The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-27 00:00:00

THE 'DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBR UARY 27, 1883.

to have a real missionary led rear bat still
Eeletsal ears that those proem with Ms ;nee vlty
*seed to have a staffed selegonary with titan this
eveainge_ (A
I The lioy. ria•lr&d.unson wooded the TOW of
thaaks. Any remark of his would tate off the keen
edge from Mr. hiarkby's most interesting address
Benediction having been czanosd by the
Res. T. W. Mem, the :nestles e

there am no mew diverse peoples sad races in
India, speaking no less than 23 &Minot languages.
coming *von from different stooks, end Pert 01 the
labour of the lady mbalonariss Is absorbed in loaralag
some of the lanettasim, which ere diverse also In
character, end some road from left to right, other*
from right to left. But all through the conatry the
women of the dames above the very poorest aro
jealoaaly secluded, men miseloaaries oansot get to
speak to them, they would rather die than sea eves a
male doctor, yet have etroog faith in European
medicine, end when • doctor be at lsea coneulted, in
extreme cases, • hole must be cut through a curtain for
him to see the lady's Worse, or to falai bar puha Lady
missionaries are the only mem who can reach them,
and Unseal's.* about sixty, including several honorary,
receiving no pay from the mimic,n moiety, and among
these is the la y known as " AL.O.E." Whim
women most need the teachings of the olio&ludo
and the comforts of the Goepel, for their condition is
deplorable, being unwelcome at birth, untaught In
childhood, enslaved Is marriage, oared in widowhood,
and unlamented when dead. Among high oasts
families most of the females were destroyed at birth,
Ice fear there should not be stylialent high casts men to
marry them. Yet there at. 120 millions of WHOM in
India, or fur times a. many as the population of this
country. Children were betrothed, eves in babyhood,
and if the litt'a boy died, the little girl was at once •
widow, and her life was one of misery as soon as she
began to know anything. Every girl ought to be
marr id bet re the was sad certainly before 10, and
once In the &naps, or wives' apartments, they were
Diver allowed to leave than, the husbands living in
mother part of the hones, the moo together, and the
Isomers In their part; but whole families, even of flve
generations, live in the some building, the oldest
woman being the mistress over the Zenans, arid so
they had a very dull time. If the bullhead of either
died, her fine clothes and jeweLs were takes from her,
and she was demobbed and oppressed—her husband wee
deal, and her offense was that she ought to have died
with him. This used to lead to settee, or the burning
of widows alive, and though now forbidden by law, it
Is oecarionally board of, for high-spirited women will
rather di* then seder the miseries of widowhood. It
le computed there rum no less than 60,000 widows Is
India between the ages of 6 and l& The ladies
of the mission obtain moms to the women's
apartments, or they mum Out on the Bak
✓oofs of homes, end lbws to the
often being merle more willing by the fact thitritt
eons have found the valise of Maropma toaching. Many
bad been led ty know Jeans, sad wee., In oommeriesses,
abeadoesd by tisk husbands and
be but some
es were employed helpers, and in the tale which
had been setablishod.—Picinres were exhibited of the
=trof MN moaarlas with iiincloo ladies, of
inseriors, native shurches--the reel scommult.
cants, for the maieriarcitarok bad wet hew baik—of
venom eltiss,laelnding Ostiontia mad Uoribear, Delhi
and Giwapare, the inside and outside of Hiadreo
palaces and booms, specially of the Zmanas, the
people, their dresses and modes of living, Including
thou rooms so bars of Witham, and Ski* orminesets
so abundant that they are worn in the nose, and weigh
half's-pound at the oars, sad • native priors. was
pictured Is all her glory with her talent or nabss of
state, the lady Wag one who had been inirednoed to
the Priam of Wales, but a curtain remained Drivers,
even when he made her a present of • dam—The
whole exbibition was impressive, tending to excite
empathy for the poor redness of India, who hays so
little to employ them, swept naming and cooking
thole husband's food.—Oolonel Stanley Scott bore
witness the Zama& mission is doing a good work.

selected is the met place of meetlet. A oOnviet Hea3.-Aboat 26 coovide arrived from
labahr• and
all" " • Pr•nnell nnti " • Phitastha. P"lv a."
