The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-05-28 00:00:00

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•je )\, FORESTERS FESTIVAL.
• Tuesday was the sanivereary at the Fonder& of the
South-Westera district. They poured igto Weymouth
by rail from sll parts of Dona, Hank, and
elsewhere. "Thick as h bees that hunt the
'arty dew," they swarmed Vat= the streets till the
time arrived when they 'lipoid form • procession through
the streets, to °harsh, and afterwards to the field roar
the eemetery, that had bail takes for the ostesion,
aid where booths had brae ended (or the bedlam
aid their visiting friends. No more cheerful or glad-
dening apostate scold be witnessed than that of thee,
=hichnund by was mutual voluntary law to aid 000
in age and poverty, in sicker@ saddistress—to
' be the fathers of al pjad.r. orPhalls. the husband
01 all Fends& widows, the mourners at all
Feredeinfertee. The reel wady, of latish those
'The through the drab of Wiakniceteh ee cps,_
raliend hat • semll breach may he sag to is
I, tie peegege,fts ty, i pettedly
hrps beetely arganistioo. These amociatiosa sow
tid.ute one element ia the
i....itn..„...i0 ei loglish Sada MO. grie'esonotths foo"r`warint thl;
Ii e, t- ="Ti7oiminbes ••••••146.1. rb=stew4 Puisli7 bona-
= been frequently
Mitt we are ea Trestimijlitatitas my they are net
. • . Ths7 ere however, to the
-, Tormilidek ream tben to et the owier.
Is it radially and universally ea= that the
Oleithele ei • blindly amid costume ea
, entleffl efi their and= rt. Reed iesecnerade,
and Reena the leathers of the Vara eatery in the
so* et the abases* ? We mold net depresses
tho el a hedge. We wend ens esters's the
- - • a wwissuidsal of frosamassare ;
111
as
ies =
have • Iseeeissi sad history, an
Ulnas of their ow.; sad the sands of
I lA* that their weds imps. has 1110ellaikull:
emu& and denkmed the revolutions of aleility
Have the tewdries of ForestaT, bow-
!ant, any positive or useful diodes.* 1 What
alieb the wore eerie= °attributors thigh of • =let
atekeek or en wahine., treclesceas maidally reveal-
ka Island( in the fripperies of oth. the Archer?
pees leas, god and white Owes, aired bows,
leolutaal quiversonight los assais it the
were enbcid for the enseerepmest
'of • lea It is avowedly art distinctly • MOW
.4., tacity, sad we inuel say that amaderable
rams of mow are wasted on absurd sad unprofitable
show. We kaow that each individual Lean the =-
paw of his own dasoregoes, but do not the societies'
books omega Bees ef ornaments with prism allied,
and is net the wasedel aid undignified thus ischaitably
eneausged by the Anoka Order? Bat if we ablest to
the pmeepharedia of a Foreseers' pressed" ilitiLrieulK
to the sauggsraion of ornansent,which beaus= childish
from the simple fast that it grades nothing. But
ghee al it may be said, and we are willing to grant that
the ankh, part of the peaks nets with them aloe*.
They Law bake than we—at had they ought to
know—whether Rubio Hood tanks, buff pinnies,
and gold kiosk preneet, when mingled with brood-
shell', boner, and ecedurey, Si Sensing or pa-
te:ape appearance. Their ilmoometration on
Theasy was an enample el pod teals& the
sober seeded, the general demotion to de-
an. of dress sad arum fostered by Writs of
providence. A UWE ci said sympathy united them
each to his fellow-man. They were momban of one
charitable, provideet, alf-sneereetthLtiMsestei
sagasity
Wllfo seared by their own risk
, against the evil chasm of the tante • and it
Is intelligible that mos • year the; should
asesethht together, parade their numerical strength, set
ficatiqg litenent of their peaceful oruncle, sad even
wear Ohs emblem wind proclaim their antiquity, and
tisi:= a whisk they stand united. There are other
of • similar eaters to Foresters, and althesen
there may be one superior in number to the Reido
Hood Order, the Satter is excelled by none in peat of
may. el =pandas vigour, in dawn fraternal friend-
Foreseers and their near kinsmen, the Odd
21,1v5, neat of the very pick the small tradesmen
sad mike= of the Unieed They represent
the sagacity, the forethought,amedence of the in-
dedrious ordain, and we true their reeks may be
igellemaithiel
„Zraundreds of thawed& throughout the land
hi se the basalts= to their orpni-
an mere universally
The weather on Thesday was all that could be de-
sired for pleasure swam. At 8 o'clock • number of
the brut aessabled at the court, "Plume of
Feathers," held at the Albion lan, and proemial to
most the brethree from Poetised, on their antral in
Ike town. At to. o'clock the members assembled in
the yard formerly occupied by the late Mr. Philip
Dodsoa, and after forming. the tows,
headed by binds of musk sad= Bosun% Mk John,
and Friar Took, on horseback.
The bras bend of the loth Dorset (Weymouth)
Volunteer Bides;
Donee Yawata, Riles, and the Portia.' band, were
=on the conaka. The courts reprise.=
Portland. and the "Plume of Feathers,"
" ihilor's Hops,"' end " Gasp Ill." courts,Wa;
Meath, were the area "Robin Hood," lam'
methse see= el the diarist, Serathampion ; courts
" ilidos" 9080 ; "Allies,' UM ; and "Windsor
Oseloir, front Bentkomplem • aura " Unity" and
"Amity," 1818, frees rash I Nail "Cranbury Park,"
u SOU, Onus Abb. ; seat "84. Austin," MU,
hem filserborne ; nun "tregress," from Dorchester ;
ware " Digby," Beeraiseber ; and "Ids of Jemmy,"
If* Jere.; and men "Prosperity," 1980, 0
,and seas of the Metropolitao ands. The whet=
brothers wore scarfs sad aprons, and many of
them were dressed in Forestry actuate. Brethern on
hoembeck ; shepherd and shepherds.; widow and
• arid brothers of the order ia carriages, together
orphan;
trabledame Sags and banners and various parse
phenolie of the order, formed on the whole •
speekok such as perhaps was never before men in a
=on of ends Magnitude in Weymouth, and drew
theemade of speotatoes as they moved through
the streets.
