The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-24 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1880.

heard that something bad happened at Stoborongh,
went over, and found that it was all the fault of the
bus. He proposed to call Mr. Kent to prove this.—
The Judge: He was not there.—Mr. Howard: But
he was immediately after, and if your Hon.& had
your eye knocked out, and • person looked at it after,
he mould say the eye was knocked out —The Juni4e :
A very different case.-s-Mr. Howard went on to iii-go
there had been cnnntributory negligence on the part
of the bus. This 3-oident happened over two ye.tr4
ago, and four mona after the accident, when eve y
expense was know in, Mr. Kent paid El, and Mr.
Summers took it, in foil settlement of all claims.—
Mr. Charles Kent, the defendant, said he paid
the sovereign in Marc!, entirely out of goodwill, for
Mr. Summers had not the slightest claim upon him.—
By the Judge: Mr. Snunmers took the sovereign, and
afterwards said something atsum account.—Mr.
Summers said that he spoke to Mr. Kent, and said
"Let us meet in a friendly matter, and settle the
matter," and he paid • sovereign, saying that was
all he could afford; but he refused to take it
except on account. Mr. Summers's brother
corroborated the plaintiff's statement, he having
paid a email account just before, with a sovereign.—
Mr. Wise, schoolmaster, objected to be sworn, but
was willing to make a declaration.—The Registrar
said Mr. Wise was A respectable man.—Mr. Wise
stated the sovereign Mb pall as a gift of kindness ;but
Mr. Summers, with a knowing wink said—" Part pay.
ment."—Mr. Summers declared he called Mr. Wise to
witness that he took the sovereign in part payment.—
Mr. Wise : You are telling a lie.—The Judge : You, in
a respectable position, ought to be ashamed of making
such &remark as that. Your evidence has not the slight-
est effect on me. —The foreman at the cement works said
the bus had not a glimmer of light.—Mr. Kent was
recalled and said he examined the road immediately
after the accident, the mark of the bus was on the
middle of the road, and the waggon mark on the right
side.—Mr. Summers had annoyed him several times
about this claim, by mentioning it at public sales.—The
Judge gave a verdict for defendant, without costs, con-
sidering that Mr. Howard had made out • case of
contributory negligence.

BWANA GE.

" Probes anb

Luois: "Well. Kiddie, &n .l how doesithe world
serve you?"
Kid: "0, I'm all right, mseeter, for I del tu.e thik
parson as used ter to preach up to meeten an.l it dad
do my sore head. good."

Lucia •-'"fl-a-a-liii-i;e:en here, Ki 144"
Kid: an' her did shake I that hearty by the
band, that I diden mind • bit the curus notions er
used for to tell. But, =ester, how is it the.: disen
turn up at the meeten, about the pier at Purbeck
House last Zatarday r
Lucia "0 I thought you wculd be sure to go and
so keyed at hems reading Turby Squibb's adventures."
Kid "I went an' so ded come others, but there
were wone as diden oughter be been allowed nut o'
lodger, er wer that queer and Tiered:oms that Mr. G.
Burt ;iad to call ism to order ever so many time. Thee
do knew e?, maester."
Lucia •• 'Then the meeting was not quite unani-
mous, Kiddie."
Kid: "Thee diden think as how Bob an' Charlie
and Harry could agree dad 'e, muster Mr. Burt,
er dad icy as we all could zay what WOA • minded to,
and some o' us dad. Zome thought the pier should
he' two horses and alms die.; come raid the pier had
altered the current. and come diden :le how thik
could be, and so %is left much as 't vas adore, in the
hands o' Mr. Bart, who'll be very glad o' suggestions,
as to how the 'hares can be made to pay moren ten per
cent, if the rotten wood be turned to stone. Then
&gin thee diden go to the annual meeten at Institute
did 'cc, maester 1"
Lucia: "Ye.. I did, Kiddie, but you did not. Mr.
Travers wee in the chair, and the Secretary, Mr.
James Roe, read the report, which among other ,
Interesting stems stated that £3 10s. more than last
year had been received as local sulmsriptions, showing
that the Institute was more than ever appreciated.
There is • balance in hand of 61. 24d., but outstanding
accounts leave a serious deficiency. The Rev, W. H.
Start proposed a public subscription of sixpence per
head and promised his share, as did the secretary for
each member of his family. Mr. Charles Summers,
with his usual liberality, promised to give • handsome
box, which belonged to the late rector of Wareham,
to be affixed to the door for the collection of other
subscriptions toward the debt, which we trust will
speedily be wiped off."
Kid.: " Did ern nay how many books Were in the
library now, iii."
Lucia: "Ye,, there are 1,400 volumes. The same
committee aa last year were re-elected, and Messrs.
Andrews and Delamotte were appointed auditors, Mr.
Andrews taking the place of Mr. Bell, who is leaving
the neighbourhood."
Kid: "AL, we kean't be always ringing. And how
ded the pepers sell, maester."
Lucie: 'ln the usual mock auction style, Kiddie,
and Mr. H. Hixon showed his appreciation of Public
Opinion by offering a hall-penny • week for it. The
old Braxishaw's Guide went for three halfpence. ea
travelling is also at • discount in our railway-forsaken
town," .

: " Well, I coulden tell exactly how to go to
two meetens at a time, zo I went up to Marston Prim-
itive Methodist Chapel on Tuesday evening, for I
heard as how they wag a going to be sold up by the
Wesleyam. Mr. Lose of the Coast Guards was in the
chair, and er ded tall us it wer an Home Missionary
Masten, an. the Revs. T. A. Warmington,
an' draper Smith up to Langton did gie us good
speeches an' the Wesleyan choir did zing splendid."
Lucis : "Do you mean, Kiddie, that our old
prophecy is right, and the Wesleyan, have taken over
the last Primitive Methodist station in the island ?"

KM.: "lea, an' a good job too, for th.re —bTi;s: to
choose vrom on the rwoad to heaven. Mr. Warming.
ton do preach once a week and the Wesleyan@ do help
keep up the preachen Zundays, till it do vall right
into their ban'', and a cleverish lot o' yolk they be an'
they do deserve all they do leatch. Ido wish we was
all Wesleyan', or I should el I wern't a deacon at the
Mission Rail. But, mikado?, bait seen the, the
the, what thik 'gratis sheet' zald about thee last
week."
Lucia "No, Kiddie, no one haa given me one this
week ; have you got it with you?"
Kid (fumbling in his pockets and finding little aim
but balle of crumpled paper and wax ends) "I
thought I del ha' it 'ere aomewhere, but I 'low it
&int about me. Na, mind I'll bring it in, to-morrow,
it be good enough to keep. I mind it zaps thee muan't
be too tore about the weather-chart, but I low the
Plover h' felt them galea you told about lomat week
anyho".. What do 'ee think o' it now, smeeter ?"
Lucie "There will be wind enough for a day or so,
and then next week we may expect a change. We will
at anyrate look up•the ' grAtis sited' as you call it, for
signs of our incorrectnc a."
Lucie.