The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-07-27 00:00:00

LECTURES BY MR. THOMAS COOPER.

Me. Ginner, the vomiter lecturer on Christianity, has
vireo a cosine of g lectures, at the Cangrecational
Chapel, on M00d.,, T ...day, and Welnend.y.end they have
been well attended. On Monday Er. Cooper sp he on the
theory of evolution and it. pi mom sinew the publication
of It irwin'a "Oiigin of Sete ies," and showed the futility
of optnions held by the Il rwan and other men if science.
On Toooisy er-niag the lecturer opened the stone book
Ideology/ and oh iwed that arologr shoes no in oof of svelte.
two. and explained the various them.. s regarding the age
sail formation of the earth by the petrifactions of extinct
ceirnals feigned in the • srtlest Meat; On Wedirreday Mr.
Co. tar treated! of the Mamie r. cord of creation atterteil
by modern discovers, and tho eid themiee slam' the
of 111311, anilis. demo nt from the lower ctuaturee.
If.. ▪
(*.MOO r •111 a fl.-rph .1r * I 111411. cad, having given hi 4
• suhiri tithe moat rn, 'tent rematch. he It natu-
rally considered no mean authority. Mr. Cooper use poet
el so mean eta le, Ind his war eile productioes proclaim
kn. a man Of ni-rit and evanteleal truth.
TIIK VOLUNTEER RECEPTION.
A rimmitite meeting wail hi I I st the Town-hall on
Tsetria. • saline, at 7.11 It is on .tying to know thst
shout LL'i hat, np to the present time, been collected by
thee...anima. antanated for the purpme of e ilicitine a
Jowl ,o tire the D ineit Volunteers a fitting le ieption on
the Mat. It is expected that the total will amount
to LIB a mom The decision to provide a luncheon for
the s °lust, eta on their anterieg and leaving the twee
will tie • far wirer step, ard more sport ei.ited by the
mm, than he niers. 'l.-crating the town. Another mseting
was belt toothy (Prides), when further monies were
holed ii'. it j. finally decided that any surplus will be
phred in the hands of the °Meer; to bi c impeted for in
amens •ports. Alth inch the town, as on a former
enema; 111 I not be deeorated at the public expense,
MIT one could not but be gratified if private individuals
eenlil Live their dwelling; Am, • somewhat fetive
ethestaers. The to n will he entertained at luncheon in
• field kin Ils lent by Mr. W. Knight, id the B ill. The
faal catateittee will act as caterera on both ccthalons.

The ilea .4 " Investigator's" letter hailing from
London, Saturday„" might have gone down very
well, had it not been blazed abroad on Saturday that
a "settler" would he a nt for him who had dared to
make • remark on that gushing epistle of last week.
It really look o AM if soinebody else had "spotted the
ems; individual," or perhaps the poor "Scribbler
has been niistaken for "I )1.1 ('l0," of the 1 )florae' i type,
or it may be, haa been presented with Mr. Warton's
"check," (the highland pattern has become wonder.
fully fashionable of late). Of course the London (?)
correspondent could not posaibly know anything of
Br. Hawe contributions to the church, or to anything
else, for inch a memory under the circumstances
would he most inconvenient; yet at the same time he
hal managed to become acquainted with other matters
;which are still held up to public ridicule. He believes
is them, no doubt ; I hope no oue will take the
!Tub', to inuiereie him. 'Where ignorance is blies,
to folly, Ice." But the word part of it is that he
13.13, ,t going to refer to the " Wiringa" in future.
Now, I can assure you, Mr. Editor, I feel this most
and being very much alighted, am afraid it
will be some time ere lean face society again. N.B.
—You may as well, Mr. Editor, date this from
"London- (Saturday of course).

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It,, rather tram weather, but it ia most unseason-
able that in scorching July, the Gas and Coke
(enslisser should be 4., unmercifully nipped. It would
be • capital idea for all commercial gentlemen here,
to take shares in that flourishing and highly respect.
aide company, and then each may have a comfortable
little row with his brother shareholder, If he dared to
have his wares at a disinterested establishment It
would be a rare commercial undertaking, and bound
to poorer. Such a scene aa the following would then
be.witnessed at the general meetings :
' Here, ain't going to stand any of this nonsense,
you know you hate been purchasing your gloves at
Jones's, and he's no shareholder."—" Yee, and I shall
sell "it, Ferguson was ill last weekl and he had the
!wheat,' to send over to Smith s for • box of
Holloway',' and although Smith is a shareholder,
he doeut't burn half the gas I do."—" Yes, and would
You believe it, Mr. Chairman, there's that Clarkson,
a shareholder, old enough to know better, hen been
sad got shaved at Thompaon's instead of being shorn
by a be,,ther shareholder." (Hear, hear.)—"Now I
want to be personal, but 'pon my word, it's my
turn to speak, Nearly all the company go to the
"(hee Printers and get their private bill-heads done,
Sat because the others do them a trifle cheaper. Why,
the other printers don't burn a quarter the gas I do,
6,1 a respected shareholder like me. Oh It's monstrous.
dl X.di what ills; I shall sell out, and what's It, be•
c.sne of the company then? And what's worse, the
da*ct, Ts net them an example, and actually give the
"t" printer% a fair share of the println :." -"Now mind
1,1 let me catch a shareholder buy so much as a
Put ,w a box of ' Father's pomade • anywhere eloe,
and the company shall become the light of ether days,
111 hate the lot in future, or I'll have nothing more to
wqh you."—The end of it will be that the
"AM itants will become manufacturers of their own
1.4', by the bye, the delightful and refreshing gas ans-
-144 from the sewers this hot weather, is no strong and
Pate(?) that it might be utilised for the purpose.

