The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-03 00:00:00

CHAMTMAS AT DORCHZSTER.

Christmas hes been kept up Imre in the usual
Inseasr, aed, like Mom of other towns, the trader
Crof Dorchester closed on Twrday, to afford
aniaMate an opportunity of spsodicg two dam
es Is their wont at this dm of year, among their
friss&
Ti. Cmuagare

Lee very beautifully and teetotally decorated for lb.
occasion. At Christ Church, West Fordingtoo, tho
decormicom were very tasteful and pretty. Over the
communion table is the inscription, "Unto use child
is "In white wool on • red ground, and the font
Id vary prettily decorated having round it the worth
" Holy is His souse," white letters on the groan mom
producing • nice elect. The window sills are filled
with belly leaves, interspersed with red berries. The
pus sliedirds are trimmed with holly sad •vergreens,
en ses also the pulpit and reading desk, is the sods of
the choir stalls being evergreen Ciolllll..—Holy Trinity
Ohara le in • very tasteful mouser,
hel aot so elaborately as in previous year&
thee the communion table is the following
beaription Is Mom letters on • white ground.
"Tim Dappring front on High notb visited us."
&Death lea skeleton reredos, in pink, made by the
Weer Pantos, and composed of moss, primulas,
and cyprear, the bees being of bolly
Write. The pit is peettily deooratsid with *ver-
bal, imenortollee, and ferns. The
tho work of Gana, I. tastefully adorned
with klmas roses, ivy, etc., the reading desk sad
choir galls being trimmed with bunches of box and
Sowers, by Miss Coombs. The font has been decorated
with mom, Ivy,
.etc., around which in red litters runs
the ineesiptisos • Usk. us a Son is gives,' and" Unto
ne • Child is bore," risiag out of the being • small
cram composed of moss and berries At the base of
tbe font is a bedding of moss, relieved by immortisUe&
The pillars age wreathed with beads of evergreens, and
the window ills filled with zooms and
At St. Goer's. lest Fordingtos, tbs deceeatioas are
Over the CO" table are the words
117etelitoed was swede issh," executed la straw en
sea pound, with aa edging of variegated boliby4l7bds
white sod yellow SamorteMes on either skis •
tilvalseint. ell= May betrisi, sad leamortellos.
the inscription "God with us,"
wished 11- ithe same style se the one over the Cost.
leardoe. The foal is also prettily trinsused.—The
=kat St. Peter's are also very simple, con-
edelly of the wreathing of ths pillars with
eirergresas, and the sesta and other parts of
the aides with holly.—At All Saints' the doom.
Moms are mace elaborate, and do credit to the
workers. The inscription, "Glory to God la the
Highest,' Is over the Communion, and on either side
Is • Maltese cross. The pulpit is ornamented with
seems of crysantbemunes, Immortelies. and holly,
She readies desk and choir stalls being pcii.ity
trimmed with billy and evergreen& The font is very
beautifully adorned with azaleas, Christmas roses,
heath, and fern, and presents • very charming
In the west window is an inscription
rrorn'oel," in white litters on a scarlet ground,
beneath it being another inscription, 'Peace on earth,
good-veil towards men." The pillars aro also wreathed
with evergreons, Mrs. A. Spicer, Mrs. C. Keats,
Mho IL Galpin, Mies bock. Mime Gondfollow, and tit.
Mime Baacombe, being the ladies who so teetotally
adorned their church.
osaasewas TIOTTTITIS AT WI PAILLLOICIA

Cbristems was kept up in Winona manner at both the
Artillery and Brigade DepOt Barracks on Monday
emehlg. when, by the perm/Won of the commie&
h friends
the men were allowed to invite their
to • damn, which was kept up until 12 o'clock.
Several of the rooms in the New Barracks had been
elaborately decorated for the occasion. The room of
I. Company, 54th Regiment, warn undoubtedly the
beet. Over the entrance wail hung the Union Jack,
halm this was • motto surmounted by the colours of
the regiment beerier the words "boos.. to Colonel
Wilkitime," and through the entire length of the room
festoons of oaf ,ured paper and evergreen were hung.
Over the fireplace at the end of the room was • model
of the goo captured in Egypt by the 64th, and
• device bearing the word "Ma rabout," with a repru
mintative of the sphinx, beingan honour obtained by the
seginaset at the same time. On the walla were devious
formed al bayonets and swords various mottoes,
"Health and Hap on to Lieut. Bowr-
r4l/412 " Swami to idsjer W. E. Wilkinson," over
asother fireplace being • gilt crown with the worth
"(Iced Save the Queen "under li. The decorations in
this room were principally the work of Privates Doi mart,
Chspmae, Fowler, Bates, and Roes. The decent:ions
In the room of K Company, 54th Regiment mare of •
eintiler description. At the entrance an arch of ever.
=hibad been erected, bearing " Sums. to
Wingfield and Lieutenant Jenkins," and
over the door were displayed the colours of the
regiment. Over the fireplace were to be seen
Use words "A pigment voyage to Lent Bowing',"
and us the walls "God bless the Prince of Wales,*
"God save the Queer'," "Health to our Comte lee
Is India," fin. and devices of bayonets. This room
was also hung with forums of ooloured paper and
evermeseres, the whole of the decorations being the
work of Colour-Sergeant Watkins, Corporals Marlow
and James, Privates J. T. Kenna, Miller, Elms,
and bleetimer. In this room a capital supper wee
C:aron Boxing night, under the management of
J. T. Khios. The rooms of U Company,
1.111 Bsifude, Nos. I end 21 were
prettily demisted. Over the fireplace Ncvs.eri
room Irma vitriiett7 mottos In silver lettnee on •
bins mend • 80001101 to Colonel Wilkins,.,
Ms* Berindey the Moen of the Depot." It was
deserated Irish oeloused paper and evergreens, and as
We wails were appropriate mottoes. Privates R
mad Harris did moat of the work in this room.lol
roam was demented in mush the same style. The
loom of L oompany39.h Brigade wee mod elaborately
decorated. Along the wail at the end of the room •
number of legs were hung underwrite Ming • device
of Wombs. The windows were hung with curtains
of coloured paper, and the motile length of the room
was iestemped with colour paper and evergreens. On
lise wells were appropriate mot' cue, Including " Long
Lk to our Comrades is India." Pretty features were
ewe shields, one of which had the er-rde "Primate in
Wee bmeribed en it. Over the fireplace, was "Sucre',
be Colonel Wilkinsoe, Captain Cemberlited, Lieuten.
to Ifenwiak, Paoli, Jenkins, Holland, and offlosre
of Nee Desert hrit." Thom were Mt work of
Ilegemst Balk, age-Coeporal Ramey, and
_Privates
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