Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-12
KUKLUX LODGE No. 397,
DEATHsHEADvILLE Mis-

Feb. /, 1872.
To the Editors Of the Mass Spy: Honer'd
Srs, May l inquire through your columns
wharabouts IN the book, "What l know about
Farming" | can find Mr. Greeey's directions
for growing cowcumbers already picked? Can
you, in other words, inform me whether or no it
mought be true that Mr.. Greeley has certingly
proved, by experiment, that if seeds taken from
ordinary pickles, as we used to buy them be-
fore the "Lost cause" misfortin, in glass lars be
planted in the open air early in January, at the
time when the moon is in the last half of its
fifth quarter before 'the full or just between the
old of the moon and sunrise,-f understand
the Tribune Almanac, them seed-so to speak
If they come up at all, will make cowcumbers
and "gardlng sass" generally, which will be ex-
actly like the picked article from which the
seeds mought be takun; and what is still more
surprising, any long kind of cowcumber so
raised, is a good magnit and mought be used to
steer ship across the ocean; and they are said
10 make mighty fine powltiss in case of biles
and other surgical operations for the sckl And,
in fact, doctor, IN these parts, has holpen
right smart sprinklng of people with this class
cases OF men who were engaged in the eLast
Ditch" business, &c.
Soon after ! left the confederate CAPITAL. in
1865, on hasly tower southwark [ learned
very indirectly, from a Yankee Teller named
Grant, thiuk, who was transacting some bus
mess or other with General Lee, about that
time, and this Grant was a neighhor-in-law OF
Mr.. Greeley,-I hecrd, | say, that Grant
said that Greeley had used to try a
great many experiments of this sort
some Of them political as well as garden.
lstical and agrculturalistical-and although Mr..
Grant who actually followed me right peert, some
distance from Richmond, in order to tell me all
aooutit, &c. But, to make short story long,
as the proverb saith, Mr.. Grant had never seen
nary such pickles himself agrowing, but he had
seen the very spot where Mr.. Gorace Heeey
planted the seeds thereof, at Quodpeanutopolis,
where he farms it. But, 10 conclude,.-Can any
any one who has a copy Of "What Know, &C. :
throw any light, or even darkness, on this in
Ierestlns suhlectf And why don't the news
papers publish more extracts from that great
scientific work. and why shouldn't tbe nro.
ioundest philosopher in the country bc chozen
president, considering he was willing to Iot Tho
Confederate States go, as my colored rjnclo
Edward, in his edentated senllity, did the hoe.
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FOR myself, in common with all other Kuklux
patriots, am mighty grateful to "the Quodpea
nut farmer" as | believe he is called, rurauy
speaking; for he certingly rescued me from
a very bad pickle dgurltively, be II as II NAV
about his success in raising a good pickle
naturally.
Yrs. &c, JErF DAVIS.
p S.-Can you inform me whar seeds of thi,
year kind, as will come up, can be obtained
And would a compost of old white hats and rot
ten copies Of the numbers of the "Peace-on.any
terms" e iition OF the Tribune (of which hay,
d store) make good specific fertilizer for tina
same? Having already planted a right smar
chance, not only Of them seed, but also plaute,
pickles Of the jar whole, and even whole Jars o
the pickles, onseaed too, and none oftbem havi
not come up,--would be mighty obleeged il yot
could tel whether or no the book entitled
Nhat Know. &c." is suited to confederit syl
agriculture, and especially wbar them seed Is t.
DC ootiined, as viii be sure to enable me, for
A'eiy % the state Of Mississippy, but now in