tlt would be trange to know that • single individual
,'"1" forward to Camp week as a "bore." As
"utlibitants we look forward to the event with the
gi*4kit tx,atible 'demure, and let us hope the weather
will he of the brightest and best, which will have the
much desired end of bringing hosts of strangers, whom
we shall be pleased to welcome amongst us. Apart
horn the pieunre they will derive from paying us a
'64, an influx of visitors, as we all know, means
ib"•"Y being spent, which is always most desirable.
Ti at this early stage, every effort is being made to
iwn,'ide accommodation fur the volunteers, and the
generally. On the ground, Messrs. W. and 1).
MiTtP have erected monster marquees, and will
Pr'oide (a.; they always do) the hest viands, at
744 knout. Mr. J. Hine, of Beaminster, will
lw • "sit. Those who prefer the "cup that
&c.. will be well suited at Mrs. btlallOY's
" Market-place, in the town, and alai at the voneeTavern—and the manager of the latter establish-
Meat intends to erect • tent on the field. The volun•
telhZe, Petted number about 700, and from the reports
to.!tirescb us, they do not intend to disgrace any
nin the country. At any rate, we have not
°Pell to fear
rF concerning the A Conipany. To Bugle-
r:ti. oster have heen entrusted the arrangatnellt4
t b4ttal'"lt hand ; thirty-two performers having
„ **elected from four companies. The music, in
rand feature of Review Day (march-past), will be
editably sustained under `Mr. Foster. The Fund
`:'•unittee hate already collected about L'7s, awl to" 4t I..ri'laY). when they next meet, we hope to hear
1:!10. The luncheons will cold about £5O, thus
•vtl3.; k:10 to be shared in Prins..

pi! "tr',l to know tbe derivation of word.; both
and 'Chocolate" are of Mexican origin. " Chocolate "is derived from Ch="ll,"
bmiseingod_ twoduced by the primitive stones, used to
nad Co ix the Cocoa with sugar; whereas
" i m
s the name under which the unadulterated
eLli"of the "Theobroma Cacao ' of Linincus are
led into England. Thom who wish for Coops
'telY pure 4ould ask for the Coosa Essence
'nll4' Pretend by Cadbury Bros.

THE WIMBLEDON MEETING.
Our volunteers have had a capital time at Wimble-
don, and the Dorset men have really done well.
Priv," Rid dl., of Poolet won £lO in shooting forth.
Alexandra competition, in the shooting for Martin's
Cup, and £5 in the Martini - Henry aggregate.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Edgar at .od well with 34 for
the St. George's for some time, but was at last tied by
nine oth re. ein shooting off Qr..rnanter-Sergt. Edgar
lost his tie, but won £lO, a badge, and a bronze cross.
Captain Lloyd Jones has won in the shooting for the
Daily releyrapA prise, and stands very well for several
hi-diurnal competitions. Staff.Ssrgeant Oernond's
score for the Q.leen's Prise was 34, and he won the
badge and £l2.

Wlxianol TEO QUZZIOI FRILL
The annual gift by her Majesty to the Voinnteers of
Great Britain, which carries with it the Gold Medal
and Championship of the National 11.1114 Arsociati in,
has once again been lost and won, and for the fourth
time in its history goes over the Border, Private
Alszander Ferguson, of the let Argyll Rifles, being
the victor on Tuesday with • score of 74 points.
Corporal Wakelin, let Devon, scored 65; Private
Duddy, 3rd Hants, ss; Private Book., let Devon,
ss: Lieutenant Moore, 3rd Rants, 41; Private Ranee,
3rd Wilt,, 37 ; Corporal Woolfr.y, 3rd Somerset. 35:
and Sergeant Osmond. let Dorset, 31; Cu-pond
Clinton (sth Rants), and Colour-sergeant Dabs, (28th
Somerset) retiring. In 1868 Lieut.ruint Carslake (sth
Somerset) won the pris and In 1875 Ciptain Ge u-gis
Priam (15th Devon) won it.
It is stated that the victor Is • ma.on by trade, a
partner in the firm of Fsrgus.o. an I -ion, of Campbell-
town, Argyleshire. This is his first ”ppeamace at
Wimbledon, and he had up to Saturday I'4 nowhere
fired • shot at so long • range as 800 yards. On that
day, firing at 800 y pool for practice, he obtained
8 bull's-eyes out of four shots, and was by the circum-
stance enc mraged t hone to make s fair score; but
so little notion had he of the possitility of winning the
Queen's Prize thst, had it not been fit. the earnest
persuasion of a friend who witneseel his pool ish,ol-
hut. he would have gone home before the day of the
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