The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-01 00:00:00

CHRIBTIMB AT DORCHEBTER.

Christmas morn was ushered in by the merry peal-
ing of Sc. Peter's Church bells, but tha wet and foggy
weather which prevailed on Tneeday, and again on
Bank lihliday.to • eery great extect has =WWI the
enjoyment which thin festive thee., a• a rule affords.
In addition to the unplethantrass which pedestrians
have suffered, alarm and sari. ty :lave been caused by
the rep irt• of two wrecks on the Dorset coedit—one at
Bur.on Bradstock, sod the other near Weymouth, and,
although no live. have been I. it, it will be seen from
our reports id the disaster. there was cause for much
anxiety. A. usual the church.. here been moat taste.
fully decorated, but, as far as Trinity Is cuiceroed,
not on Su large a scale as kat year. Over the cim-
munion table a reredos he. bassi formed, awl • large
• of yew with red and white rose, ad Is to the
pretty eporaraoce the sacral alike. ',mecca'. The
pillars ace et twilled with evergreen, and in the win.
down aro woriis made of rice on a red ground The ,
pulpit is adorn •cl with evergreen and everleetiog '
da1..., Anil at the end of the reisding-ileek are backete
of fl iwers. B.neath the eagle of the lectern is a
circlet of evergreen and Curia tom roses, and the bath
of the pedest ills trimmed with ferns, kv.. Among
the health and eautlemen who devided their Vine earl
ability to this labour of love were —Captain and Miss
Wynyard, Mr.. Gene, Miss Strange, Mine Coombs,
Miss Tudor Mr. Cooper and Kr. Climber. On
Chrithinas Morning a full choral service was held • the
ebois entered by the west door singing "Christina,,
awake, salute the happy morn," and the prooseakin
was headed by one of the boys carrying a large banner
with • cross and the words " Prince- of Peace" on it.
The rector ouiducted the whole of the service, which
was most twarty, the nougregation being a very large
owe. _ _

- At St. Peter's Church the decorations were much
the lame se naval

At All &into' the dessatort—Mies Lock, Misses
Bascombe, Mist Galpio, Miss Hodges, Mrs. Groves,
and lira Kaata—luive displayed much hate, and the
shun& presents a very pleasing appearance. Th•
pulpit and reeding desk are not elaborately decorated,
but prettily &loused with evergreen, flowers, aed
tworee, ic. From the top of the bowl of the tont
springs • lofty open canopy adorned with frosted
room and dottal with Chruitmae roans. and • novel
effect is produced by the laying ot white wool beneath
this on the oohs of the bowl, making a good Imitation
at snow. At the base of the font is • profusion of
foliage. lathe west window is the word " Immanuel"
I. large white letters on • haslet background, and
beneath it, in smaller letters, the text Pears on
Ruth, Goodwill toward Men."
At West Yordington Church the decorations have
been carried out very hatefully. On the communion
table are Bowers in varies, and under the window ore
the words " Unto as a Child is Born" in whits
letters, whilst the communion rails are decked with
hosted moss, white immortalise, and red berries. On
the panels of the pulpit are several illuntloutod
scroll. upon which are inscribed the Christmas text
" Glory to God In the Highest and on Barth Psecie,
Goodwill towards Men," "Unto us • Child is Born "
the panels hying picked out with holly and other
greenery. The organ bears a suitable inscription, and
beneath the windows in the north and south transepts
are blue awl white stars. The foot is n 'ores I with
holly krt., and the text "Jesus took them to His arms
and Meowed them."

F.rilington Si. (horae's Church is ho derorated,
but on • much smaller scale then most of the other
chorrhee.

Christmas was celebrated at the Workhouse with
the usual rejoicings. The dining-hall had been mret
tastefully decorated by the soboolmistrees and porter,
and when the inmates had arranged themselves at the
tables, on which a right good old-fashion Chriatm
dinner was placed, the scene MY • most Mambas one.
After a thorough good meal had been enjoyed, one of
the old men (Hardy) propose a vote of thanks to the
Guardian., mod hearty cheers were given for the donors
of the feast, the molter end matron,and others. Tobacco
wee afterwards served out to the men and the wants
of the women and children were also attended to.
Present. were sent by Messrs. James an I Young,
consisting of tea, sugar, and oranges and a large scrap
book made by one of the Mews Young, and from
Mrs Blackstone WiIIIAMS. who rent pianos of tea
end tobacco. In the eveniag there was scrambling
for nuts ant oranges. The inmates number only 94,
being about 10 less than last year, there being very
few children in the house at present. The usual treat
got op by the master and mistress (Mr. and Mrs.
esigsteke Oat* on the 16th of January, when
there will a Chrietmads-tme and other wousements
provided, towards which subecriptions can be sent to
the Union.
_

