The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-06-15 00:00:00

DORCHESTER. U. S. A.
To lA* Mayor of Dordseater.

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D'ar sir.—The two hundred and fif.ieth anniversary of
the settltment of Dorchester, New England, will be cele-
brated on the 17th (prox ) June. This town, as you are,
doubtless, aw.re, was settled by vossle who came from
the southern and western counties of England, many of
them from the town of Dorchester. It was probably
named in honour of the Rev. John White, who was so
prominent in that Puritan emigration that he has been called
the" Father of the M tssachus. Vs Colony." The town of
D =baster was established bet, re the settlement of
Bost in, it. immediate neighbour ; but the ovetrrowth of
that city has at last absorbed Dorchester into itaelf, so
that we are now but one carp nation. Dorchester was
annexed to Etwton in 1873. The town name, however, is
still preserved, and the oldest [milks are the direct
descendants of those who came over °V years ago.
Toe arid parish church, of which I am pastor, takes
charge of the celebration on the 17th June, it ieing ol o
the anniversary of the settlement in Dorcherer. Our
church was gathered in Plymouth. England. in March,
1630, under the inspiration of the Rev. J tin 'ftite, who
preached a sermon to the coneregation and assisted them
in choosing their ministers. They sail .d in the Mary and
John. Much 20, 1630. 0.9 • and landed in Dorchester, June
6, 1630. 0.5., Jane 17, N.S.
In March last we celebrated the departure.
Our people of Dorchester have a gr,at interest in your
town. Two weeks ego the Rev. Mr. Porter, of Lexington,
Mass, , lectured here on Dorchester, England. We shall
probably have a few words from him on our C3Milli eels-
bratlon day.
I write to ask you, dear sir, if we may not have an
official word from your honoured town on the day we
celebrate. It is too late to receive a reply by mail, but will
you not send us, on that day, a brief telegraphic despatch
at our expense, containing such friendly greeting as the
head of the old town in England may be prompted to spend
to the namesake in New England? In order to reach us
and to be read during the services of the day, your
telegrana should be sent early in the morning and should
be addressed as follows
Rev. J. S. Barrows,
D mchester District.
B iston, Mass..
IJ.S.A.
Should you ever come to this country you may rest
assured of a hearty welcome in "Old Dorchester," as we
are accustomed to speak of our town.
Yours truly,
S. J. BARROW&
Dorchester District, Boston, Maas, May 27, no.

MILITARY SPORT'S.
These who were fortunate enough to see the sports of
the R H. Artillery on P4undbury hat Saturday bad • fine
opplrtunity of seeing good horsemanship combined with
exact skill in the use of weipons. A few inhabitants of
Dorcheeter, among whom we noticed Captain Hodges,
3rd DR V., H. Symonds, Eul., and others had the
pletsure of seeing the performances, and doubtless a large
number would have gathered had it been widely known
that these competitions were coming off. Q M.S. (erampton
carefully recorded the result*, and the oftcrs, espeMally
Lieut. Pf:ce, who seems himself to be one of the most
skilled, took great interest in the arrangement& The
coarse was on the lower Put 3f Poundbury field next the
barrack wall, and was level and adopted for the sport&
which commenced with