The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-12-05 00:00:00

Datitteirt.
sll•
Her Majesty has approved th• appointment of Mr
Willett Ltwrenee Ady• to h• • Deput7•Lientona" f°r
the county of Dorset.

DOSCHESTRIL

Rarn.—Htuing the past month the rain-fall was to
the depth of 2.18 inches; in November LIII year it wee
2.88 inched'.
Dammam VOCAL AILIOCIATION. —The nest con-
cert of this astodation is fixed for Thuds) evening.
December 218.
HOLY TAINITT CllOllOB. —We understand that the
rector and churehwardens have appointed Ifr. Joseph
Robinson, organist of Holy Trinity church, via Mr.
C. Keats resigned.
GULLS WllBlllllll HAILWAT.—There are no alterations
inathe trains on the Great Weatern Railway for the
month of December, and the November time tithing
remain In form.
LDUNIII*B DllTh —The 45th " baron of beef"
dinner took plus on Thursday evening, at the King's
Arms hotel, when nearly 50 &donde& The chair was
occupied by T. Coombe, Req., and the vise-chair by
Mr. G. J. G. Gregory.
Foosnam..—On Wednesday, 29th, a football match
was played between the Wollaston Club and Mr. Drone
it, which resulted in favour of the former by one goal,
obtained by W. Old (Captain). B. /iamb, B. Good,
J. itaspoombe, and 0. liaakew played very well on the
Wolleston side.
Rutz Conre.—From the annual returns for the year
ending November 30, 1871, it appears that there are 82
members serving in this diem' • .of whom 67 are extra-
efficient', 7 effielente, 3 bandsmen who do not attend
dulls, 2 honorary staff officusre—with the chaplain and
assistant•surgeon, and the very small number of 3 non-
efficient". Eight of the officers and sergeants' are also
holders of certifloatee of proficiency.
Du CANN, the famous ventriloquist, polyphonlst,
mimic, Am, is to give a proof of his entertaining powers
Thuraday next, at the Town Hall. Du Cann haa
given his lessee the title of "Elaperba." From experi-
ence, says the Carotids, we can say the appellation is
not too pretentious, as the quality and variety of the
aniusemlot he proffers is of a first-clam nature and will
amply repay • visit to his lively soirie. An advertise-
ment in another page will more fully explain the treat
in prospective.

THI WIATHIL—Th• following is our molooralogicil
report :

i 1 !Pi Weathor 1 Mato at Wes Cher.
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28 40 SO 74 6 Gloomy, cloudy
V 36 31 NIC a N Cloudy, [lnc
SU 37 33 i liN6 Clou ly
Dec. 1 39 47 1 NNE rule, cloudy
2 31 21 1 N . Pule
3 38 13 INV/a NE I Cloudy

ST. PiTgleB
,CHURCEL—At the week-day service at
this church, on the TJAi ult., the 8.,0t0r, Bev. K. W.
Pears, /LA., preached, and a collection was made to
defray the espouses of lighting for the Wednesday even-
ing • ,rvice, and IA 10i 5i I was contributed. On Sun.
Icy next the annual sermons will be preached on be-
half of the National School, in the morning and after-
noon by the Rector, and in the evening by the the
Rev. J. li. Dilate, lately Vioar of Teen, near Stafford,
the newlpappointed curate of St. Pekes.
Vivian's ClHOLlT.—Aoctepting in good faith the testi•
monia'a of persons of tide, clergy, and gentry iii the
county, a tolerably numerous audience) assembled at
the rown Hall, on Friday evening, to hoax " V &visa' s
Circle." But their entertainment (?) wits a ludicrous
cii.play from beginning to end, the performers—there
were only two—being of the moat indifferent Mau of
public entertainer*. Many left the front mats before
the programme was half through, and those behind
ezpreseed their disapprobation by hooting and hissing.
So much for testimoniaia

DECLARATION AGAINST HIRING AT THE
DORCHESTER CANDLEMAS FAIR.
The Rev. Theophilus Bennett, of Toller Fratram,
asks us to print • declaration against hiring at Dor.
cheater Candlemas fair, and Invite' all clergymen,
farmers, and employers of labour, approving the Male,
to authorise him, by means of a prepaid letter or post
card, to append their sigoaturee to it.
Mr. Bennett &plinths to his brother clergymen to
help specially at this jattetnre beams* the nest hiring
fair falls on Ash Wednesday, and also urges moral
re&50,11. lie appeals to the farmers and to the labourers
themselves to set their faoes steadfastly against this
mope or drone fair (as • farmer welt known in the
county calls it, from the drones' that frequent it), for
any bargain made at inch a place is very like a "pig
in a pole" transaotioa on both sides. The neater eau
know very little about the man, and the man can know
still less about the house and place to which he Is

going.
As a enbatitate for the hiring fair the rev. gentleman I
advocates bothlemployers and employed tiling registry
Aloes aril advertising in the newspapers. This is the
proposed declaration—
"We, the undersigned, hereby pledie ourselves not
to hire any farm labourers or other servanta at the Dor-
Wieder Oandlemse fair."
Now, so far as the employers are ooniterned, the
matter is entirely in their own hands. By an advertise-
In the Teleran they can always get any number
of applicants for aervias at their own doors,witoout the
trouble or expense of making • seleotion at the fair.
The chief farmers already advertise for labourers, and
get them readily ; indeed, it iconly eery small occupiers,
or masters with an indifferent name amongst agricul-
tural servants, who now hire at the fair.
But shepherds and labourers—men, women, and
chit lien —come to the fair above all to meet their
rola& ves and acquaintanses, alter being ,tattered over
the county the Livelong year, arid to enjoy the day
out. Their purpose is. we conceive, a thoroughly
natural and inuooont one ; and, if • few are too genial
in their greeting of friends, and, in the unwonted
exeitemeut, drink • few glasses more ale than Is good
for them, don't they have the headache next morning?
Yet those, we believe, are quite a minority of the
attendants at the fair ' • and that, after the relaxation
of fair day, the majority return to their work as well
oontent with their lot as these modern "hewers of
wood and drawers of water" can be orpeotedl to be,
or ought to be.