The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

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Lonoungitir SHOW OP VEGETABLES,
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The 17th

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forth. improvement et tbis Isbo-irbt7 .elemes in the
Dorchester, WeymouthThe
mot Corse atelWidill, Mak
place at the Corn Enemas oat Twida,'
by the
useful society, which was originated bits
lamented Chutes posume, Esq., of Olyffe Heise,
has for its eint the Imitable object of ender
to improve the medians of the working olaUlt
offering prises for industry, elentlinem end economy.
The aim of the founder has well succeeded, and the
exhibition which took plaits on Tuesday wee •
complete moors. Each succeeding year bas proved
".•••—•the--bensielst--elbst lbw sonbetr' bot peffitiffed
_ dam! who we- oak, Ity
1110E44,7 with their neighbourr, he
thou lizards of merit WA& their
fedestay and pensveianoe demands. In no show
wine& the moiety bee had hari this demise base
r mom apparent than in the present one, for in Wood
all the produce of the soil the competition wan vrol'
Utak and the vegetables of. very high order, Where
• all were so aced it is somewhat Xtfficult to, make
any selectien ; but we moms refrain bun
rlidll4l litialaDaid Worse= of potatoes and
am " They were almost extraordinary
• and weight, and in quality par excellence. The
Dlof the prime tor vegetabke were earned
tellord men, gamin wheat we recognise
ieose ..Ptefeesdise names of Russell, Ricketts, Squibb,
ta • • nod Horn, who seem to Mow better articles every
_47, and keep their neighbours in the shade.. The
111rber of entries this ems was nearly double that
..6 Islelt,e end the Conk Exchange wee well stored with
every variety of the vegetable produce of
Allamillier earth. Early in the morning the note of
anatiesi wee haled in the building, the Exchange
musebetig decorated with evergreens, and the various
▪ seitidee exhibited were displayed to the greatest
. edvantage, and very pleasing to the eye. There was
unpaid show of home-baked tweed. The judges for
• vegetables, km, were H. N. Middleton, IL Wiffiams,
apa J. F. Hodges, &r.., and we are quite mule
. Ahem gentlemen most have had a very difficult duty
to perform, but we believe their awards gave ;
es; is
general satisfaction. They also awarded several
0,;•a. Min prises foe the general excellence of the
• netiMes exhibited. With regard to the needlework
▪ . tof the exhibition we must maker as,
; itais=l:a my muck, 1101 being well vented iu shirt
soaking end stocking darning; in fact we think we
should have been controlled to leave unnoticed that
part of the exhibition, had we not most for.
- Measly made the acquaintance of a young lady
•. • mho enlightened our understanding with the
:riekt.ek wherefore., and who p.a as her candid
Matebe esedhrwork, is all its branches, was
•fifieruperier to awy previously exhibited, although
rhs thosight dee had men more competition. The
1•• ; Lady Michel, Hen. Mrs. R. Willims,
„ and Mies Churchill. The exhibition
1.e.. was thrown open to the public at one o'clock, and
Own that time up to seedy five was visited
''..l.lry lams numbers of people, who appeared highly
delighted with the anodes exhibited.
THE PUMAC WArelllo
- ▪ took place at two o'clock, in the Assembly
Room, and was attended by a large number of
, , =including several alergmee and ladies and
from adjacent villages. The chair was
occupied by the Rev. Clarke Bingham, of Bingham's
lisicnrobs.
The CUsilimaN, in opening the Minium of the
.• meeting, referred to the unexpected circumstances
which had pieced him as their chairman, and
c also to the absence of Mr. Player, Mr. Middleton,
and Llentantersl Sir John Michel, who were absent
Irma unavoidable circumstanors. The latter, he
.r said, had recently returned from the ware, and was
,now turning his spear into • ploughshare and his
..ortord into a pruning hook. He bad set ups kind
.4 of opposition meeting, quite inadvertently, perhaps,
• tho sale of • great show of agricultural stock,
where he himself presided, and this no doubt
t; +Molt away many parsons from the present
meeting who would otherwise not bare been
zielbered. Hs (the chairman) bad never more
•s. Yehtetantly taken the chair at any meeting, than at
• this, because he felt be bad no right to be in it.
