The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-12-31 00:00:00

THII CHIJBOHIIB AT CHILISTII&&

As has bees snug for =may years oast, our thatches
pat os their prima& 04 evergreens, dowers, end taxis,
I. velem* the 'lactose metal day of our Blamed Lord,
In their gayest attire.
St. John's, at the ethranth of the lowa, say reoelve
UN. bet notice. All the Palma hire won Viral/
Waimea with sprays of ivy, sad the *relies eat off with
broad wreathe ia their atosidiags The west wladow
wee similarly sdoresd, sod over the satrathe dew were
the words Pease be within thy walls,' worked La
totem of evergreen as a seariet greuad. This arrange.
mint of Weida( the evergreen with owlet has beas
peeing, adopted in the &morello's of this *harsh,
*a thoonat of the general smelly of holly barrio', the
It had • very good Week Jost showing those& seariel
to set off the deck gross of the leaves. TO* gas
sthadards were as thospiith, the holly berries had beta
reserved for them, sad they ware wreathei with box
and Is, sot off by the ~lst berries The pars white
of the reredos was relieved by differeot dodges In the
peels ; to salt sod wee • stir la box leaves, with •
; thole of starlet on whist' was worked • wreath of
white iminartellet ; lasi& these outer panels were
otuttrefolle with • white ores% then 'taborets
designs of which part was • Si Andrew's
cross and the theirs' path bore over the inltlal. I.H.S.
as • ulthograos, to leaves of hastortellise on • 'cerise
0r...A, and the other ithenroting eiaagies isableas
Waal of the Holy Trinity. Over the reredos was a
staple sees In gross moss and white hastartelles, sad
the foot restlog am • bed of moth Oa the frost of the
cops was the tut " Geary to God la the Highest," Is
white ehureh text eaPtels WA] gadded with wrath
os • scarlet ground. There wore also wreathe somposed
of frosted dr, edged with barithaus and boo leaves
and relieved with ithaortelles The pulpit was 'domed
with devises to thruway with shoes on the reredos,
thapreed of grow with I.H.S. to dark green holly
loaves so a samba ground. and dotted over with
isonortelles arraaged as Bowen of the Sly of the
valley, which had • very novel and pleasing effect.
The them also had similar wreath
TIMM were a large umber of workers espied at tits
labour of love to this thatch. They inainded—lliee
Youngthabead, the Misses Smith, Pi, MI. thoidoiek,
Mies Powell, Mrs. Franklin, Meet Miller, Mrs.
Maley, Mn. Gerdiner. the Mines Gardiaer, Mies
Frampton, Mla Mete. Mies Gillard, liken Day, Mires
ROW, Mies Perkin, Mies Dew, It,. 1. Gardiner, Mt.
Idar Youaglossbeed, Ise.
The friends at St Mary's Marsh still 'outlaw to
hams Is the lest* displayed in the adornment of
their logs church- The dthoration used formerly to
be oasatdersd too large • matter to admit of oath
nicety in the details, and it wee generally grasped up
In the bough and eerie style. But this Tem Kr.
OburelowarMe Rowe the undertaken the dthotetitha,
sod very greet the been his suathes. AU resod the
frost of the galleries has been Waged with laurel
1..,.. arranged la Muss work; Ivy bee hiss twitted
mead the Alarm and over the windows predsdag •
very light sad *pal offset. These texts are
exhibited In gold sad dated lethere—" Unto ea • shild
Is born," sad "Quist is born In Bethishea, "
&ad every alternate pawl ri the pante' la trimmed
with • bunch of holly sad pow. The royal oat of arse
wr adorned with the two national lags sad with ever.
poses The pulpit was kialined with wreaths of box
and yews aid in front depended • doglike ornament of
light taws Wow, harassed with visoleAgetell holly, and
beariag the illunsiasted eapltals " Las." l'be pulpit
pillars were elvantly twitted with Ivy. Tll4l pulpit was
solely decorated by Mrs. Rows There IFNI a wreath of
Isere! armed Sir Jaime Thorthill's eller piths, sod
below it the weeds "(Mar, te God to the Highest,'
beauttfally Tho foot was bordered with
Ivy sad yew, and in the ants' wee • bed of wields in
WOOL Ws understand the Nags woe to make the
whole aderameate as simple sod mat as possible and
well did Kr. and Mrs. Rowe asessed.
On the Heyinoath side, the Holy ?Salty aura
was 'domed sore wetly thee, asdastrilthe as last.
tally se, Is foram years. Beth bore • text to
buys leneell Whin bordered with hilly; was