The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-11-14 00:00:00

TEETOTAL MEETING.

Tho annual meeting of the Weymouth Total A bsti-
nenoe Society was held on Tuesday evening last at the
Telnpcmicm Rooms, rarkddreet, where About 10 sat
down to tea._ . .

At wren o'clock the 'Willi) meeting was 11,1 d, under
the presidency of Mr. S. Hobbs, supp,rteJ hr the
liandersoo, and Rey. J. Walker. The proceedings
were I wiled by sin..ing a temperance !trine, and prayer
by the ltov. J. fade:cm.
Mr. S. IIOIIIM, the president, iaid he was glad they
bad been spared to hold their annual meeting, but call
that thre WAS not more to the tea, :Ina at Cho meetimt.
Lie should like to have seen some of the company who
were present at the Town Hall last night—(tar,
her).
A publican here made an interrupti m by shouting
Shut up I" bet the friends quietly bare with him and
be 111%.113 binisomt ectreo.

Tito Aecretary'a report was to the following effect :
The society has been in existence for over 30 yearcand
much good has been done. During the peat year ali
pablie-meetings bad been bold and addresied by agents
from the Western Temperance League, the Dorset
Dowdy Aasociation. and by members and frienda of
their own soziety, and two public and foot members'
quarterly tea-meetings have been held during the year.
it I. believed that the oontlnuance of the Bond of
Hope would be of great benefit to the society. The
childien require to be cued for,and only want the oasis.
tanco of three or four persons who could spare time and
h.ve ability for this wore. During the year the coin.
mittee have purchased the lease of these premisesow hich
coat ei, h the alterations made in the room upwards of
MN. To enable them to do this they have harrowed
£7s' and agreed that the same should be repaid in annual
inatatuents tanning over eight yenta. Tiais, with the
rent new being paid, made the expenditure on the pro-
miens about the lama as they paid before they purchased
the bawl. At the ezpitation of the eight years, when
the borrowed money is paid, the annual rent will then
i £2l instead of £3O. As to the financial state of the
1 woolly, they are anxious to get the co-operation of all
the members and friends, and by so doing they had
multilane° of their ultimate snociess. . ..

Ms. S. HOBBS, on behalf of tbe troaaarer, road the

rullowing ropuri:—

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itectiot, - task in hand, CS Os 7.1; rent from teinntl,
221 ; colleetions at public meetings, it 3, 5.1 ; collected
I. y Mr. L. 20 • maboctol by Mrs. &owning, £l7. ed
collected by MO &irk, 21 10s 01; collected by Mr. llobb.,
lv.; Mr. Mendell, donation, £1 10.; Mr. Milladge..ls. Od ;
excursion, £43 IV, 7,1; loan, £75; books. 2. Id—Al73 11s 3.1.
Disburse aenta—Rent, £3l be ; rates, XI Ii bd ; public taa,
1:3 lit hi; alfillaUcii fee to Western Temperance League,
1,.; locturen, £113.; Jeffery hrghera,V, 4a ; 01U:ratio:I of
presulace, Alb purchase of lease, Val Os 0,1 ; gas and lII-
£2 lfh ; excursion, £4O Mk 10.1; making, with
smaller calmness. miscellaneous. £165 2. Id—balance,
27 31 7,1.
flobbs sofa the balance in hand would give them •
. . . • • • - • -

-.tart t.wards raising the annual Instalment -they bad to
pay of their loan. They much wanted the co-operation
ef ingather' and friend., to take an interest in the tem.
',orange cause, sad help them out of the ditlicallty in
which they found themselves.
Kr. JigKlNts 6rdt spoke, and described himself as •
B xi I.of-llope boy, and • living monument of thu use-
ledouess of iotoxioating drinks.
_ . . .

The Bev. J. itiawcasos sal that all lovers a their
country, their Bible aud their Saviour, ought to take
• great interest in titts object. A vast amount of tip.
piing goes on moan from publics-houses, and he dii not
believe Mr. Gladstone had done well in his bill for

allovin wines and spirits to be sold by grosser' and
putryooolos. A very eminent man in Liverpool bad
said that drankenness among the women and girls is
more.in, mainly owing to the sale of wines at the
. .. •

linen Orap.ore aho-ps. Th'it tendeuey and operation of
the Wine Bill. be (cued, was to originate and perpetn-
ato habit. q wine-drinking among ladies, and he wished
it might be strangled in the next melon.
. . .

Bei. B. Wallin contended that no man can take •
glass of itl• without being • party to the breaking of
the Sabbath, for malt cannot be made without breaking
the Sabbath: How is it that parties cannot meet with.
out Stinking this abominable stuff, the stench of which
was disgu,tiog to him.—(bir. lionsJ: As bad as the
Backwater.) Yes, and needed se much to be abated,
lie believed aloohol was originated with the devil, and
was perpetuated by his IlerVllll.4 down to the present
day. Lawyers are increasing in numbers in the country,
and are bottoming such • nuisance that they ought to be
abated, and they are like a swarm of lamina, eating up
the Ile ot the (*entry. He wondered last night why
tho.e gentlemen whose names were on the bill did not
oome to the nestling? Were there any brewers, any
publicruw, about Weymouth, or connected with
Uhristiao churches, who eould give the strew an extra
turn? . .

The Roc B. NLISH wlshe4 to suggest praetisal action,
and by spreading temperance tract& seed might be
sown that shall bring bah fruit another day.
Mr. B. HOBBS made a call for suistanoe, as they
would require more fond, before Obridmas (applause).
A vdte of thanks was given to the gentlemen who
had spoken to night—(applause).
Ito,. J. narrniunton aoknowledged, and the meeting
clasod with the Doxology and Benediction.