•7.4 poodle • suitable prim t. Mamas the p.ton,uii prison by the 2.40 Maio on Thursday.
pleb* in his own plea& where be promised to feed 60 Ii was did. heretahro They were • rouehdookieg lot, and were Chanel by
In the time of searoity, and &dually fed 100, he •
j4The nelawlyvaaloctod officer. wes then installed by Bro. the hind at lima
IsWOGIIMuI to tell MOre on the following night, and in
&rem etiolated by Bro. T. W. G ;over.
eider hi do that he induced the people to promise to ng I the above club wan held M the George Inn.
maParetneei3 STUART AMID.= CeLre.-The annual
come at sh airier hour.
The doxology, singing, and • collection terminated B,..titnelirisnoone,:ock e puhlic tea wee bold in Glouceaterstrect
Tile PUISUC WILTING on Wedowlay evening lest, when the &Mounts for the
SW proceeding&
held a Ter, lune c ,neregatlon. The &stir Was ocrtsji 1, tte,y
RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. by the reelected D.MT.. Bra. H flnoweod, pp
W 44 crammed in the Girls' Scive them, St. Mere's, whiellid
At the b 'ginning of thie week those who appreciate ours"P"tprettidienearct.Gtrilword;ntbire4:llßobingybatgrhearte 84,eiEseliyeasre'wcala.dB.""P"Orebecteaul,
J Kennedy, dH. Otter were chasten am epee:dal committee men,
iin. 0 =ben. R. Smith, G. 11. Smith, J. Fall, J. Stone
evameltral literature-eon I they mould be Christians while Br.'. le J. Rm.,. presided at the harmonium, Mr . and a cordial vote of thanks was given to all hon.
of amity denomination-ham been /tiered 00 01 behalf eir PthAelmWeeCtinTg. cßoiMrEncen'e.le:d. Beet. on. ly . with p.raluyerlt 'by Mr. eenneew and helpers of the dub, after which •
the Relltrous Tract Society, which had seat the Rey. W. ton, and Bro. Captain Clutter. aT'eoWthaela'Re'vv.a-f . '"thmarr
Wilhelm ea • depoteMe to Weymouth. Why e
R n tell, but with very burl? sinew! of "C'earalleo discussion took place set to the necessary alterstfons
th Trect
e. Brother." ' ired I f the rules, when it wee resolved that
, requ n some 0
. 8.21217
°amid
have
ha"
ttemennatehttem th,.11.611,„.,,aday T.,!...111,a....."'' Br,. Houswooo sail he creme el the chair Omar
. the society.
elimebnis
sleet, thea.vtractiMelasa
atiaate---sa-sTait--A—ree-----esiseett-meet•--0 boc elm le, hel hal the hobo le to- lay of being in the ! 111. • rules. should be amended for the beater setnerity of
chair an the Detect Col 1 Tempt aof this county, and _
to solve it by supposing that the "chtelren of li chi ' have
birMeagt4ale"wahatchingeotheaftemaanilveadeav aatteserzointotheleat'u gillavagramitil
„ they claimed for Gaol I'employ that it is Gomel SHAHS!, LIM • DIVOTIth.-CWhitecv. Holder
Street
•
Gm detour*.
i LTnetreratiann;le.onauttinaaand
tola,.Tatioryt
nnbaadnunhadnan
an
series of cajoitte at lb. tilos. IxttiffeV. ammo; °mutt.
Horwtardy
touatrt , r.
lags, as if they were competine with each other, Instead was a curious case. The parties had purchased
of 13 per cent in the co note of Des 4. they were in • 110101 e, Thispurchased
nit enletathtn in the battle for dmal' Within half-an. healthy fineacial Position, able l° pay 93i. in the Cl, tiehme of group', in equal sharmot and the plaintiff,
beer the commencoment of tbe Good Templar meeting. and gonetelly there are go M Prospects for Go od Template
r. White, sued for mut -Mr. sad
stated that
lesd in ea adjoining room wee the Tract ti deli. teeetiM ism in the comoty. lApplmer9
el Monday, and it may be a charms tithe.. who attended.
. Mr. T. W. Geovue R.G. M. of the Grand Ledge. of he bed Muse a partition summons, and applied that
goad get over the difnoulty of our hung tit two later-
at Gem if we give what the Mputati 'staid elsewhere. come, as by such mean b
At the Hopst Sunday School gatherina the Rev. W.insHrocCtman*"dt district icbe'ait as th-havdtnwooosebit'trenbeto caner
Williams said Mere really is • connection betweea the down re weymontb, of coil' CI it will not do to say any-
D t. veleell to one of the bet Vaera, awl when we get thought ble client would be benefittecL -Hie Honour.
