The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-05-04 00:00:00

PORTISHAM.

KANTER Nfroliar.—" One. of the Anny " writes:—
The Blue Ribbon Army had • ftrnl field day in
Mottday. procession Iwined up with Salo and
cofutur,,, healed by a Lowther of women, ovine with
babies weariug ribbons au medula, Li. a
large cointony of girls 'and ,ya. Warvord wa•
brought up by the tura. Then. was no hand fli lead;
LU1.3,, 1118 tiNtle of voter and lyug power thit made
the %alleys mot. Ttie; hrncleded •hi spot,
called Rocket, kindly lent by Mr. k(aufl.:l4, s, ere
army encainpol, and took not fur a little while, Clio
young people leading itlf into *Arlin,. Ralled.--51^nrivni
Clarke took a number of the boys and divided them
into two companies, with each bearing a flag. He
called one comicany the •• Zulus" and the other the
" Blue Flags, and went in for • sham tight,
which the Hand of Hope children bad
Weirto.. .. little poldiecx, being refreshed,
were put through t,gt 0, and then came
the final struggle kartwogit Ltoli kith" Ihtiljg
Vr
nou o lting in favour of the Biu• i
•nny was then re-formed, and marched down to the
villa/to, the boys who had been engaged in tho war
striking up a spirited war song, "Onwanl Christian
Ifo4dlitrs..:4osteg it with might and main. This I.
'iii bso Wird -*TN, 'iota° of Rocket." At 530 a
public to• Sauk *tee la the Thimpantacti Vail when
the place was so crammed that • Boacmcl mitring %fhb
necesiory. About 130 In all of adult• ware mecum.
modatecl. The young men afterwards marched around
•he tillage, singing and preaching in the mom, air.
c 4.00) the public meeting, when the hall was
crowded. Jdif. ef Weymouth, toilc the chair,
and after auxins, and prayer to Ijr. Clarke, tlie
Chainriars gyre t mstd opening istdreo. 1.011.0r154
soba and maces were sung by Oroe tri«nd. from
\Vero:soh, cad were very much enjnyed. The
tiortistme Temperance Choir rendered Aisne valnable
Ild•iAtaitu.. Sieve, acj Clarke adti.ed the
ino•ting at ankle length, 'mud keht ti.'. lively interest
thneighout. A collectaon and i vote thanks
the meeting.

4BOTSBURY.
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13.1V11 Motrbtt.—Thank4 Lo Mr. I:infield, on. of
th.• ,lireetora the. Abbot;'Airy [lsis air (Ai .tr.k•ttY.
esoreditgly cheap eseursions were I 1ft41111.1 'ruin
Ih rmoi •nif other platen, and, as • rssult,
itionemie trains brought hundreds upon hundreds to
throng the heretofore quiet .tr,rt of Abbotabury.
The afternom train, emulating of two eagines and
carriages, brought at least a tbouund panniers, and
when these were added to the wisher arrivals the

f mill:mg populating wig considerably multiplied.
The weather bring glorimui, the visitors thoroughly
enjoyed the '• boas " a the place, such am St.
Ciatherine'n Chapel, the Swannery, the church, no
beautifully ',stored by the liberality of Lord Ilchester,
the gardens of the eagle. the ancient tithe barn, and
other remain, of former monastic nplendouri Evert'
body Anent a pleaaant holiday, and the arrangements
on the railway were aatisfactory, esti-cid! y o onsidering
the immense and enamel, expected crenh that eninted.
Abhaitabury in wart to become a !minder p!ace
, maim and we have no doubt the new railway will
I bring prnaperity to the village, and we nopc,
; eventually, a good dividend to the shareholders.