The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-22 00:00:00

WIIEBOIINZ,

GLIM SOCIITT's 0030CBT. —We hear from reliable
authority the gum class, under the direction of :dr. A.
Fowles, will shortly be giving • concert, in which
several talented artistes ((rom tow.) will take part,
porticulars of which may be exp-cted to appear in our
column* previously.
SeraAL darvion.—Prepsuatory meetings 4,f a
dorotioaal totaraider are being behi during the present
week in the Weeleyan Chapel, for the p in, l• of
invoking Divine all on the forth.miug 14 dal,'
•p Cie! servioee to be held in that place .4 worship.
We an tenuousl arrange odor,* have been made for the
Sunday barrios., to c nom nce on and slier Souday
wet, at 10.43 a.m. and 6.30 pan.
ltzTioEsn,T VIWS TILE .41MtlIttl Cllloll.—We hear
that the Goveloors of QtAlseu Ells o,oth's Solnt,l
recently received a oominuoicatio.t, informing them
of the intended resignation of Mr. 11. S. Blount (of
the Oaklands), from the Minster Ch dr. Perhaps we
shall not be considered out of place if we say Mr.
Blount hoe beau • most useful and stable member of
the choir for many years in fact we might say, he haa
spent hie whole life in it, for hit was a singing buy
when his highly esteemed father was organist. and
still continued to be when hie late brother, Mr. F. S.
Blount, wee orjraniat, and even sines the present
organist, 142. Whitehead Smith, has had the director-
ship of the choir, Mr. Blouat ham striven menially to
do Ills duty. kis has had • true tenor range of voice,
such a, litany vocalist* cannot oo mu of, and we might
hero may our Mintier Oh dr can ill afford to loos any
rosily good voieee. After such satisfsetory ani
leugthened service in the church, the Guy ri r ',tad
not but aCoept the note with thanks for ,•rrt:".
congratulations &al o =plan:mutt, Au, 364.
Ow Tuesday the officers of the "Star of Wimb trite"
thge of 1.0.0 T. paid a vial by invitati in to the
Lighthouse " Lodge, of P de, and atter tai
bueitioae if the Lodge was g ,n, through the vult.tr,
gsre the following eutertainineut :—.delotly, No. 163
(Gaylen), '' Clear the Way ;'' reading, " The Brave
B ogler Boy," Brother Jacob*, W.U.T. ; song, "Th.
Auction M art," Brother Bartlett. tV,C. ; song, "The
Golden Stair," Sifter Ward, W.T. ; reading. Sister
Hart; address, Brother Lack usin, P. w. c. T. ;
melody, No. 183 (Hoyle.), "Sing we Merrily ;" read.
lng,' The Dybig Druilkartre Story," Brother Jac be,
W.C.T. ; address, Brotboc Smith; reading, Brother
Blaney; duet, "Borrow and Sighing shall all flee
away," Slaw and Brother Ward; &Mrs* Brother
Gouges, W.O.G. Afterward' the " Lighthouse "
Lodge provided the 'bit ire with a good supply of
refrewhatenti, and altogether a meet enj tyahle even.
Incwas spent
" Limes or Tkiti VALLIIT."-011 Tuesday, January .
15th, this very popular and renowned troupe of
• iteur Ethloptaas, who are recognised by the
appellation (of course In opposition to the colons of
their face') "Lilies of the valid'," gave two of their
pleating eatartainments In the COIU Stohang• The
afternoon performance commenoei at three o'clock,
bad was fairly well attended. A specially large coin.
muy iii juveniles Were present, including the children
irom the Utrion. " N1).161.0eil Trip t New York"
exceedingly gratfied their youthful expectations. The
@rani ug's Gut ertatument commenced at 8 o'cl.ick. Long
before the drawing of the cuitain many ,d the sesta
were filled, and we might here advert t the able aud
eetiefactory arrangements of the committee, whereby
taere woe nothiug .4 that disreputable nature that
was experienced on the lact occasiou from indooorous
patrons iu the beck goat!. rile.ro was an exoeedingly
good and most appreciative audience (the Libenalways
mooring a good hoo•e), who were evidently well
pmeeed with the alarryieg out of the programme,
which was es folio as :—Part I.—Overture, company;
song, " Jeanie bee," Mr. ml. Gray; ramie wag,
"Take Me to Your Arm., Lev.," 11, G. Watt
ballad, "I'm 'Forcing Grey, Dear IC •te," Mr. G. F.
Score; comic song." Nuffia Hurts hie," Mr. Stanley
11*7301i 1000 g, "Makin lalve," Mr. Alfred Wate•
him; ootala ram " Waltzing &gad ths Waite BIM,"