Meted. -Mr. Street • aids he.a
did not see his way clearly t , a loot mob seemorse, and
work at the Sunday Schools aud that in which the ,linn.azketadiand. firitstd...4...groaftelsaLehl Pro.
Religious Tract Society w ate *nog ed. It is j est, now about thine easiest it, weatever er• no oy think. (Laughter.)
suggested that Mr. Street's simile should steed over
Good Templery is Game Tempelanc., every lolge tomt-
it{ years ego that the R Mottoes tem:Society grew out of
the Sunday Scheel movement. Only about 100 More teto one of the first to term • dirtied relesieus organisation foe me.providing Mr. Howard undertook
teredinong
objection,le r. elovard'or.-To this Mr. Street stated be
ing is optryd and el mod with p • awl Me Order was
that his client should not be prejadMed. -Mr. Howard
Benday Schools were established in Zeeland. People Mere re.e.d of t.mommee. Not only in Dint has the Order . _ .
hi. Honour,.
narration
was
carried
lived by no means so comfortably or were so well c mei for as m e
immure,. hot in the district •tf *Memel it has locreassd agreeing to WIG,
la the presentday s ; there were differeite w d mod o
`- - jai t think 2,000 or 3,000. The Order le the beet tem parsecs organise- out.
el. Perham three-quarters of ti, Population were one”.• lion though it may uit be tee best for mgt. »Ave work. puma° Iwrsovutssrs.-Yes Iwe do mime Mr. F.
tonal or write, there were no Saralee echoele, no Bible People eomet ems emelt In mairet the Order bemuse Will. in Fortune's-Well. Who will ever fill his place,
Society, so Random Tract Society. Vast was the.. of
is of course
Mow nothing about it. and they find feult and
itl =le could not read. Bet Mee Mere woe tle ilea say the meeenes a,, n 4 corri 74 on pioperly ; tthereasonand tell Windy of the humanity of the authorities
In leaving • soft bed of mud which will not hurt the
tea
wan
to
do
wineitat h• 'and tan the ntnidtan •1 hi. say
teems, the ot'sere are nit inside, and
own town. and Mr. emeues thought he woul 1 get theca inet 'ad of bring very good for it ping outside, they were tenderest corns of those crooning the street 7
into school and Mach Mein to read. IrJr a number of
year, toe chief work of the Sunday 'Moot wee teaching w . icked inn .re for talc nx away t ,eir intimate* r
Who will vo lun tee to lead an &maser roe I-
from the Odor. In Seth moton they have MD paying scraping corps? And who will impress upon the
the children to reed, for there was no opportunity foe members, • larger number of paying De ember. thaa anr
. Urban Sanitary Authority that now is the time to
poor children to leam then in day emools. The work oth• r Temperance ii ci try can Mast of. 1
r° th• 0 9 store up the water running from the side of the Verne
went on foe It or 16 yeers, and towards the eml of tee last Templar lode s. the men must pay a Penn, • wmh. and 11111, against drought in the summer 7ln his absenoe,
century thee began to he thousands of the eorketg and the women a halfpenny. ter we like the men and their
the Press must remind the 13 eerd that the super.
lower classes who could read, and into the naiad of
elver' to mum, end so let then' dose two for threthelfr
another g sod man mum the thought at would be • capitol butelanos .4 "Water, water, everywhere," at this
Woes. The Made, is the mat radical one, because Good • .
...I
tee
against
thing to bring out works Wombat foe youne people ant jr.mplaril will not "make, buy, fele fultiliths or c00...t0 ~
be droppise, drizzling time, s no gamma
item ming to their naiads Tea Relisiotti Tract Sooteig furnish. Ito 'there. a, • 'ever me, my intoxicating drink. summer's wants, unless stored. By sod 1/ WO
was stetted for lashed, and for • mambo. of mem it do
That is the oely pledge the newurd rem dares take; may see again the long trains of I Trete
sodium but beim out little tracts for the chtldr •n; the
~ be dame not have intogirat,ng drink in his to see. SC wee ..t„...rectekere, waling term and wearily for
hool" awati•hte hat their Pence aan int:'°..no '°• '" of dergytnen mold he got in join if they would allow their turn at Porten's'. Well. There is a
very poor, little, and of usattract7ve . h tractor ;we shouhl
me there t . give the Bishop a gloss when he comes; but he ___,l ready
to be secured on the ads on the Verne
be ascoalthed to ere how rough eras Ihe tapir, bow T.", eidd-" Better have no Bisbee, than have the drink." .M-
-the poetise. mod what beer-ibis things they called Professor de Chasm tot. lecturer at Ne'ley Hospital, toll Hie, mat below part of the stuns railway, we believe
pictures. Bet them thums helped t o lif t the people, eel
th , working man-land he mid people ought not to the sr , d already m for power I.
