Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-12

MS he walked among them, trimming q little here,
praising there-and | do not doubt they had as
much satisfaction in him, as he had in them; for
he fully appreciated their virtues.
Do not think the old man did this because he
wanted pears. lie could have bought one for a
sixpence any day, and have sat down in the shade
and swallowed it; would that have suficedP /
trow not. MOI be raised pears, as | said, because
the trees must bear them, and 1t was his pleasure
to give them every opportunity, which having
done, tho trees produced abundantly; and then the
pears were eaten, because they had been created,
not vice versa. All many think it is a small!
thing to grow n good p%ear-tree, but 1t is one thing
well done; and | know richer mon than 5. q. p,
who, so far as | am aware, have mover been &C.
cused of doing even one.
The Dutch doctor, Van Mons, was q creator
Of pears; and in his hand nature became q prolif-
ic inventor. IL was his habit to SOW the seed, to
select from tho young those which promised well,
to graft them at once into bearing trees whose
juices were rich, where they would make blossoms
and fruit within three years from sowing the seed;
for 1T is a curious fact, that the juices OF the tree
which really produce the fruit, have almost no in
Huenco upon the little graft upon which the frult
grows. From the fruits so produced, many good
pears were given to the world by DIR. Van Mons.
Now the doctor did this, not because he wanted
pears, but because he wished nature to do all she
could do, and he found a satisfaction in helping
her towards completeness.
Ono crowning use Of pear-trees and pears is,
that they furnish topics for talk. and are, in my
opinion, fully equal to a Bourbon" had we one
amongst us. | have known many virtuous men
who grew peartrees II am proud TO say it), and |
never knew one who enjoyed scandal or backbit
his intimate friends; the reason is plain-ho had
something better to talk about, in capacity quite
Infinite; for are there not Beurres by the score 3
But no pursuit is perfectly safe from misfortunes,
and pear-growing is not quite secure. Judge Bu-
ell once had a package of valuable pear-grafts sent
tn him frpn1 Paris nyarv NM of which was choice
and was labeled; but, sad to say, rats had eaten or
damp had rotted the strings which bound them,
and Beurres were mixed confnsedly with Berga-
mots. To my friend, j, T., the judge gave some
of these gratis, and j. II. took them, as q man
might a young elephant or a fine horse, not count
ing the cost. lie grated them into his trees, and
in due time they bore delicious pears-but-
"What were they ?"
No mortal man could tell their names, and many
of them were new to US. From that day j.. T.'speace
of mind was gone, and, it seemed, hopelessly gone;
for no nomenclature could be certainly right. 1t was
well for Judge Buel that he was snatched away
before these gratis bore fruit, and, perhaps, j. L.
was happier in soon following him.
l alone remained, and, in the language of Mr..
Samuel Weller, l may say
81 cats my melting pears without any names,
and gets along VERY veil, indeed"
| would have my money-making friends, and my
political friends, and my ~verse-making friends and
my women-friends consider Of this thing, and
then plant pear-trees, and grow pears, that so it
may be well with them. And l would have those
wise men who kRow what q little care and kind
treatment will do in a pear-tree, and how it comes
to strength, and beauty, and fruitfulness, when ex-
telnal circumstances are made favorable by them,
| would have them consider what grand results
might come from a little Of such judicious care
and attention, if applied by them to a poor boy or
girl now and then, or to II man or woman strug-
Cling, in an uncultivated soil, with crowded roots,
and bruised top. l would have them remember
that the most capable and wonderful Of all Gods
creations is MAN; and then | would have them not
only cultivate pear-trees, but also cultivate men.