The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-11 00:00:00

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nonoe or THI actescee.—ll. zgrIONOKT.
:lane study with me every brt conetellatima
Of stars that you see in the Mee oa each Mg*
Chase fanciful groups will compel admiration.
Some dim and far distant, some dazzling bright.
You'll see the two Bean, and you'll oft fiz yaw eye aal
The Dragon mid Swan, and -Her ladyship's (hair,
Yin Sermat, the Eagle. the Crown, and Orion,
Tbe Whale and the Wolf, and the Snake and the Beensi
the. Look at the Sun, sad we'll learn, to begin, MN
A distance of ninety•one millions of miles;
But light does the journey in under nine minutes,
Which beats all nevem trains that ran in these lalea
Wa learn, too, his farce must he doily diminish*
That curious spots Mt appear on Mutate,
had Thomson says one isy the sun will be finish'd,
And roll, a "coid black ball," through infinite space
We'll Sod out the reason 01 total eclipses,
When, strantaiy, the Moon seems to eat up the Um.
We'll see how the Planets whirl rour.d in ellipses,
And bow the four Seasons are duly begun.
How ages ego the fib. Moon was volcanic,
As times can observe who throuo telescopes look, I
And, castes, the craters ac's trolly Titanic,
As figured by Nasmyth in Lock,yer's book.
Then gaze on each Nebula's wonderfulpattern,
And watch the hot Comets to Raines away;
We've measured Jove's moons and the queer rings of
Saturn,
But own that we're puzzled by Mercury's day.
nen ponder the Planets, their paths and dimensions,
Astronomy's surely a DC11001) sublime:
We'll Roar o'er the world sad Ito cern and dimensions,
And beamionrard live by Sidereal Times I

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WON-DLIFOL !

If we loge l one way. we often win he aneihee. For
initanoe, now we see eighteen hundred and eighty to
IA eighteen bandied and eighty one.

OHIVALIIIT.
Rich and rare were the arms she be,,:
A brace of Colta at her waist he wore;
And, oh I her beauty was hidden for fear,
As on she bed like a hunted deer.
" Lady, why dost thou fear to stray,
Alone and unarmed, in the ancient way?
If Erie's sons were not blameless or cold,
They used to spare women in days of old!
"In days of old," abe answered, "Sir Knight,
Honour and virtue were Erin's delight;
But this Carted League " Ere mare was paid
film ducked, and a brickbat missed her head.
On, like the hunted deer, she went
Hee only crime that she'd paid her rent;
And tbs Amager said, "Sure, we'll change the. g
Of " Erin-go-bragh " into" Erin gone wrong."

Alf OW CIATOM £4VIVID.

Elra,—lt may intereat your readeni to know that the
offence which takes its name from Lord Erne's late wail
h not of recent origin. A venerabie friend of mine ban
enured me that be ao.l his brother* suffered this ytinaltyA
bin father before him, and even. he believes, ble eninde
lather and great grandfather. I have written to Lint for
full perticulars, in it will be interesting to coingbas tam
past process with the system aow is vogue.
Yours truly,
Den 90, 1880. Aningllll9lll
P.l3.—The following telegram is just be hands-
- Pull particulars: When my nuns tocked ms up fwg
the night, wasn't I Boy-ootted ?"

TH3 111 W UNION.

TM Chuck sod the Stage are oertainly bosom*
Obsee4 connected. Mr. J. L Toole has been playing on
basil of a church at Kennington. and Mini Isabel Bioko.
siaa and Mr. Charles Warner have been doing the lame
H.Mon, and we are anxiously awatinfrheome
Of ty on tie part of the Church. y should
sat the Rev. Baptisms Monogram preach as Weld el
the Royal ottbanieum Thaws, which woolly wads
saw drop mem? B. would, of Caere., take his test from
the Acts, and might, if he went in for humour, as soma
elergymen do, allude to the Rot that instead of
going to the boxes, the " boxes" on this occasion
be brought to the people. The benefit nights of popular
actors should also form • portion of Chu weekly pulpit
annoollollolllollll4 "ticksta to be bad in lb. vestry rwaße
a new " Guild " might be established for the
ol lb, kindred occupation of potw-openinr2=
Ritualistic clergymen might aim find *Pompom.
of " properties."