The Democratic advocate., 1880-11-13

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We, psit y 'sses g1aSelvily leaning
s.l'ss e1ou v'nel, --'V less nnsu, anu eacn
say leee ~ V'.uuin'e1sncei ING hermit,
s.,r. sv'''aly ~ sPSoimsa oi steAs proPVt',ons'
.ne o'e ea nalu' : MISUNDERSTANDING :
sp,lsssl, '.r ~ NY y'n.us isss ~ elfSum'efeneei
lhs v'e paoleloL, fouguiu uheehps
NY /, ieAows & ueS,'y sn'se hu1ureo ieee 70
neisne lug peau'y ol 'he Forest win
gI4ce,ui iOnase anu symms'ricM ,ronk,
,.s vuSle hom NApln, IN sue in'sflor Q,
vnion .Isusy'n'o Petsons san pe seassu
soia'otsap yes oniy ! ptiei mention oi
wv y snrse u me 'noss nm, pIonlnensc Gan Iere-
wlsn y aPpenueu' ns Na'ner ., 'ue TOT,
~, = prSs'saseu, noaoW, hm1iessi ana
l.nou.oark 'yet across Ihs;oo's heais1anee
~s"snsy-e'sns iees, ana 'he extreme iengtn
- nnese any s'sn Vi top eouio % lound
= oo9 lee' ln'o ene Tree me TOURIST eau
rue ninety isee on norseDacA.
ns mo.ner ol ene Forest mas oeen
serippea o. l's parA 70 . distance oi llo
iee,' yet .ne circumference az us pase Is
sun elgn'yiour iees, dhe Tree Is estma-
.eo 70 contain oSt ,UVV leet OF SOUND men
,uihoef' n twenty nse eotuA Oh WOOD VIII
.eep tue Eastern Ieaaer enlmney roar
ing through an ensife winter such q Tree
~ the ABOVE would iurnis1 iuel s1neient
iot nearly twenty years. Vne OF tne iarg-
est trees IN TINS grove not many years ago
was cut uown' rive men were employed
twenty Gays IN tne WorK' Even siter tne
trunk naa Oeen entirely severed IRON 1he
stump py means OF pump augers' three
Gays were required, py tne men win
wedges, 70 throw the monster over Inc
stump mas peen smootheu on, ana on tne
same there Is room ior snlr'y-two persons
70 aance iour sets OF eotiiions az tne same
time The feat has often been performed.
between nve ana SIX ieet from tne ground,
across tne solid wood Of the stump, tue
distance Is twenty-five ieet, and, WITH bark
included, twenty-eigh' ieet Inc Mariposa
grove comprises a tract about TWO miles
square ana Is tne properly OF the state
.. Salliornla. II = situated SIX mles
uis1an1 from 'ne Dig tree station, on tne
Diarlposa tram 70 the Yosemite and about
sixteen miles due south OF the hotels IN
the valley fhe average sue OF the trees
Is greater than that oi any other grove 10
the STATE oaL the average height Is lnie-
rior 10 that OF tue trees Of VAlaVeras' here
are IN reaiity TWO distinct groSes-the
upper one containing 400 DIG trees over
ten IN diameter, ana the lower about one
nan as many In the upper grove are at
least ten trees over eighty 'eet 10 eiream-
ieranee' ana l-o over ior'y leet IN eireum,
terence, several trees mere badly burned
were or,g,nany over Ivy 'se' "a y S'rcuniier, q
cnce, while otners, yeI IN inc iuii vlgor Of
tneir growth snow proportions but little
interior, nos' % .Ae 'rSeS nave oeen
numbered ins'sau OF named IKE those OF
Oaiaveras, anu complete description
would show wonders the hall OF which has
not yet been told. The principal tree in
either grove Is the Que known as the
"Grizzly 6iant, and the eye and sense OF
the Inspector are at once bewlldered at the
size OF Us mighty proportions At the
base OF TINS tree the carriage road stops,
ana tho trail Tor horses begins. "Golly,
that's a ~hopperl SAID one OF our party
as we approached; and soon We all named
TINS mighty wonder the grandest OF the
mariPosa grove carefully measuring the
eirenmierence with q line carried for that
purpose, We found 1t to be over ninety
three feet at the base, and this not count.
ing the burnt away portions, which would
have made the total still greater. We
measured thirty-one feet as the diameter.
At the base were hve openings, any one of
which seemed large enough for the accom-
mediation OF camping party; and imme
aiateiy around these the bark was gone.
From the ground TO the height OF about
eleven feet the tree contracted perceptibly;
then, perfectly round, 1t Shot up With
scarcely enange 70 inc ipwest limits,
wnlcn were iully 1VV feet from she ground
20 one s'de were ABOUT ten iinibs, varying
i,om .no 70 az iees 10 o,ame'ar' ana Oh
~ Sne v'hei avou. '"ei'e Amos as Afge
he 'arsesl hmo was Pfopaoiy 10y ieet
from 'ne ground ana TINS was isily tseaty
sses 10 circumference where n ieitthe trunk
shooting Out IN straight line for dis
'anee ol 'hlf'y ieet or more Il curved then
seuoeniy upward 10 PerPend'eaiaf diree-
'ion' ana a. a distance OF seventy i've feet
more was iost IN the upper ioliags. Sec
onuary orancnes, a. large as ioitgrown
eastern oak, shos out IRON this primary
1rancn as irunk, ana there again pro-
aneed other branches u the third aud
'ouftn generation some O these branches
were ueeayed' some were moss eoyeredi
some were 10 tne iull yisoF q theif extra
ordinary CROWN. Inc TOP OF ne tree
seemed 70 nave oeen broken oni perhaps
oy i,ghen'ngi and the appearance Of the
wnoie was that OF a War.Wofo veteran Of
sne sierra II was near ausk When We had
Hnisneu our inspection Of this mighty tree.
we were over mile above the level OF
'po sea, ana SIX miles from our stopping
pace iIl tue nisht' ouii we fingered.
Aithousn IL was Jnne, yet the eternal
SHOWS Oh Ine mountains were everywhere
,ieenu US ana, as tne hage banks and
urli's s..e'cheu away Oh 10 the distance,
me melting power o. neat and the elements
was on ssery slae uened. NOT a weed or
u.aos q siasS renewed 'ne monotony oil the
ns~ nv 'ne Sn.lPlng OF an insect or the
'Ml''eI,ns y piru was heard; The sol.
e'nn ss,.ue's - .ne n'sn, auued weird
anueus % Tue scene; NOW ana then a
| pteath VI "tnu stitfeu tne tOpmost branches