Mr. G. Wag,: 0010i0 0005. "In 901," Mr. Stay.
ley
Hayter. Part IL --Seaga Dream Faces," Mr. G. F.
Sc re; concerti.. .010, Mr. W. Beck ; balial, "Las,
of Richmond II," Mr. A. Wareham ; burl...rpm
ferenloy Heeler ; which was follows' by
" Elan.: r'. Trip to New York;' bur:esepio banjo
ecene, Mr. (I. Wage ; onoluding with 'heir no. walk
round " The Irish Aokerard gruel." Mr. Toni
it ,n 1011, ft. A.M.. th • hon. mir-leal condo tor, and
Mr. Sam Sluts, the hoe. ensi indefatie lite mastery
•.e n..th to bee n:rattil to I ou tit.neeo,: tt wing
their nude ,Vouro to pie t leo p.trons. ft would b
glad invidi 11.1 00 ur Pat t., at ti ulafigo the
various peiformancea. sufb Sit to soy cc, and every
member repreernte I the charact. re ailoeisd Lugm in
a mostpral.ew..rthymaliner, which refl-cted credit on
the who!o c tummy, and sheeed plainly that Irl
trouble or pain, ha I been spar,i by the musical con-
duct ,r in working up the various pienes ; ss
Trip to New York " an I "The Irish Awkward
Squat " evoked much andconcit._
tiuur
public
meeting
C.E.T. 4., %Vormonats BluN
wait held to the Corn Exeltan.e on Monday, the lite
Inst.., when addressee in connectioe with the work of
the ab 'lre society were given by the Rev. Canon W.
Blackley, M.A , R. G. Wi.m, Fag., and Dr. Crespi.
The Revs. F. J. Huyshe and R. W. Fairbank also
took part in the meeting, which was presided over by
Mal ,r.Geueral Maclean, who, in a few core appe„,
priate remarks, said is oole people cannot observe the
cause of temperance agitation ; the reason is, because
they will not open their eye. to the real facto of the
case. He then referred to • paragraph in the Glob.,
which is ut • t taper...cis p per. iu which was depict ti
a painful instance of juvenile depravity, and outcast
Is .ndon and squalid Liverpool were also touched on,
after which he called on Mr. Wile su to address the
weeting.—ln co doing, he (Mr. Wilson) plainly showed
that public opinion was changing in favour of the
temp.- 11100 movement, one in.tance of such was the
action takan by the West Lancashire Railway, the
slitecto. s of which will not allow any intoxicants to be
sold in any • f the refreshmeut rooms on their line,
neither will they employ any person for any sort of
I,ocupa lii, whatever unl. ee they can prove themselves
to have been a t tat abstainer for several years. He
then forcibly and plainly explained the united action
of the C.E.T.S. The speaS.er having brought forward
several ~tsaljeg and painful facts respecting toe evil
effects of strolls drink which hal occurred during the
µsat 14 days, he weut oi. to say that the lie .need
victualling houses were intended for the victualling
the p-opie, yet only the other day one out of many
bicyclists called at • house of this class, and was told
ho could have plenty to drink but nothing to eat. Mr.
Wii-on then urged his hearers to take the matter up
ea
God's work, and do noble deeds to help oaths work.
—After singing a hymn, the Bay. Canoe Blackley ad.
dressed the meeting. Its *bowed the beginning of
his temperance life was caused by an application from
• working man in his parish for the use of the school.
room for • temperanoe meeting. After giving an
Instance of a painful character which had came under
his (Cation Blankley'a) personal observation, he
referred to the temperance work in this place, and
gave his opinion of shirkers and shunter& Having
explained that the love of GsgTe Spirit in the souk
of men was the cause of their working and taking an
interest in the temperance movement, he went on
to speak of the necessity of paying and praying to
make the work • success. The rev. gentleman's
earnest manner and his convincing power of opeech
will most certainly have satisfactory and lasting
roadie amongst his hearers.—Dr. Oreapi then ad-
dewed the meotin4 with his usual ability, and moved
a resolution, which, on being put to the meeting by
the Chairman, was carnal with acclamation,—The
Rev. F. J. Iluyshe opened and closed the procaed-
lugs with prayer ; and the Bev. R. W. Fairbatik,
presiding at the haruirmium, ably conducted the
musical portion. The hymns, "Soldiers of Christ
Arise," " Oft in Danger," and "Sun of my Soul,"
were used during the evening.—Oue of the speakers,
In thee ,uree of his remarks, regretted the smallness
of the attendance, and attributed it to the total ale
staluir.g members of others aieties now falling ii, with
the views of the C B.T.s.—Our correspondent informs
0.1 that such was not positively he case ; but other
temperance workers in the town, United Band of
Hope Committee.meo, and the Local Lodge of Good
Tempters, were each attending to their respective en-
gagement& Had the meeting been held on a different
evening it is quite possible the 0 ire Exchange would
have been crow.laL The addresses were th irough.
going and prac teal, and we would here say it was •
great pity, after the time and trouble spent in making
known t,o, object of the meeting, that mirat of the
regolAr Atten.lanta at each if the Sunday s; rale .e at
the Ain,oter did not {make a greater effort to be
present

