Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-08
Cincinnati horticultural 5OeIety-PItIful
Story of n Tennessee Exile.


The horticultural Society met yesterday
morning, at eleven o'clock, at their rooms in
Bacon's Building, on the corner of Sixth and
Walnut streets. President Gerard in the
choir The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
A communication was read from H. L.
Eady, of Union Village, Warren County,
Ohio, giving some particulars of the Horti-
cultural history of that place.
The Shakers landed there in March, 1905,
bringing with them a small assortment. of
seeds, including different varieties of ofcabbages,
beans, peas, onions squashes, beets carrots,
&c. The first orchard was not planted until
lS09 until that time the paw.paw was
the only thing approaching fruit to be OBJ
tanned in the neighborhood. At that time
four or five varieties of apple trees one or
two of peaches, the Isabella grape, some
cherry and plum trees were planted, all of
which, with the exception of the plum -four
ished and brought forth fruit abundantly.
A short communication signed "NOvice"
was read, purporting to he reply to the
paper of DR.. Slack, setting forth that cleo
tricity is not simply the engineer directing
the vital force, but that it is itself the vital
force or motive power In plant growth.
DR.. John a. Warder Briefly addressed the
Socisty BE had visited Mr., Porte-'s OrehsrS
! of which mention was maae 81 she last meet.
| ing, and samples of whose fruit were here
! to-day, aoundaDtly attesting the diligence
and care with which it had been cultivated.
| That, however, was not the subject upon
| which he rose particularly to speak. The
| Society had horticultural friend in Tennes-
see who had established beautiful rural
home amOung the mountains of that State.
man who had once been an artist of genius
and celebrity, but who had not considered il
degradation to leave his easel to pursue the
ignoble art of Horticulture.
He had recently received a letter from this
| friend of his, j. W. Dodge, formerly an artist
now of Pomona, Tennessee, who for being d
Union man, and loving that flag to which he
had been attached from birth, had been
obliged to leave that lovely home among the
mountains. He had hitched up his mule
team, and with little bacon and corn meal
for his journey, on a few hours notice, left
his home TO be con6scated by the rebels. The
speaker had received the last letter from
Hillsboro, Ohio. 1t was pitiful story of q
loyal man. With his family he had travelled
all the way from Tennessee, by the way o.
Monticello, Camp Robinson and Maysville
had been obliged to dispose Of his team, snC
had progressed thus far on his journey Il
New York. where he had once resided, anC
had faint hopes that he might be able agaiI
TO find home and commence the support o
his family.
DR.. Warder read extracts from the lette
in which ne stated that the value of hi
property, which had been confscated by tn
rebels, was not less than-$3 900. The cours
pursued by the rebels in Tennessee was a
Internal one. This was sufficiently atteste
by the fact that he had been driven from
home to which he dared not return for th
fault of loving his country and the flag with
in whose folds he had been protected all hi
life. Several of his sons had gone into tn
war, and judging from the concluding sen sen
self in good fighting mood. ''Qh, that th