Middletown transcript., 1876-02-26
fa For the Aidaletopn Transcript.
Townsend's Reply to Dean.

Mr.. Ed0ar.i Reynolds. Editor II i
have been informed Of the authorship
nf the communication Of the I'D "l
January, signed, IA scjourner ane
Looker-ou" at the agricultural meeting
neld ou the previous Saturday. the 10Th.
and. now. with your. permission, | wish
10 reply through your paper Being
30 used to holding meetings on Tues
day. / stated Tuesday. when it should
have been Saturday, slight mistake
IN my favor. as it gave more time to
get the proceedings. | have also re-
oeived, infornation, as TO who was thsI
author Of the anonymous article signed
n. ,.Middletown." and also Of the letter in
The Herald signed Eye Witness !,
When The curtain bad been lifted !
found it no less = parsonage than Bty
Dean. trying TO. play Chamrleon un-
der anonymous signatures. Now, Mr +;
Editor. l wonder, 1t you, ever allowing
such fellow to play on you as ne has,
for only . few years ago he tried to es
Il blisb second London Times. or New
York Herald to break yours aud all
aher papers down in, the State, and 70
show some. of his smartness, he paraded
list Of names as in favor Of it--suci'
as Thomas Bayard and Others 10 this
county. and Cove Salisbury and Others
in Kent county as being 10 favor Of hi'
project. when with very small. amount
If sense be ought TO- have known the
Dela.care Gazette represented MIR. Bay
ard and friends 10 this county and
ih4 Dover DelaDarean represents Mr.
salisbury. The whole scheme. as every
person knew it would. fell through, aud
IN Saturday the 18th Of January this
Billy Dean came. to the meeting ol
the, Agricultural Society at Middletowu
with Professor Porter and je;ned the
society. and before, really. they we're
members. US | understand. for | sa~
them afterwards At the judges table
pay ying;* this Dean commenced his fire.
brand course in the meeting. and Mr..
Editor, as il ia now known that Dean
is the author Of the aforesaid ,anony-
nous writings | cut ont . slip from tbs
tirst Communication that gave the orig
ioal offense, and nish it published with
this: s -f,,t f.rt4 444 sS.
There arose in our midst the ghost thai
had been enstrouded in the winding sheet
II was nothing more than poor Granger,
vet its sudden appearance in our midst almost
took ailthe thunder out Of our great guns
II made its appearance in the shape OF a Re
solution offered by Professor E. D. Porter, O.
the Delaware State Agricultural Colleges
"Res0lced, That II is the sense of this meet
ing of siockhplders of this association, that =
preniinm Of one hundred dollars be given tt
any Grange Of this Peninsula that brings tt
our next exhibition the best and greatest dis
play Ofarticles. .9iE - II 91gsA sig FA
+ The Prof. pssfaesd the presenting Of his re-
solution with q few remarks in his easy.
happy and pleasant manneE which had th'
effect TO apparently strike. dumb th.'se tha
were present, for none attempted 70 reply
The question was called mt once. The chair
man not being able 10 decide which side hat
carried the question and every thing heing i
an apparent uproar, Bill Dean arose and. il
his usual blunt manner, asked the Chairman
| 10 allow himsio make few remarks, whicl
was granted, After he had been talking som,
ten minutes some person in the crowd had Sc
| far recovered from his fright ~ to discover
| illat Dean was out OF order and called him Il
order, when he Vt once dropped into his sen
as though he had been shot. Jet not before h
had told some plain truths And which, upci
| some Of our people, were not without effect
but others il set raving, judging from thei
actions. When the question was again call
ed and the chairman decided il, was lost
Then our gentlemanly secrrtary, ]. Thoma
Budd, Esq arose and offered the following
sResolped, That the board of managers b
/ requested TO take into consideration the pro
prietyo Of o&sriug premium Of one hundret
| dollars ut our next exhibit0n TO any Grang
npon this Peninsula whose members take tn
| greatest number Of premiums"
| It was not nntil this period OF the proceed
| iues that the storm broke forth in all it's fury
when His Excellency, the Governor, in an ex
cited manner, said that if he knew anythin,
| Of Parliamentary usages no Two resolution
| just the same could be acted upon. or sgter
tanned at the same meeting. Now am satia
| 6ed that ours is good Governor but whe
| he undertakes to Instruct Oranges in Parli,
mentary usagss hsimay possibly get beyon
his depih. BE said this was not y Grs4geri
Association and they did net want apyihip
to do with Grangers; the nexi thing he es
pec,ed was that Masofis and Odd Fellow
wosld be asking fas premiums. Prof. Porte
again arose and replied to His Exeellency
| which appeared to arouse the storm to create
| fury when samuel Townsend, Esq..in hi
| usual la,sbiiSs styie expressed his views. u
| must not have been we'll for he soon sabside
apparently overcome by his great efforts. A
this time, appearing to take advantage ofii
| opportunity, up jumped that everlasting