The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-03-09 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

TUE lte,curo SHAKER, young Henry Bunion, has gone
hack it his 41 trail°, having obtained a situation as baker
with Mr. V.
Tim trade of the island is now in as pros emus a state
VI has been known at this time of the year for many
yeani past, and it is biped that there will be a ex.
traonlinary good season for general trade.
.11e.W1611 CONTICTII.- Fifty convicts were sent front Port-
land on Friday for Ports th. It is laid that, Is•ing
Jews, most of them were transferred that they might
have the spiritual instruction* of the Portsmouth
Unfortunately convicts who call themselves christians ass
easily found, and the same day half • hundred of them
came and kept the cells filled; another half hundred catue
on another they.
FUNERAL OP A MARINI:. --On Wolnestlay afternoon last
Private Henry Rogers, marine, of the Royal Alfred, was
buried at Castlerreatl I 'emetery. He had died of conges-
tion of the lungs, at the early age of 30, and his body was
brought on shore on a gun.carriage by a party of marines
and bluejackets. There was no bawl, but a firing party
of marine artillet yinen and heir brothers of da.eased
attendal. The chaplain of the Royal Alfred officiated,
and the usual honours were pail.
Tut: Live SAVERS Al TOE WRECK.—About Eta was
raised for presentation to the gallant men who a.seiste.l in
saving life at the wreck of the Marie Moine, and on Fri-
day night there was a meeting for 4 jsfribution of. the
money. The
for
tijilstra.ve youi.l7, neartto,ltr.si,N,lll..ffe, has received
INJCRY TO 111.411171.? Eco- -On Tuesday last Mr. Richard
Lan° met with • painful accident lie had purchased a
horse at Dorchester a fortnight ago, and was in the
animal's stable at Refome when the ferocious beast turned
liii Mr. Lane and bit him frightfully in the ear, almost
biting it off. Dr. McLean was called in anti sewed the
severed part together, but Mr. lano still suffers a great
deal of pain. It is added that one of the stable lays said
he did not care for the horse and approachal too near,
when the animal attacked him also on the cheek.
rsycit or Finn--Large numbers of bass have been
taken in Om West Bay lately. On Sunday Mears.
Russell and Way's host took 4,000, and on Tuesday about
-LOW inure. 011 Walnesday they also shot armind 'large
slual of fish, but they were small, and escaped all but
about two or three dozen mullet. It is supposed that
during the easterly wind the fish find the West Ray
warmer than Portland Roads, and so congregate there
behind the Chesil Beach.
Ounitssittotttu llone s BOrettwutt —The inquest
on the aced muu-ryinan Wallis revealed to stringers a
house of the t. 1.1 type, and some of the .jurist manners of
the maple. Wallis, though an old quarryman, had only
been for three thus last in the quarry where he was
killed; before that he was lying out sheep-keeping. Ilia
Southwell house was his two; but the place where he
was laid out was so strait that the jurymen hail to get in,
stooping As they went, one by one, and when EC. Hoare
attempted ta stand upright, he drove the spike of his
helmet against the ceiling and split the ventilating part
One of the witnesses moved about in the inquest ram,
now curiously examining what the reporter was writing,
and then favouring the Coroner's notes with inspection.
while, in answer to questions, he would reely, "That's
about it," or "That's about the rights of it. Evidently
an unsophisticated but independent lot of people are stiff
remaining in this village, and those curious in such
natters may find about here the relics if old Portland
customs. The rector of St. George's is trying to found in
Soutbwell a nthaion church.

PIDDLEHINTON.
SALE OM Annul' urout. I ni•Lannnr, —Mr. C. 11. Mayo,
of Manor lane, being about to retire from business,
instructed Mr. T. S. Morgan, of Itorcluiter, to submit to
competition the whole of his modern and excellent as-ri•
cultural implement.. The sale took place on M lay last,
when, notwithstanding the severe weather, there W&A a
very huge attendance, anal a I,mik sale. Nearly :100 lots
were offered, anal the amount realised was about COO,
being a very aatisfactory product.

