The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-10-14 00:00:00

BR IDIFORD ABBAS.
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HAIVBIT Hoirr.—Jogg : boot as swats
to ha' our • harvest wheals View monster.
Monti: No, John, hamlet homes were meant
as a thankofferieg from the master to the man for
having put his beet foot foremost in • trying time,
but harvest Lames, and strikes, and unkind noes from
men to master is hardly At to meet with a harvest
feast.
Joni : Well, owaster, sou and bwoy I ha'
worked on tide farm for fifty year, bat never
knowed us go wrote% a barred* wham before.
Norms : Aye, John, and I have hewn your
father before you. and never hoard of Tjoloss, mad
strikes, and oonntrymes being told by lazy
Cookoey fellows that they owe teem of work IA the
of kerma before ebie Nor.
This was part of a ootivanatiou upon the interruption
In the harmonise of farm life, and eomething very
elmffer must have ea:furred at Bradford last year, es
we missed the usual Invitation to our frieed's harvest
festival. The truth le that the talk of strikes had made
matters uneomforteble. Rome men bad refused to tie
up wheat after • maehine, and is mitten did not other.
mitre promise cell for harmony, our friend, Professor
Buokmao, reluctantly deoltowl to hold the natal feed.
We are, however, glad to know that this year them..
were regaled with the vary boot of fare, and heartily
welcomed, sod as we have heard from one of them,
"both muster and man enjoyed thirselves more than
ever I knowed 'sot afar.;" and we understand that the
master complimented them all upon the manly and
harmonious manner la widelt they had rose through Ow
harvest, MMus them at the same tame that if- they
really meant to be indepsodent, and weld exereise •
little self-danial to enable them to keep off the
and limit their wants to that amount of driol'artt
"would cheer but not inebriate," he for one would be
quite ready to wolotme in luortmo of wigus.—Sheroonut
Joareal.

BIJONL IND NEWTON.
PAM Ancriatss. -La William Burgin+, carter to Mr
Brackhampton, was retuning from Yetmlu-
sier statioe with • loaded was.con on aatarday, be met
with his death in the fo:kerio,4 manner. He was near
Culla Hill, stealing or the shaft., owavorains with •
mu nam,d Edward; of Howl!, when hd fell. and the
whole pamo.l ordr his stomach. las.atescs 1•111
obtained from Csal'e Hill Farm, bat he only breathed
a law times. sad expired. An h.qatat was told at the
Nal% Road, Nappowder. when • rezdist of "Aooklental
Math" w., retuned. The dtheand was I•ni jest to
It.; Ma fall Is attaibutad la ads coup).

MILTON ABBAS.

We hear far an—i—wiiss'olli; liberality ef Xmas
Liambro. It to eel! that he ham recently oome late
poimendom of something Ilk. a million of money.

HILTON.
PITAOL—Th. pedalo/am of [Mon lave
memint ill the Rev. B. P. Rau. end Mrs. Sakes •
handsome 'liver tea senior, value over £3O, on their
isinoval to Dorabsater, Mr. Itaikee haring bean ap-
pointed Olmpisin at the ootinty gaol. When they loft
on Friday all the villages turned out to b d theta fare• j
well. so math were they beloved. Messrs. hsenders
and Jamb, of Dorchester, supplied the testimonial.
WI ITIILIKPION.

BAD OUTDO/. i OLD WOMAN. —Br. R(41410, coroner,
bss held no Inquest tooobins the death of a woman
named Ann Coombs, &piano 70 and 80 years of Pt P,
the wife of a labourer, who was fonn I orownsd in the,
river Allan. For the last 12 month. the old woman has
been very eountrlo; at night oho would rmablo about
almost naked, chattering to herr& sod saying the was
In sanrob of a relatives wLo bad died years blfor.
Mr. Parkinson, surgeon, three months rig,, told the
bullhead she was demented, and should lo taken care
of, but ho only got lb. a week and co 11 not provide a
watcher, oath. cid woman was I.ft to I er moot I,tnk..
Between 10 and 11 on !donde.) Light ,he wt ut out. S tea
her husband missed her, and wont in egoch. Al; night
he looked for her in vole. About nine uont morning
bo saw her Boating in tbo rivor. " I was frightened,"
he said; "I didn't try to pull her out, my heart would
not let me. I kncw ehe wee dud, u oho did not, mow t."
He told a polvoutan end the body was sot out. The
jury returned • verdict of Found Drowned.