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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
General Trade.

Considerable activity prevailed in
all branches of trade yesterday and
to-day, and indications point to a
heavy spring business. The demand
for corn and meal increases and heavy
shipments are daily made to the in
terror. Regarding the grain move
ments to foreign markets from Eastern
y saports it is still restricted. according
TO the newspapers of that region.
il is attributed it to the relatively
high er prices prevailing in this
count ry as compared with rul-
in, 6c res abroad. Since the first Of
last month ocean shipments from the
port of Philadelphia comprise 80
724 bushels wheat, and 1,042,780 bush.
els corn against 1,l94,564 bushels
wheat and ai0s0,79 during the same
time last year. The movement in pc.
Iroleum since tho first OF last year ex-
hibits largely increased volume $3.50
1888 gallons haying been shipped
abroad against 1,905,l79 gallons some
time last year. These figures are taken
from the Philadelphia Bulletin. The
movement of grain in bulk down the
Mississippi river for foreign parts,
however, continues healthy and since
the navigation of the river became
suitable, in December, afSer the low
water season, the shipping movement
from Western ports has been very
A,ayy. Iu the local market corn is
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Linkuml Taxes.

Indian Bay (Ark.) cor. Helena World.l
The colored people hereabouts are
considerably exercised oyer the pay
ment of the delinquent Qinkum) tax.
A short time since while our sheriff
was down in the neck of the woods,
gathering the taxes by the wayside
high, and scooping them in by the
daylight fair, he ran across a dilapida
ted old freedman with a blue blouseo on
aud notified him that he was down on
the delinquent list for two or three
years and that be must settle up. After
humming and having around for .
while he settled up accounts with the
tax gatherer, and wanted to know
what the "linkum tax was fur any
how A citizen standing by with .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
AFGHAN TROUBLES.
The Russian Inspired League
Against English DOnl-
nation,

LONDON, February lO.-A Dispatch
from Vienna says intelligence has
been received there through an unim.
peachable channel to the effect that at
the time General Roberts so unex
peetp4ly found himself in a critical
position bsfafS Cabul, the Russian
General Abram9w, governor of Samar
cand, had secretly arrived st Darwitz,
east Of Cabul, the center Of agitation
There is no longer the slightest deub,
that a league has been formed In Cen
trail Asia, under the auspices of Ru :
STA and against English domination,
and that the most prominent and in
luentisi wember ofthe league is the
Ameer Of Bokas, 3b9sg daughter
married Abdurrahman Khan, The
Afghan %pretender.
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lN~On-resident Notice.


No. 1858, r. DIN the Probate Court Of Sbsl.
by county, Tennessee, r. A. Mickieberry,
qdministratora etc, OF Harriet Mickleberry,
deceased, We. Frances Ross, ct. al.
L appearing from the amended bill in this
! Gauge, which IS sworn 70, That deiendants.
john Thomas Cfenslsw, Harriet 'Pattieord'
torpeLly grsnsAAW, and PsttieoTd, her
Tennessee is ordered that thew
make thQlF appearance herein, at the
cQurt-hQuse Of our said Probate Court, In
Memphis, Tenn on or before the drst Mon.
da> In March, 1880, and plead, answer or de-
mnr TO compliments original and amended
bills, or same will be takoh for confessed Ed n
Thorn and set for hearing exparte; a fb3 4
copy Of this order be- pvbiahed onna 4
for tANS successive weeks IN tho p- - ! ieSt
fnls February 81 1850 ~'"o Leuser
copyEAttStT
~, ~ OWEN DwYBR, CLERK.
y ~ harteau, sol. for eomRpt.
ia lS0 l46 l52
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

