The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-12-02
A RAmBLE IN THE WOODS.


OF woods, and II l ramble little II Is
because it is suggested by the theme.
There are many varieties Of wood
hard wood, soft wood, green wood, dry
wood, would, you would, and lots of
others who would, too, if they could.
Beams of the eve are made out of |
would. Ships are built Of hard wood,
which accounts for SO many hard-ships
sailors have to encouBter, I've an
ocean. A ship made of soft wood en-
tirely would be a very soft thing, but
mariners who attempted to navigate
her wopldu't have a very soft thing.
Wooiis not an ore, but oar 10 gener-
ally wood. 1t can be used Ger and
DER, however. saw a sailor use one
Ger his shipmate's head once.
Maple wood is favorite variety
with Juveniles on account of the sugar
it yields. 1t is mistake, however, to
suppose that maple sugar grows on the
maple in cakes, already crimpled
around the edges. 1t has to be gath.
ed and then crimpled afterward. If
any kind of wood would please the
children maple would.
Beech wood is hard and tough va
riety, although it is tougher where
there is no wood at all, and no coal to
he had The beach of the sea is very
different from the beech found on dry
land; don't, / beech-seech you, con-
found the two, although the confound-
ed sea beach once confounded me. A
promising beech it was, yet full of
treacherous pitfalls, and | thought of
suing for breech of promise. There
are few juveniles who are not more or
less familiar with birch. 1t is fre-
quently brought home 10 them. My
respective sire used to bring some of
ID home TO me once or twice a week.
His remarks on the subject were
very cutting. He loved to mingle dis
cipline with instruction. "My son, he
would say, deftly balancing the rod
in his hand to determine its relative
beft, toughness and elasticity, and run
ming his eye slowly down to the tip,
''do you know what kind of wood this
is ?" How well do know it). birch" :"
Correct" and then he corrected me a
little just to get his muscle in play.
"Where is it found?" / wanted to say
it was found on my back about as oft
en- as anywhere, but dared not, so |
stated in general way that it was
found in the woods. estate to the
Court" (my father was member of
the barr whether it is pliable or not, 3"
| (and he piled it vigorously. at is"
managed to writhe--"and tough?"
bringing tafts of jacket every whack.
Tough" | roared. Then while taking
a breathing spell he would explain
that the Indians used to make canoes
out Of birch bark, and / told him oGce
thought birch would make any body
bark, but | Immediately stood correct.
ed, in fact | sometimes stood corrected
so long that it was painful for me to
sit down. But won't dwell too much
on birch, it might bring up too many
unpleasant "reminiscences.
Hickory is both tough and elastic
Indians make bows out of hickory
but it is difficult for Indian girls tC
make much out of their beaux, fol
they never have cent, unless disa
greeable red scent.
Pine is exceedingly valuable to com
merce, but it is rapidly piping away
The immense forests of pine witl
which the country was once so opulen
are fast disappearing before the ak o
the woodman. No use Of repining a
its loss-it can't be repined. Pineap
pies do not grow upon the pinetree
they are hung up there when hal
grown to complete their growth, anC
then doubt their doing it.
Dogwood can be successfully cult
waited by setting it out when 4 pup
You can detertime what breed il is By
watching its bark. This is not infal
lible, however, for when one dog wooC
perhaps another dog wouldn't.
Sandals used to be made of sanda
wood, but now boots grow on boo
tree. Any shumach(er) will tell yol
that.
Kindling wood has its uses. Whel
/ was a boy | had to split kindling oil
baking days. The other day / tol,
my boy to go out and split some kind
ling wood, and he laughed until
thought he would split, but he didn'i
His disposition is rot akin to kindling
Much has been written about Babe
in the wood" but don't know wha
kind of wood it was. | saw babe
once in plaster, but ] suppose the
could be dopein, wood, too. If the
we're babes when their cruel nncle lef
them they soon got to be grown pee
pie. They couldn't have suffered 70
: the want of fuel. certainly, for the
never got ont Of (the) wood.
0 Drawing wood is extensively carrie