The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-04 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

Stamr•Sznawor M. Howe, ILL, who had been
stationed at Portland for many yeaes, sailed for Hong
Kong on Tuesday last.
Ti, Posy Orrtose.—The great holiday and Sunday
after brought extra work to the post offices, and on
those days 3 000 letters wore delivered in the island.
H.M.S. Swum is laid up at Portarnoutb, having
broken Ws shaft when returning from Portsmouth to
Portland. She did not oom• on to Portland, but back
to the Hampshire port.
Mimosa ro SWELL—The total Tenants for the
year, EX 17s. Ild., have just been remitted to the
Parent Society, by the hon. searetary, Mr. F. Reynolds.
£712.. Id. was Eduoed by collections at churches,
and £l9 5.. 10d. donations sad subscriptions, being
an increase over amount received last year.
Ti. BIZROWIT SHIPTIIIO.--Over a hundred mil of
marehant.men wen anchored in the Roads on Christ-
mas Day, and the great heat appeared to be kept up on
board most of them, judging front the number of flap
with which they were demented. and the mysterious
I basket' and packages which went cd to them in vast
numbers on Christmas lye and morning.
Guar Coourreoutartoor has been canoed on Tophill
by the useapooted absence from his home at Christmas
of aa inhabitant who hal filled important positions.
Rumour is in this Joao's'', alternately sympathising
and unkind; but every_asse is sorry for the family of
the ebonite*. U to Wednesday, there had been no
sews frose the It is said his again will be
plowed ia the Bankruptcy Court, and the most adverts
rumours ire afloat, and spread much consternation,
especially on
airo=l3.—AmistaatPayrnaster C. F.
W. Edwards to the /3oomoven, vice H. Howell,
appointed to the Foxhound, when mosommissioasd.—
• Beeintant.—Lieuteaset B. Nash from the 44th
to be canada. vies W. F. H. Janis, retired; Lieut. B.
B. Leslie, adjutant, to be captain, vice F. T. C. Du
Vernet, %sweated eniuserrinetructor at Gibraltar;
204 Lieut. H. S. rieralag, tab. lieutenant, vice B. C.
Parkia, promoted to be captain.
Sarum' Hoote.—The tea intended to celebrate the
Mgof tide Home was given on Wednesday last.
eit was sapoesed that the cp tea would be
on Thursday; but Mies Weston en Tuesday had
been axed on. The maim portion the boys and men
being ea forioark the tea was a snadier affair than
Was intended, about 70 or BO boys being entertained,
and addressed by less Wooten and other ladle.. There
wal be a larger, 'athlete( whim the Home h in a more
finished state. _ _

lfr.t. or • Lean Dooa.-11r. Mklne, warehouse.
era at the Railway Geode Depot, was rioting ose of
the large doors of the goods shed, a few clays ago,
whoa the doer, Oda is about Rat high, fell on him;
but, forately, not directly cm bier, or he would have
bees crsd ; Is falling it cared, so that he did not
gr the fell faros ef the blow; but be was skinned and
Ed. shoulder hurt. He was takes hoar in a carriage;
but theistic: shah's,. was fortunately able to
reseree sestAsz appeals that 004 of the
bed broken, sad when Kr.
As hied to ohm SI the upper ideas also broke.
Suomi° 811410...14 WM very pretty as Mosday
to see a lee pair of fedi-grown swans swimming
together in Portland Rorie se lovingly a. any al the
ammo= boy-0140cl couples the brt they
could el what rerethe of Lawyer. be the after.
Boon sore rasa were elm by the coesiguard arra(
from a boat at° jail Weds, re of WWI they
killed in Portland aad the other near the Perry
Bridge. The very Freely welshed the
boat bad gave informatics, amid rod day the polies
horded • small schomer wed taxed tiezpria with
the offers, which be admired, but that he
repair, the birds were wild fowl. With his cook, who
wee said to have beam la the book be was arrested, and
oobr=l to Dorchester, and we how he wee to be
up there before the mailed:are on Wednesday.
Sr. Garre's ficroots.—The Rector, Re
Brag, on Thursday last preesated to the put
tewsher of these sir& the prises they had plned
the arisbury Hissers Exaselesties, when they have
bees mod is., aid, their surer In pagers examine,
tics La religiose larded's being moot gratifying, for
they stsad amass the best in the direr, and the
foUoZji,prises have been pined :—Marpretlo4llooo
Att books and tl ; Elea Attwooll, books end
;T. err, books and El ; Millea Aftwooll, W.
Dine, and Lucy Pearce, books sad 10s. each; J.
Lew, 10s. After this the INIINS were distributed to
the dißdres, with remarks from the rector, who after.
wards addressed the children and their parents,
followed by the Rev. J. Palmer, curate.
H. M. SHIM WARMS LiD 8000411410. —The
Warrior's main dirk had the best decorations this year
that were ever seat on board • mes-ol.war, so say the
Tars. It was beautifully adorned with are, white
morsexeyergrers, adored dare, and a few
formed periarclitar
was arterial vs ed, aad the taroool.B
wished ' Oluiranair aid " Barone to the
Oaken." A u party was out board, rid they
played before the captain to the quarter-deck, wises
the ship's company gave him three cheers, after awn•
plating hi. round. 10401'11 tables were abundantly
provided with meat bed, mutton, and pork, alio with
ip. .
plc,Wan end plenty of fruit. board the
the boys and seen were similarly entert•ised,
and trete:lroom was decorated with holly, mieeltee,
red Clies wishes faraishing the words of
the lagreds es the walls, where * plum podding was
also exhibited.

