The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-06 00:00:00

DORCHESTER, FEBRUARY 6te, 1883.

lIII•FRIKNDLY MEMBERS OF A
FRUCIIDLY SOOIKT V.

The worth of Shakeepeare's well-know a lament—
Blow, Wow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As mans lagratitsde,"
must ham strongly suggested themselves to the minis
of the leading lights of tbe Dorset Friendly Society
who sat at the meeting on Wednegday facing •
hostile and bitter deputation from Portland, members
who exhibited as much bad testa in their language as
they did a determined and unyielding opposition. To
praceically moues a committee, consisting of gentlemen
honoured and revered in the county of Dorset, of die-
homourable aged dishonest motives, and that In no
garbled 'ensnare, wee what, we are entry to my, the
" brave and hardy Islanders" were guilty of. Little
wonder that the rev. hermit who was at the imed of
the table gave such • crashing, nod, fee him, severe
retort to as unusually insulting and obnoxious tonna
Woe. Irritated by • fanged partially oa the part
of the committee, they came up fors:mom to °ppm',"
thou, and notwithstanding • clear and an honourable
explanation of the condition of things from Mr.
Edward Pearce, who has taken the greatest
pains to solve the difficulty, and who endeavoured
So the utmost of his power to own* the un-
willing members to fathom it, they remained
malcontent. to the clam of the meeting, for aught
us know they me maloontents now, sad we are full
sure they will not be room contest by the foolish step
they have resolved on, viz., arbltratioa. There appears
to us little proud for the energetic opposition of the
Poetised members bat pure selfishness, for, in the
words of the actuary himself, their heavy rate of sick
pay most have been doe, in great meentre, to laxity
of management In the detealting branches which are to
be redneed—laxity In farmer years we admit, but who
Hem should be called upon to bear the wet of former
lemmas bat the branch where it existed; rertsitelr
the whole society ought not to ender, which must
Inevltably be the result if the only remedy at hand be
not epplied—reductioa of sick pay. The defaulters
may rest assured the committee see m determined as
tbemerame, sad, se the result of Nods unwiedom, we
can tomes nothing but dimension and little bereft
to the members who have mooted on appealing.
Them Is tie possibility of an increased usefulness
and prosperity before the society. The deficit,
we keen, practically means nothing against it, for,
according M the supplementary valuation, based on
the Manchester Unity rate, the society is in a sound
Postillion, and with a surplus of LI& The report on
the sickness elperisoce of the moiety for the year
1882, faralehed us by the secretary, shows a decrease
of nickname, as compared with 1881, of 201 weeks aad
four days; and a decreane of five in the number of
members in rwelpt of sick-ply under the old rake.
(These old ,in membirs were quoted by the Actuary
as one of the muses of the exosesive sick-pay of the
moiety Is the three years whisk came under his
notice.)
This shows a nap in the right &motion, ea the
members being one year older the sickness might
seasonably have been expected to be somewhat
beaver, ead it is pointed out by the secretary that
should the sickness experiesos of the society bemired
wlthin tin limits of the tables, the society would show
a surplus at the next valuation.
It will be gem, therefore, that the deficit shown in
the valuation, dated 6th July, 1882, was entirely due
to the excessive rate of Maness experienced by the
society during 1879-1881 being computed as the rate of
the future sickness of the society.
DOZOHEISTIE.
DOMIIIMMIDMIATING SOCUTT.—The next meeting
of the society will be held at the Annelle Hall this
(Tuesday) evening, when the Rev. C. L. Sanctuary
will move—" That in the opinion of this house the
movement for the Suppression of the Opium Trade
as at present carried on between ladle and China
deportee our warmed sympathy and ao-operatioa."
EIITIBTAIIIMMIT AID PLIIIIMMATIOM—As entertain-
nest wee given at the Infant Schoolroom on Traclaag
evening in connection with the Holy Trinity
of the Church of England Temperance Society. The
weather was most unfavourable, but there was still a
lane attendsace. The following was the programme:
• violin and plaao, bliss Lydon and Mr. Jones ;
song, ' Pinafore Drees," Mr. W. Leer; song, "No
Sir," Mies Otitis and Mies Winne Bows • duet.
" Pretty Polly Hoplana," Miss Lydon 61;d Mr.
Stevens; acme, May or May not," Kim E. Gould;
*adores dust, " Le Oceicolo." Mime Ltd= and Mine
Laird ; Meg. "Timothy Tabs," Mr. Stevens.; song,
"I. the Glomming," Min Sarah ; song, "The
Poodle," the Mimes Berens; recitation. "White Boot
Black sod Black Boot BlaMc' Mr. W. Left ; song,
"Pity the Poor Hoak:nth:. Tonight," Mr. Stevens;
wee. " Mapes'. Secret," Mee B. Loris; mug,
" Wreck of the Northileet," Mr. IW. Lute; mita.
Um, "The Lifeboat" (by special request). Mr.
Stevens; dust, place end wriest, Mite Lydon and
Mr. Booth; recitation, "Th. Lights of Leith" (by
special request), Mn,. Everett; duet, violin
and piano, Mr. Jones and Mies Lydon,
Mrs. Everett recited Bucbanan's fine poem, "Th.
Lights of Leith," with the most thrilling effect. Mr.
Stevens was also exceedingly good es the old salt be
ble recital of the " LifAmet:" Kiss Lydon moan
