Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-09-16

Toussums. ia thsss ansso Of asprs-
cedeap d stsia1soey, vhe9 70 ethee dif.
ficuitsee are % b sdpsrSddsd ne lasgs
demands Of . war Of unc ertain duration,
BY the most obvious prudential reasons
By the bitter experiences Of the past !
would urge, nay, implore every !arnef,
who hears mo TO adopt - m inflexibIeruIe
of action the motto-"PAY ~ VOC q"
Nhstsvef the tsmptations, enter not
the rsyless and cherries dungeoe OF
Debt. But over the srchwa which
leads to II zee, ~ Dante cav over the
arch-way which led to the He'll be de-
scribed, the truthful and admonitory
words: mo hcps for him s0he enters
here"
PLANT TREEs-AN APPEAL 10 FARMERS.
Will You pardon me if ] venture to
take the liberty of making one or two
more purely practical suggestioDsl I
yield to no one, l believe, in IN I'M
teigned sdmiration Of the beauty Of our
prsiries. Before that beauty has been
marred by the hand of man, never
pass over them without Involuntary
recalling the magnificent description Of
Bryant:
"Thsss are the gardens Of the desert, these
he unshorn fields, boundloe0 and beautiful,
For which the speech Of Erglana has no nams,-
The Prairies. behsld them for the first
And my heart swells, while the dilsted sight
Takes in the encircling vastnea. 10 they stretch.
In airy undulations, tar away,
Al If the ocean, in his gsstlest swell,
Stood still, with I'll his rounded pillows fixed,
And motonless forever. Motionless?
No-they are Ill unclaimed again. The clouds
Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath,
The suIface rolls and fuctuates to the eye;
Dark hollows seem to glide along, and chase
The sunny ndges."
But when the green grsss has been
turned under by the pillow, and the cab
in or the more substantial house has
been built, what. more cherries and even
desolste than to see the prairies without
the relieving sight of shrubbery and
trees.
l believe the farmers of Iowa are OBJ
noxious to the criticism Of being negli-
gent in this particular. Nothing 90 much
as trees adds to the quiet and home-like
beauty Of place. They add not less to
the beauty than to the value and CON-
tort of > home. And they have the
great recoomend ation, that being of cost
~ value they are Themselves. almost cost
less. But wish to give the suggestion
| am DESTROYS to impress . broader
range. As section and 4 State, We
need timber. 1t is in fact, our great
want. Trees grow thrifty, Locust at
six or eight years from the seed, SO rap.
id is the growth, are available tor many
needfal purposes. Every farmer should,
because he can Ms we'll as not, cultivate
from ten to twenty acres. Plant trees,
then, 1 say! Plant them every where
Plant them plent'falIy. One reason for
the recommendation is given in very
striking manner by Sir Walter Scott, who
was great lover Of nature, and who
even in well-wooded Scotland
took a great interest in encourag-
ing the planting Of trees. In
one Of thei most interesting Of those
romances which have conferred upon
him q renown which will live as long as
the language itself-the one which por-
trays the struggles, the devotion, the sis
terly affection, the heroic nature, the un.
bending purpose and 6nal triumph Of
jeanne Deans, the fondness of Sir Wal.
ter for trees and shade finds notewor.
thy expression. Dumbiedikes, hard
hearted lord Of the soil, is upon his death
bed. He has sent for his Solicitor, his
Physician and the Minister Of the par
ish. His son and heir is brought before
him to receive his parting advice and
blessing. With that prudence and
sound judgment 80 characteristic Of HE
countrymeo, the dying father urges upon
his son, Jock, the importance Of plant
ing trees in this manner: "Jock, when
We Rae nsething else to do, We may be
aye sticking in tree; it will be grow.
ing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. Ny
father told me sac forty years am, but
| ne'er fand time to mind him." He
continued, "Jock ne er drink brandy in
the morning, it files the stomach sair, y
&c, In my opinion the old man is, so
lar as he goes, as sound on the brandy
question as he is On the tree ques-
ton. And no man who follows bis
advice on either will, believe, ever
have occasion to regret It.
In q note to this paragraph Heart OF
Midlothian, chap. 81 SIR Walter Scott
tells Us "that he has been fattered BY
the assurance that this naive mode Of
recommending srboriclture (which was
actually delivered in these very wolds
BY Q Highland laird, while Oh bis death
bed. to his sony had 90 much weight
with Scottish Earl, as to lead him to
planting a large tract Of country"
So let me say to those whom I have
the honor to address, whenever I'VE haze
raething else, to do, ye may be aye stick
ing ip . tree it will be growing when
ye're sleeping" Ana I trust that your
children forty years hence will not rc-
greet like Dumbied'kes, that you did not
find the time. Ny eyes never rest upon
the inviting foliage Of trees upon the
prairie, and ! never seek .helier beneath
them from the burning rays Of the sun,
bqt nay heart goes out in involuntary
thankfplness TO the man, unknown and
uamo1noa tho,,.,h ho ~. - LID -