The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

BnTrissurr AID CHAavros Ba•icli.

That the Dorset County Friendly Society has become
an important institution in this part of the kingdom
we are sure no on souversant with its operations,
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a vwt amount of comfort in their midi separate
localities, and contribute by their in-operation and
influence to the general welfare of the whole. ?be
society, indeed may be likened to • firm and thimble
forest tree, hisiring its roots deeply and surely sank in
the favourable soil of public estimation, and it, trunk
end various branches gathering fresh strength as it
bemuses known, and the benefits it confers are felt and
appreciated As a nod that it ponseses the vital
cip!fi of re.prodtletion, we may mention that the
lad Charlton Hirb, thessend miniver-
wary of which was held on edneeday, ass formerly
• portion of the Shruton branch. We have DO need
here to notice the great benefits conferred on
individuals and onseseasties by the operations of such
anoties, bat as our remarks will, most likely, be
mussed by • goodly nobsr in and around fipettiabory
and Charlton. Wbstre tihs
_mantis bet in its infancy,
a few worn on the &load ben ts sioafitiod Map pot
be out of place, and lot, the linty Society claims
the special aonsideration of young man front the fain
that all the calculating of payment by the members
and the allowance in tame of sickness, have been over
and over again tested so that no on need fair
that in the day of sinuses, or when old ago comes
on, that the funds will ever be so low as that his just
demands will not be met. Sod. The whole of the
anointment expenses an defrayed by the subseriptions
of the honorary members, and thus the amount sub-
scribed by the members for relief in sinews, and other
ciasualitiee, I. appropriated to its legitimate lea. 3rd.
The society cannot be diseolved or broke up by the
suicidal system of dividing its funds at stated periods,
as bas been tgo much the nee with perish or village
data. 4th. The roles and regulations of the society,
by their fairness ~s 1 lrnpactidflly haidelflthaththdthi.,Its
thee to the fa, able opinion of the lug fiehterawa
al the county. especially to the rgy, who hare
Pooh it their silent unanimous support. From these
ftbd thiny other oonsideration which might be adduced,
we trust the young men of ipettinny, Charlton, and
adjoining village' will be Wired in beorae members
of this extellent organisation, a oaths of nude% ie
yenta» to ponied they will saver repent at
As we have said the emond sanimensry wee held on
Wednesday. The members met, about 10 o'clock, and
, soon after marched through the village of Sp•Wilssere
to Charing. and from teepee bask to chunk, sled
by the Inns bens band, whom maelleat playing bell
Is northing and alter dimmer pre great satifeetioe.
Morning prayers wen read by the Rev. Mr. Waite,
sod the sermon presebed by the respasted rector, the
1L B. Timed, who took for Ids teat the loth
.01.0 of 3rd eisaper of St. John. In the course of his
remarks the rev. 'asthma said that the ahamelar of
St. Jobs was as imitees of the beautiful spirit
of unselfishness, which was also the spirit which
should be mrinowl by them as members of the
society to *high that balszied! Ifiedialmens an'
happily, is watt of and en ad ei opt nature. It
wee shown in yank in manhood, sal in old age, though
lb the two Inset atsi It might be mars veiled. There
was, pahnise aid 11Wer: le mind as religious t
and therefore white dinar& gilts forth lo
.ItvisleoZ
preach, and be was looked all to to a prophet nil from
God, for him to my of Christ," He NMI ispersims, but
I mut decrease," showed that this master spirit of
selfishness was menplireely subdued. Unselfishness is a
grove which does not acne 'soddenly. It must begin
with humility and faith in Christ. There may be •
natural usseiklcaesa proosedingfrom natural affection
by whisk asse gins up tossether, but spiritual uneellish-
nen sun proceed from love to God, and is shown by
lan to man. Tbe love of God can sever be s
from bee to Nan /few 'dishpan was not separated
el.
The an who wm content to Bee in lenity and Gam
whilst his felloworeaturse were in wait led WWI, and
would not stretch forth his hand to help them, was Pot
regarded with any good Nihon by his fellow-country.
