The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-14 00:00:00

FIREWORKS AND WATERWORKS.

Splendidly rose the sun on Monday morning lan, the
day fixed for on Guy Fosirkes' celebrott .n. which Trio to
lie condu:ted • ith such order and regularity and such
care for limb and life, and property. *B 1.3 r DO Means to ,ro
allo.od to degenerate into anything like the diagram-lu'
Soturnalia which coward when the slaves of old Rome
changed plans with t rerr mann, for a short span, nor
even 'it° the torlsorel and bonfire and squib on I cracker
horsiness which um it., terrify his powers that be le MU'
t .en* and force them 4i meta wildly for protection of the
military. Nor was anybody to Inn his foe • bort t ley the
conks* or wilful thtuditig of a blazing rocket into it.,
but everything was to be • b rppy combinot on ot
extrova moo, an I order, &deo kg and safety, gnu.)
asap ay and self-contain...hien. All this and more were we
to have, owl we did have, and a great deal more than tin
wiloret, lover of contrasta bargained for, since in addition
to all we hare void, there was the most tresibudon
struggle be tonven fire arid fiood, sparks and •priokin,
devils and douche., that we hove witnessed in Weymouth
doom we were taken hurriedly cod In ,Contest attire, owl
was Megan. Iledg-i Lire at St. Thotnoe-street dossed by
the water brigades if the night. Eeeryb Ay except the
w.therwitor rejoicei at the fair frosty moraine with
bright sunshine, and Mr. Mayo, Mr. Gard, Mr. Threoher,
and the rest sent in their loads bud Ira Is of furze faggot.,
which were duly piled up on the 100004 that ring tallest,
on Greenhlll, and where there yrs. int A Chalee of ahiab
wind and the "ft token" cononssiug VI., batons mochinee
of ant q not shop. no the ..thee ride of the Witch • in.
rood. All went wordy ui.tl clout n • .1., eriwn oown
I cone the rain, &impose fiery •pirits on all *id,' end
pis. tiog Vie committee at their wit. en-1 10 &sow whatat
Ii
order, while the men in charge of the e'er of faggots,
having got no orders. winely went to Is 'ward ant
. managed to save themseloes from bring washed
out too early in the day. The Ins. • ite all
dtippieg with dew, and It eeensed ii. uhtful wh.t'ser
'twoold ever light at all; hut a Muriel ol petro'eum
and a few books of tor can ran such a blase.. w 41 d set
tire io Chic ego, with it' gr .nite plies. A qizautntynu Mg
as •rom or einpsY Iteektsie er ima4l to 'oil I unto th",
, reit -a I nate • or us drau.nt t sleigh toe ore, ant,
everybody nay waizei tor the ruin holding iv Weat or.
fear R.,e us cool°. t, ler when it was C..iii,i4g
, po thot er nthelfeb.,at couldn't it it.. at, look for her
Ti Nulty r..upp is d to ie et .ogling ii. mol-chrotioet
I w th the unit awl a darresord skip—ono no lot of I db.
had corufartahly 'towel them-elves into the Rock Tavern
. to enquire intorno of tlio.Onaoly•to-fra I bohy.end. woman-
' shindetoring caster, a .1 i,uhltt't ge• run for four of five
ho in— then. when all seem d drtnehing without ono
do none wit.iih—then ii .1 t is I. irOtil der, in the seht.t of
the grunomenin. go up 31.1 inch.. • r more, and I' was
peophesped shot the rain groold bolt op a,.tat 4 35 p.m.
And sr it diJ, and rumou e had alre.dy come down th in
srcheoter meow the'. their that • hi illam n.
miens were all set. the para., partly drnoe.r.lllld tho band
on the move. Of course We polo it Man. c uldn't tied to
the ausa lor town, and et', when the rain did owe *bout
tea-touo, with more then railway pooetualite to the
prophesied ton-, .h• shops of he ergo-nitre dere were
latei-aed, and in St Maryotrert C man to& r lli I we.
&ready preparing for rho aloe. "Seven o'c odi for
half-pan seven ' wa. the tuns—unlu grace! *hen
will ever tat bad spirit of dawdledron be Gorton haca iii
the Town Council sod th • grace time left to their gr .c a
of the enlargad rhambet 1 For it woo the dttloy which, no
it turret tryl, hook off a lid ; folk wing arP
their first foil anon ft dlingriabout, they pot he fireworks
od till eight. Meantime the new regnont if fourteenth
&monkery went rognd to the different c•oesol and p onto
"etyitus" down their men in military etyle. try eounel • f
drum giving milletn to all and ....fry that t err debt..
would not be rocknowledg.d. As the hour of seven
approached, the weather being still f ayo•ir dile to ate.futi.
the etre, to swanned with .4 t mint young, among whons
loused fantastic figures funnily fitted. Woyinou'h
aud tho regi in around, r x tending to Mrtn and
Wool, who found Dorche•ter hunk,, lost tilled the a•te do,
lain from ohopa oriented ft rot ins whisks, a and b
girl, wrapped their fair forma in fir,, owl Nude and
crackers flew, hanged, and hopped. Ae harlequin, grottoes.
ancient Greeks sod ktoutuuui.L c author.. Hight milets,
soldiers, niggers, varied the crowd, tins oung women were
heard to complain 'temen't fair, 'twos all the young rizeu's
aide—nothing for the girle—hut they a it ions of crockery.
and were as deft in throwing them under other ta r ones'
petticoats as Om lode, and far more il aperate. .r were
there ahnot ousplcions of tho sex of some of the guy', at
lea-h, we met a dapper little ro'dier. who talk, d alas •
serest voice, ant whom a lady declared di in% walk 4. if
she was used to trousers—with dainty stern inrtead if
striding out like • man None of the lac e, not quit.
coucealed, were fair enough I in feusininea; but among
the horrors of cot-throat., lilt, k.hearde, daggers. *C in.
tare, and nigger blaakno as,. mud young UlOll Looked like
girls. For there were hrt.ttudi, 'rem Moan, Albania,
!tale, Claude 13 nal. and T ,ns King, with mai hi and
bl.ck looks, negro.c gorgeou•ly at ired it. p mita Amu
bright-c droned, and some with more culler than shirt,
several "mail hotter.- appeared
"In elevated tiles, oh. so supremely Ociosic
Tall and erect and mathematically e
Cavaliers wore handsome scarlet velvet with lace and
swords, • company of sailors in white ducks and hate, and
Lanyard, and knits, 5, a mays of soldiers in crimson and
lace and bearing scimitar, that wouldn't hay. Menge
the army of Boas/mates Fail et, Go don Highlandu no in
tartan furred kit and tare legs, German amorals ei• h
metallic helmnts and spikes, or perhaps they were Life-
gitards, white helmet., just roturoe from Egoist were
plentiful, with red uniform., minglel with the blue of the
SALA., helmets of silver (or tin), the blue velvet silver.
heed of some sonny southern swell. pantaloons
dire ed, cis Whittington I'd his cit. looking I Ire
• showman with a monkey, &Hots gc.tte•td es -hoe
es swarmed several scores to the ft rat of Mr.
Stssrrow'o, where aMO strolls my Fiorito., eight feet
hag..,. and in ' chintz,. dangled his lent •rn •.d