The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-02 00:00:00

" flaabes anb fflickens."

We trust that the Local Board will more Han
" acknowledge" the communication from Mr. G. 11.
Collins on "night lights; at Hendon." If oreton lithe
most shamefully (we were going to .ay) " lit " village
we ever saw within a few yards of gas-works. Danger-
ous poem ,uts like those at Herston should possess
lamps as chef at least, as those in Sivanage. When
some intoxicated sinner does r.dl over and break his
neck we will ge.. on to the jury, if one is held on such
; • slight occasion, an,' bold out to the very lost (if we
; starve the whole dozen gentlemen who favour us with
, their company) for a verdict of manslaughter against
I the Local Board. Will not someone get a petiti ,n for
light, signed by every Herstonian every month till
. lamps are fixed.? It is beyond • joke.
' Weather rather uncertain, but inclined to mildness.
March is .'owing gently. dear little lamb. This
re mi n ds us that the Bournemosaft and South Coast A deer.
user has been pleased to colt • little more lather for
! "Lucia." "Well done 'Lucia,' we like y.mr manly
letter. We are not rivals, but fellow workers. Fr ,m
Boseomlss Cliffs we send hearty thanks to ' Lucia' for
his 'Flashes and Flickers.' With telescope in hand,
, we almost Pee him, sitting on one of the many mats on
the Durlest me estate, penning his rarras ic touches
and witty refl mti n. sending flashes here and flicker-
lug there—
'With • lighthouse on Anvil Point, and ' Lucia' holding •
Pen.
We need not despair of Swamies,, or of its valiant men.'
One hint we wind venture to give ' Lucis,' timely :
Be as careful as possible with the weather chart;
remember it is Leap Year.'
0,11 it nit pretty, Mr. Editor? Yee, stir, and it is
parental, pathetic, and poetic. Let we tell you, sir,
what we did Misr gettiog IClddle to read it over tots
fir fear we were dreaming). We went, in spite of our I
rheumatics, up to the best seat on the estate, from
which we could behold the serene and sandy heights of
Bosannhe. Stretching out our hands towards them,
we fell on our 'cheat and shouted, "0, Forgiving
enough. These coals of firs are hot on our red
head. Grasp thou our guilty hands in charity, and
sowpt our undying penitence and grateful grief."
Kiddie followed us and dragged us off the damp grass.
" Don't %snake a vool it' theeser, mender." "5)
Kiddie," we gasped, "we do not deserve it." "But
yer do, meadow, for thee'st looking xi vlat as • v,.zzil-
voider when 'ercietches • vlint chip, and if I (Loin%
hail 'es in, thee'et cietch a coold as well. I low a
z 'yen thee pew rs up here on thews, cliff..."
" Kiddie." we • aid with dignity, "These worla (held-
ieg up the p.per) are the woe Is of ' Nfaallattan,' the
wriwr from itsecomb,•, w, served so savagely. Depend
on it we hove well nigh broken hie heart or he never
coul I I, lye written poetry after the style f the
tYaverley Pens. He Au out-rivalled no, and though
we write with • ' blvek lead' when we II ish on this
c ,1,1 seat, we will never do so again wdhout kissing
our hand to the gentle and pure-hearted fellow over
vont' .r, who takes the trout& to carry a telescope So
help his issegianfion." " Nitaiter, ef lie wer • laedy,
ii'd he all np we thee housekeeper, though her veice
led zing (wove zings If bit o' the daily. Let's gie thee
a lift hwom- now." Those rheumatics did trouble me
that night, bother them I
Negotiations we hear are proceeding between Mr.
Reuben Speocer and the Conwegational Chapel
auth ritlea c incerniug the site of the old faggot-house
%Well di.fizured for us many yearn th, pripertiia of
both pal t es. %Vs venom discaver what the landlord
sake for the t'i'e, but Kiddie says, " What do the
nie ti era want to spend their m may on thick faggot
h ,One fir? 'local' won't low hlseeter Spencer to
build on it, an' if oar house be builded, there be
nought to harm 'em. He's been vi lw.mg coition to
t-em.. they ran tiff 1.1 1,, low en • bit Iwimser afore
hey t • ke Le. en gin 'in In,.cc ilt in their
vestry viol, and by th,k ti • th-y in ir h z mimes to
spare towit,d the iie v L ikeus." We itnagMe our
humble friend is not fir wr .ng, as he took his observa-
tions from the spot if the pump.

