The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-12


10 the mirror Of waters that flow at her feet.
Eve--smittes with the guilty conscious
ness OF seize posure-b before she ate or drank
hunted the wiIds Of outer Eden for an
apron Of fig leaves, to hide Der shame, and
yet Saint Paul with an sAuence Of foliage
within armslengtb to make every house.
yard bower Of beauty, stands up here IN
der the sun with scarcely leaf Of Gods
green verdure to cover her revolving naked.
ness Of brick and stone and painted pine.
II she does not blush To look at bcrYeli 10
that per glass under the bridge we blush for
her.
II 10 little humilisting to recollect that
for number OF years, at the recurrence Of
the season for planting trees, We have wasted
Georges and BueollS enough TO paper Van
LEWIS theatre 10 the vain attempt 10 get
somebody 10 plant trees. The press Of st.
Paul has played on almost every string and
appealed to almost every motive which in-
huences human conduct, TO induce the PEG
pie and municipality Of st. Paul to plant
trees. The subject has been presented 10
every possible light. Avarice. sentiment,
the love Of beauty. the scnsuous pleasures Of
shade and GOODNESS, the precious interests Of
Real Estate, have been in turn solicited for
one days work 10 planting trees, and solicit
I'd 10 terms % pretty. In diction so choice,
with eloquence no iervent. with sim,les 30
apt, that the very trees on the other SIDE Of
the river writhe TO their roots as when Or.
pheus thrilled their ancestors with his Tyre,
In the vain struggle to break their bonds.
and transplant themselves to the sunshine Of
30 much genius. The press has been alter.
nately plain and ornamental on the subject.
II has been imaginative, demonstrative, sen
tiInental and practical and has even condc-
scended 10 be dstanty poctical, and yet Tor
oil, not the deuce Of tree has been planted
anywhere, Ut least none that can be directly
traced 10 the influence Of the Press.
To the large public spirit Of one man, DR..
J. F. Howard, we owe the proposition, to
be carried out Ut bis own coat, OF ornament.
Ing tho Court House Square with trees. A
thousand men might have asked Tor the
rocks Of the Public Square, not one among
the thousand We dare say, would have
thought Of replacing the ansightIy blocks Of
stone with trees, nor one among thousand
have seen the sense Of Il.
The sense Of Il il that every tree planted
there will be an enduring monument to the
planter writing his name upon the blank
brick walls, which they embower. TO the
latest posterity which shall sit under the
shadow Of their summer grccnsry.
The aesthetic and economical value OF
trees We have already many times discussed.
We have shown that whatever increases the
beauty Of . property, Increases its money
value that whatever creases the attrac-
tons Of city enhances the value OF real
estate Investments therein.
There IL no written argument for city
opoten, N The mute appeal o trees no
orator 30 majestic a. the tree. II bcckons
the stranger from afar, and lures him with
oil wiles Of pantomime and Grecian gesture,
Emigration cannot pass tree in this prai-
IRELAND any more than the Asiatic cara
vans can pass the solitary palms which
spread their iirmamen,s Of green above tho
oasss Of the desert.
For wherever Its branches sway in the
summer breeze, the tree waves an enchant.
ers wand, and fills the dir with spirits Of
ito calllng--to wait with music and balm
upon its guests. And trees are never young.
though they are always young. For 10 their
long descent their roots Irvine round oil old
traditions and the graves Of oil old Religions
they inherit in their shadow al the dusky
line Of legends that have dreamed them
-lves 10 sleep, or lowered into song beneath
them, and wear in their green diaiems the
glory Of all the trees tina, have ever been,
Trees we believe have souls and will 70
TO heaven when they die--elss whence cone
the palms the Angels wear to crown the
,riumphs Of the celestial chorus. hut ~ we
can have no present promenade Of the streets
of the New Jsraselem, We might - well
make our own ~ comfortable and pleasant
Us possible.
Five years ago il trees had been planted
along the principal streets Of ST. Paul. We
should have bad Tor the no, summer before
US long avenues Of dense foliage 10 soften
the monday beats, and mellow the glow Of
the burning sun.
No procession We could marshal with
oil the blasoo OF civic and military display.
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