The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-10 00:00:00

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AGRIUULTER Ptursraii-s. -The .Iyrko• heel
gives the following report 1.1 agricultiwal matters for
North Wilts: -" We have tel 4 gr(Pat land ..f wet lately.
whirl, lias very much lahl the wheat and Istrleys the latter
of which, in Koine places, ia • splendid erop. very long in
the straw. Our wheat crops this year are not sto thick on
the ground WI last yeti', anal the weather at Minimum time
WA". Very unfavourable. Altogether, Cu cannot expeet
anything like .11,,h aiTop at. we had last year. I Iwim: to
khe Conti ou,sl wet, the Wheat markets hereal s t .are rapidly
rising, the top price last week Wing tki. per sack.
Roots are e 1111 l nit on well with a capital plant, but %voted
be all the better for some warm sunshine. The hay ruin
in thin neighbourhood are very good, awl I should say
about half ....mt together. Mar% e•.t., I expect, will he fuliy
a fortnight later than Led year. if IPA more. We have
Dimity of keep time, hut I 'wing to the wet the !moil., ,
not tio well .......urn be wished. Labour is plentiful at •
the present time."
Stu( 01( THE lAST (Pe THE BULIIRIAGE FLOCK.--11
, Wmlitewlay Alessrs Ewer amp Wilistaliley sold 1,. ate•teM,
at Salisbury, by order of Nlessrs. J. awl K. ltawlences
about 250 two-teeth ewes. The l i 11l als w.•ro the twin and
late 141iilis of the litilbridge Hocks being the remainder of
the ewe lambs bred by 31e.srs. Itawleace last 5e3.1011. and
not fit for the sale last year, when the Bulliridge ths-k Lisa
soil lay auction. .rt,, average per heal uas El 1:s. 31.,
and the following wen, the highest prices obtained : -Mr.
Newton, Ihwilean, lot 4. £l7 175., awl bit Pk 1:11 ; Mr.
Llibben, Ilishopstone, lot 13. Xlit te... • Mr. Homer Itlicl-
liatuption, lot 10, alit 55., Anil lot 31., tes ; Mr. Parsons,
Basingstoke, let I, £7 55., and lot 31, Eli 5.. ; Mr. James
Read, 110 11l i l igton, lot 17 £ii 10... lot 3, £5 5•.. hit 2.4. £5,
and two lots at £4 1110. ; Mr. W. Bennett, 4 1111111illt lot
Lii; Mr. F. Moore, Litth,o4t, lot 25, DI; Mr. It. Drine,
iluesage, Inn.; Mr. J. Itigg, lotS, T. 4 15v. : Mr. lhariut
lot £4 17s. : Mr. lloldsworth (Steward to the Earl of
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renalorooke% lot 24 l; Mr. Hart, .B.; in.gsiolte, lot 23., El.
Ina STRITFOII.O H-CANTIA-: FIAMA. --Mr. titan. Waters'
111th ausuuual sale and letting by auction .of rain lambs and
rains from this dock, Wat hell at the Alarket-Inouw.
Salisbury, on Tuesday, and drew to;:ellier a large number
of Hampshire Down breeders and other leading agricul-
turists. The auctioneer (Mr. John Waters, it the firm
of Waters, Son and Rawlenou), briefly called *Heidi le
the high quality of the hoodoo this season, which he wan
sure would fully sustain the reputation so long enjoyed by
this noted stock, Mr. Charles Waterssparing neither time,
trouble nor expense, t, produce a class of sheep well
maintaining the old and esential characteristics of this
sock. The average of the six letting lambs waa
E'SU isle. :11. Mr. Newton (Dogoleai) meowing lot 3 at
450 i. ; Mr. Carpenter (Burcoullw) lot 5 at a.;%. ; snot Mr.
(Littlecott) lot 4at hg.. The averageof the Si Imola Kohl,
was Elit 2s. Mr. Ilayter (Woudyntes) jourrhasino; lot M at
21c5..; and lot 70 at I Ilge. ; Mr. Coombs (Cotton) lot 20 at
Itieg•, and lot 19 and hots.; Mr. Imam (Whitechureh) lot
25 at Ilgs. ; Mr. Robert Lyne (Compton) six lambs at
Illgs., Ilgs., 11gs., (two), and 7g4.; Ilr. Warwick
lot 51.1 at 17gs., with three other lambs ; Mr. White
(Charnage, near itlerel lot ill at Itigs., lot Pi at I hui., and
lot 45 at : Ms. G. Read (Charfor.l). lot 55 at 10gs. ;
Mr. Blake (Chitterne) lot 01 at 151.:a : Mr. John Taunton,
lot 24 at 13egs. ; the average of lambs let au.l sold being
Ell IA. 7.1, The two-teeth Milli were let and sold at
satisfactory prices.
THR WIDOW AND MICR LIiOACY. —All this week Trow-
bridge low been brimful of gossip anol speculation concern-
ing • wedding that took place at Hilperton between Ann
Alloway, widow, and %Yilliain Bingen, widower. It
seems that the lady was in domestic service at that
village, and gave out that she had a legacy of 4370 coming
to her on the 10th July. This golden bait was hung out,
and with it she contrived to du some businesa. She made
large purchases of jewellery, drapery, and various other
things, prior to the w.bling, and everybody was going to
Ito paid out of this mythical legacy. The wedding day
arrived, and the "happy pair" were made one, and left
for London, first to take the "legacy' and secondly to
show her husband lier " house property in town." The
gentleman she asked to become her guardian she arranged
, to inset at the " Elephant and Castle, Tottenham Court
Road." The friends went there, lout no such place could
they Bad, nor did the widow apisgsr. For the first time
they began to perceive that they had been made the
subjects of a "sell" The biol.:el could not lind the
, house property; he had taken it for granted that the
; widow's word was her bond, and found she had deceived
o them all, and they returned to Trowbridge with the bad
; news for the tradespeople that they had all been duped.
The husband, fearing lest he should be made reponsible
for the debts incurred in Trowls age, has left the town.
The bewitching widow Kaye out that this ivas lier third
husband ; whether they are all livinx or not is a matter
that is being inquired into.—Tpnrbridgc Adocrtixe

