Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-05-07
THE RUTLAND HER AID,

SATURDAY. MAY IS lN's

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In pas,in- t,rush section II oar I'll
lac, .,t evening. We Observed TIA, one @
our citireu- hal letn wuamHtmf h'
residence hy plan'ms ia rhr street r'Nr"
fne Young tree, which tp limo ,la.
throw around the homestead ma air "l Ct.
frcshment aud luxury AS having 70
Gently made ryjns visit =" what was
few Years aea. the forrest city ol New
England. until the hsuatiIh shade tree
which eu,iru.l tle ,.fy, wcrr destroy
hy a terribl, annH,srU'rn and hear
an observation nf ritiF,u uf that city
who slil. I've can wlnild oar resi-
denees stores and public buildings hn
cannot replace our beautiful shade trees
which were the pride and lda,t ot our So.
sirt city until a generation ot mon hay,
pl>,rdaway These coincidence, have in
rliucl rs thi, morning 30 Is tax with en-
readers about shade lrar,.
There /. pr,prie,y aud pleasure in cul
tNatIug ornamental trees tn r'aF -tr'-ata
eur pu.lic places and around eur dwell
ings There j. something in their graceful
form, their living beauty, their ovcr,had
owing protection, their answering vote,
10 every questioning wind, which seem
To endow them, no, only with physical
attributes, hut with tho intelligence oi
a higher humanity, Taonc Who has'cyc,
to see, the tree. whether bending under
the green luSurianceof summer, or deckcd
in the crimson glory Of autumn. or
dcfying in its naked strength the tcmpcst~
Of winter, i one of the most majestic
objects Of nature.
But there is another aspect ia which
the planting of shade eecs shonld L. con.
sidcrcd in a growing village like Rutland.
Trees on street, before a house or house
lot, are not without their advantages in %
pecuniary point Of view, They increase
the understandable value Of real estate
There is no residence in our village sur
rounded hy magnificent trees hut would,
if it we're for sale. command higher
price than it would il no shade waved
over it. Not only 50. but they lend
charm to the whole ncighborhood around /
Every tree planted and raised is a per. /
pe,ual investment for the benefit Of every /
citizen in the community. The more /
beautiful a village is rendered. the more F.
attractive it viii hca. placeo frc>iicncc
and the more valuable viii property lie.
come in it,
But besides this pccuniary cousidera-
ton, trees give property value which /
cannot he recorded in dollars and cents
They gather around themselves q thou
'and associations--as>ociatio connected
with all that is pleasant in our rccol-
ectioEs Of childhood and innocence and
PARENTAL love We respond from our
learts TO the song Of "Woodman. Spare
That Tree" They are sacred to memory.
md though it may have been an un-
hapely pine, yet the old homestead would
- % h'N'AA FlF'N NANhbuN IL isNtIN sap
ing which We plant on the naked street
'efore our dwellings makes with every
expanding leaf and spreading limb home
ileasanter and our attachment to il strong
r. If in New England, the child is al +
ways to feel that. under the influence Of
manifest destiny" he must leave the
iome Of his father, we can at least 50 sur
round that home with beauty, that he.
hall 20 away more and more reluctantly,
md his heart, in whatever distant land it
BEATS, retain some faint whispers of its
sarly dwelling place,
Trees. whether planted in our yards,
Or on the streets, or in our school grounds,
Or in public squares always and every
where exert wholesome influence That
natural scenery possesses a power over
human hearts and human life. every at
tentiye observer Of men and affairs must
nave seen. We may not be able to tell
low this influence is exerted. but the fact
we know and feel in our daily life and
experience There has ever hoen more OF
divinity and divine instruction in the still
small voice OF nature than in all the noisy
narrangues of the forum or the wisdom
If the schools The hardened and the
vicious may turn away their ear from the
Of the fresilt and from the
voice of the pulpit, but they cannot thus
easily escape from the preaching Of nature.
Some strain from this overarchiug cathe.
iral. or some breath of incense from, it,
thousands, affairs Of worship will reach
them i'll their wandering
Citizens, plant trees. boautiy your (
village, make your homes attractive. /