Smyrna times., 1875-06-30
Facts not Generally Known.

AAC ldtlVc Vi AIl6flCtt,S anu
is so called from the name of place near
Rome, where it was first cultivated in
Europe.
The nectarine is said to have received its
name from nectar, the particular drink of
the gods.
Pears were originally brought from the
East by the Romans.
The greengage is called after the Gage
family, who first took it into England from
monastery in Paris.
Filbert originally came from Greece.
The walnut is a native of Persia, the eau
casus and China.
The Greeks called butter bouturos-
g cow cheese"
Before the middle of the seventeenth
century tea was not used in England, and
was entirely unknown to the Greeks and
Romans.
The bean is said TO be a native of Egypt.
The cucumber was originally tropical
vegetable.
The pea is native of the South of Eu-
rope.
Spinach is q Persian plant.
The tomato is a native of South America,
and takes its name from a Portuguese
word.
The turnip came originally from Rome.
Sweet marjoram is native of Portugal
Corlander seed came originally from the
East.
The Glove is native of the Malacca Is
land, as also is the nutmeg.
Capers originally grew wild in Greece and
: Northern Africa.
Garlic came to us first from Sicily and
the shores of the Mediterranean.
Ginger is native of the East and West
Indies.
Sage is native of the South of Europe.
The gooseberry is indigenous to Great
Britain.
i Cloves come to us from the Indies, and
c take their name from the Latin clarus OIL
n French cIou, both meaning a nail, to which
;, they have a resemblance.
|. The horseradish is native of England
d Vinegar is derived from two French
u words ,tn agre, 9 sour wine"
( The nasturtium came originally from
e Peru.
d Parsley is said to have first come from
% Egypt, and mythology tells us it was useC
y to adorn the head of Hercules.
of 1t is curious fact that while the name
Is of all our domestic animals are of Saxol
n origin. Norman names are given to tn
le flesh they yield.
se When James Buchanan was Minister t
rs Uupland, he had ears of corn hermeticall
IN sealed, sent to him from this country.
The word biscuit is French for civic
OF baked,' because, originally, that was tn
es mode of entirely depriving it of moistur
IN to insure its keeping.
'h Claret is a corruption of clouiet, teri
IT. applied in France to any red or rose colore
ol wine.
m- Almonds are natives of the northern pal
us were much esteemed by the natives of I'll
ne East.
'e- Apples were originally brought from IL
ol East by the Romans. The crab apple is il
no digenous to Great Britain.
'fs The asparagus was originally wild Sc
Gu coast plant and is native of Great Britai
ar The chestnut is said by some to ha,
is originally come from Sardis in Lydia, al
ht by others from Castanea, in Thessaly, fro
lo which it takes its name.
ho The onion was almost an object of VIC
MS ship with the Egyptians two thousand yea
hu before the Christian era. 1t first came fro
VIII India.
len Ounces originally came from Corinth.
mas Apriccts are indigenous to the plains
'"o Armenia.
md Crlorr;os ,,,oro l,,,o,v,, ~ e.r no
ne as the seventh century.
I'M Damsons originally came from Damasc
ma Lemons were used by the Romans
ana keep moths from their garments, and
the time of Pliny they were considered
who excellent counterpoison. They are natl
San of Asia.
ex Citron is supposed to be the Medi
tied Assyran or Persian apple of the Greeks
5 to Rhubarb is native of Asia.
II to The strawberry takes its name from
not ancient custom of putting straw bene
With the fruit when it began to ripen.
but delicacy was praised by both Virgil
rray Ovid.
orth The peach originally came from Per
hich Weareindebtedt to the infamous Gather
hich de Medici for ice creams.
can -
With John Morrissey's former profession
erent thatofa prize-fghter. Hispresent profess
-aphs is that of gambler. There is no secl
stress ether about his past or present. He
Italy plucly in the prize ring, and he is NJ
trav. hypocrite about his gambling. But
there fact that he is not ashamed of his vocs
g. no does not atone for its character, or NAL
They any the less disgraeeful that such
eized should employ the intervals OF leisure