The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-25 00:00:00

SHAM FIGHT AND. ADMIN. SUPPIIR OF THI

1$? DLV.

This corps mustered on Easter
,Monday at the Drill
Hall at two o'clock for an afternoon a outing. Thera wee a
good muster, numbering 106 of all ranks. The officers
present were—Captain Good, Lieut. Whetham, and Hon-
orary Chaplain Rev. IL 8.. Henslowe. The sergeants
present were Colour-Sergeant Roberts, and Sergeante
Patten, Terry, Meech, Hine, and Tucker. The corps
marched away, headed by their band, under the leader-
ship of Bandmaster Fester, as far as the South Turnpike
Gate, whea they were divided Into two companies—one
company, under command of Captain Good, turning off
towards lime, and the remainder, under the command of
Lieut. Whethain, marching to Bridport Harbour. A sham
light was afterwards conducted with great spirit. The
annual dinner took place in the evening, at seven o'clock,
provided by Private Trump, Cross Keys Inn, at which
about 150 members and visitors sat down. Captain Good
was chairman.

"Taitain Good distributed the prizes won at bayonet
exercise, and attendance at drills, u follows :
Bayonet exercise, —first prize, £2, Private Newman;
second, LI, Sergeant Patten ; third, ICls., Corporal Bugbear
fourth, 10s., Corporal Warren. Drill prises, first
squad.—First prize, £l, Sergeant Roberta; second Its.
Private Spencer; third, Esi, Private Davi& —gecond
.quad.—That prise, £l. Corporal Gillingham second,
10., Private Edwards; third, Su, Corporal Knight.—
Third squad.—First prize, £l, CorpL Hughes; second,
10., CorpL Good; third, Eia, Sergt. Tucker.—Fonrth
squad—First prim. £l, Sergi. Terry second, 1t.., Private
Terry' third, 54., Private Brinson. —Rercuits- First prize,Al, Private Marius ; second, 10., Private Baker; taint
se, Private Newberry.
company broke up about midnight, having hada
win *mat and sociable evening. The proceedings
were brought be a close by singing the National Anthem.

RIULDORMM.
Tax Maximus of the Church of England Young Man'a
Society will thu ysir take their annual excursion to
Loudon on the lof May.
Tax four old Guardians have been returned—West&
H. Minor, W. Whittle, 13, Chandler, and L. B.
and Mr. A. Willmott in the place of Mr. Trevor Is=
the new magirtrates' cleric

A QUEER VESTRY.
At the Roster Sunday vestry, Mr. Tanner, Vicar's
warden, retired, after eight years service, and Mr. Rntit
Parish warden. followed suit, after oiling the p
appointment for the unprecedented term of sin Pars —lt
was proposed by Major Falweeser, and seconded by Kr.
Tanner, that he should be elected for another year, so as
to avoid Use inconvenience of the new wardens azting
alone but when Mr. A. Willroott was proposed, Kr. Rum
...tied him, and asked Major Falwaeser to withdraw
his ipoeloa. —As both parties twisted on takings friendly
show of hems, against the strong wishes of both the
gentlemen who had been put in nominaUm.
_Mr. Willatott
voted for Mr. RUN& and Mr. Raw, for Yr. Willmott,
and the numbers were declared a tie! The old church-
warden on this absolntely Whew to 'sr,e win, and Kr.
was eiraiaied-

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torrespenluntr.

MEANS AND ENLN
To the Alike.