No. 1872, r.. n, Drorce-Ia bartlett Circui,
NSourt at ,shalhy COUNTY, fenn., January
9th lSsi-lsBhella Taliey ". Lewis Tailey,
ct al, '
II. appearing from affidavit in this cause tba,
defendant, Lewis Talley, is a nonresident
OF the State of Tennessee, and a resident Of
the state Of Arkansas; Il is therefore ar.
dered that he make his appearance here.
u, at the courthouse, in the town of Bart.
lett, Shelby, county, Tennessee, on Tho
second Monday in March, 1880, and plead,
answer or demur TO complainant bill for
divorce, etc., on the grounds ofdeserticn and
other causes 81 the same viii DO taken for
confessed AZ q nn and set for hearing ex-
narte, ana that a copy Of this order be nuh.
ished once a week for four successive weeks in
the Public edger, u newspaper of generai cir
culStion, published in Memphis, Shelby coun.
ty, Tenn. ~"
This 3lst day Of January, 1880.
A copy: Attest.
TH0S. b. CRENSHAW, Clerk.
JOHN NOTEBOOKS, Atty for Petitioner.
l6 l4l 147 I6Q
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Ins0lvent Notiee.
STArE oE TEsNEssEY, saELnY {

STATE Of rgsNEssEY, SHELBY O0.,0
OFFICE C0uSTT COVRT CLrRE,
Memphis. TepR, February I, ISsO.
To Katie Erskine. adminlstratrix of GEORGE
hrskine, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of the
IL estate Of George Erskine, deceased. Won
are hereby ordered to give notice, By advertise.
ment IN some newspaper published within me
ssid state, and also at the courthouse door
claims against said estate, 10 appear and fle
the same, with the clerk of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed BIZ
law, on or before the 9th day Of MAY, 1850;
and any claim not filed on or before said dan.
or before az appropriation of the funds ~
both in law and equity,
Witness m1y hand, AZ office, this 4th day of
MN 0WRN DWYER, Clerk.
BY HUGH b. CuLLRN. D. G..
Notice y hereby given to creditors as re-.
CURED under the foregoing order, Feb. 4, lS6.
15 l1 ll7 l6s Administra2ri,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

merry twinkle in his eye informed
him that il was an old war debt, aud
was appropriated to erect a monument
to the memory of Abe Lincoln. The
old fellow seemed satisfied with the
explanation, and as be shuficd of
singing "0ld John Brown lies all
mouldy in the ground" he remarked
that it looked like it tuck a mighty
durn long time to settle up dem funil
'speneis."
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Wednesday. the Sd day Of March. 1880
Probate Court Sale orReaIEstate

-
10. 265, X, DIN the Probate Court ofshsIbv
county, IennesseeoJohn Johnson. eTecn,
f9r ~ ,. Z. Mount, deceased, vs., Marearst
"a virtue Of a decree for sale. entsrsd IN
- TINS eause In minute book 4, naSes 100
etc. L VIII sell at public auetinD. ,o'the bigb'
est Dldder, IN front of the c~ourt-bouse doar
on NAN ktrePt, Memphis, Tenn, on Saturdav'
re1ruary 18th, 1880, within legal honTs ~
following described real estate, to-wit, A.
~unuiVl0ed one half OF m0ietS OF that iot %
piece OF land, situated in Memphis Shelly
county 1ennessQo on the west side III Ian
deruale street, between Beale and Iin;on
streets, bounded as follows, to-wit;
~beglnning on the west line OF Laudardsla
street, where the same is interseeted Nv Nv
dividing line between the Rice ana Ramsev
grants; running thence nOrtbwardiv on ~
west line Of Lauderdaie street eightv ee
ieet1 more OF less, to the southeast corner of n
rOl heretofore conveyed byN. S. Bruce and s.
mount; thence westwardly parallel with
the dlYlding line between the Rice and Ram
sey grants one hundred feet Ia a stake. thenca
squtnwardly, parallel with Lauderdaie streSt.
slghty- two ie5t, more or less, 10 the dividing
me between the Rice and Ramsey grant,.
shenee eastWardly on said dividing line one
hnndred feet, 70 the place of beginning.
Terms OF sale; On a credit Of 6 and 10
months; purchaser executing notes with a.
proved security. A lien WILDE retained az
This February 6, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, CLARK.
j. NJ. GREGORY, sol. for commit. N'e'"'
~ 1Ag 1AQ IA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

