The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-10 00:00:00

ODDFELLOWS' ANNIVERSARY.

Loyal " Excelsior" Lodge of Uddiell iw•i.
cele rate.' it. ruouive.ury on Welueeday eveuine. by
a Ali enter:Juntas:at at toe Lecture-room of the
Working Men's Clots. Own, r, no eloub:, ii other
sure, h loos on te eame evening, the gaiherint at tea
we* ta.her smaller then we expected to dud; out capital
pi 0 isiou was made by Bros. tiundry, Lowliug, Pretty,
rtuasell, N. IL lluaeltoo, Wright, Clarke, Luca., In;
-rue room was a turned by three due banner, One
beenitnt the Widow aod Urph•n at an Uddle'llow's
Grave. au I the leeehd "huocuur the Widow gild
Or,dran," tuat over toe platform exhibited the Good
Jia.u.sitan, with "Go and do thou ritewise,' and in
the Melia Wee the hauthoine flag presented by Alder-
man 'Thome., to Excelsior lesdne.
After tea there warn a a•uricel entertainment, which
was well attended. On his entry a hearty welcome
wee offered to the Chairuran. The Mayor of Wey-
wou:b, :N. Howard, Esq., J. ?reel ed, and in a
• oreital speech etahed the programme, when Mr.
Jones', baud played a umeical selection.
on die t.i.tform hail assembled, beef' le the Mayor,
tie Her. W. Boyce, Mr. Councillor S. S. Milledge,
.s.hd Mr. H. N eagle. Mr. George Thorue preeithog at
the pietoforte. That irresitible mimic and 'Meter,
Mr. I:tetra' Hegger, sang • to the tube of "Bonnie
puty,tee" " The Awkward Young Mao," whica wae
*cc led ; but the Mayor, in consideratiou of the loon
pi. g:ituime, asked the audieuce to refrain. The Mira.,
"lose itou then seated at the ietne pi 4140 gave a trio-
.'' entails on Irish Air.," with much dexterity and
thu-icid power. !Memos. Pretty, Watts, and Board,
then sang toe glee " Haste Away," aud were also
app.auded. .Ir. J. H. Tomkius, who is well known
se an impressive reciter, declaimed " l'he Befit of
Creasy" en td, hest style, and was heartily applauded
Mr. ti• goer &nein appeared to the delight of the
audience, and sans —'f tieelly Am so dleeply." Mr.
'Lllecge next gave • reading, and, after other
pieces, Mr. 'l'aiselton was called on to report as to
the proarese of Excelsior Lodge,
Mr. W bIOILIMUNT THIIIILTO3, P.O. of the Excelsior
Lougsaild oases' me auditors o. tea Poole &stria-SW 1: Yr.
Moor. 1 hoe greet plailiattre is ovals SO FOG sal the
eornpaay present • ours r.poll reladve to the Man-
-cheater Unity of Odafellows—a *misty trust wee formed
remoter to real weals • society which dad, with
otresskaae uses' gruef,ooraf mt. the dy ing,prov ids. a deceit
b toe the dead, looks to Ms orphan, said protects; the
rriel.,w. For these holy purposes our ursine sprang auto
exot u:e, and In toe words of a recent Grand limier—
" it. courier row bees covered by the smiles of gratitude,
thee drec.nuenese of uoty, end the biassing of Ood."
eke LA of Jenosary, 1109, too Unity numbered 531.359
sueuthers, on me Ist of Jmuarr. 1890. 533 52i1 members;
ee the IA of January, 1911. i./3.18.5 members, sad at the
preeeut time upwards of 5311.W0 oplatArs. The fund.
one.' epay great y increased. rb" e•p tat of the Unity on
the I ,t .n arr. NW. was £1,551.9J2 3., and on the le:
of January. Inel. 4.4.iti0,114 14.. 110., bring en increaw on
•*r ut 4515.852 W. 11d. Use very hirer... Mug tat in
cone c•os wan the Unity I. that during 1910 the lark.
sou .0 £187,451m0 received for Interest on toe Invested
rapi•ai. .out 7s. per member. Daring the lard Cm years
tie Unity bee been leer mei by 81,000 members. The
pey metre made duriag IMO on ace diut of sickness were
ngett7.3ll 3s. 81. With naiad to the Yee district, to
whieh our ledge belongs it has 39 ledges, with upwards
ol 6.010 members wito a capital, on the Ist of January,
EMIL •4 £.53.111 is di. Toe amount reeetved for laterad
On dais lietric during 1890 wee £l,BOO fle li. ; the total
.rtb 1 time Die•riet Funeral Fuer! un %helot of January,
eliet. was 43100 Be. 1111. It May be satisfactory for the
teuer4 public ant members' wives to koow mat loins
and diatriet seaters ere annually stop Antal to •xamine
toe aoceente, en I remelts h eve lobe made periodically td
It, ft +claire'. of Fil• redly Societies., and the officials at the
Beg wry go very remotely thruuth the ratures with •
view of seeing that the rules of the to iety awl the pro.
