, 1876-06-17
The Cuoumbe,,s Return.

+ We pause from the weary munOiune OF
p',IriCs to note with glalsone recognition
Jhs retnru of the cooling cucumber-a fruit
which merits a more frequent place in song
and history than has been vouehsafed ii.
/ I Two Eiohs~ Il already has IN literature, which
VIII carry It down 20 Immortality. though
heir tenor Is not wholly complimentary.
/ uue Is in Disraeli's - Vivian Grey" whets
The German minister gives such & charming
rooeiPe Tor dressing ,aem-pick your young
est cucumber, esriy in the morning. when
ths dew y on them, carefully pare of every
particle II tn skins, soak for half an hour in
cold icr-watsr, slice, and dress with oil, egg
and mustard. ana theu-opeu the window
and throw them out. This Is cynical, but
famous; and not less known to the world is
/ tbe mention Of Dean Swift" He had been
eight years upon q project Of extracting sun
/ b-,Ias our OF cucuma-ls, which were to be
. pn; in phial, herme,icslly scaled, and le. out
( to warm the air in ragv, iaclsraen, summers"
! This Is the sole tribute. 50 far as We know.
which literature has paid to the festive frnit
now first Poepiug cut Of the market stall.
coming close upon the footsteps of the crum1
pied lettuce, aud uuteja:ing. by many days,
the 'oltbsome tomato. Il deserves far great
er roricr, for It l.. in many ways, remark
able plant. Il Is mos: noticeable example of
the origin Of species. variation under cul-
turc, natural selection, &c, 6c. It is a
cousin german 20, if not descendant Of. thu
p4ssiun HIve-. Its earlier types would turn
the iasides ont cf any mpn who dared to eat
,hrn Ia its native wi'ls. Of tropical Asia,
II -'ilI grows, bitterer than gall, more drastic
than cr,tor oil. From the seeds and juice of
owe Of these Will varieties. is made drug
thar distances compound catharto pills in a
half hours race. YeJ cultivation has rob-
bed it Of al of those propeusi'ies, save the
lirtlr bitterness which fingers in the skin,
and the tendency 10 double one across the
/ stomach, Il he cu's too much. IL is also high
ia the orler Of - sensitive plants" Grown
on upright t-elIis. the ,endrile revolve once
in two hours, lay hold of anything, fasten.
aud contract with all the Intelligence Of
high born g-gpa.
l. l. "a drcri;ful creature. in that its smell
j. 81, Tar uE-ud of rs taste, and yet it is good
for many hing, save eating. L makes
| good yarg,e in throat complaints, and is val
uable Is cosmetic. II enters into most of
the French ponalcs. and It is manufactured
ia'o a 500 ng and excellent ntment IL
helps the liver in the shape Of pickles. and
in the shane OF a poul,iee prepares the COM
missary department mamma for furnishing
! supplies TO her first infant
/ But lis highest and loltliest attribute, and
/ tn one which We wish particularly to COM
-'l-.r, Is ifs capacity for disPosing of the sur
Plus you'htui population. There is nothing
/ ia the world like a good-siz-d curumber,
little stale, FOR thinning out an overs,oeked
family. L evsPoc4t,s them with dysentery,
( II tics hem mp into bilious colics, 1t excites
them iu;o ,La sror,ire and graceful agility
Of f.s, and !, lays them out in the beautiful
% ..--.o.,,re e ,borer,-,rorbus We doubt not
..........ta---, ma. c,,.,,,coey 6t,l. viItaa
! MOI, ..,..,.,, ~, ,ha martha ,abIat which
t,-. ~. ,orciip, jusrriptiop
/ Here Dee. tie dIusLter Of sidney HoweIIs
! "Ho 3sil'Ls'i IN us little bowels
or II 1t "a'h so''' u'74 'D'r7' 1t sno'iu nA''
been Il h''' ''7en com 'u's't '"'t seven nun
drei and i'r'y-t"o 'ho"s'hl eisn' huhdreo