Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-11-18

How ions BULL AckNowLzDoED rHE
CoRS.-Apropos OF JosHUA BsTEs, the yres:
London banker, whose death has Just .es-
50 appropriately noticed by oLr Chamis-
Commerce. n little incident occurs 10 u..1sr
amusingly vet fully illustrates his tsa-.
love for ms native land In the month i
January. 1871, at a certain dinner rar-7 in
London. at which Lord joins RUssEI. Los1
MoRPETH. Mr. Bates. and MANY other d.,-
tinguished men were present. the conyersa-
tion turned upon the Irish famine and The
remark was made by Lord JoHN that he IT,
iolced that so good substitute for the ns-
tive breadstutf had been found as the Indian
corn. Turning 10 Mr. BATES his lordshil
went on to say, why, Bate some Of the
cobs have f'reirs or fourteen rows Of gram
on them Mr.. RATES coOllY replied, ''Yes
my Lord, have seen from ttrsnfv 10 firsutt-
four rows on cob. - That Is rang
Nankeeism, was the pleasant retOrt Of the
Premier, and the whole company shouted
in approval. The burst Of incredulous uer-
riment over, Mr.. BATES bought his peace
by u wager Of a dinner for the eompanv all
round that he could produce such an ear
Done exclaimed Lord JONI, and the bet
was clinchei.
The dinner passed of Mr.. BArEs return
cd at home not entirely ut ease. He had
done strange thing Tor the first time 10
his life he had made an engagement he was
not absolutely certain Of his ability to fulfill
He had misgivings that he had rashly pledg-
ed the honor Of his native land 1t had been
/ ing since he bad looked upon an American
crib; and however patiently he wmnOwed
the cUrn-ucOpia Of his memory. he found that
the cobs of bis early days had gone glim-
mering through the things that were" and
were now So far of that he couldn't count
the rows. He was, as PLAUrUs would saw.
reddctus al 'HritGs-in Yankee parlance ''hard
up But fortune favOrs the brave Il
happened that a well-knOwn New York mer-
chant dropped in, next day, at the counting
house of the BARINGS Mr. BATES, with
Frightening face, hailed him, and made
known his difficulty. You are safe" va,
the ready response; "if live to get home.
you shall have even bigger ear than YOU
have promised
Mr. soon returned TO New York.
and straightway went 10 Messrs. Rogers /
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 JOIN. In the July fol-
lowing Mr.. G-received BY express, from
Lafayette, a nicely arranged box containing
six ears Of horse-tooth corn, two of which
had twenty-nine rows, two tbirty-One, an
two thirty-twO. The box was forthwith
addressed to A. j. BATES, ESQ, care Of
Messrs. Barring, BRos. 4 Co, shipped by
Black Ball Line, care Of the Liverpool house
1t reached Its destination The result was
that Lord JoHN RUSSELL, first Lord OF the
treasury, third son Of the late Duke OF Bed
lord by the second daughter of GEORGE. Viz
cunt TORRNCroN, and lineal descendant OF
lord WILLIAM Russell. the martyr of liber-
y, acknowledged the corn The dinner was
won. Joshua Bates did no. perpretrate
= Nankeeism at least none to be ashamed
f. The largest Of these ears Of corn is now
displayed in the British Museum, dividing
ttention with the Nineyeh Bull and the
loh-i-noor diamOnd.-N. Y. Times.