The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-11-23 00:00:00

THE NEW LW OFFICERS.
BT iLLZOILAPIT.
Sir John Ilolker, M.P., has been formally appointed
Attorney-Ueneral, and Mr. Harilingo Gifford, Solicitor-
General.

THE CORN AND CATTLE TRADE
Saturday's markets were quiet at late rates.—At
Dorchester corn exchange there was but a small supply of
wheat and • good demand, the best quality making rather
more money. Quotations ranged from 45e. t 60s. per
Imperial quarter, against 435. the official average of
last week. A good supply of barley, all qualities being is.
to fie, per imperial quarter dearer: prices ranged from 355.
to Fia. against 40a 75d the official average of lag week
MOM quarters 4 bushels teat week making £3,212 10s).
Data, full prices, 255. to 36. per quarter.—At the cattbs
market there was a large supply of beasts and a fair
flimsier f sheep. Fat %me( made high prices averaging
14... and Eb per score. Harreners. .610 to .f. 35 per head;
fat stein, £l7 to 113 15s. • heifers and Ftlifa 4;1116? I.V
• '
ZWee,r 3t(c-tz GlC—sheep being very dear, especially the
wethers, which averaged fully ltid. per lb.—At Reading
short supply of grain. Prices tended in favour of buyera
—AI Gloucester English wheat sold fairly at last week's
prices.- At Rath sellers asked very high prices, and very
little business resulted. Trade firm at fully last week.
;elem.—At Warminster a rather better supply of wheat,
sap a largo attendance. Sales were very flat, and last
week's rates were with difficulty sustained.
Asoovita Fain.—This fair waa held on Wednesday
when from 14,000 to 15,000 sheets were penned. The
prices at which purchawrs were willing to buy were so far
below those which sellers were prepared to accept, that
lots of sheep had to lie driven home again unsold. The
best lot on the fair ground Were those of Colonel Earle,
which made 635. per head. Mr. 'Lowden, of Penton,
realised Ilk. lld. ; Mr. Gus, of Andover, made 4Ss. ; and
Mr. Tilbury, of Gisilbolton, realised Ms. Mr. Hewett
made 47a, ?dr. It. Dowlins, 41s. Oki, and Mr. Reeks, 44a.
m
Lambs may be said to range from 26a. to 15.,: withers.
46.. to Hs. ; and ewes, tis. to 601. The other stock on sale,
such as steers and oxen, and cart colts and nags, realised
were fair prices.
YIOVIL FAlR.—There was a large attendanee of farmers
and dealers at this fair on Friday. The sheep awl lambs
were penned in larger numbers than usual, and the
quality was good. The following may be accepted as a
general quotation :—Ewes, 36. to 525. for good cross-bred;
wethers, 365. to 52a. ; lambs, ire. to 44.1 a The show of cattle
was large, but trade wed slow. There was a good supflly
of barreners anil steers; calves fetched from XIS to •1=
The horse fair was smaller than usual, the prices being
about the same as at late fairs.

A DISHONEST Pascrica.-Fur the -sake of extra profit
Sallie unprincipled tradesmen, when asked for Became'
PARIS 111.1-1 C IN SSA' HMI, substitute inferior kinds in the
muue form. The Paris Slue. "All USED IN THE PHINCR
OY WALKS Lot :emir," is now so universally esteemed
for its splendid quality -above all other 'dues -that it is
important to olnerve it is only genuine when sold in
squares, wrapped up in pink paper bearing I. lieckitt and
Sons' name and trade mark. Refuse all Illuo which no
Hof so wrapped.
Tee DAIL-For 40 years MTS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S
HAIM RESTORER has received the cemonendatiqn aml
favour of the public, It Inas acquired the highest place
that c.ln tie obtaiueol for any tun...lnmate enterprien. and
contributesi to the adornment of tens of thousands of
persons, whe have the proef of its serviceable character.
It will ift,itieely noun* and restore the original and natural
',dour of grey, white, and faded Hair. It will strengthen
and invigorate the flair. stop its falling, and induce a
healthy innturnaut growth. No other preparst can
produce the same beneficial result. Sehl by all Chemists
and l'urf Ts in large bottles, es. Depot, 114 suit lid,
Southampton 110w,L012.1011.
RATHER AWKWARD !-Tko Court Journal tells the
following : - A ruin widower. under a fictitious signature.
advertised for is wife. Several answers were received.
which Imu that trartieularte Inicafoctl him•
The chirography was delieate and graceful, the language
chaste. and the signature, like his 4.wn, &tine.... After
a brief and mutually agreesfole corrrspotelenee a linnet and
• plans, were agreed upon for meeting. At the anieninted
hour the Ideation:LH w:1111 waiting in • private room at a
certain fashionable hotel, awl shortly afterwards a lady
entered veiled. She reline in trembling, cod did not
'engem to look up until the voice of the gentleman, in
restiectful greeting. fell upon her ear, at which she started
convulsively. Taber.' her eyes ton the faceof her swnnin, annul
then uttered a suppreennet cry-a cry the one onf which
struek upon the gentiennan's ear with a mumi not um
(mintier. Ile WWI the veil and looked upon tine scared
face of hie own daughter, who he had supposed was in-
dustrioudy pones tt itt A le, it onolies at a schmol inn a to ow n neenne
dietance ndl. The young lady has since heel, installe.l ins
housekeeper in the patennal mansionn, and her paten is not
likely to advertise for a wife agaiu until hie daughter is
married.
Pasensor Tilt Causer. IL-A well-known drummer foe'
.iTy goods Mouse, who chaneeol last summer to he in •
Maine town, where the circus wee to show that night,
made a bet that he could pass every one nt a party of
thirty. who had come over frotn a neighlmuring WSW.,
into the "show" without paying a cent. Tine wage' being
acceptant, tine party was marshalled and preen:min:a to the
tent, where the doorkeeper was lousily engaged thkinit
tickets from all who mussel through tine &wenn, inn the
canvas. Coming up with the crowd, the drummer rushed
up. to the ticket-taker with his haunt fall of cants, and
sand, "Just count tine-ill men as they pass ill, ending in tins
one In the straw hat." "Certainly. sir," and the Gamines
went to work. "Five, ten, fifteen, eighteen," dm., Alt they
passed by initu and mingled with the vital, till the straw
hat was reached, when be shonateol, " thirty-one," and
turned ro ttttt I for the tickets. Bat the pulita
wino had Inaole bins enumerate had vanished, while the
party wino was crowned nrith tine straw hat, the only one
who was shopped before he had mingled with and melted
into the indistinguishable mass of the crowd facile, roved
to be an innoceut countryman who had legitimate Pro-
cured pasteboard. The ticket,-taker couldn't leave his poet,
for the ingress oof regular spectators waa pressing, son he
made tine hest of it, an. 1.0.1 nothing, He had learned a
leason„ however, that made him take tickets find and
count afterwards for the future.