Yearn Wairsro.—Ties vestry saeeqm, annually
tailed far the !Irsk working day after Wstaae Day,
s.thh °O Moeda,. at 11 is the morning,
the Raorpreeldbes. The past yeses expesditure
had beset ~or SW but as bed believable(' by monthly
offertories by the esserr_epties„ esthat about en ,
remains to be abed. Of thh about l:12 bad bees '
"mut hi rico** the churchyard footways, while
Owe are further repairs seeded, matha. repointing
the wall built by the orovises, bad rsisyisg the paths.
Mr. J. O. Lao, therefore, and Mr. U.
Beath seocaded—"That a vestry be called for the
=at soaking • volustary °burgh rate is order
t 1 as *WAY hruccrld by sertain smalwarY
mobs to the footways, &a, in the churchyard; and
also that • collectios be mad* every Sunday from the
andrenatios until the mount required for thumb
acpesess dean he,. bees prevideet" • retie al • pry
la the 11, it le amid. will be euthriest. Mr. th. Lae
end Me. T. reeres,jle., wentwelested einerawardese
berths yew,

Du. Pennon, family cl Portland, died at Mar- I
chard Bishop, North Desna, on litonday,al bronchitis.
Tau OW TOM PUDDINSIL —Rumour amus erself
and friends with a lade of Christmas puddings. She
any. that In a artain large house they were waking
preparations for Christmas, and these haring to be
extensive, the reeks were economical of their watch-
fulness, mi 4 to got a little more rest, left some splendid
podding, ing In 'sampans on a big fire, when the
family west to bed between nine and ton. The
fire buret up, the water boiled away, the bottoms of
the satioepans were burnt right through, and the
puddinp burnt to cinders I This wee bad enough;
but, furtharoleme ashes fell oat of the fire, ignite 1 she
mat, and mot the smoke up through the house. The
alarm was raised, and Are-quencher brought to bear in
hthth I. tan the home. But who shelf describe the
feelings of the family when they div)surwl the fate
of the puddings. Arbynsester thus points' the moral:—

