The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-04-07 00:00:00

BEIDPORT.

BRIDPORT BEBIEOED.

o Stterclay an I Banday, oonsequeet on the ei ere
laid by the Salvation Army, the towel wail. a state
of intense anxiety, bit the attempt to take the towo
by storm was weak io Its effect and isoghable In its
endeavour.
01 late the several Individuals styling themselves
the •• Briiport Girpe of the Stivadon Army" hare
fallsn out of favour, and their recent per.mhulati on
an I eccentricita have failed even to attract the eaten.
ton r.f the Bridp irt " st•erit arab." The tea-fight.,
the ha lebij th clioruue, the ravings, and the apoplecti,
mince lyre. have eqn dly faked to encore &milepost,
arid se the 1114 1111114 euclesvur to revive the drooping
raise the local oonting +IA bit upon the lea nf hiring
• El dvatien band of mu.ician• from Yeovil, io order to
excite the inhabitants of Bridport and to sttempt
the storming of the borott.h. If the salvatiociste
elfairei to create a dietorbante, and produce a puppet.
thow f .r the edification of the Juvenile postion of the
1 population, they have been eminently suoussful, but
If their intent sae too toyed this fallen and disgraced
ba sense of true religion and strict morality, why,
they hove signally failed.
The movement, however, hie proved highly ramp-
nerati re, and the fund ..1 the army has been oonaider.
ably enriched. No sooner was the idea mooted to
hire the band from Yeovil, than collections were made
with redoubled , and Satin lay 'senior balled
the arrival of tie warn iir musicians by lb 6.30 train,
at witch time the railway station was. wens of com-
motion. A march wee made to the barracks (Templer
Hal!) where a halle'ujah remit was laid. Sebes-
quently the band paraded the tow'', with their Blood
and Fire " butter (a presentation of colours bad taken
place during dm week) the local oorps of the army,
resplendent In poke boonets and Woe serge., number-
ing about a dozen, following in the rear. This was •
proclamation of the siege, and the invasion of the
devil'. stronghold. Jost before the army had regaled
barracks, the seamy opened fire with a dufesing
shower of crackers. but the besiegers failed to reply.
The 'dialed de to the ooefiict (within Wrecks) was 91.
per heed, and so many claimed ulmission that several
p mods were secured to the funds of the &MT.
ThJ an. on Sunday WM only be equalled by • club
demon/tr.:doe, only the some wee Infinitely more
disorderly, and lacked that interest which attaches it-
self to • popular demonstration. The band, •Ith
the salvationists tramping in the rue made two
marches, the march In the afternoon woe witnessed
by several thousand persons. aithenhanspton wee
Included in the programme, and the lehabitantt of
that sequestered village responded to the invitation
for fonds with slew 'billing. (in cis prirs), brut but-
tons not accepted se • legal t 'oder. The admission to
the battle-field wee ruined to Id. per bead, and the
hall was throogod with lad. and lasses. We are no.
fortunately unable to record the scene of lotion within
barrack., as we failed to withers the conflict, but from
the report. which tits* reached us we imagine the
.c.ne to have been well worth the money, provided
1. Lied taken plus on • week day timbal of on Nu
uritheth. The warrior band big returned to Fiord,
and the t iwn of Bridpott onoe more assumes It. usual
features.

EST BA Y AS A SU.II.IIZB RESORT.
On the 31s1 hfarch (Toads, last) the 12 in nabs
expired during which the line wee, so to speak, in the
hands of the contractor who andert ook and carried
out its oonstruetioo, and now this' new line from the
town to West Boy nee been tiler' on by the Great
Western Railway 0 =patty. on similar conditions on
h'ch the line from Bridport tt Maiden Newton le
worked The comp tny will have woe' yat to do, and
that much wool I o st them but • minor elf ort, if
the wieb is to be verified, to render Weed Bay a
popular seaside r vort. Within the last 12 months
too much has not been said of this tru'y romastio
and desir 'big waterlog place, but at the proemial
moment where is the inducement offered to visitors
from a distance to take advantage of It. beauties, and
bleat by its health-giving surroundings! It Is a
deplorable fact that in spite of the existecc of •
through line fr m Maiden Newton to the very brirdt
of tte wave-, it Is reactically impnaible for the
visitor from • dietetic. to reach Wert Bay by the rail
until about fur p.m., at wh•ch hour he Is obliged to
r turn, ',raided he cannot remain the night. This is
owing to the foot that the, tn train from the
town to " the seaeide fr im about ten in the morning
to four in the afternooo. otgalo, there are nu through
goods rat sfrom dot.' t towns to Witet ty, and this
directly interfere. with the prosperity of West Fey
commercially, end indirectlyi reffiCte 111 MOW al
pleasure resort. Let the cowpony at once so altee
their time tables as to render an early arrival at this
seaside an immediate potaibility, ant we shall soon
ime West Bay riot let' the repute which the construc-
tion of the line did much to enhance. H. 01.41 ars in
course of *recall ; m ire are wanted, but their om-
it-action will be useless if the opportuniffee ars oat
afforded to provide them with Unapt%