The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-01-31 00:00:00

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retained thanks,

. Vivec-Cgaiamits pet:posed "The past and
present officera"
P.N.O. F. Armoire said be was very much pleased
N see snots a numerous meeting, and hoped many
--- ones were in store for them. It certainly
4 well for the society when, as was the case
t, some of the leading tradesmen of the town
çape forwar4 and gave them the eightnhand of
fellowship.' •
' N.O, F.:tastes, eiker returning thanhiossii ie had
now las peopese's tuast, which, when 14,tecjItieard. he
I ret f hey NecioMleost healitily Mpokil to. He
17;0...*--ploasate in grvilig ', The Mayor and
a a thetiomuglt.; " M Dorchester."
The names af tlie Chairman and Vine-
- were oonamtted with the toast.
.... .. CHAIRMLN said he was very 'OPT the Mayor
wale not present. He and Mr, Gregory were so
young in the Corporation that hi badly knew what
to say about them. They had already began to find
that a storm was brewing. (Laughter.) He had got
Into very great trouble that evening, but he was
thankful to saitheir worthy vic-e-chairrlMA bad stood
In -1M 1141ar of need. (Hear, bent) Old
. s could crow is much as they liked about
their society, and that it stood Al. He did not
believe anything of the sort. He believed both the
Foresters and Oddhillows wen as good as they were.
(Laughter and cheerio i They were all engaged in
, doing all much good as possible, and in making
11 *heir wives and families aeromfortable as they oould,
ead as such ought to meet with support. But
lerhibst saying this, be mast say there was no Corpo-
intion in the world like the Corporation of
'Dorchester for honesty, integrity, dispatch of
:lividness, the removal of nuisances, and all sorts of
blow'. tLanglitsp.) When they were not A Ibe
, pod they woold not forget to tell them.—ffoices :
" How about the gam rl Oh! Mr. Gregory would
, tell them all about that. (Laughter.)
1 The Vice-Cgsmatas said all he could say about
, the gas was, that a little light would not be out of
place in some parts of Fordington. He thought
. their deeds required light as well as other peoples,
and the sooner there was gas there the better.
I (Hear, hear.)
The VMS-Cl/AIRMAN again rose and said the next
toast he had to propose was, "The Health of their
Chairman." (Cheers.) He had discharged his
duties in a most able and worthy manner, and if the
town had been searched be did not believe a better
man would have been found. (Lend chute, with
oiie for Mrs. Vernon.)
The CHAIRMAN, in responding, remarked that
when he was asked to take the chair, he said to
those persons that waited on him that he thought
they had made* mistake in selecting lutiss and wished
them to have some one of more note and standing in
the town than he had, believing that if they did so
it would be all the better for the funds of the society.
-.., would not, however, be refused, and he con-
..ated. After further alluding to this matter, he
Mid he believed that befere long Parliament could
,daat refuse to grant working-men a share in the
Legislation of this country. (Cheers.) They all felt
+this would be so; and whatever Government might
40 in the matter, they might depend that they could
not much longer resist admitting the working-man
or meohanio to a share in the franchise. This class
of men, by their own efforts, were raising themselves
to such a poeition that they must command it.
(Applause.) He trusted that in any society, no
matter what its name might be that had good for
its object, he should always be ready to lend a
helping hand. (Loud cheers.)
Several other toasts were given and responded to,
between which some excellent songs were sung, and
a most pleasant and agreeable evening was spent by
all who attended the first anniversary supper of the
Dorchester Branch of the Improved Order of Old
Friends.