The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-03-20 00:00:00

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and therefore an unhappy eternity; but when there is an and they sbeul4 pay some one else to do hls work,
open door set before us, and there is a probability that Mr. A. ANDREWS and Mr. .1. SCRIPS'S bore Mr. Maher
that .loor wall be very anon closed against us, then that out an to one or two itemv.
duty become, more urgent still. Having been lately on Mr. B. Stamm suggeeted there might be • mistake in the
the Contineet of Europe, he could not but feel that there dates.
ion peculiar reason now to bring the gospel of the Lord Ultimately on the suggestion of Mr. J. Beurvga, it was
Jesus into contact with the It manist populations, agreed to call the attention of the contractor to the fact
Education is making very greet progress, especially in that some of the items were disputed by Members of the
Italy, and the arrangements of the Italian army favour Board.
its spread. Every lean is liable to Fier re in the Italian wATER SUPPLY.
army for three years. aid at the end of those three years A memorial was read by the CHAIRMAN, stating that
service he must pass a very fair examination in secular owing to the water supply being cut off at the uselem
knowledge, and if he does not pose. he is liable to serve pump at the well at Wakeham, the requisitionists had
another three years in the Italian army. The result is been unable to get water there for the last three months,
that men are hemming educated, and in this advance of and they asked the Board to remedy the evil. The
eeeeter education there is a wrielual uaderinining of the memorial was Rigned by • greet number of inhabitants.
belief in the superstition* of Rome. This is also taking Mr. G. ANDREWS Probably the requieitioniste are not
place in Ireland and if things advisee: in this direction aware that we are waiting for • reply from Mr. J. U.
much homer. Daly, Fromm and Ireland will become Andrews as to getting • supply from Cheyne,
merely infidel, for they will have lost the old corrupt Mr. ATTWOOLL suggested that tenders be invited for
faith, and will not have received the pure and holy faith. repairing the Wakeham and Easton pumps, for the Board
What will be the result? (liven a nation which is might fail in getting a supply from Cheyce.—Mr. Metier
unmrxweil from its 'Ad faith, if it is left drifting hither seconded, and it was agreed to.
and thither, it will ultimately recoil, seeking rest, into THE SURVEYOIOI RRPORT
the hams of a professedly infallible church. Now is the Dealt with the cracking of stones, to., and the Surveyor
time when the old faith is crumbling away,—this ie the was called in, and gave personal explaaations,
time for us to step in, and to see that these people who Mr. C. WHITE said there was a report that the Surveyor
unmoored from their old faith shall be directed into had given the men pints of beer and paid for it by days'
the pure, and bleseed, and holy faith. Ile was convinced works being put down which the men had not done.
of this—whether it be for the Italians or the poor Irish- The Surveyor said when they were working "over.right "
men, there in one refuge. Be it ours to held test the right the Wesleyan chapel, very Mani, Mr. Andrews saist—" If
of private judgment, prayerfully exercised in &intact I were you I would give the men mine beer." (Laughter.)
with lisle revealed wont; surely we are not yet come to Mr. J. ANOREws I think your memory wants a little
1.1011 a insii that there is no alternative for es, but either refreshing. You said "The men have been kicking me
to drift about unmoored from faith altogether, or else to for a pint of beer." I replied " Well. farmer, can't you
es,st anchor in the deadness of an " church ! give them any r You said " I can only give it to them
Ni, he it ones to stand erect is the presence of our God by putting down • day's work snore," and I said "Farmer
and Father. with His own Mink in eve hands and in our don't you do any such • thing as that; I will give the men
hearts,—with that book which Ile has revealed to a pint of beer,- and I gave them • pint niorning and
be His word, and which he haul promised to reveal evening while they were there.— Mr. Andrews also caused
to us by His Holy Spirit Then let as do, what we ran, some laughter by remarking that he found he had to pay
and do it quickly to Rend this word of God in their own for four when he got in.
tongue, whether it he to the Italian, to the Spaniard, or There was also M.lllO talk about putting slows a day's
to one who has the still stronger claim of a fellow-subject, work for a jack, the Surveyor explaining that the jock was
He did not think the amount named adequately repre- as good as a man.
sented the intermit they felt in the work. They had J The matter dropped.
given only t:10 or /Alla year to send the gospel to Ireland, STORE FOR TOOLS.
awl they only sent a small sum to Spain that was all Mr. B. SeRIVEN mentioned the advisability of erecting
they did to send the gospel to these populations who are a store on the parish land at Straits, for the purpose a
not under a system so dark, and us contrary to the keeping tools, materials, ac., Mr. Stabey ought to have
revealed will of (4 Si ; let them see if they could not do had the honour of bringing this f. wward, hut lie (Mr.
more for the Irish Church Miesion. (Applause.) Scriven) considered it necessary, instead of allowing the
The doxology was sung, the rector pronounced the tools to be about in eornehody s barton.
benediction, and the friends made • collection at the Mr. R. Iwo) said the place Irelongerl to the church-
doors. wardens, and they would not let it without waking •
charge.
Mr. MABRY thought the rector and eburcliwardens
would have been to give it up for the good of the parish.
Mr. rt. SCRIVEN moved that a store-room he oblaineA
and that they endeavour to get the so-called parish 1,,
at Straits. Some conversation followed about the
necessity of having tools, etc., tendered for and purchased
at regular timee.
Mr. B. SCRIVILN said that a store would he worth having,
even if they had Ii pay rent, for the Board had lost on the
road-scraping ma-hum e eXposUre, e iiiiii gli to gay the
rent for a number of years. His proposition was left to •
committee.

TANDEM.
Mr. B. SCRIVEN suggested that in asking for future
tendere it be is arranged that they be brought into the
Board one half-hour after the Board commence.
sitting, lie said there was an impression outside that
some parties gut to know what other people's tenders
were, the closeness of some tendem lately lout surprised
him, and in order to avoid a suspicion, he wished it to be
arranged that the tenders might be brought in while the
Board is sitting, and he moyml that it be no arranged.
Mr. MABRY seconded, thinking it was giving the cons
tractors a better chance.
Mr. E. PEARCE said no other Board adopted such •
plan ; it was generally said that tunders were to be
brought in by a certain date.
Mr. B. Ms gin supported his proposition, in order that
no one might suspect the Board or any of its officials of
letting out a secret.
It was aereml, on the suggestion of Mr. Amwoom., that
contractors should be allowed to send in their tenders up
to between lire and ci. on the nighte when the Board
sat.
This was all the business on the notice paper.