Tilton., of the "'needle liociettes' Act are strictly nomplied
I wish 1,5,7 • few words relative to the Ex :elelor
lodge. There are it the present time gill merubos on the
Ii des 19 of them were initiated during the post
Tea. Member.' c eAributione to the Sick and Funeral
Mend daring 1881 *resonate 1 to £2/5 is.. 54., interest on
one. tad capital, £.67 1.1.. 11d. The amount dereetie I in
the syvies4 Ilene demist tile past year was £2lO. The
lodge has paid £l3O es. It in s•rk p Ly during the twelve
mouth* ending Deember 31. MI. Death has removed
tient among Us two Mealier" ; the iavestmenta of the
Lois, at the present time are :—in freehold land,
4541 It, 91 ; on mortgage, £2OO ceah in beak.
4,912 18s. lid. ; toml-41.C8 2. Si. In conclusion I tieg
SO a.twedli toa tasoks or the lodge t Mr. Slai or, foe
presiding on this occasion. to Dr. Mod, our medical
...Meer, for his kind Attention to the sick, sod to Mr.
D mho/ the ircretary, for looking so well alter the well
fired Oth WU&
Sir. Tutsabrom bid received letters from Mr. Row-
land Thom,. sot Mr. Devenish, expressing their
Mopes that the I dee may have a happy new year,
while Mr. H. Edwards. M.P., sent a cheque for £33s.
itoweyds the expenses of the fete, with the following
.very kind letter:
"16. Heene•terrece, West Worthing.
''2nd Jenuarl.
My rldar have much pleasure in sen.ling you
the et-o.w' es•hire (Or three guineas toaards the
Eleeleihr itodze Fate on Wedne.day next, with ray sincere
goo 1 wishes of a Heger Nis. Year to esrey member. 1
hey • great mimic: for ell members of Friendly Societies,
en It nreem they respect themselves in providing for a
future in gess of pece-wity. The 01•11•110•5 je an ea
;weirdly geict eoelety, se..,ed to eons financial''', good,
and procnoton friendly inter.`oalini end gatherings. such
asl hope you will all threoughly Melo' on Wednesday.
' With lay baarty good wishes, beJlerve me, yours faith.
fully. "limrar EDWARDS."
The CHAIRMAN then remarked on the favourable
nature of the report, saying that the fact that the
existy had ammmurated so considerable a sum, must
exce.diegly gratify eve y np•mher f the lodge. 'Poe
es pressions of gratitude to Dr. Tissrd, he wasenre,were
very well deserved, and he coded on the doctor to
address the meeting.
Dr. TUMID congratulated them very /dewy-1y on the
porrition of their finances. He had kilned the lodte
and now it hid become very
whirs it was very small,
large ; Mr. Thle.lton's stateneot showed they ha I
muomumted LIAO°, after psyment MAU !SWIMS'.
That ses. • m• at gratifying eta a/wet t„ make. De.
Timed continued be hal been their medical officer for
all these years, and hoped he had done his duty
towards him by every gpenna in his pone's., it had been
kie dame aggro to pay the atinuot possible Woad=

to all the In em ler ~ treat withitheemeattintion head
alibis pat lents. But the illasesolf tam weld not always be
cured; they had het two, and one of them..iltrio
kiss, was a most intelligent inau, whoeaciitiocri tus hfe
throurh Ids real for his work, for lie worked not only
by day it by night, an I returned to his work thus in
the elvers col.l of Jan lazy to effect some repsira to the
Cygnus, and this caught a cold. In CollOnllloo, Dr.
Thorti again oongratulated them on the c nidition of
the lodge.
