The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-12-08 00:00:00

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LECTOR( On Lira AaSUIRANCE.—Mr. Jibes Inwards,
who for the last 37
years has been a highly sucessifial
an address on life usenet* In connection
temperance lecturer here and in America, is now on a
tour delivering
with the British Equitable Society. He visited Dergea_iter
last Friday, and in the evening hada good audience at the
Town.hall, whom he thoroughly intereated for an hour
and a half, as he descanted on prudence in life,particularly
in its association with life essursoce, touching in the
course of his lecture on courtdrip and marriaqe, life and
death, always with good wholesome advice, 'infers-el by
appropriate and huniourous illustrations. For the society
he advocated, he said, the British Equitable was* healthy
young man, of 20, was not inarriel (amahlainate.l) and
never inteudol to be, hail a large annual income. and an
ample reserve fund. We may add that if the Directon
desire to follow up the good impreniona mule by Mr.
Jebel Inward'', they must advert as the agents end rates
of premien of the society.
WeiILITAN CHAral..--thi Sunday laid sermons were
preached in the above place of worship in aid of the
Lheyet County HospitaL The Rev. Ernest S. Thies was
the preacher, and in the morning ho selected as hie text
Leviticus xix., part of the 30t1i verse "Ye shall reverence
my sanctuary: I ant the Lord." He commenced by
remarking that with some persons the service a the
Sanctuary had become too much smatter of ritual, whilst
othersallewed Christian worship to degenerate into • laxity
of reverence and Divine feeling. Let us strive to steer
the middle course. Let WI not return to the worn out
ritual of olden times, but endeavour to do all things
decently. The injunction in the text remains for us.
We are to reverence His Sanctuary: observe his ordi-
stances : keep his Sabbaths. We must abow our respect
for the sanctuary and the God whom we worship in
various ways, and it is necessary that we should prepare
our hearts and minds that we may. If we come to the
sanctuary thinking of worldly things, then we do God
a dishonour. We must dispel all worldly thought.' from
our minds. The Jews used to call the day before their
Sabbaths the preparation day, end it would be well if our
Saturdays instead of being devoted entirely to business
could be partly disentangled from woolly things, and then
perhaps those persons who can attend would do so with
their minds dimenlaged from the things of the world. We
are to reverence the Sanctuary by coming into it and
leaving outside its doors all worldly and secular thoughts
and things. Punctuality he (the preacher) regarded a., of
great importance. It had become almost a matter of
course for persons to enter the sanctuary after the service
had commenced. It is • great dishonour to God to delay
our attendance on his ordinances. The best Way to ensure
punctuality is to cultivate a feeling similar to that of the
Psalmist when he exclaims "Oh Lord I have loved thy
Sanctuary." Those who are always Lae do • wrong not
only to themselves and to all the other worshippers,
but they do • greater wrong to God. Reverence
for the Sanctuary may be shown by • regular
attendance at His house, whenever possible on the
Sabbath. Some persons are satisfied by coming once to
God's house, but we must recollect that the Sabbath is set
' apart by God for His glory, and those who keep away
without remsonable excuse show a want of reverence.
Some allow slight indisposition or a shower of rain to keep
theru at home. Bat in worldly matters these would not
prevent them, therefore it shows that they have • greater
love for the things of the world than for God. He (the
preacher) urged the importance of attending the week.
night services and the prayer meetings. Passing on
ho regretted that modern churches and chapels were not
BO constructed as to admit of persons showing proper
reverence to God during the time of prayer, being so built
as to prevent their kneeling. He also remarked on the
fact of 'some of the congregation sitting whilst 00.1's
praises were being sung. He urged them not to allow the
choir or any one else to sing His praises for them for if we
do we fail to show the reverence and honour to Ilia holy
name that we ought. lie (the preacher) reminded them
they did not come simply to peas away an hour or gain
entertainmett. We come that we may hear His word ;
and that it may be heard for our spiritual profit there
must be humble and earnest waiting upon God. If we do
that we shall be edified and our souls strengthened. In
conclusion he urged them to bear these practical thiugo in
mind, and then they would have reason to thank God
that they had been enabled to follow His corn:needs and
reverence His Sanctuary—ln the evening Mr. Thies
again preached and selected ai his text the lot Peter. iii,
v. IS: "For Christ also bath once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust, that he might bring um to God, being
put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit,"
and dwelt on the universality of Owlet's atonement. At
the close of each service he made an appeal in behalf of
that noble iustitution the Dorset County liospitaL remark-
ing that it heti 'swelter claims on the countenance and
support of the inhabitants of this town and neighbour-
hood, who receive so much benefit therefrom.

