The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-17 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.
4 CHILDREN'S SERVIOE.

Among the many i,flu. n tea whi,h amelio-nte the
con. Hon of onr error hrethren. not the least is llt-
care hest, weil upon their thildren. Not alway.
scknowlef.il I.y them, hut ever valtr.ble are such
aervire., and they .re without doubt, duly recorded.
and wi I be one day lack," elerige by Him who Mit sai
eepecial coma aid the ii.junctiot F.-e Imy
lambs." Fr • year or an I.ast a special children'c
service hae been held in Blandfoid Church, on the
eeconil Sunday of ern° in in each month. by the
Hector (the Rev. irynis Clinton), and very intereding
and itustruttive are these gatherings. Towarda thee,
o'clolk troops of chi!dren arrived. g. retailed by Mr.
Brennand. the superintendent, till the nave of the
ble tilifiCe is thronged by the little osier. In ra7.11
pew sits a teacher ati:h them, keeping watch and ward,
and, en the wool., and with pram ly an .3c:option,
very well behave I and most at entire are they. The
ais'ea and the galleries are reserved for the parents and
chil Ir.-n of a la g-r gr,wth who weed' with keen
o.t rest, and sh..re devoutly in the so'omii service.
Tie shortened ;prayers give no earn .e for the inclina-
tion to fidgi t. which I. natural to all childr n, end the
hymns hal pily chosen are very heartily join-d in by
them all. "Safe in the arms if Jesup," and " Ar.,und
the throne of Gist in heaven," are hymns wh,ch appeal
at once to the imagination, and touch the besot ; and
the familiar tunes anti words seem to give an enjoy-
ment as intense all it ia heartfelt. And DOW the
preacher give, out as Ids text the well-known words,
"Abide with me, for the day is far spent,' and for
about twenty minutes be c invtrees with them
familiarly, and with • fatherly rather than • prieetly
tone, about the journey to Emmen., and the stranger
met by the way. With stew simple sentences he in-
trodnces the disci pies' jour ey, conjectures the subj. eta
of their oetirersation, pictures their downcast looke,
their forebodings of evil, and their laments net r the
no-urrences of the last week or two, until joined by
Him who relieved their doubts, cheered their spirits,
awl, being premed to abide with thew, shored their
evening meal. He did not think Christ would have
joined them if they had not been thinking about Him,
nor would tie have ii!ayed with them if they had not
preened Him to do so. And the simile lesson of the
text was to think about Owlet, to (ray that he would
stsy with them in all the troubles .pi joye of their
whole lives. And that this m.ght be, they should
think on whet they were ttudit at school, and on
what they hear I in church, and c inveree on it as the
disdplee did on their abeent Lor 1, and so would He
abide with them in life. When the darkness deepened.
or when the joys of life culminated, soil when the
hone of death came, He who had abi led with them in
life wonid not leave them, hut take them to abide
with HIM. li, must be some encouragement to the
rector, under the difficulties of the way. to see the
success of an undertatiog in which he is so heartily
seisonded by his lientenante---Mr. Mann, Mr. Brea-
nand, mid others. The many improvement. made in
the interior of the church, a, well as in the conducting
of the services, arc so far appriciated that the people
Cori; to the morning end evening services, and the
church is well tilled, which is t . say the least, • suhjert
for * inruatulation to all true lovers of religion, while
the new sobools raised within the hut two years, and
the way in which they are conducted, gins promiee—
read in the light iii" A. good tree bringeth f oil good
fruits "—of • generation springing up to s -rye Hod
and keep his commandments.

YZOVIL.
SNOCriNG FATALIT Y.

