The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-09-15 00:00:00

Corrtsponbrntr.

PORI LAND LOCAL !WARD.
Z. the Zlifor.

t4ir,-1 to co-rroet-itn-i:rn-W. in ur la..t wue
ill.. th, alaeV. liit•ht 1. moil
1..an1. Tb.. .tntement that I 11%11 eeniplainell fn
11.1104111C0 in %Vein"ll,ll4,L. elnllllll Ward whil
a limn.%
contrary to the factA f the owe. The immune.. cum•
filainoti .4 by tn.. Inirying (if a dead Norge. not
tb. huil.ling .1 a how'.', which, of counw, boars no
comiwriroti. I wonder if the retnetly referred to in
the deponit fnmi the filthy night moil cut, near tho
ninninli of a deal horn.% if ia to lie r“n•
gratubsto.l fo Mi,g up 11w agony. Trumtirir y. in will
lurirt thia corms:win In y..ur u..xt hour, atid obligu
yours truly,
Joux R. Orricm.
Wakt4tani, l'ortlead, *pt. hth.

PORI LAND moarzetartm L MUSTY.
To Mt Etlib,r,

Nif.-Ti has long been f-sTift. ' i"". Portland that the
above 'society exited for the gratification and benefit
of the few, not for the many, and the nhowine up by
"Runtictin" in both timely awl jut. What in wanted
in a *omit equitable bowls aa nafarda the claosification,
inntead .1 which catagese has, to compete with
amateur gardeners and the well.favoured chose., of the
community, with the mule that their more favoured
compeers carry off 200 Iver cent. of the awards. Tnis
mate of things is certainly dincreditable, not to say
unjust, and calls for a remedy. I would suggest that
in say future 'show tlwre nhoulif be a class for
cot tagent.oily, who pay a rent for their cottage of hos
than 1:9 per year, with a proviso that amateur gar.
&nem growing for the markil or public should bit
excluded.-1 am, Sir, . -

A Lovn or Jurrice.
P.,rtlaml, September ail.

l's Ike Bad,.
-I feel it to be my duty, as the bon. secretary
of the alove society, to make some n.ply to the
criticisms and aspersionm of a writer styling himself
" Rustic:Ls." Otte of his objects ovms to be to dis-
credit the society in the eyes .1 the public, whiie his
statemente no one will cnslit ICinself. He coin.
plaitut that no notice was taken of his first letter;
allow me to nunind tom that the said letter was too
late to receive any consideration at the hands of the
munittee, AA the schedule of twires had been arranged.
The pith .1 his argument lies in the suptswell fact
that truirryinen have
gardens, which is quite a mistake, and I would appeal
1., the subscribing public to 01111a.li Ine that no
Can laaagibly Is. done on this twilit.
hero is another fallacy in respect to the her
of exhibitors, the ls-r being not 112 but 115. I
fail to DIV her he arrives at the relative numbers he
has given, hut I can readily understand how he
obtained the supposed number of se.hibitorm—liy
simply kylginng : and on this point he must have
leen misinformed. My idea is that his iwincipal
object in writing WWI to know how many quarrymen
exhibitors there really wen. ; hut I do not ou why I
should satisfy his curiosity. As the total nuinher
their exhibits amounted to lint one-lifth of the whole,
I leave " Rusticus " to judge whether they did not
receive • fair proportion of the liriSepl I would now
point out a discrepancy in his own figures. He states
there were Gi bow-v.0,1e cottager* and 53 others, which
make al total 4 11g. This shows an utter disregard
111 the real facts if the case, and tells um Main!! that
he is not a trustworthy pensomigs., the in onn.,
tin of your readers I inay add that I only know of
one person having a grevirhouse who corttribitted to
the show, and his inlets were in fruit only, and
I would refer " 'button to 'lnlet, which states that
owners "( greenhouses and trolessional gralen.rs art,
emended from ounitotin4 with cottagerm i.e ainaseurs.
The menety has always endeavoured to benefit the
labouring classes, and I don't think the public will
allow it to die, considering the coettnittee are honour-
able turn, and are altogether beyond any suspicion
of sellishossmo. - Yours truly.
Einvaut) fiToNa, lion. Sec.
14th

To 11,, Editor.

Sir,—l, too, in common with " Ruaticus," am
inclined to ask how much longer ia the lemma
organieetion and errangeniciit .4 the Portland Horti•
cultural Society to exist Kvidently the whole affair
an anomaly. Why ahould aniatritra be allowed to
LICIOniNii
cotaiirt, sido by side with cottageri hero in l'ortland,
If I had not been manned to the Contrary by more any more than thy .lo elsewhere I find it is not the
than mie magistrate, I ghoul.' my that the proceedings ea" in lir WcYn•"ith Horticultural Society. Their
committee have two distinct diviaionii frr thew two
et the Brewster Kessions ni Friday lent —fully nisirted cleaves .4 competitive. It id obvious that an artisan
elaesthere -were simply
i • well-acted farm, that the connoi devote es much time and attention to him
ahem*. "No. 7" was intentional, and that the even garden as a men, perbate, who has little else to do;
division wea a wellplanned scheme for getting out of and I therefore maintain that in an exhibition thee°
unplesment teak of deciding between drawl it two clams uf competitors should not coniprto in one
e'vard by two tally reenesited and and air same diviauna which however is tM came here
lo,winkome. ma tad ewe was not In Portland. Lit UN ocamaittao then of the Portland