The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-09-17 00:00:00

rum enne shine more brkthtly, CV with mere
a splendid season for gathering in the emu. Never
',!;1;le nAL best; newer did meow glow uith more
refulgent beams in the Eastern skies; never dirt
nterrupt ions ;
rapers cut the golden grain with fewer untimely
never did gleaners hue more memo.
°Jong the yellow 'hobble. What more Flemeni
eight. then, than to OW the rich and the pone, the
waster and the servant, unite togeth-r in bunnies
•rayer. 0. unrinn ',Taipei. and common festivities!
rite pvincipal uriculturiste in ;he patirhee
•••nile-com•flrnadwev err Messes. Read, Cake. Hitt,
%tiller, Gila. end Litckhans. The serrants Sea
,elinurere of sheer gentlemen. together with their
xi'. es DIA children, awe mbled at the houses of their
-espectiie emploj erg, anti preceded thence toreihr
Broadwey church, which wee tastefully decorated
with evergreens and a banner at each end of the
,hurclt, hearing the mottoes—'• The earth is the
Lori's, and all it contains." and " In everything
gave thanks." Players pore read by the r:„. F.
Fisher, curate, and the lebone hi the Bev. E. Reed.
hind. vicar, who e'en delivered an appropriate sermon
on the occasion, taking for his telt John vi., 49 and
M. We may here rtmark that Broadwey has set en
,sample %Mei is worthy of imitation in ermy
narish chnrch in the k ingdous —the establishment of
an exccllent choir. The pmceerlings haring been
ainmenced with prayer and thanksgiving to the
bounteous, Ilarvest.giver. gave a chastened tone to
thou which followed. On leaving church the con-
gregation, heeded by the Wei mouth Rio/ beam, end
drum and life hands, and ca..rying Peas. tanners,
and garland. of flowers. marched four abreast through
the village to the vicarage. The villagers, envious
to give eclat to the affair, snapendod flags fr.m their
upper win toes. They were homely productions, it
is true. kit none the lees intereeting —bwineinig
priocipelly of packet.handkerchiefit fastened tire
stickw The owner. probably could saw with Peter,
"Silver and gold have I none, lint mochas thaws
give I thee." One old lady putiailsrly attracted
or attention. There was scarcely sulllcient breeze
to spread the handkerchiefs. so she coneeirently hit
upon the very ingenious device of stretching hers
out on the head of a hair broom. After marching
round the glebe in front of the vicarage, the men
adjourned to the nterqnee. need the di, before he
the children, where an excellent dinner of roast and
boiled beef and mutton was served up to them,
together with an ample allowance of ale and porter.
lin vicar presided. and while they were enjoying
their repast the hupls layed several tunes, and the
choir sung two or three pieces in escellent style.
Tea and cake in rich &bandanna was provided for the
women and children, and after all had been well fed,
the young gave themselves up to all kinds of hearty,
healthy sports, led on hy the curate; while the oirt,
who had been liberally supplied with pipes sad
tobacco, looked on, rejoicing to lire Spin their
youthful days in the vnuthful happiness of another
generath al. The day's programme ass most one-
niece. The Kew. F. Fisher, no the pert of the men,
thanked the rector for baring got op that festive
rejoicing, • thing he had long wished to see, and
expressed a hope •that he might long he spared to
reside amongst them. A hearty response was gives'
to the sentimente thus enunciated, and the Kew. E.
Headland. m thanking them for the kind extremism,
of their feelings. mad the text had been deeply War
pressed upon his mind, " Behold how plassmit sett
how good a thing it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity. ' He was glad that tlay to see mwder and
man of the two parishes. of Bineomhe and Broads toy
acting thus unitedly. They bad great reason de
gratitude to the Great Giver of all their mercies for
the rat harvest, and the weeonable weather he had
given them for gathering in the fruits of the earth.
But while they thanked Hilo for their temporal
bleeping', let them not forget the spiritual.
trusted this meeting would not be altogether
lost, and if anyone hail received a good impreseine,
let them cherish it. He did not know who they
were, as he was comparatively a stranger. Fat
it
might he that @nen had attended church that day
who did not make it their constant practice on the
Satiletb. If that were an he hoped they would he
more regular in their attendance for the future. At
helf.past 5 o'clock the gates were thrown open to the
villagers in general, and at nightfall a large display
rdfirevrorks took plane. Tits singing of the doloWp
terminated the proceedings of the day.