Arkansas has but two census super
visors-Wm. f. Hicks, Of Lonoke, for
the first district, and VIM. j. Patton,
of Little Rock, for the second. We
see that many Of our State papers
mention i. Cass for the third. The
State was divided into only two dis.
tricts. BY examining the appoint
ments, it will be seen that l.. Cass is
supervisor for Colorado.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11


No. S26-In the Chancery Court OF shelh,
county, Tennessee Mary Williams ",
Thomas Williams. ct. al
L appearing .feoI affidavit In this cause
~ that the defendants, Caleb Williams
TIhomas NJ. Dietrich, Jacob L. Dietrich MaTio
w; Thurman, John g. Thurman, Luey r
White, Mary l.. Dietrich, John W. Dietrich,
paisey, B.. kabler. John Kabler, Sailie ~
NNuekolls, John Nuckolls, Ege II. Dietrich,
Mm. a. Dietrich, Grace Dietrich, Eliza j
Dietrich, Thomas Dietrich, Bertha Dietrich
and A. Z Dietrich, are non.residents of ihe
state OF Tennessee. Ii is therefore ordered
That they make their appearance herein M
the e9nrt-hOuse of Shelby county in Mem
phis, Tennessee, on OF before the 6rst M.
day In March, 1880, and plead, aasgss q,
demur to compliments original aud auendsd
and supplemental bill, or she sans viii M
for rs confessed "a them ana set for
nearing exparte, ard tkat a copy Of this order
ne published Sres. 9 week TOR four successful
weeks 10 tEe Memphis Public Ledger. =
Teis 18Th day Of January, 1880,
ROBERT j. BLACK, clerk aSd m.s
A~copy-Attest. Il master
By E. B, M6nESaY, D. GIN.
smith x colliesi tOl, for complainant.
100 1Qk TA1 IIg
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FOr ONceOla.
Sheriff's Sale Of Real Estate.


DuBLIC notice is hereby given, that by yir-
tue Of a writ of YenditiOni exponas to me
directed from the Hon. Circuit Court of
Shelby county, Tenn, in the case of S. L.
Moore versus rhos. I. Stratton, iudgment
rendered on the 18th day Of February, 1879
for the sum OF $40. with interest and costs of
suit, to satisfy said judgment, ETC., / will on
Thursday, the 4th day OfMareh, 1850,
IN legal hours, in front Of the courthouse. in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn.
proceed 70 sell, a. the highest bidder, for
sash, the following described property to-wit.
4 Srtain tract or parcel Of land located In
the 18th Civil District of Shelby county
Tennessee, bounded on the east by the lands
Of the estate OF j. A. Jones, on the west by
the lands of Douglass. on the north by the
lands Of :, I. stratton, containing about
from !. J. Stratton, but not recorded.
Levied on as the property of defendant.
Ihos. 4. stratton' to satisfy said Judgment,
Memphis, Goth day Of January, 1880.
Il. j. MCGOWAN,
Sheriff of Shelby county, Tenn.
BY Dan q. SHELBY, ID. 4, l38 1ll lEo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
AdministratiOn Notice

AVlNG qualified a. administrator of the
~ estate Of Henry Banshaf, deceased, this
the, same, TO probate and file them with me
be barred. "S6 "NA
Parties indebted to said estate must setths
promptly or they will BE- proceeded nSsIvs,o
SoRuG0s Ray, Atty { ia ia ~ IL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
a CARn.

To all who are suffering from tho errors and
indiscfetions, OF YOUTH nervous weakness
early decay, loW q manhood, etc, I viii send
. recipa. that viii cure you, FREE Oh
phAhdh, This greatremedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send /
self-addressed envelope 10 the Rev, Joseph N
lpman, Station D. New York City.
Mbxxxi liz sodAW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
GNI1On.

