The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-06-26 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.—On Sunday evening a
sermon war preached in Rt. John's church by the Rev.
W. A. Hill, M.A., Incumbent of Maidstone. A liberal
collecti,n was made at the dose of the service towards
‘lefraying the expenses of the sacred edilloe.

NO NRWIL —Our reporter, writing from Portland,
esys .—No visitors arriving at Weymouth, none =m-
over here to inspect the hardier' of the island. The
trade still entrains in a languishing state. Fishing
is also unsuceessful. Fortunately we are large exporters
of early potatoes to Weymouth. The stone trade will
right itself by-snd-by, and am • number of men-of-war
'rosy shortly be expected in the Roods they we trust
will give not • little impluse to the trade of the
island.

EROTERE WONDRE Or TER WORLD.—On Wed-
ne.day morning, a feat was performed in Portland
tat never two performed in Portland before. Al
the iliugbarrow quarry, situated about 150 yards front
the Traveller,' Rest, • piece of cope stone, meacuring
about 24 feet long, be 21 feet wide and eight feet tLiek,
and weighing from 30 to 40 tons, was removed from It.
niece and toppled completely over—the whole at once—
b five men and three boya, in about balfon-hour. The
st toe atone being undermined by blasting, the workmen
Glare it through with wedges, each party working three,
ad all keeping stroke. The performanes was like •
piree of umbinery in operation, and the mutt was
triumphant Several parties were present to witness
iii opmstion.

A RTEMUS WARD: 1118 LECKTRR.

(Reported by Miami,. )

7...girlies and gentlemen o' Portlan', all on ye. Ibe
!heartily glad 2 c a all again; an what's more, I feel
the stillest pleasure in linden, amordin' 2 tut piper,
'the Tell roans. that b Mites alive 2 the gurt
desideratum. I think that's the Lattin mime, o'
gitten rid o' at powwow. Well, that's • step in
the nte direckshon, an' ef ye persevere, ur end 'II b
gain& There's no Miss Talk about that. C bow
madetnee'e onrikerd difficulties laitiv with hi.
Reform Rill, all thro' paresverin. U 0 be oodn't b
stopt, no how; an' ef a onntinner an the rite path
2 'II b able 2 carry all b 4 u. Then

Nappy may n live, an' happy may n die,
An' Liar n all reign bram•by
Above the starry sky.

Now that poetry 's original—oompoe'd zpre.ly fer o.
But how can n live happy Dolma u've good helth
An' how can a bey good beltb —'speehly ef the
kollery emu —onuses yer neweenses Ii all done away
weth. There', is principle street in Fortin's Well ;
the gutter mod a I side o the road lays amain sad
festerin in the sun all day king—that es—when the
ens sbinm—enough to breed all sorts o' halm, an'
fevers An' yet bow easy et could b get rid on.
Sbuly ltaik off a little snip of the tail o' that fossil o'
iu're—u'r greet money fossil I mean—an it could lay
.down • pipe drain not only to carry off all the new-
sman o Fortin's Well, but also, by turnin' the
pipes that way, carry off all the abomination o'
Hither-lane likewise. Then ape, there's that
spring et Fortin's Well. The water's • rennin all
over the road, makis' et sum times all-amoest
impossible. But of u wsz 2 hey the drain I suggest,
indeed o' the overflow o' water born' a evil it mit he
maid a positive good, fer, et mit be torn'd in-2 the
drain which it wad b able 2 wash out es clean as a,
whistle. Only c the valley an' importance, then, o
this air bead ; that is el n could git at et. An' only
c the responsbility, an' sin, an' wickedness, o'
hippie et load up The way look at et is this.
Ef u had only a little bit o' the fossil—jest a bit o'
eta tail, ted be able to git rid o' yer DOWIIOI4IOII, an'
aocordinly kip away holler, as' fever. But suppose
ti can't get rid o' these yer neweensee, all b cases n
cant get hold o' no part o the fossil, although et
b loop 2 it an' 2 nohdy else, an' the kollery comes
an' carries away the fathers an' mothers, an' brothers
an' sisters, an' sous an daughters, an' the little
babbye likewise, who an' what en the world can give
it recompense ? I says eta • sin, an' a cryin' ein 2,
2 lock up that fossil when et mite do 90 much good
°left 2go at large. Why ef u bad the (mail, u lAA
'di only get rid o"tir DOWIPINDOSIN but mit get water
brought home 2 yer houses, bare yer streets paivd
an' lighted, all free grattis for nothise. Oodn't et
do ye goad, then, ef n could get at et' Au' has
any body • rite 2 kip et from ye? Saztinly not.
Well. when I think mit, 2 think bow u'r rongd out
o' yew rites, it makes my bind bile sgse. FA makes
me so mixvidee that sunitimes I think I'll take up
any sledge Munmer an' bust the saff rite opuri Tem
there's another thing I've flutist 2 said which ortn't
2 etaist, an' that's the gurt gap in the fence jest up
above the Taverner's Beet Er a look at at ten a
there's • bit of • turn en the road just them, so' if
'twee a dark night, any I cocain' along mit net as
well walk rite throe the pp 5. ant. Ass, ifte
was
2 walk throo, what then ? Why, sc," he goes—
corn 40 er 50 foot—rite down a precipiv, watit
0' ruff hard stamen at the bottom. Only let any
body tumble down there, an' what sit b the cones
quenoe ? Why, as sure az fate, he'd get entasht 2
meow Now, it must b comedy's duty 2 repair
that fence. Who put et up, and who does et belong
2' Kr a bishop er a member o' parleymint w. 02
tumble down throe the gap, twood party won b
found out whose duty 'twos to repair the fens). But
I wont dwell 2 long on this subject, fer the old
sayin' is, " • word 2 the wise is sufficient," and
perhaps the nix time 1 goo that way the gap 'll b
stool I therefore remane, 'or faithful Mad.
ARTENII'S WARD.