About haif•past BOVOI2 on Sunday night a young man
named Herbe,t Hann, eon of a labourer, residing at
al way House, near Compton, was with throe or
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others, one of whom had been bird-keeping for
C..,
r. Laves. Amongst them they had a min, which
Hann Mided, mid for some reason or other it was put
in the hedge. genii eta :noted to take it . lit by the
barrel, when the charge eiiPloded, and the whole con-
ta were lodged in his stomach, killijg him instantly.
Y;'e ei,nzregation at the chapel were just leaving at
. time, and there were Wenty of persons to render
'essistpnce, but it was useless. The deceased worked
at env of 4.htjouidries at Yeovil.
An biggest leapt old tin the body of the deceased at
the house of his pose.* e-. Monday afternoon, before
' Mr. H. Nutt, (memoir. The jury, ~f whom Mr. J.
Pring was foreman, having tdewed the /o„dy in an
adjoining room and the scene of the fatality elms by,
the following evidence was taken :—Charles Haim
said he was a labourer, working for Mr. John (Mixed,
• resided in that house. The deceased, Herbert
Iliad, was his eon, and his age was 17 veers. He was
• Port II Im4 gr. Potter's, of Yeovil. Yesterday after.
noon, about finsiit.r test three o'clock, he and his wife
started for a walk, liesiviyg deceased at home having
his dinner. They wont to Lea 1.4 y, and did not return
till about quarter-past eight in the eVenic., rhen they
found their son in the house dead. He was 7...
abaci-fel when they left him in the afternoon. He Ilia
"4 "4 kied to mine. He did not know be was going
's't with the kW. list afternoon. He asked him if he
ik-* gall)/
pice
3 out, and he ,„- id he did °t think'. should.
—James Meechaui, a boy iv 1-;, said he met ased
In the lane near Halfway 11Juse )is;terriay tenimin
as he was going to the Wheat Park bird st+rving for
gr, Layer. He had a gun, which Mr. Laver let hum
ha.ve. ijeceaned went with him to the field and stayed
wit.h.hite. tfeaegaed fired off the gun once, and he
once in the fiel4 witlj R mrder only. They started for
how together, n4i
.04 Lb* woo deceased gave hire
seas peWder f ) Pug In the pm. 14 (witues•l did, a°
in the Wapiti. and deceased ranzined the Pcjwwer•
Deceasedhild ftivini him &bent * dozen a 01, in the
fi Id, and he as el him for tbemi Wing he was ilaing
t / ilh..t a little bird. I)ereemed put the shot in the
gun. Whilst he. deceased and thr a other b ye were
isi.ting down by the side of the turnpike-road, decemiel
wild •• Here'a the policeman coming," and put the gun
in the hedge. The policeman went to the chapel close
by, and when the people were coming out of the
apel about ten minotes afterwards, deceaaed said he
~.4isl
in, and took hold of the gun by the muzzle,
Amearde him. As deceased was pullint the
gum out i*e)rige up the bank, it fired off, and the

deceased fell back over him. There was a good deal
of blond. Deceased did not speak. His shirt Wee
afire, and they extinguished it. Grant Gillard as
the first to come, and they put the deceased on a hurdle
and took him home. He did not know whether the gall
was cocked or not when deceaaed put tin the hedge.
This was the first time they went out together, and they
met sceidentally.—dames Hart, another boy 14, who
wax with deceased at the time of the fatality, gave
corroborative evide,.ce. He mid he was quite sure
that the gun was not cocked when deceas d put it
among the bramb es. Deceased was clot in the chest
on the right side. His jacket was on fire and he put
It out. He went to the chapel and toil Grant Gillard
what bad occurred.—Grant Gillard. an eng ne-driver.
of Over Compton. said the last witness told him of the
fa ality as he was leaving Halfway House Chapel last
evening. He went to the spot and found that deceas-d
Was tot quite deal. He spoke to hint but he made no
rei ly. Deceased died as soon as he moved him. He
saw a quantity of blood. The policeman was fetched.
and placed on a hurdle and taken home.—The jury
returned a verdict of "Accidental 'Math," and
kindly gave their fees to the parents ef the deceased.

BRIDOWATIIB.
MauMitt. Or THC WORKHOUSE NI '.-e.—At the
Board of Guardians weekly meeting on WednesdaY, a
complaint was male against Miss Walsh. the hospital
,urse of wilful disobedience of the orders • f the
Board, and also of dninkenness.—ln reply to the last
charge the nurse *Hiegel that she only had a fainting
fit.—The Board utuinimously decided, a' Proviml.ealll'
plaints had been wade against the 1.11110., to dismiss
her, and the nurse intimated that she :•hotild appeal
against the decision to the Local Government Board.