The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-01
Practical Forestry.
From Indoors and Outdoors.

From Indoors and Outdoors.
My information on the subject is not
| v|ry extensive, to be sure, but know
that every man, woman or child who
plants tree in the right place is pa
trot, because the action is a benefit tc
the country. I was taking walk one
! day this summer under the grand old
| e!ms that make the streets of New Ha.
ven look like the aisles ola great, grand
cathedral, when saw three boys curl
ously watching an old gentleman who
| was fling bag with elm-seeds. l came
! up just in time to hear the old man ask
! the boys to finish filling the bag for him
| rs bending over SO long was tires ONE for
one Of his age. They were brightloo
| ing. good-mannered fellows, and they
| soon carried the bag filled to the mouth
to the bench where the tired old gentle
man had taken seat. As they put it
by his side, one Of them asked what he
wanted with such worthless stuff.
II will tell you willingly" said the
gentleman, land perhaps you will be in
terested enough to give me little more
help. l went through the far western
part of our country LIST year, and so
many places where there are no trees
that thought would do what I could
to remedy the evil, for it really is very
serious want. New, lam going to send
some little canvas bays Of elm seeds to
all the postmaslers out that way and see
if they cannot get some one to plant the
What q good ideaw said one of the
boys. "Where do you get the bags?"
THAT is easy" was the answer. II
have four brigh,-eyed little granddaugh-
ters, and they have each an intimate lit
tie friend, and all this afternoon the
eight bright-eyed girls have been hard
at work making the little bags"
"Oh," said the biggest boy, "tha!'s
the bag party my sister Susie and cousin
i<ittie have gone to: l didn't know
what they meant when they talked OF
it,"
"That must be it," said the old gentle
man; Il don't believe there is any other
party of the kind. The girls are going
to fill up the bags and sew them up and
tasten on the tags l have written ad-
dresses on. Then they will write some
postal cards addressed to the same of.
fees"
elbow will they know what to writer
asked one of the boys.
They will copy this" said the gen.
t!elnan, taxing caro- OUT u his pocket
and putting on his spectacles to read it
-"Mr. Postmaster, will you give the
bag Of elm seeds you receive with this
to anybody in your town who is enter
prising enough to plant them?"
"What makes you take all this trou-
ble?" asks one OF the boys.
"Pro ono pubhco, MY boy. Can you
tell me what that means?"
eyes, sir; for the good Of the public"
'"That is it. l love my country, and I
love my people who live init. If l.were
rich man, should do great things TOR
the public; but even if am compartive-
ly poor, am not willing to Gle without
doing some good work, so am going to
leave my native land q legacy of trees.
Every year that live raean to send
supply of trees to the west"
One OF the boys should cred the bag
to carry it home for the cid gem
tlemen, and the party m Dyed of, while
I went slowly across the park thinking
that l would suggest to the hoys AID
girls who read the Indoors and Outdoors
that they do little of this kind Of Tor
estry.