The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-03-25 00:00:00

WIKBOILICE.

ACCIDLYrf.—On Tuerday last, in the morning, u
• pony and pheaton (tha piop.rty of Right Hon. Lord
Alington), was °roma ling through East-street, the
animal became restive and unmanageable. In Its mad
career near the bridge, it came violently io collide°
with one of Mr. Burt's vans Laden with o al.. The
shock wan of form sufficient to disable both oonvsy-
anus. Happily no serious personal injury wisa
experience I by persona in charge.
Os Monday afternoon, ae Mr. G. H. Within.
baker, of this town, in company with his man, was
delivering bread our the S:atlon-terrace, his attention
was distracted for a m 'meet from his pony, and he
pull-ii the wrong rein. TLe con-equence wan the
wheel of hie bread cart collided with the kortet use,
and in an instant the two men. I awes of bread, pony
and cart were lying in • contuwd hasp in the road.
Mr Withers and his man quickly recovered them-
selves, ant the pony wee got on his legs, the mischief
done, happily, being confined to the breaking off of
one of the shaft, of the cart.
COIIOIIIT.--On Mo ,day evening a concert WIN given
In the Wesleyan Schoolro on 0 insisting of old
Methodist tones. The Rev. S. title presided at the
harmonium. usieted by tw, have violin, clarion-
lotto, and two flutes, with a choir consisting of 24
voices. The opening hymn woe yung to the trine
Warwick, after which the Rev. T. &dog offend
prayer, and mane a few introductory remarks. He
dated ate that° now used were over • hundred years
old, and wars taken from • book of tame present,
to the Rev. J. Wesley, and anthorised by him to be
used In his societies, they being tb• '41°14 tunes
Methodiam can lay claim to. 'rune If searoft was
V.'s' sung, after which the lte•. S. Little gave a read-
ing. entitled, "Jcll9ry Hallam's Qu .ndrr, ' a Metho.
dist tale, by the Iter. Jack.... 'drew. Nis:ulnae,
Palau. and Truro were then sung in capital style.
After an interval of tea minote, the choir gyve 1
Maccabeus, alter which 'fr. Sire we gave a few yowl'
fictions of early Methodism In Wim'iorue, and the
triadic that was then tiud. After other hymns, Mr.
acreage than prop eel a yid, of thank. to Mr. Little
and the choir for the intereeting evades they had
afforded, to which Mr. Little briefly responded on
behalf of himself and the choir. The audience obeyed
their high iippligiaglog of the aorta made he 'bell