pay a yearly au
f the combo
nor we live to an advancing age, he...greater advent Mee e the "noes no." teetotalers talk-he wee not a uqo it. and now is the time. In view o g
than our lathers and mockers, and tee next gemmtioa teummeo -that if healthy be di I not ought to take Local Beard election, perhaps as good a negation as
Inn have ""e that er• denial t i Ink &um ati ne°Ple
it • I ; but if he sufferel from some Mesas, that any t , oeedid.„ on, would b. ie. voter.
used to MINA goes sad women meet go doers into sin, in nobod ever knew tbe „in. of _th.a a tablespoonful,
.1, all pledger that this
water...pp', be
order to have experkem before they repent and broom. strotiy diluted with water, once a day, would be atite _tweed.
Obristiam but he thought that's dreadful idea, and that e
there is SO ameasity it all fee such • fell before people are they to ik a tumbler, and that tea or tires *WM • dn7. •-e.---
raised to know what the gram of God does Why Mould
, and mked other, te take it with them. Whet would ther
&at' "Ma " anwh int ' Richwine/a Ware beta( led
w think of a person who, orderei to take • tablespoonful of
fry out for God's Holy Spirit! It se • greed thing to seek ood-liver oil. asked everybody around him to take mewed
:half Holy otritttmei...feem ttindf.entLa e° Lam en....th5...°1 hie tilanCinf I Then the lecturer went On to my that it
-1° ' rat
—-- --m"------ --- --- who ----- -- "naleht" be • " comfort" to them ; but, the smelter said,
low to be convect. see what evil he has done le the If they 'rented • bit of 0 mfort, let them go to the
meentime I How Ricoh he has helped to isereass the
wrm./. for a "en ret of lollipop' (Laughter.) He
"let MA" 4 l'il in the Meld' for win" there is a°
ould rather g aa met otal think out of
seemeity at all I And hew bard it is for • men logo back the reedent en' and suck that very
ene. mt.hter.) Seas „opte thought
to the lessons of hie early If. I Ose of our pots Ma tem got o entree from • dirty, black pipe,and a pretty
said:- small it was when you went into a smoking comportment.
"I remember, I remember If you want comfort, go and inlece a poor drunkard to
Theft trees clerk and high; 'iambs pleder, and follow him • week afterwards, and
I need Ii think their deader tope see be keeps on. Bit Professor DeCbaument went on
Were sloe. against the Me. that, "improperly need, alcoholic drinks moot be a bete
It was a childish ignorance ; and • curse, while there are others ra cla more metal as
But now eie lOW tor rest Natives ; for instance tea, coffee, sad thin gruel, that
To know I'm farther off from Heaven is, oatmeal and wat sr." He used • great deal Mimeo ;he
Than when I wm • boy." had • baby there five months old, so I • neighbour came
The Tract Sicily and good men were only thinking of hem, I What dosou feed it on t '
!Tani Sald-:Wbaitaafineda
"Why I . a a
an.
baby
England and English children at first; bat byrand•bre,
1 liar"
it.
said
i ama
".onths older, and I take two
when the great missionary societies were formed, they than tan" an' dm ri'.!• a h•aord don't iime the gruel, mums.
fount soot
9.444° sbc°°d
had
aa
books
or """ that rtllitel:"..°l.4 ou7llllkAt. All who have to work
mead meto them rem muds, end the miesionariee sent am
rue bard, pill uill r
eve. they ... pat sway the
home and asked she Tract Society to print in different
.. drink. But it lithe hart,"brain work " you want; them says
nen" hmita culled to "It" lat•men "tit- Mk the chemist, you oughtn't to touch Outthink, for the brain
thavil till last year Tract S Met" sent out
millions of pu Mations, whether volumes, or handbills, or principally fide up in phosphorus, end that is found in
tracts, or texts of &Tipton. Them Were printed in 150 shellfish, and perioularly in oatmeal. (leongetere But
Merest languages, and sent all overlie world. This very in tee brain of tie idiot, ant of the heavy drinker, you
wonderful work had grown 00000 year. and God's gime) will find little phosphorus, for alcohol bee the power
destroy the food of toe herein. If you want to
providence is orteiss us 00.0mmtrj dam "etnee to it' 1,.. k all r lif ant go to the Moine afterwards
missionaries mad home and ask for hooks and papers, , 04 .