Mr. Councillor Niarith rife, red to the Toy glowing
st dement read by Mr. ihiaehn, aud cmgratuisard
them o s their signal gnome. When a mon would restrict
hiuisclf from a one luxuries of life lo order to provide
for the wants of iicknese, it was very creditable to
him He trusted the wives of those who are not
Uddfellows wow,' give their husbands no peace until
they joined. For a working Luau to look for charity
was . mewl thing, but when he could provide for him.
self at so small cost it must be a 11.1111011 to him. They
must be most thankful to their medical unicor when
his office bar:onus • sinecure, fir it showed what skit
and care had been exercised in the selection of members
tie hoped next year to mine and see as gratdyin; a
eight, :sod enjoy as mat llLLOl•eincnt as he he had that
Graeae'. (Applause.)
Mr. DOWUNG, celled on by the Mayor. returned
thanks for the kind mention of his name as secretory.
The cm/mules said when huge figures were talked
of as tete and huudreels of thousands, people often
foiled to graip them; but certain principles erects), to
realise. Taking eo many hundreds of people the
probable derail in of their life could be ascertained,
and the liabilities of the society calculated. When the
question of the fin Mehl' a...twine*e of societies was
raised the Gildfirliorre at ono,, grappled with it, and
where there wa• auy doubt, reins Idled their rules and
altered tusk wades of payments, so that everybody
could rely on it, and that hineteee new members
should have joined a society that had been
edabliahed 20 years 'puke wed for their care and
trudeuce. The Chairman then spoke of the necessity
tor • Ivancei education, Murcia:Aug his teaching by
▪ 'emetics on electricity, the power of which is
sicar,cly yet underetood. AdVolloo to kooorledigo,
though eloiv, had been very gre it, as we were regnin,le I,
Os colinlokslnd thirt here, nod ie the next county ot
Germs, the people tied to in he their needier, did
°Yee in toy of such ornauseute as they lied, out of
bone. l'hers must be progress iu education, Cud he
pe•••• I ails matter Oithlely on them. bocaUad It wee
Lieu tollowieg Mr. Sidney Milledge's g advice—to
" trouble your head with your own all sire." A most
important part of education was th .1 15 thrift, and
providing for the future as they were doing in this
eociety. He hoped they mightiliave nothing to dim or
darkeu it, hut that tusk new year might be • very
heppy one. (Applause.)
At.er this toe programme was continued with other
and among the very Interesting proceeding.
▪ a. lii. preeeutati.ll of certificates to P.G.M. 'I bese-
t .et coil P.G. at. Guadry. Too National Anthem we
sung, and the meeting dosed.

HOLIDAIII.—Tbe mond watch of H.M.S. Reroute&
numbering about 100 men, proceeded on their Christ-
ine, levees hot Friday.
A. Am% W. H. Wenott delivered a lecture at ths
Colgregational Schoolroom on Wednesday evening ;
nu_blvCt. " rho Five Senses."
'SACK TO 'Me SHIP. -The Boecawen boys return
front weir Curbtume holidays to-day (111 ,ftd .y), the
main party era at Portland about 5.10 p in.
lteleroacnnur.—A draft of 20 man trout the
Depot at York j deed the beadquar.ers of the West
Yorkshire tiegiusent at the Yore' Citadel on We Ines-
day.
NAVAL API' )191T3UNSI.—SUrgeon Charles F. New-
land. to H.M.S. itoecewen, vice 11. S. H. Sparrow to
H.M.S. Northumberland. Counnauder theory E.
Walker to 11.11.8. Hercules, vice Commander born.
IetroTBALL ALTVIL—A. *ocelot' team tants over on
Saturday from Weymouth, and played a team of the
Portland Club on the Naval Ground. Tbs Ford= lets
were two weighty Cm the visiting team, and won by
nine goals to one.

Till LUST Goon— e.—The man who searched for the
goose he sold may be comforted to hear that it wee a
remarkably Cool we, so good that it was out in two,
aud cooked in twice, thus diaproving the old Pon-
t= le, 'e inateinent that " a goose is a foolish bird, two
union for one, a 4 not enough for two."
Eastwards's Lazar.--Ou Saturday, by the kindness
of CulJoul Barry Drew, CAS., and the ofhters of the
garriwo, the children attending the gwri.ou rchool were
regaled with a tea, followed by the distribution of toys
end other good thing. frow • monster Chri-tmes tree.
• number of toe otfhwrs cad their ladies waited on the
youngsters, who had a most enjoyable treat.
