The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-30 00:00:00

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CHURCH DECORATIONS.

As la former years the various churches in this town
were very appropriately decorated for Christmas, BS
John's and Holy Trinity looked the best ; but this wee,
cr,..rtlzpo, on account of the number of ladies who volm-
in the work.
Bt. Mary's looked exceedingly neat but very effective
and amply repsid all the amount of labour bestowed upon
the decorations. There was an exceedingly handsome
text over Thornbill's celebrated picture of "The Last
Supper," worked in very large white wool letters on •
crimson groan& the word' being "A Barbour which in
Christ the Lewd." On each side of the Commandment,
was • very prettily-worked scroll, also worked in white,
the words being " Unto us • Sea is given," "Unto us a
Child is born," whilst on the gallery panels was the
remainder of the text-" His name shalt be called
Wonderful. Councillor. t'.o Mighty God. the Everlasting
Father. the Prince of Pram." The Litton were on •
orb:mon mound. the capitals being of white wool, whilst
the others were of white paper, tains pricked out with
green. The reliefs of each window were net a with
purple and crimson scrolls alternately, on which were
various texts in different c domed letters. Over the vestry
door were the words '' thrive together for the faith of the
Gospel," white 'Mitre on a crimson ground and encircled
in en evergreen herler. In treat of the organ was the
11/Of sennenntelalla David's harp. On the
evert er of the two galleries by organ were Me
" Hie( of king. and Lord of On the eentrewptt
of the pulpit wes the sacred monogram" I. 11.13. in white
w ol with a pretty holly-h.ory border. The carved work
was pricked out with box, whilst the pillar, were embed-
ded cub mole, t.sns, and ivy. The font was very neatly
set off, Its base was covered with ferns, variegated Laurel,
whilst a little higher op wee an unpretending looking
herder composed of London pride and form The carved
work was nicely pricked out with moss and everlasting
Borers, the top of the font being kid in a splendid wreath
of white ff iwero. Albigiither the church looked exceed-
ingly st
Hely Trinity Ch3reh. —Over the communion table
we. tho text in ...Nov letters on a red gr sand, "Thou
art the everlmtli et St in of the Father ;" bordered
with holly and everer. vise. There were also borders of
the attne betseen the pinching of the reredos While
noticing the Mama we cannot help a Nate( that some one
who appreciates high at would defray the expense of
having " The Crucifixion- by Vendyks and which is said
to be worth ELM. properly cleaned and renovated
by an expert who would, while removing the duet
which hwe accumulated on Its face, not destroy the
piment of the artist,—a thiSich amateurs cannot be
expected to attempt, even h its beauty may he
obscured by the loess dirt, who might early be
trusted to return the dieferassart But this only en pageant
The chancel rails were wreathed with Ivy, and bunches; of
everlasting' dotted here and there, as were the open
work of the choir stalls. The pillars of the chancel arch
had drooping, of ivy, while the capitals were wreathed
with laurel. On the Peels et the choir stalls were the
monograms LH & and X P. in wee end everleetings with
cremes of the same, with the addition of pampas frees
which greatly relieved the heavy style of the stalls. The
reading desk had "God with on in white immortelhis on
a ground of light moss, end was further adorned with the
usual gresea7, much affected In Christmas decoretions,
and pampas grass. The pulpit wee covered with a trellis-
work of Sr. and bordered on the top and bottom with
manes gram. Just below the pulpit hanging was a mom
of moss end choice flowers, among which we observed
the rose, Prison* cyclamen, ohrmantheganua, and
heath-Bower. The font was very tastefully covered
with mess and ferns, while the whole wen surmounted
by • cross of mom ferns, and Christmas rose.,
On the edge of the font were white rose, and white
, chrysanthemums, Underneath the west windows,
'in straw letters on a crimson ground, was the opening
ream of the Gloria in Excelsis. "Gloryto Goff in the
and earth owe, goodwill toward. men.' The
following on .
passage: "We praise Thee, we biome Thee,
we ..egip we glorify Thee,- being on the front of
the mileages- The aloome were trimmed with wreathings
of holly, Ike. with shields hung In them and the me
standards were also decorated menewhet similarly. The
south window, opposite the entrances WM decorated with
a trellis work of Itry,underneati which was • mass of mesh
with • arose of white wadding on it. The Pillars of thia
window, sad Indeed et all the windows, Win edema in
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'flee Winston Room. Mimelhay, which is as well by
was very taatefully ties:mated. Over the altar was
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white ground. above which was a creel af some sail choice
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homboomi d,were. The pulpit wee 411000eleed with holly
in rod letters on •
and immortalise, end the open spaces were covered
red on which ware hung *triads of white ILINI gold. A
yeti neat white pulpit-hanging was used for the first time
ou Chratinas Kee, as was alaii a similar one on to- reading
rd at Opposite the entrance wee the ter In white letters
ou a red ground. "The Word was made fifth," and at the
end window. " Coto you is torn this day • Saviour.'
