The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-17
ELI PERKINS'S OPPORTUNITY
sOMETHrvG norm THE ,5y nm ,y,.,
LbTTIR uRrTER'S uIlIgE
fh Predictions Trees Of the rnscni,. y,,,.
CHANT Of ~" Forest Ncnriv tn,,,
Nenrs OLA An tri".trntirr from, t,rrrn.-

A CHANT OF U,c Forest Ncn,i, ,n.!ys
Nenrs OLA An iii"-trnticn From, tonvrn..
MARIposA BfG TREES, CAL. Jmn o u
costs n New Yorker a. much 10 .,. no p's
Trees in California us IT does a. ,a. Alanf n
or St Peters. Thc shortest rlu', from $40
Francisco is 10y Mnrr'd. l)a ml.. o..',ys,5
thence by Washburn Bru 'c's 81, -aors. st.,cs
scvrnty-two miles W through Fremont IA
Mnriposa ranch. AMI oyer Tie SNOW "a
Sierrs to Big Tree station. Then nui. fr,u
Of seven miles up another Jagged sro Of ra
Sicrras. and We stand in the grogt Mrrir,s,
grove. about G.0O0 feet above thr lrvel oi Tho
sea. This grove contains about 7oo mammoth
trccs. measuring from II 90 % feet in dmnaor
and from $50 to 225 feet in height The airsni
stage fire from san Fran sro ~ the biz Mart.
posa trees and back is as hut It takes nh,ut
500 to pay all expenses. But. ms with Nn.ara
and the Pyramids. YOU feel mplycomrrnsnied.
even If you have paid Si0o for a single look
How largo are these trees?
Before mo now is the Grizzly Giant" II
measures 90 feet in circumference and 81 feet
in diameter. SiNty-four feet from the ground
shoots out the first limb. which is Is feet in dr-
conference. It's very limbs are rs large ~ the
large forest trees that surround II.
The Grizzly Giant stands among trees ms A
man thirty feet high would stand among mon.
ate Chamber should stand up Roscoe Conkllng.
