Beaver Press | 1913-02-21 | Page 2 | Statue to Potatoes

statue to potatoes when I 1 was in germany last year i says a man who travels 1 I saw some people who like potatoes even better than I 1 do at any rate they erect statues to them and even it if I 1 could afford it I 1 hardly think I 1 should do that offenberg was the first city to erect a monument of this kind the upper part consists of 0 a statue of sir francis drake who introduced the plant into europe this as well as the pedestal is draped with garlands of the potato vine with full grown tubers attached on the pedestal on one side Is sir francis drakes name the second side explains what a blessing the potato has been to mankind the third records that the statue Is the tha gift giff of 0 a certain andrew frederick of strasburg The fourth contains the names of the erectors A statue similar to this is placed in the town of murz and I 1 have been told that there aro ara other ather copies in many small towns