Citithe several soap, which were capitally rung,
very able manner. The second part weighted of
an amusing temperance aretclain which the characters
IMO ea follows :--Sir Jervis Oweett, Walter G.
Miles; Frank (his nephew), Walter Sticklaad ; John
(his servant), Jobe Smith ; Dr. Amnia, I'. Stevens;
!Nikon's's. Mr. Jo/lige ; ?Telly (a little giri),l=
Leird. At the class of thi. piece, which created
Ala ainseement,tbe Roy. H. Everett said he had a most
pleadag duty to perform, in fad wain but such a
pleads( duty would have brought him out on such a
sight. There was • young lady amongst them who
had been exosiedingly kind and helpful to this model
and several friends bad expressed their wish to testify
their appreciation of her kindness by some li
waventr. Etc they subscribed and purchased • very
Pretty present, of • silver bracelet, and
a locket wawa had been suitably inscribed.
In the name of the subscribers, the Rector
them made the presentation to Miss Lydon,
who, ea all who attend these entertainments know
has donsevelleat woke as accompanist and to Mho;
capacities. Mies Lydon *sprained her thanks in
apriate term., and assured them she was only too
in what she had done. The bracelet and
are al splendid workmanship and finish and
redested great
_credit onthe taste IM the purchase's.
On the bracelet wait inscribed—" To Min Lydon,
tram the members of the Holy Trinity Breach,
0.11.T.5. Dorchester 1888." and on the Iwkst was a
beautifully engraved nomogram.
fireman Genonalm.—At the Borough Police Owed
an Thursday, before the Mayor (li. Durden, Esq..)
Mary Ann Jane Damen was bymcin up In melody
Merged with dealing a quantity of groceries, of the
value of Ile bid., the property of -Messrs. Wright
and lion—Frederick Amoy, an einistent la Mr.
Weight...hop stated that on Saturday lad, be took as
order of Mk. Hardy of Nottingto& The order was
for 121 b. of salt pork, llb, of tea, Ms, of cheese, Eiss.
of moist sugar, 11b, of curraute, 11b, of pork steak., sad
one Us of mustard. He made up the order and
It in • gland Ws' ow paper weal, end addressed
rtckted Mrs. Hardy, prewar to Uperey. He pat one
of (their printed Weis an She paid for it at the
date. Us. 844. He bad to mad them to tb• South
Western as she was doled home by that train. He
beaded the parcel to the potter, Jobs Frost. He bed
seen no mere of it. The chess produced was like
what be packed for Me. Hardy, and so was the tin
of mustard. Jahn Frost stated he was • porter at
Menem Wright and SooseOn Saturday lout he
received • parcel frac Mr. Amery addrewed to Mrs.
HardT,_pesesneer to Corey, which he took to the
Great, Western station at are minutes peat twelve.
He gave it to one of the porters and told him it was a
panel for Mrs. Hardy of Cower and he left It in the
porter's hands William Tooker stated be was book-
ing Mirk at the Great Western station. Last Satur-
day between two and three the prisoner name to the
inseklag Milos and asked him if there was a parcel
tiers for Mrs. Hardy from Mr. Ensor's. He looked
rowed and saw one for Mrs. Hardy from Mr. Wright.
He told but that and she said that'Mbe one. He told her
Wilt was from Mr. Wright not Mr. Baer* and she
said "that is the one," sta handed her the panel and
de took it away. He did not Dee her again till be
wont to Upwey with P.C. Stone and pointed her out.
Prisoner was remanded until Monday. —At the
Borough Petty Swaim. inday (Monday). bete. the
Mayor (H. Darius'. Req.), Aid. Carrara AM. Gregory,
Aldridire, Wry Ann Jane Damon wae main
brought up. The evidence even at the previous bra,
beg wee reed over—Mrs. Hardy stated she lived at
Nottiegtoc. On Saturday, the 27th of January, she
was in Dorchester. She went to Messrs. Wright and
flom's shop in High East-street, when she ordered the
ia question. She ordered them to Bead it to
Irritrottsb-Weetern Station to meet her about it She
paid for it. She found the parcel did not mina, and
she ordered it to be forwarded her. The artkilmi never
reached her. The cheese produced was similar to what
the bought, as was also the tin or mustard (produced).
Meows. Wright had made good the loss to her, go that
sow the moped, was really their'., not been —P.C.
'webs= stated be was station-a at Upwey. He
received ialannation of the robbery on Tuesday last.
0. „mg to prisoner's house, and madeameuiviee Elbe
deeded all knowledge of the missing ; she had
enly bet
ad aidbag of flour from Mr. Rowe's, an. • parcel
odg,pery from Mr. Beecombe's When prisoner was
and on the Iv.), to tbe stetioo. she
mid to bid, —" I am sorry I told you such lies the
own day; I have bum in trouble ma since."—P.C.
Steam nand that on Thursday lost he received
mermen kW the apprebesedon M
skaliag a parcel of fp marks from the G.W. Woes,
&ado& lae moot to her house in wenpeog with Roj.
bilatdbaw, and Kr. Tacker pointed out the primmer to
lam as the woman to whom be rave the panel. The
woman demigod all know/Wee of the matte. WWI.=
afterwards (mad the pleas of cheese, and the tie of
esoeterd.—Prieower elected to have the ewe dealt with
ee nice, and pleaded gollty.--Tbe Mayor mid that, is
commiderstioe of Its being her first otewee, and fee tbe
oohs of bar 11111 e children the Brash had &sided to
Woe • Issisat view of and dee would be deed
4. abe owcbt to Omsk Kr. Wgiglit for not preemie.
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