The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-09 00:00:00

IVARBHAII.

Cuaugoi V. Own Illuuma.—We understand that
this rued ones. which wu pow poood from the last •44,8",
Will come on for trial at Durcbester on the 24th lost.

BEAN DFORD.

Eircs CONTOTrIoh.-011 Tsunoda, a wash buttress
be, of the Bhattesbery corp. and a like another of Use
Woodford corps, came off at the ride r,inge of the
latter. The rwasee Weill 900, 500, and 000 pros, orywn
rounds each. The day wen f.r from favonnail-, sadden
gusto of wind blowing wows the reap from rlsht to
left. Al the 900 yards the Woodford eorps headed their
enspelitore by 10 pante ; at aoo yards the bias were
the a.ine, swish making 130 poiuts; and at the 000 yaree
tho Blandford Corp* beaded their opponent. be 38
points, than winning the match by 38 points.—
Allasn(ford L eat. Jobs; 50; r•oloeuribripent Wades',
• ; Bergewnt Davis, 42; Sergeant Green, 31; Corpus.]
Hideout, 52; Annosrer King, 39 Private Light, 41;
Netts Applin. 30; Private Roe, 38; Private Growea.
49—T011, 401. Maftesbury : Cantata Lyon, 34; &sign
Kennett, 29; Senteont Chorea, 33; Corporal hither,
/7; Corporal Hisonek, 36; Corporal Illatistold, 42;
Corporal New, 30; leineseCorpor I Hacker 38; P. I've
iv.
iepitt, 49; Privote Bawkler. 36—Total: 303. This
is the fourth time the Wandford corps have won. A
ewreowaltes for el was &Lot for at the sting Boit. The
Wet prisw, Ba., wa woo by Corporal Ni.loottl; second,
by tient John.; third, 3.., by Priest* Bopoitt ;
fourth, ,by Private Grove.; 'fib sod sloth, Is.
mon, by Corporal Manalluld egg Mesta Light,

EITIONLIND.

TIMAT TO WOII.IIIIIN AIM THEIR FAYILISa. —OD
8 •turday. Mr. W. Royer; of Quarleston farm, near
Stiokland, in celebration of the conclusion of hay
harvest invited them with their wives and children
to his house to enjoy a cup of tea with a liberal supply
of cake, an act of kindness which was heartily
appreciated by all present.