The brethren attended Divine serval at St. May's
elairth, where the vicar, the Rev. Talbot Graves,
preated as =Wised sermon from Bociadastes, cr. EL
v. 3, • Yee, also, the heart of the eons of men is full of
evil, and amines is in their heart while they live, and
oilier that they go to the dead." The rev. gentleman in
elucidating the words of his text, pointed out first, the
madness of unconverted and unparclooed sinners ; and
eseadly, the miracle of mem and power wrought in
their Marta whereby they become of mos mind and
heart in the Lord. In the course of his sermon, the
said the Brethren of the order did well in
Cobject they that day had in view. It was good
and win, aid well worthy of wine minded men to
asks provision against the time of trial.
On leaving the sacred =ace the members reformed
and again proceeded through the principal streets in
the borough, and shortly after 2 o'clock passed over the
beck-water bridge to the field which had been provided
for the octagon, • short distance beyond the cemetery.
Here several booths had been erected in obi= to serve
out refreshments. The dinner booth, which was capable
al accommodating some 500 of the brethren and friends,
was teetotally decorated, and the dinner, provided by
brother Jahnis, was of the best partible deeceipeion
and plead on the table in first rate style, while th°
wines wad other drinkable, were really excellent, and
the attention paid by the waiters all that Gould be
desired. Martha, the affair gave the pealed credit
to the mine host of the Albert Hotel. The chair was
taken on the wagon by brother R. N. Howard and
the vies chair by brother Dr. Concher, the appointed
surgeon of the several courts in Weymouth.
On the cloth being removed, the chairmanArz
nemosively, "The Queen,' "Prince Al
Prima of Woks, and the Bad of the Ro'reldihunily, "
• • Tbe Bishop and Clew of the Diocese," and "The
Army and Navy," all of which were received with great
enthusiasm.
In the lest-named West was included the name of Mr.
Cornelius, solicitor, • full private in the Weymouth
Volunteer Rile Corps; and that gentleman acknow-
ledged the compihnent in appropriate terms.
The Chairman peat gave, whet he was pleased to
designate, the tout of WO day. In the amuse of his
remarks, be said time as their procession—be might cell
It their pretty procession—pawed through the towns,
they had caused amongst the thousands of spectators to
Inquire" What is Formby I" He then proceeded to
point wit what it was—the handing together in one
0061000 brotherhood of friendship and amity, and the
advantages, that of providing while the sky was bright
and clear to-day erpre the clouds and storms of the
morrow. Foreseers were now reckoned—not by tens
and hundreds—bet by thousands and tens of thousands;
and their Courts not by units and tens, but by hun-
dreds and thousands. Forestry taught men to be inde-
pendent—to depend upon their own exertions for the
rzevisions necessary for thix
aid lidspesu4rst, they .igtfte. nera tiimmdwasset
through life—in his every-day acacia. The rev. gee-
dem= who had preached to them that day had told
them that it was wsU to be united for this ,
and he verily believed that of all the various
established for instilling into the minds of the
the principles of prudes= and forethought, 4
Forestry was one of the very best. The speaker eon-
eluded by proposing" TI. -Heath of the Foresters,"
uniting with the toast the 0001110 at brothers %visaed
Manion, of Poole.
Brother Bevis, in asksowledging the compliment, said
that 17 years ego the Lea Conn in the
South-western district was darted at bouthmenen
by seven or eight brethren, and now they
timbered in this &arid not tees than 4000 members,
itid was the seem. Largest dilate in numerical drongth
out of London. Las than three years ego the fine
coat was opened in Weymouth. Now they had three
rapidly increasing and prosperous courts, sad he was
sure it must have surprised everyone to see that in so
short a time they had get up so respedable • pro-
semi= of brothers al the order as they had eau thee
day. That the society was the mates of mush good,
net sole to the members and their familia but to the
country generally--mving many from depending oaths
ratats,Yers for support, might be gathered from the
face that sines this district had been established the
several courts had =peed= no lees than CIAO in sick
relief; they had u id to widows end orphans of deceased
brothers something like £1,900, sod hoard expenses
60 about MOO, whilst they had upwards of £1,300 in
the bank.
Brother Menden, who also Maned thanks, sad
that he did net believe there was soy other benefit
society in this part of the counts y doing as equal
amount of good to the society they were that day not
to support. By MOT* to their hoot. he Nowa that
In the south western district they were paying towards
the :Fri of more Wm 100 widows sod mare than
sop children. The Foreseers had be= now a
bend society for mon than 28 years, and there was
seenely • single mesa is say pare of &gland =sing
that period could day other than that erne litho es
the society_ had boa nig in the mad Wand&
mew. ide losev that there were eirjeoliosa sormaimes
named that they awe oat in sotth style that it mud
kiosk upon Obeir funds in some way Of 04111 f, bet be
would MO anyone to point out any fund connected with
neer society that a single birthing was extracted from tor
these purposes. If any brother oboes to pueblo* these
lithep, or if. they 1%000 to have aZeg holiday to
take pad in their proemial instead al elmerbure,
am was quite another metier. If the* to do
?Lim!, Wrap of Oa own free ....r.
,7,7'1,e,hs ormeeded lima Owy hod o rant tto do
iv' 'us weld, ise wee happy to ay wag a Mel

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