The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-09 00:00:00

WIKBORNE.

The Minster Temperance Ass ,ciition begins its
winter ses..lis will ioooin .o;:.toe.bebrie a
tlits
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.
many
ro ,m, arid we look forward to an Intertylair, and we
trust. • useful work .inring the •owing winter months.
.le. AND the. ELLIOT Lan have male a don stion
of £2OO t maple the Colebill Chinch Endowment
Fun. This le a tuo4 spleuilid and web c me addition
t • the steadily increasing fund for this much needed
mAter, and it will, we hope, receive • Wither addition
on Sunday. Camber 14th. when the sermon in the
afternoon at C .lehill Iron Church will be preached by
the Very Res. the lie in of SaUabury.
A IeSO•L FRUIT .• —Anon. hog to ar r mgeinents
made by th•• o mini tee of the " Star of Wimburne "
lodge, (M.G. I', their annual fiuic supper and enter-
tertainm-nt was h-ld on Wednesday evening in the
Town Hall, and °nodded of vocal and Ilidtruniental
muic,inter.p•oud with recitatioue and Foaling-, which
were given by tari moult/era of the lodge, ...stated
by their friends. Auiongat thou present were Mr. B.
J. Ks' rite (who very ably presided over the meeting)
;and Mr. S'auay Hayter tone of the most p rpular nod
ever welcome local vocaliets), who kindly consented to
exhibit his celebrated 'peep show," widch was one of
the MJIIi pleasing portions of the programme. Sister
Giidiu' Sister Woodford% end Bro. Russell were
entrusted with the providing of the supper, and
they mad* very good proviso.% which was acknow-
lelged by all who partook of the came.
Mr. Berridge, in a few opening remarks, ap dogined
for the absence of the Bev. X. E. Cies', who was
expvosid to preside, but owing to • pievious arrange.
meat it we, not peseible for him to be pres nt.
then took a cursory view of the liquor traffic, and
touched on the Good Templar, question, in which he
wished ti enforce on all that Good Templuy tutu*
thorough-going teetotalism in every sense of the wort
An opening ode having been sung by the COMVIIIIy,
a reading was given by Mr. Howell, one of Mrs.
Caudle's curtain lectures, "The Lent Umbreha,"
which was well received. Mies F. Hassell thee gave
• song, " Little Diamoud Dewdrops," which was very
prettily sung. Musts. Weller and Bartlett, two
in.mbers of the lodge, then gave a dialogue, "Th.
Drunkard's Catechism," in • most praiseworthy
meatier, and met with thorough appreciation. "coin.
i.g Toro the Bye" was then sung by Mies B.
Kum, which met with a hearty recall, and in response
she sang " rue Love Is sweet," following which warn
• wag by Mr. Howell, "Toe Death of Nelson,"
the opening portion of which was taken • trifle hio
feat to give god eff mt. Tim remainder wee exceed.
iugly effective, and well merited approval. The next
put of the programme wee devoted to the ref reehinents,
which ranueisted of c.,ffee &pi cake • alsi • gdod supply
of fruit. After these hal been fully induiged in and
enjdyed, the second part et the programme° miunenoed
with a most earnest and practical Goo I Templar address
by the W.C.T. of the lodge, Bother J. Luckham.
" [here's not • Joy the World can give," • reeding,
by Brother Thatcher, Past Ludo. Deputy. Miss
Lewis and Miss R ase th the voJal duet, When
Thou art Near," which met with an uudetsiab.e encore.
In answer to there call, they sang the ever..welcume
duet, "Soothing Worths." Brother Thatcher then
gave • recitation, "Th. Jester'. Sermon." A e mg,
" We'd Better Bide Xeres," was then pleasingly sung
by Mies F. Russell, which merited a recall. In reskuuse
she gave "Silver Moonlight Winds are Blowing. A
song, Thou art not len Alone," was Bun given by
Miss Lewis, who bee • very full rich ....ice, amid
did herself credit in this. Tue song of the evening
waa then giv.n by Mr. Stanley Hayter, who appeared
in cliazacter with his "Peep Snow," wniai cowed
rases of laughter, aud thdrouguly brought down the
house, which was crowded with • mutt aposeciative
assemblage,