The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-05-25 00:00:00

LITTON CEIKNZY.

Cum Forrivar...—The twenty.ifth eaniverstry of
the Sub in this village was celebrated in the weal way
last Tuesday. TOG society affords sir* pay, and an
alleownos at the death of members sad their wives, but
makes no provision for medical attendees, in illness,
and every ton yew, the funds are divided, with the
ersiption of a small amount per heed as • reserve. The
Rector (the Bey. J. 8. ('-ox) roads the following remark,
In deism, of the village slab as spins* the I"oresters
and Oddfellows' moieties. It will be notiesd the Rector
Is rather hard on the Foresters for their "show and
Sure-up." No doubt there is something to be said on
both aides, bat, at any retro, the Forester, may retort
on Mr. Oos that iambs§ of their Order don't need to
go to the parish for a doctor, doing which the Rector
regards with so meth complaints*. Bower. let the
Boom speak for himself have s few words to my
to you, too which I desire your particular attention.
There has been an invidious somparisoe made between
your own club and some of the larger sosisties, I par-
ticularly specify those of the Foresters and Caldfollowp,
as some of oar neighbours are ormneeted with them
and, it may be, Doom of their members are here present.
Now, what is it that is as stirs:tire in the Foresters?
I will tell you what is is. Fires, there is the
show and are-op, the grand drowse he., on
their gaudy days, and all the paraphernalia,
which are Imo pleasing in the eyes of many. I
think yea have quite enough of this among yoanolvas
already, quite as mash as Is good for you at yoU
ann
afford. But then is eornething solid as well as showy
in our good competitors. It Is • glorious thing, when
a poor man is laid on a sick bed, to have 7s. per weak,
eves for six sioisrAs, if he is ill so img (I wish every
.enbrid it with all my heart), sad to lmow that V be
die, there is 177 laid up for his funeral, and if his wife
dim before him, there is £3 10s. provided for the
'imam of her faseral. All this sin be had amongst
the Oddiellows at tke same rate as you pay yourselves,
for entry at 18 years, 34. per week or In.
per month ocintribatioas Is. per member, on death of
• fellow member; end did. per ieembsr on death of his
wife I leave oat any calwalation for medical advice,
liseaum their are few of you who scald not clam it
ham the Parish, if needed, and none, I believe, would
be relested if it were mooned, in • ease where a man
had a bard family. But biking the matter cult appa-
rebstlitistands, on the part of the Oddfallows, the
are is. per week for sin mouths. £7 at the
death of a member, and a 10a at death of • mesabar's
wife; on the pert of Litton Club, Is. per week for the
list month and 3s. ever after, Is. per member on death.
M. of ,lt., and this apparaetly is • great feather in
our seighbounr esp. I do not waster that many
of you are token with it, bat there is one
little thing which you have overlooked in your
odoulations, and it makes • material dame*, In judg-
ing
of thee, sooloties. Neither the Oddiellows age the
Foresters return you anything hael except in Us shops
of sic& pay—in deli gift—as lifs+sall it. If • maa were
to live lifty years and be sontaihator to the
(I speak of the ars), bat by the previa-
Beeae 3 a 'regions God, should he spared any dolmas
he would hays pm, into the society 03, and have noth-
ing oat, bat salisient to Sul himself and wham his
wife, where's, at the end of every ton years in your own
society, you have • large bow, sometimes less, some-
times sore, 'reading to year greumMeacee, and there

are those bare before me who can tell for themselves
bow the. has easwered. I, myself, as abasefit hes
have noshed this beaus twice in my if.; the erii
of the first Dim years it was £7 Is. 60., sod tt the
end of the mat tan Ylsers. is was £7 17.. 20. no that
io 1864, having— • member 19 years, I had
£l4 18s. 10d. hard matey returned to me, which I
returned to year dab for your benefit And if it should
ow. God to spare me for another division, if I steedd
reseive about C 7 18.. again, I shall do the same, and I
shall have had about MR in 29 yeara, or about 15a. 64.
Per fear beck of my meeof, after having had all lb.
advantages of my club, having pot in only 13e per year.
Mind! 1 do not say these advantages sze to he
with those whit* our neighbours hold out to you. Little
flethros
antig,l32tamilttlare.::::aadoever.
boatel must keep. noes shore, but I believe our own to be
, I.Weinal:bethreossLresten,Moye
argument then is this. Let those among you, who
'be Odelfellows— I wish them " God speed" with all my
bean. But if a man has 'bard family,in my opinion he
Is better of with the snowman of his own club, and •
shaves of C 7 or £8 at the and of his ten years, for a
hos.. say a young fellow begins to put in when he is
Is, and by the goodness of God knows little of sickness
for the first 20 years, ashs the case with many of you,
he may then, when 38, have from £l4 to £l5 to invest,
and .till have all the benefit of his slab, es he had
before. And if you would have a little more regard for
my bantling, the Stock fund, you would have more
still. I say, then, be not envious of the prosperity of
others, nor discontented with your own club. It w
I the right club for you, and when I am gone some of you
will live to nay so. Your dub is founded on the model
1 of one of the .modest &Entrance societies in the kimplow
—I mean the Clergy and Mutual Society, to which I
myself belong. How was it begun? Be the nuliscrip.
tions of the Archbishops and some the Bishops to
form, its had been dope for you, a Stock Fund, in
1829. On the first of Jane, the capital of ttoit
Society was £1,605,492 Be. bd., and the amount of the
five years bonus in 1866 was £100,500, so that in the
case of one man, who at the spot 40 in 1840, had
insured £lOOO to be paid at his death to his children,
and paid La at lint • yearly premium of f:3l Is. 81, by
theme bonuses, every five yenta, his premium was en-
tirely aztinguisised in 1868, end an addition is made to
bis sum seemed, without his paying any premium at
I all. Now your own society is formed on. this very
principle. The interest of your stock fund goes every
year towards the liquidation of your sick pay, arid so
leaves you more of your own money to divide among
yourselves. I have dotted down theme few remarks,
because Ida not like persons to be discontented with that
of which they ought to be thankful. Join other clubs,
If you like, but do not think or say that the Litton
Club does not do its duty, according to its ability. The
number of your members is 79 ; the amount in savings
bank £176 Os. Id.; add to this the amount received Ulla
morning £l6 lls. 3d., and you will bare a total of
£292 I la. 4d. The sick pity forfthe past year was £l4
floes 9.a., 7s. 9d. And now I wish you farewell, arid
remember the good old adage." Merry and wise," go
home, aci that your neighbours may not be ashamed of
yoa ; and if it please God may we all meet here another
year in health and happiness. God be thanked for
what be has done for us-hitherto--(applause.)