The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-07-02 00:00:00

°ATTU DISEASE IN DORSET.

The returns for the post wool( show a considerable
lame. to the number of cattle end sheep afflicted with
toot and mouth Waimea

In 13landlord division there have been two fresh not.
bre.k at °dandle, airmail,/ 17 odd, and 2 pig., mak-
•Dg ItIO ins/A auderina from Ms dimmed! 24 cattle and 2
wine.. Is prom/. on 4 terms.
. . . . . . .

la findperrt division the dmeass exists on three farms.
in the past wvos 5 ostsio mil 16 swum Lave hem,
• • attaMsed ; Ico w lass died ;10 minis and 5 slump
ma:mired ; and there ars now down 'milt the mom-
'B @stile and 36 IMMO.
VS division there bag been s trash ontbrosk it
where IWO sheep are Mimed. in the week
sheep, and 3U pigs have rsooversd, and
mud 16 ostile, 810 shNip, sad 10 pigs

• 24 cattle hive been newly
' Wed diewer ; nave
`43en three new
• end SW-
',a here
settle

died; Ti
and twiny
asep, sag 21 pigs.
Ass issys rsoovereci, sad

...oda sod 40 sheep.
is tile oattaty iias
Lytahett lithater, waste 3 itimileri

GOOD TEMPLALLY.

The Independent Order of Good Templar, held ait
Inaugural 1i:to at Doraheater, on Coronation day. It
leeme that the order hoe been establiehed it! Darohester
about three mouths, there are *boat 30 members, end
weekly meetings are bald at the British ashool•room.
It I. a teetotal aociety, designed to combine all local
assooiations that they may the better advances the
objects they are seek,us So attaaa both social and
Officially the following information reveal,
tag the order. given :
Piusartea —Total Atstinence, enlorcad by a Idedong
Pledge, and the Absolute Prohibition or UM 11•24U1SCLUrill.
Importation, and sale of latoxicating
POLICT.—BrO4 allowing Lodges to act according to locality,
time% anticorcumatirae.

.--ilea'sa.—Z.l4—enlimne-ilaia-17-. the object being to do goof rather
than to receive bandit._

Fuusetm. Srstax.—Eotrance foe way be as low u 11161
quarterly Subscriptions Yalu Is • leas dos.
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'Kum;AMT.—Mile a/WI lem.tlea.ro-adm Zll,-;6ad are on a
perfect equality as to eligibility for °Mae, Lc.
Mananasuir.—About 600,0e0 mamba.. lusluding Senator
Wilson, of alassadiumet:s ; Decimal tleary. Governor of
Peouolniula; Hon. C. N. Watson, of Ksotucky ; Archdsseon
McLean. of Canada ; Judie Black, of Pmts.> Ivania ; Schuyler
Colfax, Vice-President of the Coned Some; Rev. Professor
Kirk, of Kliaburgh ; Dr. P. IL Lan, of Leeds; Mayors of
Meidenhead, Si. Ives, Southport; inlay me/roman and
ministers ; and cactus In Use army and navy.
Scora.—The Membership hi fraternal, all being entitled to
the pnvilages of the whole Order.
Eitawf.—Great Brame, United States, Australia, Sandwich
Wends. km.
_ .

