The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-06-18 00:00:00

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Covirrr Comm Wedseadey.-B•fcee lodge Lyfroy.
A F 1,114.117, Mimic-11461 stook a labourer, of
widford r. Mises Lwow& ot Binder' Mills.
Wool.-1 clams of Al Vs. fin wages ; and the defendant
field • rooster claim of £.4. damages sustained through
tbe plaintiff performing Ms dation to an unworksemilike
manner and leaving the defendant befere the expiration
01 his term of serwies-Plantiff did not appear. end Mr.
Howard. who was for the defendant, said his client was
ethicS to set-off the counter claim against the claim.-
His Honour nonsuited elidedff and the counter claim Cu
withdrawn.
Eacurrraic Dammam?. -Waliaas henry Wyatt and
/reacts Marko Itthoords, tea merchants, or 1.& Little
Tower-street, Loiduit. v. Waiter Summers, a well-known
ittlabotant of Warebam.-The plisirvills obtained Jude-
A,..t against the defendant for /II 17. 5.1. in the City of
Londoe Court on the 15th of Februsry. and the cause was
afterwards transferred to this Court -lie. lloward, who
appeared for plaintiffs, asked his Honour to reduce the
es. Did not want defendant sent to prison.- Defendant
*shad how he could par, and be said. 'I do not want to
pat at SAL I want to go to pot -His Honour: "Very
well; if you want to go to awl you shall have enouth of
IL"- Defendant : 'That. right, sir; that'. right, sir. -In
rept,' to the Judea as to what he was doing, dslandssit
said he had been cleaning bricks for Mr. Crate, at
Swamies, one day, and he had'et been paid for that.-
Mr. Howard said defendant was living in a large house;
but defendant said it beiouged to his father in-law, who
bought it and U. Contents at the time he was "sold tie
under the sheriff's execution. Defendant said the plain-
tiffs ruined him by sending the tea to Yeovil he had
sugar and reap but no tea in kis shop. His father-in-law,
who was 75 years of age, was very rich, lot he eoeld not
part."-The Jodge reduced the elder to Le month, and
told defendant that as ,lie so he failed to pay he would
be sent to gaol for 40 days. Rio Honour allowed this
plaintiff's signiors.

ODDFELIsOWS' DEMONSTRATION.
The 2itll anniverear7 of the "Loyal Victoria
Lodge of the Independent Order of Odslfellows,
Manchester Unity, was celebrated on Whit-Monday.
The members and visiting brethren met in the Market
Ground at ball-past nine o'clock, and marched in
procession to church. All the brethren wore regalia,
and the silver emblems of the Cirencester District
added to the effect of the demonstration. he Poole
Town and the Kingston Brass Bands were present, and
there were four emblematic banners, one bringing to
the local lodge, another to the "Loyal Bud of Hope"
Lodge, Dorchester, and the other two to the United
LodFes of Weymouth.
Divine service c ,mmenced at 11 o'clock, and the
Rey. S. R. Cspel preached a very appropriate sermon. ,
Alter service the pr'cea.iou was reformed, and the
principal streets having been perambulated the
members wended heir way to a field in front of
&serail House, kindly lent for the occasion by Mr.
Robert Lucas At half-past one ~clock Host
Shepherd, of the Antelope Hotel, provided dinner
under a spacious =Num and the company numbered
about MO.

In the abeence of Mr. Montague Guest the duties
of Chairman were ably perf..rmed by Mr. J. A.
Pante, and the vice-chair was taken by Mr. Freeland
Filliter. Amongst those present wore the Rev. E. P.
Atkinson, the Kay. Mr. Schuster, Messrs. G. Filliter,
W. C. Lacey, B. Lucas, K Chu.chill, B. Smith, J.
Bennett, T. P. Gillingham, J. H. Bennett, F.
Maraballeey, and Collibole.
The Ce•flus•K read the following letter that had
been received from Mr. Montague Guest :
••3, Savoie Sow, W., May Mb, ISM
.. . .

" Dear Sir, —I regr-th-e-x-tWroefy- o have I wris -t
fit; to
you to say that I am prevented from taking the chair st
the Odillellows' featlval, at I bad promised, on the 10th of
Jane Wit H the Prime of Wales has nominated Ilse as
item to one of the English classes at the French Exhibi-
tion, and, sa our labours commence on Saturday the 8 la
of June and are likely to last over a fortnight, I fear I do
not see my way to being present in Wareham on the 10 11.
I bag to aware the company assembled that nothing but
this appotnunent would ban prevented me from attend-
ing the featival, to chick I had been looking forward with
great pleasure. I take this first DDAID•Ot to writs and
inform you of me inability to attend, and trust that you ,
may hare to difficulty in finding another to fill my place,
which nothing short of this urgent duty would hare
Induced me to relinquish. Trusting you may have •
succeasful meeting, and begging to assure you of my
hearty sympathy in the Willellovis' movement.
I am, dear sir,
" Yours truly.
"MONTAGIR GUIST."
The loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed from
the Cher, the Rev. E. P. ATIINDON responding for ,
the Clergy, and Second-Lleutenant W. G. Lacav for I
the Volunteers, the latter in a very neat speech.
"Success to the Idaiicheater Unity of Odklfellovre"
was next proposed by the CHAIRMAN and Bro. J. W,
Tamura', treasurer of the local lodge, in responding,
'rave statistics id that gigantic wiciety, which haa
rac 802 members, with a capital of over £4.000,000.
Bro. HoRDLN propecil' Prosperity to the Pools '
District," which Bro. OLD, who respon led, said was
second to none in the Unity, it having 29 lodges, with
over 5,000 members, and a recent valuation of the
masts showed a surplus of over 03,000.
" Success to the Local Lodge" was then proposed
by the CHAIRMAN.
Brn. Hankta, the Secretary, replied, and said the
Lodge had 337 members, and the value on the bit of
January waa E 2.754 Ba. 71
Mr. Cantouc proposed "Kindred Socialise," and I
Mr. Jaunt Idgianrog, of the Dorset Friendly
Society, acknowledged the toast.
"The Health of the Chairman" was proposed by
the VICI.CH•IRMAN in very complimentary terms.
He spike id the value of friendly societies and said
even the lawyers hail their society, for he gram steward
to the Solicitor.' Benevolent Society, and was going
to dine with Sir George Jniel, the Master of the
Itolls, at the Star and Garter this' month.
The CH•IIIMAN replied, and Bea TRIUBICIT pro-
posed the concluding toast. " The health of the Vice'
Chairman.' with which was coupled the Mayor and
Gineration of Wareham,
The ityzoaragg acknowledged the compliment, and
the company then adjourned to the ...pen air. The
public were admitted to the field at three o'clock, and,
the weather being fine there was a very large number
of people present, the excursions from Poole by rail-
way and stainers being well patronised The principal
attraction was Mr. James Davies dramatic company,
for whose accommidation a temporary stage had been
erected in the field. The pieces performed were the
musical farce, "The Loan of • Lover," the laughable
farce, "The Artful Dodger," and the burleenuo, ,
" Aladdin, or the Wonderful Scamp." Min Jesse
Kirk, Mee Annie White, and Mr. Arthur Byron &leo
sang a number of songs. An enclosure was set apart
for dancing, and the lads and lasses indulged in a
game of kiss-indlte-ring. Taken as • whole the fBle
WAS • BOCCOM.