The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-06-14 00:00:00

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.11te iihith
''stitizi/Wrzo of this maiaty was hailit is kleallo
Wien he Ha KR, under the ley brolitem Fret/Wok. Hamm. tpd
I,,,frAllst. the
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mod kith thlselpift.
amend It. memben lated
tte Karl amass, has beam ma
itt&esil Illesillii,. MK sem • more gratifying
wtm Ismiebure than baser., bee= ream 4 i ---vares pad Ewing the pest year CM
4nlesemer hai----'nh,..,_ the sumparaMmly small and the
K Illeples ilaii,l77„.._lnshiell to make • Lair have%
"•404_,_ Illess as' ...,_-"•• dukes fay previous period.
earealli p1imii......-•••••• riey preesm to the nu
it haa • aids-e-r"•...._,
_elevate other benefit samistiss, ful la mi. a--unialione which render it more poem-
dieserera ot Mf al he ambers, and the uniform
ullot are fra,„..7 itfillonetioes than many clubs whom
sobriety la iiii-7_lll t differeat system, and in which
• first prinoiple. The intereet
""I slab L-
oy its originators has never
ilaianni.74l..4l gliti the easfideees in them
thMiha.
.. Le dill ea x
indte7resseas at Um
1," tab, 000111. whose k sponint
manila/hid a ii__•ol Fordingtos is so well knolls. has
with the '7O bitercet in everything sonnected
*petted* le lot Yr. Matthew Ream has been
Oa , the interests a the abili.
their •"6,„ nesibere to the number of 50. with
Kr. 't, p "lo brenenrer (the Rev. Hand* Moule),
iiiiiretiiry
resehdait-' ,
..... ) and the Ylear(thalr President
nom Itilleftes •moulrootn, at half-past four o'clock,
The owl. %%77
r waited in procession to the church. illtreelleg r bine resettes of the members,
black Wriisse=4lthit IZlMisetablanimingeotheir dress. had
ltan we. watched
Intel- At the parish Aural en 101.
OW% ilivilia. ,oria propelled by the Nev. Headley
Ji___..c4 bk. Illrit is a_ Itbil••••, bib verse, 'For the fruit
weenkti la__ _T. goodness end righteousness and
0,16,..„1",_:•..in me shwa the members returned to tb•
„iirVei,ll3 When the hens of 111. Gems's, which had
forth hi 11111' as early aa 5 am., again pealed
and the neighbourhood presented
- ''''"u•Ya._ alleesitanen Groups et the friends of
wive peoesedl to the the
wont Phoedateer in hal °
ve adorn.
was
............_.1•1•Ik rilinni.kianted by • Colon Jack. Within tee,
pessumer-vm‘Litillis tables,whieh had to be plasedas drionly as
laggilid eedir to solsommodete the company, were
Iffr. some besetiful flowers from the nursery of
8.1"11 Bin* whine laminae to this respect, in
eaulieetkat wlth the tart. diyad by Kr. Hunt' In
their
a 30911111"°"11,Vrodaoed a wawa result. Upwards
nkt owe te tea, and formed ao extremely hinny
a°, before end after tea was eung,tlr. Norman,
tit the barmeaium, sad looting the nallaillg.
Tht V. IL Illotme wedded at the electing aft.,.
'aid., Wed the Rev. W. Hansen of Cana commenced
reading nee al his Alarming poems
.........
_hi tirrinieset Zeck dmeribise most beautifully and
v'wfunftf. lee burial of a beloved Mild at Frampton,
end the omistelbon of the dlememiate went,. Great
1910111* followed, and the rev. gentleman, after '
''''•••11 • meend poem, 1.1% the room amidst the Mess
of .41 =liiiiy
Tbe of the sostety than reed the gusarsi
etelmnent of ameesta. as Minn ..,--Osod Pitied.,--Is
71/1406‘111. low for the mond Inne, a statement of the
athirsof eer soak, steer eitenn/ gathering. [should per-
linen Mita pm emee mom that *lsis NM Hlre the full
sod feemet elsonemot widish wpm, each year In mint.
