The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-13 00:00:00

Guy Fawkes Celebrations.

TH E DORCH ESTER "SATURNALIA."
There le scaroely any need to roc not the miseries
which otteude.l the " swinge-on ".4 Monday Iset. It
was execrable. awl the unhappy eights who had the
honour to represent 00 that ooca.ion any of the
numerou. au4u4 pareonag..., dead or I ring, have
pr .baltsly not vet forgotten With ali respect tour
oorreepoodent "Oman; Inferos," who recently iodulged
in thee-. o 11notrs in a tim-or pr t-et agaittet the
abstustPy of the We whiL'h he vls t .ese lines, we
venture to as-.,t t tat the elements wit do more to
snail:l6sto this 6 in fettival than even his t,-nchant
arguments. If sato-nail be so 'beimi a peeurionym
—(.11.1 it is tie ab-urd.ty of it all thet attruts)—
w ,old it rot be w.ll to was the day sacred to one
other .4 the go 's, e .y Jupiter (Pinvius .4 that ilk), for
that humid pers. wogs ha. held high holiday them 1t,..
year.. Toe ietn tin of Wee years ago is doubt-
lees fresh in the minds of oil; a dense impsnetrable
fog, which n'ff-ctnsily hi.l msecuters, firework., and
fire alike, was oonsiderel tho some of gl .oos, m....ry.
an I adversity; ysar No. 9, a deluge of rain which
swept the street, like a fhod, which, however,
fortunately °eased just in time to renier the carnival
on Poundbury a poesibility ; year No. 3, worst of ill,.
continuous and steady downpour the whole of the
evening, which penetrated every joint of the harness.
But young Dircheeter is a pluokyibody, and we shall
not be estimating hie per‘tinoy and dogged
determination at their proper value lilt should he
even hinted thet the town has seen the last of the di,-
pit!.

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It would be Try difficult ti attempt to trace tbe
connection between the characters klap•roonsted on
Monday night, an.i that gallant soldier Guido Fawkes;
for the towns which o an boast of SG elicieut representa-
tive of that worthy are the exception rather than the
rule. E'en the p ilitical questions of these leiter day.
do not stir the youngs mind of this quiet town.hip
enough to induce them t make up a figure of the
Goutt °so'. Moo'Cly",7 oananiT ' which
ihilltedinweothice
other places. trotted
aTuVe
youth of Dorchester are content to represent /0114
Allooso. Sir tr artist Wolaeley, or Old Harry, in their
own flesh instead of building a lees noble effigy .1
rags, and oon-igniog them to the flames amid public
execration. Even the stirring social topics, such as
drain age systems, unp,pular policemen, oka., which
serve eletwhere to sway the public mind to the farthest
exirsmee, pae by unnoticed. And here rees the
hartulessnees .4 the affair, while at the same time it
serves very usefully as • vent fur th.t exuberance of
boyish feeling which, on 365 days of the year, are rub-
eerviset to the wholesome laws of order and good
society.
The weather bad been tbreatening the whole of the
morning, and as the day wa. drawing to a CIOP4II it
look. I •. Lb .o2h lie " demonstration " wool I have a
bel time; and so it turned .ut At the hour ehen
the guys teimmeneed to moo., the manifold beauties of
their make-up te the public ease, the rain was falling
with • tantalising persist. ncy ; and at this late
reread • poetponement was out of the question.
Besides, the committee have peculiarly unpleasant
experience* of a certain poetponem,ne and bearing
that in mind were inclined to we it out at once.
Visi,ore, though fairly numernue old not lick iota
the town as of yore, the weather being sufficient to
deter any persons with a grain from
undertaki, g such • mission. As usual, the b.ll was
opened by those startling little crackers, which are
remarkeblv suggestive of a fiery youngster's momen-
tary ebnlitions of temper. and soon after the more
esti .us-minded squibs, with • hiss and bang enough t,
shake the town, ti .k up the game. Early io the
•vening a company of l.ickeye on bicycle.
including. no it was said, representatives of those
kneel tt ot the turf, Archer, Cannon. Wood, and
For lham, peraded the town, the leader booing •
flaming c .loared light. It wet • very effect've
elect acts, and the" Rivers" were greeted with loud
cheer.. One of the biorclids we. • splendid im .er-
ponati .n of M-phistephe'es, a oonscientiou. caricature,
with wings, kc., complete. This character was un-
doubtedly one of the beat of the display, and was •
prominent feature dulog the evening. The various
c .mpenies commenced to assemble on the London-
road at sigh o'clock. at which hour the rain was
deacon ling pitilessly. It was a grant imitation .4 the
rainy S atnronlia of 'B2. The pr 'cession wee form of,
mil the torches lighted, no-I beede3 by the Town
Band (uoder Mr. Lucas) moved up the town.