men. The principles of their society were opposed to
selfishness. It was founded on the Wunpleof affgrding
help to on another in times of sickness, and it proved
Dot only a MOt hellcat to those aMided, but to the
reat large among whom they lived. It was not
d., when they became members of the society that
they should do so with the view of becomieg indepen-
dent, but that they should MOM than ever feel their
dependence one upon the other, for the chief object of
their othietY wag to do good to each other, in helping
a brother in distress. In sinaining bendy, pad providing
for the cans and Minidisks of old ago. Let yottr love
to the brethren he the love of the afteelfish. bush sem
St. John's example. We all lore and admire unselfish
people—we know than instinctively. It should be our
highest wish to bon this nessilfieb spirit, for by having It
we become more like our Banger sad God, and the cow
menement of it in our breasts on earth was the con
meneenieet of that holy feeling which should last and
be fully enjoyed in eternity. Christ has united us to-
gether in his love by His death sod sulteriage, and if we
are His, we shall show on nassliali spirit by doing all
we can to assist each other. In little things this spirit
amid thistly be shows. In everyday life—ki riving
op our own Moires and air own will Cot the lithe of
other& BY cultivating this spirit we eboeld be able to
rejoins in another proiloirity, espesilny their growth in
grace and hobos:at —At the does of the ties, the
members and their friends paida visit to their supporebri
at the farther meet the' vilhoge,' and then7retursed to
the field *mite Use Nunnery, kindly granted for their
use by Kr. Keynes, whentheysat down to &substantial
dinner, provided by Mr. Rabbits under • rather rough
tent, which eartainlY night, with a very little trouble
have been made both more corafortable sad also pleas:
lag to the eye. The chair was token In ilso Nev. H.
B. "fiend. After the sloth eras removed,
The CHAIRMAN, in giving the health of the Queen,
said that in all eonsties of Englishmen this was not
only the first toast, but it •as usc. which was most
heartily received, and be was sure on the present
occasion they would receive it with those demonstra-
tions of cordiality whisk it demanded. "The Health
of the Queen,* god bless bor.
lii giving the lirt of the
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choirnian referfed id a req. eliaalsetrepix of joy
manifested by the on tibia Be ital NM be
was glad to think that then desoonnit iota dipt were
shown in bis own village. Ile wee sure they an 'ebbed
the Prince and Princess every publiiand private dispii,
sees, and that the future misdate of the Primo would
teed to the happiness both of the Queen and the notion
at large. From day to day the Primo appeared to be
pining the affeetions of the people,
rd would call
upon them to drink the health of The Prune
:ad
15-ninon Of Wide, sail rest of the Royal Fasady, in
a bumper. (Chaff.
OAElth said he bad the. opritiselth of the shahs
man to propose the health of a body of ganleree wham
services they could seen estimate the worth et. He
alluded to the Isishiip and Chid Of th• Anion. Of the
bishop it codld lilly be said that he Mks p hatd.
one, and in thee. days it was seaman that they
work hard. Of the army it nimbi, he was sal; I
mid that they as a body had the intereste—the
interests—of the people at heart. On the pregerieelethm
they were favolllll4 in having the remedied minister id
the pariah as their chairman. sad also with*"
of Mr. Watts, both of whose be was sure they ws:=
to see. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. Ciajaian, in acknowledging the beset,
said that be considered itleorle horn to se
behalf et tbk As regarded the
he Ina DM 111811b24Datd.0 i 0 ay Olmi
ever his whieb tot
believed walla Mi dr
the welfare at the
always fazed • on his part been-operate
them. What they felt as interest in, he etas elmV-
Wrested in. He eould go the fall length of what Mt. I
Oakley had said whoa he told them that the biebdit
took as interest in every good week, and he (the ado
man) was sure that if Ids lordship could have bete 1
present he would thos heartily eocipersisil
with them. As regarded the 'lira be wee sure they
all felt that they were quite in their tight plass, whet
comstenenethj. .by their torsos and supporting sash
excelleat etisso For tha Owl part Ice felt great
pleasant in presiding on that osensioe, as he was sem he
was rightly fulfilling his duties when he joined with his
parislinams in their (satire gatheringe. He had on
former oscadoes, when the old deb, mit is called. belt 1
their anniversary meetings in that field, felt gnat plum
sure in being present, and be sincerely hoped Shit
noddle( would mar the harmony and goodwill wall
always be maintained between the two societies sad
also ninon them and the clergy. He beadily thanked
them for the very unanimous way is which they had
respoaded to the toast. At Inn ha Esther bald beak One
eslieited to he their chairman, not from any want of he.
Wrest in the so. lily, but beans be did sin wish to gin
any muse for jealously, or nits repiessont feelieptlit
brown of the members of the aid Ads. He
that the members of that dab Might sore have the
happiosm of knowing thet Omit moiety was prorperim
though he was of oglaisa some eltirge..tit 11: Mole II
their rake before sash a desirable f send sit&
As regarded the Canty lionsty, it had ' very int
wishes, and he trusted that the lientiebury add
Charlton Breach might go oe peospernsly. (Land
theers.)
The Ca.undai Mid the net toast was "The Army
and Navy, and that meet important body meetly cow
nised--the Volunteers." a body of wee which were •
pride and honour to the coesetry. As ire Elf. thankful
of the serviose of our brave soldiers and milers in bow
of ~Ave 11 we ought sot to forget them in tiler
of pew,. England. happily, at the preload time was at
;76.with the world, and long aright she remain so.
