The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-09 00:00:00

SYMONDSBI7RY.

A MT lookouts gift WU nod* to *be poor of this
parish at Cbriattou, by lb* Bow. IL sad MIL Row.
alma. nmell. • packet of votary to mob of aim.

Os Sunday evening • coltsestiow wan made a* et
P.4.1'. °bunk Ines, towards defraying the *
of lighting the search, ea which occasion the Zrr
Drew tie late must* preached his farewell winos to •
crowded congregation.

•
'Tiz poor mama who was lately drowsed and found
at the Syne Books, and busied Si St Peter's, has Dot
boss forgets's though he lies in a torsi/a
_hied. A
roagh wooden cross be.been recently plead at lA*
ve, b order at Mrs. Bawliason, who bee also
it with • wreath of box and belly, with holly
berries, the erom being entwined with ivy.
PSZSISTATIOW.—Tho New Christmas Book "A
Round of Days," soda handsomely ornentented walnut
book slide, were presented to the Bev. J. Drew, as
90sh December, by Kr. G. Bisidissombe, the asehment
overseer, on behalf of *sang of the Pomo' trishaw's
of Symoodsbury, on the mammies of his sing the
curacy of the parish. The Bay. gentlmnita expressed
itimeolf much gratified with the todansonial, and mid
be bad experienced a great many killdeer's since Lis
semis, sisooopt them, nut MOO Is. valued ISM'S time
this see, which he should always have to remind him
of the good feeling shown to him dating his sojourn
there

Os the festival of Christmas the perish chunk
was most tastefully decorated by Mn. and the
Mimes Rawhome. On entering the soothers door
we noticed the foot which was tastefully &oersted
with Inoln sad white immortellee intervened, with
• cross of ths same materials floating in the water
of the beam. Looking up the church eastward we
mimed an elaborate smal.work over lb. reredos
'The Pews of Peace," this was surmounted by •
orom of white immortelles, while the rest of the
reredos was Neatly picked out with wreathe of
variepted holly, mixed with Christmas berries.
A double Lessee (emblematical of the Trinity) was
fixed to the chancel wall. Taking our stand out-
side She communiou reds, we next oaaPt sight of a
mooed leaf moral- work over the gallery, ' Em-
manuel," this was again relieved by variepted
laurel in herringbone fashion. The reading desk
and the pulpit ha a very neat trimming of varie-
gated holly leaves interspersed with berries, while
Um beautiful arches above were picked out with
wreaths of evergreens more chastely executed than
usual owing to the more sparing use al lasnutina
and holly.
Bv. l'arra's ETPL—This handsome church was
,v' chastely decorated for Cillainnani by Mrs.
I and the Mimes Raelinson. Near the southern en-
trance stands the font, which was very neatly de-
corated with a wreath of moss *ad box, interspersed
with white immortals" at top sad up the sides of
the pedestal, and in the foot wasa crop of the same
materials floating in she voter. Tb• slope of the
west window over it had • wreath of lanrustina
Wavle with white immortalise, and just underneath
was • very handsome lorg holly lea scroll on white
ground, • Glory to Goa in the highest, and on
earth Peso*, goodwill towards men.' The slopes
of the window, at the sides, sad the capitals of
the palate were wreathed with variegated holly,
eaten/weed with red berries. At the top of the
screen at the bead of the north aisle is • wreath-
ing of varipted holly with bully-berries in the
centre, and just underneath it as holly leaf scroll
on white ground, " EaunanueL" Tbe beautiful
pulpit is decorated with • wreathing roundtb• top of
ivy leaves, alternated with ivy and red berries, and
the lectern with wreaths of box and red berries.
At the ends of the Maoist seats were wreaths of
yew, with chaise of holly berries; over the organ
was a scroll, "Alleluia,' oompossed of box, with
red berries on white ground. The slopinp of the
chanced windows were detioguished from those
of the nave by being ornamented with embargoes.,
which were formed of variegated holly. In the
chancel window south of the morariain was the
cbcf-tratere, the sloping of ibis window boil dc.
canted ix moss, with firer do lie on it, one
alternately in red berries and immortals'. Along
the reredos was • wreathing of variepted and plain
holly, with holly berries interspersed, surmounted
in the centre over the altar with • cross of moss
and immortal's, the slope of the met window
basin • wreath of laurel Maven with star of varie-
gated holly.