The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-11-30
The Great
CABBAGE AND WHAT CAME OF IT

The Washington correspondent o.
the Detroit Tribune gives the follow
ing account of great cabbage head
the product of the Saginaw country;
A few weeks ago the Department ot
Agriculture was astonishcd by the ad
vent in its midst of handsome pres
cnt in the shape of an enormous cab.
bagc from Michigan. II was sent to
the Department by the Hon. j. l..
briggs, of Saginaw District. by whom
il was raised from seed obtained here
last spring. The weight of this mon
strous cabbage-head was thirty pound,
aud it just filed u half-borrcl plump
full !
Notice of its arrival aud dimensions
was duly given in the city papers, and
never did elephant at a circus, or star
ut theaior draw more crowded hous.
cs than did this kingly conner from the
Northern Peninsula. 1t was duly in.
stalled in the Museum, and held le-
wees aud receptions day after day
Sundays cxccptcd), for more than
two weeks. Hour by hour admiring
crowds came aud made obeisanco to it,
and touched it, aud spoke apprccia
ting words, asd often tasted, just To
prove their judgacnt correct. And
50 il was, admiration grew, and the
more they desired to taste. Little by
little, and leaf by leaf it seemed van
ishing away. Decay, too, came aud
laid its fingers upon it, aud the odo,
thereof began to be ditiuscd abroad
and to offend the nostrils of many
Then il was that your scribe hcggct
of the authorities permission to save
il from prolonged decline and an ig,
nominious end; and consent was Civ.
TIN
Now il was so that in this city thcro
t~et a man called James, whose sur.
name was Johnson, and he, abode in
an upper room, he and his wiro with
him. And in the same house thcr,
was u damscl named Julia, u woma,
Eof excellent countenancc, aud OF goo,
rcputc among all the armies Of Uncl'
Sam for the good deeds that she di,
unto the sick aud wounded on tn,
field of battle The same also die
james aud his wife. and all three ar,
held in honor of their countrymel
and their countrywomcu for thcs,
things unto this day. And all thre,
were from the land of the great cab
bagc, as was also your scribe, An'
it seemed good unto me to deliver tn
cabbage unto their hands, saying, j
ye will now make n savory dinner an,
Invite thy teryaut, aud we will eat an,
be merry together, and they did a.
| Aud the wife of james went out int
the mlrket places, aud bought of III
flesh of fat cattle aud swine, tcndC
aud good for food, aud of the fruits {
the earth each after its kind and sh
made savory dinner, and invited th
servant, and behold there was n,
room ON the table for all that she ha
lmade. Aud we four sat upon chair,
AT the four sides of the table, and tn
cabbage was In the midst aud ahou
b, il were the fruits of the earth and tn
flesh OF cattle, and butter and bread
with salt and spices and all things dc
si,able to p'else the eye and to salts
= fy the appetite withal. But the cab
bage was the crowning glory therco
aud we gave thanks aud did cat of i
aud of all the good things which Il
wife of James had set before us, al
were glad in our hearts, making me
, ry and speaking the praise of Joh
t whose surname is briggs, in that
/, had entered into his heart to sci
p such mighty cabbage from the hon
of our fathers to gladden. our hearts
this strange land.
c And we said one to another, Ii
i hold, is not this cabbage like unto
man of pure heart, even the man fro
whose hands it came? For rhoug
outwardly it may bear mark of bcil
OF the earth, earthly, yet within it
n as white as snow, tender aud swe'
S full Of goodpess, aud giving freely
n its substance TO satisfy them that a
r hungry And We agreed onewith a
other that il was so, for had we n
= eaten till We were satisfedp And '
: rose up and went our ways, prayil
a that his cabhages may never bo less