TUN BUM' CIIIIIITNAII PUDDINGS.
" When sleepy cooks are got too Isar
And leave tie pudding on the dr..
Why they is dreams may get some haay
Dim sodas that the Isom bare higher.
And whoa the isitchen's scorched and toasting.
Lad seneepme bottoms whits with hest.
Theo far too dark the puddings roasting
With cindery taste instead of sweet.
So crack your jokes, and keep up chewy.
Nor falter is your kindly toil,
Ativi emita, es Christmas Ere though weary,
Deal leave the peddles' on the boil.'
A CAPTAIN BOXING ON BOXING DAT.—About eight
o'clock On Boxing Night the captain of • schooner
lying in Portland It oda, probably a Webibman from
his two names, discovered himself to one of our local
officials at the Portland railway platform, and in-
formed him th 4 he had been assaulted by some men,
who had knocked him down, kicked him, and robbed
him of his watch and chain. From the appearance of
his face he had been in the wan, • patch of skin being
gm. from over his right eye, while he had been well
pummeled on the left, and being also covered with
mud, he promoted a socy sorry sight, and the officer
thought it the best plan to remove him from the railway
to the pollios-statios. The width of the road tired the
captain very much, and when about half-way across
the 03010300 he laid down in one of the holes dug by
the children, and which was full of water. On getting
a little further he felt the gradient of his pate to be toe
steep, and went down on his hands and knows, and so
crawled on to the road opposite the station. At last
arrived, be told his tale of highway robbery with
violates, and offered a reward of El for recovery of the
watch and chain. One of the police was roused up, and
I they set to work oath. "highway robbery" cm,
I story of the eagle= Wag Out be had been
I down near the cemetery by seine one who bad thrown
I hire over the wall aft= robbing him. The burial-
F:was searched for traces, but nothing was found.
tildmortznithe captain meta message to the police,
coolly ia them that when he came on shore (so
he found), it was without his waistcoat and his watch
and chain The pal" discovered that early in the
erenhoolllo Portland men, coining from Castietown,
saw captain hugging the cemetery wall, and at a
low pert thereof he managed to fall across the wall and
Into the cemetery, when be was rescued from this
grave situation by the Portlandere, who got him bock
over the wall. It is reeommead.d that captains who
have been keeping Christmas shall not, on Boxing
Day, go about boxing churchyard walls.
TUN VIM °MOIL AT CIYILIMAN.--ONT garrison
were not behind hand in celebrating the Christmas
season. Pb. roans of several campeales were dressed
with stvreoms, mottoes, and coloured p.m!!!
walls boa molt legends as " Weloome,"
Christmas to the Girls of England," hc. Among the
No. II room was most tastefully dressed. Pb.
usual viands were much enjoyed, and beer was
pleatial supplied, so mush so that A °appear,
wham are a number of teetotalers, had, we lamt three
barrels of beer, and no one to oldish it—well hardly
any. The room of the Royal Artillery was remarkably
well dressed. Union Jacks were arranged on the
lower parts of the walls and the men's helmets on a
shelf at the top of the flags, producing a pretty effect.
Round the cornice rap a wreath of evergreens with
coloured chains in festoons, the windows locking to
the Barrack-ground were gaily curtained in bright
colours, those looking to the interior pamug. were est
off with strips of colour arranged diamond wise, and
with designs in gilt. Over the fire-place was "A
Merry Christmas to you all," in German text, sad
beneath appeared a clown', bead with Always here
at Christmas," an artilleryman firing a mortar, this
being labelled "Christmas Pills for Zulus," "Jack
Ashore" appeared below, with • bottle sod glaas. On
a side wall wee a well-painted Royal Arms, with an
artilleryman, an infantry pioneer, and • field gun; on
the other wall "God Save the Queen," over a 10-inch
gun, with the legend "At Res; but Ready," and on
either side, "Afghan Subdued," "Zulu Conquered,"
with figures of them. "God bless the Prince of
Wales," with a fine prince's coronet with plumes, sad
near the door heads of Cetewayo and Amber of Cabal.
The paintings and mottoes were done by Gunner Wm.
Rayter, and were exceedingly creditable, and probably
the decorations of this room were the best at the
Verne.—No. 12 room, B c mpany, on the right of the
arched gateway, was no doubt the best and most taste-
fully decorated, and did great credit to the artist,
Lance-Corporal Baker. The first motto noticeable
was over mantelpiece facing the door, where were
displayed "Racoons to our Officers," "V.R.," "56th
Regiment," and a cast'e, all in gold. On the left of
the room were "Long live Captain and Ma.
Molineux," and "God Save the Queen," and on the
right there was drawn in the centre of the wall the
representation of a man with knife and fork for arms
and bottles for legs, with the words "Cut and Come
Again," and on either side " Sums= to our Officers.
one and all," aid "To the Merry Maids of England."
Thanks were due to Col. or-Sergeant Marchat for his
kinds.= shown to all visitom.—No. 13 room, D Corn-
posy, was nicely decorated by Private Johnacc, under
the suosriptendence of Colour-Sergeant Meade. racing
the door were " Welcome " and' -laappy New Year "
on the left, and on the right "Success to Cat. Blunt
and Officers" and 'Peace sad Prosperity," "Health,
Wealth, and Hoppluess," " Y.R ," and "56," in gold,
whilst the room was beautifully adorned with wreaths
and chains of various designs. which gave the room a
Opining appearaece.—No. 15, Z Company's room,
was also most tastefully got up, much tine and
patinae. having been bestowed en- it, and during the
afternoon it was besieged with visitors, who by the
kindest= Colour-Sergeant Hagar and others were
well cared for, the adults entertained with wines, Ike.,
and for the younger ones there was a plentiful supply
of cakes, biscuits, oranges, and lemonade, while the
mottoes and decorations called forth many an admir-
ing remark, for over the mantelpiece facing the door-
way were the words, in green and gold, "Month
Insignia Calpe," and each side were the honours won
by the regiment. On the right were " Long Life to
Colonel ansl °films, one and all," and "God Save the
Queen;' on the lef t "May our Absent Friends never
be forgotten," and "To our Sweethearts we have left
."—The citadel WM visited by a large number
of visitors, who were all made welcome, through the
kindness of the officers, non-oommissioned offioers, and
men. In all the rooms enjoyment wee attainable,
music being provided, and many were the eon= sung.
To wind up the festive seam at the =tads; the non-
commissioned officers have sent out invitations to a
large circle of friends inviting them to a supper and
dawn, to be held in the Gymnasium on Friday even-
ing next, when a large party is expected to attend.