The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-04-25 00:00:00

SHER BORNE.

THE UNITAS/OTT BOAT RAOIL —Mr. E. F. Henley,
of Oriel College, one of the Alford crew, was formerly
at the filmes it.ehool, where he for some time held the
post of captain of the games.

BLANDfalta
LOCAL BOARD.—The monthly meeting of the Local
Board was held on Wednesday, the 19th inst. There
were present: Mr. H. Darden, (chairman,) Mr. Hodges,
Mr. Fisher, Mr. Davis, Mr. Gill, Mr. Byers, Mr.
Abbott, Mr. Groves, Mr. Johns, Mr. Bennett, and Mr.
Ball. The minutes of the last meeting having been
read, the Inspector of Nuisances gave in hie report.
The Lighting Committee stated they had nothing to
report to the meeting. The Surveyor then read the
report of the Highways' Committee as follows !--L In
compliance with a resolution passed at the last meeting
of the Board, the committee instructed the Sarveyor to
prepare a specification for scavenging and watering
the strdets and roads within the district, and
also to advertise for tenders for performing the
, works. Two tenders have been received, one from
Messrs. F. Gill and Co. at the sum of £ll5, and one
from Mr. Joseph Ridout at the sum of £O7. 2, The
committee recommend that another water-cart and a
pump should be provide* in order time the remote may.
be more effectually watered. Resolved: That the
cleaning, scavenging, sand watering the streets in the
district continue to be managed under the direction of
' the surveyer. Resolved: That the question as to the
pump in tile higher part of the town be referred to the
Highways' CdmMitiotl, to &pertain the most desirable
place and the expense Mit report thereon at the next
meeting. Resolved: That the Highttenie' Committee be
requested to purchase an additional water-cart. The
Clerk then read the following letter from the Clerk
of the Highway Board :—"Blandford Highway Board,
Blandford, April 17, 186E4—My dear sir, I should
have mentioned to you the other day, when we had •
conversation as to the claim of the Local Board to part
of the money received be the Highway Board front the
Trustees of the Shaftesbury Turnpike, that the High.
way Hoard considered they had not been paid enough
Monet bt the Trainees:, and they therefore declined
according to the reqttest of the Local Board,—Yours,
very truly, Francis T. Johns." Resolved That no
further steps be taken in the Matter at present.
Resolved: Mat the Surveyor be requested to employ a
working-mason to repair portions of the peeing in
the district. Resolved: That the meeting be adjourned
until Wednesday next, the 26th inst., at 10 o'clock.
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORIRTEREL—It affords us very
great pleasure to find by the balance-sheet recectly
kilned members of the Court "Golden Arrow,'
No 307, held et the King's Arias Hotel, that this
branch of the .bove'naffsed sioctety is in a very pros-
perous state. The number of members has increased
daring the half-year ending September, 1804, from 80
to 96, and the worth of the Court from £l6O to
2198 17s. 6d. The accounts are made up half-yearly,
and are divided into two parts, viz., "Sick and nneral
Fund" and "Management Fund." The balance in
hand for the half-year ending March, 1864, on the sick
sind funeral fond amounted to £l3B 7s. 7d., and the
petymente in subscriptions, tee., to the end of September
td 212 os. 30., making • total of 2210 12s. 100.
The expenditure for sick pay, surgeon's salary,
district funeral bills, lee., for the same period
amounted to £3B Os. dd. The reeeipte under the head
of management fund for • like period amounted to
£l9 IL.. 3cL, and the expenditure to £5 is., leaving a
balsam of £l4 14s. Od.
Eames-nay Simms& —The note of joy and praise
sounded high in our fine old church on Sunday last, in
commemoration of the glorious resurrection of the
Redeemer. The morning :arrive, with celebration of
the Holy Communion, commenced at 11 o'olock. The
Easter anthems--" Christ our Passover," km, were
sang to a Gregorian Chant; Ts Deum and Jubilate,
Jackson in F. The anthem "Why do the heathen so
furiously rage together" by Kent, was exoeediogly
well sung, and ehowed that our excellent
organist, Mrs. Edwards, had taken great pains
in training the choir. Hymn " The happy
Morn," to Beverley ) Eyrie, Cinpp in D. Tho
musk for the evening service wag as follows ;--Cantate,
Turk, single, in D; Dteas Misreatenr, Dupuis, single, in
B flat. Hymn before sermon, "Jesus Christ is risen
to-day"; hymn after sermon, "The foe behind," A.
PrOTtr. So well pleased was the rector with the choir
boys that on the following day he invited them to his
house where they were kindly and liberally regaled
with lea and cake and enjoyed a pleasant game of
cricket. The rector also preeented them with bats,
ball, and stumps as a further mark of him approval.
We are sore that all who were present on Sunday last
will concur in saying that the choir ably acquitted
themselves. . . . .

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Etacrlow or GUARDILVEL —The following ia a BA
of the recently-elected gaardians of the poor for the
several parishes in the Blandford Union :—Blandford
Forum, Malachi Fisher, William Smith, and Thomas
Moss Park ; Blandford St. Mary, George Lock; Almer,
Rev. Charles Sawbridge; Anderson, Rev. Thor*/
House- Bryanston, Joseph Williams; Charlton Marshall,
Joseph bet; Durweston, George Harding; Hilton,
George Baker and W. Notion- lwerne Courtnely,
Charier Godwin; Langton, Rev. Robert Farquharson;
Ifilborne St. Andrew (no nomination, George Groves
qualified to act) ; hfillyo-ne Stilham, John Staofield ;
Milton Abbas, Christopher Caine,:; Pimperne, John
Matthews; Spettisbnry (no nomination, Coristopber
Strange qualified to sot); Steeplaton Preston, Si J fg.
D'Oyiy, Hart; Stourpaine, Charles H. Flower ; Gn -
vale Charles Rogers Hill ; Ilmton, Grorge M 4 ;
KeyOuton, James Ford : Liunceston, James /10 ;
Monkton, Wham Fookes : Ruahton, John Ford, Jun.;
Tarnworth, We Board Waste; Muster', Joel /toter ;
Houghton, George Stay; Kinpton 4110 nomination;
Thomas Reliant qualified to act) ; Stickland, Will
otT; Tomson, (no nomination ; James Amsworila
ilieed te act) ; Whitchurch, Henry Fookes ; Zelstom
Robert Bargees.
FARM LES' CLUE. —On Sehirday a lecture was •-•
by Mr. W. C. Spooner, of Fling, to the members (
illandford Farmers' Club, the subjrct selected
"The lessons in Agriculture taught by the remm
season of 1864, or, in brief, the lessons learnt in
Mr. Spooner commenced by showing in what /
the year was exceptional, and explained, by re,
to various tables, that it was not on account
great deficiency of rain throughout the year, for
was really but a few inches—two or three - -
'he average, and there were -
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