The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-05-22

months occupied as grocery s'oIe -
thence ii was taken by the canal to Roch-
ester, and again converted iuto banoom
In October last i, was forwarded by
canal to Albany, leaving, as ii lay on It's
side 10 an open boat, just room 10 pass
under the numerous bridges. From AL
bany 10 New York, entire, but as nc
building could De found in the city into
which il could be taken, it was sawed of
twice round, thereby making three pieces
Of three feet in height each; the upper
one Of which 10 perfrc. circle. The
wood it is well known. admits OF polish
equal 10 mahogany, for which. aud ross
wood, il is often substituted in tiue cabinet
work.
During The time tina, this grea, and tru-
y wonderful curiosity was exhibited IN
New York, it was visited by hundreds Of
prisons familiar with il on its native spot,
who hailed it as an Old friend, ind BY
nearly 10000 Of the mos, respectable cit
izens and st:augers, not one Ut whom has
been Disappointed, but ON the contrary,
have expressed the most unqualified de-
light at sigh! so truly grand and impress.
sye, PARTICULAR Y 10 every person accus>
toned 10 contemplate the greatness OF the
Deity, in the stupendous monuments Of
nature.
AS boosso this tree would con,a in
on shelses projecting not more than six
inches, 5000 volumes us q gallery OF
paintings for Hue specimens OF The ats, i.
would b. extremely we'll adapted. The
Falls of Niagara, the Grand Erie Canal,
and the landing Of Lafayette, nigh. be
beautifully represented within it. On a
band ina! encrccs it is inscribed, % Lord,
how manifold are Thy works, in wisdom
has, thou made them all! The earth is
full Of thy riches On another band,
tThis monarch OF The American forest
grew d: the junction Of Silver and Walnut
creeks. near LIKE Erie,and measured with
lis bark, fifty six feet round.'
a gentleman residen. OF Black Rock,
thirty FIVE miles from the place where This
tree grew, informed The proprietor Of ii,
that when tho western section OF The cana!
bad been near y completed. he visited This
unparalleled wonder COR The purpose Of
purchasing it. and converting il iu,o ca
nGi boat, to have been the ii s, one that
should have passed through the entire ca
nal from Lake Erie TO New York, and
was then surprised and disappointed on
fnding lha. large part Of lis trunk Cha.
mentioned above) had been converted into
The barroom o. u tavern. AS the shaft or
trunk was eighty feet in height, IL feet in
diameter al its base, and about Gye feet in
diameter 10 It's smallest part. it might be
formed into boat 81 feet in length. that
would have carried 100 passengers, or
800 barrels Of -four. There is certainly
no! person living who would no, ,Sll
this great NATURAL curiosity. could an ade,
qusle idea Of lis immense sizs aud beautiful
proportions be conveyed TO him by en-
cravings or descriptions Oft, both OF whi.h
are utterly incompetent, as all who have
visited it have declared. The outside OF
this tree, stripped Of its bark, is probably
,he fines. Specimen OF wood in the world.
From its extreme old age. estimated no,
less than five centuries, is TO be attributed
the unparalleled beauty Of its exterior ss
well rs interior surface. AS TO solidi.y
ana color, and its endless succession Of
eurls and SHELLS, the cabinet makers Who
have examined it. have all sgrecd That it
eurpasses in beauty any wood ever seen
by Ihem.-Caske!, 1927.