Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-29
OLD SERIES. VOL. 81, NO. A..

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like praVe-siones. hsVe been cleared away,
that grove may be planted in the same ,pot,
for the next hundred years to nourish into the
stature and glory ofihi, which Il gone. And
In other places, ! find the memorials Ofminy
noble trees slain, here hemloek that carried
up its eternal green hundred feet into the
winter air. there huge doubls.i .iruhked chest.
nut, dear old grsndfalhser of hundreds Of chill.
dren that have Tor generations clubbsd iu
bough' or shook its not laden top. and laugh
ed and shouted as bushels of ehe,nuis raiilsd
down. Now the tree exists only =, loop hol.
ed post, and weather Drowned rails lhop4
the fellow 60, silver in hi, finger every
time hs touched the hsmlOck plank. or let
down the bars uais Of ohrsnut rails
What, then. It will bc, DId, mus, 70 n.s
ioneh tree Iuus tra,v - iuvI, no n..
bert Go 10 the forest Tor bolh, There ars
no individual tree, there, ONLY forest. One
trunk here, and one there, leave, the forest
jos, a' perfect q, before, and give, room for
Young aspiring ,rses to come up In the world
Bot tor 4 man TO oot down large well form
ed, healthy tree from n, road side, or from
pastures or fields, 10, pi.e. n unpardou,bl-
Vandalism II Is worse than Puritan ham.
m.u upon painted windows ard Hol,rou,
S,llue'. Money can huy houses, build wall,
dig and grain tie soil, cover the hin, with
rr,ss, md the grass with herds snd fockS
But m money cin buy the growth Of u1e,.
They are born of tine, Ys,- ,rs the only
eoin in which they can be paid for. beside.
50 noble thing 3, well grown i,e., that Il
is treasure TO the community, ju,i 81 ~,
work II art. II , monarch we're to bet
Rsuhen's descent, from the cross, or Angelo,
T.1., Judgment. or batter to pis-. the mar.
bles Of Greece, the whols world would ours.
him and forever
Tree, are the ONLY sr,.ue,surss which be
long to our villages. They should b, Prec-
ion, =, gold.
Bot let not the glory and rrae, Of single
trees lead rs to neglect tho peculiar excel.
lenc- of The forest. We 60 from one to IN.
other. needing boih, 9, In music ve wander
from melody to harmou,, and from m,py
voiced and inter wined h,rnonoui bsss to ,iur.
pie melody again.
10 most people grove is grove, and ,ll
groves are alike. Hut there ,rs no two alike.
There !, - mlrksd difference between dr.
fcrcnt forest. as between different eonmSni.
iie. 4 grove oi pine, withou, under.bru,h
carpelei With ih- one fingered russo, leave,
Of the pine, and odorouS of reSinon, gums.
h,, scarcely trace ~ lkene., to maple
woods, either IN the Insects, the birds, tho
shrubs, the light and shade or The sound or
ne leaves, 1--we lived in olden TINES among
Young myiho'oPif, We should ny that Tho
pines held tho imprisoned spirit, OF maids end
waler.nymph,. and their sounds we're Of tho
water, ior whose lucid depths they always
sighed. Al any rate. the first pine, muu
have grown on tho s,a.,hoi,. and oil their
rOsieriiy have Inherited the sound, and born.
4, inland to the mountains.
! Ike best a forest Of mingled tr.e,, ash,
maple, oak, beech, hickory snd svsreresn,,
with blrehs, growing along the edges Of the
brpok iha, carrie, itself though ths root, and
stones, towards tho willows that grow in yon.
der meadow. il should be deep ,nd Sombcr
in some directions, running on into shadowy
rtcesse. sni cnver,s beyond all iooisiep, 10
such wood there is an sndlew variety. Is
will breathe rs msnv voices n your fancy a,
nigh, be brought from any organ beneath the
pressure of sone Illndel's hands by the
wsy. Handel and Beethoven slwsy, remind
mr NJ forest, So DO somo poets, who's
number, are various \, the inhni,y Of Vereti.
iiou fine a, the choices, cut leaves, strong
and rugged in places, as tho Unmarked irunk,
and rnsrled roots a, the grounds suri,e.. Il
there any other place cScep, by the seaside,
where hours are 60 short and moments -
swim a. in forcsii whero else. except in
the rare communion o. those much loved, 10
We awake from pleasure whose calm nsv 10
wilhou, ripple, into surprise that whole
hour, are gone which we thought had jos, bo
eun-blossoncd and dropped, which we iho't
nut just buddng Iii, no place tor busy
men. Let those rc.or, thlther who have yo.
cations uf labor and care. Nay, rather ls,
those who, too busy. nssd TO be more ,w,y
from strife and oveua'king labor. seek the
forest. let II sing TO them, and in its ,wilehis
let obivious quiet steal over their cares, -
the tides, rising si.sn,ly from the oce,n.ersep
upon rude.vi,ared rocks snd cover them doW-
bonca,h their plarid depths.