The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-27 00:00:00

JAMBS AT SWANAGE.

Wednesday, January fist, 1880.
Dear Jas.—After I posted your letter List week, our
old friend Bill and I went into the "Shades" and bad •
glass each, just to warm the laid, a bit, as Bill says, then
we made for Tillywhins, by way of Yr. Robinson's new
road, up round the back of where we need to live. The
field I see is let out for garden allotment', and several
people were busy a digging and breaking it up; I asked
one of them if it was not hard work, he said—" I
should say it was if I had the digging of it, and so will
Jerry by the time be got that piece turned over just above
there." With that we passed on until we came to the top
of the field, we crossed Kr, Gillingham's lane and walked
towards the refreshment-rooms, where we passed a lot of
budlings, quite new to me, and several of them occupied,
' and a little further on we fall in with John Collin nd
several others, making and widening the roads, forming
gardens. shay forint at. "hubo Imy dear boy, say,
says
i
John, "Bow r I told hi I had not been very well lately, but I thought h, lZking its well as evoy:. Whrn
we rot on the hill we rated awhile and viewed the beatit'-
fal landscape. It was delightful to look all round and .ea
I both land and water, and 6o quiet, that it made me slant
I wish I had a house up there, entre nowt Afar we had
rested some little time we went down over, where we
found teem very busy with the lighthouse works, and Bill
says they are getting on inri well, considering the time
they her, been at It. What an attraction it will be to
Swanage when it's finished. After walking and Waking
about a little more we turned for home, whew* we arrived
safe, but I was very tired and did not no out any more
that evening. Nat daytalter the children had gone to
ardwinl, Aunt nag and I walked up to Newton. where
Yr. Robinson, I see, has awned the old barn and stables
Into almost a mansion end Aunt Eliza lays she has
I heard that it was splendid to look at Inside, but all old.
I fashioned, and some of it very rare, and has also g t it
I laid up very niaely all round, and Ben is gardener there,
I that used to live with poor old Mr. Roe at the hotel.
Then we turned for home, and on nosing Church-bill we
hard the bell tolling. On enquiries we find it's Miss Ray.
tom that's dead, the daughter of Yr. John Hawes, High.
street, Swanage. When we got down near the old stone
quay, who should he there but John Ootobed and his
donkey cart and several of them *reins to tnith • Joie
bel .ieve that they were going to draw (engrave/ hie
donkey and art, and have it printed. We had • good
congregation at the Independent Chapel last Sunday. It
was a thanketis leg service, and the collections Were pretty
fri. Mr. Parker, from Spurgeon's, has been about hers
siveral days trying to do good; but, lan, afraid the
Purbeck stone is too bard for him to mak* much
impression on. •_• • •
_ . .

Your alp:Waite hasbuil_,
Jot= nippurom.

SZLOILALIFILL.

Tim WBILITLX Czagsx.—A most rucceesfal
bazaar was held in a barn in this perish On Moeda,
In aid of the building fund for the above place of
worship. The result was that the existing debt of
about RAO was almost wiped out.

WAIIIHA.X.

COOKTT PrITT 8111610,15, Tumiday.—Metore N. Bona.
Falser& W. Meikla, Opainastons, W. Kent, ASManton,
S. W. Bmnett. Wareham, J Paul. Moreton, W. Long-
man. 13511huiab,andJ. T. H. Scutt. Bare Regis, were re-
appointed to act with the magistrate, of the
sub-committee under Um Contagious uuleases (musme.e)
Act.