_Mee Mo .
ths
asraera
ei the
sweats.
La
which hare to so over all the world. Al home, too, ir You want '0 stand a'
wherever there is • Sunday School Lierery. there We SUM maes rude remota on people, thee drink will suit you.
be books with the asligioon Tract fi ociety's name loot all join for the mike of the gralosichi .
to many Ideas es did an old
m It. title, and such gage as "Jessica's Forst Prayer," woman of 73 at Accrington; and at Jens, as old man
"Chriatieee OM Organ." or "A Pent Ileaind the Scenes," link the blue ribbon who had been 53 years • tostetthor.
were sure to be eagerly mad. A great number of such and who was the owner of the room they met in. If they
bodul Were Written ti Manse Ind instruct youet and 0;e, . ic ,1 In ,in or
had no nondehildree h j ' f the children :if they
i ate children he bad had seven, and all
and in reading these interesting stories People learn of had none, ..:. a forthe 4. hail th, hi.
ribbon
ea
God's gram the truths of Chrietianity. and its emetic' .•
I bef •It was icier'. aovle. Lot the women and all
and are helped to be themselves servants and children coo .
av
they d " The litee drop I have never
God. Anionic the most welcomed periodicals are the sign,
ta not
bald
ya t
Madge st Roar, Ways Boor, Tema Isgasise, Child's b It was not safe for one of the rescued
2n
t anybody.'
his. wife when she bee the smell of the drink,
Compemion, the teeter of which we. issued in the childhood me ... ... .
arid if he had me will, none of the drinking women should
01 some who are old now, but which is much improved. . _ r ..
Its foreign work Is being spread all over Stoops end have soothe_ lea
k 'and then they'd be sure to j ea.
. Asia, in Africa as far se tbay can mech, audio some parts (Lamhter.) Women do not desmve sober hubseds if they
of the continent of America. Tie deputation had himself will have the drink • yet it is • bored* lung that in the
lived in Canada, and mesa many te whom Its works were m- . - Mem. ...
Met of the d c . of the use of intoxicating drink
a great sevantege, also some to whom they were no &Man. oo A coroner bed
women are Increasing in it c PnlUMpti . _
tam at all-the Indians who hat never been taught. to said that his experience forced biro to the coact a that
.
reed. Very little muld be done with those weedsring dr nkenneas was limey Mere Wag moot the women 01
people, who were always on the move In summer, living 5001aond. And tills true that mu have to walk miles to
f 1.71 h has beet" termed. for they almost
by the ohms: belie the winter they gathered into their a • women a• _ . but
villages, and then the missionary works among their huts.of God's
&Mays are Intl ; notate( e roirohtgrace.
In Lower Cusses the works of the society are emit cull save. drinking wom on. Grocers mouses are deem
Th. the misebief, sot be said the other night that he hoped
tat'tni t° the French Canadians wt." young'r
the power of - - the - no one would Mel with a grocer eho sold intoxicoteng
elderly people, are very much unde
Romanist peat., and large numbers of them cannot drink. At • village of 300 or 400 where it was mold there
read; but they am visited by mem" of oolpartoure who
o m not • teetotaler • 200 look the pledge and the hie*
_-",--hee .. . m
go
into the homes, and if they cannot read, will sit down ". -1 potato/el-Out a man came up and told him his
wife-us es mot a woman as ever wan-felt through the
and teed to them the books of the Tract S teisty. The eeeeiT
and.
ehes best
at that sane. the
young people can read, many of theta, they are glad to e"e feet*.
get the hoeke with the pretty 'teem and they learn the grocer gave his wife • !male of whisky, two ladr friends
good and trste lemons contained therein, they ere often sent her • bottle of wine each- he lotked them up, but
drawn by the
picture',,
or to read the story, and they next afternoon she got at the cupboard, and drunk the
learn something of the great troth that the way to God Is whole herself. The merest:rates of Over Demme hail
open, and that my of us may go to 11102, without the refused all the off licenses, and Mel:Mart of Queen's Bench
priest, may simak to Him in oar own hearts, and that He decided-" Serve them right; go home and stop some
will not cut away our prayer,, more, and they shalt pay the mete for coming here. We
must wear our Wee ribbons at election times ; Mr.