or Wong. —Employment of competent Lecturen,
Printing ef Temperance Wurtr, Furmr.tiou of TeMp•fallCO
hiteoriec and prompt and cuumment action M.0.,' oloctivar,
Lc, to.
II&SCLIII.—The rogations of Plulen amtunt to only about
6 pet mitt. annually.
It will be aoticed that the 'right, of women "us
reeoguisel by the order, for the ernie are plaoad on
perfect equality in all maitors connected with it.
Several young women, who wore sailors of can,
attraosed gsneral notice as the prooessioa went through
the town. Meeting at the British school-room the Good
Temploto went to Mr. J. Fudge's fisld, kindly lent foe
the occasion, where the usual oat-door games were
played, tea followed, after which games were renewed,
and at eight &dock they returned to the British school.
room. The brethren were joined at the ink by friends
from the Ptddletrenthideabehnoh, via.. Lodge Deputy
Groves, Ansistant-Staretary Louisa Groves, Worthy
Marshal liiiasbeth /*OWN Worthy Depaty•Marshel
Nary Ann House, Worthy Chaplain iliory root, and
two members. Brother Stomdbeld, a degree member,
a higher rook shalt the lo Ige members, was also present
(COW Piddleireathide ; and Mr Pilledgeia &Wee member
from Mostar. The offiwrs of the Dorchester lodge are
—Lodge Deputy W. Ponnoy, Worthy Uhlef Templar
Dean, Worthy ViterTernp/sor sister :Seymour, Tretwarer
brother Seymour, Assistaat.dscretory brother Parsons,
p•at Worthy Guist Templar brother Northam; there
are also right and left hani supporters of the Caief
Templar, marshals, punts, ko, each lodge having 15
Olean The Grand Lodge is held at Birmingham, and
there are 1098 boa lodges off listed with it. At the
meeting Worthy Chief Templar Dean presided, the
other ofatiala occupying the,retaed platform. The collars
indieative of their offioe are of owlet with gold fruige,
and on Loam ore medallions of purple velvet bearing the
initi.als of the rank of the wearer la gut; each roller Is
floiehed off with a red, white, and bine rosette., end a
Geoids of gold tassels. The meeting wee opened with
singing a temperance " ode" from the book of the
Order, to the tune of Auld Lang dyne. Mere is an
animal _

The cup of death no more we take,
That cup no more we give,
It makee the bead, the bosom ache,
AL ! who can drink and See r
rho sill,. J. MAYKLIO, of Portland, offered prayer,
after which the C I&tILA 151N0411104 Bro. PILLION, of
Blew, to ackirear the meeting. lie mid the Indepen.
deal Order of Good Templar, wu not a very old
organisation, but it was growing va7 fest. There
were • greet number of lodges in America, where the
order wee first established a few yearn since. The idea
was taken from the Knight Templer., who, at the call
of Peter the Hermit, ram to defend tile arms at Jere-
/elem. The present order of Good Tempters was
termed to advance the tempeninee tame. All who
joined their maks must be total abstainer; and their
pledge was • lire-long pledge—they resolved never to
take thermelvee, nor to offer to others, nor to make or
have anything to do hi any way with Intoxicating
drinks, which are the GM* Oleo much sin, and misery,
and poverty In this country. They felt that the old
temperance societies, grand and gloriona as were their
objects had not been aufficieutly united, and the objeol
of the Good Tempters was Union to edemae the tea-
-1 minium masa. Bach lodge had • committee to visit
&besot members, and watch over them, to me that
they were still holding on to teetotalom. The old
temporaries emietier lathed bemuse persons who signed
! the pledge were lost sight of, and In many la/tames
. relapsed into their old habits. Good Templar, who
! were abeent from three oonseentive weekly meetinp
were visited by a ooreatittee to know the reason, and
induce them if possible to maintain their aetim eon-
' motion with the order. Then they had • eisk sem.
mimes, and if any of their members Weems ill the
ounmittee visited them to me if they needed help In
any way—(mpieties); and if any were dangerously ill,
and required persom to sit up with them at night,
brothers or slaters of the Order would undertake the
duty free of all oharge—(applame). On miming the
Order each member had to my an initiation fee of
le. 61, and • weekly sabeeriptioo of obi penny per
week to a common fund for the support of the lodge,
to meet Indicated *apse's*. YIN Polito to members in
went of uatitmace. 11, jowl°n waa made to the Order.
by sumo Nereus it is • &mot now, ; but Qat aroma
were nothing I tbstoselves, simply dot btawrrtet
aq coda resegaiss sash Oki, sail as be