The market opened with a feel
ing of liveliness this forenoon in
consequence of the biggest jump of
the season in prices abroad, the market
advancing I'd per pound on spots at
1880 pm. in Liverpool, with sales to-
day Of $4,000 bales there. The de-
Anand here is good and the market
brisk with an advancing tendency.
Sales yesterday were 1000 bales to
exporters, 1000 to %spinners 1000, the
market closing firm and &c higher, as
follows
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
GorrOE EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..
ltondord International classification
Stained cOttOns are quoted at

l2lc per pound.
Receipts of cotton at all United
States ports for the past four
days we're 58,642 bales, against
59,6A bales last year, and 1925
bales same day the year before.
The total receipts Of cotton at all
United States ports to date are $685.
40 bales, against 3,5O7, 1863 bales at
this date last year. and 3,298,075 the
year before. Excess Of receipts this
year over last 422,110 bales. The
stock ON hand at this time is 994, 1919
bales, against 853,556 bales at this
time last year, and 917,3l5 bales the
year before. The foreign shipments
to date are 2,195,0 93 bales against
Io,152, 800 bales last year, and l,889,334
the year before. The visible
supply at all points, including
stocks aaoat on FebuSry 9th, was
2,629,5 $50 bales against 2,b4l 500 bales
this date last season.
Current freight rates at present are
as follows From st. Louis Doe per
Dbl; cotton by river TO New Orleans,
800 per bale; oil per Dbl 65c; cake
$3.50 per ton. Cotton to Baltimore,
all rail, Tic per cwt; to Philsdelphia
72c; to New York 74c; to Boston and
Providence 79c; Fall River SIC; river
and rail &c per cwt. less.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

HAVING suggested the insolvency OF the
1lestate Of VIM: c. Woodruff, deed, ali
petSSnS haylng claims against said estate are
clerk OF the County Court, Authenticated IN
the manner prescribed by law on or aSsmst
the 10Th day Of May, AID, 1880, and farther
give notice that according to law any claim
not hled on or before the above named date or
oelore IN appropriation Of the funds Of said
law and equity,
HERBERT RHETT,
700 ,oo,u Admir- 0fWm. C. Woodruff.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

NIaT|"T INI8Io5lE1 osELBT V0TFIT1
OrFlcg County CouRr CLERE.
MENpHis, THsN., January d. 1880.
To Goo. {: Don't, administrator dc bonis non
0tlohn II. Mitchell, deceased.
HAVING suggested Tue insolvency of the
II estate Of John Il. Mitchell, deceased.
YOU are hereby ordered to give notice. by adVer-
tisement IN some new spaper published within
tue said State, and also al the eOmt-hOuse
door Of Shelby county, for all persons HAVING
claims against said estate, 10 appear and Tile
the same with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated IA the manner prescribed b.
law, on OF before the 18th day Of Juiy. Iss0.
and n claim not filed on OF before said day,
or before an appropriation Of the funds of said
estate Is made, shall be forever barred, both
in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office. this 18th day Of
January, 1850.
n OWEN DwYRR. Clerk.
1873 144 $50 l56
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MI~soELLANEOua


Curious weather.
Thisis the off day on the levee.
Very little doing on the landing.
Rates on freights remain unchanged.
The packets out last night had good
trips.
The rain to-day checked business on
the levee.
The Oakland and barges passed up
this morning.
The Dyersburg will got away to-day
for DyersbArg,
Piatt Rhodes went out as second
clerk on the Coahoma last night.
The Coahoma out last night had a
splendid trip of freight and people.
The Ouachita Belle is the mail
packet tomorrow for Arkansas river.
The Dick Fulton, with a tow Of
coal fov New Orleans, left Louisville
yesterday.
The New Mary Houston and Vint
Shinkle are due tomorrow from the
Ohio river.
The steamboatmen participated
very freely IN the Mardi Gras festiv-
tiles last night,
The Il. o. Stanard loads at Terrene
for New Orleans, and gets $500 bales
of cotton ss a starter.
The Tennes 8 . and Mississippi
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
Trustee 5 sale.