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Ta xxxxxx on IMITIV•L.—Tha members of the Stick-
land Temperas.s society held their annivereary festival
on Wednesday. in the afteronn the ebildrea of the
Baud of 'lope and several of the members perambaletedl
the • nage, carrying Cgs and honorer, honied by 'hr
Whit...berth temperas.. braas band, and at five o'clock
between 70 and ad person., including the band of hope
thildreo, sat down to an ex *lint tea in Mr. Rog-'V
: born, which that gentleman very kindly placed at the
disposal of the surety. At seven o clock a outdo
inning mastoid in the same plue, which was Illied ao
overflowing, teeny be or rumble to obtain admittance
, The their was taken by Mr. H. Hodge., of ;
nod several .4 the leading advocateo of the awe were
present. After singing and prayer, the chairman said
lee had great pioneers in presiding IA he anticipated that
his duties would be very pry. They were aware that
, in some companies where strong drink was used the
• chairman had very often great difficulty at the close of
the meeting to pros r.• order—bin authority was set
! at defiant., and that which wee circler and harmony at
the first, was throngh the ininnos of intosinots,
turned into disorder, quarrelling and confusion. There
was no (oar of such a result whore teetotallers met
together. A twelvemonth seemed to him to bane very
: rapidly puled sines th-y last ,net in that barn to
: celebrate their anniversary festival, and many change.
had taken plan, but of this they bed grent Goose for
thankfalnese that the good eau. with which they were
Identified had not gone bask ; nay more. it +no gaining
ground, not only in their own county bet throughout
the kingdom. and if there were any present who had
no. j noel the movement he would a avec, them not to
del.'', for if they did not they w 'aid have to take the
renr-renk, as a very large number of the higher &uses
of society were becoming abstainers. Their plan was a
simple one and the wily safe one; sod of thou who
• 'opted only • ry few proved dourters, sod they. lake a
soldier in the Queen's envies, were thought but late
or, the only differonee being that whore. • deor r
from the ermy was 'abject to penishment, they toot
gladly regelvori beet any who gave op for • tint, their
prineples. The temperance owe was making great
{Pogrom among tb• le.rned and great people of the
world. Beginning with the seven working men of
Printout it had genteelly gone og from time to time,
enlisting among its bayou es men of imminence and
wraith. °puler," of religion, members • f Parliament
sod others of influence, so that its power was beginning
in he felt in LI.. legislature. Teen' were from 4,000 to
5 000 ministers of religion pledged abstaioser, and if
those some 600 were clergymen of the established
church. As num prosent might be aware the
clergy of that church had two houses et convocation
somewbet simil.aly oonstitoted to the House of Lord.
and the Huse of Contains, and st the 1-st meeting of
that body Arthdea con esodford gave notice of a
'notion to bring before them .6 their next gusting-, he
subject of abstinence in relation to the moral sod
spiritual soedition of the cottony. No doubi a very
animated dismission would follow, from which the
friends of the tempersnee cause could not but anticipate
yen satisfactory remit& Another sign of progress was
the fact that medical men were beginning to tore their
attention to the subject. They could no loam shut
their MIMI to the iejorlons effect of strong drink on
the human frame. Tne media.' world was also very
much divided sai to the usefulneea of such drink, when
used se • merle..., but of this thee, an Motel/era, were
persuaded that the more tbe doesn't examined the
subject, the then would they be in favour of no using
them. Mr. Hodges having referred to some of the
advantages which were likely to arias from the employ.
moot of female. as doetom, proceeded to speak of Hie
efforts bong rude to dose pelille-bouus entirely on
:donde', and to the fact, that in Ir.land the measure bad
houedipterl,aad said be hint no doubt that io the Donne
of • short tame our.,. would crown the effort. of
their friend. in parliament in this mattes. With
regard to their own country, the sum of total abstin-
ence was very moth pc gremlin. Flee nights in the
week tontlap were held in four different plum, and
on the ulnae those meetings were attoodcd by 100
persons, so that every night when soeh meetings were
held from 400 to 500 persons were listening to temper-
linos truths. From tan to fifth n persoos gurrt
the pledgo every night, making • toed of from 50 to 75
person', en that they had eeery num to hope that the
tine. was Gat uppreao-ing wise,, in the language of •
modern poet—" The right with the might would
prevail." The time for diagnosing whether kW:testing
drinks WWII 0006.1.07 as a beet had pugs I away,
an. 4 It MY only lest welt that behwd of an old man
at Kingston who remarked that he hal been mowing
for three weeks without tasting beer or any lotoriesiting
liquor, and that he had
with more satisfaction or with less fatigue. Yr.
Hodges coneleded by stating that be considered the
pow tion of the temperance, resIUMI at the present time one
for great encouragement to perseverance, and e IPM"i nit
his enroost hope that the advocates in Btieltland woul '
not dukes theerefforis. Kr. Hoc k,of Wbitokurob, then
addressed the meeting, °Wily dw•lliag oe the duty of
professing 'brig isne to Income absisinen, for the eak.
of these who were perishing through the ague, of
strong driok. Mr. 13. Bethel followed In • very thins-
apesch, in which he toothed on the apology for
lade: bonnets 0011 Wain as an inotansw of bow
and fashions changed, to his reception at Wereham
where his cart wan made to bear whom to Ili.
se •I for teatotelisni, and to his ouverution
with the mayor of that place on the =Moot of tee-
totalism. He then reviewed some of the
evils of drinking what had now. under his own notice,
and ridiculed this idea that any virtue or strength could
be &rived from the use of intorkeote. The other
veakers were Mr. B. Basle. Kr. Wheeler, and
Ur. Jerritt. [hying the evening the band played
• solertiou of mosio mach to the delight of the company.
The weather wu very onfavoorable, and long before
the meeting closed it wee eurly dark.