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I also helieve that man. in a tliousand years from now. will be as 

 bald-headed as a Hat J)utch cabba^'e head. I pity only the poor In- 

 dians. No more 8cal})s for them from a man, and they must be sat- 

 isfied with the Scotch poodle-dog scalps of most of our young, fasci- 

 nating women. Xo more he scalps then. This is my first prophecy 

 to you; and some one of you younger members will please report to 

 me when you come to Paradise. No exclusion, Mr. President. I 

 know that ererji horticulturist will go to Paradise, as they are needed 

 to beautify and work for the great sun and holiday ])arties. Let me 

 know. I say. if my prophecy was correct. You will find me in the 

 Lord's, and not in my Bloomington vineyards, in the departments of 

 new white grapes on trial, and the grapes of the Holy Lord. 



Now to my second propliecy. 



The use of fruits goes along with civilization, refinement, and 

 wealth of oui; people. I will prove this by historical facts of later 

 dates, r include in horticulture, gardening, or the raising of vege- 

 tables and flowers and plants. 



To begin with cauliflower. Thirty years ago I brought the first 

 of this aristocratic vegetable into our market. It was then a curios- 

 ity to our ])eo])le. Some took these l>aldheaded vegetables for 

 doughnuts or sponges — a thousand questions had to be answered as 

 to the use and cooking of the thing. My good lady wife invited 

 many and often her friends to a dish of cauliflower cooked as it 

 ought to be and finely seasoned, and you ought to see how they 

 slickered their tongues; it looked like api)etite all over their faces. 

 Now all the gardeners cannot raise enough of this most delicious 

 vegetable. 



The asparagus, another aiul one of the most delicate and whole- 

 some vegetables, I brought to our market. Some men took them for 

 green cigars, others for wooden pegs, and I had to play the professor 

 and a Delmonico, in giving information, history, and instruction. 

 It was tried, and well slickered, ))ut many good housewives did not 

 understand the })reparing and cooking of it. (). meine Heiland I what 

 a delicate dish you can make of this vegetable; and to you, my kind 

 lady friends. I appeal in the name of your sweethearts and loving 

 husbands, if want to "zickel am up Schneider,*' as our good judge. 

 Zack Lawrence, says^ give them a dish of fresh tender asparagus. 

 Peel the stalks, put them in boiling water, boil them for ten minutes, 

 fish tht'iu out and put them in a flat dish: make a sauce of one tea- 

 spoonful of flour, a little cream, a j»inch of salt, a little melted but- 

 ter, and pour it over the as})aragus, with a little nutmeg, and then 

 await the result : — embracement after em])racement will follow. My 

 old grain! luotluM- saifi: '"That is the meal of the angels in the Para- 

 dise;'" and she knew it well, and this x-aoiic of my reasons to nuike my 

 further residence at the Paradise. But besides the good dish, aspara- 

 gus is one of the best remedies for kidney disease in America — the 

 result of the use of too inuch glucose and voung l)eer. You will 



