The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-14 00:00:00

C. COMTLNY.

400 Irda WO Yd. 600 Yds. Tot
Captain Hodge. ... ... 32 30 20 —22
Private A. Mart& ... ... 27 25 SG —77
Staff•Sergeent Osmond ... 28 22 18 75
Private Cole .• • ... 21 25 23 —72
Lanoe-Corporal Chick .. 25 21 23 71
Sergeant llutlotA. . ... 21 21 23 —O3
Colour-Sergeant liar's... 25 24 14 67
Lieutenant Andrews ... 22 23 21 64
Private Ftobunoti ... .. IS 20 15 66
Sergeant Roger, ... ... 25 21 16 —tZ

251 POO TOO

258
39111 BRIGADE DEPOT.

200 Yds. 500 Yds. 60) Val. Tot
Oolonr-Sergsant Bartlett 24 30 27 81
Private Bradbury . . ... V 24 24 75
Sergeant Butler . . . . 93 20 :10 —73
Captain Cavanagh ... eg 24 20 —73
a rl:;..Borgssuit Laird ... 26 21 17 —66
t Alison ... ... 22 15 VI —65
Sontsant Gosling ... ... 56 15 25 —66
Sergeant Osborne . ... 26 17 13 —56
Sergeant Ritchie ... ... et 15 17 54
Private Harmer . . ... 20 lft 11 49

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212 11.7
There was a good deal of hearty cheering at the result

GOOD TEMTLARY.
The Good Templar@ of the Dorchester Lodge, No. 905,
saalated by other friend., gave another of their pleasant
entertakunests in Alingtomhall, on Tuesday evening Iset.
The chair was taken by Brother IL Foot; and Mrs. C
l.
Bingham very kindly and ably presided at the harmonium.
Bankey's hymns being sung at intervals. There was •
flood attendance as the meeting proceeded.
" Work,_ for the night is coming" having been sung,
Sergeant Manning offered • short but approprien prayer,
when the Clllllllllll read a letter from the Rev. E B
of Weymouth, to the effect that if he came he would not
be able to speak at any length.
Mr. Gwyn, of Southampton, was glad to meet the
Good Templar. in Dorchester to celebrate the 12th anniver-
sary of the introduction of the order into Englan I. This,
haeaid. was the grandest institution throughout Rog:lied
only 12 years ago there was not one lodge her"; leit now
he was glad to say this organisation !remover 100.000 me tri.
berm in its lodger. In Southampton they had bait Cr nine
Lodges, and about seven or eight years ago flee or six
oosternsongers joined the lodge. They are not looked up, n
as the moat temperate men, and in a very short Gine-there
was a talk of a fresh loilleeto be sstahliihed for ''.:o.ternon•
ors and doekwalloperv," which tea, started. Snl the first
week 14 were initiated; three weeks after li nor.) were,
made member,; in less than three months IS more of
these costemnongers and doekaallopre joined the lodge,
and now it is in • very flourishing condition. He knew a
man once who was • very biiavy drinker, and went on
the drink for two or three nooks upon the stretch, and
he had often heard him say he wished to (iel he c eul,l he
sent to gad for a few weeks t e keep him from the ear el
drink. Another man. a cupenter, who struck his thumb
in his work, went to the doctor, who examined
his thumb, who said it was a very Lad thumb indeed,
and ordered him t leave sine drink uniil his thumb was
well. The man risked why he wa. ii leave alone the
drink? when the doctor told him that it wouhl inflame
his blood. The man sell "leave it altogether l" Ile did
so, and Inc very short time lii. thumb got well, and he
went to his work se usual. In the course of time some-
thing elite happened to the same man, he went to the same
doctor (being his club docthr), who examined him in the
usual manner—by looking at hi, tongue and feeling his
pulse, then shaking his bead said it was • very bad case,
and told bins he was to take • pint of put.r a day. The
man said he could not, and the doctor asking why was
told that he was a "teetotaler." The doctor replied that
he was to take it as a medicine, but the men said be
couldn't, when the doctor threatened to strike his name
off the club book. The man still said he couldn't take it
on account or his Wedge. Ihe doctor acid he detested
witotalers ; but he was to take it lig mediciue, teen allied
inks made him • ti etotolor, when the form told him that
be (ths doctor) did. "Mc ! how did I;" " Why, when I
had a bad thumb you ordered me to leave alone the drink.
I did so, 1 got we:l ye, y shortly, and have left it ever
since." This ma& th doct .T very beLt inspered, he
left him till the next day. When calling again, he foiind
the 1111411 In the/AI/I.'lolo I, he then telling the doctor if he
ordered it se inedicine accordim: to the rules of the s wiety
he must supply it, and if he did he shoold ik, •
summons out for him, for silting drink without a license.
(Applause.)
Bro. BINGHAM, of Birmineharn, a hike looking throuth
tile deity paper saw that during the I set 12 months, in the
bletrepoliten district alooe. there were 3.1.090 ;sere eis
charzed and convicted w.th Ic. ins drunk and die ire's-ly,
and out of thew 33,000 prisoners over 15,000 were women.
He went on to tell some very in,.resting narratives of the
drink traffic, and exhorted everyone present to join
the lodge of Good Templar",
Bro. MANNINO moved a veto of thanks to the gentlemen
who had addressed them, and coupled with it the wine of
the lady who had so very kindly presided at the baruioniUM.
Kra. Bingham.
Mr. A. Booths seconded, and the meeting was c oncluded
by singing the Doxology.