We nlee linked our friend one in weing what ha
thought the increase in the onlsr7 of the clerk to
the Local Board. "They de kill.' h& a dd. " thik
Ilw•ed do worry en wilt% an the t then Bwortl np to
Lennon he wormer, a. if he wet. a Swanage chasm I'd
zay be "milder ha' the vice 'ion' ruins, but as he slut,
I WWI go down ate axe Alae,ter hiswinir.lon what or
think* if ire I de ray ir but hut it." Evidirntly
g-nitte inl: dideg ca, th 1111 it is in &stranger.
Blind Kid ile.

We I. id rail •. i,rostly over the rimming
t 1.4,t .tier I the 1.w.:al II .or I report :—" A cat-
-1.111111. %Van toiLIC,I tO be..rected at Froewell.
iherAy to pre...-rve Lim purity of the waiter ~" we
f innil others in the stifle difficulty, but Kiddie has
rens • I us, "What, Nisester, dwont thee know?
Worrell he nasty wã' &Junta drippen in vrom the
Ti. ca•tdriiii pump do cast out the nastiness
by t inchen it, nil when the Ii oldie do Rid a Evie.k
for want ..f or vii h ii. rin up the grout'
ingin. The loc.tl do know li,w to do it che ip."
" Eighteen per thoinivol il-riths.' are too twiny we
miculwe Ins pie' situated lik • Swanage, and it is
abort time that the 911Cittattll was raised whether or
not the plme is ao he ilthy as it Amid be, and if it is
not, why? With all due deierence to the medical
Aker, if the water, the clo-rt., and sundry other
:Main; were beyond sore reproach, he would have a
aihl ml..re "11.0i-f.tctory" report to make. We wish
some of those who know the ptate of such things
would tell out their facts and :men our eyes. "Thirty
per thousand births" are Moly creditable to the
married folks. How the town would grow if the
natives remained at home.
Lucia.

JAMES AT SWANAGN.
Swamp% February 17th, Is9o
Dear w.ut quite e sowns for me to gat a
let -er from you. lut at tho same time I was ivy, pleased
to hear from p.a. t. I. not many Ii Vera I get from your
Aunt Jare, &it ph, never was very much for writting, sod
now the baby 11 ,0 troublesome I mint not @apart to get
any. I hone she will ovum the lathy MA.,I conic ease
agile, ..• 1 do not like walking ti, boadrivain at niaht.
Walt ory deer Itsrey don't sty 110. t your sun', you con
sty hic sun I it 1114 •.: it /I I, ~,4„ 4,, I
i,stitgLl to he a tbst ny Ann ri I irte t•. yo.a. When
are you goinz• ntoke up the match, will you ti
tell your snot when you go round saiie that I era e. r.,
careful of the few little t dogs ii... *bd., 4>o to uncoil
In tour letter, but when wr lily.. • rade lissom I think we
ought to pleased him some•imar. It I into the ''lialsde,."
with Bill he won't let me pay I r scything. No in sm.!
have got • plenty, and I know you have no more than y .at
know chat to do with, fo I take just s little nf L,sstie's
gin and p••pperment. Did you MO know dear Harry that
mine was the tnlddle phalge, drink but tot get tipsy.
shall not be ablo to WI yol moth nee* this time, as we
have had such tasty loges and wot lately, I have not been
nut much, and the streets hare ley. ta ci mudy, until
Friday night se had such • rain that washed all the laud
away, and if the m anus have not a stock laid In it is
their own f W.. have had a meeting about repair tag
the Fier, hut some w ant it done r.ne war, and some another.
that is wit way s be yet. Bit i.e
am lunch hotter Mao Iw • I thin t•v and get • Job
there (Ira foe months, sod if I mit,t send for Your
Annt Jan, t, en no &ion and imp the summer.
W or • hat it vry ton .1. Mir, this 144 Cm. day. the
watt"
yiat •id aa• I so- h u,. soon very large anises
trio tie rood r •k• .t was lately fix-. 1
tv e
there. The Alpha It I. r • its iht dit•tharging cwla, but
have had acv LC! I soic fr it, as they hare Ow
Ito put off r.l •I 4• , several vmei. ()sir
agekeeper here I. v• go, 11.-t Bit Kest% and rem,
'Ape, in tow, fir hot lielooe to them,
roil WI Keeli li.iyo only left 11, 11 aj....ty's s,rvic
iriaboas, it is a chine I. 00 am I with him
for some time. Dear HarTY )0e must
exeuso my short letter this tima, I shall he pleu.,
ti g -tone from you ins 1.4 W thri to hear all mat.
uu at home, and when jo I see your aunt remember
COO IHMOret, and I hope the deer children at. better no•v
with kind regards to you, I remain,
Your affect Mien Uncle,
JAMES MIDDLIYOW.