The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-08-12 00:00:00

Eau Douai.

J. Pottle, bC. Wescott ... 2 b Wake ... 7
A, Hobto. b Wake . ... 3c J. Vine. b Wake 0
W. Shiner, b Wake ... 0 b Wake . . 0
J. Russell, b Wake . . 5 b Wake ... 0
T. C. Bartlett, c R. Via*. b
F. Sandell. n Wescott. b
. . 3
.1. Cousins. b Wake .. 0 b Wake 5
J. Bartlett. c Vine. b Wescott 0 b Wake .:. 2
J. Hutchings. touch ball. b
G. Ettegles, run out ... 3 b Brown ... 1
W. Lovell, not out ... ... 0 net out ... 0

About two o'cleok,_the Rev. F. Vaughan, hoe. werstery
of the .d.- Mr. Marks Greenlog. Rent Dolton,
&Mier, Lend= speakers, ar., drew • good
numbs' to .pthu.milk& where the friends from •
distance bald forlik et inset 4ilideel length ; but we Doted
most sadly the Rev. J. & Dekleir. who elat.d the
company an the bright efbaua.. o an. God
wee on our Nide if uswsrsan,ld,da He told
mete anecdotes: A drunkard, regular steksr, some
friends tried to tune by awful story of the
mart who drank so that he caught fire
=kardbi"lZl:di florcare thsbrud wan b,unt
to dm. Th"id.
It wee brought, and with much ceremony he swore never
to blow out • candle again, This helped to show that
when • men had started drinking it was most difficult to
Irhim to give it up: we must get tb• rot abstain.
ear, hear) A poor drunkard's wife asked a Arig2
hood what the had had that reorning. re
eyes sod no breakfast sad In order to get women their
breakfasts and @eve them front black ern. the young
11•OCIAZI should merry nose who wee not • teetotaler.
(Applause.)
Rev. J. HAJIMPO7IIII blabirld in talk or he shook' sot
have been a preacher; but he believed mare la dela& and
he urged nonabstainers to eign.
Tra CO/IMM

One of the greatest treats of the day was the by
500 mime of mug& pieces, the seam se neared at the
(kystel Palace. The predime Mee been the mesas ef
m pAer of young al:Mainers : some have
yraarti:orinmour months past as of too a. three Mess.
west ; but in ceo.equ.nce of the impossibility of rehearsal
there was somesoxisty as to bow they would beremaise.
Rev. P. Vaughan undertook to lead them, a space was
clamed and hurdled off, sad in Ws maw and on a plot.form behind were&thsred the PRIM _thews. who
climbed up to thew with thoutk, the older
tiris owtainly rep. numb help from young men
welting to see them safe. When all were placed all.
Myams persons. awl of both seam were densely
It was a very pretty si as Mt the sea of faces
to lb. candsclor. You might have noticed a prw
=l.of hiffis blue in the adornment. and the sky
fr lb. &caw elotrbw.:l entirely goo*.
and above was the of bine.
bfr. Baker. of ord„ sesisted a young Dcedloa
tor abobilkort _ Ito children ; the two violins
were seldom Isemit. wadi was the volume of voice. The
following were seen s•—" Preis* se the Lard," et. The
&Aka had bsrdb yet thir voices hued into = num mid
idiallisd lime little fester Wm the eeedoceat
; bet the sliest was fell ol and Ilk
Lift the Tteeperease Bettate." This Moo wt;et with
=rag beyond Mr. Vaaghee's bsg... but tiey
down to IS. miter Pam. Meet tangly as mere
as wee required for the expression of Yet vont
" Do you think they know in Glory I*

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"Crfaad ewe"
eseples Anthem" The children had wit bean
luny taught this; yet the siert marked "Slow' was very
readers& the hese especially Wag better At the
close the Anise sm..=
jwsil =stelae& and the chain
were deservedly '=
" Now pray wir-= Country" was sung with tree
expressly= the children had evideney Rot over their
ant bent of 'atheism& end were attending to the
Woe.

