The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-08 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULIUR4L GAZ

lIWAXAGIR.
THI weekly meeting of the Temperance Mission wee
held In the British Schoolroom on Monday evenieg.
0 ir friend. from the kii-sion Hall. awl a few horn the Lord Elgin, very kin Hyssop. forward to help, aod
Mr. Spencer preside I. After a hymn he gar* his
o,,Porielbos of head) 42 years' total abstinence. Mr.
ate/ (1111.4011 Inielet.e) then spoke in his usual
interesting and instructive way referring to the Sun-
day Closing question, and, as ise was speaking to such
• 1•1116 md'•"'", "blob oPPeand to los lb. " cream of
&wattage." he pat it to the you, and it was carried by acclamation. Mr. Budget. (of the L .rd Klee ) the%
gays the audience his treat fro J 3 the "Br of B lis"
(which was entered in the ire gramme for the enter-
tabus., t of lest week) la first. ate rtyle, and which
moot bays Ploas'd all who hoard him; at Me end he
was loudly applauded. Teat the old favourite (the
engine-r) came forward, and carried them on past the
Urn, allowed, but no one was tired of hearing him.
The Roe. Mr. Steer jwOpused a vote of thanks,
00000dod by Mr. Loos, and. carded in the usual way,
to the kind friends for opeaklue on the platform. As
regards the meetings during as summer, while the
people Weeded they would not find the dome closed,
and them would be someone to address therm The
meetly/ elm closed by singing the doxology.

POOLZ.
THE CHASES Aamnr Paocroa.—Frederiali Pro:tor,
the B rum* lodgingtionse-keeper, who ia charged
with hnvieg wickedly conspired with another man
named Watts to set bre to outhouses, for the porn 44
of defrauding the Ifteurassoe C onpanv, was brought
up as lb. Wimboene Police-court on Friday. Lieut.-
Ctionel Paget was the sitting tnattistrate. and Mr.
Supt. Bat y simply asked for another remand of •
week to enable him to complete the c se. Tbis
granted, and the pile mar was oncs more sent back in
otl4*o ly. Watts, who was sentenced to reree Tests'
peal iiervitude at lb. last Winchester Assizes', will be
the chief witness anal-st biro.
Tits CHARGE or NEGLECT AOSINET • MEDICAL
OrriCtlE—AL the nieeting of the Board of Onsrdiens
yesterday Dr. Turner attend d t explain matters
with reference to an aflidatit that bad Neu ma le by
a woman, before Messrs. Corti. and Western,
magistretes, and which was reported in the P.ofe
Herald, charging him with neglect: in the treatment of a
pal I. Dr. Turner offered I, f irniab the Board with
• justification and an explanation, but ae it hal not
came before them officially, the Guardians roe 'lead
was not neceaary for the doct wto do so. It wee
stated the mattes had bees laid before the froal
Government Board, and an enquiry won'd be held.
PAIMESITATION.—Tbe stesabses of it. Paul's Young
Men'. Bible Clare hewing savooribed tower& a small
present to Mr. George .1. Barth, one of their fellow
members, as • token of appreciation of bin work in
coorsetill in with the Church Missionary 8 oisty. Ines
on Wednesday to make the presentation. The leader
of the de.. (Mr. Rill) provided an *roiliest tea in the
schoolroom on the orsairiolL and during the evening •
silver psooll.cass was handel to Mr. Beech with many
MprellMoue of good-will. Mr. Farmer and Mr. Pur-
nell were present besides the membsts of the clam and
the evening's pmeeedings were marked by muck
pleasant cordiality.
A Cosmos Flaw—Mr. William Penney writes :
" Goa of the finest specimen, of the antior, or frog fieb
(Lophias pmeatoefre) that I have ever seen of this fisb
we. a.ptured by ..ns -1 our fishermen in Poole Bay on
Mo 'day morning ; It meaeured over five feet in length.
It ha. various emus ; amongst others, it is known r
the fishing frog, toad fl-h. and sea devil. I is one of
the moot anoontb, ill @impels, and ugly of the fish that
frequent our COMM It. heed Is like an soormous toed
being nearly two feet it diameter. It le not so corn.
moo on our Doreetabire neat as on that of 0 rumen
ant Devonshire. Ilse lee 0.. time y have recorded
ay taken in Pool, Bar was in Jong. 18e7, since which
time I have not heard of any !tering lima captured on
our D diet was:.

I Mr. Han coatosded the Oratocil. individually sad
collectively. did au. their power to lighten Mown, .od he
did 0010.10 k suet rarystrong word* should be used. Mr.
Carew/ ...old rens to make t sown, that •*a**Taas tit°
but Weird( worts favour of armor/6am He co.danded
teat not. innate &ottoman at the table wanted to spend
a forth as weirely.
Mr. OONWIT knew they were nil doing their Nett to keep
dawn the rann .• but they were immerse terribly. Toy
wore worse ra•erl P.ah Boneemponce.
Lid num HAMILTON: rho, end mongoose.
Teo KATO& sold it they took the asseeeneent of P-al'it
sad Itnoroetoontb they would find they were about one.
Mimi Ise.
In reply to Hr. Bowls, the Tow' Cum said tber err
oepta this gout at were atount tbr • t.r four unwired Pertuda
more than the corresponding quarter of lest Yew.
/If. STTILING p tot. I oat that dace then the rep tire of
e twee n.tooh-r .t 1 route had come upon then.
Mr. Wine= said he did not know wbo had eaked
more moony front the C mood than Mr. Cooney. in hobo!!
of Parkvone. He did not blame him ;he waa ooly doing
his duty to hie eoltet.tookee.
Mr. DOODALM remarked they bed bad • good deal &dor
wanton on the mader. and he hoped it bad lawn Int M-
ehl. • he proposed that it be referred to the Loot Grew
This wee agreed to.

