The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-20 00:00:00

BOTHWIRAXPTON.

AN " ELNVATED" FICATIVITY.—At the antiquated
little parish church on Thursday night, numbers from
Bridport and district were attracted to a "harvest
thanksgiving "service. Of nowise the edifice was in a
high state of decoration. In the chancel the decors-
tioss were absurdly profuse, but other portions of the
building presented a more seasonable an] appropriate
appearanc.. On the eastern wall over the " altar "
was a strange &vim, something between a triangle, a
square, and an octagon, bearing some undecipherable
forms, presumably Latin. On either sideof the table,
also upon the eastern wall, were two 1113111t11•0 scarlet
en-sea. The communion table bad a conspicuous
cent 0-piece in the form of • gilt cross, by
the side of which were several vases of cut
flowers, and • par of " inevitable composites "
blazed away at either corner of the table. Half-
way up the candles were fixed little crest., or es-
cutcheons, in honor of what distinguished family the
congregati in are in ignorance. The more appropriate
decorations were those to the window-silla, pulpit,
reading desk, and galery, which were rendered lively
by pretty wreaths of corn, fern, phlox, dahlias, avers,
Lc. The following were the clergymen present—Rev.
E. J. Loins-, P.U. twister of the ptrish), HSI,. F. E.
Alen, + C.U.(rectorof Whitchurcheanon.),Bev, KS.
McDowell, C.U. (rector of North Poortou), and the
J. F. Chanter, curate of Bridport. The Rev.
McDowell read the prayers, the Rev. Chanter the
Wenn, the Rev. Lowne announced the hymns and
" offered " the collection, and the Rev. Allen preached
the germ in. The text was selected from Mark IV,
verse 28, the sermon being an appropriate one for
the occasion. Several choristers from the choirs of
St. Andrew (Bradpole), and St. Swithie (Allington),
assisted the parish choir for the occasion. Contrary
to general custom, the Te Deum was sung at the con-
cluston of the service, when the congregation were
treated to • full view of the backs of the rev, gentle-
men, who stood in a row facing the communion
table. We are not yet informed what the collection
was in aid of. Those of our readers who are not con.
versant with the meaning of the " signs " attached to
the names of the above worthy clerics, we subjoin
them. The letter "P" signifies that the c'ergyman
after whose names it is placed has signed the
"notorious petition." The letter "0" ind castes the
"Priests' Associate of the Confraternity of the
Blessed Sacrament." The "U" means members of
the "English Church Union ;" and the + after a
name signifies belonging to the "Society of the Holy
Cross.
—are

YR VLIs
Comm Comrr, Thursday.—A Jury Oase.—Worthy
Vizard, artist, Bath, c. C. A. Pratt, miller, of south
Petherton. The claim was £B, for painting two
enlarged copies of a photograph of Mr. Pratt and his
wife. Mr. S. Watts appeared for plaintiff, and Mr.
JoWife for the defendant. A jury was empanelled.
In August, 1880, plaintiff called at defendants house,
and saw photographs of himself and his wife. He
asked to be allowed to make copies of them, and his
ststement was that an agreement was made between
himself and Mr. Pratt that ho (plaintiff) was to be
paid £8 for the pictures. Defendant, on the other
hand, said the pictures were painted on approval,
and as he disapproved of them, he refused to keep
them. Plaintiff, and a witness who went with him,
when the pictures were taken to Mr. Pratt's house,
ssisi that both Mr. and Mrs. Pratt were pleased with
the pictures, and defendant said he would send
plaintiff a cheque for the amount. The evidence ay.,
very conflicting. The pictures and the photographs
wore produced, and his Honour expressed the opinion
that they were very creditable copies. Two picture-
dealers f Bath were called to speak as to quality of
the pictures, and both expressed the opinion that they
were copies of the photographs. For the defence, an
artist of Salisbury was called, who said there we.
" a certain" amount of likeness between the
photographs and the large pictures, but they were
not correct. His Honour submitted four questions to
the jury in writing. After retiring for about ten
minutes the jury returned into court, and said they
considered plaintiff was entitled to EB, but that he agreed
to give twelvemonths' credit Plaintiff will therefore,
as the twelvemonths had not expired when the
summons was taken out, have to bring another action
unless the money is paid.