Z I eards is almost converts!, and it would be a grand
The general public meeting of the friends of this society thine to ...yen Sr re.letto J0h....t„ end have hi.
was held on Monday evening in the Beef' Sehe'eiremat„ walk bottled Sir Wilefid Laemn ; and OSr Frederic will
St. Mary's. where there wee • Mere attendance, especially not do so, turn him me (Great septet's ..) But people
considering that mother meeting ems toeing held at the
same time in an' Veer part of the building, are centrum to the drink in doeparets ear of hurt. A man
The Rev. J. Hubert Scott, *A . wee in the chair, sup- fell pa-t of tee way dma a mine the other day' he
_ caught • rope, and held on for dear life, his head seemed
raby Mt' "team &that" n''l•Pet_itaa' W. Ls- -. to refuse its office he held on with Ms mouth and one
ild. Andrews, jun.. the deputation. !LIM H'. Williams, hand, and at last he foll-four inches to the ground I
and others.
m. (Laughter.) So he &eked those who were diming on to
Th• "dm." a Ma' "MI" showed °Mt 122 "'"' the drink to let go, and it would b, all right. (APPlettle.)
bee been remitted to the society in the previous year, and
Zel 18e. tat year. being an increase of £2 7s. Mr.
"Dareßev. I. KgeNgOT bed come to the conclusion the last
Anerews appealed f e increased prectustary help.
~.. speaker had • very bad chancier In the eyes of our
progress.,„.„ll23,Ch,,,strnre,Ra-r11.,,' Ern..,,,,,,, in..ith„.• areale,„_2ferLe epponente-he was very enthusiastic. That we. almost
----a —- ' ------t "---- -- the last complaint opion-nts broutht against tis ; a man
been me characteristiosof the petty's:, and • thankfully could be enthusiastic ..., note.. rotat,itt ....h.
acknowledged the goodness re the Lord, who had made was drowoing : but 'Mot Meat diem. to he enthusiastic
th •It work prosper. The ineeme had Mon larger then in was vulgar. But we need to be eattomisatie all the
any previous yea-, amounting to £191,306 44. 104. ; but the same. Loom.. ) mememeg to heale.work, be mated he
me salty for the work was more and more &Merest- was at collage the shortest azd the weakest man in the
when we look abroad, sad see how sceptical and infidel . .
literature is *mitered broadestat over our Med mod other tam, yr the worked the hardest, and did not require any
anti- aatimulos, scans cup of Pm for be went on the principle
harm"' We see, ...tannin:l tahhnment In.?..nr oil.and........shanale 7. that if you cannot do work without stimulus you ought
""•"ata Ile"' ."e' Palmas —n•"""
we must counteract that by mediae out broadcast not to do it at all. Hs often worked till 11 o'clock et night
O'er
the world, pore and wholesome literature, and this Is me earl yet always got up early in the morning, ani Dever
of the great °ejecta which the ocieev has in view, missed morning paver. He Mailed the women to learn
(Applause.) how to met wooed, in order to sam the men and them-
selves too As to the ind teem of women, he told of •
Tee Roy. J. WOOO said the Tract Society also made an man who Joined and signed the etede.„ having b.f. a ten
app-al for Chrittien peoples support.
got " thotoughly well ilmoke yet his wife bald she didn't
▪ Al ter this Mr. WILLIAM delivered • long and able .
amount of the societye objects sad work. We refer quits boil with it; she thought • little drop Was good,
readers to another part of this number, and also to our they could not have muck bet • little drop at soppier
last week's paper, foe reports. time. Lft every woven for the sake of husband brother..
chil, give it up Oahe had any spark of mummyr Nang
in her. They had heard that teetotalism is good for
- every one from the age of 20 minutes to 83 years, and he
bad himself kept It for 25 mare awl, being a Week little
fellow, if he oould do without it, storey the strong men
could. The only redly h met argument he beard for the
drink was at • meeting with C mon Wilberforce and Mark
Knowles, where a working in .n c me up and said-"N ft-
elitist usding all those genteel in have said. 111 k. a drop
of beer, and I melee to have it' That we. las only
hoarse reason; but for the sake of your pockets, for the
sake of your health, for the sake of your soul, give it up.
