The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-12-25 00:00:00

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hoped the friends would feel that the school is still going
on heartily well ; it has Were:void inn numbers, and be took
that as in some meaeurr a sign of the approval of thore
who could appreciate the value of the odueLktioh given and
received here. Among the &Alto of f.,riner pupils was
the gaining by one of them of a first iltui at the pre-
liminary M. B. exitininalion nit London. Boron, though a
mere atrinlinz, had rarrbel It the " blue rilrovt "of St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, in the /Maps of the firet scholar-
clip of C5Il for lino • • • ,l. (11.1,hretete.) The
Scienee I A . co/ginned, the
laleirot ire ia 4... I ,•• , ! Olv Owl gone

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Art Delort melt. saininx gt) cite tit •ee. tA:,;, ~te ) Four
c-etificat is had 'ltem, 7 dorsi at io, I ' tit "tie Loral
Examination, an i Mott v ear they 110,ral to gait& nun. as
they had some •22 boys ..,,Ong up ir au tau mho 4.
esoling a consideratie it enber of hos for ex toilim• an
ass:, he yointed oat-, mite I nips jas., to • ".1 scholars, and
he bona much more s Aisfactery ta Sae parents and
fti, n•ls, than if they reliel oriodttlilt upon the daises of
stone specially t dented best.. and puSh them f• amard,
instead or, as they eitg:;t NY,. x full attention to !Tinging
on the whole of the pupil.. (APplange.) With reant•l to
the drawing, it had hem Mae si tinder the care of Mr.
Baker, and be (Mr. Miller) titank.si the .Irawing ninster
very pincer. ly for the cool work he had dine, aid pointed
with 'remittent to the drawings exhibited ou the walls.
as the result of his teething. (Atiplatme.) Even if there
%VW any little barite observable in the drawings, theYmn`d
please to remember that the I, ys were much litnite'l as to
time. (Hear, hear.) Irwin; the pent year, Pritv.) had
been instituted for switittain,-, and examinations had (eon
held, for with the beautiful Bay
.of Weymouth before
them, h., hat thought it wou'et he a great shame pit to
make all poseiblo use of the advantages. The remit had
been Abet en smraging, the prizes .had been great
lucent s tithe boys to learn gwitnming, and they foiled
that m yof the mu-sliest beysjutupediearkasly into deep
water, and struck out manfully. (Great applanee.) The
singing cleat, bail made great progress under the care of Mr.
Thorne, as he hoped would bo aeknowledgedl by those
friends whp should attend the contort -toonerrow even-
ing. (Waft.) But he row came to their wants, for they
did not me tn to "rest am) Ile thankful." the who 4 annals
a covered playa...end and gynotasitun. The IP WO in
Weymouth available is very limited, for the distance
between the Bty in front tind the lake behind is veto
short. The sande, trul;, Ate of great advantage, and
make an exe,illtont plavgraund, and there t• 7 Dot the 'latter
of taking cold there, as there is in 4 field ; yet there are
days when a C wered playground In required, sue:a as in
wet weather, when the, notch need some resource ,if the
kind. (Hear.) Mr. Miller went in to return thanks for
the eneouragement re,eived ; he thanked especially the
borough member*. Mr.. H. E lwat,le and Sir Frederic
Johnstone. who had very -villingly and I:enemas:7 'lout led
their ex.iibitions ; and the tr.- tees, who had al.o given
L 558. for exhibitions, to encourage the study ef science.
(Armisnae.) He thanked tapir 1011,1 th-fends especially, who
were present today; the town generally had uncounted
him, and the Mayor'a presence h..,n; ta-day was a prod of
that. The boys he recominen.led to take a led out of the
Mayor's book, and imitate hiy. Worship in enthusiasm fee
Mud work. (Hear, hear) Ilia calleazum he tlianked
heartily for their help, and Oecl ire,) that his object was, if
it pleased Gad. to wake this scho.4 second to none of its
kiwi in England ; an I in the future is in the past, he
would throw his heart and s ell into the work' and for
th
atinject,b would not spire himself or his time.
(Applause.) Noe-, as tO the prizee—his only regret WAS
(bat came of the hope who had worked welt, ha') yet wit
gained prize.; but he urged them not t . he d.two.hearted,
for eau-tying cons- ience in het tt•r than prize-winning and
hard, persevering work will tett in the end. (Hear, gear )
In conclusion, he staiel 121,, object hail been to infuse
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into the hove a love of travlrfultiess and Cie fir of (10,1-•
in Abort ',numbering the w.lrilSef theAlortl Old Book—
" Work not with eye-serviee as men.ree ere.s, but in
singleness of heart, fearing God." (Applause.)