The peen Diem sled reeding desk were elm wreathed with
holly. Ti.. winilowaills all bore evidence of the festive
semen. The tope of the fluids were covered with moes,
with lmosortelles tuarnolged and stumourotal by crews
Of moss and chrysanthemums.
St. J .ho's, as usast looked exceedingly attractive, and
the whole of the decorotions were most systemsticaily
carried out. The fent could not fail to attract notice
when anyone entered the church. The palest al was CAW
pletely bid with ferns 1 different kande in pot. end MON
skilfully arranged. About the maitre of the.bowl was •
sehliat the top of the bean itself wee covered with
cyprus, mom, holly, and chrysanthemums, the whole being
capped by • gigantic fern. The pulpit ledges were hid In
a very prettily arranged evergreen border, the panels
bring carefully pricked out with box leaves and white ever-
lasting& 04 the top wm • hood bower C lusioting of fern.
and evergreens, to which several Chr,stinas s•s lent
additional effect lo the maim timid of the pulpit was
a nicely arranged Mee having • holly-berry centre, then a
lot of white everlastinis, the rest of the device being made
tip of holly and berries. The lectern looked most
attractive, Its hese being enveloped with flower* cod
ferns, in pots, the latter lido( hid from view
by skilfully arranged pieces of mrgiu o,k. in the
centre was • splendid bright red hot-house tower,
which, with a prim fern at the hack, gave the
whole • thoroughly 'mart appesratice. Th. chancel arches
were Hoed with • border holly. The terse gas sienlards
to the chancel were most prettily act off with the aid of
pampa+ grass, holly, ant fern. at t'ieir lase, and the
remainder spirally wreathed. The readitirdwlt and choir
stalls had • neat border of holly cud herd s. Oa the
window-sill of the met window lay a thin. evergreen
Farrier, the rowed. being di c are I with memorise aim.
posed of various kinds ot greenery auil le r. Os each
sole of the reredos are the loiter. "A." an I "0.," and
b .tweeh thee, the mra orgram " I. ' a Mlle. 401 sonic
oth r Initl,ls, tho crim beiog made of Com everlasting
Bowers, and the other letters of white dried flowers en •
moos ground. The altar rails were detkel with evergreens
and white immortallas. The pillars had kind of lattice.
work border of greenery about half way down thew, the
capitals having • wreath. Oa the sills of the s oallor
window* were bands of moms, with various deeices to holly
and everlasting*, whilet on the *data( the larger one. were
chaplets of evergreen. The gm at in lards were spirally
wreathed with holly, box, and bonier On the sill of the
west window was a heavy border of evergreen., whilst
around the memorial eras but beneath, in memory of the
belooed wife of the Vicar of St. John's, 'was a very pretty
fringe of evergreens and berries.
At Christ Church the decoratione were on a bold eca!e,
the bare heavy brick walls requiring something bright t
make them look attractiv. Oa the wall below the seat
window was the text "The Bright and Morning titer,"
made of crimson paper, with geld paper capital,, on •
whit* ground, each letter being pricked out with gold
stars, the whole having an evergreen lender. Just above
the cammumortable were the letters " A." and "0." in
the centre being a very large star made of white wool had
gold paper. The wall we. relieved with string. of
greenery. The communion-rail was decked out with ivy
leaver. In front of the organ gallery was the monogram
"LILS in white everlasting* up in a crimson
ground and evergreen border. Below the west
window, in white letters upon • red ground, was the
text "Glory to God lath. higheet." and on the north wall
In dialler letters "Peace on earth and goodwill towards
men," each text being encircled wild, an evergreen border.
