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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

LATZEIT NZWB.

REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE.

Th. m.,.4 tease Exprat of to night says--The soil
hat b..en t 0.., wet to be worked tioept on the dryrst
and lightest land, but the want of dry woollier for
newly thrashed samples hos been more eeverely felt.
The (lactations aro already a,mo 01t1E0 of alarm in
parte of Germany, but Hungary and mach of
Euesia still hat the beaott of snow coverinc,
Toe cold at Odessa shuts up msay comets in port.
The mad weather has had the effect of somewhat
lowering pries. abroad, bat our markets coo. very
esti) signs of niece'''. Ltnrion at the Mose t f
the week partook of the feeling, so that about
Oae UMW per quarter over late rate. was oesasion•
ally made. Sales, nevertheless, were slow. Paris, sa
well as Loudon, shows some rymptoms of revival with
a slight advance. Manmilles makes no change in quo.
tatter's for wheat. New York shows an upward ten.
• and in Belgium the abolition of duty Mu not
prevented some recovery In prima Denmark finds
stock tumsually low, and though Natal., has °rinsed
dins of wotknass, these would soon disappear on any
reaction to England. Firmneas, therefore, on the part
of holders, would quiskly tasnisponded to, and steady
frost would certainly improve prima

MARK LANK, MIS DAY.

Markel arm. English and forelgu wheat firm. with
• decided tendeoey upwards, and here and there One
Shilling more money has been obtained. Town flour
unaltered; English and American marks steady.
Barley quiet. Oats Stipules dearer on the week.
Mail* quiet. Beats and pets anchanged. British—
Wheat, 4;100; barley, 1,131; oats, 199. Foreign—
Wheat, 17,643 ; barlec. 17,47$ ; oats, 30,193 ; maize,
19.408; dour, 2135 sacks and 2,672 barrels.

The following are the stock, In Llnd \II per
official returns make up to 30th December last :
kbitialt—Whest, 571,635; barley, 49,036; oats, 481,976;
maul; 2,8.51 ; flmr, 151,254 sacks and 68,696 barrel.:
Foreign—Wheat, 370,200; barley, 37,312; oat.,
592,606; maize, 3,456: dour, 141,653 staksand 67,593
barrels.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

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r griculturt.

FARM LABOURERS.

The condition of farm Inbourer• h.s been the
•ehject of oorreepondeuoe in the Daily News, and
An gist Essex Farmer" writes with • good deal of
practical knowledge, fie says Cottage nettormodation
up ,g or a 1.., to ev,ry farm Is • great need, awl
reGest+ that landowners Instead of haildieg a few
ernain,ntid and iie.aohed riottages, should erect rows ef
sit as commodious oettnata, which would pay 5 p-roent.
He premeds:-
The proposal of " A. Z. to estahliah a metro of peasant
tenancies. by letting to nally of the men from nrc to fifteen
gcre• f land. I regard &a • sell-Intentioned tniatake. ;no me I
oh nil regard a plan for the ran-ration of the st.i, • t t• .tut.
t0..14 In the manufacturing (Patricia. F., n0nt1....'
'1,1,M would?* a great mistake • • for att the mei • • --
errned and to the men themmlves, I strongly •ttiti
be In the long run beneltefid: Peasant proprietors in Belgium
sod elsewhere only manage to eaves Mar out of their small
farms by the °brevet on of ths Mtictest economy endow+ pro-
longed labour that their lot memo V.I. no mean. a desirable one.
They rand kr In eating and drinichir than our labourer.
trend, and their hours of labour are much longer. Then.
they hare fewer children. Rot apart fnm these oenntlentittec
has" AZ.' any idea 001 to hove labourers are to get the capital
neweaory to live and work to advantage. my, ton acres of land.
erecting their own farm buildings too A hualrel pounds at
leer would he needed, and hoe Is the labourer to raye much
at the 'aiding rate of ram ? To tale the 11111 with in
onfileient capital would be only to repeat pad error.. Them
Is no each wretched farming to be seen In this country et there
Is on the generality of the small ocupations_rrottt tug to grip
aerea—already exldlrg and the tress why the small farm.
are yearly becoming absorbed Into the large oues lo dmply
beftuse they do not ray.
But what seems to the "Essex Farmer" to be a much
more reasonable plan for ameliorating the farm lab.
ourer's eondition is—co-operative fanning. Coopera-
tive agriculture may be carried on with all the
advantages of modern machinery and improved !mule.
menta. Ilia a thoroughly eoooomical system, which
cannot be said of either peasant proprietorship or
rt tenancy. Anything like • general adoption of
ninost, however. be pri ceedrel Ly eudcation and the
ettltivatiou of prudential habits amongst those who are
to benefit by it. Those who take into in this subject
and all that belongs to it will do well to read Professor
Faweett's exeellent essay on P•nperiem.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

filarktts.

rho weather Fa + been otemewhat variable aideo our
het —a little fro‘t has been experienced. but for the mosi put It hse continued mild and • oonsid•rable
quantity of rain has fellen, which wee greatly 'motet
The Frain trwie remains quiet, and the value of
whmit and dour le without material ch.ng.; oate
are dearer. Or Friday afternoon thane wee • Greer
tone in the wheat trade. in ommequeorm of an &drum
of 3,1 per eiental hiving take'. plass at Liverpool.

