The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-30 00:00:00

DOZOZZITER.

IT II TAW that Lord Alington won £17,000 over
Rayon sl'Or's victory at Donna ,ter.
Go AWAY, DRIMIC•RU —OO Wednesday, at the
Borough Police Court, before Aldcrutsti J. Galpin,
flionas Ckadwiek was charged with being drighk mid
asleep in a passage on Tuesday ni, ht. —P.t '. Pryor
found prisoner asleep In Mr. Steele's 11111$ vs, druak
and unable to walk. He came quietly to the station.
The prisoner stated that he bad wsklk..i front Wunborens
that day, sod was going to We% w..uth. —Mr. tialpht
tld that if he would go out ..f the town at ohce it
would be looked over this time. —The prisc.u:s
accordingly discharged.

PILOVEMOR Duram The Professor g ve two
entertainments at Hi. Town Hall on slomlay and
Tuesday evenings, when, owing to the very wet
weather, the attendance was note, good aR might bass
beam expected, nor as the first-claan entertainment
certainly deserved, for the feats performed were truly
marvellous, and drew forth repeated plaudits from the
audience. At the close of the trog.amme, Professor
Dupre: exhibited his wondrous dark seance, which
was very cleverly done, and gave satisfaction to those
who remained.
Dmints'is Mamogrrrua were exhibited here on
Tuesday evening, and cowed great musement. Part
a the scenes were supposed to be laid at Mr. Wright's
shop, then at a barber's shop' and the figures corn..
prised a Chimes, Clown, and • Bluebeard, who go
through a variety of antics, all tending to uproarious
fun. Metamorphoses the most strange are effected
before the spectators' eyes, such as the development
of a box of bloaters into a dragon, which is ruouuted
and explodes. A couple of babies appear, and "even
wisibly afore your wery eyes." There is some pretty
scenery, and the falling of rain, shining f the sun,
and other atmospheric phenomena are cleverly
Imitated. The ingenuity of the marionette.makers
must be very great to produce such wonderful and
widely varied effect.

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.

