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CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY ? 1880.
NO. 6.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
M. S. WOOOCCCX,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
fOHVALUN
IIRKGON
fbFFICE OX FIKST STREET, OPP. WOOD-
v IXK'K BALDWIN'S Hardware store.
SMH.-tal Htlc-Blioii given to Collections, Fore
closure of Mortgage, Heal Estate cases, Probate
and Iload matter.-.
Will also t uy au.l sell City Property and Farm :
Lands, n reasonable terms.
March 20,1. S7U. 1G-I2yl
F. A. CHEKOWETH. F. M. JOHNSON.
CHENOWETH & JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
COKHALLIfl .... WKESOH
September 4, 1879. 16:36tf
J. W. RAYBUR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COBVil-tlS, t ; OKEOOS.
OFFICE On Monroe street, between Second and
Third.
Mr-Special attention given to the Collection
of Notes and Accounts. 16-ltf
JAMES A. YANTIS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
CORVALLIS
Livery, Feed
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
...AND.
STABLE,
SALE
Mm 111 t Co vat Is. won.
SOL. KING, - Porpr.
(VALUS,
OKBCIOM.
tyiLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COUNTS
of the State. Special attention given to
Biattera in Probate. Collections will receive
ftunpt and careful attention. Office in the Court
ouse. 18:ltf.
dr. f. a. Vincent,
DENT! ST.
COUYALLI0
rywmxe both barns i am prepared
" to offer superior accommodations in the Liv
ery line. Always ready for a drive,
OOOD TEAMS
At Low Rat us.
My stables are first-class in every respect, and
competent and obliging hostlers always
ready to serve the public.
REASONABLE CHARttE FOR HIKE.
Particular attention Pal. I to Hoarding
is orseo.
ELEGANT HEARSE, CARRIAGES AND
HACKS FOR FUNERALS
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1879.
lo:lyl
REGON.
f)FFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER
Max. Friendley's New Store. All the latest
improvements. Everything new and complete.
All work warranted. Please give me a call.
15:3tf
G. R. FARRA, M. O.
PHYSICIAN AND &URGE0X,
QFFICE OVER GRAHAM A HAMILTON'S
v Drugstore, Corvallis, Oregon. 14-2Ctf
J. K. WEBBER,
Main St., Corvallis, Oregon,
DBAI.BR IN
Stoves, Ranges,
FORCE AND LIFT PUMPS.
HOUiE FURNISHING HARDWARE,
Constantly on hand, the
NEW rICHMONO RANGE,
Best In Market. The
BONANZA COOK STOVE,
Something New. And the New
VECTA PARLOR 8TOVE.
Jan. 1,1880. 17:1 tf
W. C. CRAWFGR ),
DEALER IX
WATCHES,
CLOCK?,
JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, SILVER WARE,
etc A 1m,
M xihIcuvI lutruni"iit &
-Repairing done at the moat reasonable
tales, and all work warrauted.
Corvallis, Deo. 13, IS77. 14:50tf
GRAHAM, HAMILTAV & CO.,
CORVALLIS ... OBKKOX
DEALERS IX
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, MB fcTlim,
OILS,
Woodcock & Baldwin
(Successors to J. R Bayley & Co,)
TTEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE
old stand a large and complete stock of
Heavy and Mielf Hardware,
IRON, STEEL,
TOOLS, STOVES,
RANCf 8, ETC
Manufactured and Home Made
Tin l Copper Ware,
Pumps. Pipe, Etc.
A good Tinner constantly on band, and all
Job Work neatly and quickly done.
Also agents for Knapp, Burrell & Co.,
for the sale of the best and latest im
proved FA-KIMC MACHrNERY,
of all kinds, together with a full assort
ment of Agricultural Implements.
Sole Agents for the celebrated
ST. L Ufa CH4HTR OiK S OVES
the BEST IN THE WORLD. Also the
Norman Range, and many other patterns,
in all sizes and (styles.
tGF Particular attention paid to Farmers'
wants, and the supplying extras for Farm
Machinery, and all information as to such
articles, furnished cheerfully, on applica
tion. No pains will be spared to furnish our
customers with the best goods in' market,
iu our line, and at the lowest prices.
