Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-12-19
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Mr.. BryaniS Address,
DELIVERED AT THE SHOW OF THE BUEL
INSTITUTE, ocr. I'd, 1850.
Concluded.
Mr.. Bryani's Address.

The planting OF shade and forest trees has
been too much neglected IN this part Of our
country. In lands covered with forests the
destruction OF trees is the first object; here.
the scarcity OF timber, ana the vast naked
prairies, invite the cultivatoi. TO plant thcm-
Groves of the 81 ,ch wa!nu' and butteruut may
easily be raised by planting the nuts in the
same manner as cora; and they may be so
placed rs to protc ct houses and orchards from
cold bleak winds. After tvoyears cultivation
they need no other care tlan protection for "A
few years from stock. Planting shade trees
by the sides Of tie reads, leading across
our prairics would adj more TO the beau
ty aud value Of farms in such situations,
than equal amount Of labor bestowed III
any other way. a dwelling house, mean
looking Of Itself, may DERIVE an appearance
of beauty and comf,rt fromfne shade trees;
while the best Of houses look naked and
cheeress without them. There was sound
sense aud policy in the advie given by al old
Scotchlnan on his dt ath bee to his son. al
ways be sticking in the tret, Jack, it VIII be
plants aud rears fine trees, leaves behind him
memorial more conspicuus, more pleasing.
aud perhaps more lasting. than marble tomb
stone. The name Of Ja3n,s IIiilhousc IS as
sociated with the beautifu elns that adorn
the city Of New Haven; most Of which he
planted with Ills own hands. Lowell, who
commanded in the bloody fight with the III
dlans, in the 5ackwoods Of Maine more than
one hundred yaars since, has still an endur-
ing monument in two elm trees which bear
his name; and which he planted just before
setting out on the expedition from which he
was never to return.
But whiI7 it IS the part OF good farmer
to adopt all agricultural Improvements which
are to his advantage, it Is we'll 10 guard a.anst
being tHhen in by humJugs which are got up
from time TO time; and are at least as uumer-
Gus rs the real Improvements. Z. obab.y
most Of you rccollcct when everybody, par.
ticulHrly in tie older states. was going to get
rich by feedidg silk worms on the leaves of
tree, which il was necessary to house II
The winter; ard when the agricultural pa
pnrs were fled with puts Of q. afer or les
ser humbuaS, foIn 4. B. Aliens Berkshire
pigs, at so pair to Grant Thornburn's
Chinese Tree Corn, at 25 cents an ear out
of which the benevolent little Scotchman
pledged himself to give two cents for some
charitable purpose. well remember was
zoo! enough to pay 81 cents for RoAnn potu-
tees, aud 81 for a 5u>hei OF Baden corn.
Al these IL tLcir d,,y answered tie pur-
pose Tor which they were got up, that Of fill
iins the pockets of the prime NOV rs. The
Morus Multicaulis speculation is Ioug since
as dead as the trees themselves
Rohan potatoes, aud Berkshire pigs are
with the departed Eumbugs Of former days;
bat the spiIt Of hunbug still exists in ouf
lud, and the fools are not all deaf yet. a
rage for hedge fencing las arisen in our state,
and seems 10 lie increasing. DO not say this
viii prove a humbug; nor that the Usage Or
auge ana Virginia Thorn do not possess al
the qualities requisite 10 make good hedge
nor could discourage any one vino is dispasei'
from giving Them fair trial on a small scuIe
but I 10 say that thy may yet prove faiI
ure, for anything that experience has yet
shown to the contrary. The only plaut that
las been satisfactorily proved TO make good
hedge ia our country, IS the buck-thoru.-
But it still remains To be shown that hedge
fence Of nny kind is cheaper than other fen
ces. 1t Is said by some. to be in our country,
the most expensive and troublesome face
that can be had It would, therefore, seem
to tie prudent to test the matter thoroughly
before engaging extensively in any uuderta-
king Of the hiud.
As the cultivation Of the soil IS the most
ancient Of all emplnymenis. so it IS The most
dignilied and honorable; for it Vas ordained
by the Almighty, himself. Yet 81 idea ap-
pears 10 be common IN cur country. that il j.
more respectable to live BY ones wits, than
hy his haads. How many fond parents do
we hear expressing the hope that their smart
sons may become something more than a
" plough jo-gcr'' or a mechanic and how
many young men crowd the professions OF
aw and medicine who might be more nselu!-
y employed 10 tiiiing the soil; how many
every year repair to our towns and cites,
anxi1Gs to exchange the manly labors Of ag
r:culturc, for the more efIaminnte en-! 10y
ment of measuring tape aud calico! The
idea that labor Is not respectable, has doubt
!ess been handed down from the ages of ftu-
daI barbaris,n, when the only lnbolers were
slaves, and labor was in consequence degra-
ded; when The only honorable men were the
soldiers aud priests aud the only honorable
employmeuts, those OF cutting mems throats
aud cmptying their pockets. and it is AepI
alive at the present day, by the depressed
condition Of the hboring classes in other
countries, aud By the institution Of slavery in
our own. Some peoPle appear 10 think that
q man OF talent aud education IS entirely ou'
Of his element in the business Of farmiug--
Ihe iLan iI.nt such narsnus Ilave nf the ednca