On the two pilesters were monograms, whilst the pillars
were spirally wreathed with evergreens. On the west wall
beside the large text referred to already was the mono-
gram "1.11.8." on one side of the window, ant on the
other the words "Abide with ma," the latter being
worked in white wooL Oa the south wall was a large
text, red letters on • white ground "1, even I, am the Lord,
and beside me there is no Saviour," this being relieved by
a wool and gold star on each side. The pulpit and read-
ing desk had seine ivy trimmings. The font was the
chief pleas of decorative work in the church, and was
certainly admirably done. The claw of the bowl was
encircled with ferns, whilst on the top of the font was •
miniature flower garden, gorse splendid roses, ferns, and •
variety of Flora's gifts, the whole hang el artistically
arranged as to make the combination pedant

POOLR.
RAILWAY AOCOYMODATIOR. —The Directors of the
London and South-Western Railway Company bare
refused to grant the applications by the Poole Town
Council and the Bournemouth Commissioners for
addithend trains between Bournemouth and Wim-
borne, on the ground that the service is "most
ample."
I..HIRDSTMAI AT THO WORZHOIHIL —The inmates of
the Workhouse fared very much better on Christmas
Day than many of the poor of the town didl we far.
To the number of 122 they i xtook of • capital dinner
consisting of roast beef arid plum pudding, with beer,
and the men and women were supplied with tobacco
and snuff, whilst the youngsters were given oranges.
The above was at the expense of the ratepayers, and
Mr.('. T. Marston also sent some apples, tobacco, and
snuff, whilst Mrs. Millelge gave a Iwo plum cake for
the old women. Some tom sweats, and Christmas
cards were forwarded by Moss Currie, of Bournemouth,
and Mra. W. 1). Dug.l Is addressed a Christina card
and tract to each of the inmates. There will be a fur-
ther treat to the inmates on New Year's Day.
Mall DSOWSID os CHRISTMAS DAY.—An inquest
was held in the Council Chamber on Saturday, before
G. B. Aldridge, Eaq., Coroner, and a jury of whom
Mr. J. M. Bloomfield was chosen foreman, on the
body of Thomas James Dyke, of Pilscourt, who was
drowned in the harbour on Christmas Day whilst out
in • canoe looking for " osipples." —The body having
been viewed at the Fish Shambles, the first wits.=
called was Thomas Ballard, gardener at Brankma,
lie sail he was standing on Breakage Quay between
three and four o'clock on the afternoon of Christmas
Day, when the fog was very thick. He thought be
siw • maNetruggling in the water in main channel,
between 1411 Buoy and Stokes'. Quay, and there was
an empty canoe near. He called John Old, who went
off in a shooting canoe, and he and three coon named
Hansom, Stockley, and Foot followed in a galley.
They found Old holding deceased out of tha water,
and they took the body into the valley. They
examined deceased, and felt his pulse, and found he
was quite dead. The galley was rowed to Brahma
Quay, where he landed, and the other men took the
body to Poole.- John Old, gamekeeper on Branksea
Island, sail be was called by the last witness, whet
pointed out the deceased to him. He jumped into •
shooting canoe, and rowed to the spot as fast an
possible. He heard deceased make a noise, and when
he was about 2)0 yards from him he saw him Ito
under the water two or three times. About 00 or 70
yards from doomed was an open canoe, drifting, He
found deemed floating with his head out if the water,
and as the canoe was to) small to take him in, be
fastened the painter to his hand and towed him
towards the Sandbanks, keeping his head out of the
water. When he had got into about six feet of water
the painter slipped, but he caught deceased by the hair
of his head and held him out of the water with one
hand whilst he peddled into shallow wator with the
other. The galley arrived soon after, and they laid
deceased across one of the thwarta, and a little water
ran from him. Deceased was quite dead, lie saw
deceased's canoe afterwards, and it was full of water.