Our motto bhali be, pniupt and fair
dealing with all. Call and examine our
stock, before going elsewhere. Satisfac
tion guaranteed.
WOOKCOCK & BALDWIN.
Corvallis, May. 12, 1879. 14:4tf
LANDS! FARMS! HOMES!
and unira-
PROPERTY.
CUSS
AND
PITHY.
PURE WINES AKD I QU1RS
FOR MEDICINAL USE.
And also the the very best assortment of
Lamps and Walt Paper
ever brought to this place.
f HAVE FARMS, (Improved
proved,) STORES and MILL
very desirable,
FOR SALE.
These lands are cheap.
Also claims in unsurveyed tracts for sale.
Soldiers of the late rebellion who have, under
he Soldiers' Homestead Act, located and made
final proof on less than 160 acres, can dispose of
the balance to me.
Write (with stamps to prepay postage).
R. A. BENSELL,
Newport, Benton county, Oregon.
16:2tf
ALLEX & WOODWARD,
Druggists
and
Apothecaries,
P. O. BUILDING, CORVALLIS, OREOOX.
Have a complete stock of
DRL OS, MEDICINES, PAN TF, OIL,
GLASS, IT , ITS.
gohooi Pooks tat.oneuy, fco.
AGENTS FOR THE
AVtRIU CH
SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER
mm Hhy.trtAf' .eripdaa
We buy for Cosh, and have choice of the
FRESHEST and PUREST Drugs and Medio nee
(he market affords.
MSB' Prescriptions accurately prepared at half
the usual rates. JfMjyiM8(r-
FRESH GOODS'
AT THE
Corvallla Lodge o 14, r. A. SI.
Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on
or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good
standing cordially invited to attend. By order
W. M.
Barnum Lodge Wo. 7, I. . O. .
Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in
their hall, in Fisher's brick, second story. Mem
bers of the order in good standing invited to at
tend. By order of N. G.
J. R. BRYSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
All business will receive prompt
attention.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Corvallis, July 14, 187. 16:29tf
II 13. HARRIS,
One door South of Graham A Hamilton's,
OKVAI.i.IM, OUM.
groceries!-
pro visions.
AND
Br floods.
Corvallis, Jan. 3, 1878. I6:lvl
DRAKE & GRANT,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
KV.li 1,1 P,
OKJfittOS.
TE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
and well selected stock ot Cloth, viz :
Wrat of l t Klnnd Broad
a l.ilis. rench asslmereg,
vol oh Tweeds, and
a mci'lean villi nu-a.
Which we will make up to order in the most
approved and lash onablc styles. No pains will
be si ared In producing gxxl rittinc; garments.
Parties wishing to purchase cloths and have
them cut out, will do well to call and examine
our stock. DRAKE A GRANT.
Corvallis, April 17. 1879. I6:16tf
Boarding' and Lodging.
Plilfomntll. Bentou ' , Or-fOu.
GEORGE lilSOK,
1ESPECT FULLY INFORMS THE TRAV
eliug public that he is now prepared and in
readiness to keep such boarders as may choose to
give him a call, either by the
SINCE ME4L. DAY. OR WEEK.
Is also prepared to fu'n sh horse feed. Liberal
share ol public patronage solicited. Give us a
call. GEORGE KISOR.
Philomath, April 28, 1879. I0:18tf
Albert Pre ail WiluamIbwin.
IWGALL & IRWIN,
City Trucks & Drays,
T-TAV1NG PURCHASED THE DRAYS AND
"- Trucks lately ownf d by Jairies Eglin, we
are prepaid to do all kinds of
lty IVn.il luff. I ellvi-rlntt of
Wood. i.tc. fcjio.,
in the citv or countrv. at reasonable rates. Pat
ronage solicited, ami hi
cases.
WiLLtAM IRWIN.
Corvallis, Dec. 20, 1878. 15:5!tf
tisfuctiou guaranteed in all
A LBKRT PYGALL,
J C. HIORELANO,
(CITY ATTOItSKY.)
ATTORNEY A.T LAW,
iH'ri.A.v'it, . . vREuusr.
