The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-16 00:00:00

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AGC INTB' CauIICII.—A mating of the patishloners
was held last Thursday evenin4 at the Kitufs Arms
hotel, to consider what cou:1 be done for the formation
of a choir for the church, and, after a good deal of
animated discuaiion, a committee wee appointed. On
the following evening 1101111 Of the parishioners met at
the church for practice, and on Sunday the singing wu
very aatiataoterily led by them. The Rector invited
any in the parish to attend at the church on Friday
evenings for practios in chantin; and sin;ing byiuna,
and it 'Cele@ likely theta good choir will in that way be
eatabliabeil. We believe that wilt Sunday (mania^ tho
psalms will be chanted, acur."ng to th original Loire

ief the Rector:
TEIToTAL LECTulti.B TO Tilt DORSET
On Monday and Wednesday eveaings Miss Rebineen,
of London, gave addressee on temperance totho militia.
Jo the former evening the Rev. Owen 11.601131, the son
of an old soldier, and a two years, teetotaller, preslded.
The room was filled to suffozation. Miss Robioson
spoke glibly. and in • telling meaner. She rejoieed to
hear th .re were about 60 teetotallers in the regiment,
and urged them not to run from their word. All of
them she advised to take water in • wholesome form,
and not mixed with anything poisonous. She had
heard of a man abusing the truce and the Government
because no good beer was left in the country. " When I
was • Lad," he s dd. "I could get drunk for 91., end
now I've spent la. 6.1., and aint half drank yet"—
(laughter). Some persons craved for home.brewed hoer.
Let them take three gallons of "home-brewed," and
when they had consumed it all they would have oaten
three grains of scorn (much good might it do them!),
while ie the shape of aloohol they had taken six
ounces of pure poison with a lot of muddy spoilt
w ster. She quoted the testimony of hard-working
men in favour of teetotalism, and toll some very
funny anecdotes about drunken men. • c'ergyman
told her of • man in his parish, who boasted he could
always restrain himself at the proper time. One
night he came home from the publie-house ; his
wife, who had got weary of waiting for him,
had gone to bed ; and his sapper was on the table.
For some time hie wife could hoar him grumbling
over his meal, declaring it was " nashun tough," and
wondering how • man could be expect el to eat such
food. At last ho, too, retired for the nig'ie. In the
morning the wife was greatly surprised to find her
husband's supper on the table unteuehed, and a bason,
in which she left one of her best caps in starch the
'merlon.' night, was lying empty. The secret WY out!
John had taken the boson of starch and cap by mistake,
and devoured the whole of it—ilaughter). The husband
beeeed his wife to keep the in 'tier • profound secret,
to redcli ..he agreed. But they all kno.v bow long a
woman was supposed ho keep • secret —(leugliter)—she
kept ileiet as long as she eould, just 25 minutes— and
then she went to her neighbour next door and told
her, of course enjoining silence—(iond laughter).
Well this wom in in due course Old the
next doer neighbour, and so on, till by the time
the men came home to dinner the tale was in every
body's mouth. The end of it was that when John
went beck to his w irk at the foundry, after dinner, a
general shout of '' sterehey" arose, and the name stuck
to him afierwarda—(laughter.) What an exoellent
rule was that of his—to leave oil when he had enutgh 1
Tale after taho was happily told, to the intense amuse-
ment of the men, &el all woo judiciously littera ixed
with persuasive& to " take the pleige." She was
cordially thanked.
DORCSESTER Ciionat. fiootrvv.—The third of the
subseription concerts of this society, under the direction
of Mr. Robinson, was given lost Tuesday evening, under
the patronage of Colonel Bingham and the °Mears of
the Dorset militia; and it passed off with far greater
stleoess than either of its predecessors. There was •
very large audience—indeed, some could not find room,
and at the hook of the hall, msny had to stand; while
the applause with which the performances were greeted
was vigorous in the extreme. The band oommenced
the entertainment with • selection from " Ilasaniello."
