The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-12-31 00:00:00

PORTLAND ACADEMY.

Mr. C. F. Dieter's's school bad their annual ccnoert ea
Friday evening last About 30.. r. present. The school-
room was tastefully decorated wjih ivy, the walls adorned
with the drawings and palatines of the pupils. The
cuacert opened with the chorus " Hama Boys r Master
W. Smith was encored in Ms song "'Liquid Goma"
Master R. Cox showed great ability on the pima, and his
playing was greatly admired. Tim telayiag and singing of
the pupils did great credit to Mrs. Dieter's Mr. Dieter's
next addressed the boys, saying that the prises were con-
tested for hardly, sod had been earned by dowaright
earnest work. He said that it most become mare and
mere manifest to parents, as well se teachers, that at the
present time • great deal of knowledge wee wanted so se
I. be suomeaful la life. Examinations are becoming more
frequent said more difficult, and he advised the boy. to do
their duty well and thoroughly. He pointed out what a
moat mistake Is sometimes made by parents who think
that it is quite enough to mud their thildren to • goad
school and expect great deal of them, but do not take
the necessary steps to see that their eons do their work at
home. He then asked the Rev. J. A. Bemis, who
presided, kindly to distribute the prima
rev. geatleman read the list through, giving each
boy named therein a handsome book, and addressing to
each a kind or funny word. This over, he gave the boys
some good advice. Four things he told them were neces-
sary foe their welfare here and afterwards—purity, truth-
(einem, diligence, and perseverance. Purity he said was
the shied Using. Boys ought to keep • pure mind by
atethinini from bad !anomie. He was sometimes shocked
to hear the expressions which fail from the lips of young
boys, and be trusted that the boys before him would
not um each words as would make them nothing
better than young blackguards. Without purity
godliness cannut exist ; and if • child has once given
away to impure easociations or language he could
compare his or her state to nothing better than
• drawing. If he (Mr. Beason would make • dirty stroke
through it, the drawing might be cleaned meth, but it
would never he so clean as before. Therefore boys bo
pure! Next came truthfulness. He mil very often boys
make faults, and then try to excuse or hide them by tell-
ing perhaps another falmhood. or by not confessing them.
He would advise them to acknowledge say fault they
make. Exaggeration he also clammed under this head. Boys
are vary apt to imitate that by who told his mother
there were thousands of cats on the wall, and which
turned out to be "our Tom and another" Another thing
was opposite to truthfelness, and that is slurring week.
If a boy does not do the lessons given him by his master,
he cheats the master and other., for he leaves undone the
work which people thought he had done. The next great
thing was diligence. Diligence was chiefly necessary to
ensure meows, and boys ought to remember and always
bear in mind that we live in order to work. Lastly he
spoke of peneverance. In order to go on • boy must
: Without saying anything against the Germans
rtil'arTii7regto Mr. Dieter's) be would remind the boys that
the Eaglish mere noted for their perseverance. This I
gained our brave soldiers their recent victories in the
Khyber Pam. Mr. Name told the boys to take a picture
which they could often see at rallway-etatione as their
precept—a tiny moue gnawing sway at • net in which •
big lion was caught. He finished by urging the boys to
be pure, truthful, dilieent, and inventing.
Mr Divine.. thanked Mr. &mem for his kindness in
distributing the prime thin year and said he had omitted to
:motion that he sent two boys to the Cambridge Local Ex-
amination whilst last year one boy wee sent and puss& It
is true Gehl pupil had before paned from another school,
but in different subjects to those he which he pared Wet
Mr. Dieterie thoughts. his school was ea very young, he
might be permitted to say that it had increased, although
very slowly. Be had more pupils than last year at that
time, and the number of boarden had been more than
doubled. Ile hoped with God', help to make his mlioal
second to none of the game standard.
Mr. Elessoe, said he was very glad indeed to be present
this evening, the more as Mr. Dieter's bad a very op-hill
work and experienced many hard trials during the pot
mars Hews. glad to give him say help he could and
hoped that hie school, which was a leag-felt want in
Portland, ...aid be a. eucceinful as it demmed.
The boy, sang God sere the Queen," end otter :Ai:4
three ringing ethers for Mr. Beeme, Mr. and Mrs,
this very pleasaat entertainment came to a close.
The drawings sad printings were well executed and
moth admired.

TIM PILIZI LIST.

Alfred Mace for best conduct and regular attendance
during • year. (The boy on Thursday met with ea accident.
p)oing -ilk gunpowder and could not therefore receive
his prise in persons); Ricluird Coo (English Reeding);
Adolphus Gibbs (French): Joseph Dome. (English
Spelling); William Smith (Music): Adolphus Gibbs
(Ihismatios); Richard Fremityne (Geography); Sidney
Mace ((ad prise E.Wish Spelling); William Ball
(French); Richard Co. (2“ prise litetberastiss);
Bartgrell (German); Adolphus Gibbs (History); William
Bniterell ; (Drawing); William Smith Sod prise Ger-
man); Richard Fremayne (Preach). Certifies's/ Willis..
Bertsmil (Burial Spelling): Joesph Donsone (Illetory):
Sam A Sidney rithmetic); Adolphus Gibbs (Geography);
Alfred Yeas (Printing); Thomas filmes (General Improve-
ment).

RITSAILD AT TR, FLEET WATEL—The following
authentic incident shows Reynard, the fox, to be
endowed with • large amount of sagacity as well AS
cunning, and for truth rivals the many fables where-
in he plays so conspicuotut • part. My informant
assert.' that he has on more than one occasion seen
foxes (which doubtless have become plagued with their
parasites either through old ap and weakness or ether
Infirmity) go slowly into the Mot, near Abbotabw7,
and gradually lower themselves down, that their
apterm or lice may gradually crawl and swarm up-
ward. from the fox's legs and body on to their heads
and into and on a piece of sheep's wool with which
they provide themselves prior to entering the water,
from which they detach themselves at the proper
moment, and so rid tlismaelvem of their parasites.