, 1873-03-03

Dat 1 .aqSstion ,Ariaasa IL It tho common
ZAuta 9cctdentalts or ia 1t tho gigantic Arbor-
s'" y na the ss 3sa 5ssif 0t isss asss On;
iaS hssht Rocky * q S0nntsn' s ss'''qf;sS fss ss
evory 400 fset and being 20 t. 40 feet IL oreum:
sss @ ss.s T s fsa ssa 5 ssdR ss 4 bs y iS4
spocioa u. 0ecideniau. @Thore Is an d.
eonoo Of glands on tho foliage Of this troe. Tho
sS '1y TS aS1sS
"Young plants Of this epocieu appear to stand
our winters with variahlo aucceas, and VIC ere |
s oa q S ne Il s f Ri siss
not still farther north" (Dook Of Eoer0reen''
9nr betaniats should settle this question, for,
II 1t ia the aama spocioB Of our common Ameri-
remarkable growth, and II Of tho Gigantia, tho
question noxt in ordor Is,
"How GAME IT THUS now uEnE2"
foot In diameter. f;hto forosts and the river. .
bluffs have protected this grove from tho ferco
tidal waves Of electric cold thnt comes from far
7n1B GROVE OF ooN1FEnB, =.
with ite old dead patriarch, IL within two hours
rido by rail Of Chicago, and yDt 1t has remained
IN obscurfty, and perhapa this Is tho first pub.
lished notice that has reached the public. For
more than 95 years hare beon familiar With
that part Of tho country, and have been III tho
neighborhood timo aud again, and not word
was ever whispered to mo that such d raro
natural curiosity existed tn one Of the Iavinoa
that looked down on the trains TINT dai1y pass
within fow rods Of this wonderful grove; and
tho first intimation that had Of its oxistonco
was the meeting 1t faco to face as I wadcd
through foot q snow to reach the spot.
Il was surprise to stand amid such d forest
In suoh place for lore arc treos that COM
monced their growth away buck toward the
| timo Of the Christian ora, and whero generation
after generation OF the oak-trees hayo grown up
Whom tho Chicago L Galena Union Railroad
waa first put under fonce, tho mnn who owned
this grove Of trees went among them with a1,
split them into posts, 10 tho number Of 5000 Or
5000 and those to-day stand guard along tho
| limo Of that great highway now known as the
| Chicago d Northwestern Railway.
| In the park aro three domeHtloatod deer, that
followed us through the SNOW, and up the deop
ravine, and among the ancient conifers. 1broke
of = branch, and gaye thom Of the Groon leayes,
which they ate with ayidity, This, said to hIr.
fors that might be expected to spring up annu-
| ally in the borders Of this grove.
| viii not tho Aca deny OF Natural Science send
a committee to interyiew theae remarkable troes,
and learn something moro Of their natural
| hiBtor77
Our next visit to
| THE FARM or D. HAMMOND,
one Of Tho present Railway ind Warehouse Com:
2Ssnd a I'd. ssoa y A. S Sa 's esss p.a S
Railway, now in process Of conatruotion. Thia
Greek, small ntraam TINT, In the early sottle-
meht Of tho country, furnished water-power for
saw-mill, that wns located at ,Hoosier Grove;
but now tlo stream is 30 uncertain ID itB MAtbt-
rupplyttthat no such reliance can be placed upon
S.9 valley tn 9f tho b1ss s5ssm msX %Xsrs so 129
ss' Cit eSSn den through sas ssa INTO fas so
limestone previously mentioned. At. Ga1ona
this limestone is known aa the bearing rock,
as tho lead is mined from ito flssu1es and caves;
eroloa BY frost or water, and, like al limestone
Btrata, Is we'll adapted to springs, and these are
quito constant throughout th6 whole year. g.
as the spngs , rS enc snS
dependent on rainfalls that dash into tho stream,
making 1t d torrent ono day, and taino affair
the no1t. It Is tho san,o' stream where the min"
@ To aD sppa apeppnat hfSf Se ena ns
the springs that Efr. Hammond is to rely upon
to maintain his fishery. Not only those that
coma out Of the hill-aiaea on hia own farm, but
ho can turn tho whole .atrean into bis ponds,
with a: fail OF como 10 foet. His plan is to mako
basins Of u,aaonry on the bottona-lAnds OF the
crock, and load tho waters to- each through a
pipe. thus hopping an even low, secure from
the danger Of flooda. OF courae, the Hprings
from tho hill-Bides will hayo a succession ot
basins, ono below the other. 60 as to make tho
boBt use OF the wator. .,y.,
Mr: =. as hsa aa breeding uhsFa there ie
young fry. ALI Of his. baains are Of solid
masonry, and arranged for chnvenienco In hand
ling the fish, the Oldest Of which is 2 yeara
These Va5y greatly II size; eomo q Of .s them afs
but it Is not probable that thoy would Average
more than halt this size.
hrr. H. .contomplates making, a. public fab,
park In the course Of time, but he Is one q
leaps, and has thus far boen teating tho water
for trout tgrowiDg, aa well As testing tho expense
Those who have aah-apawn and young hah t
esn gyo ua gl9Tng nesounts 81 tRo profits o.
i without counting tho cost. As Mr.: Il. Is not II
tho speculative line, he is loss enthusiastic by
is yct aanguine that tho growing Of trout wi
suitable ocations, though it is not sate to cRti
mate grown fab to DO worth more than 25 cent?
. q pound at tho ponds. Nor is 1t likely tha
= = young fry will continue to command tho big
| Of new ponds.
Tho Legislature would do good thing to ap
propriate, aay, e10 ooo for tho purpose Of stock
= ing our streams With ghad and other tsh, II
y In the Alabama and other muddy streams OF th
: South we may reasonably expect SUCCESS in tn
Upper nIiasisappi, tho Illinois. aud @ Noek Hvera R
thorsash sssf shs sGs 0'ass I'm
: of the South and OF Lake Michigan might b
r largely augmented. It appears pretty conclu
: siye that tho llsh that ronort to docp water, o.
r the lake and ocean, rolnain near tho months
their native stream whore there Ia an abuntanc
OF food for thon,, and at certain periods reyial
j. tho atreata, mainly for spawning, anu thoh s,i
:, periods usually cover two OF throe months. I'll
suckers OF our streams no doubt do this, havin
= = spent throe-folrtlB Ut their time at the mont
= Of tho mississippi, md thus travel aomo thoI
l sanda OF miloa to their spawning, grounds.
. may, therefore, DO question IT.. tho breeding
= = this humble fish would not pay for Its artihois
= y propagation in our streams. -,
I No man should attempt the business Tithou
a thote aro many thtnga to DO taken into tho at
count. Who will lead in this direction, and wl1
! will bo tho 1xaak Walton of tho prairio asl
n ponds huRAL'
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