The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-18


Iillve to nobly spend the store q sss.s-
] Whoarded joys spared before. :. 81
E. Purcell, in Academy.
ai3a4ERNEL OF CORN. : az
Nv storyis about a kerrnsel OF corn.
8t that one kernele off corn was the
Aase OF serious dispute, and gave rise
8Bseperal questions Of honor and fair
d Ealing which hope the reader will be
ID TO settle satisfactorily in his own
#andsf.Hags vsyseY spafxa ysrs.ezsxxr
a The kernel of corn may be- said to be
historic one.@ Il was the ancestor OF
Bat variety of field corn once well
aowa, locally at least asdthe - red
Hdfsna corn something as now. wa
HSthes. pine-knot'' corn. tile yellow n
int and the q Compton, and the
bst uatioH wheat. 'h,1H ssn 1-Te
As have said, it. had a cnrious his
ay, of which the following are the
Rdnts Of interest.
/ sefsrss fs knoxn,s its origin swss on 81
Hhe farm of man named Carroll, whose
Place joined that where the present
krier'livedswhen yonng.s 45Y
Jim and Ed Carroll were boy neigh
ads and up to the time Gof smy, story.
aEere very intimate with nv. brother
Thomas and myself. '@ Ss''1 = = gs .--sss''s
4 That season,sMr. Carroll haih a.two-
#cfe field of peach-blowsi potatoes
st below our line-wall, on. the west
Hide of the road, and / well remember
bow beautifully they looked when in
aossem. People never seem to- look
aOr any beauty in a. potato-feld; vet /
know of few more beautiful sights than
slarge. .isldsdf Peackb bl ldwofE early rose
potatoes in full bloom. .s.+
When hpeing-potato time came, Tom
HsadF chShged works, as we called It,
with the Carroll boys; that is to say, for
the sake ofYorkingtogether, we worked
tor them one day, and they for Us the
next. ,@7ysJ aa, re ~
Potatoes, as every farm boy knows.
have to be g hilled up We used to.
YORK two 70 row. one hilling up one
ade ofit, the other following him and
Aaang upthe other side. The -four of
sconld thus carry two rows along at
|enge,, and that almost as fast as one
could walk, after they had been cult
III III sSf foFsSo5h,H Ne h5sd t55sstsefgIt
ArAarroh rohisstwo-acre field, Ed and 4,
eanfeto q finer fresh shoot of corn
sanding alone Between two potato
bills in our row. &c rsENyz
"Sxe6is tooS bad to cut it, up,rEd.
sald, it looks so green and nioe.. Let
lssTtw with the potatoes fit will. "eLs
MePalled Duta the weeds~neuad -ik
h1let 1t DIP a fttle ana let it stand.
That kernel of common corn had
pund its way into the field here and
gerninated, was no great wonder. But
lals was not common corn, though we
aldsnot then knowlto the contrary.
1t grew rankly and was soon visible
ong way of. among the low potatoes.
q August, it stood a tall, strong stalk
even feet in height, with remarkably
lm' 'noah leaves andsa bdshy stassel, 1
ssll, aen IN pollen Twoa tine ears had
~ the 8th of September the husk
racke4 disclosing. the corn, now fully
urned from the milk. 1t stood erect III 4
ee' held and when the boys came to |
y the potatoes. we noticed it more I
s. :. .,.'.. sls.,oa ss''''
FOR, instead of being golden yellow. |
ke I the common 'eight-rowed corn |
lanted thereabouts, this corn was of a |
yep reddish tint and tep-rowed. The
a,s too,t we're very large, fulN a foot
length and very finely formed. The
srnels were, evenly, set, in the rows
long the cob and handsomely shaped.
aaacts as every one who saw it said,
ley were two Of thehautispmest ears of
Ofn ever raised in that region.
M Mf. Carroll told the boys to let the
'ak sefand tills .thas corn awas4 fnIif1
psned, so as to save it for seed. Many /
saors and all the neighboring farmers J
cat TO look at ik mo one seeing it 4
usw to what variety it belonged, and
any We're the speculaticns as to how
got there. -
!, some !; E, thought itgwas a ,straYkernel
~. ) IN the soil and somehow preserved
ssg glIfomy the days when sthe -Jndiansa
s ,ea 70 plant corn there, and partly
) yin mat conjeetme and partly from
: S4 iol2r, it get the name Of red In
ON corn Others thought : that Some
sung crow or jay might have dropped
nnaving brought itfrom q. great dis
nee. Butvnubodf knew.
: aonie thsf fhafddikbf SSpeeAabes willie
! ~, stslk stood out, there. now quite
pened. a thievish cosset-sheep got out |
!, als ecWsp spasture into the field and DO
tlo1Sppuled down the stalk andj
ootn ears. The boys did not see the
! J. olsature till just as she was munch-
& Oh the last skesnels~ ~ /,
! aaea they ran at full speed, but were
ss :: lste, almost, not quite, for theys
saa i seven kernels in the dirt, which
ss,I .1ien from the greedy old creatures
= ss,a J. These they picked up and car
y |, 70 the house. ,aaes
~ NV Tom and I had taken almost as
20 ! = interest in that stalk of corn as ,
: : ea.roI boys themselves, for every I
: sald 1t would prove grand new