. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . on from theeastern foot-hills toward Lexington, in the heart of the blue-grass country. Why is it called blue-grass, Uncle Tom? asked Marian. It looksgreener than green to me — and how beautiful and velvety. Later in the year you get the blue effect that gives this famous Ken-tucky grass its name, Uncle Tom replied. When the wind bends the highgrass, you catch the tint that underlies the green and gives a bluish tingeto the waving blades. But that man in the smoking-compartment just told me, s
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . on from theeastern foot-hills toward Lexington, in the heart of the blue-grass country. Why is it called blue-grass, Uncle Tom? asked Marian. It looksgreener than green to me — and how beautiful and velvety. Later in the year you get the blue effect that gives this famous Ken-tucky grass its name, Uncle Tom replied. When the wind bends the highgrass, you catch the tint that underlies the green and gives a bluish tingeto the waving blades. But that man in the smoking-compartment just told me, said Bert, that the blue grass was not of Kentucky origin. He says it was broughthere from Indiana, but that the Kentucky soil has seemed particularly adaptedto its development. Is that so, Uncle Tom? Give it up, his uncle replied. I ani not up in botanical history, asyour friend in the smoking-room seems to be. Perhaps he is right; but forall purposes, sentimental, picturesque,and practical, the blue grass is es-pecially a Kentucky product, and willalways be associated with this fertile Thev reached Lexington and their ^ o hotel in time for breakfast, and, soon after, sauntered up and down broad, prosperous-looking Main Street for a HENRY CLAVS INKSTAND. glance at the attractive town. Roger seemed inclined to resent its size and importance. Why, it s bigger than our Lexington, he said, with the tone of one 150 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS who thought that the Lexington of America should be the historical town O surrounding- the storied Middlesex green. To be sure it is, said Uncle Tom. This Lexington leads your Lex-ington by nearly twenty thousand people. It is a business center, you cansee, Roger, and a thriving, go-ahead city. But let this satisfy you — it wasnamed for your Lexington in Massachusetts. For while the settlers werehiving out their town, the tidings came to them of that famous fight that * t^ *~) <_* opened the American Revolution, and at
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