
smashed by them ou their return Christmas journey
have had a handsome Christmas-box as a recompense.
They had not the slightest idea of proving so liberal
when they started, but I hope for their own sakes
they'll start afresh and not imbibe so freely if spared
till next Christmas.

Relics of the ancients seem to be turning up in this
locality. On the Swyre beach, • few days ago, a gold
seven-and-sixpenny piece, coined during the reign of
Rufus, was found in • remarkable state of preservation,
and about the same time a gold memorial ring, beauti-
fully chased and inscribed to the loving memory of one
"Nathaniel Hall," dated UM, was dug up near the
foundations of the old West-street mill, lately de-
molished.

To you and your readers, Mr. Editor, "A
and Prosperous New Year., The last sere andl;27i;
leaf has long since fallen, and with the leaf have pissed
away from us the young and old, the loved and the
cherished.
When the poet said "All that's bright must fade,"
I presume he meant green leaves and useful lives. It
is not long to reach from those fallen, decayed, yellow
chips to another generation of verdant OEM. But
which of us can tell how many will be spared to see
the biting frosts, the bitter east winds, calm summer
night, and another fall of the leaf over, and passed to
the irrevocable; spared to celebrate another nativity.
spared to pass by another milestone on our brief
journey? 'There are seasons when we have nothing
crop of potatoes, or magnificent gooseberries, and
better to discuss with our neighbours them the glorious
there are seasons when we fall to moralising, and do
think of the old axiom "Tempos Fugit." I rarely
think of these things, but I trust I may when I am
next having a rubber at whist when I should be raking
up news.

NIT ELZIII2I7BY.
TRZAT To FAILII Einviarrs. —The employees of the
Bowood Estate, by the kindness of Mr. F. Coles, were
treated with their annual supper on New Year's Eve.
Nearly 30 partook of substantial fare, after which
beer and cider were distributed to them an 1 their
families. Music being provided for them, they
enj ,yed themselves on the " light fantastic toe" until
daybreak. Hearty cheers were raised for Mr. and
Mrs. Coles for their seasonable hospitality. On
Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Coles entertained a large circle
of friends at dinner, and in the evening the village
children were presented with cake and oranges and
articles from the Christmas tree.