OFFICE Monastes' Brick First street,
between Morrison and Yamhill. 14:38tf
THE STAR
Sin tn Street,
HENRY WARRIOR,
BAKERY,
torvallU.
PROPRIETOR.
Family Supply Store I
Groceries,
Bread.
Cakes,
Pies,
Candies,
Toy,
Jrtc.v
Always on Hand.
Corvallis, Jan. 1, 1877. 142tf
Ouly a Faded flower.
$66
A WEEK in your own town and no
cr.pital risked. You can give the
business a trial without expense.
The best opportunity ever offered for
those willing to work. You should try nothing
else until you see for yourself what you can do at
the business we oner. Mo room to explain here.
You can devote all your time or only your spare
time to the business, and make-great pay for
every hour you work. Women make as much
as men. Send for special private terms and par
ticulars, which we mail free. $6 outfit free
Don't complain of hard times while you have
such a chance Address H. HALLETT A CO.,
Portland, Maine. 16:3 lyl
TO $6000 A YEAR, or $5 to $20 a
in ysaur own locality, sxo nsK. xwo-
men ao as wen as men. .many maae
imore than the amount stated? above.
No dote can fail to make money fast, jtny one
can do the work You can make frond aOcts to
$2 an hour by devoting your eveningsAnd spare
time to the business. It costs nothinjg to try the
business Nothing like it. for muney making
ever offered before Business pleasant and strict
ly honorable Reader, if you wafct to know all
about the best payinjnjiess bop0re the public,
send us itariBMIflvlf ' seud you full
articujM K- samples worth
up your mind
E STINBON A
It was a lovely August night, and the
cloudless sky was studded with myriads
of brilliant stars. The sweet night wind
made a rustling, soughing sound as it
played among the trees, and the odor
of many scented flowers was wafted from
the extensive and beautifully-arranged
flower-garden of the wealthy Mr. East
lake. On the terrace before the house stood
a lady anu gentleman, and to judge from
their appearance, the calmness of the
summer night was having anything but
soothing effect upon them; for the girl's
proud handsome face was flushed with
Eassion, and the words which fell from
er lips were hard and cruel, a-j she
hurled defiance at the man beside her.
She was Mr. Eastlake's only child; and
her companion was Colonel Dowering of
the Dragoons. Her father had
amassed his wealth in India, where for
years he had held a lucrative civil ap
pointment. Soon after the birth of his
little girl, his wife, to whom he was de
voutly attached, died, and fearing the
effects of the Indian climate on his one
remaining treasure, he sent her with her
nurse to a maiden sister of his in Eng
land, who unfortunately was a weak, silly
woman, and totally unfit for the charge
she had undertaken; for from her baby
hood Ina had shown signs of a wilful,
passionate temper, while being quite un
curbed by her aunt, she only became
more unmanageable as she grew older.
As the years passed on, the girl, seeing
her aunt's weakness, grew to have a con
tempt for the woman who could never
say her "nay," and domineered not only
over her, but over all those around her.
Nature had bestowed one great gift on
Ina, namely, beauty; and beauty of a
most uncommon style, for she was far
more like a Spanish than an English
girl. Her hair was as black as the
raven's wing, and her eyes large, dark,
and voluptuous. She knew the power of
her beauty weU, and never lost an op
portunity of testing it. When her father
returned to England, and claimed her,
he could hardly believe that the glowing
young beauty, who welcomed him so
eagerly, and the little puny baby he had
parted from years before could be one
and the same; and it was with a glad,
proud feeling that he acknowledged that
she was worthy of being the mistress of
the almost princely estate he had bought.
Not to her father did she often show her
temper, for she had all her own way, and
over their large household reigned so
preme. At the time Mr. Eastlake and
his daughter took up their abode at the
Oaklands, the regiment of the Dra
goons was then stationed at the garrison
town of Westford; and Ida, having per
suaded her father to call upon the offi
cers, indulged her love of flirting to the
utmost. It was said to be the nicest and
gayest regiment that had been stationed
in the neighborhood for years; and many
were the balls and parties given in their
honor, and returned by them with equal
hospitality; and wherever Ina went, her
wild, bld beauty fascinated all.