Whilst others MOD dieltiell—bletherl=brththth—
in formerly UMW, but now Dis-thited . we were
spared then Wenn and most together in pesos and
misty. Bet notwithstanding this amialactory state he
held, and las was glad to lad the errantry was of the
mine opiates. that the beet way to preserve peace was
to be prepared for war, end he trusted that no false
notion of moweiny would prevail or Miasma our
statesmen by whishthier With" or &soul power would
be injure/ We had &Ise lakes porosities Ilaallaarn,
sob=that be forewmased w, le be ferserisek
be
our brave soldiers end sailors, we had now '
comnbla,di very ellideat body at nineteen, se ten
should war break out, the whale of our moth forms
meld like the field, sad our country al the lathe tthe
be ably defeeded. lie was worts* Mod Hut no one was
present to respond to the teen, bet he would mectlate
with it the num of a petiamm who was mug Eistet
In the country, sad te whom meths ateintkie bpd
been celled in a very pairil meaner He alluded to
Coleata Maassl, He the may glad to hear that the
assident was not of.. serious a them as was at find
supposed, and that there was no danger of his lotz his
refl. Though there wee no one pressen to yto
toast, he was sere there 1/1111 DO 11.04 for him cell
opoe them to reetead. He would therefore gin the
arzis and Navy and Veheataire, with the name of
Hansel," and damn hopes of his speedy it.
eovery. (Drank with three !ham three, sad the them
more/or thesplientljelessel.) •
The dim. lir. Warm mid he bed been requested to i-
r the next tooth sad es it was the prithiPel the °M QUII an v. lgisii tralTinthin (*lOWr
er propose the
he regretted it itta (aSsotArnisitsynto the illarin,—Tleis meta wzarol ea Teetmisi end Weel•
beads of other gentle:ma hemp 48 he elm isoltsy. la the diet Combridp obtothed
lbaapaaaa. pas with to and ia the amid ; kel les both=
the Date. County Frieadip . AemeTstAr. ,411,4* yip. These they oltheMed art W
kepi pocesee as
° jlitionipt two wickets oilthath y._ Sgslize ethli.ed
' thet idashms, be meld not. di three. the anther 'aleseiredl. 010
seT with
yllhorst Se hog Au boss t with played was gene ef the loot ever witerieed,
time makes el *Ad dolt rad be Ay he VDD 10•1 alio Ina ali•

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SWAN AG & —Oa Seeds', the 14th inst., two ,
sermoos were premised by rise Rev. T. &evils, on
WWI of the public schools established in this plants,
after which collemions were made in aid of its hinds.
0. Thoniday the 18th, the eanivereary el the whool
was held in the schoolroom, which Was tamitolly
decorated for rise occasion. The children ansembled
at 2 o'clock, and marched from terms to the lawn
fronting the RAY. T. lienvilea reedleace, kindly lent
for the ocomem; and after having thoroughly mijoyed
themselves with various sports provided for their
anineement, at 4 o'clock they were regalia with
coke mid sea, at 6 o'eleek a pubho tat Me& place in
the schoolroom, and notwithetandieg the sinpro-
, *loos statoof the weather the room was tan. Al
halt-post 6 o'clock the patio meeting was held, the
room wee soon crowded with an &Matters and
respectable anthem% who appeared le&y interested
in rite promedinp. William Ties, of LoOey
Park, presided. The mestieg sionsumnoed with
ottitioll sad payer by the Rev. H. W. Minert 01
Corte ONG& Several pines and recitatioos were
admirably rendered by souse of the chadr,loo- The
chairmen, in addressing the meeting. wooed to too
omoriorien ohareeter of the whoa. AO reteohisn, no
creed being Wei; but the Word of God used to a
teat book ; and stated he weak' not sapped esohuol
when the Wort of god Was not gm hwedistiosi of all
mois raiulnj; sad, as ailed* to the duty at
phresso wish mod as the wheesaien of thidr
grea, obserwia tin Gewsreirsen. hid Me to do
the parent* they, Sad supported his etansisents 'by
from thst have meetly tranegired. Ha then called
for lie ripen whits!' was read by the Rev. t
geteile, which allowed that the school is at preamit
better Mendel than at any former
_period ice its
eatablieinaeat. The Ras. B. T. Verrill at Poets
serikaddreseed the meeting ; he was followed by 11
Wood, San" of Atbelhasepos Hall, who prodded at
the lest annivereem He staled that laa saw derided
sips of progress ; the writhig, leaning, drawing,
we., we greet entiatesticis • the needlework, 144.-,
bias by several lacties,they eapresaad them.
selves through the speaker as being well satisfied. The
Revs. .1. B. Gook ,of Saffron Weldon, and H. W.
Meow, addzssd the meeting atter wkktit a,
presentation was nude to Mr. P. ftraluag. Wader
elf* Kitto"a Baits in two voltantall. •• •
of the regard and coefideoes of the omaniktbes.
After votes of thank, to the ohairines. k., Its
meeting coneloded by Magog "Got owro • the
Qseen,` and the prosonnaing orthe 300•0404••••