Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-25

fort for day or week, lauu thes
come, and still they Gomez II a
vehicle can be found, must see the
Japonicas.
The crimson tree is the largest and
most Iuxuriant bloomer. 1t is 10 feet
high and 10 or IL in stretch Of branches
seven feet from the ground, branch
| ing out in several large stems from
the earth and bIossoming from base
to apex, each full-blown flower as
large as the top of large coffee cup.
Every person who goes brings away
hands full and baskets full of buds
and blossoms. A japonica well cared
for will retain its freshness two or
three weeks, and so every house In
town Tor nearly every one) is aglow
with the wonderful product Of these
trees. And yet there seems no bios
som gone. The large tree stands one
blaze Of fire, and the ground beneath
is carpeted with fallen bloom. The
gardener of the National cemetery
located at this place estimates the
number of buds that have bloomed
and those still to bloom at not less
than Ave thousand. They come out
faster than they are taken away, not
withstanding the colored man brings
them to the city in half-bushels and
sells them for few pennies bunch.
Those who visit the tree leave bonus
i'm the hands of the clever old colored
woman, according to their mood on
valuation Of their good, she bowling
her turbaned head with
"thank'ee massa or missus," whether
it be fifty cents for ten flowers or ten
cents for fifty flowers. ] doubt If this
woman-always slave, never taught
to read-knows the difference in the
value Of the two bits of paper. What
q fortune such tree would be In the
neighborhood of some large city.
Such blooms sell readily for from ~
to % cts. apiece. Only think OF 1T,
We, Iowa corn-planters! What a
product every year from 20 feet OF
ground, with no cultivation except
such as the pigs please to bestow. |
have seen it and never shall see its
like again.
The Goth Of February / was visi-
tor at festival at the Whitney
school, given by the teachers and
patrons. Said patrons are in Boston
and vicinity. Miss Botume, the
Principal Of this school has been for
eleven years its constant teacher and
superintendent, and has every year
at this time held her festival, and de-
clared to us that each succeeding year
was her best, this year SURPRISING
all.
Please think of it, men Of the
nation scholars that Miss b. taught
eleven years ago to read and write
are now fathers and mothers; and
hundreds of men now vote whom
she has lifted out Of the darkest pit
Of ignorance and depravity, while
she is denied vote, and let all just
men and women cry shame on such
injustice and tyranny!
Lest I should be accused of par
TALLY / submit the report of a South
ern gentleman cut from the Tribune,
of Beaufort, S. c.:
WHITNEY SCHOOL.
Saturday was rendered enjoyable
to many of our towns people, by a
visit to the Whitney school, near
Old Fort, which under the direction
of Miss e. Ill. Botume, and her as
sistant Miss Lizzie Hum, is one of
the best conducted institutions of the
kind in the State. Upon our arrival
the pupils were seated in a semi-cir-
Gle upon the river bank, and We're
being served with generous portions
of bread and ham, by their elders,
whose official connection with the
festivities was designated by. ro-
settles pinned upon one shoulder,
and of which decoration they SEEM
ed to be as proud as a General of his
strap.
After all, both old and young, had
abundantly satisfied their appetites,
the children were formed in line and
marching to the music OF one of
their own weird tunes, they COM
menced to file into the school room
where they were soon seated and
then the fathers and mothers were
admitted, until every available sit
ting and standing position was oc-
cupied. At this time there could
not have been less than two hundred
persons in the school room exclusive
of the visitors; each face beambd
with happiness and one was almost
disposed to envy their kind teachers
the enjoyment they must have felt
at knowing that to them was due
| tho credit of affnrdinr thic traot IN