There were, however, two men in the
regiment to whom ere long the winning
of Ina Eastlake became an absolute
necessity; the one from love, and the
other from motives best known to him
self. Never were two men so completely
dissimilar in every respect than Colonel
Dowering and Captain Fox the former
one of Nature's noblemen; while the lat
ter was heartless, selfish and crafty.
There had never been any love lost be
tween them; but from the hour Captain
Fox discovered that the little heart Ina
possessed was in his Colonel's keeping,
he hated him with an undying hatred,
and vowed to have his revenge, and to
gain the end he had in view not caring
one tittle by what means he attained it.
With him the girl's fortune had been the
bait, for he was not capable of a disinter
ested affection. Colonel' Dowering and
Ina Eastlake had been engaged for
months, and her fiance had long ago dis
covered that the girl he had placed on a
pedestal, and worshipped, was by no
means the faultless creature he had
thought her, and warm words often
passed between them, for, in spite of her
engagement, she was carrying on a des
perate flirtation with Captain Fox, who,
with all his bad qualities, could be very
fascinating when he pleased, was, with
the subtlety of a serpent, fast drawing
Ina into the trap he had laid for her. In
vain did Colonel Dowering tell her the
character the man bore, in vain did he
reproach her for want of consideration
for himself; alas! her old self-will and
obstinacy were asserting thesaselves once
more, and sne declared cnat, until sue
married, she would amuse herself in any
way she liked. One of the annual county
balls had just taken place, at which Ina's
behavior with Captain ox was so glar
ing, so reckless, that it called forth many
a sneer, many a shrug of the shoulders,
while her fiance was watching her with a
stern, set face, and with a dull, gnawing
pain at his heart, for the conviction was
fast forcing itself upon him that, after
her present behavior, she must either
succumb to his wishes, or they must
part. The scene drithe terrace was the
result ol nis determination to assert nis
authority, m if possible. Long and
earnestly He pleaded, on that -fair .-Summer
night, with the girl he loved so well ;
but his interference had aroused her
worst passions, and she had worked her
self up into such a state of fury that she
was hardly conscious of the words she
uttered. Never before had he seen her
in one of her outbursts of passion often
and he stood before her astonished
linAlril anA ATiltr Andva 1
"Do you mean all you say ?' he sai
ametlv. when, almost trora
haifishe had at last stopp
the girl
So saying, he turned and left her, but
not before he had picked up from the
ground a crimson rose which had fallen
from Ina's dress in her excitement.
"Ina," said Mr. Eastlake to his daugh
ter, as the two sat at breakfast a few days
afterward, "what is-the reason of Colonel
Dowerling's sudden departure? I hear
he has gone away for a month or six
weeks, and he has never been to say
good-by; it really is most extraordinary
conduct."
The color came to Ina's face as she an
swered in a tone of apparent indiffer
ence: "Well; the fact of the matter is, Mon
Bieur le Colonel chose to be rather ex
acting, and decidedly jealous, so we had
a few warm words on the subject, and he
went away decidedly cross; quite peni
tent and more devoted than ever. I don't
think he could be angry with me long,
poor fellow!" And with a little laugh
she walked to the pier glass, where she
gazed at the image reflected there; and
as she looked, she again thought that
there was little fear of his not returning.
Ina's explanation appeared to satisfy her
father's curiosity, for, after a muttered
remark about her not taking umbrage at
every little thing, he let the subject drop.
But if Ina thought that beauty alone
could enthrall a man like Colonel Dow
ering, she was much mistaken, as was
proved by a letter received by her father
from him, on his return to Westford. It
happened thus. Mr. Eastlake, finding
he never came near them, wrote him a
note, asking him to dinner, thinking he
would give him and Ina an opportunity
of becoming reconciled; so his astonish
ment and mortification were great, when
he received the following reply:
"Dkab Mb. Eastlake. I am very
sorry I must decline your kind invita
tion to dine with you, but from your let
ter I do not thing your daughter could
have made you aware of the terms on
which we parted. When I left Westford
a month ago, our engagement was en
gagement was entirely at an end, and
under no circumstances whatever can it
be renewed. I deeply regret it all, and
you must see with me that our meeting
again would only cause pain to both par
ties. Thanking you for all the hospital
ity and kindness I have received from
you, believe me yours, very sincerely,
Pebcy Dowering."