Itampshirr.
SIR H. Daexmon• WOLIT, 31.1.., and 1.a.1y Wolff, have
left Park lane for tkekanutt., Tower, Itouniemouth.

--DUCK SIII/011110.- -The CI-0341 Aemou having cadet on the
Ist instant a continual fusilla.le w.as kept up by the " gun-
ners " iii the Co Iteaibi at Ringwikok front about a
barter to 12 MI SUlltiMir night till day break on Monday.
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hut very few Happen were, huweer. wegel. One u
the spurtsmen was aeei.leutially shut by another, severely.
in the kit eye. but his wound is i.n.r..ireseine; favourably
under medical care.

Stl.6 111." TIII: iI‘rrIIWARREN F1.1.Cc.--11111.11111.44111V Mr.
James Harris sold by auction, en the PrClll6Ol. st Hatch-
•otloo, I,tllal ewes and ewe Look, of tin. Manly-40re
Doan I weed, the property of Mr. Francis Itti,K who is
about to leave the farm. Previ•oisly to the ,ale a large
party of agriculturists and its•kinasters tetrt mg of an
eats:llod lunchemi, after which they twureoled to the
ring. The business 0.1111111,11C01 with the sale of NO ewe
lambs, which were will In hts of ten awl live. These
averaged CI Pis.fl. The twodeeUt ewe., 2t) in number,
in lots lif tee, averaged In. pi. The four-teeth ewes,
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numbering liAl„ wens sold in lots ..f ten, and averaged
CS its. I. The sixductli ewes, •.!In in number, in lots of
ten, averaged tt Ilia. Id. The toldmontli ewe., tiering
1211, averaged XI is. The sale Ma. 4 a good one.
l'ElttiONS I:Y FUNGI.
At Wood Dimes, Soutlifollt, Amy swami, the e if., .1 3
lalantrer, aged. :12, and Jane, her daughter, aged 13. persis-
ted lit ander the iummssion that they
weru iitustiroolu4, eautiotted that they were
pohionous **toad cap,- Tire result was that limy lioth
died after two days* suffering. Mrs. Swann's infant
, child, which took its mother's milk until within a few
hours of her death, had also since died.