Sl4BlOOl, Mouthy tb Myr(Mr
E. Cuructl) Mr J. Galvin, Mr J. F. kludg...s, Dr, Aldridge, .10
Mr IL Paris.

A 1a..1 name.'4l/red Bartlett way summon.' for letting "Il
squib In Shirttail-lane, on Nevinuber gni. lle idtaded
guilty.
William Ever, of Itell-strost, was summoned for letUng oN
a Squibb In the Bridport-roed. November sth.
Defendant admitted the charge, but sully had the Supt's.
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portnission. Ile NMI that be walked up the @true:. from St.
Peter'. church with if il,t. Cower I who told of tha
" sprees" they used to have at tluildford. When on tbe top
of tho town *Amnia asked him If It was any odds to let off
fireworks in the Itritiporteroad ; and he said " No, we only want
to keep it out of the streets."
Supt. Coward said he told defendant fireworks were stric.ly
prohibited in the WWII, as the bills loosed stated; and dofen..
dent told hint they wore going to have a torchlight pruorosion,
stol should have It.
lhiendstit sell when be lot if the squib there WAS the Supt.
and Unite 3.of:erner, elosc by, and It wet ;tot lately he
should hare dour ttst, units, he had the Superintendent's
permission.
Ilrory Chorfrs 14 'UM-buses., eummoned for lotting
Glf a squib In le.ar-lanc, November OM. Dtioodint mid it was
not Into

P.C. (Souk! soil about quarter.past nine p.m, he saw deltic,
dant lights Null, at the entrance to Star•lanc, but It did "a
go off; and ho lightod it a second time, when It did etplodc.
Witness said to him" Not much Mamie that," and Ito appc trod
to say he nothing about It. He (Gould) pickod up ttui
remains of the squib.
Crum-examined :Was turn it waa alter nine, as ho was by
the lilog's Arms, when the clock stroetc. WIl sure It was
deft:n.4lo,

Defendant asked P. Mitchell about tho thee ho spoke to
hituthst uhfht, but (ho setuvant said Po th.l not uotion.
Stephen Whittaker, Chkf Hanger of the Fortators Court,
said a Court was hold on nth Noventbor, at tho clo.,rat Inn, and
etterles canto In Just /Atha One, sad stayed till lb° ewe et
Waren. _

Was 1 In Wore 10 minute, prat nine 1
Well, I ould mit say—it VISS a little utter nine.
Ihrletadsnt said be vim no In the street, that night above a
quarter a aye hour, nod he was in the court at ere minutes
past nine. lie urold that the pogromae had made a mistake.
and asked the Bunch not to let the politruieu Kora his none, b,
the aqua, ease he had picked up.
Jaws A ish, hawker, arm summoned for rolling a tar-barrel
on the Itridisot road, Nor oth.