AVSPAINIL
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

TBJIDLS UNIONS.

Tho forth annual Trader 17sion Congress oommenced
today (Monday) at Nottingham. The committee's
report glass that Mr Report Kettle hu drafted • Bill
to mood taw law reepeetag Arbitration, and thot
Name. B. Morley, T. Brower, W. W. arnith, Kan.
Jolla, ang Hughes, hare oonsooted to put their names
on the book of it.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

BUTTON'S OOLLEOTIONS Or =NM

CARRI AGE FREE.

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supply of chola,
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FLOWERS
,hole year, '
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only.

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Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

CELRYUNSTIER.

Nis! YLIII DAT was eddsraled at the Cloudy
Lunatic Asylum by the amid festivitlet There was
• impima dinner of rood bed and plum peddled which
wee carved to the ponied@ to that:, wards. the great
Mill having bed mend for the allimportsat pro-
sashay of the evening-0d dentin& singing, sad
other merry- sakinp. The bell•room was beiratilay
dedrated with pries& sad mottoes. Mr. Wellepdadi
of Dordeder, and seven others provided meal& The
evidlog's jollification weed of moot dessatally.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

DOSCEIFISTEIt TOWN COUNCIL

Tho members of this Coward held their moalltly
mooting oa Wodsesday, at the Town Hall, under the
presidium, of the Mayor (11r. 11.. Daises). Prompt
Aldermen Citron, Coombs, Gslpia, and Look, mid
Councillors Dr. Aldridge, Gregory, Bishop, Bases,
Hodges., Slade, Burnett and T. linmeta
Mr. Emma qualified es a member of the maatelpal
body.
The first busloadp after the 000firmatIon of minutes
was to eoarader a report from the Town Clark (Kr.
Symonds) In roforenes to the sale of vegetables. It
sot forth that such sal* by beep measure wits prohibited
by law, bat that than was no positive SIUMIHIMIIII
requiring them to be sold by weight. The penalty for
saling in the fanner mods was 40s.
Mr. BISHOP moved a rosolutioa that after the mom*
lit of Marsh tbe Chased @Wald forbid the sale of
potatoes sod other artieles by Leap meseura, neon-
mewling %hot In [stare all seek truneastlons should be
mad* by weight, a mask to oonsist of 240 M.
The motion was seconded by Mn T. EISISHIT, and
tarried muinhammir.
A. lOW was resolved teem the isollostor of tolls who
askod to be reimbursed the east of reps/stag peas for
the Mira
Tho subject wee referred to the ?mama Committee,
The qaestles el appointing soother pone. to the
*Moe of eollootor was allowed to stood over.
There was • ociavenstloo in regard I the violins.
tionttbererblls SWIM Mn. GIBOOST proposing that
a the Purposes Oominittes ahead be requested
to mood cm the ea** whl4h wee Wood to.
On the presoalllea ef Mr. Blum the oomatitMe ass
alto to report es faarimasesly voatileted
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

WINTERBOKNK KINGSTON.

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BMUS DiaTEL—Oh Wednesday evening, Eliot
&Morn, a married women, 40 years of age, w s *Wog
at home by the firs, nursing her baby, her dd. ,t in
sitting nom bet reeding the Bible, and the renatinder
of the family being eleu la the room. With Jut the
least previous warming, are. Ballom sail, I to bur
daughter to take the *lad from her, au l without
soother word ahe fell beet dead. In legato: was
held on the body on Thursday last, by W. H. A tkiason,
E.g. coroner. when it appear*" tit* 05 the day of her
&mai the deemed mauled In good health, bat abuut
twelve mouths ago she oomplained of pain ih the
Itraf Ike heart. The jury retuned a ver..l4et of
ad by tbe visitation of God."
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

SHOCKING DISCOVIIRY.

At South SWAG oe Wednesday sight • woman Domed
Nevins, 68 years of age, was feted by her husband lying
dead, with parts of her body terribly burnt. The MS.II
and woman had been drisking heavily, and it is sup-
posed that the latter having taken off her clothes, had
lain down on the top of thorn, sod they had become
ignited by • spark from the Ire.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

STEAM FERRY BETWEEN DOVER AND
OALAIK

A telegram from Paris Patel that the Goveniment
Commission appointed to Inquire into the proj,ot ul •
steam ferry between Dover ee4 Calais here adopted it
by • majority of eight to two. n. proposal is to eon.
street gigantic ferry boats, on the desk of which the
train may be run at Dover end carried serer to Calais.
where it will be lilted on to the rails sad realms He
journey.

