SECOND WINTER MEETING. XXX111. 



BY ME. A. POPE : 



An early Victorian reading screen. 



BY Miss DICKER : 



A beautiful piece of tapestry worked by a member of 

 her family in Stuart times. 



BY CAPTAIN ACLAND : 



A sampler of 1683. 



Two old Spanish garters stamped with the mottoes, " Va 

 a quedar usted contento " and " Tal vez dicera que si."* 



BY CANON FLETCHER: 



(1). A leaflet printed in Paris in 1871, showing the 

 exorbitant prices which prevailed during the siege of Paris 

 by the Germans. A turkey fetched 190 francs (nearly 8), 

 a goose 150 francs, a chicken 60 francs, 500 grammes (about 

 lib. IJoz.) of ham 50 francs, the same quantity of mutton 

 12 francs, of ass and mule sausage 10 francs, of butter 

 60 francs, of margarine 18 francs. 



(2). Some oyster shells which had been used in binding 

 the mortar in the late 14th or early 15th century addition 

 to the Norman tower at Wimborne Minster. 



(3). Fragments of Roman pottery dug up in the Wimborne 

 Cemetery ; a further link (with the tessellated pavement and 

 other remains) with the Wimborne of Roman times. 



BY MR. WIN WOOD : 



An ancient metal tobacco jar, with traces of enamel, 

 which had been in his family for 150 years. 



* These may be translated " Go and remain content," and " Very 

 probably you -will say * Yes.' " 