Defendani sakl ho 'w-as there, and guilty.
Sydyry Rol,erta, hawker, was charged with a similar ofonee
In Iligh lrest-street, and ploot led guilty.
Alfred Taylor was elnllorly eitargad, and admitted "touch
log a tar.burni," but said he had no fireworks in his hands al'
the °setting.
The Town Clerk said being with others who let off fireworks
he wax equally guilty before the law
ikutietes mothu Oudotl on the gni NOT. there was no
nuUss !Alt UP against fireworkt
hotter uked tis• Bench to remember his wu done on the
Oritiport rind.
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Aish said be tees inert, followed the rest. and did as they did.
The magistrates retired to coneidar we cuss.
The Mayor said she magistrates bad given Dear Plai Peet
eonseletration, Lod although! they Were .dhipotted to deal
leniently with them this time, they had greet powers undm the
Act of Parliament ; and the very next time any came betide the .
Bench they would not give the option a a fine, but send them
to prison or for trial to Quarter Beeslene, Barfield was fined
do including costs, and the rest 105 each and code. idiri
worship trultsl that this would aeta.. general warning.
Defendants were allowed • week to pay.
Citarlos comp Littod that the pollee took the little boy
ilarUett into custody, while. "gentleman " who t$ off fire-
works in front of the Antelope was not men by the policed
Cogrint Pam limenctim, rietarday.—fiefore Mr Williams
(chalrg.and, Mr R. 0. F. Steward, Mr 0. Werry, and Mr H. H.
Jailor PktiliPst of Oirarreinetor, was summoned for keeping •
dog without • Bosse. My J. W. Staub, Strpora boor of Kiortee,
prosecuted
It seemed defendant took out • Ilieense on the deli Nor.
P. C, Itatcharn saw defendant on the Srd, and asked 1$ he bad
• licence for his dog. He add, no, but that the nun he hail it
of said the 01.1 one would do. Witte:retold him it wouldn't, Led
he mid he d kin% know any better.
Defendant said be had not been in the habit of keeping a dog,
and did not know but that the license was transferable.
The chairman said the Bench ware obliged to flue him be,
but they could memorialise the Excise.
Kr Beach hoped they would not, se there was such • difficulty
in getting couvictiona
Mr Andrew's tair %shall of the Highway Board of Dorchester,
summoned Mr IL B. Preseden, Kee. J. Fatridge, and others to
show cause why materials for lite iatiZe of the highways in the
periab of Puneknowle should not be ljksç from their 'amis. Mr
, U. Symonds, Town Clerk of Dorchester, appeared on behalf of
I the Per. J. J. Estridge, the owner, and Mr Levi !Oen, the
, insupter of certain lands.
! Mr Symonds admitted the reosipt Ida notice on behalf od Mr
• Eldridge ; and Harry hasty proved sovvios on Mr Cox on fifth
octobor.
dfr Criarlas Jagy said he was Surveyor of the Dm chaster
Ifighwag Usual, and had examined the waste lends, common
ground. rivers, 4,1;4 trook. for materials to repair the roads, and
could not find sniffiting ttere worth notice. Knew a place oelsd
pthee—it was waste land. It. Oel spring had several shafts
mink there, but only found a sandatotto ed. two, and came on an
exhausted quarry. Did not find Sri square of stone thorn
Twenty parch might ha turned without getting i putt load of
stone. There was not sufficient stone there to mend the toads
for edgy. What he found lf they were to give a man Et • load
to quarry it would not pay him In lower Mead occupied by
Mr Lori Coo there was • quarry containing suitable materials,
where it could be convenienUy obtained and at smffil expense.
Saw Mr Ertridge elth the warn:dm and be said he did not
wish to prevent their baring stone If they got an orderfrom the
nod revelled es rimy went, as he did not went to
get Into trouble with the patrons of the living or his aucemor,
Crussenatelnal : Mr Estrldge did not conacnt 51tbe former
beering--ffith April. Had beard a bole lad been sunk in the
waste within the last few days, and that a little had been found.
If stone were found ?A thick remains coy length It now my
for getting out. Will prepared to ra,r them was Stone In the
smite worth notice. There was sense in Mr Steveugs land on
the opinsity side of the sad to Mr Estildnis, and stijorning
U,, nmi. But there man noel, a treurettilous besiing upon
the ,dooe was .4 ag ;moil quality. It would by
tistgynout ...irk, too, getting it, for it was lull of springs.
Thero would be 100 difficulty ill draining the quarry The Dant
butter almost go to (Whips& Ilarboor or Litton Itown for
inaterials titan gating them there. Thu heading Ism about Ni
ft. lie 'boob' think, although he had not measured. Had not
examined td.e waste within the last few days.
Ity-ouunined : ffione would not grow sufficiently since last
spring when he had examined it. it would be a great expense
to the parish to remove that beading
Mr. Henry Stevens, the omit:actor for Its WWI roads, said
he had eitentined the war*, Well—the last time ffits wonting
—and la% using with Mr. Jelly. There were two toles sunk
la Deice Met week, one of which was Ailed tIP that being
about to yards from the oilier where they found stone. The
latter he examined this worieuil• jilid It dug ma"'lt "ae
10 to II Mchia deep, not more. IYI nt. or Mt, under, and
found no stone. Mr. Istridgis quarry ••• much more eon.
venient than the inst.. Ho agreed with Mr. Judy as 10 the
expeuse and the undesirability of getting stone from Mr.
Stevens's land- The stone he got out of the hole wan about the
mune as at Mr. Eatridges. It wee • stab about one feet square.
Ortas-examined : Put. Man on vestonlay about 9 ear , and
went twit wonting to see what he bad got out, ASO fOll,lll two
or throe bisloW.Me It would init pay for getting Th‘,
isn't olocre it, wee am wklobjeeli,4ll.WO toket it from Iva. his
imither's ; but they would Leie stone from there by laying all
amputees.
Mr. Sy monde thought this volunteer emend inye • gnat dial
di difficulty. There wet'. A groat many oilier parristis in the
parish all objecting to having stone taboo from their land, but
anxious to put it on lir who had only a limited
Intereet in the laud, was liable to dilsi.i.latione, and was ail
aged umn. He urged that by taking atone from 11rs Stevens's
the CVIIVeIIieIICV of getting it there would counterbalance the
extra expense of removing the heading.
Tbe Chairman suggaW Mr. tiymmds should prove the non-
exhauitiou of the wecte.

Mr H. J. Cox, sarreyor to the &Upon Highway Board, with
17 Foul experienoo said hi vas at ftWinowls on Thursday
and went over the waste with a servant ol Mr Estridges.