The schools in this town iringing to the Dorchester
branch of the Sunday School 1.• ukon tethered on Sunday
week at the annual service., which was held in the
Wesleyan Chapel. About Pm or 510.1 scholars, and 190
parenta and teechers wean blel, the
.Wesleyan scholars
the
ItAsetsatastut 90ted "tres),l""nlitli:fa !WM ie so
many. The interior of the chapel presented la
very
animated sight. with so many younc faces filling almost
every part. " LitUe traveling dionware was the
commencement of the hymn sung, and then the deputa-
tion from the parent Sunday School Union, Old Bailey.
London,—Mr. J. T. Cox, prayed, read Psalm ciii., and
delivered an interesting address from the Lord's words—.
"Follow me." Mr. Cox showed how to retain the atten.
Lion of children, by illustrating his address with anecdote.
The meeting was closed with singing and prayer, the
chapel choir greatly wading in the ganging, and the
harmonium being played by Miss Keats In the evening
the united Sunday school prayer meeting was held, at the
same chapel on Monday afternoon, friends of Sunday
schools gathered at a public tea in the South-street
C99&949o4ffitai preparatory to the public meeting
a local Union. This was presided over by the Rev.
W. Allen, who is president of the Union, supported by the
Rev. 0. H.Chambers, Rev. T. Naive, Revs. kyd, Osborne,
dm Alter prayer by the Rev. 0. Chambers and gingist.
The PIUSID6NT mid he was sure that most of
pelmet were Sunday School teachers, and all were
Interested in the work. They might have difficulties, but
ought not to have one difficulty lees, and the work done
by them eternity only would tell Sabbath schools are
doing sport and glorious work for God, and he did not
know what would become of the young people of the
=day if there were none. The boys of the old days
ved were not any better than at the present time
for not a boy was half as bad as he wee, and he bell'eTe
rsal
the world is getting better, and not worse
He called= Mr. WALTZ& PouNCT. the secretaty of the
Union, who read the following report, first giving the
statistics of the local Union which includes five schools, 70
teecherg,withan a verage morning attendance of Wend after-
noon ditto 53,53 church members, 52 having been formerly
scholars; the scholars now in the Union number 520, the
average morning attendance being 340, and in the
afternoon ; 21 were church members, of whom 11
joined the churches last year. In the Parent Sunday
School Union are schools, 1,352; teachers, 105,217, whom
morning attendance is. 35,045; sad afternoon, 51,105;
church members, 05,921 ; formerly scholars, 0.113;
total scholars, 961,305; morning attendance, 312,521;
afternoon, 636,559; in London Schools alone, children over
15 years, 35,349 ; ditto infants, 57..'W: church members,
48,489; joined the churches last year, liar,
Postricr remarked on the difficulty of keeping the
elder scholars. In this town we kimono Young Mena Bible
Class where the Superintendents ask the young men to
go, rather than waste their Sunday afternoons Recalling
Use memory of an old Sunday school man, whose interest
In the work was unabated, be reminded them of the
exhortation" Be Steadfast" Let us look forward and tread
down the difficult4e. through faith in Jesus We want
our children to grow up manly, to come out as strong
Christiana, to do their -Weiner in the world in their
sphere, maiming whence the strength comes to dose, sad
When they pase away like the dear friend of whom he
spoke, they would leave behind them "footprint* on the
sande of time," an encouragement to those behind them.
(Altana.)
T. W. ICTD, of Puddletown, had read some
speeches that afternoon, and in the Marquis of Hartington's
on opening a new advanced echoed, the Marquis stated
there wee a crest pp in our system of education, between
the elementary and the advertise' schools. So there is
soasetinwe too greet a gap between Sunday schools and the
Christina church, and it would he well if Christian
parents would occasionally come in and see how they were
getting on, and the kindly interest thug shown would be
welcomed by the teachers. The object of Sunday schools
Is to bring on the children to enter the church The
Marquis also said too much time Is spent in teaching the
three R.s meaning the first principles of education, but
we cannot have too much dwelling on the lint sietneipi,. of
Christianity—we cannot have too much of the four o.'s,
meaning the four Gomel. The black board might be
more used In sacred teaching, the superintendent for
Instance should sketch down the bmiL of the lesson
before the children. Lord Hartington further said—
elementary teachers should raise the character of their
schools, and this should be applied to Sunday s -hoots.
The minister and superintendent should not rest till all
their beechen me really Christians, let them invite them
to tea, or otherwise meet them, and press upon them the
Importance of personal militia. It Issa been mid it
Is unworthy to talk in a . deepowhag way about agrieul.
tuna
othar &memo ; so it is unworthy to talk
about Sunday school work, let us get about
It In the rjjt way, looking up to God for the help we need.
Aittut. IL Chenille, Wesleyan superintendent
minister, gummed that 100 yews ego there was not a
Sunday scholar in Great Britain, but now there are a
million, with 300,009 teachers. We have not yet menthe
of the stamen we ought. In Lancashire and Yorkshire
there are thousands sad thousuids of parents who were
trail." UP in a Sabbath school, and who send their
Children ad, they were sent, but who remain al
Mt. He feared the reason is that teacher. do
*bough in present results; they algae' the
children to be converted by and by, but don t expect
It now (Applaftee)
Mr. J. T. COI, of London, said it was exceedingly
t..„.,.baat„,tToul people of all Wipes
"fl, erognsing, ter feel =landed
inestinp attended by weeper. from all pans of the
Ee-G, from the Continent of Eu rope and from the
oatinent across the Atlanti ,c. the work of
London Union is done on the voluntary ;
now of Nos committee are paid, although they
megUnge at half-past seven in the
brubble ia the winter amidst LonanTie veritegeetee
stadia' hed mid w• most eet tip a met haw.
fed the glom, the top al ear animals, al "blab '