Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

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.dinary trees, when the proud thing
.tFembled for moment. and then fell.
In the center of, the grove, is the = Fall
len Monarch .seventyjfye feet in cir
cumference, and must have been three
hundred feet high We mounted it by
means Of, a ladder, and along its, mas
I sive side we could have driven 2, coach
1 and two Its name, its proud proper
thons, its lowly positienI filed the MING
with Sadness as itIseemed the symbol OF
fallen greatness. Not lar from it is the
Gather of the Ferest, the lsrgsst- tree
af all the grove, which lies half buried
i feet in circumference. 1t is two hun.
iAdfed feet to the, first branch, and when
standing mustyhafe heeaF 40 feet high.
The trunk is now hollow, and We rode
through it on horseback a distance of
two hundred feet3 Around itIn0w stands
it's noble sons mi their prime and glory.
There are ltEvoa trees in the, ygroya which;
never fail to attraetithe attention of GER
!, tain Interested parties. Fancy has given
i them, the honorable Designations Oft Old
Maid EanIt Old BachelorG She disy 264,
feet tai, and 59E feet about the. t0aisG,
Her .eomeliness is gone, her! beauty IS
lnot, and she, is the yeriest,lool1ing old
i spinster of the Big Tree family. i. Nor is
the Old Bachelor a. whit better. He
is the toughest, driest, barkrrent ,speoi-
| men of the Calaveras grove. But he IS
more fortunate than his venerable fer
| male friend He still stands his ground,
In 1865 she fell toward him, and now
Hes at his feet, while he looks more
I lonesome than ever. .nslsl g.s r. 4!
"But there is one tree which, for
stateliness of, form, majesty OF appear
ance, and prime of years, cannot be ex-
celled. Three hundred feet high, eigh-
j teen feet in diameter, it Is called the
tsPride of the Forest There IS a tree
now standing which contains five hun
dred and forty thousand feet of sound
inch lumber. Near it another, which
will make one thousand cords of four
feet wood, and ona hundred cords. of
bark Eight.miles to the south of this
4 grove is a. tree so large cthatIyOu foan
Esdrive stage coach, filed with passen-
4 xersn within and without Through IL ,
\ trunk distancei of two hundred fees.
And these trees would growJto an ra1nr
1 known height, had not nature set
bounds to their altitude. Their tops are
1exceedingly tender, and the SNOW falling
Fupon those tender branches causes them
I 20 break off, and the sap returns down
| ward, rcaasipg the greater expansion of
the main trunk and the lower Branches
*5taE*r y. e The age of the dSOg40iGs
is one of their most imarvellous chaTacs
] teristies,. The rings aHeindicess by which
the age of each can be determined, and
those who have watched their sgrowth
conclude that some of them are not
less than three thousand years old. Take,
] for instance, the Mother ofthe Forest
now denuded of its bark. That tree
lsprouted when Solomon was in his
glory 1t was in its youth when Rome
was mistress of the world. It; stood in
its majesty when Christ was born in
Bethlehem. Thirty centuries looked
able form And there are young trees
growing that will furish when. ell the
Inhabitants now upon the earth shall
have passed away Those who are not
will gaze upon them with admiration as
among the most wonderful works of
God?' I'LL ass.EElx A 90
|. Frightful Railroad accident. 81
z A;ffiehtfdl accident. occurred oh the
Gne sof the Illinois Central railroad near
Hyde Park, ILL.,, ON the 12th, two h uman
being pneeting death ia its most appaE
ling Shape. A gentleman and lady, both
of refined and genteel Eappearanee pun.
chased tick Gets tor Hyde RaZ'E7Tsa The
gensrd ticket ofce Ia, the Unioh dep6t.
Chicago, and took the 3 eclod train on
the Illinois Genital for their destination
Upon arriving ct the station, tie gent|e-
man and lady left the cars and visited
a gardenef'sS grounds nearY bYxF The
gentleniaai IND Ajised the FFiceA Of 50sataiiI
real estate in, thft Yieinity1 and for 4P
wards OF an hour renfalned with. the
gardner, eonversIng with him regarding
the PRhPepty hsE Eapparent1ysscon
ted .purol1Hsihgs Fnee esttaangerso aI1nouno.
ed their intention of returning to Chi
go, -, Az <fo1oo6r@ o,11 ok
before that hour proceeded to the sta
ton TO awaits the arrival of the train. It
came in on time, and stopped in the
usual place, (which to. reach, passengers
are obliged to cross the track of the
Michigan Central.S , The unknown gen
ztleman and lady started for the train,
and while yet on, Michigan Central
track, the Kalamazoo accomm odation
was seen coming around curve just
above the station. This train does not
stop at Hyde Park, and the gentlemen
and lady had barely succeeded in get
ting off the track when the train dashed
by at q very high rate of speed. The
horror of the spectators cannot be i'm
agined, when upon the track just passed
over by the train they beheld the man
,gled bodies of two human beings, man
and woman. fastening to the appal-
ling scene, the woman was found to have
been instantly killed. Both her legs and
one arm had been completely severed,
and her head and body. mashed in the
most shocking manner. The man. was
yet alive when found, but: died in less
than half an hour. His head,and breast
were crushed, one leg torn and crushed,
and the other broken in. three places.
tits supposed that ttheunfortunate beings
were drawn under the train by the sue
fion occasioned by the velocity with 1
which it passed them. They were stand
ing within the marrow space between the
tracks, the train which they intended
taking one sidei and the aothers train
coming upon them SO quickly, left no
avenues of escape, And without Iaunno-aI
lment IS warning theirFsouls weresentr to
Him who gave them. - ~@~ ( ~ ! - -
, AGAIN and again nations have seen
their noblest descend into the grave,
and have thought il, enough to garland !
the tombstone when, they had not |
crowned the, brow, and to pay the honor
to the ashes which they denied to the |
II not Hianlaaaa theTro that |