Not witint andlog the rein, the torches boret
brilliantly. tan to their exeelleet oonipcialtion, for
which Mr. Itt..per deserves all credit. The sight I r
urn
the top of High-street was weird in the extreme, and
would have served as an admirable illu.tration of one
of 14ante`a imaginary glimpses .4 the infernal regime.
The majo•ity of the g iye were a MUs of soakage,
which lea term beet interpreting the • t eta they were In;
while in .ny .4 them, valuein, t ..-,r &ewes more than
their goo I name, bed turned an I fled Immediately
.b-bind the bend ens • it onpany of clowns on ho .by-
hr-en, anl, She le of Grimaldi I what clowns
Among the ch racer' prominent in tho rear were
King Alfonso (iii the unform of the Chian.), Mr.
Gledstone hobnobbing with Randolph Churchill, Mr.
Bright. and a charester dabbed " the beentiful
Oscar," Arabi Pasha, and "Arabia Masher," Parnell
and Rico., the new hangman. to. The iegenious
authors .4 the demonatration posters had promised the
foil .wine attraotdes, but whether they were preernt
we are at p.ep.red to say : he three mirth-provok-
ing individ.l.l. from T .nquin, the gee t lie IH. I the
little He I U.-' and ihe boisterous Ho I Ho II Mode
Tom, his brother slave, and nigger drivers; Brigham
Ir.Uog (who Wall ripeotally preserved for this occaai n) ;
Old Harry, though not in the habit of leaving Swan-
sea and, recoosisiog this se the county demmetra-
tier, at' ended with his wife ; Big Ben, who arrived by
Parcels Pose and entered the town wt, •he Bey ,if
Weymouth ; Portland Bill and Lb. Cove fr .111
lsul-
worth ; Bl.ck Sal. Dusty B .b, Sarah Frizzle, an d
Poor 011 Bendy Poker ; a party of gentlemen fr. an
Por la-id. wearing their chains of I.al ; friends
fr on For.t in; in the tiro light •st mete in the w irid
—the man of Ayr, and the men ..f Cork.
This iv a eomeeh .t ilinsiry programm , bed it will
give a faint Ilea of the attractive nature 'it the proces-
sion, and ha 4 fate been favourable, and the weather
fins. the demons' rte ion would have vie I with pome
if
it. predecessor', and made it what its promoters had
aim* I • ---,h. best show of it, kiiie in the couoty. In
• i.iitios I' those mentioned there was Britannia n
her tele nphel car. happy, no doubt, its her el-eated
position, hot, withal, wet through' some elegant
Court dress... soldi-re ad seem on, French, •Z mane,
Crusader, Zulus. Turks, imperfect represent.t yes of
the fair sex, sae some merry in scanty night attire
only clowns, patens, and a raj, tag, and bobtail, which
beeves description.
To sum it all up, It was • noosi dertion•tration
literelly ruined by the rain. At the tp of High-
street bad b-en erected a csatellatel fort from whose
battlements it was intended to open fire a. the prooe.-
sion moved by, but alas I wiod and water prevailed,
on I a large p,rti-in of the I,rtifieations were demolished
long b-fore the enemy arrived. Sandi o'her little
arrangements which woul I have added in no small
degree to the genets' display were also rendered
Impossible. The members of the proceesion, having
commenced, were apparently determined to oomplete
their task, and they went the whole route, and, in a
tempest of rein and wind, moved on to Poundbury,
and here let ne drew a veil over a scene a description
of which Is an inatioseibility. Toe firs was lighted, and
there was a ambiance of fun, but the va t maj ititv.
and the wiser t .o, we may say, weds the best of their
way home. It was an edifying spectacle to observe
the irrepeemiblee returning to town drenched to the
skin, and engaged in the sorry task of eztinguishing
their halfeionsumed torches in the street gutters.

