She desired me to confer with Mr.Greeley about turnips.

Turnips were the dream of her child's young ambition.

While other youths were frittering away in frivolous amusements the precious years of budding vigor which God had given them for useful preparation, this boy was patiently enriching his mind with information concerning turnips.

The sentiment which he felt toward the turnip was akin to adoration.

He could not think of the turnip without emotion; he could not speak of it calmly; he could not contemplate it without exaltation.