Thousands and thougands of your (geese-countrymen die
drunkards, and. while that is so, he most oppose this
terrible eve. which Is so destructive to mule. An Irish-
man was warned by be. visit ti give it up, and the
[Mimeo asked him-,, How was it the streets of
Jerusalem were kept no el tae? ' 11, gave it up, and the
Irishman replied- 'Become every man kept tie oms
door clam." The priest ma a moderate drinker. (Laugh
ter.)
Daring the singing of "Yield not to Temptation," a
collection was token up to pay foe the expesses of the
evening and mission work.
G.W.C.T. Roams, of °eerier. Lence, apologised for
not wishing to speak, became a drinking poem MA
lately, et Gloucester, emsshed • railway door on his
head. Sum, people are very well satisfied with a veer
moderate amount of perfection; some skaters are qu te
eared-el when they can go riebt on. and maim teetotelem
are like that; hut ere want t , Pee them "sr se In mace
until we come t ' the knowledge of our L ord and Saviour
J mos Chris'. Ile had beard that people In the Hebrides
knew nothing of pulmonary mammal el bemuse they
live under more health" an natural oionditione. For
Insane., they Mil net cermet the wall,, but admit the
air. Pulmonary consumption came in with plastered
ceilings, people balm boredom...l kettles with Ma and
odes., boiled their teeth nut, and then they would not go
10th. dentist to set their teeth right. For himself he we.
horn in O'er D orWen, where his father was killed by a
drunke aligner-seller puming him Into a damp bed, and •
drunken doctor bleeding hi.'; that doctor fell and broke
his skull, arid the evil was he did no, break his skull Meer
he killed the speaker'. father. Brewers ass =akin;
fortunes' • brewer in Dublin gave £150.000 to build •
cathedral. wrung from the po fr people's sterninge Ile
asked thee' not only to tate right steps towards good, bet
steps backward from had; he asked them to give up
tobacco and every indelgeno., and to gamble themselves
to keep up the fire of teetotal sm. When mea have been
In the habit of going out is the evening, they will, when
reclaimed, still want to go out in the evening, and there-
fore be urged Most the lodge-rooms be kept open, and
three nights in the week they can meet frienda, and the
other nights they cm enjoy the manual, of their wives,
which he hoped men will loam is the beet company they
can have.
A vote of Monks was given to all at the clew

THI Cohtverrno CLowit.—On Monday night Mr.
Harvey Toasdale, formerly known
"The Man
Monkey," but now al '• The Converted Clown,"
lectured at the Primitive Methodist Cliapal, Fortune's
Well, on behalf of the Bible Christian Mission.
&AKAR= BOYS AT LAID EIIRCISL—Ladit Friday
about 300 of the aailor hove from the B ,ameren landed,
haade I by their band, under Bandmaster Gardiner,
and marched out on the Weymouth.road, the band
playing lively tune.. The boys looked in capital
httal.h and 4irciplioe, and m xrched with that swing
characteristic of eailors.

iiewr-TZ.i.u— entertainment was given at
the Beet and Coffee Tavern, Chesil, on Monday
evening lent, when the programme wee very Dimly
carried through, the audience singing some temperance
melodies very heartily at intervals. Mr. J. Banner.
man presided with his usual g •nislity, and hilie
Bannerman and 1461 Mateo played the accompani-
ments.

BAND OP HOPS ENTIRTAINNLIT.—An agreeable
evening was spent at the Fortunes'-Well Versleyao
Schoolroom on Tuesday evening lama when about
200 or 300 assembled. on i the echoolroom was quite I
full. Mr. C. Mitchell was chairman, and the choir,
lii by Mr. Epsler, at the harmonium, sang walectlaws
and chorus's; Miss Massie Way gave a solo—
" Children of the Drink," very pleasingly, and the
readings were by Mr. Ecalev, Mr. Jobe Mtoua and
Mr. C. Mitchell, ion., dialogues by Masers. E.
Mitchell, R. Easelerd, Aobert Patten, Edward
&own), ant James Combeu, the dialogue being a
very effective repreeentatiou of the advantages of
temperance. Recitations were given by Mimes Sleanac
and Cleall, Mrs. liamptco, and Mr. Hobert Elliott.
We are glad to say the entertainment was enjoyed
all the better beams the boys restrained their usual
exuberaane. A collection at the aloes amounted to
El Is. 2d.