, 1861-02-23

:, French. The sefFP1Ia laid before each guest
longii natfoW, printed slip Of paper tonk
1p mine sadlookea dndnafing1y at my friend,
!! Mons. la9sdla: Hg pSonounced the word
!! paper WIS AIe1 a catt, but why 1t VIA called
70 cannot td1tasdne, foY it ,,had{not even the
'tplctnre ofAE4Ffbr auy other wheeled carriara
!: On It. Bat aoon found the Hes ef the printed
! RepeT. The momentanX one looked ut It, ha
E11ed oat "gdrseng r. md then ons of the val
!: Eaaad1e called Tor the same for me- that ha did
for himself fs&l=1onked over tie paper and nv,
curiosity Vas excited by the words, . .Rsn,1s
as te17e naeh@e" OF course had learned BIZ
tins time that the words meant something to
est wished TO know what It looked like
cried cried ont: ganoHa1 aha. tn iesgthan*
70 time plate Of the edible Was be!ore me.
Il mad quite an inviting; appeaiaace, and Z
tasted Of +, little at time, and found IL ~
eellent even delicious. + might hare been
ne n melted butter poured over & that gave IT.
tie Ike mashed potatoes, though l. knew well
enough tt could be nothing Of thE Hind. Ii: ;, :: ::
i -::Ihe moment: dinner waE uyer,I DiIY nut
the easte IN my pocket, want into Hrbookstore
that laaW IN tbs lower story Of the hotel, and :
asked fefdn English and FRENCH dictionary
agpse: Tntuingt to the Word te,rs; Efound its :
meaning to be gyoz&adtarkh The whole
det1nitlonH Of. po'aaas dc tey7s. .daahed upon nv
mind Ike o. streak of lightning; # meant
Q'os:nd agE.s: .went with exnltatton to
myfHend Labadie, and pointing to the words
on the earte, asked him by the aid OF q small
boy belonging to the hotel, who spoke q Iittlc
Engllsh, where the ponsnse de 97Te crew.: He |
: appeared surprised at the inquiry, and asked
It was not .Taised in the States? he was
=, stil u more astonizhed when I informed him
that ! had never before seen OF heard Of It Fe
said the farmers Of Canada all: :raised 1t, and It.
1.Wond cross the river with him La Prairie,,
ms =! gardener would show me half arpent Of
Il growing. Having plenty Of time to do so /
before the cars would start, 1decided to 20.
Btalks Of the po,nms Dc te.7s looked little like
potato vines, but were neither so high nor 50
Largo The gardener took unwearied pains to
give me, in his imperfect English. all the H.
formation upon the subject that desired, and
~ #as careful to note It dorm with my pencil |
ae showed ne the implement they used in
cn1hvating it. The Instrument 57aa lat |
piece Of iron, with round stick let into the |
upper part Of it Had seen it in America
instead of Canada, I shon!d hare taken it for |
hoe. The gardener brought book On bota-
y md showed me the name Of the poname de /
suoe'ostsn. Mons. Labadie agreed to send me
buehe1 Of the plant in-season to be-plented
IN the spring, ind thus introduce its culture l.
feacned 9uebec and found four different
ponies looking ezactIy like mine, each Of
which claime1, and received instead Of my
property, broken head, except for the fourth,
for which wa8 sent to Jail paid hf1een dol.
lars in fine and cost beforeI could .get out
again. As soon as IHas loose, watched the
tirs1 safe opportunity doing SC, threw myn i
6ridle into q well and made tracks fof home,-s
Ine n6es 3f9Snaey 3fSaa sqst ne something, but feel
lu1re for Introducing into onr State 60 yalua--
ole substitute for potatoes.
I expect to receive the promised bag Of
2o'a"ae de terri, from Mons. Labadie, about the
drst Of April, when i shall adopt means to
spread them oyer'the State L shall deposit
some at Chicago with c. Columbus smytGe.
ew at Joliet with G. Washington Jones, and
It Springfield with B. Franklin Hix. The,
'onnses viii be sold at the exceedingly low
'rice Of fifty cents each, barely enough to re-
nnnerate q me for the loss Of MY new b1idle md
he cost of getting out Of jail. Any one who
7fshes further information upon tie subject.
AZ obtain it BY writing q: letter, enclosing
or or three cent stamps, to pay the return post
Saline County, Ill