The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31

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About 1lxee hhnoxo1 yonra 40, n {
>6yn ok Holland, D6fch sxffof ~
p6rched q : coll q f0pe ihat lay 81 The
quay. He w qu1etly ealing his bfeak-
- heExi4G md = onion, = . he called
~ bult & his hand. But just - be Was
znou1rE AWAY tho lit monfhfuls. & mer.
Shent end III his clerks bounced upon
rim, and, frantic With excitement 1Sd
rage, atreGfed ~ poc8 fellow for theft.
Imagine hie d11may when be learned that
~ "onton' - : tulip bulb. worth about
N0 thouaaud dollars of our currency
He had. Il seems, called ap0N the MGR
chnnt that morning, md rendered eefv-
Ice. In return for which the merchant pre-
eented him with herring. But there lay
o. the counter, among other goods, this
unlpcky onion '-1nd ea& Z herring
y1knout IN 0nion2 MOL Watching his
e&hAnce, be 1tealthfly p0ckcted this prize
and his sinpie breakfast cost him several
Aonths ID jail, since he could moi raise
ne Money TO pay for the tulip.
But how came tulip bulb to be worth
Two thousand dollars.
The Tuliponaniap was . queer dis
ease tnat altacked the stAid, sober, in
dnstrious Hollandcrs about three hundred
years ago, and came very near doing. as
much damage TO other nations Is 1t did to
the Dutch. A. whole people Often 60
mad ON new thing, and the Dutch went
maqdest OF tne mao on tulips.
somebody In Constantinople, where
these howefs were abundant, sent DulO
% somebody IN Germany: The plant
MosSomed modesty among 1ts hot-house
neienDors, al unconscious q ne powers,
Will, one oay, " was noticcQ ana made
mucn o. py 2 celepfseed Swiss naturalist,
nansu gesnef. ne w,oee ABOUT y. ana II
came 70 DC 50 much talked OF that there
sprang up al over Holland. rage for the
tvwet w eafuen was consluered COM
Pac.e wi.nout = tuiip Deu ana tne !lcn
SEM TOT tnem an INC way 70 Constantine
PIE. As Inc plant became more and more
popular lEe bulbs were SOLO by weight, IN
measure less tnan gram ana people
ing rom MY Q tnree thousand COLLARS
~, Single puio.
y communal repianling tne coloIs OF the
slvwehs Melg maue 70 change, ana mucn
Rslns was 'aken 70 mus optaln new varle-
49, ~ a =,
gwen 41e MOWERS mus produced, as: Ad-
Mllai san yer EycK, oemper Angus
.us vlcef9y, Aomira Lieiken
snu Fanny nemple. DuiD OF the
,a1er was SOLO Ia London, not 80 very
long ago, ior $Sao, gold.
,nc .cs.e, name you wiz Perceive
INA 1na. ne Englisn caugnt tne contaAion.
Ale uisease nau crossed tne Enghsn Cnan-
.ea WIN we nis. tullP, N low, anu lor
LnHty,ioul years aMlcteu tne country,
I4ougn Il was hot as devastating as In
n1lisnu,
IN ..n list q artlcies exchanged ior q SIN
gle vlccroy LUMP DuiD' /! ma wneat'
Iye, iour oxen, eight pigs, Twelve sneep,
Mlne, Deer, Dutter cheese, ped, sun Oh
c : y s,na anu Silver cuP-vaiue ABOUT
Se,vVV.
eoPie also pougat ,nese plants Tor
s1 ass .s tnat -, n large quanudes,
w Mn'sn l; u.ey sou ~ an aavance on the Duy-
~ Pl!co, anu 10 maue money.
mere was announcer Diuhder mace on
one u tnese precious puiDs, quite as funny
as snaI VI she sailors.
al En9isn potanlst, vlsltlng one OF his
DaMn irienos' iouna IN tne conservatory,
= WIZ" ,s,. ne, aiso, tnougnt 70 pe an onion, Dut
eso.y pecuilar one. !.
Dosan's's are inquisitive persons, and
"a. n au seslss tne 'emp'ation 70 prv into
uc secIsS y every new plant, ana ne
wnlppcu OUT ms penknlle and began peel.
r ;,h NC rnJoyea ~ ms interest increasing
When ne had stripped off about half of