IThe en. rung noestiog c..mmenced at seven o'clock
by the chil hen lustily singing hymn 72, after which
the president, Ms Itosextb, pre hid over the mess-
ing, and, I . • few opening rem ohs. stiol : —Dear
friends, as I h awe • coy hong e °gramme before me
I shall not detain you long. 1 in , not express the
pleasure I feel in meeting you all out this pleasant
ore wino. tou • ali 4 met ooe the • t of wtion of 601110 oof
000 y dear young (rents who are n ow before me to see
they are reaping such a hountifu: buret after tolling
so many years, long before I coma thought of taking
the b:ne ribbon, f .t. example *she Yet I always
admire th.dr untiring teal against all difficulties We
cannot h.lp realishog the truth that if we work for
the Master we shall be sure to tea,' if we faint not. I
think dear friend, this iv enough t, encite it all to
renewed effort in this n 'bin work, and dear young
friends I w oul I impress on you all to work while you
are young. As I was res ling to-fey the children can
tjeteie• a great infi ponce for god, t. say nothing of
the pleasure and profit it briege you dally. Trusting
all who hays not donned the bit o f bine will do no to-
night, and may God bless their nailed eft eta.
" Dare to do Right," recited by 13 children, which
received applause, after which 58 hymn was sung.
Ita citation, B wide Hall.
The Rev. T. Brill, then moet pleasingly addressed
the meeting, in which he gave his ex *dance respect.
log a voyage he ones had from Nova Sciotiato Montreal,
in whicts he thawed through a drinking captain, the
vessel was five days at the mercy of the wind and
Wove in the Gulf of St. le wrenc., and throu,h not
shortening sail, roomy sail way spilt c impletely to
pieces. He then c unmated a captain in OLIO of the
Allen Line, who was a temperance man, how he
brought his ship safe through a five days and nights
storm ; be then referred to • boat.ng party of seven
gentlemen five of whom were drowned through the
*a wain gentlemen,
to, much driuk. He them spelled
to the chi dram the words " Dare to do Right, in
which he hoped they would prosper.
Recant ou, " &oohing," Ernest Brett; recitation,
" Tne K -We'. 8,84," Master Morgan; reading,
"John Stu idea," Mee Wareham.
ilymu 180 was thou sung. after which Hr. Barn
was called on to recite the eel owl part of an original
p oem of his owa coop eition. entitled "Tie Wimborne
crodigal." He gave the first part at the coolies supper
in the Town Hall last week. Toe subject, both in
Parts I and If, is of the most interesting and instruc-
tive, arid we would recommend our temperance to Lends
In other parts of the lan I to obtain a copy and give it
at their meetings. Toe rer,ing was emphatically
given, and met woth general aorsciatios.
A gong was then given by Mr. F. Howell, the chorus
of which was" When you eel the Temperance Army
Drawing Near."
Tee !Gov. J. M..., ha.lng baem nailed 00 tes eddrees
the monolog, sail about 40 years since he was at a
meeting is ttoetoon, when the speaker told them not to
clap until they had heard what he had to thy, so be
would gay the SUDO to them. In giving his early
experience, be sold he had abounued, and bad been
caused to uthe • little of the drink mg dn. However,
now he could tell them he ha I left it all together. He
could give them many reasons for so doing. He than
gave • plensiug anecdote respecting a goat and two
other animals, which hal berm imposed on by his
master, who gave it enough drink Co overpower it.
After mverel cursory and most interesting remarks,
the rev. gentl min gave place to Mn. Lempar_d who
endowed with the swig • Out in the Snow," Miss
Globe acoompanying.
The Rev. W. r. Gill (Wesleyan) than briefly
addressed the meeting.
A duet then followed by the Mimes Russell sad
Morgan, watch was enthusiastically received.
Mr. B. J. K 11111044 than came to the front, anti ,
said be believed In people Living up to what they preach
and teach. He then very pleasantly spoke to the
cuildren, urging them to be Medea, firm, and true,
end be teetotalers for the love of it.
A trio was then gives, "Toe Social Glottis," by Miss
It wall, Messrs. Lampard and Fudge, which was
ran Jared in such a manner act' call torch an android-
stole Loomis Mr. F. Howell then gave" Lars t, In
a Daniel," the cholus of which was most energetic-
ally taken up by the whole ••••inblisors.
the CHAIRMAN, in his concluding remark,, returned
tarinks t, the kind friends who had so kindly assisted
in speaking, and to those young Wier (Mee King,
Medd Russell, and Miss Tilsed) who no nicely managed
the tea; also to Miss Jenvey for presiding at the

There was a thorough good attendance, the room
being nearly filled.