—TberOl-d—custom of Christmas deo nations was kept
up as usual this year at the New Barrack., and
although, Perhaps. on the whole they were not so
good as those of the previous year, there were one
or two pieces of work which surprised those of last
Christmas.—The firet room we visited was that of L
Company, on the ground floor of the Gerrie Block
and our impression on entering woe that the decorations
this year were very poor indeed. The only thing worth
n °lief n g was n sketch of the gateway at the Barracks.
The next one we visited was that of I C cmpony, on
the ground floor of the Abercrombie Block, and we
saw at oboe that our first impression was wrong. The
room was very tastefully and neatly decorated indeed,
and eorne pretty mottoes in between the windows were ,
well worthy of notice, a. also a Union Jack gracefully
draped in fold. over the entractes door, in fact every.
thing in the room was neat. —We thou mounted the
first floor and sow the work of IC Company, and our
impremi,n was that with • little neatness it would
have excelled any other room, as it was
It certainly appeared the most imposing. Some
work over • fireplace on the right, we considered the
handsomest in the Barracks. It was illustrative of
the honours of the regiment, viz., the " Spinks " and
" Gibraltar " and was excellently done in gold on a
purple background. A Christmas greeting to the
officers, done in the someway, was also will worthy of
praise. Besides this the room was very heavily
In evergreens and paper chains. We then
saw the list, and in some respects the prettiest room
of all, namely, that of 11 Company. It was very
prettily decorated with mottoes, 'lndio: to those of
I Company, but inferior. But the way that the
eventuate ware grouped excelled the other rooms,
and • bonen pieta of the same material was very
Imposlng Taking these points into consideration, it
will be seen that every room had a diffiwent styli, of
attraction, and consequently it is rather • puzzling
task to give • personal opinion of the "titbit, "
of decoration shown by the respective oomPanblel.
One thing must be very notioeable to a visitor, and
that is that soldiers are not unmindful of each other
when parted, foe we see repeated in every room the
thoughtful mottoes of "Health to our oanundes on
the seas," "Health to our comrades in Aupt,'
"Health to our comrades in India," and so f
The whols et the deoorations were cneried out
under the superiatendenos of Corporal Limey.

• LSD 11la RAILWAY the
kindly forethought and generosity of Mr. J. T. Tisaple-
maw, the rum employed at the railway stations had so
la wooled treat this season. Mr. Templet:tan gees •
large number of geese and plums of beef, and thane
werlrfairly distributed in each department, and finally
awarded by means of drawing.
Jaws ORM.= FLINIT, brother of Mr.
Frederick Furey, of St. Mary-street, has Just died at
PA. Petersburg. The dispensed was well known in
Weymouth, and in his early days was a pupil of Mr.
MEM& Linter. fie afterwards to dr his degree at
the Royal Academy, and received • lucrative app. ml.
went as organist to the English Church at lit. Peters-
burg, where be had been for the past 16 years. The
tiscosesd, who was 36 years of age, was married only
on the third of this month
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•
/harrow —Arrivals : Great Western, Blampied,
Cherbourg, general; South of Ireland, Pearn, Cher-
i) ore, general; Cyrotts, Mistier, Jersey, general ;
Vanilla, Gillazd. -Faversham, :
Great Western, Blampied, Cherbourg, general ; South
of Ireland, POMP, Cherbourg, general; Cygnus,
Midler, Jersey, general ; Paris, Hardison, St.,
Nasals, goiters'; Dannebrog, Martemen, Elsinore
ballast.
Bottoms Potion, Monday —Before J. Robertson,
Fp., and T. Ahbott, It.
1., Henry Whitby, seaman of
H.H.S. Adelaide, of Plymouth, was charged with
being drunk and incapable on the previous night.—
P.O. Read stated that about twelve o'clock he was on
duty outside the Union, when he found the prisoner
lying across the road helplessly drunk. He took him
into custody, and found 91. KM a knife upon him.—
Filled U.—Thorium Isamu' Weymouth, was charged
with being drunk and riotous on the previous night.
P.C. Burt stated he was on duty on the previous night
Berarstwidge Hill. He was sent for, about eleven,
so go to Mr. Brown's house to turn defendant out
Re went there, and found defend ant drunk. Re ordered
gam to go away, and a• he refused, he took him Into
oust gly.—Fined
Kunio Cumente&—At the Guildhall on Wednes-
day, before the Mayor (R. N. Howard, Esq.), J.
Robertson, Esq., J. E. Hoban', lesq., and Hopkins,
Req., Arthur Collins, Charles Collins, and William
Coleman, three young men, were charged with being
drunk and riotous and assaulting the police on the
previous night. —P.O. Morris stated that last evening,
about half.paet too, be was near St. Mary's Church
the three defendants were there, very riotous and
wing bed language. He ordered them on, and they
went as far as Royal-tenure, where they again corn.
minced making a row. He ordered them on, but they
refused to go, and then they were taken into custody,
They were drunk. —P.C. Haile stated he was outside
fte. 's Church on the previous erming, about
hau.peet ten, in company with the last witness. He
sew the prisoners there creating • disturbance, and
using very bad 'bagasse. He ordered them atray, and
they went as far 64 Royal-tisrace, where they again
ommmeed making • row. I'M. Morris took Cole-
man into custody, and he took Arthur C dlins, when ,
his brother etruck him (witnem)sivaral time., and tried
to rescue him. He was obliged to send for &moistener.
Rs. Harvey stated that shortly before 11 • gentleman
came to the police-station, and said there was a row
on outside Royal-terrace. He went and helped try take
them into custody—Ml time defendants promised to
take the pledge, and the Beech adjourned the owe for
• =Ma to NO how they got on in the insenthent