WEYMOUTH.
For several weeks huge postai have been glaring
from all the available wall., stating that the Ind Grand
Annual Carnival would take place in M 'easy, the sth
of November, and aco.rdini, t all accounts the affair
warn likely to be very gorgeous. and in fact a very great
success. Ever since the meeting, held a few weeks
since, the committee, from the president downwards,
have been doing th.ir level best t make the aff dr a
ounces., and they certainly deserve hearty praise for
chair eff wur. Mr. Groves was the president, and right
rood president too, who has devoted much time and
labour te the demonstration, Mr. B. Kerridge was the
vice-president, and Mr Caleb Hall a very hard work-
ing secretary, Mr. Alcock was the treasur r, and the
InElowing gentlemen on the committee :—Messrs.
0 nrsh, H. Russell, Gee, Pittis, Cue. Baxter, .1. E.
Bennett, Newport, (I. Beale, H. Gibbs, W. R. P.
Jeffery. Cl. Vickery, H. Maddock, J. Russell, Rogers.
H. Grove., Cookram. A. U. Court, H. P. Miller, T.
A. Flooks, Morley. Fred. F. Whsttam, and Knight.
The committee were set to work .t ono., and •
number of gentlemen turiert ok the duties of can-
vassers, a emelt' word of prole being due to Par.
Court and Messrs. Denning end Hag, whose two
dirtricts raised quite half the money subecribed--some
£7O in all. The materials for the bonfire were given
free of nod by Mr. Mayo (Poxwell). Mr. Thresher
(Radipole), Me. Mash (Fleet), Mr. Ohilloott (Gaming.
too), Mr. Pope (Sutton). and Mr. Waterman (Wey-
mouth), whilst horses and waggons for hauling the
materials were lent by Mr. Gard, Mr. Gale, and Mr.
Keening. Daring Saturday and Monday the false
and Infiammable materials were hauled to Greenhill,
sod on Monday morning a hese bonfire wee built
about 15 feet blob, under the able superintendence of
Mr. Hall and Mr. Dunning. and the manner in which
it burnt ,nt tbe following night spoke well for the capital ,
way In which it had been built. The weather at this ,
' " desired. but the wind veer.
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tiWe;ree- rnif-thet could he ,_ _,..,-_ __ . ___ . _ _ •
Ins round to the south-west -ennead the weather-wire stiset, round the Alessi, ..- __ ____ _
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to prophecy that we should have wet, and they the Feolsoade, to GreenhilL AA the procession i7i7t;;)-,,T-iiTrac,ii-iii-1,7,;- taviro-it-tiri....
prophesied correctly for once in a way, for about prim(' Mons the Estianade the eff.ct was wonderfully soften and dear the voioa-Aoora faithfully ilei-SOit
which son striking and pretty. Arrived at Greenhill, the guy HOUMA M.D., &Mot Physician to the IlLunineyal Thr...at
three o'clock a nasty drizzle commenced,
developed imo a steal rein, and finally °sled in • was placed on the top of the bonfire and set , lino Her Infirmary."
whet.. vrtald ler .It e.toth and throat troubles than Seat-
. all sba evening. But even fire to, AAA lw the flames mounted high in the alr I " TIMM is untsoarnessatr "no better remedy in the
rear Itlfddit,e /,ij.ur. yialtb;.-Irmiere, and nearly ell the Guido Fawkes blew up. by reason of his inside I
Kant-
shops wsre closed at five o'cl.sok. Undeterred by the being filled with fireworks. Merge crowds assembled i 'fug.* L 'aenge•—"Y medical ." will awe" you of this
ran, many unequeredere turned out IA some Waal. round the fire, fireworks were let off, and everybody baLtonge.h."44,l,2 .P"dithe; th..,.„..,y °"dtaicidn tramistmadetrang:
lot oostooost, oily to be spoilt by the mseallem nth, seamed to sojoy themselves, the pcomedings being sold merry wherein-Wu um--