The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-09
Practical Forestry.
From Indoors aud Outdoors.

From Indoors aud Outdoors.
My information on the subject is not
very extensive, to be sure, but know
that every man, woman or child who
plants a tree in the right place is a pa
trot, because the action is a benefit to
the country. | was taking a walk n
day this summer under the grand old
elms that make the streets of New Ha-
ven look like the aisles of q great, grand
cathedral, when l saw three boys curl
ously watching an old gentleman who
| was fling n bag with elm-sceds. | came
up Just in time to hear the old man ask
the bows to finish filling the bag for him,
as bending over so long was tiresome for
one of his age. They were bright-lonk-
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 a seat. As they put it
by his side, one of them asked what he
wanted with such worthless stuff.
81 will tell you willingly" said the
gentleman, land perhaps you will be in
| terested enough to give me a little more
| help. | wen through the far western
part of our country list year, and so
many places where there are no trees
| that l thought would do what l could
to remedy the evil, for it really is q very
serious want. New, | am going to send
some little canvas bags OF. elm seeds to
all the postmas,ers out that way and see
| if they cannot get some n to plant the
| 1oadsides and anywhere else they like"
what a good ideal" said one of the
boys. "Where do you get the bags?"
''That is easy" was the answer. 81
have four bright-eyed little granddauqh-
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, "thats
the bag party my sister Susie and cousin
kittie have one to-: | didn't know
what they meant when they talked OF
it."
THAT must be it," said the old gentle
man; II 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
fasten on the tags | have written ad.
| dresses on. Then they will write some
postal cards addressed to the same Of
fees" .
Show will they know what to writer
asked one Of the boys.
They will copy this" said the gen.
tleman, taking a card out of his pocket
and putting on his spectacles to read il
mir. 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?"
"Whs makes you take all this trou.
j ble?" asks one of the boys.
"Pro uono publico, MY boy. Can yor
tell me what that means?"
eyes, sir; for the good of the public
'That is it. ! love my country, and ]
love my people who live init. If l.were
a rich man, 1 should do great things fol
the public; but even if l am comparative
ly poor, l am not willing to die without
doing some good work, SO l am going te
leave my native land q legacy of trees
Every year that l live mean to send a
supply of trees to the west"
One of the boys should cred the bag
10 carry it home for the old gem
Llemen, and the party moved off. while
/ went slowly across the park thinking
that l would suggest to the boys and
girls who read the Indoors and Outdoors
that they do a little Of this kind Of for
estry.