mr. mcmahon. i made reference to him earlier, bernard mcmahon, mr. william prince, our horticulturalist in new york to be distributed to the agricultural society in south carolina. i think of one particular seed and that is the rice. i became very familiar with the desire of the agricultural society in south carolina to pursue acquiring a rice. they had heard about this as being a great product of the milan. during my five years as administer to france, i found an opportunity to venture into the italys. i went down to the riviera, the south of france, i traveled across eastwood and then took three days on a borough to travel across the alps. i traveled up and finally to milan and there i discovered the rice that was of interest to south carolina was the -- well, the great product of that area. i also understood that contracts for purchase and further negotiations would be necessary before we could procure it. i was our ambassador to france and so i realized of necessity to satisfy south carolina that i would have to resort to walking into the rice fi

mrs. carson of the moment traveled with another couple or two. they traveled sometimes with ed mcmahon and his wife. or henry bushkin, carson's long-time lawyer, known as the bombastic bushkin that launch add i thousand monologues. carson denied that he was aloof, he just said that he was shy. as ed mcmahon once put it, carson was just uncomfortable with people he did not know well, and he knew very few people all that well. as one frequent guest said of carson's shyness, johnny comes a alive when the camera comes on. why are we still talking about johnny carson and "the tonight show" decades after his final performance? i think part of it is that a lot of people look at his humor and think of carson as the golden age of comedy. you'll get no argument from me. before the internet, carson shaped the next day of conversation. it shaped television careers, the careers of comics for good or for ill. with today's fragmented audience, no one will ever match carson's reach. and those who look back on carson's time also note that he was a kind figure compared to many of the late night hosts wh

mrs. carson of the moment traveled with another couple or to. he traveled sometimes with at mcmahond his life for henry bush skin, the lawyer -- carson's longtime lawyer known from bombastic pushed in that launched 1000 monologues. carson didn't lie that he was aloof, he just said that he was shy. as ed mcmahon once put it, carson was just uncomfortable with people he did not know well and he knew very few people all about well. as one frequent guest said, joining comes alive when the cameras on. now, why are we still talking about china carson and the tonight show, decades after his final performance? well, i think part of it is because a lot of people look at today's harsher political humor and think of carson's era as the golden age of comedy. you'll get no argument for me. before the internet, persons choke saved many conversation achieved film and television careers of the careers of comics for good and for ill with today's fragmented audience, then one will ever match carson's reach. and those who look back on carson's time also know that he was a kind figure compared to many