There was no sail toll. Tile sea was quite calm and
smooth at the time.—By the jury : Deceased • pa just
alive when he reached bins and put the roi:rs round
his hand. He couldn't do anything else. Ti—r• were
no instructions on Branksea Island how to treat
drowning persons. The accident ocurred very near
the coastguard station, but he did not see any of the
Coastguardsman. About ten minutes elapsed from
the time he first saw deceased until he reached him.—
The Coroner and several of the jury expressed their
opinion that dammed's life might possibly have been
saved if proper means had been used, but they did not
attribute any blame to the wituees Old, who they
thought did his best. —A juryman spoke of the
necessity of having rides for the treatment of drowning
persons exhibited on Breaker' Island, and the Coroner
said he would write to Mr. Bentinok on the subject.—
Charles Dyke, labourer, of Poole, said deceased was
his first combs. He worked at the South-Western
Pottery, was 33 years of age, and had a wife and three
childres.—Henry Cole, another relation, said deceased
had • mom, and he went out fishing and eel-spearing
In his mars time.— 5, juryman remarked that deceased
was looking for " nipple." on the day in question.—
The Coroner having made • few further observation.,
the jury returned as their verdict that deceased was
accidentally drowned, but there was no • videnos to show
how he came into the water. The jury gave their fees
to the widow of the deceased,
Ceagraimetrie. —As usual, Christmas Day was
whirred in with bull ringing, band playing, and card
singing. The festival was not observed at the dial:rt.
all ItKe churches,laces ofworship,and each fc3s; the Iler bed beevine was irs more
or leas decorated for the occasion. At St. James'
Church the pulpit and reading desk had been very
nicely adorned by Miss A. Milledge. On Ile front of
the pulpit appearod the words "Christ our King," on
a white ground, with • *roes of evergreens and berries,
and on the side panels were the words "Moto. us a
child Is born," worked In the same way. At the front
of the reading desk was the word 'Jesus" and on
the aide panels appesred "Lamb of God" and
"Prince of Peace." The channel rolls were neatly
trimmed with body, yew, tre., and on each side of the
entrance gabs was • scroll bearing respectively the
words, "Think on the sterna home the Saviour left
for you" and '' Christians, awake, salute the happy
morn." in lettere of mow on a wool ground. The
front was also tastefully decorated, At the foot was
• bed of moss bearing the words "Ye babes to Jesus
i dear, rejoice n Him alway," in white letter., and the
top was ornamented with a pretty design formed of
ferns and hot-house flowers, surmounted by a cross.
The above seethe work of the Miami Dana and Slade.
The Misses Cadie, Oasley, Findley, J. Dement, Hay-
ward and Hopkins had filled the panels of the galleries
with moss, and placed thereon suitable designs in white
wool. On the window-sills were the following words in
letters of wool, on aground of ma.:—" Jesus," "God
of Gods," "Light of Light," "King of Kings,"
"Lord of horde," "Saviour," "Redeemer," " En,
manual," "star of Jacob," "Messiah," OveL the
principal entrance to the church appeared, the text
"This is none other than the house of God, letters
of mow, on a white ground. Mr. J. °anent, jun.,
esejefed greatly in carrying out the deooratione.—Tle
decorators at St. Paul's Church were the Mums
Cobby, Hill, and Dickinson. The word " Emmanuel,"
In letters of white wool and crimson, bordered with
evergreens, ran soros the front of the organ loft, and
at each end was an anchor similarly worked.
Extended across the opposite wall was the text,
"Unto us a Child is born. unto 111111 Bonleglvsn,"In
Wien. of wool, on a red ground, with an evergreen
The pulpit, windows, gas pillars, and altar.
rails were all reedy dressed with evergreens, &c,-
81. Mary's Church, Lmgffeet, had been decorated by
mem ladies of the congregatkin. The pulpit was
adorned with a scroll bearing the words " EMmanuel,
God with tw,^ in red, on • white ground, with • moss
beam The wall at the back of the communion
Mak the altar-rail., lectern, foot, window. gm,
EVAA&C. had also been operated upon.—St. Peter's
Parkstone, was beautifully demented. The
most striking feature was the text Hosanna to the
Son of David, Hosanna in the highest," which
apposed oa the chancel screen in letters of gold en
red ground, bordered with holly leaves. The
and Sunday scholars were entertain* 1 at Mali:fast in
the !schoolroom on Christmas morning by the Vicar,
the Rev. E. E. Dwmora—Tbeee were also some
decorations at the Boman Catholic Church, West
Shot*

Girl' TO Tlit Pouoz—rho Sheriff (Mr. J. J.
Notion) very kindly g‘Ve 10ib....f beef to sae I MOM-
ber of the 13.4,,ugh Polio. Force am a Uhriatmas
pewicnt.
THI LOOS 01 TIM BORINIIIA.-A. Poole OM, named
Richard Linthorne, WS/ mate on board the ildfated
Boruwia, J the Damhtion Line, which recently
foundered at sea with lose of about 170 lives.