The MAWR then ribtrihnted the prizes with many traar)
words to the winners, reminding them this woe I.ne of
the red letter ditto in their lives—something too theta to
remember a+ they grew op. They would he exee,tuil to
be better anal wiser men than those who had not obtained
any prizes—As the prize-winnent came aninlet
applaus, from their irch,mitellows, His Worship remarked
it was a cause of satHaetion that thom who were
ungurceeful quite heartily rejoice in the bUCCesd of Grose
ohtsined prima

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'She following is the
Paige Liar.
Freneh.—Exhilitioner*, Norton .1 Penny 1. mind.
'lass 2, Besant orad Dennis:, equal; extra prig-,
Neate : 3, :snowmen 5, ;6, Ayling.
Lett Jolin*on i ;2, Mitchell i.
Baglig.—Exhibitioner, Penner, i.Prizes r.Ricliacils
;3. Raehards ;4, Ay ling ;5, Seaman hi :11, Watt.
Dichaity.—Ctsm I, Norte': 2, Richards ; 3, Richard,
Trot,er 1:1, Aylino :6, Watt.
Mathematic*. —Exhibilimers. 1, Norton; 2, Newman.
Prins., class, 2, Rlchards I, and Chinn i, equal ;3, Chipp ;
4, Trotter I; 5, tlitchell :I, Hancock.
Phy*irat • :rography —Pri in; Richards it.
Trent Priv*. —I, N wton ; ; Chia .. :3. Catnithuri.
Drattihtl•--1,11•I•c•-,1.• *Ac* ; in" Ti,,," ; AA,
w doe ers ern dui fit, %Vil,in. is.
MsFje prima, seven by Mr. Thorni..—P. anororte. Ni deen ;
theory. Watkins. Certilir Q.:A, Univ. sity
L rc3l Ravel a. ions.—semor—Penny ; junior—Ne man,
Pooley. awl Willem...
Sciener and Art &parity ot.—M lanctiim and electri-
city, Norton, Poky, Tighii, Syntinals, Whitworth, and
!tains. Physiography Rib anit ii. M t 4...
Norton (advanced). Newna an, Foley, Canes, l' 'Pew ii,
Morten. Omani& y— N esti in Penney Newinau,
Peoley. Freelmiel Dr iwiisse,2N 'r" 'o. Model ditt a—
s:y.ond. or rtti
To Henry Symonds, who rereived a prize f eeeersd
go.i work during the term, OS MAYON taltlarke,l that be
had ntready had his awes i ii. MS aStl4lll.:f it. Of Ma
schoolfellows.
s ,toter the giving of prize, Wan Cantleted.
The MAYOR said be would not attempts after jteing FO
ling in the distribution ad the prizes, to out Ike any net
speech ; but yet he rend I nut sit down without Cu ing
how highly they ought to tel gratified at the prospects of
the school, which hail tins fairly taken him by
surprise. (Itear.) Hi• really hipt not been prepared t see
S.O nuttier...is all assannims, 1,1 %itil the
meta...be Regis Grano tear Sifienl ; and the t- awn ought ti
feel gr atefail to Mr. Miller, or as les (Hls Worshi il hie
before "an SitililaS at the Collegiate Sato it
such establishments do an homense deal of good I
resins like Wen-tune% whan., having no twanutactiaring
interests, and Ming entirely dependent out visitors, it is
very important to have 401111: first -.lass scho its, MO that
the status of the town may tue maintained. (Apia ause.)
Suil a noble display in the shamed gifts to the boy s as prizes
none of them own' likely to forget especially ti who had
received them (Hear.) No one multi take up the daily
papers without seeing the repeat. of such ocessious, and
.ffierving the inomrtinee now attached to thew. Mr.