~ virtue Of 4 trust deed made 10 me os
Orrustee by NJ. P. Clements, ON the 10Th
gay OF January; 1873, recorded in the Rosis.
Ter office in Shelby county, Tennessee. In
Book No g2, p So, | will, AT the re-.
guest OF the beneleiaries on the 18th day Of
FEBRUARY, 1880, within the hours of to 8 p.m ,
on the southwest corner of Main and Monroe
streets, in Memphis, Tennessee, offer for sale
Tor cash 10 the highest bidders at public outcry.
the following real estate lying in said
county and State In section ] range 7 of the
lith Surveyor district, and In the 18th civil
district, beginning at a sweet gum marked
y T., thence south 10 chains and
10 INKS to a stake 6 links south
IS west Of a black oak marked j. L., thence
east ~ chains and 10 links to a stake. as links
north Of a small bridge; thence north along a
read 81 chains and so lyhA:ta a stake, thence
west % chains and % links 20 a sake thence
south ]! chains and q links TO a stake, thence.
east 81 links, thence l41So east 9 chains and
DIlhks 70 tho beginning, containing S2.45
acres. The equity of redemption is WSiyeds
lEs 100 W.D. BEARD, Trustee
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NToTTCR.
LEE LINE.-U. =. Mail lime Steamers.
from Memphis 20 HRle's Point.

IIEaI Inn TT " MWIN NaIINF NNFUTIFFN,
from Memphis 20 HRle's Point.
HAVING sold the steamer Geo. w. Cheek
IL to Captain N. S. Williams she will leaye
this evening for Vicksburg. ! have this day
concluded purchase of steamer SILVER
THORN. which will arrive in time to take The
place of the Geo. W. Cheek on Monday next.
She will carry the United States mail tri-
weekly in future between Memphis and Hale's
Point, making close connections with the
Hale's Point and Dyershurg packet for an
points on Qbion river TO Dyersbtrg. This ar
rangement IS %ermapent %untiSya new packets
completed for said trade.
l77-l42 JAMES LEE, JR., sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

Dl virtue Of the term of two certain deed,
DOf trust.th one dated The 18th day Of jan.
1910, OF record In Book La ~ ragel2S, and the
other dated the 10Th DAY Of August, 1877. ol
record IN Book llgat , 'ee Sl8. in the COUNTY
Registers ONCE. TO Jnhp 81. Holt truste and
ms successes 10 Ofiee. g. rrure The payment
Of certain indebtednetr iiafein mentioned,
defanit having been VA ale hy the grantor
IN ms undertakings iu said trust deeds
and the debts hring past duo
and unpaid, | james ~. Croker. The
legal successor Of tue said j,hn A. Uolt,
who Is now deceased. will az lhs request ofthe
beneioiaries on
Wednesday, the Sd day Of March, 1850
between the hours Of II an, and1 p.m.m
'front.' OF the BANK Of Comuerce, No. IL. Mad
lson street, IN Memphis, Taxing District az
SheiDy county, Tennessee. sell 10 the hiehest
Didoer Tor cash the following real estate in
Shelby county, Tennessee. to-wit. Being In
mat part Of the late city Of Memphis, now bs
IaNing District OF Shelby county, known as
fort PICKERING, and being p part Of Block n.
ron ing lOrty teet on Canuf. ma street. with Z
d.epth OF one hundred aud iny feet In paraIlai
Ines WIN Ninth street. ard ADJOINING. and
east Of the Grieshaber lot. together with tbs
improvements which consist 81 a frame eot-
tage and outhouses. w
Title believed 10 be good lint + shall al
and convey only as trustee. ~
redemption waived and purchaser In ga,
the absolute title, !" se'
~ JAMES W. CROKER, Trustee.
NJ u. IRhzEVANT, Attorney. 100
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED.
Steamer james Lee, Friar's Point.
d" Shields, Commerce.
Oakland, New Orleans.
L. P. Schenck, New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Coahoma, Vicksburg.
Batesville, st. Francis river.
Oakland, Ohio river.
IN PORT
Shields, James Lee, Virgie Lee, Hard
Cish, Hattie Rowland. U. P. Schenck.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here declined G inches in
the past "a hours and now stands IA
feet6 inckaa above low water mark
At St. Louis the decline was | inch,
with s feet 4 inches on the gauge. AT
Pittsburg it rose 1 inches, with B feet
s inches Oh the gauge. At Cincinnati
il declined 4 inehes, with II feet 4
inches on the gauge. At Louisville it
is stationary, with Z feet 10 inches in
lie canal. Al Evansville it is falling,
with e feet on the gauge. Cumber.
land river Jaclined IA inches at Nash
vile yesterday, ard the gauge marx
at night showed 10 feet 8 inches. Ar
kansas river is falling, with 3 feet on
the gauge at Little Rock. White
river is receding, with q good steam
boat stage Of water. from Jacksonport
to the mouth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough,
Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Eruptiops, Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Palpitation .. the
Heart, Pain in the region Of the Kidneys,
and a%thousand other painful sy~mptoms,are
the otsPrings of Dyspepsia.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-03-25
Hard to Believe,

