The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-12-31 00:00:00

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Kindlier than the rich who dole out on Boxing Day
was that kind lady who some daye before Christmas
remembered the erheel-obskinen, cabmen, and boat-
men of Weymouth, and gave lir. Rocket k2O to
be shared among the hard-working fellows. Every
one there knows " Mrs. Wilson, of Bath," who thug
gsr• them a chance ol a Christmas dinner, for the
money "ran" to 3s. W. each.

Merry times and wondrous lights they have had on
Lodatoor duriag the frost, for many, hundreds have
been enjoying Old Father Christina.. gift, the ioe.
Although the frossn surface of Lodmoor was rough in
tragic and Inttllecitl4wilgilhleaivcien,ilythetaVacantadagain e
skits hat provided the acme of enjoyment by day and
night, large another' gliding over the smoother
portions by the lanterns' glimmering UgbL

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More then lanterns' light hove hod the night
sitstwrs ; Itta!iy Intuitions meteors they saw. end one
especially bright came from near the North Pole, end
swept towards the East, leaving a fiery train of greet
length which separated Into two portions, and then
vanished, —is type we'll hope, of the lurid glare from
the Despotism of the North.

Row much meat do you think our soldiers at Use
Vern*, Portland, put away every day? Five hundred
pounds, and they had an extra feast on Christmas Day.
To get ready for that big affair, a worthy caterer was
hard at work killing and dremlng in a slaughter-house
at Weymouth. and Lad a heavy carcass on a hook,
when the hook waa pulled out and gave our friend a
nasty 4 hristmas b,x on the side of the head. I hops
It didn't spoil his pleasure when he c .uld get a holiday.
Even after the snow and bitter frost 'Was pleasant
to see pretty R-Kiwell station with its midwinter
myrtles, and pansies in the "law." and glad was I t 4
hear Mr. Palmer be. won a first prise two years fol.
lowing from the Orem Western Railway, for station
ma.ters, kc., wh keep their stations neat, and
cultivate taatefal garden plots.

The ooffee.honse atart,(l 'oy Itre. Borrett, and other
gentry. and ten.led by Mr. W. Pearce. is doing • good
i work n Wyke ; the members 611th. room every night.

Snow vanished from the land (at Weymouth) by
Christmas Day; but it seemed to bays only irons to
sea, for all the wave. were whit•-creste I, and you
should have seen them owning over the Breakwater
the grim& mow-storms.

Bitter weather drove up the Backwater many and
various sea-birds, and it did annoy us to see idle
fellows popping about the railway-bridge Maims rare
avid in term, close to our swam.
Perfectly lovely ware the trimmings of our churches
en Christmas ; but we have hardly done with
our holidays yet, patio reader I Please give us anothor
week's pace, for if I were to tell you about elaborate
AL John's, Weymouth, for Instance, ws should all
have to work hard on Boxing Day.

Our fforehead churchmen find the help of modern
Ideas, for Bt. John's, which had capital "revival"
services not long ago. repeats the experiment of the
" watchnight," by 'orrice there on the 31st from
eleven till 1878 goes out. Holy Trinity church, Dor.
chaster, ham a midaight choral service. Let us hope
the prayers there and everywhere else will be aaswered
for—what you and I wish each other,—