thirty feet high. suppose from his right -houl-
der should hang Blaine. aud from his lett Nor
ton. and on them should stick Sam Cox and
Fernando Wood rs fingers. with Ben Butler and
the warlike Watter-on as thumbs suppose
Dudley Field were doubled into n nose. and
Abram Hewitt and Don Cameron were twisted
into ears, and Minister Evarts. the everlasting
talker mounted ms tongue. Then suppose
Sam P0wlcs. and IIalstrd. and Bob lnger-pll,
and Stewart L. Woodlord We're pounded M for
that giant mans brains Then suppose. wren
the giant stood ny, his head should rails, tho
Senate roof. and stand alongside the dome II
the Capitol and reach out sam Cox AMI Frr-
nando Wood fingers and shake hands with tho
colossal statue Of Liberty. II you should 500
thnt IN Washington you would have some iinl
how the grizzly Giant here in IN. Sierras lo'ks
down on the oaks and pines, which grow lko
weeds at his feet
The giant trees in silent majesty
ldke pillars stand meath heaven -misliv dome
with outs,rc tched hnscr, man might touch The -ars
1t was estimated by lumhcg mer liant 10. lay
that one OF the hg trees. Tho Mother of the
Forest" contains j31 0DO feet OK lumbar Ills
ut $40 per thousand would he worth s2l 49,
This tree is 32l feet high and ~ feet to th"lirst
limb. The bark l. II inches thick. aud the iree
Is sc feet in circumference AZ the base. and 10
feet in circumference 20 feet from the base
In the Cal1Vcras grove live men worked
twenty two days boring a tree down with pump
nugers After boring tho tree until every nbrs
was severed it still stood upright t. iall Two
days were spent with ropes, and wedges lrNen
in with the butts Of trees Finally the grand old
monarch fell. after standing the blasts ol 3Onl
years Then they smoutncd oil the stump and
on the 4th of July thirty-twO y, r~ons dunecu n
II. our pariy, consisting Of about fifteen.
chdssSed around ON this stump. but 10 me it w.3
with painful feeling. 1t was like dancing
around the tomb of the dead Napoleon; YES. lao
dancing ON the fallen monument To- a. dead poii
| This stump is twenty;.ight feet arross-turs
feet wider than "a New YORK building lot-ani
sound TO the centre. 1t womli take siMy-i.ar
| yards of carpet to cover i. Ihis tree was "l
! feet high-hlghsr than the dome OF the CAPITOL
or than Trinity steeple;
The Father OF the Forest" Is another grand
old fallen monarch THIS tree fell many years
ago. i wns 375 feet high and . feet ihi"k; It
DsinE s 70 w hbt Jrs ,h m2 M
trance is 10 fert. The diameter Of tho trunk 10
feet from, the roots II 10 ieet inches.
| low tree called the KEYSTONE Eight oil rs
rode our horses through 1t at one time. II ~
been burnt out and lived in hy the lndinns. ut
still looked fresh and vigorous at ia" top.
In the South Park grove our party All dis W.
| reared in big tree called the, Grand h",'i,'
the hollow trunk ot which VIII hold forty per.
sons Nenr by il " Noahs Ark" now fallen, but
which measures 80 feet in circumierene and
! $40 feet in length. and lust beyons II an an-
| named tree in the hollow trunk of which sy-
| teen horses can stand.
| How many ot these big trees are therr2
There are in California within tw nty Two
miles Of the Yosemite valley. five groves of nig
| trees. The Calaveras grove north OF the W.
semitic. contains ninety-iour trees; In" SuWh
! Park grove. six miles nearer the losemlt". ''h-
| tans l3sv trees from 10 To 30 feet in cir.um-
! ference. Tie Tuulumne grove contains th'riy
! trees. and the MHrpoS;t 700. making the total
numhor II big trees >equo,d giga"teaj III eAist-
! cnge IA the world 22l4
| Viii the number Of big trees increase?
There Is no reason why they should not
| The fires run through the, woods every y""ar
and this undoubtedly kills the little trees Tho
sd from ta1 BIZ trees can be so easily saherrd;
them to friends living in different parts vi tho
10 what species does the big tree belong?
No similar trc" Is found clsrwh re. lt
more closely resembles the common Amer an
| cedar such as grows in the swamps bclW.rn
Syracuse anu UucH, than any Other tree. Ia ma
same soil. sandy loan. grow in numh'rl.ss
millions slgantlG, plngs' yellow an wnle;;
| 10 a limb. The common bus nm or nr. su i ~
grows from to 80 inches N diam ter ia "
York. also grow here and feet in diam e
and Z2j feet high. ami the hop-pole cedar, Nli n
never gets beyond 80 inches III dlamet IN - "
York. mere groY5 70 feet IN diane, +, wl'h
ragged bark. which one can hardly distinguish
from the SeQuOid y,gduted. The red wood ~ ~,
which grow down On the California ru'si 10 ~
feet IN diameter. also closely Resemble H. w
trees.
How old are these trees?
| counted the com, nitric rings on tn lump
| of big trec-and all bo,an~ta a-rre thi.. N
niaSSlarsl 5.sio' So ihg ' tree t was 'a,l, ~
old. We find many blg trees from Jl1 ." ~
years old. We even finl pines. .ciu.-. 4nl al.
sans here from 300 10 300 years Ode w." -
| IL not strange - ne. Tor | ltlA'l4iN. r IT, 10
guild, once showed M tho elms ia OXogl 2.
land. amt told ms they were upward ID! ~
years old
The altitude of the big trees makes them cr7S
in almost perpetual snow. On O. . FIRST 0i JNA1
when W" could see them rruduu., IN 10 M
in the san Joaquin valley. "a" 'r, -i' !.
howei through the big tr''s o." ir 20
frosted tine llmbs Of the nix tr'r-. ANA N '',.l
VISA '''' ''' - ~ 81 '''' ' Lii PERKINS.
Grief OpIun, Death.