enjtoyment by frequent outburtit, id applause. There
were about 2e) present. The following was the Pro-
gramme :—Hymn 837, Warwick ; hymn 1. Msacr"ft
hymn 895, Marseille. • hymn 12, Fab in ; hymn 297,
Truro ; hymn 238, liscosb-us ; hymn 208, N wport
Pisani ; hymn 41. Tiulp n.y ; hymn 88, Ashby de
Is Z toch ; hymn 107, Talmorti• n
TIM 110111 SZONIf ART AID THI GOOD TIEMPLAIII.--
The Star of Winn, true" tit Good Templer%
at their open session held in reitruary, decided t •
forward to sorb ~f the 11. P.'s for tre otuitty and the
Horn, Secretary the following resolutions That
the transfer of tbe control ',ter Ink licensee to Town
C itit.cil• or to County Witco's elecos I ftr other to,-
' poses shoutd be opposed. as tending to otimsolicate
rather than to settle the driok qoeetion. That the
remitting of the questions to Bosrde e•pecially alectel
for the purpose could not prove efftictual unless such
Boards had full power to withhtild any or all licenses.
That say liquor legislation should include the .
yeeting in the ratepayers ttf each locality the
power to entirely suppress the Ito of iutoxioants
In their respective Th it the Govern-
ment should, early tide neation, ',cure the ext n-
-01011 of the Irish Swishy CI oitig At to cover the
five hitherto exempted towns, and to mike the
measure permanent. That gladß fa entitle I to •
Sunday Closing Aot for the whole country. ea stringent
as the Acts for Scotland and Wale.; anti any excep•
tional provision for ".4 sal." is not warranted by
Public opinion, and should be strenu twill opposed.
Teat the grocers' and shopkeepers,' drltik licenses are
a baneful source of female intemperance, and their
repeal by Imperial enactment is urgently demanded
by all enlightened friend. of temorraticti—as well am
by the licensed victuallers and their friends. That
the etep• taken by the Gotten moot to facilitate toe
introduction and further contsinopt oo of the more
intoxicating Spanish wines I. a disgrace to our
advanced civilimti•in, and calla for our emphatic
protests." We hear the leeleheed are 111,1 et .11011,1 tall
a. to the hound, tbe following being a ci ipy of the
letter acknowledging the reoelpt of the resolutions
received by the W.C.T, :—' Whitehall, 14th March,
1884. Sir,—l am directed by the theretrary of Stet*
to acknowledge the rec ipt of copy of resolutions
tas•al at a mettle, of members of the society of
God Template, at Wisuborne, tin the 10th instant.
in favour of an amen ingeht of toe law relating to the
sale of intoxicating liqotire—l SID, sir, your obedient
servant, Godfrey Lushington."— We certainly must
congratulate the womb ire on their suooses hitherto,
and trust their desires may ultimately be realised.
Berrien AND FOnamg Mem SOClxrx.—At the
annual meetings of the B nirositottuth auxiliary, held
in the Town Hall on Monday afternoon anti evening,
the Rev. C. J. Glyn (rector of Witt:l:m=o°n) was
called upon to Manisa the meeting. Touching chiefly
tea the siacial work which till. society ranted on, m
distinct from all other 1.0.M.'5., be mud the scriptures
had been brought out in 285 languages, either in whole
or in part; and be thou4ht it was a marvellous work
of (I'd that He should have so raised up men of
cliff 'rent nations and lands to give their mind. to thet
work and thus carry the scriptures to the heathen lit
their own languages. He supposed, he ad, that their
minds, and the minds of everyone, were directed at
the present time to the affair. in the S tudno, and he
firmly believed tbst that genius, that wonderful man of
God—General Gorden—whatever •teps he might the
which at first might not be clear to ell—knew better
than perhaps any man in the world how to put an end
to 'slavery in that part of the world. It was only that
week that • proposition was msde to the British and
Foreign Bible Society Committee that they should
communicate to General Gordon that he might have the
scriptures in Arabic—the whole or portions of it—
for circulation among the tribes in that locality.
Whatever they might think about the peewees of
our army and navy, he believed that alter al they
would find it was the word of God that was to do the
work there. He believed that Christian people very
often held aloof from this society because they did out
understand, or perhaps because they be I heard
the red nature of its work. In proof of this he men-
tioned that Bishop Selwyn
Society until he was appointed to the Bishopric of New
Zselend ;and said that some years ago• brother if the
lie,. Mr. ?Soule, vicar of Fordingt in, near Dorchester,
went out as chaplain to Meet lodia. He had
joined the Britimh and Foreign Bile Society while in
Doreetehire ; but he had not been in India more then
a year before be mot home a donation of £5 to the
Dor cheater auxiliary, remarking that since he had been
there he had found out its immense value in the
spreading of God's woe".
RAILWAT TZYPIRANCI SOCIITT. —Ot Tuesday eveo•
ing some of the officials employed at the Wlogborne
Station met at the St. John's Ts tiperance House for
the purpose of forming themselvt s hit s Temperance
Society. The Rev. J. Wynn Weritinck opened the
meeting with prayer, after which he addressed a few
words to those present. In the course of his remarks
the rev, gentleman said : There is no clam of men I
respect more than railway men, fir I have always
ft utid them so civil and Winging, and there is Do class
of men that oight to have their brains clearer than
they, for, humanly speaking, they had the lives of
many hundreds of human beinga in their heads.
There was also no clam of men more exposed to
dangers and temptations. It has of tat grieved me
to hear passengers invite railway officials to take
Intoxicating drink whilst on dust'. I am delighted
that you have determined to start a society of this
kind; lam sure I shall only be to pleased to assist
you in any way I can. After a few other valuable
remarks from the rev. at eaker, the members present
unanimously elected Nit-, flat, prinoipal clerk to the
goods' department. es president. M. Hart thanked
them very et:tonally for the Mod manner in which
they had placed him in such • position. It will
afford we much ples.urs, said the speaker, if I can in
may way be tif service to my fellow workmen, and I
hope we shall wok in unity for the spread of the
temperance cause. Mr. Needing was then chosen as
treasurer, an I Mr. Tweed •• secretary. A few ruble
for the guidance of the moiety were then made. It
is decided to hold the meetings fortaightly. The next
meeting will be held on Tuesday, April lit, when
they hope to enroll • go al number of member, to
those already enrolle I. The meeting was closed with
prayer by the Rev. J. Wynn Werninck.