The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-12-10

A Growing Tribute to the HomeIy,
but Useful Vegetable.

| but useful Vegetable.
At q bean supper given by the West
| Chester veterans, Wednesday night,
Hon. James b. Everbart spoke a. fol-
lows. 4s,t t5.+
| The bean is an Ordinary esculent of
universal growth, q primitive favoriLe, a
modern staple; and found everywhere
along the track of colonists, of armies,
of pilgrims, merchants and migratory
birds. 1t nourished the fibre of our stur-
dy ancestors, gave them vigor In the
chase and courage In the fight and still
quickeps The toilerA' muscles and the
Students thought.
1t has no appearance Of profession or
extravaganza and offers small tempta-
tions to excess. 1t cannot damage our
health, our purses, our influence or ex-
ample.
II Is q simple pulse OF the field and
garden-such as the Asceilc and the Cy-
mic used-which some suppose to have
been the locust Of John the Baptist, and
the homely diet d Dlogenes, which Bar.
xiliai brought to refresh the fleeing Da-
vid, and which formed Ezekiel's bread
In his vision of the city's seige.
| II gave Its name to fruitful island,
to an heroic family, and a mock royal
feast. 1t represented the ballot In an
Gent politics; bad q magic virtue IN the
heather mysteries, and was thought to
| give luck to auctions and to barvests.
Some Priests denounced it as unclean.
aud read ill-omened letters ia its bios
SONS. Some held it sacred, connected
| it with the transmigration of souls, and
Pythagoras preferred to starve rather
than survive upon 1t.
Burns praised It's perfume, land Shakes-
peare Its nourishment. Composed OF
| legumine and starch II is said to enrich
the ground 1t grows 10 aud seems to suit
most palates, and most habits.
II does not exhilarate like liquor, or
madden like the "insane root which
take tho reason prisoner"
1t adds no charm or curiosity TO the
| bill of fare. 1t is not deemed as deli
cious as the roes OF the Mllesian mullel,
or the tongues of the nightingale, or the
fattened snails of Vitellus,o or the prawns
| of the Barbary shores.
But 1t needs no verse to celebrate 1t,
no music to introduce it, no subtle cum
ming to prepare it, no artificial stimu-
liant to digest 1t, no healing care to
counteract its consequence. 1t is q
patriotic diet, springs from the consum-
er's soil a; and supersedes the debaHching
dainties which waste the force and
spirit OF our species. 1t is not the ine-
briates, or epicures, or cooks which Or
gaDize or uphold the nations.
Miss Ada Carpenter of Newport Cen
tire, VT, was disappointed In love and
sought to drown her grief by swallowing
powdered glass. 1t Is highly probable
that her lacerated .heart was not much
helped, for she certainly must have q
lacerated viscera.
The announcement of Mr.. Parnell's
illness will be received with sincere
concern by all who sympathzs, ON this
side of the Atlantic, with the cause OF
Ireland, which he has so ably cham
pioned. Let rs hope that the next cable
dispatches will bring US news of bis re-
covery. -.---z
A portrait OF Luther, uDtili now un-
known, has been discovered In an old
Leipslc church. 1t Is stamped upon gilt
leather, and bears an inscription which
Identifies 1t. 1t Is we'll preserved and
is good likeness and a fine work Of
art.
Poor Bismarck IS not happy. He wants
to be relieved of routine officials duties,
but does not care to give up control OF
the Government. The German Premier
Is unlike Mayor Grace, for the latter
wants to hang ON to official duties and
control the entire City Government at
| tho aanp TINA VI IFnr
Rainey of South Carolina, who was
defeated in his aspirations for two or
three House offices, Is now haunting
the lobbies at the Capitol, willing to
accept any position. 1t may be said
that ait is rainy day when Rainey gets
left.n