The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

Tex QUees's PeonIITAUTIOL—Iit a genial both*
of Our Lire in the Highhings.“ In ski. month,.
"we, macesise, the writer observes :—" Her Majesty
moms tab .ely bald it • duty. es well as sourteey,
to the Scottish nation formally to recognise their creed,
and to attend their worship. She has thereby done
I more than one good work. She bee done wire than all
the ....reigns before her to bridge over the gulf between
Engli.h net Scotch national feeling (for the Kirk of
tio,thand is the nation of &attend), which was tore
down by the madness of loud and Charles I. She ham
given stioenth to tbe more liberal and humane party
among the Scotch themselves, and gathered round liar
ih. best modern unnisterst Abe has rebuked, by silent
pots, which are more powerful than words, the on.
wisdom .4 thoee members of the Scottish aristocracy,
who, looking down upon Kirk ea vulgar and democratic
(Cif that feeling, we fear, haa infinenoei them
_but too
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much), hems deserted it for the &sottish Ephicepel
Church, or even for the ocitumunion of Rome • end have
thus mode a breech between themselves and their own
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tenantry. which (unless it be soon mended) will bring
very sad consequences ow them and on their order.
Ste haa openly taken her stand upon the side of the
Protestant religion, as distinct from the Roman

cathoim • and Elootlauld and England alike can know,
by open ;eke, their mintreer's salad."

811111T110 or QUOTATION. —There WY • great musinian
who 1-s4 a dreadful habit of serm-Ing. But he was
very muoh ashamed of this habit, aod so, to excuse
honself, always put it as a quotation from the manager
of the theatre, who at that time was Kr. Bunn. 1•12.,

The great would exclaim, "11l be
Bunn would say) if I will be led by that fellow ;" or
" the thiug (as Mr. Bunn would say), there's net
mingle good note of mule in it." I never heard that Mr.
Baas was in the least given to swearing, but the great
musician thought that if be quoted his manager, whom
he coosidi red the greatest personage in the world, it
would keep him harmless from the cousequenees of this
evil habit of siraariag.—lifaciaillaa's Magazine.

TBAOETN6 BOYS AT A NIGHT 8011004 —114.0121
family clever &rade entitled " Omani kindness" in the
Victoria Magazine for February, which, by the way, is
a capital number, we select the following sketebes
" To get one before the others arrive is year &awe for
information ' • they ere so severe sod sharp upon one
another that • word as to their pursuits or homelife
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mills forth a greater amount of ehafflag end raillery than
hi good far any poor mortal to undergo. One lad, with
a tory patient (We, but with an occasioual gleam of
ininehief in it, and only waiting for one's bask to be
turned to be up to some Sick, or to promote one by •
smile or a sign (and you seed have ryes all round to
compete with them sometimes), attracted our attentina
by a more than usual pallor visible through his dirty
fee.; his poor hair—bad it ever seen • comb?—his
hands black, small, slid bard. Quietly sitting down by
him, we asked What have you been doing all day,
Bill Hammering f rying- pans." How long From
seven till no. I've just come, 'rept dinner time." Do
you always dots? 'Always.' Hi',. very brief bay.
• isn't it hard work?' ' Hardisb.' Then lighting up •
bit, be opened his hand—so email I ' Maas it like horn,
teacher,' he said with a smile. We took hold of it, and
smiled too. ' Well, it's brave to have a hard hand—it
look. like work ; it's good to be • worker, helping the
mother, isn't it Poor little lad, though, it's a mono-
tonous life for ten years old ; • few mornings after we
snot him, pee and patient as usual, with his kin can and
hia dinner, going off it his work 'until the evening.'
There is always an ao•woring mile for teacher from
en of them, sad a deeply injured—' You never the me,
tanker, and I was close to you to-day,' If by any
theident you psis them by. 'Good sassing, leather.'
'Geed evening. Joe,' ass long-legged lad sprawls to his
place over several shorter eines, and seta answering cuffs
for every one be disarranges, all which he taker good
humouredly. 'I saw you yesterday, when you did not
see me, carrying a lot of iron on your shoulder, and I
, thought you looked se it you were going about your daily
I business with all your might.' All the clam on the
alert. 'You retched bum at • luoky moment, teacher.'
'Now you, if teacher had seen you, she'd have seen
you a giving of • black eye to a boatman.' 'Nonsense,
go on with your writing. do. I wonder what you were
doing A shout of derision from the thus. ' Did you
see him up to anything, teacher No, no ; I did not
see him ; but when I saw Joe so busy and so warm, poor
fellow, I thought—l derimay all my slam are toiling
away manfully at their work somewhere, if I could see
them; and I wished it wasn't quite so hot for you.'
Dead /Hence, and great diligence for some minutes.
When • few of the old boya, getting very intent on
their work, are making great progress, their smeared
facee and black stiff halide working ' Blume: it really
is annoying to be disturbed by an irruption of barbarians,
and the grumbling becomes. wore than a juke. 'Oh
teacher, lots of new ones—one can't have no peas, In the
alas, now--a nushin,' and botherin,' and a swearin.'
The last not quite true, but meant most severely.
'Hush, you should be kitd to the stranger." La teacher,
he ain't no stranger ; be've woiked in the same factory
with me this six month at 3s. a week,' with great con-
tempt. 'lid ! you couldn't pt nothing to do." I stould.
I got a job now ~t 5 64." How long? with a sneer.
' &iglu next Monday." Then you ain't got it r To
which a gruff lament all round. Now to calm this down
without huffing somebody is no easy matter. But •
wise teacher in these little skirmishes gains an Insight
into each boy's character she has no other moans of
deltic and turns it to areoutiL It's a great mistake to
eappree they are all as much of a shade as their coats.
Sometimes it has seemed disheartening work—all noise
and scuffle, and nothing ovally done. But are not all
our efforts uncertain as far as we can see? The only
thing is to remember:—