The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-04-02 00:00:00

THE DIMINUTION 01 BREW.

The well.known agriculturist, Mr. Medd, Wthel on
OM Wriest :—" The diminution of our sheep stock to
the smorinons anent of nerdy 4,500.000 is ri wine
goigmlbral, and, in some degree, national sashay. I
Isar thin the lees of capital ffed by the ownsre of
non darks during thiamin of drought will, for some
reggs to tome, prevont a return to the former numbers.
let nis is not the only Inn for the food-produotog
power of the sountry lea Is.. .serionaly diminished by
the lem of manwro from so many artimalo. ?took
niartors are now readying some remanorstioo by the
=
nsyeliteneln Valle of their anima* and DOS -
will be itorspolled, by the high prime they hue
to pay for their lean Meek, to Sake breeding In hand.
I hare always held that farmers should ma brooding
with arable farming. Practically. I hare found no dial.
nutty In aortae sty owe sheep,irrespeotiye of perunnent
whisk I ma fully oonyinood is a great lose to
ftry, and no longer adapted to the new and
Improved eimuorttano, ',oohing from Ito woo of .tram
leg cultivation and tho lotrodnotioti of artifi Cal manures
god gbegdent foreign feeding stuff.. The pentorsl egg
I. fortunately fast bottoming an affair of antiquity."

AMERICAN ITEMS.

A young lady at the Ohio camp meeting asked the
prayers of the amembly becacum she could not set her
eyes spoil • serial": young man in her neighbourhood
without fealty m though ate soul bag hint to death.
Ea abreing the .
report a mail entertainment, a
Vitibrint meg rays 'W. omitted to state la the
AM Jade O'Brlaa kid his boon Mealy
Wairtho oomeioa—a pherenteme this,, aro
haismoll by them who knew Also hat, rarely (if ever)
happens.*
Th• lady aohool-tesolior in Omaha, having an Inordi-
nate dread of the amall.poz, gest home • little girl
berme she said her mother wag Mak. The out day
the girl prosentM hermit at the eahool•hore with her
Aar Is her mouth, sod said to the troller, " Mir —,
we vs got a little baby at our house; but mother told
MO to toll yr that it isn't oatehln'." The teethe/ told
her pupil t o take her sea
lu
are said to call • great malty people to
1111•11 k• _ _

—file Milk Produces Coovention at Bennington,
Yeentost, voted to expel any amber adulterating or
"telesdiag nillk."

-Co Pere, the railways have "Wise 'stoking mot"
A fedora bodiridnal perambulated the streets of
Books a few days ago Nokias for a wife. Ho sald
would give 50 male to anyone who mall pal him oe
tlke Meek of • area rote amide, &ad MN he maid
hind& the satiate, whoa obtained, with • home on •
good farm.

THE CL &I VENT.

A lithographed circular hoe been lamed from New-
gale, dated the 95th last , and signed by the claimant
ander the name of "R. 0. D. Tietteorne.' lo thia he
makes se appeal to the British, giblet for melatance
to meet the charges of forgery sad perjury which he
amiandande are be he brought against him He des.
Mhos himself se Min pastime. H. points out that
lb. Attorael-Oca Mr. Hawkins, Q. 0., itlr Ci
=men, Q.C.. Scrgeant Parry, Yr. Bowen sarr
14 ham bees retained to seaduet the proemial-
ties, sad goys beta certain the Lag peer& will..
that ludo, hit.., by 02.1ag Mu stoic -trial. TM
email persists la hla sassa that he la the real
I/Mir, sad while somplaining of the parmoution to
has hiss subjeeted, states that 24 witnesses
is. ready to be Galled, bad to swear that Rorer TIOII-
- wee sorer tatted in his life, but that Arthur
Orlon wee.