The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-30 00:00:00

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draw out the insetted am woof( the geoPle. 1114 the
Loan Department calealeted to give the Jimont° ci the
provinces the opportunity of eerge( works thigh erg aad
grest beauty. Ivory shoull make • potht of among'
the Loan 'Exhibition, and he drew the speoW attention of
the ladies to the works of art lent by the HMI tiOboul of
Needlework. South Kensington,
Yr. ALERT HOMES congratulated the chairman on
the great =cow of the exhibition, and hoped there would
be an annual, biennial, or triennial affair, in different
Prim 01 the most, evre7 year. The exhibition. he made
to cossist of three sections, and dividing the competitive
part lath two wee en admirable plan, for though it livery
good for manufacturers to show their work, they did not
know who hal done it for them, and it waa more glee=
to see the work done by working men. These latter
their two or three clever pieces of work, but they were
Ism mall to sand toe great exhibition like that of 1;11AI,
end the only plan to meet therm wee by haying • toml
exhibition like the meant ; but it was aboard to suppose
this local county exhibition was intended to be put on the
! same footing uth. Paris World's Fair—Mr. senior then
=dworking men's cluhe in every village end hamlet.
at such clubs should be formed into a union. He
wee not • susionist—(=ar); but an anthunioniet and
waving" dint w men were met in the right
way the country would not hear any more about strikes
and such Mouth.... When they had clubs In every village,
end all combined together, perhaps 60 to 100 might be
Bent to Paris to improve themselves. Helping worideff
men with clubs, giving them places where they mold
meek and exhibitions where they could show their work,
wae the hint thing he knew of to empty publithouses and
working men. (Applause.)
—flia; --Rev. G. L HMLIAIes (Shaftesbury) said he had a
friend who bad e treat many boys, and who, if be found
them said— ' Get a book gat • lbst. get • bell; but
don't stand Pilo' The committee of this exhibition bad
taken suck • paternal interest in every man, woman, and
child in the county. and the beautiful things here showed
how heartily the People hal responded to the call From
Shaftesbury six cams of goods had been sent but before
Bending them they had a private exhibition in their Town
Hall PeoPle tOot • Peat deal of pride and pleasure in it,
end had no idea how murh talent they had among them
before they came for earl One man said—' If I were a
bettins man I would lay you • eraser that I wouldigz
rit(Laughter.) One of the largest employee of
haltoebut7 OW= This is • move in the right
direction; there woo a time when our working men took
an interest in the things mad.; but I em sorry to say
those days are now fart passing away, and now so long
as the works is done and the money iseitlph.ert care little
bow it is done; but I begin to hops tlKs Industrial
Iraibition may inspire them with • better feeling forth.
time to coma Thus the object of this exhibition had not
bmn thrown sway. (Applause) Almom every parish
has II." idle comer, " where the round men lounge away
their time talking ioesip, if not worse, bat U such an ex-
hibition of this could our them up to emulation and set
them to work, the committee would not grudge their
labour, though this mast have been great. Yr. Thistleton,
the secretary, bat asked him to say something about idle
minutes, but their secrettry had very few of them. As •
loml mystery be (Kr. Harkness) had plagued hiss with
questions till he wee ashamed to write to him any reore
letters, and Kr. Thisaltan would prise • few %Mauro
minutes when the exhibition is over. He should like to
say 'Get a hammer, get • chisel, get • book," they little
knew bow much could be got through of • book in the
Idle minutes of the year, parsons had reed volumes in
Idle ZOLIOIOI. which otherwise would bare been wasted,
and he should like to add—" Get the best of all books;
get that book which shill teach you why life ia worth
living; and if they once learnt that they would not be
! ooatent to have any idle 610[0011111 in their liras. (A.p-
PkTrolliaron ov DOlailterrlt. (Dr. Aldridge) proposed •
rota of thanks to the Karl of Edon for his pressure there
to-day. All were snrlouo to look at the different articles
in the exhibition, therefore he would my no more, but
Pf the vote of thanks for the noble earl'. presence,
an7rli s admirable address.
The MAYOR OF BRIMS? (Mr. Howell) moonded the
proposition, which was heartily carried.
The Lit returned thanks, and wished all what he
hoped to have himself —a Very pleasant afternoon in
looking around at the beautiful things in the building.
That washow this viaitoesspuit the mid the afternoon.