We ass home los dom eat eanial amosato at the Jane
•warAlag of each yam Neer, as that eneetia was held
',o4lllkel evesdeg. I Iran that you will all allow that
n trial hom hemSonseirlat dWtealp to present you
with Ke full ntateenelli in print to-night. Let the merehary and the hemmer have bees ever so prompt in
their opwrationa, let the auditors have tort not a
minute la doing their ditty, let the printing press have
done Its mimosa at • moment's notice, sad let the um-
meager have carried the sheets round with the speed of
Nffitning, it mull senrcely have bees doceeptite so moon.
Ins members must. therefore, be good enough, as
Whit-Tawdry has fallen no later, to asieept for the
estbreel tnetNetal once more only a general etatement. I
am happy to say that on the whole 1,0 may congratu-
late onernlees upon the state of thins in our society.
The days in which we live are indeed full of many
awes, and of much disturbance and ruin; but as
rands the Fordington Benefit Club I believe we may
of so change save ohmage for the better, of no
disturbance save in healthy and useful activity, and of
no ruin at all. Our numbers have increased, two new
members being added to the list since our last esseilag.
Our honorary members have increased In number, and
'by no means fallen off in liberality; their contribatioa
•of :15 odd being LS in advance of that of the year
before. The results of last year's tea meeting were
highly satisfactory, aides( more Km DI clear to our
fends, besides the AM more solid gain, for such I
believe It to be, of the suraninee of cordiality and
harmony for days to come which that eery happy
meeting certainly brought with it. You will remember
that It was the trot meeting at which we mimed the
w'ssoe' of our former treasurer and secretary, the
. F. J. Noels, whom labours for the isoelety will ever
be so warmly remembered amoogirt us. Your new
treasurer ar.d new secretory had to present themselves
forthe bet time in office, and it was with no small
difilidenee we looked forward to it. Bet, happily we
had then • favourable statement to make, and we net
with • very kind reception flow the soeiety. Allow me
to dwell now on two pointa, and two only, in our state
of affairs. They are strictly connected with my pro.
vines-the figures-and they are indeed cheering and
noteworthy. I would first refer to the Savings' Bank.
We have deposited in that bank since our last meeting
just ff4o 10a., a considerably larger sum than in any
previous year. Oar whol^ deposit in the bark, rot
reckoning interest since November last, is £192 8.. 7d.
We rosy repeat with still more assurance what I
remarked last year-that we tie not vet bankrupt!
It is eatiahetory to know that no withdrawal from the
&alas' Bank has been nemaiary store April, 1866. My
other remark is with regard to payments in sickness
Would you not expect that those payments would
have been heavy this year? The winter and spring (alas,
we all know it) have tarn very very trying ;
in Dorehester itself they have been very feta : amongst
olgurs they have carried eff two of our boo. members,
well•lmown inhabitants of Itorthester, Mr. Einar and
7.r. Panniter. Now last year .•••' p.id out more than
£l7 for sisinseee (to 14 memb rs). it . should expect
far more than £l7 this year, on the same proportion.
Instead et this, we have paid, sea fact, cnly £6 160.;
divided =one only eight memb•rs. This is indeed
a Most Unexpected and remarkable beppiness. We
can only acknowledge it, with true and humble
gratitude, as • mercy and a favour from a Heavenly
Father, the giver of all good May He give as all a
oorreepooding sense of thankfulness ; and as our Society
took its beginning (ruin an awakening of religion, may
id enntinue-as long as it shall continue-- not only in
risibility, in atweess. and in a large increase of went.
nem but in that which is the beginning of true wealth,
am will as of true wisdom, the fear of God-(spolana).
After singing a hymn, the Rev. IttleliLlY Moots
read the well-known lines by the poet Cowper on
receiving his mother's picture, giving a prefatory en.
planation of the circumstances under which they were
written. During the reading breathless silence
prevailed, and at the close the &Winne was hearty and
prolonged. The reader then milled their attention to
the interest felt in the operation of the society by his
beetter Arthur, who in order to be present to-day had
tra-adled from London that afternoon, and would have
to rehire to.night.

