... self-satisfaction that was sometimes a little aggravating to his English neighbour. At a dinner a Scot helped himself to asparagus, but it was noticed that in eating it he began at the wrong end. A gentleman sitting next to him said, Excuse me, it is ...

... beaten gold. But although not set apart to the gods, many of our common garden vegetables were cultivated in the early ages. Asparagus was in use quite 2IX) years before Christ, and lettuce earlier still. Parsnips were used in Rome in the time of the Emperor ...

... gathering of the servants of the Outcast of Nazareth will strengthen themselves for further gospel labours by a course of iced asparagus and a few glasses of ' Deutz and Geldermann's Gold Lack, 1889,' to the air of Darkie's Frolic '—this last a peculiarly subtle ...

... gas has been utilized in sundry ways in the American States, but the latest novelty, says the Gas Engineer, is to force asparagus and vegetables by its means, and the effect is said to be most invigorating. Natural gas of another sort sometimes gives ...

... and beautify the complexion. Moreover, it is a stimulant to sluggish temperament and mental faculties. Water cress, like asparagus, is especially good for the kidneys, and both should be used abundantly during spring and summer. Aside from its value as ...

... coarsest kind; but with it egg., new laid and debates& In brief, it is the strangest h of pheasant and bread and cheese, asparagus and cabbage. But somehow, Vrbatever is good, whatever is held in estimation, sakes its appearance in that grimy little back ...