In her heart of hearts Ina had really
cared for the man she treated so badly;
and she was thoroughly unhappy when
she found for once she had gone too far.
But her pride was great, and finding Col
onel Dowering was obdurate, she deter
mined to be even with him. Well she
knew that although he might be invul
nerable on all other points, an engage
ment between herself and Captain Fox
would sting him to the heart, so when
that gentleman, who had only been bid
ing his time, proposed, she, in a mad
moment, accepted him.
It was the year 1854, and our troops
were daily leaving the shores of old
England for the Crimea. One of the
regiments under orders to sail was the
Dragoons. Captain Fox had ' sold
out, 88 Mr. Eastlake would not hear of
him marrying his daughter unless he did
so. Percy Dowering had gone, like
many others, never to return.
The glorious charge of Balaklava was
over, and the ground was thickly covered
with the dead and dying. Among the
latter was Col. Dowering, shot through
the lungs. Courting death as he had
done, first and foremost in every desper
ate encounter, he had until the present
time escaped un wounded; and now, when
beginning to think he bore a charmed
life, he was suddenly cut down. He
knew he was dying, knew that no mortal
aid could save him and he was glad to
know it; for since his one idol had been
shattered, his life had become worthless
to him. As he lay on the cold ground
he thought he heard some one calling
him by name. He was too weak to raise
his voice in reply, but held up his arm,
hoping it would attract attention. In a
few minutes one of his old est friends was
kneeling by his side.
" I saw you fall, Dowering, and came
to look for you. Thank Heaven you are
alive; but we must have you moved from
here as soon as possible."
"There will be but one more move for
me, Percival," whispered the dying man,
"and that will be to the grave. But I
am glad you are here; I want this sent
to England for me;" and as he spoke he
drew a letter from his breast and put it
into his friend's hand. It was his last
expiring effort, and in a few minutes
more the gallant soldier was at rest.
Ina Fox had been married some months,
but even before her wedding tour was
over she had discovered the true charac
ter of the man she had chosen; for as
soon as all occasion for concealment was
past, he had shown himself in his real
colors. Deep, heartfelt contrition for
the past did Ina feel; but that could avail
her nothing now; she had brought all on
herself, and as, in the solitude of her own
room, she pictured the long, miserable
years before her, she almost felt that her
punishment was more than she could
bear. But she was not a girl to wear her
heart on her sleeve, so whatever her own
feelings were, the world knew nothing of
them ; and wherever she went she was
received and welcomed as the wealthy,
beautiful and fascinating Mrs. Fox.
One night, on returning home from a
ball, her eye was caught by a letter lying
on her dressing table. Recognizing the
hand-writing, she hastily dismissed her
maid, and, sinking into a chair, opened
the letter .with trembling fingers. It
warm and contrary, but never like that; I contained Jr photograph, and a paper
on which wis written these words:
"When you receive this I shall be no
more. I once told you th'erDowerings
never forgave, but as I hope to be for
given, so I forgive you.'' u
That was all, and nothing more. As
she gazed vacantly at the lines before her
'Artaaometmntr dropped from between tlie
a- nBlded leaves, and slooping to see what
.lfflfc-she
roundness, and her laugh was but seldom
heard; for even when surrounded . by all
tnat was gayest and brightest, her he
would be far away, flown to that far-
grave where Colonel Dowering, with
hundreds of his braye countrymen
around him, lay sleeping his last long
sleep.
Misery tn Paris.
