The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-10-05 00:00:00

WINFILITIL
Tag labourers and their families in the service of Mr.
J. Scutt, of Newburgh farm, held " harvest home" on
Wednesday evening, when • bountiful feast was provided
for thaw, and they spout aright marry night.

=LIM ABBAJ3.
A Itaartge Tnamusorriso Smartt= was held at the
parish church on Wednesday evening. The sacred edifice
was tastefully decorated, and the embellishments reflected
ths highest credit on all who assisted in the work. The
pillars were trimmed with wreaths of laurel intermixed
with sun flowers and dahlias. The chancel was nicely
adorned with sheaves of wheat, barley, and oats, sur-
rounded by rare ferns and pot dowers. The altar rails were
prettily decked with ivy and flowers, and on the top were
placed apples and pears. The pulpit was beautifully
trimmed and the font was very elegantly decorated
with mom and white flowers The screen was most
elaborately trimmed with ivy and choice roses. Sur-
mounting the whole was a noble wheat sheaf with pot
floweft and sun dowers. In the chancel window was
placed • text beautifully executed—" Praise the Lord."
An appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Rose'
good, and at the conclusion a collection was made for
the funds of the Dorset County Hospital, amounting to
£63.. 66.

PUDDLITOWN.
Rattan TRANILSOEVINO Sgavicts were held in the
pariah church on Sunday, tho vicar (Rev. F. E. Freeman)
preaching in the morning, and the curate(Rev. F. Salmon)
in the evening. The church was tastefully decorated with
ecru, and Bowers, and fruit The collections were for the
Unrest County Hospital, and realised £ll s.—the largest
stun ever obta2ined. Scarcely •person, rich Or poor, pawed
the plate without making an °daring.

A !LIVE'S Tuangio'visa flintrics was held in the
church of Fiddletrenthide on Thursday evening.
rill this occasion the church and chenoel were beautifully
decorated with a profusion of Rowers, fruit, and corn,
tastefully arranged the effect of which wee greatly
e by the brilliancy of the many lights which illu-
minated the sacred edifice. A corona or candelabrum,
richly dreamed and looped with autumn dowers, barley,
and wheat ears, hang from the centre of the chancel
shedding • soft and mellow light, whilst a vary elegant
polished brass three-light candeladrum, the gift of Mr.
George Mayo, ODO of the churchwarden", was placed
between the lectern and the reading desk. A sermon in
aid of the funds of the Dorset County Hospital was
preached by the Rev. J. F. Hosegood, vicar of Corns
Abbot, whose appeal to the large assembled congregation
,wee liberally responded to. Hiss U. Hicks, daughter of
the vicar of the parish, presided at the organ, and played
with her usual taste and skill

WALIMILAN.
ReourraArioN.—On Monday Mr. Edward Platt held a
court to eerie) the list of voters for the borough of
Wareham. Mr. C. J. Lacey appeared for the Conserva-
tives, who made SO new claims. out of which 18 were
allowed.
WAIIIIIAN COITNTY COURT. —Mr. Henry Beet, having
resigned the °dice of High Bailiff of this court, that special
race is abolished, and the duties of the office will ca
ofleio, fall under the provisions of • late Act of Parliament
on Mr. Freeland Fillitsir, the Registrar of the Court, who
was appointed to the responsible Oleo of Registrar by
the late Mr. Edward Everett, predecessor of Mr. Lefmy,
the present judge, in the year ISC, with approval of Lord
Cottenham, then the Lord Chancellor. The jurisdiction
of the County Court has been very extensively increased
since then in every way_. The FtFgistrars, who now also
accept the office of High Bailiff In conjunction with
their office of Regiatrsz, have to appoint amistanta,
who will in fact fulfill the duties formerly carried out by
High Beiliff, under superintendence of the Registrar, to
whom they are responAble, ea he will be in his turn to the
1 thief authorities and suitors.
Teenitaxcx. —A crowded meeting was held in the
National School Room on Thursday evening in order to
Lay the claims of the temperance movement before the
inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. The Rev. S. R.
°spa. rector, who presided, strongly urged he advantages
of total abstinence, regretting that he had not adopted
It. principles many years /Me. He looked upon
intemperance as the greeted hindrance in his ministerial
work, and rejoiced at the prospect of • temperance society
being formed in the town. The Rev. 0. L kianml, rector
of Church Knoll.) iii:the course of an interesting address,
narrated some s • incidents in lila own experience to
Illustrate the depraving influence of strong drink, even
among the upper dames of society. and elated upon all
Present to mast in carrying_ on • movement so well calcu-
lated to do good, me. T. W. Glover, of the linited Kuhr-
dom Alliance, than spoke at some length and was hat.ood
to with the most marked attention, while he eaf,ooti,
ly dilated on the evils of the drink traffic and the imper-
ative necessity of darling_ with it Ile wag followed
the Rev 41 Connor, IL A. Vicar of Newport,
Chaplain in ordinary to the Queer, who referred to his
former connection with the town as • curate, and es
Mg his pleasure after more than 10 years absence, at.e._
present amongst many old Mende to advocate a came
which in his own pariah had been found productive of
much bkuji,* lie especially dwelt upon the im
both sane of the question feel
ovirlice=il any who did so, would, notwithstanding
custom of society, wspesdily eesb• expediency of giving up
strong drink, if not for their own sake at least for the sake
of others. It was announced at the close that another
meeting would take place in the following wear, for th
of forming a branch of the Church of England
curexrp" eranes Society • which numbers amongst its sop-
wremkaar Makety IrebblahOM and most
of UM Blehope et the momamu Char&