The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-08-08 00:00:00

HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY SCII OOLS.

The Sunday and day scholars who are instruct 11 at
Holy Trinity Sunday schools. Chspelry. hod their
annual treat on Wednesday aftnnoon last, ant nearly
the whole of the Weymouth side was in enis,irience in
• state of pleasurable excitement the best part of the
day. Even in the forenoon, children were to bo ocri
in front of the school, dressed in their be,t, and with
oup attached to their dress, evidently thinking the
waiting hours very long. in immense nunibur of
capital plum eakes were on view at Mr. Martin',, and
attracted wondering eyes, and the excellent master,
Mr. Gibbs, and Inc teachers had cumuli to do with
preparations inside tho school, wnero mysterious
whisp:rings hinted that • surprise was in store for
seine kind friend. .

At two o'clock tke children were to assemble, and
they did not follow the example to often set at
religious meetings in Weymouth, where seven &elec.(
generally means half.past seven, but seemed to inwr-
pret the fixture of time in • way contrary to the usual
one, sod to think that it was "two for half.past one,"
and then they gave a little more grace by earning half
an-hour before that. . _ _

At two o'clock, however, the distribution of the day
school prises was to commence. Toero were present :
Rev. J. D. and Mrs. Addison, Rey. V. F. and Mrs.
Ransoms' Captain and Mrs. Blair, Mr. Statham, Mrs.
Perkins, Miss Rollestone, Stc. The boys and girls were
arranged in separate divisions of the great school, and
preserved as good order as was possible on such an
exalting occasion.
The Rev. J. D. Addison prefaced the distribution of
prises with a question whether the scholars liked the
tea-and-cake or the prizes the bolter, and warned
those who preferred the sweet things of this life that
tea-and-cake would be of no use to them the day after
to-morrow, while the education they received ou,:ht to
boot use 20 years hence. Ho said their behaviour wee
now much better than it was • short time ago, and this
had been isoticed by strangers ss well as by th sir clergy.
The prises, consisting of useful, interesting, and sin.irt-
looking books,
_"were thee distributed to the winners,
and the Rev. V. F. Ransoms who takes such special
interest in the school, with the master and others, were
soon busied in arranging the prop- A.inn T .41,, Ad -
vantage of the rev. gentleman's return to the boys'
school, Mr. Gibbs arrested his progress, and amid
'Renee from the expectant schools, intimated he had
something special to say.
Mr. GIBBS then proceeded: Roy, and dear sir, I am
deputed by the teachers and scholars of these schools
respectfully to ask your kind acceptance of this slight
testimonial of our love end respect for you, and to ex-
press in some slight degree our ill mks for the affec-
' tionsde attantion you have shown to us during the
whole time you have been with ui. May God bless you
to live long, and enjoy good health and use this alight
present we now offer to you. Mr. Gibbs then pre-
sented • very handsome pair of ormolu candlesticks
and ormolu inkstand, to
Mr. HAWAII L. who said: I am sure you have taken
Ole very much by surprise. I was not in the least
aware of the kindness which has shown itself in this
unexpected way. I can only say I sincerely thank you
all for your kindness ; it gives me very groat pleasure
to see that any humble efforts of mine aro so appro.
dated by you. I can only assure you that, so long no
God spares me here, in conjunction with our very kind
vicar, it will be my every endeavour to do all that I
can to unite with him, in contributing to you real go d,
I am sure you will forgive we if I do not Say Say
and to add to your happiness in any way I possibly can.
More
now. -

The boys then gave "Three cheers for Ur. ltinsomo,"
in the moss vociferous manner, and they were taken up
and heartily repeated by the whole school. They then
marched out led by boys with large banners, and
numerous gaily ooloured flags ant bannerets floating,
along Ebenezer-place, Prospeetmla Dorset-plume,
and round Hope-agnate, where the procession had to be
coiled round to find room in the square. They then
proceeded along the Quay towards Boot-lane, and when
the head of the procession was at the bottom of Boot.
lane, the tail, brought up by two waggons kindly lent
by Messrs. Devenish, and loaded with little ones. was
just opposite Mr. Snook's. Although neither the
children from the Fleet, nor any Union children, were
present this year, the numbers were estimated at about
800. The town band, led by Mr. Tooth, played lively
tunes, and so the schools marched to Mr. Addieou's
field, at itedweU, where games, tea-and-cake, were the
order of the evening. It was a very pretty sight to see
the children so
:merry, some with swings, others with
cricket, or running races, and scrambling for fruit and
and sweetie, The good ladies Interested in the school
distributed a large number of su.all articles of clothing,
and all the evening every one was busy with souse kind
of fun. The swims of this tr, it has caused some of
the friends of other **heels to be dissatisfied with the
decision te delay their own fetes, and possibly the
others may be held earlier than hae been Intended of
kin