Misery, in the abject form of abso
lute houseless pauperism, is, as yon
know, not recognized by the French
law. It sets its face steadily against
it, and will have nothing to do with
it. If it comes across a shivering
wretch under a lonely arch, it sim
ply puts him into prison, to teach
him that he has no business to be
wretched. It is, on system, as hard
hearted and callous as the Alderman
in "The Chimes," who never missed
a chance of "putting poverty down,"
and who was as convinced that
there ought not to be any starvation
as that he, the Alderman, was a
model of acuteness and logical com
mon sense. The Government, so
needlessly meddlesome and paternal
iu most matters, obstinately shirks
the great question of pauperism, re
fuses to believe in it, ignores it on
principle, scouts it, flouts it, and
locks up the audacious individual
who thrusts the objectionable reality
under its nose. The plan keeps
misery out of sight not a small
boon to society (the richer part of
it) and it largely diminishes the
public taxation. And yet opponents
of the system might urge, with a
fair show of reason, that misery is
not abolished by being hidden in
darksome corners; and that difficul
ties so real and awful as famine, cold
and disease are better faced than
evaded. Thanks to the Revolution,
property has long been more equita
bly distributed amongst French peo
pie than it is, perhaps, in any other
country in Europe. Great forthnes
are rare. Great poverty is rare, too,
though it is commoner since the war
of 1870. There are no Vanderbilts
or A. T. Stewarts in France, and
there are no quarters in Paris com
parable to the back slums of New
York, or the noisome lanes of the
New Cut and Seven Dials in London.
Socially they come neai'er to equal
ity here than you do, probably, in
the free States of America; and no
doubt they owe this, in some meas
ure, to tho absence of regular refu
gees and homes for the poor. But
there are moments when system,
logic, rule and measure are insults to
reason; when want, gaunt and
hollow-eyed, will break from its
covert, and cry aloud upon the
house-tops for pitiful sympathy.
Such has been the case this last
week in Paris. It has snowed, with
hardly a day's interruption, all the
week. The roads arc choked up, and
rendered hardly safe for man or
beast, by a foot and a half of frozen
snow. The gutters are so many
murderous traps tor careless travel
ers. The night air is laden with
consumption and death. One hour
in the streets soaks your feet and
chills your body. It looks so fair
and pure, this white sheet spread
over the whole face of the great
city; and it is as cruel as the grave.
Heaven help the poor of Paris in
such weather! The French have
little idea of comfort at all times.
In their home arrangements they are
criminally unthoughtful. To look
at the stone floors, the draughty
windows, the firelcss rooms, the
filthy drainage arrangements, in
separable from the dwellings of the
French poor, you would think that
the landlords here were heartless,
and worse than heartless. Nor
would you be far wrong. It is well
enough or bearable enough in the
summer, and even in an average
winter, when people can get out and
about; but seasons like that of 1870,
and this of 1879, upset all calcula
tions. You must have warmth, or
you cannot work. You must work,
or you have no money, and you
starve, or fall an easy prey to fever
and consumption. Private charity
can do, and does, wonders; but it is
powerless against such general mis
ery as that with which Paris is filled
at present. Fancy this: One hundred
and forty nine thousfnd people,
roughly speaking, are at present
registered on the books of the Bu
reaux de Bienfaisance, or Relief
Offices. Seven thousand five hun
dred applicants are praying for ad
mission to the city hospitals, which
are crowded and overcrowded al
ready I Think, too, of all those whese
pride and sensitiveness will not let
them make their wretchedness
known; of those who prefer to fight
on alone, to suffer stoically and to
die, rather than be beholden for
their salvation to public charity.
Paris Corr. Chicago Tribune.
1
An old Scotch lady was told that her
minister used notes, but would not be
lieve it. Said one, "Gang into the gal
lery and see." She did so, and saw the
written sermon. After the luckless
eacher had concluded his reading on
,st page, he sai, "JJUt l win not
lofty position, "Ye canna, ye
our paper s give out.
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Where England Found Her Vegetables.
When Queen Catharine, on one occa
sion, expressed a wisn for a salad, it is
said that there were no materials in Eng
land of which to make .it. According to
Northwick, this was in 1509. If so, it
must have been within a few months of
the royal marriage, and the young King,
to gratify the wish of his bride, forth
with sent over to Holland for gardeners
to come and cultivate what was requisite
for the purpose. Our native stock, as in
the case of fruits, appears to have been
remarkably scanty, and, such as they
were, have been for the most part alto
gether superseded by foreign importa
tions. We have, for instance, a native
species of cabbage still found here and
in England growing wild ; but of the 187
distinct samples mentioned in the Royal
Horticulhiral Society's Journal for last
July as having been under culture and
examination at Chiswick, probably no
one would own to any relationship with
the scrubby little indigenous cabbage or
colewort.