• He felt that this meeting was one of peculiar
• solemnity ; a meeting which one could not go away
from without feeling that there wee something which
Wee sot generally experienced on these Celiessiona
There was • deep sorrow weighing over the hearts
of most of them, which was the death of that great
.and good man who had been the mainstay of this
..instettition, who was its original founder. and who
used to be present at these mew logs. He was sure
all felt—especially at this meeting—the deep, and
he would almost add, the irreparable loss which this
society and the county had sustained in the d,-
cease of their friend, Mr. Charles Poreher—that
geed old English gentleman, who, whilst he
• "feasted the rich ne'er forgot the poor." It was in-
deed a great pp that the departure of Mr. Fondue
had made in this neighbourhood, and especially in
• this and other societies which had for their object
the welfare of the poor man. (Applause). He would
repeat it wee a great gap. What were they to do'
Were they to wit down and allow this institutiort,
• • which Mr. Percher had been the means of organising
• end fettering, to linger and decay because be was
• absent He (the chairman) did not think that would
be the best vray to show respect to the memory of
the deputed. Ou the oontrary, the best way they
could do so would be by placing his mantle around
their shouldere, and do all they could to be followers
of him, even as he was a follower of Christ.
(Applause). Alluding to the exhibition, the chairman
• expressed his pleasure that there was no Whim of in
• this show from those of former years. Mr. Middleton,
who had been one of the judge* almost from the
commencement of the society, but who had been
, absent for the last two years, had now returned to
his oh) office, and had been one of the judges to-
day, and he bade him to say that great improvement
had been made in the show of vegetables during his
absence. Not ouly were they particularly fine,
but the variety of sorts wu much greater than he
• hail ever known on any previous omission. He (the
chairman) thought that anybody who had seen
previous shows of the society would be gratified at
the exhibition which had been brought together to-
day. (Hear, hear.) He was struck with the grand
show of potatoes, and this was a point on which
they ought not only to congratulate themselves but
• to thank God. In late years they had been sorely
tried by the potato &ware, but they ought to feel
, thankful to God when passing through their fields to
, see how free it was from that awful visitor. They
MIA not attribute this change to anything on their
part, hat look above, remembering that it was
Coil alone who could give the increase to the fields,
; sad if they wens free front this disease it was God's
' doiup, and it wee to Him that their thankfulness
and praise were due. ( A poison.) The chairman
then referred to the appointment of a president to
supply the place of Mr. Percher, and mid this wee
subject which had given the committee much
anxiety. For his own part, if the loss of Mr.
Porches was not irreparable, he should desire that
his mantle should fall on Mr. Kinderdey. They all
knew how deer he was to him. (Hear.) Rut them
WY a difficulty about this. They did not yank hint
to .it to Mae chair and make a speech once • year—
he we. too young to be allowed to do that yet.
They wanted him to be a labouring man—they
ated lime to pall the stroke oar. If he wag
• • placed is a post of dignity at once there might
I some difficulty in his filling the place of
hon. secretary. For this reason, therefore, I
„the committee thought it would be best that
they should appoint an uncial president, the same
as wee dune in agricultural societies. After a few
further remarks the chairman called on the company
thank Mr. Kindersley for the active and energetic
measures which he bad taken for the we of the
society, that it might please God long to spare him.
(A pplaom
tain refivlsmitsLev, after passing a high eulogies'
Imo chairman, soil thanking him for the loving
111 genial terms in which he had spoken of tboir
• president, remarked that it wile not foe him in..
ow way to weaken what had already base said, bet
• ffile himself to the subjects which his position aa
secretary more especially entailed upon him. To
• put before them the condition of the society as it
now stood—what its prospects were at the present
time, and for the future. He must admit that he
was glad to do an, and on the whole the affairs
were in the main satisfactory. Their financial
potation was as good as under existing cir-
01111111101n01111 they could wish it to be—that was to
, say, they had as much money as was wanted for the
prism As far as the competition want he did not
find any felling off this year compared with previous
.14ene. but ho 111Bilissit4sfied to remain in the polities
the society stood at present. From an examinable.'
he had mute, he found that there were as many is
7a pariahes i.c.h.dea in the list of districits, and out
ellipse only 27 competed this year. He thought
• Ms society had been long enough established to lind
Out that kat them half of the parishes embossed in
the districts bad not beau brought into ounipetitioe, ,
; vas something very little abort of failure. If it wee
• fallen, he thought it was time they should look to
1-lhenieelves. Where should he appeal for a remedy'
"Wu it necessary that he should recount the
vantages of this moiety—we. it
pm n
he should remind them, and the
..nt „Urge, of the universally admitted *dom-
e of the society 1 Need be tell them that
r! the working of the society had been
admitted it had been found that the imp
Is,. the people hid goo* with its
• dia. and that not only the Mombassa, order, seill
deessey of the people had improved, but even di*
moral condition? (APPlaam-) This was
evidence of those who were best abbe to judge ef
working of the moiety. ,tf this ma so why
he have to appeal to the public and ask thins
they did not fell in and work with the eneMay
Thar bite provident bad bequeathed to Ilbem
legacy—and that a rich one too—in the shape of tb
waley. (Cheers.) The moiety was mainly ofhi
sikenoduemetruesitessr
oheld weCL
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