The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-07-19 00:00:00

POOL X.

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Cincere—A match was played on Saturday last,
between the Poole and Bournemouth Cricket Clubs',
on the ground of the former. Bournemouth proved
the victor.. Poole scored as follow. •—let innings, 21;
2nd, 67; end Bonrnemouth, Ist, 66; second innings
(1 wicket down when time wee c died), 23. Mr.
Ballard, of the Angel, provided the luncheon.
Excossios.—Theee enterprising caterers, Mears.
Harvey and Co., ran au excursion on Wednesday
night to Lulworth. The steamer, the Telegraph. left
Poole about five, and got back at 11.30, giving two
hours on the Island, and one of the most delichtful
tripe imaginable. Mr. Harvey and Co.'s excursion.
can always be relied upon as well ordered and pleasant,
and it must be a satisfaction to them to find their
efforts so well patronised as they were on Wednesday.
SCHOOL TILZAT.—On Wednesday afternoon last the
Wesleyan Sunday Schod celebrated its 72nd anniver-
sary, having been established in 1808. The children,
accompanied by the circuit mini.ters, the stewards,
the teachers, and others, marched in •
.proceerion,
headed by their fife-and-drum band, to a held situate
at Haase/only, and kindly lent for the occasion by
Mr. Y. String. Here a number of amalgam's:os had
bran provided, and during the afternoon • capital tea
was partaken of.—On Tuesday the girls at the Home
had • day's outing, as far as the Sandbanks. They
were accompanied by thew officers, and by their
smiling farms, on their retorts, bore testimooY to
having moat a happy day.
Juvonths GLIM= THIIIVI/L—At the Petty Sessions
last week, Mary Butcher and Sarah Butcher, two
litt e girls aged 9 and 14 respectively, were charged
with stealing apples and onions from a garden belong-
ing to Jonathan Nipperd, and doing damage to the
amount of 6 . A little boy of &boot 8, named
William Hewitt, said that he and two defendants, last
Sunday afternnon, went in and picked the apples and
eat 'em.—Complainant said the apple tree was pulled
to pieces, and the onion bed completely destroyed.
On account cif the extreme youth of the children, the
Beach ordered the amount of damage to be paid,
excusing the casts, and cautioned the Children.
SHIPPING INTNLLiOSNCL Arrivals July 6th—
Bittern, Woolf, Hartlepool, coal; Eike, Deimos, Little-
hampton, ballast; Glitan,Jonal, Newcastle, coal; Horne,
Roltellec, Boulogne, ballast. Bth—Lightning (a). Guy,
Southampton, oil; Trevellaa, Radcliffe, Soutlustupton,
nil ; Ceres, Summers, Plymouth, litnestone. 15th—
Martin Luther. Kent, Cowes, nil ; Mary, Ambler,
Southampton. nil; Louis Napoleon, Williams, Sunder-
bind, coal; Taragona, Hind, Newcastle, cal; Fling,
, Hallett, Waterford, oats. 10th—VeinHeti, Williams,
I Csdchester, ballast. ith—Tempter, Wallace, fly.-, soda;
Diver, Page, Yarmouth, niL 1201—Clusrlotte,Dentnan,
Southampton, nil; Diamond, Ingles, Portsmouth, nil;
Jellied Simeon, Hutton, Newcastle, coal ; Little
Beeper, Paul Newcastle, coal. Sailings July 6th
—Friendship, Evens, Runcorn, clay; Meridian, Jones,
Runcorn. clay; Acorn, King, Falmouth, flour ; Arannah.
Green, London, clay; Teaser, Abbott, Runcorn, clay.
Bth—Unity, Railey.Bwanage, bricks; Wheatear, Wilkins,
Falmouth, flour; Portland. Bore, London, clay; Light-
ning (s), Guy, Cowes, nil. 9th—Commodore, Mant,
London, drain pipea; Gonspetitor, Tovee, hondolclffy ;
Louise, Bengetason,Stockholm.clay. llth—Jilt, n,
Runcorn, clay ; Juno Elizabeth, l'arry, Runcorn, clay.
12th —Cecile, Le Bras, Roecoff, ballast; Halcyon,
Edmunds, Swanage, niL
FLowsis tinavtose. —The annual flower service' in
connection with the Sunday Schools of the Unitarian
Church took place on Sunday last, when the pastor.
the tier. F. Agar, preached appropriate and eloquent
sermons morning and evening. The building itself
hid been beautifully and tastefully decorated with
flowers. The pulpit was quite • work of floral art,
and the platform was ornamented with • large number
of fuchsia., and other choice plantsi n pots. Bouquets
of hothouse and wild flowers adorned each pew, while
Immediately over the east window and running along
the southern side of the church were scrolls will
appropriate texts iii white on • red ground. In the
morning the rev. gentleman took for his text
I Samuel, ii.. 18, " S•muel ministered before the Lord,
being a Child." In the course of an able discourse, he
tnade the foil-swing practical observations, which we
commend to pareois—What was the common belief
about children? Was it not that they were simply
receivers to be waited upon by all around; pensioners
to be Instructed in • l things necessary? Did we not
think that all cloieg, all practical exhibition of
principles, all active c ..operation in good works or any
work, must come in later year.? if all parents arid
guardiane did not think so, the great majority assumed
that position. They were quite satisfied if the children
, learnt well, listened attentively, grasped certain
principles of social behaviour, of moral conduct, of
religious belirf and faith. They were quite content to
lee them growing in knowledge and understanding;
but was that sufficient? Ought children to be mere
learner', passive receivers? Ought their little minds
to be crammed with precepts and principles alone, and
no opportunity given them for their pew 'cal exhibition
In their everyday' life? He said that such a system
was sadly imperfect and miserably inefficient, A child,
however, well instructed in moral and religions know-
ledge. if be had not been disciplined early in practical
morality and r. lieion, would make but a poor man,
•id • weal Christian, The first and chief duty of
I every relirion• tt &cher of the young was to induce the
boy not t'l a 'he w..y e rnply, but to take the first
stele in a li„pier &its, aml a higher life. The boy.
learner " k. cuing to the brain," niiin•pired by sight of
g sod mane Sr bleached work psi fro mad, would " scarce
shove a harvest of his heavy toil." A boy might have
receive I Roo I thoughts and sweet sentiments even to
surfeit, but, nev, r having ho. n asked to perform one
good deed, or kind, charitable, 'elf-sacrificing act, how
could they @anent the man to do what the boy had
never tried to do. The mystery would be if he became a
prat cal philanthmpi•t—a righteous, and • useful
member of society. Could such teaching issue in •
hopeful, happy, Wood old ago? Would it not rather
end in • cross decrepit, selfish, miseraqe grey-bead,
Ire man could never think life worth living if hv
lived to no other mimeo' than to advanoe hi, own
intereets, ',sinner hi•own appetites, m over hi•
sulmst.t. to she his owl, fortune, or even rave his own
sotd. 'ne best service any teacher or parent cool
render to the young writi:d be to show them how the
could eerie "therm, and the b'essings soil joys steelier-
ant upon sueh wotk.— the preacher took f ir his text
in the evening Job xiv., 2, "Re cometh forth like •
flower, and is cot down." Thee, was a very large
attendaeoe, end ino.t lif the oongreg Woo wore small
bouquets. C l'e tine* were made at each 'service, sot
amounted to E 5 16..