There is a species of carrot, again,
indigenous to this countiy, and it would
seem, indeed, to almost every other
country where a light soil is found. In
its wild state, however, it is scarcely edi
ble, being strong and unpleasant in
flavor, and dry and tough in substance.
It has been said that the seed of the wild
carrot, sown for two or three years in
rich as well as light soil, will yield ex
cellent roots. Those who have tried this
experiment, however emphatically deny
the truth of this, and it is probable that
all our present varieties came from
abroad. Some have maintained that the
cultivated carrot came originally from
Flanders, and that it was first grown at
Sandwich, in Kent, in the time of Eliza
beth, Gerard calls the plant the candia.
Very much the same history may be
given of the parsnip. This, also, is in
digenous, but in its wild state is worth
less, and our present edible sorts are
from "over the sea."
Nobody knows precisely where the
potato came from originally. It has
been tound apparently indigenous in
many parts of the world. Mr. Darwin,
for instance, found it in the Chonos
Archipelago. Sir W. J. Hooker says
that it is common at Valparaiso, where it
grows abundantly on the sandy hills
near the sea. In Peru and other parts
of South America it appears to be at
home, and it is a noteworthy fact that
Mr. Darwin should have noted it both
in the humid forests of the Chonos
Archipelago and among the central
Chilean mountains, where sometimes
rain does not fall for six months at a
stretch. It was to the colonists whom
Sir Walter Ealeigh sent out, in Eliza
beth's reign, that w.e are indebted for our
potatoes. Herriot, who went out with
these colonists, and who wrote an ac
count of his travels, makes what may,
perhaps, be regarded as the earliest
mention of this vegetable. Under the
heading of "Roots," he mentions what
he calls the "openawk." "These roots,"
he says, "are round, some large as a
walnut, others much larger; they grow
on damp soils, many hanging together,
as if fixed on ropes; they are good for
food, either boiled or roasted." At the
beginning of the seventeenth century,
Phillips says this root was planted, as a
curious exotic, in the gardens of the no
bility, but it was long ere it came into
general use. Many held them to be
poisonous, and it would seem not alto
gether unreasonably so, either. The
potato is closely related to the deadly
nightshade and the mandrake, and from
its stems and leaves may be extracted a
very powerful narcotic. In Burgundy
the adoption of the potato for food was
for a time forbidden by law, being
deemed "a poisonous and mischievous
root." In England prejudice against it
was for a long time very strong, more
especially among the poor. It was be
lieved to occasion dysentery and leprosy.
Rhubarb was obtained directly from
China. Modern Europe first became ac
quainted with it in 1535. Our garden
peas are said to have come to us from
France, and were first known as "Ful
ham pease, because the grounds about
London, neere Fulham, doe bring them
soonest." The introduction was proba
bly in the reign of Henry VIII., whose
honeymoon indulgence of his bride's de
sire for salads seems to have exerted a
wonderful influence on English horti
culture. Di the reign of Elizabeth, how
ever, they were still not grown 4o any
great extent, though they seemto have
been imported from Holland. " Fuller
says "they were dainties for ladies, they
came so far and cost so dear," Gerard
says that there is one kindfjff pea indi
genous to England. BeaTfswe$gpear to
have imported from Morocco, "and the
authority last quoted says there is no
difference between the garden bean and
the field bean, except suh as is to be at
tributed to cultivation and good soil.
The kidney bean is not a native of Eng
land. This, we are assured, was first in
troduced into the country from the
Netherlands in 1509 another importa
tion, therefore, in all probability due to
Henry's horticultural enthusiasm at the
time when he was a doting young spouse.
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straight on?" " Waif,' if you're a goin' to
keep straight on, it's about twenty-five
thousand miles, but if yon turn round
t'other way it's about half a niiler
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place?" Servant"Well, yer see, mum,
I had to pay for altmy breakages, and as
they cameta more than my wages, yer
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