BLANDFORD.
LOCAL BOARD.
Tit • cinarir monthly uwnitigng cf theii erlwu hell
in t r...n thin on We Ineadry. There were pr .n—
Mr. J. J. E. L .wrw en (chwrin oil, IL.. .T. N. Pak, IL
entl.h. P. A II rn• a, .1 J. Dill J. St wart, IL Dird..n,
3.3. Itare..„ J Ithi. R. Evan. S. Trail! (clerk), an I C'
W. Wlll. (r•ariii•For.)
The CHAIIMAN onnonnewl the iilnteinent of the
nuisance on Voyi•-'ll (win's :4 in r.a.tratrert, still he
nrily alrivrod tho h•wie to atand in the piri whilrt
. _

Mr. YettVIAIIT. on behalf of the Llghtbm C annul t
reported verythang satssfmtory.
Mr Wilms, on 1.-h ill ot the Illshways. r.p oted
th alt nation of tho path le Schvali. a... a ..ardered at the
in at at- , ..nl eons ior. d ia was ior the ..eit. lie aln
tannin n.l. d ti. Boar porehaiim ab ant 30 or 40 y•rds
of flint to rein.r nasals, reel-Ted neer,- ary oy the leg
.v o. mid an 1 wet neither. and to Vie rilaer.tioo on
!Mirk mar. pr mimes an the Nukes Plano. end 'although
the .t it ion' ii lot, the shop we. as before, yet it was
timid nil atm was en enrr nchrornt. and If dale to •
nu to.ent. Mr. Park tho !ph: all these noir:tants were
at lent it was an i nomaly.
Tee Quitman; tin u.ht th • town sothorini ma le a
ii .I.lin in in,. Met imam.... in net ening i a to Mr.
St Ottani prop ..als t a give up the spice wham the .1.9 1,
Don.

M-. J. J. Paints stated the plvoment in (rot of tho
shop was omit.... a. the It 00. were simply p in
p3..tion without any licitly. A convora.thm awed
relative to Mr. Socklandes a legs I imao. thm-nt on to tSe
footpath. and reference we, 11111.13 to tit, minut of tha
meeting when the Br t phn a. tot I,elore lb • n
amt Mr. STEWART f r mom., 11.4 She 11,:hway Cououitt
imptet too ',Noir'''. and report if ton also w
• lber,4l t The Chairman unt 'tithe Cop oat..p, on, to
blame in rot all memo th find plat to tot carr
but two tomb rout tit • Coro on ion committee neynti red
time. a. tbell only 'neittod on t: • p.m..' of khy,
ty sin; tat of Is 61, oh eh he r.tu.el t p
PARK and Mr Cilturs ed.:eget t, th Prete 43 lines
belay tok.o alter tin sot, waa complat.d. and remarked
the owner held tit, p an with the Board mid attac .e 1, and
en lld pron. not an inch Lai hemo • ncroeched on.
Mr. Evan. t .Itlng int. consideration the length of
tim , tn., h ..rd fl to 'rout of the p end.. s martin • I
stood:mg. to the lacono ni am 01 lot onemeers. said
t, a in floor , a laul: lie p.m...ion the Vow such 43 ,t-.c-
-tin. tai .IMoo.d I. remain.
Too CLEM( road 4 colutuuntca ion fron3 1t.,, rollitect,
Mr C. ila ,E, .vetrinx no encroachment hat toom made
To,, d plan ass a ot for and Is don th • table, a
t at the ildthway C.mrnittes may at nuns examine th 3
I ad 1 sit :t 0114.

