The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-26 00:00:00

SHERBORNE.

THS Sherburne military bsnd give their last per-
formance for tue season in the Half Moon Field on
Tuursday eventug, when a very 1 Ale c no ,urea of
pu 'pie asseinblssi in the 1) 4-road, and heard a
ch Ace selection of music adin.rably played. As the
band marcheldown through thetownto the field,varidus
parts of the streets were illumiAsted with c 'loured
tires, and durmg the evening the skies were
illmninattil, and rockets and baloons let up. Tile
coinin; waiter evinauto are to be enliveue.l by the
band performing in different parts of the town.

NITY11&31:11tY.
Painvut DZATH or • Giantism—The body of
Taouum Buckett, who was for Irmo yaws a gardener
iu the employ ot Xtr. O. 'l'. Gollop, of Strode Mama
House, was disco ~red, about *evert o'clock on Satur-
day morning, stretched acmes the carriage-drive Leal-
iug to the residence of his water. le body was
rather warm when discovered, but life was quite
extinct., and death had apparently resulted from
hemorrhage. Dr. Webb was immediately procured
from llosmiuster, but as he had not attended deceased
ho could out give a certificate. He gave it as hie
opinion that a rupture of abl I vessel was the cause
of do sib. The facts being reported to C. G. Naltes,
Lep (coroner). an inquest V13.......nge I to t.iko place
on aLondry, 25th in-t. Dec Asc.' was about 2S years
of age.

BRI DPOBT.
POLISHING Dom KNoCILIOUL Joseph
Thompson, a swell, rejoicin; in the pomession of •
fa.hiouable siik hat, was ch.irged in custody at the
Itorough Police-court on Seturdey with being drunk.
—Prisoner asserted his innocence, and made the usual
declaration—that he hal Dever previously been before
uLopelratelL—Uonsmble OmHoy found him drunk in
South.street, knocking at the doors of various houses.
-Ser.mant liszzard stated be had been expelled from
the Dolphin ion on Thursday night. lie behaved
, most abominably at the station.—Prisoner said he was
an Mundiar by trade, but he refused togive his• Wrens.
—Fined 2e. 61 and 6.. costs; in delimit seven days.—
Prisoner said he would 104Ve hi. wetch.chain with the
Alayur, a, he had no money, but he we. told if he did
not get the money within a few hours he would be
committed to prison.

PARISH CHURCH HARVEST THANKSGIVING.
Itaplendent with the varied hues of autumnal blossom,
the pariah church of St. llLary looked quite festive on
Sunday, when the annual .01.•10911ot harvest tb&oktiviog
were held. The decorations were this year almost sada-
rively confined to the chancel and transepts. but in thee.
pinions of the e Mice moch taste was displayed in the
rizia and chaste floral wiorumenta. As the lavourit 'dahlia
was the predominating dower at St. Andrew's last week,
so her., was the gorgeous gladioli. Nothing can surpass in
the way of infect and contrast of colour, if skilfully treated,
au arrangement of these many-hued Weida& Tee east
window, under the hands of Kiss°. Whetitant. Ries Good.
and Maw Turner, was well designed. From the centre ot
the sill ro« • crow, bordered with wheat, and centred
with brilliant gladioli. De flumbol and C0111110141a4 mass
bunch ..a of 'Limburg grapes reclined at the loot, awil at
the sides were heaps of raw apples. A sheaf of wheat
supported the croes on either side, ihe communion rails
were enriched with splendid gladioli retesessui and dahlias,
on a bed of fern, and depending as • fringe beneath
was an edging of be ley and oats. This waa the
work of Nils Gnat. The choir stalls, decorated by
Kra S. whatiwu, had their brackets hidden by corn,
bound with scarlet at the top wee an arrangement of
fern, dahlia, and greenery. Kra. James and Nisi Stevens,
of the Ladies C obese. Esstetreet, undertook the transept
window., bet on. and reading desk, and here much taste
was exhibited On the silis ot the godlier were centre-
pieces of corn, fl rat borders of French marigold, and
dahlias, edged wit fern appearing on eitoer side. The
lectern was beautifully deingnid. At the base was •
bunch of wheat, with apples at its bit, and at each
extreme corner were beds of fern supporting apieedid
dailies; bunches of purple grapes were fastened to the
shalt of the lectern, at the top of which appeared a
golden fringe of barley tipped with oats. The whole wee
crowned with eaters (goo...white French). and dahlias,
yellow and crimson. A sheaf of wheat, florally bound,
stood at the south of the lectern. The reading desk had •
base of wheat with fern; marigolds, and dahlias on either
side. A fringe of barley edged with fern and dahlia
appeared at the summit. The pulpit looked exceedingly
attractive. At the bare of the exquisitely sculptured
front, on • bed of fun and ivy. were gladioli grandest's.*
Interspersed with single and double amber dahilaa
top bore • ridge of dahlias, geraniums, fern, and gladioli,
yedy Franklin. Some graceful maiden-hair frond.
entwined with the whole. Al the base were wheat and
barley sheaves. The pulpit was dressed by Mies Y.
Newberry. The font under the care of Miss A. Brown,
and Yds Vivian was the prettiest feature, perhaps, in the
church ; it is the easiest structure in the church upon
• which to execute • design. Over the basin rose •
b.,...atidae Awe' spire nearly covered by gladioli ramming
and denied., the tip being finished with • tiny cross of
moos. Around tiler:flee of the basin was • cluster of COM
and reds; and the centre was bound with blackberries,
can,. dahlias, the foundation wee enlivened by a
' wreath of dahlia's. relieried with corn. The western
window we. decorated with a floral Card, standing amid •
i mass of gre*Wirl.