Loss or Tat Misch.— Ina Pater, the sale and
wash ng M of which vessel we recoided under Wey-
mouth new., hal become a toml wreck, cad we under.
stand the wood of which me was built is washing
ashore piece by piece. This ia • considerable lode for
the purchaser, and perhaps the beet bargain at the
sale wee oecured by • Lereek captain, who bought the
large boat tor Et
Yawn's Of TH. GIZAT Got.—The great cannon
which began to ascend the bill by the force ..nd science
of the R. A., some weeks ago, and traversed the East
ir forts, has new arrived at the entracce to the
Ditch. A gool litany extra &peones a day wi.l be
absorbed during the removal of tuts immense piece of
ordnance, and what the t ital will be before the Verne
is fully armed, it is bar I to calculate, for masses of
between 30 and 40 tons, and newer the greater weight
than the smaller, aie no tri&s to Piece up the steep

CAPTAIN Bitaissitaw. of the Impregnable, has been
directed to cooler with the cal.:tidos of the other
veining-ships for boys as to the iltsp.eal of those who
p.m out as first-clam boys. Hitherto, or rather of
late, It has beam customary to seed them t ths coast-
guard ships or receiving ships at the hint. ports to
await drafting ioto res-going ships. But. quetti .0
has semen as t o the deeirability of continuing thus
system, as many are o: opinion that it is far better
fir the boys to be kept in beard tie traMing•thios
until they are sent ~tf to sea, and awry from the
teaup:ations which beset them at our p irts. Certain
it is that there is mono watchfu.ness exe.cierel over the
:Joys in the tr uning.shius than there is iu the receiviog
caps or coastguard ships, where they cannot be krpt
under such t.',ntrol, but have to be treated more as
part acid parcel of the ship's company. The captains
of the training ships are now to give their opinion on
this point.
WitaLLYAN BilAsit. —On Tuesday there was opened
at the Fortune'. IVell school', cm • bazaar in aid of
the Circuit Fund, and it wits coutinued ou the follow-
ing day. The room was decora:ed by the working
committee with garlands, rooettee, c loured cha:n.,
evergi a ens, ft ,wers, and dogs, and in the centre of the
room a bunch of misrule, under which opportunities
were fouod for only we musto't tell. The first
stall was kept by Mule frim, Miss Finch, and Mre.
Latimer, and amongthe usual fancy articles were
tmats fully rigged, cradle*, an I the Husband's and
Wife's Ten Commandments, &ming which a specimen
was that on Satur lap' the house is to be cleare I up by
4 p.m., and no cnindren to wash siter, while the hue-
and is nit to be out after ld at night No. 2 was
attended by Mitees White (2). Mrs. Gibbs, and Mrs.
Angel, and here children'e dieser', fancy work, large
,ushion worked in Berlin erred with apple blossom,
wade • large vase of flowers at exi in the c.-ntre. The
keep:re of No. 3 were al lively and merry • lot of
juvenile workers as you'd with to see. To their stall
sees Finch and Miss Trim had given a bauner-
-' Mnltum in Parvo,"aad so it was. Here were d ills,
including • beautilul bride, babas in ham clothes,
dressed by Miss Morris, and the bride by Mn. Gibbs.
l'he merry lames were attired in mob cape with lace
aprons, and we should think the bazaar police,' about
whom we saw portentous nulices on the opposite
corner were fairly beaten by the fact-making fairies.
t mong tee juveniles' names were Mimes Patten,
A. Mille, A. Davis, Comben, A. Attwooll, B. Gibbs,
Merl* (2), V. Comben, and so ~n, who kept the wheel
,if Ile moving, and induce I all and sundry to dip into
the bren tub.—Next was the galvanic battery, where
Master Charles Flann was not afraid to shock any-
body, and the harmonium, where Mr. Epeley presided,
and the choir sang a nice selection of hymns and
arida-11re. Fl ow, Mrs. Licked, Mrs. Pearce, and
Miss Pearce sold at No. 4, where they bad tea
cite)," sod album., besides an immense lit of fancy
go pia.—At Ne. 5 Mrs. Peerce sod Mrs. Flaun
esold New Year's cards and useful articles of clothing.
the refreshment stall had ginger beer, pastry, DU
oranges, &c., and Mr. and Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Simmer;
Nimes Flew and Miss May served here. In. an ad:
j doing refreshment room Mrs. Mills, Miss Wingate,
Mrs. Davis, Mrs. T. Flew, and Hrs. Bird, sod near,
a magic lantern WIWI shewn by Mn. J. Patten, juoi
Supper was provided, and the chiudreo, who were ad-
mitted at half price, caused plenty of fun, About £4O
was raised on the first day.