Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-16
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September, ist, 1870.
SILL | am lingering in these rart
old plnces Of Pennsylvania.
~ the firsl quarter Of the century
which proceeded the one OF which
we are all now 40 proud, somewhere
nbont 1870, George Pierce "a Friend
came with VIM. Penn to America,
and Ising DESTROYS Of milking home
iii the New World for his descend
ant4. purchased 600 acres Of land from
paid VIM. Penn IN the township 81
Marlborough, IN Chester county,
PENNSYLVANIA, then an untouched
wilderness. Soon from the trunks Of
fallen trees comfortable home was
built, aud George Pierce, tho young
athletic Quaker, began his life Of
warfare Will tho foes Of the new
honn--thc wild beasts, wilder Ind.
aus, serpenls and moods-the latter
cghaiisiing The energies Of man In
their removal perhaps more than
any other foe.
Ia 1880 the log house was super.
coded by large coanmodlous brick,
almost I,alatian In its dimensions and
elegance In those days, and stiil
standing untouched by time only ns
IL has added 10 It's interest az the
years have numbered. The wood.
work may have been changed In lbs
years, and here and there an added
convenience suited 10 tho advance OF
the age but the firm old walls are
fresh aud siro,g, and know not the
decay OF frazier things.
George Pierce died and was gath
cred not to his Fathers, for they
slept ON the other side Of the great
] Atlantic into the wilderness
hurying ground Of the Quakers,
where his children have followed
him To The iiftb or sixth generation,
ever honoring the memory oftheir
fathers nna mothers. Their days
have not i,ocn long in the land which
+" their Lord God gave thom but
they have lived and died In the
house builded for them Ia tho long
ngo.
In the year 1900 Joshua Pierce, a
grandson Of George, looking over bis
broad smooth acres Of field and
meadow, long since denuded OF their
orlginnl wealth "of shrub aud tree
and tnngling wild vine,n felta eon-
Germ tas the Friends say toplant and
cultivate 4 Park that should beautlfy
md aiofa twenty acres Of ground
around the old family home. The
spirit having moved him 20 bis work
IL was quickly done. Trees aud
shrubs congenial to the climate were
brought from east aud west, north and
south, and set Ia the rich mould pre-
pHrei for them beside avenues aud
windings, aud artificial lakes and
stony mounds, and pines and iyics,
and mountain creepers, and wild
vines, found their feet set In new
places, where they have all grown,
together with the richest and rarest
~ shrubs and flowers, for rs years,
Till the young hearts Of the fourth
generation from Joshua the Tree
Planter III up their voices and call
him blessed.
X II but n small park go acresl aud
get 4. IL beautiful, with It's mighty
trees, its variety and exquisite ar.
rlngement, and more than all Its
precious memories Of threc.fourths
Of century.
It's generous owner of to-day,
George Pierce, has not only kept 1t
IN good repair, but added many i'm
prnvements and attractions, among
which are spacious croquot grounds,
and as his gates arc opon to all, and
all people far and near may enter,
and without money aud without
price enjoy the shade, sit beside tho
lakes aud toss the wltchiug balls
about with ready hand and mallet,
II has become a place Of resort for oil
tho yeung Tor old who are young In
spirit To spend snltry summer days
nnd drluk In the beauty and fire..
GRANGE always waiting for their use.
As sat he other day beneath the
towering pines, and Norway spruccs,
which alternate 20 form the avenue
from the house 10 the lake, and lis
tened to the eoftenlng marmur OF the
interloeking branches, seeming "a
almost reach tho sky overhead,
md forming 0 clear gothic arch be-
neath forty feet high, / could not bu,
think OF Iowa, which seems to have
but one great need, and That, ono tina,
every hour may remedy, II only II.
people could be Induced, without de
lay, o. follow George pierce's exam