Fmter, one of the leaders in the Eluration movenaeut,
had attended on a similar oreasion at Bradford, and
mule sotne noteworthy obsematiims, and a little while
afterwards Dean Stanley, of Westminster, thought it
'not unworthy of himself—Nor was it unworthy of him)
—to distributo the prints to the successful competitors at
Bristol on the priz s day : raffinquently he host noticed
that the Home Secretary himself', amid all the multi-
farious affairs of State gamin oempied hts attention,
frond time not only to distribute prizes. lint also to speak
most learwslly Im matters w!.iela mac might have thought
hardly within the range of the It • Secretary of this
great country, anit mane of his °Merv:dent h.s.l been
railed in qoestion by the like of Somerset, at Terquay,
where the Doke took tapir himself severely to criticiee
the Home Secretaree °Mery limn on "Beauty" (limn)
This showed that the tone if the present day is somewhat
different from that anf former days, hi winch, when a Soy
obtained a half-crown boot, it was thought-am exceedinly
grand that it PAS Sri-oared up as a heirloow. The
prises given today show by their quality awl number
how mkt, has spread abroad the desire let pro-
mote true solid education, w healer aiiiong than !Wahl!,
eia.sea er among those is lOW in,, whose v IliC.lti 'II the
Government has undertaken. His Worship congratulated
Mr. Muller, aad considered that the town owes laUCa tnt
him, but he trusted that -no rem arks lie made this utter-
noon would be un.lerste sl as detracting in the slightest
degree from the efforts of others who have honestly
laboured, alihengh perhaps they have not been so success-
ful in preducing such are ult. Might Mr. Miller go on
:and proper, and may the manner in which the boy's
speak of 'dna, prove to him that a life well spent is not
only its own reward, but the retrospect of it will always
give pleasure. tApplame.) We are all deeply indebted
to Mr. Miller fur the meter:akin.; wlaica has brought
about such a result as :hi.; may he long remain head-
master of the Melcowe Regis Grammar 1i:hoot. (Ap-
plasm.)
Torte cheers were thin given for the 'Mayor, for Mr.
Miller, for Mrs. alttl.T, for the under-wasters, and the
boys gave them fa hmrtily.
The Mauer( miit the boys had told him they
would not be able to sing to-night, awl he was sure there
was no provon tot their singing with any efficiency after
the way in which they had I ieti their sokes ha cheeting.
lie asked then. to give three hearty cheers more fur the
Mayor, for taking the trouble to come to-day.
Another round et cheers was given, then the other
friends were cheered, anil the schoolroom was made to
ring with the merry sounds.
The IllfisraMatrrffit, ju-t before separating again
iwomised teat If be avor spared ti be connected with the
school, he would make it the work of his if,
The aemintey then dispersed, most of them on leaving,
congratulating Mr. Miller on his excellent school.
The buy's concert was given in the wiewilroom on Friday
evening, when again a large numher of the principal
inhabitants gathered, and were well repaid Sty 1.012,-IC
performed, as well as by witnessing the hearty dern,..onyee
of the mos of boys who labal the bark seats, AIM el api led
with a vehemence that ought to have much encouraged
the performers.
The converts was opened with a fleet "Tie silver
Trumpets," for piano and harmonium, 1011 Mk m,
Mks Kemp.
,and Mr. Thorne gave great mtufartion : "0 ! who will
o'er the Downs" was PON; by the toys with great spirit,
the young singers taking up their parts c wresttly ; lknuiis
and ff. Hurdle Men adayed a piano duet "La Favor,:
very prettily and Mowed suinh nrolic.euey : Bra iliflt'S
"All'. Well' woo capitally rendered by Oliver and Norton,
awl they were particularly applauded; next, If, Symonds
nudertook a most dafficult solo on the piano, atml played
it with brilliancy. B iSa crucial test of the mine pup Is'
feeling was as whet oer they wnuld render toe lovely
muses of Sullivan's "0. hush thee, my la illy," with
nuffirient softness mil 'a-te; the result was however to
show that this was sing in such a manner :as to delight
everybody, tbe various varts of this channaug !lullaby catue
in proper turn and time; awl it Vai very applauded.
Another piano duet Don Juan." by 'r. Seaman awl A.
Trotter went fairly well, and did them credit. Mr.
Cayce, essayed " Englishanan's Sung," and gave it
with a coed manly voice and such spirit that he was
encored, when he kindly responded : we should, however,
have wished that more chance had been given for hearing
the woe& by the removal of the hanging flags. Mr.
Seuilamore on the fl-ate is deservedly a favourite, be was
received very warmly, awl be elici.eil the least beautiful
notes from is floe ins roment; he was deservedly ensured,
hot refrained term want of thane, and bailee, :moths r
cmisertunity. It. N -rem, flat piam played "Le Coulasit
a Kau," aunt mest musically did we hew the water time,
now rippling gentle, now pla...ing, au-in dashing over the
,fall. The chorus" Lot the hills resound" Mclean's) was
very well sung, the undulasious an outbursts of music
and the staccato parts c Ming out freshly and brightly,
awl the niano parts heithr also very fairly softened down.