Tbe Rev. ANTBVI hfort.r, addressing the indiums
is "dear friends," as "neighbours," "old friend, and
new," mid he wan delighted to see and talk to them
again. It was the first time that he was enabled to
attend their anniversary. When he left the shores of
Saglitad no Yvrdington Benoit &laity bad been estab-
infixed. ft took its origin joist nine years av, and since
he went •eay nine years and five monthslad elapsed.
ow they mast give him every allowance for his
vpoosh—he bad it quite prepared—but as be epomposed
it in a very Ashy train owning down, slang • very
dusty road, they meet exams his words if they
appeared shaky and dusty too—ilsoghter.) He bad
beet in • great many ectioolrooms in different part. of
England, but lie did mot think be had ever been in one
that would mime up to this oinsi—(hear, hear.) But be
certainly thawed that the eshoolroom of his father-in-
atNeiviicere, to London, excelled the Fordingtoo
achoolroom in one particular, it bad • wisather•oalt—
(laughter.) Now they might think this a very trivial
it.= to the construstion of • building of this sort,
but be oonsidered it of great importance that there
eboald be one on tits Tordington arsheolroom. Some
rears ago be used to be extremely food of fiy•lishing
in the streams around Dcircliester, and they all Ito*,
that an ringlet paid great attention to the direotioo of
tha wind. Well, he need to look to the weathercock
on the towers in Dorchester to ascertain which way
the wind Wow, and be remembered an old saying
with marl to it to thia effect

"If the wind blows north
Do not go forth •
If It blows south
It blows the bait in the fishes mouth •
If it Mose met
The Sub bite Meat ;
And If It blows wee&
They then bite bat,'
—(larighter.) B. used to pay some attention to that,
and sometimes b• foiled it true' but more frequently
otherwise. Bet 'lkea the westhereoelt in Load°. there
was thin ningelarity—it never aseved—(lasghter.) For
rests it had weimitalned the same stationary position,
surf no change of wind maid prevail ttiwn it to follow.
The author of a very excellent work entitled. "Th.
Pursuit of Holiness," said a Christian ought to be like
a areauta,,a,ak, And hit (Mr. Weide) was decidedly of
opinion that he should be 'rattly like that one an
London—never swerving from the draight path—to
with.taed the adverse minds if false religion, the
shifting bong' of ritualism, atheism, and inlltlnlity.
Their swarm, should be directed by that principle bud
dden IN God% word to "Weep with than that wee,
and erjoice with them that rejoice,* and to give their
help wherever it was required. Kindly succour to the
misk, and comfort to the aillicted it was their desire,
under the prineiples of their society? to give, and united
fellowship and cordial Mrl feeling to all around
them. Moab as, ted, he loved heaven
inure than earth, and as be loved China more
than &gland, yet he meld say that wherever hi
went be loved Yordingtno moth more than any other
I.lnee—(heer, bear.) Now be dared say some of them
thought he inteeded to speak to there about China—
eome people be bow erosid eel! "Jh, be ann have no
thou,rbt for slushing bat china"—(latimhter. Bat
although he cowddered that, as they reale- d so mash
from China. that imountry claimed a great deml of their
attention, yet he did not down that a just and proper
reason to adv.ne. why the Miaow oeght to have the
Ce'mnel. A meek real." 'We" ogled. them se
Christiajakt.yrsiso wistbAy had received Freely to give."
However he did not isfsed 14,1 enter eime Chine or
few minute.. When be MO emoing down this stter•
000r1 be resehrei io hii iwfwd from what source be
should derive the sabidemwe of a mpeech for thew to-
night. Ifs bad i Steward Newspaper, and be sereght
sight of a telegram (rem fills which bad arrived it,
England at bair-pait oft, co Mileday, having been
,l.mpatehed horn India four bolus later than that hour
of the precious day. Well, be thohgbk if his bretLen
could hove travelled by esimpse no dsalty would
have presented itself to thetas °F would have wate
faster than the aim itself, esed Weald have been able to
spend three or four bouts is Tordi"lffou mid go back
by belegr,pb—(lteglitmr„) This wore* he paid a .44
to hi. brother Memo fweeith, sad milted him what
be should say for him to their Meade reedington—
Lad he opeece tor bin to lik•d0" ? Vi., h 6 kid 3