The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-09-05 00:00:00

FLOWER SHOW.

This chow was held on Wednesday, and was quite
equal in (piantity to the good shows of previous years,
whilst in quality it ranked very high. The hothoune
grapes mode a display extending three ports down the
long fruit tent. In this fruit Black Homburgs and
White Altuicats of course were the staple, hut the
Buckland Sweetwater, a luscious-looking berry, had
several representatives, And there was a noble spec'.
men of Waltham Crofts, new in 1874. This is a very
large grape, of capital colour, and symmetrical berry,
and Altogether apparently first-clam. There were two
(Alections for the Digby Cup, one of which contained
black and white grapes, pine, melon, peaches, and
nectarines, perfect in growth and ripeness, cherries,
very large and full ripe, greengages, (lark plums, and
figs. Of melons there was a grand chow, and nearly
every one was a different variety to its fellow.
Nectarines, considering the season, were wonderfully
abundant, and peaches were even more numerous, and
seemed to be perfectly ripe. Light plurns were
delicious, and among the dark plums one splendid
dish of Kirk seemed ta defy all competition. Among
apples there was a very fine dish of Lewd Suffield.
'There were four are five dishes of cherries, large and
perfectly ripe, and some currents. The Amateurs
collectimu were more moderate in size,and not so well
ripened.
The vegetables in this tent can scarcely be described,
and if we said all were excellent we should not be
guilty of exce.e. There was a "table decoration"
almost equivalent to a chow of fruit, a very tasteful
centre-piece from ',sweeten, containing the blooms of
the Allemande, contrasting charmingly with those of
the Volata Elegans, and two very pretty villas, with
surrounding gardens, minature flowers, and fountains,
shown by Messrs. B. Ellis and W. Sealy, jun.
In the flower tent a magnificent display of stove
and greenhouse plants was to be seen.
In the Cottagers' tent WM a glorious display of
nearly 60 dishes of pototoes—all, apparently,untouched
by disease, and well ripened. The chief feature of the
show this year, in the way of novelty, was the Bee
Show. and this was so wonderfully successful that it
will be bound to be an accessory of the show in future
years. Honey, hives, and bees were sent from all
parts, and even from Hungary and Egypt. A large
tent was devoted to the model hives and honey, and
the bees were place(' in a court outside, which was
screened off by muslin.
The Band of the Marine Artillery played an excel.
lent programme of music during the afternoon,
supplemented by the Band of the 7th Dorset Volun-
teers.
The waather was very unpropituons, but there was
a large number of visitors present, and the whole
takings will not fall short of those of last year by
more than t5O. An unusually excellent display of
fireworks was made in the evening, and after a
splendid flight of rockets the band played "God Save
the yieen," and the grounds were cleared by nine
o'clock.

A WELSH FARMER LOST AND FOUND.
What was regarded as • strange mystery, giVitlg rise to
much anxiety on the part of those interested, has just
occurred at Durwen, near Ruthin. At the end of June •
farmer named Williams, residing in that parish, and his
wife, who appear to have had occasional misunderstand-
ings, had some words about taking their wool for sale to
Denbigh market, the woman at the last moment refusing
to accompany her husband thither. He, annoyed at this
refusal. divested himself of his best clothing, which be
wore, dressed himself in his working suit, laid left the
house, declaring that his wife should see his face no more.
As he did not return, the 'woman and her numinous
children became anxious, the police were communicated
with, search parties were organised, the hills and sheep'
walks were searched, the country around scoured and the
brooks and pools dragged, but no trace of the missing
man could be found. The woman and her family were
frantic with grief; and, as • last resort, • reward of £lO
, was offered for the recovery of the man. No clue was
obtained until Thursday, when the wife got wind that
her husband wan still alive, and working at • quarry in
Carnarvonshire. She lost no time, but net off in pursuit,
and there recovered her coveted prise. Mutual explana-
tions were made, and the couple, to the evident joy of
the woman, returned to Durvren late on Thursday
evening.