A worthy couple in Norristown have
been wonderfully y blessed either by an
active Providence or an imaginative re-
porter. The husband is now in his
eighty-third year, but is remarkably
active. His sight remained good rather
longer than is the case with most old
men, but at length failed with all the
phenomena usual in advancing life, and
for sixteen years he was obliged to use
glasses. AT length he found great Diff
Guilty in obtaining spectacles to suit him.
They seemed to hinder rather than help
his sight, and, to his own surprise, he
found the power Of his eyes returning:
For several years he has discarded
glasses altogether, and is now. able to
read the finest print used in daily news
papers with perfect ease. His wife is
now in her aeventy y-seventh year. At
about the usual age her teeth began to
fail and she finally lost them all. In the
summer Of 1873 she began to be troubled
with pain in the upper jaw, and soon 9
full third Sci. t.of teeth. made their appear.
ance. Theysgrew to the usual size and
have since remained firm and in goo6
condition, but no new teeth appeared u
the lower jsw.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-03-25
The Potato,
from the London Globe.1

Nobody knows precisely where the
potato came from originally. Ithas been
found, apparently indigenous, in many
parts of the world. Mr.. Darwin, for in
stance, found it wild in the Chonos Arch
ipelago. Sir w. J. Hooker says that 1t
is common in Valparaiso, where it grows
abundantly on the sandy hills near the
sea. In Peru and other parts of South
America it appears to be at home, and it
is noteworthy fact that Mr.. Darwin
should have noted it both in the humid
forests of the Chonos Archipelago and
among the central Chilian mountains,
where sometimes rain does not fall for
six months at stretch. It is to the
colonists whom Sir Walter Raleigh sent
out, in Elizabeth 3 reign, that we are in
depted for our potatoes. Herriot, who
went out with the colonists, and who
wrote an account Of the travels, makes
what may, perhaps be regarded as the
earliest mention of this vegetable.
Under the heading of "roots, he men
tions what he calls the "openawk. u
"These roots," he says, ''are round,
some large as walnut, others much lar
ger; they grow on damp soils, many
hanging together, as if fixed on ropes;
they are good food, either boiled O.,
roasted" AT the beginning of the sever
teenth century Phillips says that this
root was planted, as curious exotic IN
the gardens of the nobility, but it was
long ere it came into general use. Many
held them to be poisonous, and it would
seem not altogether unreasonably so,
either. The potato is closely related to
the deadly mig ightshade and the mandrake,
and from it's stems and leaves may be ex-
tracted very powerful narcotic. In
Burgundy the adoption Of the potato as
food was for time forbidden by law,
being deemed "a poisonous and mischiev.
GUS root" In England prejudice against
it was for long time very strong, more
especially among the poor. It was be.
lieved to occasion dysentery and leprosy