The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-01-31

man who plants tree, in his old age. lives the
iOn@"r Tor doing If. An ntere5tln the WORKS
of na,urc-whi,.h call, him to active exercise
and keeps up hi> sympathy with the pursuits
Of other r.en. prevents him from breaking
down at onre like the retired merchant or
prof. ~>ion4l man. who dies prematurcly Tor
the want Of any thing else TO do.
\. profitable investment of capital, there
is nothing tia. now promises better for hall
century in New Ene!and, than fruit raising.
TIE cry Of an oyer--uppy has been kept up
tor fifty wears already. and still the price OF
fruit has regularly increased. Mr. Robinson
avs that when he planted his orchards with
Seeding trees more than fifty years ago, his
friends a!l him there could never he a de-
naiI for 50 much fruit.
NoI,,dy doubts that JUS; at tbs time, an or
c;lar,' i, Of more value than land in any other
use. ! he most c'tuse intellect Yields to a
mathematical demonstration by simple add
,;on, but ,lii the doubt is. whether there can
be demand for all that can be raised This
,Iucst.on was all considered in recent num-
her # ~ ,rnIcr. ~ cHe OF the editors, and
need moi here be pursued.
Let the subject ofli'uit be kept steadily be
fore the public. in our agricultural Journals.
Many will reada and profit by what they read,
and many will doubt and hesitate aud future
years. regret. as 60 many are now daily heard
to do, that they had not begun in their Young
cr 1, 3 70 plant trees. II. F. FRENcH.
TIIE AN,iELlN A MAIDEN'S EYES.
EY THOMAS M,CKEII tK.
Once mr.oue!.t | NV IN angel
Smiling in n.aiieu's evrs.
And my heart WAS captive taken.
Like city by surprise.
Then it seemed another angel,
Sirincine upward from my heart.
F.: mine eyes looked on the other,
And hche!d Is counterpart.
" the moment If The greeting.
From her lips no whi>perte!l,
And before her waS silent
Wravt in = deic.c> spell
Love. awaiting in NY BOSOM
Love. of pure impulses born.
Lighted, up my happy pathway
Like sun of .nminrr morn.
Marked for mine the c"ntls maiden
With IL" angel i'll her ewes:
Years aeonc We linked our fortunes
Bv iu,,is>uh, ties.
Km,r.r'c,i,r.
Sr!EIT AND PrErI-Thcrc is Stor,-
an. y hic,I We believe i a tact-of two -
!oing to a jackclaw's nest from a hole under
H., h,trv -ii,i"w II the tower Of Al Saints
I ':"rcI. prrI,v!n.,ani ~ il was ilnpo>>i
,.e 10 reach that hc;.h; from without. t.,
-cs~',r'l - rut ?'l::: through ii" win''':-,
nd the heavier boy secuted It's ha,,n"r t!
,itlinr on the heavier end within. the lighter
'oy was to fix Himself on the opposite end.
al..i from that rcrtIou> situation to reach the
object ii their desire. 50 far the scheme an
~vrrr'l The little fellow took the nc>', and
iiuGin. il it five Arl-",i yo"ng birds, al
nounrri the news to his co!niani"n.
Five az, there replied he; then HI have
three"
NAY" exclaimed the other Indignantly:
Il run all the danger. and III have three"
You shall not" still maintained the DO,
inside; 'You shall not. Promise lie three j,
III drop YOU"
Drop ne, if YOU please, replied the LITTLE
hero but I'll promise YOU no more than two,
Upon which his feet slipped OF The plank.
Up tilted the end and Down went the boy
upwards o: a hundred feet from the ground
The little fellow. at the moment Of his fall
was holding his rrize by their les, three il
one hand and two in the other: and they
I finding themselves DESCENDING tiuttcrcd OF.
their pinions in>tinr;iyclv. The boy, too III,
on a carriers trovk secured around the neck
which, filling from beneath, buoycl him N
ike balloon, and he descended smoothly t.
;he ground; when, looking up. he cxt!aimc,
to his companion: Vow You shall have none,
and ran away sound in every limb, to the as
constituent oi'thc inhabitants. who. with in
conceivable horror. had Witnessed his descent
BEAUTIFUL -Wa>hincto
irNing's writings abound in Lcautifu! sent
mcnts a> well j. mcloGious sentences. Son.