A LADY'S ACCOUNT OF A CHARMING DAY
WITH VIE SOUTH DORSET AT CHESILBORNE.
This beinf my first effort to draw • sporting pieture. I
trust. Mr. blithe, you will be a.little indulgent, a.s my pen
is nut iillifie all fait ill Mieli rimeatAs matters, and,
e I fear I have little orign.l in me
Excepting origin.' sin."
I ought to have omitted " charming " if I wax alluding
to the weather, for • more cold, biting, easterly wind than
eta.' us this morningeoubl lie scarcely imagined. If there
THE CLEANLINE'teI OF WEYMOUTH. Is any truth in the imlea that ex ieedure to inelement weather
For sow considerable time past, an opposition has an predluces stuniinees auml stamina, thew who were out to-
carried on by a determined party to the propositions of sir day ought to endure it like the lesquinsaux and attain the
John Comic as to the drainage of the town andi in fact to strength of 'ferrule.
his employmeUl at all liy the beal Board. Whether the e The sweeping blast, the sky oisonast,
opposition was sound or not, we do not stop to enquire, The Joylees winter day;
sufficient fur our purpose., that it was borne down by an Let other. fear, to ine more ils.ar
overs hebuing tua.);:ithaty in the Local Hoard, and that it is Than all the pride of May..
clear that, in the ~ •on of that majority. whatever Sir As I drew upiny blind in the daub, morning and saw the
John del was right, thee modification only WM OanOtnnt ! ..”W rh"," ra..ing eerese the sky I dreaded what w..ii in
iii, Sir John's plans ; whentas the euiineut engincer.nrooonsd , store for no, After heetile dressing I rushed dmen and
I'. curer the outfall inland and there utilise the ' produce find had a peep at the barometer, which peinted at all
of rseidlence," an experiment hee loon road; and the liar- ...wt., of dlnsdlfill things and thre.its unutterable', lout I
tour of Weymouth has been continued as the channel for alwaye look at the bright side"( the question, so I came
the larger amount, as it wit. in former Years .4 the Ara:slier to the ronclusi tttt that the indicator was bent on taking •
deisintity. The opposition has new been transferred fndua short cut to set-fair. Breakfast wit.; waiting, and under
the ...hone of the farm to the harbour discharge, and a the ieeuenee of this cheery meal end a clearing of the
few townemen have IlleillOrialiiieil the Local Government horizon* feces began iii brighten and the clouds looked
Board. There is certainly something very curious in the brighter an I donned my hetet and prepared fur the cam-
...__,..,rieliete waking it „mu., a_iiiiiist the Lew Beam of : aign. Before my lest above was *C.ireely on shouted
't17,;',,.... that an trriaatton fano ha, not heen carried „at. , ''lice horses are wa ttttt g." I jusup.l into my meddle with
and y• ' 'lately after decthrine that they are utterly 1 the Ilene feeling 'led' I ani 'ere all other hunting laditef
01.1.0..1 to a pumping elation and such farm. But it may . .10, 'wiling Mr. Freeman and his horrid views at defienee,
be that their leader, Mr. Walker, who hae the credit of des. lesing such eider... sensibility, Ile is shocked at the
having succeeded in • firmer assault upeu what he deemed 1 idea of gentlemen Ilginling, And 'Hinting Inliwa he Con-
an injustice to the ratepayers, will yet show how the main eider' l'erfe't Ain't.'" I lunti"g' in.'"ifiling to "i>' idea.
object, the ousting of Sir John Gelge, ii to be advamede ii. Jill ever running streams of sparkling ',eloped:tit to the
yiiiiii4, prevents the waterer current frum growing languid!
1 and the expensive fern, escaped. Up to the time of the
1 untmoriaL we were dieposed to have confidence that the &IA weak, and linghteris the later years ef life, even
I contentions of all partite, in Weymouth would only i„,wa should he be as old as the youngest Lieut. -general in HIT
in the thtorough veutilation of all facts, and a settling- MaientY.a Atieli'
down into what was the inevitable. and probably the host " It is the one great ghtri dd life
pinw I/ we. -learly the most appropriate tulle for &scut- To feel all feelings die."
sing the matter, as the dead winter season was on, and Life is short; let U.. enjoy it whilst we cam And what
even timid visitor, could scarcely take even unreasonable Can he re charming or more invigorating than a feet
alarm, or if they die, it was far better that it should be so forty minutes across country I On reaching the treating
than that the subject should dally on a weary length, by I place we found that the hound, had not )et arrived, and
1 being restrained and so hue into the summer tin... when I not knowinii exactly what part of the village would be
we were full of visitors, and to remedy anything was I the plate, o meeting dee wended our way slowly in
imposaible, from its being too late, the direetion which we imagined they would come.
But the time for discudiaiun has almost come to an end. : Before going far we diecerned the pink amonget the trees,
Statement* the most pods have been made, and that in ' and on turning A coiner espied the spotted beauties,
connection with a pneipect from which mach prosperity which appeared to be in blooming conditene and looked an
to Weymouth was expectedh The prots...l eataldiah. , over like "go." After educe titue had been spent in
went of a Yacht Club, with licaml-deterters here. „gere,e plemently chatting with ~Ur friends, the hounds were
hope.. of reviving and rel.-amine the fortunes of the town, trotted on to a Antall willow bed in the volley b)
at the time when both nature and art had done snitch for 1 Ilenning-hilL This glVili.: a negative reply. Henning-hill
no. ne town, at last hami expended large elms on its MIN &Needed to with
.a like turret' moth., a.. were also two
drainaige. and a very few Weis act remained to be done spiuneys by Bingham 0 Meld-omit Thew pmting to he a
to perfect the ah, em The engineer yrolroded • weir on ' delusive hope the field began to look gloomy -one could
the thou to flueh the harbour, awl, . far ab. can he emcee- I Plainly see ihe half-formed' cl I of dliaam.intment
mime!, another plan Wim more appniviel by the oppewition concealed ler moans a hat brim, for they lucl an
party, namely, to edeavey the drainage, instead of Into the "Ar•ion to l'A truate'l I' a mud beth at Meleneli
harbour, to the harbour's mouth, at ebb tides. Surely Park; but the order wadi given to draw a small willow lesl
these two plans were eucceptible of calm comparieen with- by Hartiuot-lane. which is always a ",ertninty." A
out anssry recrimination, and there OM Stilt less reason' center aerose two or three fields began to warm hectic the
f.dr fuel charges against the present state of thing. Above ',heel of bete horse and rider, which hail before almost
all, to invent, or to publish, another direction for the ex:-
readied taro Aa the hoUlitlx werr thrown in • charming
harbour currente, to any that they deliver to the north, chorus proclaimed a had, but the angry tones welch in.'
could only he juddified by undoubt.l facts. The importance modiste', (wowed proved to no that Reynard had been
a such • charge will be appreciated by those who under. • raileht napping end had te lale fur it with hie hie,
stanl the topography of eymouth, and its falsity may be Perhaps he might not have had a card of the fixtures sent
judged
of by ihe feet that the tile set, in easterly and to him and therefore wee not aware o( the clime prusimity
thou/way ilirertiwalb or towarde l'ortlend Break- of his anemia. Alterbreaking him up the I Mlll6 were