Pn..• Ide en 'II • tble et the last tending. rehab,., to
bu. duts for kir. T. Foyle. In D unary- ure.t. w re
pro Iwo I. ...lb dieht al•ratiens nUoze.
Mr. Celan' • netoirwl if it WWI etrosi•tetat w.tb the by.
I#.. to .bow •st ed. t b • built of wao.l. the laws st Won
lb, w •11.. h rilt be non- • oubu.t,bl..
Mr. Palk quoted sly, rsl buildings of the /all' kind in
vet Imo.

The ti•JrVelOr I,p/rte.:lLie conversion of the old iron
chapel int • dwollink•laiuse, widiout tho sanction of tb•
B ard. Mao ,n application r ll,fary UI os for •
C 'OM .11 104:1114-h./1/1111 in Eist-strectilaue, which boa.
Su•veyor rep irtwl wag lead-quit+ for the purpoies
hteilal. sod ray. flaiirts ,rf the cubic fe t in etch ro m,
...lca w 4 •cc inter, Il'l. op for iox p vol.@ only.
whore.' 1.4 are pr..vl e i far it per•ous.
It wee decided the Moiled filli•er of ilwlth should
the tniCe JO 00131paly ea.! t-ie Surveyor.

C %RIPE ICULLZN.
Ismcit. —A succemful entertainment of
mueic and readinsa wee given in the echo d on
d Ly, the 14th init., in aid of the Organ and Cie jr
Foil. In honour of the. .proachinc virit of /field Tel
If einem the Prinos .1 Waled ti the neighbourboo I.
11.,, coed portdm of the entertainment 'penal with
"U id 81.11. the Prince of Waleo." Mr.. Powlett•
Lane thou gee, •• The K rry Dana," (Annoy) with
•r no " ice °lieut.) ; and Denni• receive I gre it
apalause fir" Ore itn le icor ( i(utchin «in). Mire
Welch sang " Three 01.1 M,ei.he of Lee" (Itoeckel)
wi di great spirit arid p irity of tone, and the two la,t,
gained performer, blended voices sweetly t .ther in
the duet: " " (Glover). .',lr. Elton L int+
gems a clear. ageing,' rendering of the humorous sang,
Thomas and lite Donkey," following it up with
"Tom B reeling (Dib In grand, sonorous tones,
deep and clear, Mr. Envoi. sang "Big Ben" and "Ehren
on the Rhin*" ( Eintchineon). The congeal element
was introduced by Mr. K. Plumptre's " Muddle
Puddle Porter' (Groestnith) and "Mrs. Brown and
Her Luggage" (Francis), both being armored ; but the
climax of xamicality was reached when Mr. W. 11.
K Morgan gave him songs with banjo accompani-
ment. Again and agate had he to reap ind to the
uproarious encored which greeted his perfarmances, the
audience seeming willing ta keep him all night. Piano.
f erte duettt were well played by Mr. R. and
Mice Plumptre, and Igniter C. and M. Ray.
in ind, imse daily when the ages of the two list
performers are considers I. Pianoforte solo., by Missed
Pucnptre and Stay were well receive I, the " Lyeiler "
of tile former being very taltefully played, and
"II gni, Sweet Horne " of the latter an exceedingly
graceful perforinauc a. Interesting reading, were
given Icy General P iwlettLan,, the liar. R. W.
Pluiupt o, and dr. Roger., an i an excellent selection
..1 Roced !ly the Cerfa Mullett °noir. Mr. and Mrs.
It.nyucJael gays efficient all throughout the evening,
the latter especially deserving high praise for the skill
awl taste displayed in accumpanying thesingers on the
piano, which was kindly lent by the Rector for the
(mouton. I unto ling 10, kin fly given by the Rev. A.
g,,Dp and Is. by Xliw the money taken
amounted to £4 10s. 5 I.