The performers were Ist violin, Mr. Jones (leader);
carnet, Mr. G. P. Jones ; piccolo, Mr. Davis; elarionet,
Mr. Carroll; viola. Mr. Sims; harp, Mr. F. Jones ;
violineello, Mr. IL Bailey ; pianoforte, Mr. J.
Robinson; harmonium, Mr, J. Robinson, ism.; drum,
Mr. A. Frampton. Despite some lack of cohesion in the
earlier part of the selection, the music was given with
considerable effect, cud the "market cholas" went
trippingly and with preciseness. The society then
appeared au I gave "S r &eight, oh, whither away" in
pleasing stele, the four little fellows on whom the treble
depended being especially worthy of a cheer. Mr. IL
Silks sang • patriotic song "The British Lion," the
moral of which seemed to be that "treading on the
lion's tail" would involve all those pains and penalties
whieh have aforetime attached to the toil of an Irish.
maa's cut, lie delivered himself of these sentiment*
with appropriate severity of manner, and was
sneered. Miss Hotly Holt then gave "Thy voice
is near" in nice style, albeit her tons is rather
prate and of varying quality. Being enoored,
seng a plaintive melody, with " Horne, sweet ,
Mame" as a refrain. Mullah's part song " Those
evening belle 'wont capitally, and then Mr. Tad sang • '
hum erous song entitled "A friend aa a pinch" with
good voice and easy self-possession. Applause loni
and long followed, In response to which ho gave
"I want a sweetheart." A. duet, "The elfin cad,"
was given by the Misses Holt, affording so much
pleasure that a recall was insisted upon. when they
substi,uted another duett. In character Mr. Frank
flelland gave "1 wish my Sally could see me now," a
Aong that provoked loud laughter, and cries of "enoore."
Returniug, lie sang •' rho .t
included Madame Tassau.i's, where, amongst other
henree was" a young woman playiug dominoes with
the Prince of Wales ;" and "the Zoo," where the
sight of the giraffe, with a neck three yards long, pro-
yoked the suggestion "How it must suffer when it
has a sore throat." These sallies created mush laughter.
A white which had the attraction of having been first
played "at the wedding of the Princess Leuise," was
then given by the full orchestra. It is of about the
average merit of such fugitive pieces, but the rhythm
of walls music will always give pleasure. The second
part began with a selection from "1 Puritanl,"
it SVAI a very praiseworthy performance, the Garnet
.01, in, r.ting special isieutien. Miss Hotly Holt sang
Bishop's "Bid too discourse," trilling forth the air
effectively. Booored she gave'' Where the bee sucks,"
A part song "Come, fairy elves." by the choir was
g von in good tune and time. Mr. J. Robinson.jun.,
then sang "The Maiden's Story." Toe Misses Holt
succeeded with" When shall we meet," and bad great
applause. ' Tres like a spirit's sigh" brought out
Mr. Silks in a new style of song, and he obtained
gratifying applause. Mr. Frank Holland sang 'Do you
think it feir r after which the choir gave Bishop's
"Now be day's retiring lamp" in an artistic and
pleasing manner. Cootie's "Invitation" plop closed
the programme, excepting" God save tho Queen,"
which was loyally sung and the lorge audience
separated.
Boeotian PATTY Simons, Monday.—Before
Bishop, Esq.
A girl of 17, named Jtalivi Tucker, from Paddletown,
was brought up for vagrancy.
EC. Mitchell found her asleep about half-put two
on Sunday morning, in • field near the South-Western
}tenuity station. Arousing her from her Meg d bed he
asked why she was there. "1 was too late to get into
my lodge," said she; and he took her to the more com-
fortable borough lodgings in the rear of Ike Gaildhell.
Of coarse she is "on the town," and we heard the old
from the police of infesting the barracks, and
yin( soldiers.
Bishop risked her why she left her home to lead
rash a mineable life, but she gave no answer, and had
nothing to say for herself.
She was aentenced to 14 days' hard labour
and
advised M reliant to her parents when released.
°ear" Psr" komoim. Satturday.—Before R. O.
F. Steward, Neu
Worry, ge9,•tohniirrean). & Pearce. Req., and G..
I‘44"ad. to 44•44,7 Etas. was liawsltht up for
mousy en Pdlewa.