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selected article to read, he told us in a
most delightful manner of his recent trip
in the North and the South.
Had your Sec. a ready brain & a gifted
pen, she might have recorded much of this
journey over many miles & in many states,
but failing in both of their requirements,
she will only touch on an item or two.
Cousin Richard saw vegetable marrow for
the first time - The golden rod was in
perfection in Mass, & there was none in
the South. From Savannah to the Ga. the
country was poor farming country - pines,
pines, pines, but the Ga. pines seem to
be free of knots. After reaching Ga.,
he found the outlook better - he was struck
with the umbrella trees, & told us they
are quick growers, & insects do not trouble
them. There is a great account of
cotton grown around Greenwood; the
picking was just beginning, but owing to
the scarcity of help, he felt probably it
would not get finished until Jan.
He gave a proper description of the cotton
gin, & informed us that Crisco was first
invented at Greenwood.