The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-20 00:00:00

BLANDIORD.

TrXYlltaaCll SOclart.—On Monday hilt a lecture
eawasurtaidelnivmereedni
oblyratithe aa and an
waa also given.
01.6itar1c Cotyagr. Mr. prank Williams'
dramatic company performed at the Corn Lich oge
four nights last week, and gave great sausfacti...n,lo
good audiences. The ()dumps! pieces were
. the
Shaugnraun," " Rao. Lynne," "Oliver Twist, Sod
•' The Ticket of Leave Men." The performances on
Saturday evening were no leg the special patronage it
the Mayor (Mr. Spence Abbott), and Mr. hyena
band played selectiowe during the evening.
CollaTT POLiCa, Tuesday.—At the magistrates'
clerk's offices, before J. J. Farquls aux), Es j., suit sir
W. tiini.h Marriott, Bert , Robert Arnold, of Stick.
land, was brought up in custody charged with night
poaching on lauds belonging t Vi.c rOfttilau.
The offence was proved by his lordship's head gam,
keeper, but the defendant was &dawned to ball ou two
sureties of .ClO 4004 to appear at the nest pelt,
sessions. —Thomas Batton, hawker, was charged
with abenenduig and leaving his wife and child en
chargeable to toe Blandford Union 1111 long back as
1875. The prisoner bad only recently returned t.i
Blandon:I. Mr. Lowe, relieving offiner, proved ,ho
charge, but stated only 040 child wriest present char.,.'
able. One mouth's hard labour. It was inc.deataily
stated that the guardians had paid prisoner's family
the large amount of £47 19s.
Tin funeral of Miss Clinton took place on Thursday
at Langton, where, in accordance with her reques•
she was interred near the grave of Miss Snow, and
where Miss Pritchard's remains were buried. The
deceased was with the two young ladies previou, to
their being drowned shortly before Christmas two
yews ago. Her body was removed from Boulogne on
the previ ins Wednesday night, being placed in
the chancel of the church. ibe Rev. C. Fyne,
Clinton, Mrs. Clint in, and several relatives of he
deceased wzre present. Ihe officiating °sinister was
Us, Rev, A. Littlewood, recierof Tu nworth, who, the
preceiing evening, referee I in suitable terms to the
death ot the deceased in his sermon at Blaudford
Church. On the coffin and grave were dep 'sited some
very beautiful white Bowers in crosses, wreaths, stc.,
and • large number of young people, chiefly female.,
including the teachers of the Blandford Sunday
School, were present. Tbe deepest sympathy is felt
for the Rector and Mrs. Clinton in the lo,s of so truly
amiable and beloved • daughter. The Revs. J. Lee-
Warner, J. Neal, and If. F. Trotinan kindly undertook
Mr. Clinton's clerical duties on ,itinday at Hi indford
Church, and at the close of the evening service the
Dead March 'in Saul wae played by Mrs. Edwards
on the organ. The deceased wee much beloved by .11
who were acquainted with her, and more especially the
young ladies at Miss Greatheob's school, where she was • pupil foe sums time previous to her going to Franco
to finish her education.

WOOLLAND.
Foßung MISSIONARY SticlSTY.—On Tuesday last •
WoI iyan Foreign Missionary meeting was held here.
Mr. Barnett Presided, sad called on the Rev. Walter
Lang, and Mears. C. Ford ( Vurnwood), Wm. Tixsard
(thivtird). 8. Ellsworth (Idderton), and T. Cross (Bel.
chalwell), chit did double duty in advocating teetotal.
ion and missionary enterprise for Eng' and ad nati
iDA
abroad. The hymn bwinniug--" Oh, for • thousand
tmeues to sing" and others were sung, Mies Julia
Caton leading on the harmmium. The selte•crifics
in the lives of the late 1t.,. John Runt, Dr. Pupation,
and Dr. Milne (13 ipti-t, who, as • shepherd boy in
dootland, spent wool. nights In prayer), was alluded
to. The Chairman
.proposed the following resolution I
—"That th inu is ,eng views the present prospect of
mis.ionary work to be most encouraging, and that we
resolve to give and pray on, i expectsti in of still
larger and certain encores to the Redeemer's Kingdom,"
and added :—"the 72nd Pea in, as read to-nign,. sets
forth the Kingdom of Jaen. (verse 8) as growing tithe
very ends of the earth, and so David preyed (Ter" 111
—" Let the whole earth be filled with Thy glory"
believe it will, for God'. Word cannot faiL
in the 2nd chapter, verde 35, ways the same.— the
boxes of Misses j. Eaton, Drake, Ellsworth, and Mrs.
Vat or exceeded in amounts of those lest year, and the
coll-ction wee almost doubled, the total proceeds being
ES 12, The Benediction Closed an exoelleot gathering.
and the last meeting of the swoon in the 111aadforcl
Circuit.

CHITCOMB CHAPEL.
In the pariah of Woolliand, in the Vale of Black-
moor, County of Dorset, stands this venerable old
edifice, erectsxl in the edghteenth century, on land
Which for nearly 200 years has been applied to sacred
purpdses and religious wor.hip by the Baptists.
Pmsecutious of the Five Mlle Act, and others of the
State, with other torturea, distressed the imiefrY
of worshippers here, mid their removals and deaths
reduoid the a grimy that for about 65 ,ea'
the building has been let to the Wesleyan. of :hauls-
bury and Woodford, and, conjointly wiala the remain-
fßi.nog trustees (Maws. A. Hodgcs and Isaac George, of
:ford) the methodists put • new Interior and
rostrum, the baptistry Wog done away, Two portions of sc,ipture, wowing of Matthew :ATM., 12 sad 25'
—'' Baptizing Gum in the name of the Father, sad
the non, and of the Holy Ghost," and "Lo I am with
you always, even unto the end of the world,"ers
engraved nous the walls lstp ossighsr Ws of s°ll

window, by the preacher's stead, thus setting forth the
orthodox belief of Baptists an i Trinitarian Protestants.
Grssestinee and the inscriptions thereou, both inside
the ch.pel .;Idin the graveyard or God's Acre, wh:ch
is attached, show that People of pious goal and f
air
of living used to woasuip here, although it
.7. that always laymen have taken the lea.l of
thl meetings held. The ueighbourhood is vastly
e "4 particularly is the mauler season, when the
w
leathered •0140 tars ot the grove
Rise on their wings,"
to warble each sl Ogg as causes the blackbird, thmli,
}inn, t, nightingale, or leach-ail to be weloome visitors
boo, among the oopese around. Beauteous aed lof.y
eliu trees close by give 13 ,th shelter and lodging for
f,,„k„ and a morn the large fields of exceedingly rich
pasture. Opp,wte is a high hill, one of • long range
be Bull:isms and Okeford with Shilliagstone if
whi -6 you may see by the slaked eye into four or five
different counties and four railways also. The writer
ha, °Rime, paused at a little past co on a Sabbath
d .y thereon to listen ti the chiming of the village bells
of several parishes, and viewed also the worshipper.
going thither, and also aortas the fields to the chapel
et Chitcomb, and won lured at the wisdom of God, who
for generations has raised up preachers to labour here,
some of which have gone as misdunaries abroad.

SHIA/110RWL
We regret to hear that the young girl Constance
Geraldine Pennington, a hose cam has excited so much
attention, and wh, lies in I h)rchester gaol awating
her tr,al for robbing Old Nlothsr Lyne, is suffering
Irons cancer in the throat, and the • lisesse is pronounced
incurable. Short as the Lime is between this ami the
Liessions we am t ,Id she is scarcely likely to survive to
take bar trial.