The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-09 00:00:00

GOOD TEIIPLAR.S" FETE.

The denion.tr ,Tion nod 18,0 of Ilroaiwey lode of Good
Touiplara reline oft on MoodAy ILein.c Bank Holi
and :hu morns 1a.% pr weedin.l %for • ...rite.' by gr.-..t
i.c•e,ll. p •ftt.,ad Vow., teer A rti 'Amy bn4 w.rre.-ogaged.
r.wl (Infer Btu i.nwer %Per th y g 404 n,:..etion
or apppon..te wan:. The r .ceseion was forme in the
folio, Won—
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rthe-,I Vo'nu'eer B nd : Fcitm. 1.1%.,r, including
WWI of Weym oath. (Iwo-, W. mouth r of the
W, it. Weymuuth ;St .r of Purclaud. out Ark of Safety.
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Woe tay-v Lodge Dispensation : Broadwey lia.
Betwe n 100 end ILO were in the proou"sion, whico was
ca, iv a ,urried wit o the hal tr.. rilLins, and ba,:ges et t. a
brethren and sinters, and alto by a la-se number it( Las
dag... Tory tormet oppoai to the Codee TIMMS, Mr.
IYMb-sof Cc an I marched down Streatney-street to the
ed streams of Weettarcok, and thence through Upwey
to the Wishing Well ureter the bill, thence hack and
through Ewell. • Ph it. itr nurseriu, to well kept by
Mr. Coritt.pher, and p to rest of the villase to the
Weymouth roaf, at the foot of Ridgway Mill tutuitut
eolith, end going down the road to Woad weir end CW•
mowe, thence hack to the field, icinoly lent by Mr. IltruseT,
and conveniently chose to the railway station end the
Coffee Tavern, from the road onpos 4, which • kind of
broad bridge of planks had been cons:ructed over the hedge
and down again into the field. Mr. G'SVIS.. of t llovol
Standard, had very liretrally lent • hug, tort, and in the
Held, white the we dime I ieted floe, toy played at crieiet,
threw at cocoanut', and iodulsed in ring games, G od
Template of etfct " oonstitutioe" of emcee turning away
their heads when there was one libbing. Mr. Wellcroft
ab ,ut two o'cli ck provided lencheon. Toe rein came down
ahout three o'clitric, and drove nto tem tent those wbowere
moult% while • large number who bad Arrives' at the red
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way station would not c tmedown to the tiel I. Fort4no'ely
the ten' was an ample marquee, the band atm k
up ltv ly tune", and ninny partners were soon
engaged in treading the mast. id the dance. Of
couroo no Co .1 Templar. war., among them! On, no!
fi r ic n a the opno-e I to the cove i•iition ; but what
eta • rout,' y tit on such to day as thi• f One boy we 5,w
brecip rived awn the dancer., p.r eari• a sacrifice to the
"c n ;'' 111: he di., not woe them, a-id tome of
the ladle Mot their hats if t I make Cieme-bres in rr at
home. There was er,,y fii:t Won fr a number of youeg
men who c ,nise,stted wenn I the "bar," where attria,t,ye
younr bailee dispensed tea and lump sow, courting under
diflioultieo a-r -as th • table went on It fare the public eye,
awl young fo ha p r•thed about in picturesque WOW. e.,
seeking to fir-ti •to itude where all w. re SO t,tl•l with the
concerns of themaela al and their deareet ; the thaw), befit
fornrol a dying wall on tie aalt4 eati eke of V.:lt nt, and
atared in accor ling to Vaar coot im, but were weim me
row, ho-cause they kept off Some of Stn. rain, which con-
tinued to come down, as they said, "Heaven'. hail."
The band gave occasional resin, which roe young people
seemed to enjoy most pleasantly, limes with dainty boots
were gallantly helped over or directed round the mud
puddles at the en neer, the fair ladies at the bar so r d
of t icir rem ..in 0., lump. of sugar, and by the tinw that
five or six great tin-,-. hAI gone i.p the lisle, with two
en4inee etch, end loaded with reti.roing ex -ureitni•tt.
Bandmaster Miller began to think of "hum', sweet
home,' and struck up "God Save the Queen." We were
it 1 pleased with the c mownittee—Me-srt. E Newberry, W.
Hulbert, A Lovelace, E. Snook, %V. Wellcroft, And the
Rev. J. 8. Butcher, for, after all, the best poiwible had been
made out of this rain-delege I treat. Lacing come
delu led beings playing at Aunt Sally In the mitt, we
stared :a few halbhour a* company at Upwey station with
Hope Chapel choir awl the general was
pleeolot .11.430, thnagh we 1 a 'ate of ba'eoa ant an
awkear I barrel of cent nt in the mid.' of us. WITe at
the staton it was Metal ingly thy, and so when we got
home.