Middletown transcript., 1876-02-19
Comm unicatea.l

in the Morning Herald, in which. If !
may be allowed to form an opinion in
regard to the language used, | am led
10 think it is the desire Of Mr. 7. to
destroy the good feeling and friend
ship that has heretofore existed between
yourself and the members of the Pc
ninsula Agricultural and Pathological
Association. G shall continue to use
the name by which your corporation
obtained its corporate privileges from
our Legislature, not supposing for
moment that the gentlemen who applied
for the charter ever intended to or
would make use Of name by which to
obtain the privileges which it did, and
at the same time mean should not be
carried out in good faith. and not like
Mr.. Townsend who now after you have
obtained the privileges. says Now as
TO the loud sounding name the PENN
sula Agricultural and Pomological As
sociation the word Peninsula is all
bosh and was only an attempted
piece of sharp practice to try to
monopolize the PeninsMa.") Now.
gentlemen Of Middletown, who used
your efforts with the Legislature to OBJ
tain the charter, how do you like the
position in which Mr. Townsend would
place you? Let mo again quote from
Mr.. Townsend: You have been pat
ronized enough by that association to
have interested yourself sufficiently to
have got the true reports and published
them" Now what does Mr.. Townsend
mean by the above but to try to injure
YOU in your business and create bad feel
ing between the members of the Associa-
lion and yourself? That shows worse
spirit than has been shown by any Of the
anonymous gas bags" that Mr. Town
send has referred to. Now let me again
quote from Mr.. Townsend: 1--WE fur
ther know that the old Newark College
has swallowed up the public land given
to Delaware, and now the Newark Col
Iege through its President. Porter. who
is now or has been one of the principals
of that College. &C." Now, when Mr..
Townsend undertakes to instruct or en-
tighten a people upon any subject. he
should first inform himself upon the
subject which he undertakes to en-
tighten others upon. or it may be that
we shall be like 1.-THE blind leading the
blind and all get into the ditch " First.
There is no such an institution in our
town as Newark College" We have
the Delaware College here, Of which
William q. Purnell. Esq is Presi-
dent at the present time. and has been
since the reopeniug Of that institution
Second. The Delaware College has
never handled a single cent of the
principle from the proceeds Of the land
scrip conveyed to the State Of Della
ware by the Federal Congress.
Third. Professor Porter has never
been President Of any college in our
State. So much for Mr.. Townsend's
knowledge Of facts upon that point.
Let me quote him again, II con-
sidered it outrageous to the general
mass of farmers and very unfair to
Grange associations in general. for what
Grange association has from eighty to
one hundred thousand dollars at its
back to experiment with but Newark
Grange" Now Mr.. Townsend first
told you that "Old Newark College had
swallowed up all the land donated to
the State BY the Federal Congress, "
which think has been proved untrue.
and next he says Newark Grange is
the only Grange backed up by this same
fund y at least. be would SO have us to
infer from his language. which is
equally untrue. Although Professor
Porter has farm Of bis own which, as
he is the Professor Of Agriculture in
the Delaware College. is styled the ex-
perimental farm Of Delaware College.
which it is in fact, for upon this farm
are tried all the experiments in agri-
cnlture in connection with Delaware
College, yet he has never received a
single cent from the fund Furnished in
the shape Of land scrip by the Federal
Congress to our State for the benefit Of
Delaware College. So much for the
truthfnlness Of this last quotation Of
Mr.. Townsend I will again quote
from my friend, "this meeting was held
on the 18th (Tuesday). and your paper
goes to press not until Friday. and this
would have given you plenty of time
to have qualified the new secretary -
Now am not much in the habit of i'm
bibing, but if that meeting was on
Tuesday, as above quoted. l must have
been very drunk indeed. for | know
that when | started to 90 to the meet
ing it was on Saturday morning and
| know that at the time of starting
was perfectly sober. Was any Tuesday
in January on the 18th Of that month
Now what must we think of Mr.. Town
sends assertions when be cannot give
correctly an every day occurrence.
DR.. Jaynes's almanac would have given
him the correct information upon this
last matter. and 10 it he might have
found some remedy for the disease
which be appears to be laboring under
Mr.. Townsend says, "As have lived
SO long among fools I am very forgiv-
ing" | am glad Of it. Was it not a
wise act on the part of our Legislature
when they divided Appoqainimink bun.
dred and allowed the portions Of So
ciety. the wise men and the fools, to be
separated? Let me quote from Mr.
Townsend again. "Nor am I disposed
~ 60 looking for anonymous gas bags
Now l am not DISPOSED to pot Mr..
Townsend to much trouble upon thai
score. for the next time be and | meet,
if be will but get mirror in which be
can see himself and your correspondent
he will have the pleasure of looking
upon two Of the most windy gas bag.
10 Delaware; at least. so say the peo.
pie of our county when speaking o.
either of us. 1t has been said bv some