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$ll4-1• • letter written by one whostylee
'• Toleration," I am made to speak aganut entemo '
hi
ments on behalf of a church building fund, a. th,
such had already taken place. I to kay dip•
speak, nor did I know of any past entertanmom.,
against one about to be given I raimicl voice, „It
sneeringly, but condemningly, when taken in 7
tion with a building fund for • Vi••• wor.h, This protest not only provoked Lug ter, but leeti4
the sympathy Of the audience.
It might be gathered from "Toleration...letter theg be belonged to an old school of philosophy, believed that the rightness of the end detwetiool
character both of the motive and means
hope that if this be the " budding" of ••Tekermi'oZt
that the blossom (should that state ever he reached)wiU
have no fragrance; certainly such a the:am thougi
propounded by one of "enlarged ideas' sill fag to
charm the Nonconforming portion of this ton.
I trust, Sir, that the ideas of the young ww a„er
so "enlarged" by passing years, that they wail* ob:
to blend the good, the doubtful, and the led
connection with motive, Mall[4l, and end, and....
difference.

d arid tae
I would further remind " Toleration" that the "ot.
most scouting" hae failed, And shall ever be iinpotent to
remove those clear lines of Morality and Clin4Lottr.
by which we distinguish betweea the goo
bad; and he who tries to make those lines less dinitte
will never be called by the public " Toleration," whoi'.
ever he may name himself.
It is because I have not forgotten that chanty
" beareth all things," and because it were lolly
spend time in describing differences of colour to tpo
blind, that more is not now said.
I am, Mr. Editor,
Yours fiuthfully,
The YOUNG 11,t5.
Dorchester, April 19, 1876.

WESLEYAN BLUNDER ABOUT THE DEVIL
To the Editor.
The good Friday dinsipations seem to have
excited a youthful "rev." into a most heretical
utterance on the "personality of the Devil." Geitin.
black faced minstrels for a church purl), se is mnini-3
the devil to help build a House of God Min the
terrors of the Keet action before we, I meg 4,11
him
"rev, ; " but I think that "Allen'. Marie
blinded him, and the Young Man's letter confusat,
blunder, for it seems we who can't see a deva
black face are colour blind. Can't we tell black hue
white? That is more than colour-blindness. But I
protest even against a Keet-made "rev." from dem,.
big "Your sin remaineth," because we fancy that we
see. If blackening the face is making a devil,
remedy for wickedness should be to wash, and brew
have "cleanliness next to godliness " with avenge,
for it is its means. Talk of baptismal regmerati,,.
after that Pusey, Bennett, and other mat 'rod,.
are far behind this little one. No wonder the gi;,.
W. Allen is going out to a dingy race, and the main
question in his examination should have been_
" How um you of for Nap r
But how will the "reed." man secure convent? He
who scrubs a blackamoor can only rub of hi,
mucosum, and of course, with the bad example,
" liquidated " tradesmen, whitewashing sill not
Besides among some negro nations, the devil is thought
to be white, and should the negroes return Mr. Allen's
kind efforts, they may find it easier to paint him the
supposed colour of Adam, and so, to his horror, he may
be made a devil against his will, a calamity worse
than the conversion backwards of Bishop Cohn., by
the Zulus.
It has been said (2 Corinthians rd., 14) that "Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light," and at
that rate we might rather expect to find him among
the " Blondinettes" than the Ethiops. This yount
would-be "rev." should read his New Testament
more, and he will find something the only Reverend
Man, who was Himself charged with being a ws.
bihber, the friend of "publicans and sinners," laid
shoot the " outside of the cup and platter."
If young men, like Rehoboam's friends, will irritate,
instead of soothing, let them be told of the " rota
mandrnents made easy" for little children--" Thou
shalt love," and if they won't practise it, they are no
better than older beide of the heritage. Weeleysa
"reverends" are horrified at nigger minstrels, Episeopal
"reverends" can't bear enjoying cake and tea
Good Friday; but each tolerates the other's abomina-
tion, and so
" Mahometans eat up the hog."
Would that this was all we eat—the cause of the
weakness of the Holy Catholic Church is Intim; anl
devouring one another; so we are oinsumed 'no of
! another. But we laymen are guilty too, at leaet I
confess to it ; we try to trample down our rival, is
, trade, till we forget the command ; can the little
reverends set us the example—" Do unto men 11 ye
would that men should do unto you?"
" wad some power the vitae gie us,
To see oursels as others see us !
It wad free mony a blunder free nu,
And foolish notion:
What airs in dress and gait wad lea's as,
And even devotion."
Yours truly.
Disass.