The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-05-11
Tall Corn.


. The world is beginning to find it out.
t Every year brings the fact more and
J. more home to the pcrccptive and di-
n gestive faculties ola civilized human
Iity. Like all great truths, it did not
/ gain credit at once. True, everybody
f sees it here with his own eyes but not
50 on the other side Of the water
e The first accounts Of the productive
ness yt ollr own western prairies were
. real by the Buckingllannsllire farmer
with about as much respect as the fisl,
stories Of the Sailor Sinbad. 1t took
) even the highest dignitories Of the
land long while to get fairly up to-
level with the actual fact. Even at
! this day there is an ear of corn in the
: British Museum which enjoys u very
2 distinguished consideration" rs Gu
: riosity. Ii divides attention, we do
!, not say equally, but certainly frac-
, tionallv, with the Ninevah Bull and
, the great kohiner. 1t is a perfect
marvel t % our good cousin John Bull,
apd vet it has but u very simple histo-
~, and it is not a very extraordinary
ear of corn after all. Preached its pre-
. sent distinction in this wise:
In the month of January, lS41, alta
certain dinner party in London ut
whicli Lord John Russell. Lord Nor
peth, and many other distinguished
+, men were present, the conversation
! turned upon the Irish famine; and the
remark was made by Lord John that he
i, reioiced that SO good a substitute for
: the native breadstufi' has been found
: as Indian corn. Turning to Mr.. Bates
the American partner in the house Of
Barring Brothers, his lordslip went on
to say, why Bates some the cobs have
tacelce or fourteen rows Of grain on
: them Mr.. Bates coolIy replied
"Yes, my lord, have seen from tscen-
! ty to acentyjour rows on q cob. =
That is rank Iankeeism," was the
) pleasant retort Of the Premier, and the
whole company shouted in approval
: The burst ofincredulous merriment O.
yer. Mr.. Bates bought bis peace BY
wager Of dinner for the company all
round that he could produce such and
ear. Done exclaimed Lord John and
the bet was clinched.
Tile dinner passed off. Mr.. Bates
returned home, but not entirely at
lease. He had done strange thing,
for the first time in his life he had
made an engagement he was not abso-
etely certain Of his ability to fulfill
He had his misgivings that he rashly
J, pledged the honor OF his country. 1t
had been long since he had looked up
! on an American crib; and however,
! !, patiently lie winnowed the corn-uco-
pia of his memory, he found that the
c through the lapse l1 orrrme," "auiJifsse inc
: things that were, and were now SO far
off that he couldn't count the rows
He was, ne Plautus would say, redac-
tbs aud tnratos- the Yankee par
; lance, h lrd up But fortune fayors
; the brave. 1t happened thata frieni
of ours dropped in the next day at the
contingencies of the Barings. Mr.
, Bates, Frightening face. hailed him,
and made known his difficulty. "lou
are safe" was the response, ''lf live
to get home you shall have even big
ger car than you promised =
Our friend c. soon returned
and straigltway wrote to Messrs. Ko'
gers Il Reynolds of Lafayette, Ind,
telling the story, and begging them,
for the honor of the country, to come
TO the rescue, and turn the tables on
Lord John, showing him what Yam
KEGS could do. In July following, Mr..
G-receivcd by express, from la
iayctte, a nicely arranged box, con-
tanning six ears Of horse tooth corn
two Of which had twenty nine rows,
two Mtvy-one, and two TIIIRTl-Twe.
The box was forthwith addressed to
=. Bates, Esq. care Of Mcssrs. Ba-
!; ring, Bro, 4 CO., shipped by Black
Ball Line, ess.rc Of Liverpool House. >
It reached its destination and Lord
JohnRrsSell, FIRST Lord Of the Trcssr'
~, third son ofthc Duke Of Bedford,
BY the second daughter Of George fis-
count Tomington and lineal descen-
dant of Lord William Russell .te mar
tyr liberty, .'achnoarle2ge.itheco'7,.
, The dinner was won. Joshua Bates
: did not perpctrate ''lankeeism,
I and the British mnseam holds the tro-
. ply. TIala Repslica-I ! Cour.
, e Eng.
F GENEROSITY GEwARnEp.--A lady
r belonging in New Orleans, was trav,,
cling recently on thc New York and
Erie Railroad. with her servant and
. one or two children. Upon arriving
"a nl.,J, .l,., t.,rl ~, car,a mis-.