Miss Konpson and Mr. Thorne again previded an over-
ture by pi tying asweetly harmonised piano and harmonium
duet at the beginning of the second part. This was
followed by a part song " 0 Fly with roe," and
the swmt pasaages were rally rewleent and very pleasing,
the peculiar Mew!elasolanic effects were also clearly
brought ant. F. Compton and R. Norton hrightly played
Eran's galop, and showed how well they had been trained.
But vocal music will always be favourite, and when
Oliver sang "When Vulcan Forged" with some Power,
and gave the song the true ring' he was "rap".
turously encored, he responded, and gave "Hearts of
Oak" in proper style, though, of comm, we could not ex-
pect the same power as in a professional man. Mies
Kerupeon played Mendelscohn's "Christmas Air." and
the *petunia amounted to an encore. Watkins, Dennis.
and Smith, aasisted by the chorus, gave "Re kind to thy
Father." in good style, awl it was received with deserved
warmth. Another flute solo followed, Mr. Scualamores
delicious rendering of Scotch aim especially, was very
charming; anti this time he could rot resist the deter-
mined encore. but kindly c insented to repeat By this
time it wa. thonght desirable trO let the youagsters depart,
and the schoolboys s ng " Dolce D--mum" was given nu
proper style, and very pleasing was it t all.
The HEAD-MAsrea the (Rev. J. Miller) propmed a vote
of thanks to those who bad to kindly assiated, and
this was quickly merged an three hearty cheers for Mr.
Thome, Mr. Scudamore, Mr. Miller, and no on, until we
Were thoroughly convinced of the aoundness of them boo'
lungs.
Before leaving, matey of those present examined
with great pleasure the capital drawings which adorned
the walls all round, most of the drawings were marked by
correctness and care, and some by considerable talent and
power.
The boys and their friends now separated, the excellence
of the concert having proved in one more qualification
that of ability to please, one of the school mottoes di..
Played on the walls hi correct—" Knowledge is Power."

1 W 1 Illmtusgs m.
Tits Gannisan Smoot. —ln accordance with their unit
temtogn the Governor, of the Grammer School attended
I Divine service et the Minster on the toornirg of Friday
last—St Th ~,,, es'. D ,y
CIIIIISrmis Mget.—A eapital show of grirsl Obristmaa
beef and motto" was made by the butchers of the town on
Thursday evening Mr. Clifton's dieplay minimised three
oxen, fatted by Mr J,,10n Coate. of HaMMooll ; Iwo oxen
bred by Mr. A. 11 •niatbobl. of ilsn,tridge ; 12 heifers
supplied by Mr. liii 11 •iijilield, of Stalbridge ; two heifers.
fatted by Mr. W. Coate, of Hommoon ; an entrsordinarily
fat Hanspi•ore Down chin, bred by Mr. R. Brine, of
. atimitee : two very fat Esineor sheep supplied by tilr.
• John Opal ,o, of Hammon ; 10 Ex,noe shop from
' I Mr. Cr...11], of 11, bd.w.trer ; and 20 Dawn whether,
I supplied IT 1 ardou, other perenns.—Mr. Taylor also had •
' large dimlov. whieh nwhnlo.l seven very ehoie, heirs.
; fame 1 IT Mr. George Derniny, of Shillingstone. one of
' which took second pie at the Srtirminster Newton
C,ttle Show: a fat on. bred by Mr. John Costa, of
II V 111110.11,1 t five very goml heifers fatted by the 'Rev. H.
N. Dadington, of Wool Vicarage ; some nice Down
' wethers pmehased at Mr. Brion', sale at wimhorne :
, porno good. Sonthdown and Bunoor *ethers, fatted by
,r Mr. George Dominv, of Shillingstone ; and a • One lamb,
' I bred by Mr. T. Murickton, of Orange. Mr. Coombe* had
. ; two oxen fatted by Mr. Crowd of Bridgwater. and
purchased at th. Wimborne sale; an ox, purchased at
' the Blandon' Repository, and bred by Mr. John Ford,
; of Rushton; a heifer, fatted by Mr. Bellamy. of Harfoot-
' lane, also bou.cht at the Blimiford mle ; and ten sheep.
1 len-chased at the Winshorne Repository. —Mr. Cox's show
' Included a Devon steer, toed los L,rd Portman, and
bought at Mr. Ensor's sale at Blaniford ; it heifer,
' bought at the fimrnnnst,r Newtam Ca'tle Show: and
1 ii.mie nice motton.—Mr. Hutchings had a largo supply of
.1. . poultry, die., on sale.