The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-21
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Though the weather has been warm for ,
few days ha,k. Ike tax of the people is OF
coal and stoves. Of Winter clothes and ar
ranccmcntS for cold weather. On, in ,hc
country they are hurr,iur in The FIJI crot.~
and preparing for frosty ni.ht> The leaves
o th" trees rhan-" color. The. chc>tnu.> and
oaks assume dua; the naples l,ccin to rlow
in red the hickoriv, tuln yellow and ar,
ready to be swept of bv the hard blasts that
are treasured among the mex. months rhn-
nomcna.
Now Is the time for the lovers of frees
and who that loves Nature or man. WHO that
has onq love in him does rot to nrcnarc
tor their transportation. All Summer the
trcrrootS have been drinking. and The Ioa,c
all Summer have been cathcrinr from the ,r
ITS nonrlShng gases. Vow comes the timr
for resting. The leaves ,!ror off and The root
lets cease from their ScriouS lal,or~. The free
Is like hive whore the honcv-ccmb /, AL
packed and the bees are ..ls,inc off" II i
perfectly safe to move it. Before the process
"> of Growth must be renewed there will BE-
time + or the tran>r!ant,d tree to become nat
uralized to IFS new Si,uation.- there i uocncs-
ton that the ch anccs of living are greatly in
creased by doing the work in the Fall.
Not a J..l,n u
member that II is cheaper To set ont one .re0Fjn
The RIGHT wav than a score in the wrcuo way.
Take time for i:,-for one tree that lives i
worth score of dead ones for shade or crna-
mcnt.
We often wonder how it is that So many
men never set ont a tree Growing. it is a
mans best monument. Men bless him who
PLANTED it as a brn.f,ct0r. Urrh boast.
stretch themselves under its shadow. and IN
their contcn,cd looks thank the man that ravc
them thc shade. The ira weller lifts his hat
from his hot brow As he passes under its broad
branches, and adds his unut,ercd thanks
Many a willow droops gracefully its 1.-the
twlgs IN honor of the sailor lad that BROUGHT
the cutting in a bottle from willow that hYn "
over Napolcons grave. And VIC could ride
many mile IN the country under ar,hinr
bouShs which will testify to the taste of their
planter years after it is forgotten whether the
stone at his graves head was erected to the
son or the fathcr,-aficr the lettering on the
marble is filled with moss. and only the anti
qnarian can say whose family rests thcrca-
bouts
Trees are the grand conscrvators. They
were the ancient landmarks, and who cnovs
them and loves to increase them, cannot be
wholly bad. Let every old man set out a tree
this Fall, for his mcmory's sake. Let every
young man set out one, that as he grows it
may grow, and wherever he wandcrs it NAV
stand the fixed memorial of the fact that his
life has not been in vain. Let every bov, if
he can get vacant spot in the door-vard bv
the Pig-pcn. under the barn-yard lee, or even
in the street, set out his tree, for hundred
excellent reasons. There are some spots on
this old earth that Nature did great deal for,
W here much business is done, where much
wholesome opinion is obtained, and many good
papers taken, yet where the public streets are
utterly bare of trees, and all the foliage that
is visible is far off at the rear of the farms or
in crammcd orchards In such fine country
places" we protest that the price of the best
farm would not tempt us to take up our lot i:
we were to be forbidden to plant trees IT.
Sahara we do not look for ver,lure but the
place is not fit to he esteemed for a country
seat or summer residence, that does not bear
some reminders of the forests that have BEEN
or the grown-up tokens of some good mans
planting. We appeal to the pride, to the pa
trioti>m of our Young country friends to res
cue from its barren deso.atcne>s the margins
highways. Let planting clubs be form