The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-23 00:00:00

,ESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1878.

It
thinking of Christmas morn • joyous voices with
kin
gmeinge; Pealing hall; limiting with merry
souflto corns and sing bunible thaavings
amidst the Usti ; happy gathering, of
families ; merry fro io of ehlldnn. Amid al the
reforms of this utilitarian age, our cheery
Christmas customs are ever wdootne ; and in an
I especial degree we hold termoioualy to the time-
, honoured praotioe of public! recognising this
sweet and solemn annivenarA exchanging the
felicitations of the season with one another, and
wishing to good folks everywhite—as we do now,
with all our hearts, and *specially to our kind
and DUIDOPONA readers—" A /WIRY 0111LISTNLAS
AND • HAPPY Nsw YRAR."

Pattie, Mr. arid Mrs. Linc Klee Uog, Mr. T. Mukew,
Memo. Parsons (2), Mn. Dunn, Mn. Dron.
Loader, jun. the Misses loader, Mrs. and 114. Howe,
Miss Clsal. Mr. Mil, MN Ur. and Mrs. }lowan,
Mn. and Mrs. Vlachs:, Mr, Einr.ling, Mr. and Mrs.
M abet.

was In Um duet "Meng.' Soot by her
with Mt. T071.r ; the nteloty Is b...sito,
and it was very eharmlngly rendered. Belag
enerwel, • verse /lire yOat ,t 1 with equal atoms.
Mr. lintehinace gave fiue sung "If doughty
deeds, and thot was one of his brat. Determined to
we..., the public to the unmet, Mims !rut Joined Mr.
T,yier mei Mr. iletahtneen, in singing the "Tiekling
It not every lad, albs 'soda woe*" so to
ad( y the gct.eral dears for fun. aa to slog this
piece, and o-rtainly very few would have thresna=
Into their pert.. did Mists Freda She took
th• audenee fully into aonfideeee, sod mode thew lot%
with °laughter holdieg both him aides." Mr. Taylor
slat, sung and laughed most musically. sod the baits
singer helped on the foot Of coarse they ~emanated.
A more tasteful and equally cheerful Otos was the
Market chorus, and in this each Mugu seemed to vie
with the others, in oontributing to Ms enneem. Mr.
Arent we. as eondaMor, throwing his whole energies
into the guidanee, and all the singlets adoltrabil BO prorted
him. so that the shorn, was it committal finale, altheugh
the National Anthem followed.
We take leave to engirt thst the programme should
in future not be Co long. Ton o'cloak is probably quite
late enough.
The Assoolatian =tat be congratulated on sumer
even greeter than last lime; thoy are decidedly
improved, and thin improvement la most manifest in
the Wawa eapecially and the shorn, generally.

Votes of thaaks to the chairman; and to Mr. Page,
the boo. see., for the use of the room, wore parctd,
tbe latter ellaNna rn.asea applatum, inl Oor lnu. d
'bear, hear." The fun of this es. that many had
palatally remarked upon the latthig of the lecture
room for such a purpom. Mr. Page bro rrquosted as to
notice that the room was let by him simply sa
pecuniary transaction. and the oommittee of the C.ub
are in no wtse responsible for the a- aliments expressed.
• vote of thanks was unanimoney amid
great applause, to Yr. Oox, for kits able malt

glad to see you book, ler wo nova had mob • quiet fair MAPPOWDIA.
Wore ; there was Dots sis sea lookod up far being I We regret token that Me family ef lb. Ws zoo j
drunk or disordorly "-laWaaim). They had given ihe O. Kolly, rector of klappowdev, has boat leh by.hh;
labouren smoothly better to campy themselves with lamented deatlisin oiroyasteamen of mat distress. A
thou driuklng, mid thus had Mown the good souse of committee is bang Vrated fur the parpoes
ablitneuse bettor than If they bad aetually been the I otherlem and the widow in their 011otiols.111"0
preaehlug koe'otollant. In drawing to the elate of hie Wtegflokl Dishy hat headed the ilst by • datellea 4
opeoch, Kr. Cos advimt.l all who wantml to get into good .C. 50.
antipope to fan ttio Uniou, for they found it we. the j
boot of Me population oho Joiriod, while the oluegardl
and bad workman wen too mask druid of being sent
adrift, and so would not join. Is oonelualon be rofterrod
to the words of the Autoriemt poet Unroll, at given
below, although Is could not remember 'hem. li.
*aborted all who claimed to be boo men to join heartily
In Me effort.. of their lalloweion,
"They ore alarm who fear to speak
For the /alien and the emit ;
They urn Slat. Who will not choose
111,4,1, ta*Sling. an.l *buss,
Rather than in diem= shrink
From the truth they needs most think
They are slaves who dare not Go
Is the right with two or throe."
Kr. cog warn resulted with great applange at the 0011
elution of his 'patois.
Mr. WIDMOILII that' delivered • very humorous
addrey recapitulating many of Kr. Cris argumeum
but in • quaint style that elicited roars of laughter.
On the cultivation of Om Mad question, be said he lad
woo in this county mon, Sc,,. of Laud fli far wheat
that now grow nothing bat vary Int thistle.. If the
landlord, were allowed to go on like that, they would
turn the population a Englapd into donkey@ I
—(toothier.) At the sod of hie talk, Mr. Wedmore
advised the labours., to
" Lonve intokinu. kayo flr l,nksp;
Take to readnig, take thinking"
--(hoar, bow, and hwiiilver.)
vesolutiooa in favour of the Labourers' Union, and
In fa.our of elotog the county franobloo to houwaloldere
eels tvirougiar, were serried by • large cosi arlt,, throe
voting %Mend.

TkRRANT HINTON.

Castile' Ampex's —oe Wednesday Imolai Mi.
and Mrs Hill, with their daster and sen-in-law (kr
.ag Km Rosen. of (kisttle) had just started on a eigi
In their pony warriase, • nearly on. donbis-hodied
one when It puled MUD der, throwing out it. °antipasti.
Mr Hill Hill sustained a errors net on the cheek ; the
others fortunately were not hurt. Di. Baeot warn
professional skit In the village, and rendered ism..
&ate anistanos.