The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-02 00:00:00

WIKBORNE.
THE If IN•4 MI: CHUM.
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Sir,—My atteut'on has drawn ton reply ft int fluo
unmusical local correspondent of pair organ toter let r
in your lost bumf but nor. My ohj.et in worm< an ad
at all t be earcaatic; I newer could be if I de-ired, in 3.1,4
in my nature. I admit lam tide:waled on the welfare./
tn., choir, and might perh.ops 0.-thins no') with tt.lichlrf•
whit, pressing have been prevailed to accept the elfin, of
Precentor ; if a* I shield are-pt the offi, wino eit
s fcrifici as any conscientious amides for th•• mere shi,s
of aiiii:tiontl meana of au,siolanee If ...eve,. as lam
not swan that the governors are disniti•nel with sh-
way in whiilt ti,, service CA% net.. 111 alleite to th.
musical portion), I am afraid it will be Inns ere I 'halt las
naked to accept the Post. I will not clsim for w v.e
title of a musician, I will not even ...askant ••••01; •
musical inc correspondent, hut Ido soy on the face of the
competent judge to whom your numnsical eel e smear's-
dent had resort, be he • Isre lower stet., 'to len; withu
thn walls ot that noble edifice, by which I in-ass teia-
porary student. or indeed lie be • more advanced pull,
who lit the merits of hist:wildcats has hers antanive 1 an
associate of that bolt, or he • mete aniateer
musician, who is not ito busied wigs the Agnes
of his profe.sion, hut coo. find time to *tie
sway a weary hour in the pastime (Anil I sat) nit
•••Vlllit his le,' •,emt 115 e Aftrrunoll arl.l hi, anus the
following do state i,, the fare at that
tent judge that the time was net bad—Coe I orto.emo
pleasance wen- not to, in irked in the anthem in ote,tioe:
I maintain it we. lolry sung. Yr. ,lo ripe 'I. I gnat
you, a great deal more 'hitt • fair rendering of the MO%
from 111 professional clad.; Inn A,i too term the inceollets
of the Minster choir proles.ionals f I It not kn-or at aow
worthy the name, with the. sc-ntion of Mr. 11. Dyke, who
rally bag a voice something atter the stele of • 500100.
atonal, and had be the o; p irtianity io entering the dor,-
achool of nou•ic, he would, in all prohifelity, tersest
a credit to himself anti at hewer t Minh en.. It a
paid choir, and a badly odd choir, or we might have 'slow
candidates for the vacancies as they over, if the Alain,
were aomethios decent, whereas nnw the rises itera's
and boys' voices are below par, as only four mot of the
eight men receive full pay. Now as to the Fyeseart.
the chi ir cannot sing them ;the beams with over eternas
are baritone, the tenon are more baritone than thaw, the
altos sing in a &belt* vote How cart oc• extort to get
power from such wdees, taking the leas, teter, r aster-
tenor, and neitralt reap c•ive,r. AP il-guieS f.e• -
paesina on your valuable epee.% I ele, an, Miele

SWANAGIE.
ELIZABETH
Among the aollak of lite. a lilac must lie
found fi ir a short acciount iif the oldest inhabitant if
Swears, who die I nt Suniley. November lent, 1079,
aged 02 years. Many yearn azo—.ei uty at least -
aloe entered the service (BriividentiellY she 'l,l to "41)
of a family of distinction. Through her they inmost/ad
the charms of the then wellinizh unknown Sumacs.
Here on our sands she passed many happy bars with
her change. But elsewhere she KIM many places asd
much life. She continued in the family, loved aed
trusted, till the children left her, not unimpreved by
the influence of their nurse. They hove heosne bead*
of families, and have risen to honour in the world if
legislation; hut letter, from mon? Lapis came often is
cheer the old Percent, full vier id affPcii"n owl
of gratitude. Around the walls of her home ume, the
treasured shadows of their noble wives, and the
shadow, of their children, in whom sb• 100 el I.' usc'
the images of the ones she had taughtnol blued. She
never married, and they arranged that she oilt.ld
never want. Very del!c.ite in health, she sought not
little Bwanage, dear to her by wi 111401 Meß"ne..' `?4
here she waited her expected eed. But automaton,
health 041120 instead, anti of the invigorating ic"lsflY
of our air this instance id longevity speaks noires
She obtained many of the crest th°uSht` ""
animated and somtained her from Dr. Leifshild, of
Craven Chapel, London, of whose church she we' ler
years a member. After her remove' to Sweitaze she'
was transferred to the Congregational Church. then
under the pastorate of Mr. Chamberlain, sad ge
believe her name Muds second iin Os list 01 aumser•
here. Suffering for many roars with & disease if the
heart, and from the atteck• of that
asthma, about PiX years since it wee deemed ;Odell&
ehthvoeam:eres.hfieectOtieulintahthereemp...eutashin.i.h,er.ovenlilt:s.""*:rcei
looking out of the bow window wpm the lligh4ll9?'"
yet she wee not dragging ont a westv existonce. liee,
mind wee unusually active, Anil her
mysteries was keen aal incisive. la the hook S
delighted to read, she followed with interest the stn.-
logo iif " modern thought," no film in the watt home
she was often ministering to the wralw`"
thotightistrioleen, and as she testified to the goAti+l.
and love of the Father-God, who al her lift-1"g
aided her with loving kintineaa and Waller sac 'their
eyes learned to look up and to me the light strogziiSg
in their clouds. Her young and vigorous ifs spot:
great cities supplied a wellspring of
illustration, and when we th itt2ht flwansge
unprogreseive, she would prove that since she kesS
first it had in every way undergone • transformatcs“
and was giving promise of a .till fairer future. INfibil
thee well. Kliaabeth,Willshire ; we mu" sot Pir the
such golden grain has been reaped at last une
eternal granary, but rather rejidce that at yaw !
mind should live so long In gm old body to chase ags
help us whose work Iles yet slasad—perbaPl.