The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-30


Celery originated IN Germany.
The chestnut. came from Italy.
The onion originated IN Egypt.
Tobacco is a native of Xif1inia. r 4fS
The nettle is a native Of Europe
The citron is 4 native of Greece.
The pine is a native of America
The poppy originated IN the East .e-|l-
Z Oats originated In North Africa
Rye originally from Siberia, f.r~ .-.r
Parsley was first known in Sardinia.
The pear and the apple are from Europe
Spinach was first cultivated in Arabia.
The stlnaaWeF was brought from Peru.
The mulberry tree originated in Persia.
The gourd Is probably an Eastern plant
The walnut and peach came from Persia.
The horse-chestnut Is a native Of Tbibet
The ounce came from the islandof Crete.
The cucumber came from the East Indies
I he radish IS native of China and Japan
Peas are supposed to be Of Egyptian origin.
Garden beans came from the East Indies
Garden cress Is from Egypt and the East
HorseTadish was brought from the south
of Europe. 9Fs-
Hemp Is a native of Europe and America
The parsnip is supposed to be a native of
Arabia. Etts
The potato is a well known native Of Peru
and Mexico
The edrrant and gooseberry came from
Southern Europe
Buokwheat came originally from Siberia
nd-iartary- g
NIillet was first known in India and Abys-
sinia.
Writers Of undeniable respectabiIity state
that the cereals and others of those edible
productions grow spontaneously in that
portion of Eartary east of the Belur Tag,
and north of the Himalaya mountains.
The Empress Josepheue-Whe the EN-
press Jose phine was yet a child in the West
Indian island in which she was born ( Mar
Unique or St DOmingo) an old negro sOr7
ceress, or Obi-wOman, predicted to her that
she would lose her first husband, undergo
extreme misiOrtunes and trials, but would
afterward be greater than queen, and yet
outlive her dignity. Her prophecy was full
flied ito the letter Her first husband,
Count Alexander de Beauharnois, a general
IN the army of the Rhine was guillotine0
during the Reign Of Terror. She herself,
in the dungeons Of the Conciergerie ex-
pected every hour the same fate. Even then
she mentioned the prediction TO her fellow
prisoners; and to direct their melancholy
thoughts, named some Of them as ladies Of
the bedehamber-5ai Jest which she after
ward lived to realize to one of their number.
Sir Archibald Alison, when relating this in
cident. adds in a note: " The author heard
this prophecy in 1901, long before Napo-
Icons elevation to the throne, from the late
Countess of Bath and the late Countess OF
Avonmore. who were educated In the same
convent With josephine, and had repeatedly
heard her mention the circumstance in
early youth. According to some the last
clause in the prophecy was that she should
die in an hospital This was in the sequel
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breathed her last-a palace which, ike ouI
own st. Jamess, had once been an hospital
Truly, says Shakespeare, " the whirHgie
of time brings IN his revenges; and never
was this more strongly illustrated than il
the fortunes Of the Napoleonic dynasty The
first Napoleon repudiated the wife Of bis
choice, in the hope of leaving his crown IN
the direct line to a son and heir. A soI
was born to him; the son died, unmarried
and disinherited, and the grandson of Jose
phene sits firmly On the throne of France.