- Let bowl, rejoice and ming." This was est
relate lb at s PinetatkaAtkil had
a leek al
manse and certainty la the ilelivery.
TM .sit wait las& better. "New jat mu Tambov'
hamar waIV: term bilitbEeli bum of (Mattes. sad
es it west m tam eery enjoyable.
71(1.11.7Batsatzzaaa biaa
mierlancesebi
tattle about awe wis
o Down iota the wee Mr Waft swee tad t
bst et* tote*
"Now Erna! 4=ithrelCaiads Bells wamwed
tho pas the Ilaispits. without the Wm", who
issnlit the Wait bibs iiiisdaDy Wombs.

The seeditstor now mewed • IV"
to widish he was exalted. and train the giddy height
where he was supported by Mr. Lovelace, be endeavoured
to catch the wee of altNeverthelees the "Jubilate" was
hardly sung by the whole choir.
" Put your hand to the Plough" was more sucosisful, at
least in the clapping anotuntanlaient-
" Silver Stars, reminding us of DOOM one,d Ferthees
mllleai•es went var./ nicely, the choir singing it well
toolbar.
: "The Winning Side" was evidently a great favourite
' with the hors and some relieved their feelings in • Shaul of
" That's a jolly good tux."
"Rally no., brave Templer band' was honestly
acknowledged to be from "let the Hills Resound,' and
being most charmingly sung, was received with great
applause.
Mr. J. J. Homes then moved a vote of thanks to Mr.
Vaughan, "(Li ii was heartily given, • couple of lime-
printed sheet, were held before the children, and they
added "musical honours" by engin' to Mr. Vaughan a
farewell vas., following it with cheers.
Rev. F. VAUGHAN, returninr thanks, exriremed his
=Lot the gathering to this concert of 530, not only
s bat three who meant to abide so till their
death. (Hear, and applause.) The concert concluded
with the National Anthem.
Now they promenaded the green walks between the tree.,
where boys and girls were busy .winging, and between
whish the sun shone, casting ever-changing lights and
shadows on the verdant turf. Children were there of
every age, from the limp, Sully treasure in its mother's
arms, to the old man, who in mooed childhood, smiled
benignantly on the happy scenes, the inevimble
lover carried the campetool for his lady, anon
surprised by intrusion on an impromptu picnic;
here the W. C. T. wandered, sometimes forlorn,
ea if his lodge were In perpetual moms, and
wouldn't mine to order malit carriages roiled eilentlF en
the green or rattled swiftly on the well-kept road. (Wow-
ing which we come upon an ivy-covered wide but not high
building. with • noble AlMlrcircular-arched porch in front,
the stolid splashed and etaiaed by lichens till it rivals
richest marble. HO antique mask is on the keystone of
the arch; but underneath are a very modern party,
apparently of the great Smith or Brown family,
who find the front-door-eteps jos, convenient for
their tea-room, and pitch there with umbnellea
spread. Here are gals of young women I Fresh
and fair they are, each the picture of the rustic
young beauty, yet can they only mueter cavaliers at the
rata of one to three Ark, and It seems as if the prophecy
were about to be fulfilled—" Seven women shall take bold
of one man.' for if either of the hobble-de-leoy Hodges la
good-looking, a group of the girls seem ready to eat him.
Ah I if our mildly, were not over. wouldn't we enquire for
their village, with such abundance of treasure ! Pensively
we tore to Samford churchyard, and puzzle over the N—
and 17—dated hs, or laugh math at the naked
boys pulling open the gargoyle's mon he th. Down pour t
couples, and fesely tell their levee in the
of the old church, till we ma Mond it no loam.
sad " Remote, unfriended, lathery, slow,' we wonder to
an oat-cf-the-way mace where the D.C.C. show how
they've trusted the testotaiere, for stalwart policemea.
who've clearly got no work to do, are exchsaetgZs;
formation received." Hers ware • amnia A
facie, and we learn all about those pretty and convenient
=built by three upon the hill, and no doubt fez
to all the others in Sand ord. The outer ones
are for labourers with families, the middle ones with a
bedroom lees for older maples Oh that the Earl of
Ilchester could arrange for such houses in Dorchester for
the working and even the middle clam Perhaps Stith
ford House may be let alter Michaelume to some
philanthropist who may thus or otherwise benefit Dor-
chester; we live in hope. Or 'twould be • gain lilt sent
us • magistrate anything like as smart as the late Kr.
Herbert Williams, who 'knew how to get through the
business of the County Bench m if time were of value,
and he knew what he was about