A YOUNG WOMAN SHOT AT OLDBURY.
A diet/swing 'candela essarred on Wedaesday even.
lag at the Waggoo sad Hones, Ohara." Inset, Oldbury.
Mr. Tilaley, the landlord, had bees oat shooting, and
upon returning placed his gan upon • table. The roped
of a inn wad heard, and Miss Banal WSJ found lying
ea the door bleeding, and Is • stabs of lassaaibtlity. A
large portion of the heat el her skull was blown off.
She survived about forty minutes.

OHTIRCH DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING.
A Untie storm, assotapasied by thunder and lights.
lag, pawed ova, Marralor cm Wednesday alate, Toe Vit.
oladt.t=al
them
has" Ansel at. Sarre abegek, Grumman,
e ei.or in meld, about live esker Thanday
Leideg, at. 'lurch burr taie tarn. The Cheatham-hi 1
ere-brigade reered at NM oat rasa r at re, art ilaare than
had an beer eimpeed balers Ye entre& thasbeser bread*
arrived. The alerts they wols Se stablee the lre proves
hatable; sad the church, will& insa Isms sod lisodsoms
modern Gothic haildiaa, was oempligeljp darerepoL TM las
besisesd Is be ecorsred by Ississass. amp Is soliasstol
as MAW

LOVE AT A FIRST BIGHT-AND MATRIMONY.

Not a hundred ealles Olmird '.a. eid-fieltheed
rourrio inn on I. the sole erelzel el aa hos oldderilered
landlord He is is widower, end kis selltarkems bad lately
beams mbesrshrs, Ice " as vii.... error Ile cheer him. aid
no
mat meld he His bet Me wailing al the Med.' A molt
is two ago he bmseamil his =happy lot to • wayforing Imo
ilitittpmesil to call at his bard " Wail," rearmed the
traveller—frinklas that bs meld a • plso
where • happy result would spring from tit=lonis's
stliatioes—" Mity deal yea pt earned main I" Breda
thought it • epleachd Idle, but feared Mot bis kelt cd youthful
resat) would be fatal to his Mob. °rad the tram/1u re-
assumed Its. to • mullein* ps.asl Yea, be mold—pan the
sort of • women ,ns —as elderly widow, ar, who
had brought up • lugs hoary napersibly—aud lut would
bring bit over boa a oretboeriog taws as hilly. Now Lb.
meentble tondlord could not Mrs that malaria, for endow.
whlob was oatertaleed by tee late lir. Waller, sear. For no
WOW did hi see the lady—ho had newer seen bee babes—
Ibis kis suggored that arramerimes 'Wield he made for the
redder," " Berems is hosiesse," replied ths widow, sad she
esessued to the' for better or wane" proem se soon as It.
lianas wen " out." On the Sobering Beady tbalr as.. wens
read lo church, and the worthy bole, to Who. sal. all
Joy, don..Mi feels thankful for the prospect ad • nappy no-
rm of the dream, al his boyhood. Moral faiths widow— "A
word la ••••011. how good It la"
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

THE PILINOK OF WALE&

Britieh[reef /eeriest pablishos rn oory
report of the pommel ef the Prime of
BVjaithr Tb. treeldomme whMh has
retarded soevaiseesses is eitisfasiorUy osheilliog, sod
that, too, without Marin any of the "105.117 moon.
orient sommusese whisk were appothsoded from
the earlier eympicasis is the !rime% Ulm/as. The
feverishness has simnel eafirely disappeared, sal the
hem doting the day is Mai of parted health.
ThsYPaiulbottb.Bsry St. i.end's
Town °amen has adopted as addrese to the Prima,
LIM% in wide' Ms following 011rata —" Your
bream is mrisicea down, may be same wise md,
to shoe the many of God Is Me pesitest, 0.4 to NW
His holy promim 'A braised reed I will net break the
smoking Am I will not gasosh.' Your heart was
bowed down, almost MMus with sesTOW. God gays
you strearth to perform a mimed duty In Ike 'haggle*,
of the allisted, whea If, was impended by a aloud..
Alai. The heaving sigh from your lips, with the
=uttered from year hawk were wafted reward
throe* of worm. God met hrth Hie bagel of
pity, Me melessger of deMb departed, your prayers
were answered. and your brother was born again of the
Holy Spirit."
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-09

KETROPOLITA24 MEAT.

SMITHFIELD, FRIDAT.—Tba arrivals of both town and
country killed meat M-day wore llinitad, but Ma trade woo not
animated. Prima were quotad a. under. Inferior bed, 1. 81
to fa ad ; wtudt.o.l dudo, da ed to is 104; prise' large ditto,
104 Lis rd ; Wm* asenli dltto. 6.64 to told; real, 1.4.
ga ; Inferior mutton, M 6.1 ; middling ditto, as 11 to
6. 81; prima ditto, fa ad to la id ; large pork. Se 44 to M ad ;
mull ditto, 4. 84 106.14 per CUM by too airman.