Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-22
Tree Planting.

FdrliS liaS roading to So many minds, and
visiting 50 many homes, We could hardly recon-
Gle 1t With oar duty as journalists if we did
not say word or two, at this lit SEASON of the
year, IN favor OF planting shade and ornamcn-
tai rrees. handsome tree needs no eulogist
it is the orator of the OCCASION as Mr.
Webster slid Of Bunker Hill NJ lnumant Every
body admires it, and feels that nothing would
be moro welcome than the opportunity to 90
and do likewise But thousands of our readers
who do have that opportunity are sadly neg
Letting it 1t only wants little spot of ground
and an hour Of set attention ID the matter
and the work is done forever The begiRninq
is all that nature asks of man she will take
care of the rest, carrying forward by day and
night, through summer and winter, the pro-
cesses of growth and enhancing beauty. As
visible memorial of a well-spent moment there
is nothing like a tree-for it tells it's story bet
ter than ever before to the third and fourth gen
Grafton, xhen all the other works of the planter
have faded int oblivion
There is no difficulty in the work. In fact
the man ought to de ashamed of himself that
cannot set cut tree and make it grow. Ordi
nary observation, care and watchfulness, are
all that is requisite lf the soil is peculiar,
some knowledge of the characteristics of differ
ent trees il needed, If the best results would be
| obtained. 10 plant poplars in marshes and
willows in Light gravel, would be labor misdi-
rected- Attention also should be given to the
kind of tree demanded by the location, as n
matter of taste The right tree in the right
place is as good maxim as similar one which
prevails in tegard to mM- The scanty yard in
the city may admit only the mountoin ash, the
small varieties efccdar, or the dwarf evorgreens
while the village or farm mansion may be only
adequately ornamented by the noblest of forest
trees Still, the situation of the buildings and
the slope and character Of the land will suggest
in measure, the proper choice of the trees.
! No enc weuld intercept view from the parlor
Windows by frs, or would screen the stable with
cllas. As fur nero beauty other considerations
apart, tastes will vary while nearly all will rel
ish variety There is scarcely an American for
est tree which has net its distinguishing beau
ties to recommend it foG Transportation. Bat,
as we have intimatod- the great thing is to
SNATCH few hours at thus season of the year,
and devote them to a practical handling of the
matter. If we do this, our knowledge and taste
will improve as we go along. All think wisely
and truly enough about il; and the only need
is little work just at the right time.-Boston
Journal
4 FROM KANsAs.-Ihe Kansas correspondent Of
the New York Times writes from Lawrence,
April 3:
I" The notorious Dr. Stingfellow passed down
the river yesterday, taking his last lingering
lock Of Kansas, bound for his former home in
Virginia. lie gives US over to abolitionism and
declares his intention to never return again tc
this field of his history Thus one by one they
leave us, and why should We surrender our in
h@eRt right to selfgoVe1'ment in such ar
hour?
The District Ceurt is new in session in L.
lcompton, Judge Lecompte presiding. This
week over one hundred and Fifty cases have beer
1dismissed from The dech@ soathont a trial, wher
Free State men have been indicted heretofore by
. their political enemies, and charged with al
the higher crimes known to the laws, such al
murder, arson, felony, robbery and the like
This is a chapter in itself. 0nly think of dis
missing case that has been in Court a year OF
, moro, when man is charged with murder, ant
that charge has been sustained by the oath o
no less than dozen Missouri culprits Thi.
shows that eren Lccompte has opened his eyes
to the fact that there is North, and that it il
time to repent his long catalogue of sins.
The Spring as forward Peas, bects, cucum
bers, &C., are up in our gardens, and large
! wheat fields are % waving in the wind"