The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-04-06 00:00:00

PIDDLITRINTHMII.

LIIIRRAL .twurcivTliCi.—The annual meeting of the
I.ih.rst A ocj.ljon wa. held in the Temperance
Hall rn Thur.lay la. vt The weather wae very
. . . .

unfavourable. but neverthelesc the hall WWI couduri.
ably filled with the hard-handed suns of toil froin
CheselLorne, Alton Pancras% Puddlehintim, Re. Tfie
chair was taken by Mr. Cecil Cox, who in a few well.
chosen remarks intnolined Mr. Cary Batten, late
candidate for the division, who was received with
applause. Mr. Batten gave the meeting aim..
encouragement and instruction for the future, tellir.g
them he WU quite. confident that they must have
polled well tot him, or he would not have stood an
well, seeing the tremendous influence that was
brought to bear .in the labourers in the lower
parts of the county. Although defeated, they were
not dispirited. One more vote on our side from each
parish would have turned the scale. Mr. Batten
heartily thanked those who had worked fir him, and
support...l him by their votes. —Mr. Payne, president
of the association, made a humorous speech, but
being rather severe and sarcastic on the Primrose
League, giving a case or two in point of its nature anil
workings, a. borne out in their own experience by two
of its members—Mr. Bank..,. of Wolfeton Ron.%
and 'Mrs. Michel, of Drwliah HMI* ; the ...net stating
that if the son deserted the father and went into a
different village, he ahonld stall be favoure.l with his
natant H. could not tinder any circumstances
countenance him jibe lived near hi, father, as he was
• Radical. The lady boycotted him of the sale of
two weekly papers, for which she paid yearly, getting
two pence per dozen 'wok on the sale. fife felt
crushed, lea hoped to survive those
Christian charity. This is the party that call them-
irk es Constitutional. and were about to put down the
National League an illegal.
PIIDDLITOWN.

TUN FIRPIT NI.%IIIIIAGIC CICRICMO%T in the Cfmgrega•
thine' Chapel of this place took place on the 30th inst.,
condlicted by the Rev. F. Vaughan (pastor). The
bride wasi Emma Hoyt, who for several year. had held
a situation in the family of Mrs. T. A. Homer, a
The Myrtle.. Pichlletown. Mr. Homer chord her
I,llW.Viati.,ll of her faithful service.* by providing the
1111`i kfa.t, and also by attending the ceremony
and ',rising the bride away. It we* erident that the
livid.. highly appreciated this mark of respect shown
her liy her inistn*pi. Ilesiiiles the Registrar (Mr.
H.,le.rt Hill) and the (nor liridiviniaids, there was
lenr. c•olffnilation to witnees the cere
minty. The bridegroom war Mr. Thom* Gabe,
who hsr c..eral ran, had been eonneeted
with the chapel, and had won the ess.sem
all by his activity and iiiesfulnees in the Siinday
&hied, the choir, MO the lksnd if 'foie.. A larip.
n.unb.l. .4 1e...0« were present to wiine*. the
ceremony. Several wedding hymn. were sung by the
choir. The ',Arty were geroeted with Nhowerm of rice
a. they left the ehap.4 fig their csirrusges.

WINPRITH.
A NUM hae tuet been pl.teeil in the el
id St. Chrietophee's Winfrith, aul W. 1% need
for the Arai, time on Sunday laat, when lath tone and
stimaarance mot with general appnoal. The apecial
service. in amnection with the new inetrument (of
which due notice will be given) will not, however, le
held till the Lenten *aeon ia over. Through the
energy of • few entlitoliaatic work. re the mon
necomary Is pay for the organ lute leen ,Mtained
within Mem CM, and it ie hoped that the amount
will mon le raised. The onpui had Men eitilidiA by
Ifieere. Maley, Young, awl (*know, of L n ondo,
finn oilcan builders well known in Dorset through
the nominate inatrumente of their manufacture
which have been pliant in the varioue chorchee and
chapels in the county.