The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-04-24
SOME NOTED TREES.
Interesting Subject for
School Children.

Arbor Day was generally eel
ebrated by the schools in mos
of the cities of the State. The
day was devoted to planting
memorial trees and talks
about trees; trees peculiar, use.
full, historical, &c. Also the best
methods of planting and pruning
Our school did not celebrate the
day, but due opportunity yet is
afforded before vacation, to de-
vote one day from the dull text
books, to study a lesson from
the leaves OF nature.
No more interesting and in
structive subject conld be chosen
than Trees. The child does not
eat a meal but the fruit of some
tree graces the table. The child
can not look off its book. but the
face of q Tree smiles upon his
vexed countenance, and cheers
his tired eye. Trees are the ev
er living, all surrounding mis-
| sionaries and monitors of the Di-
vinity, preaching wholesome les
sons and pure aspirations. Some
time when the raiment of spring
clothes the now bare branches,
and when the blossoms beautify
and preach the Resurrection, it
would be good idea for our
teachers and pupils to spend a
dav in the woods and talk about
the Trees,
A pleasant feature Of Arbor
Day in many schools was a dis
cussien on Noted Trees. All ma
tions have had their noted Trees.
historical and legendary land
marks. Our country not ster-
lie in this respect. Every school
boy knows of Charter Oak,
Penn's Treaty Tree, Pontiacs
Tree. Jane McCray Tree, TO
say nothing of the Sour Apple
Tree on which it was proposed
to hang Jeff Davis.
The Miami Apple tree, at Fort
Wayne Indiana, is twenty-four
feet in diameter. 1t was planted
by the early French missionaries,
and is the largest fruit tree
in the world. The oldest living
thing in New York city, is the
Stuyvesant Pear tree, planted by
Governor Stuyvesant in 1647.
The weeping willow tree has a
history that is interesting. 1t is
briefly this: Alexander Pope,
author of Millions Paradise Lost,
was once asked by grand Eng
lish Lady-Lady Howe, to write
a description of a plude. The
poet did so, and so exactly de-
scribed the naughty Lady Howe
that she conceived bitter ha-
tired for the poet and prosecuted
him to his grave. She bought his
home place. In his little yard
was a weeping willow which he
had grown from a branch that
was used to tie up a bunch of
figs sent to him by a friend from
Smyrna. The vicious Lady Bowe
destroyed everything that Milton
had planted. A young British
officer secured a sprig of the will
low tree and coming with his
regiment to America planted it
at Abingdon, the patrimonia al es-
state Of Custis, step son of Wash
ington. The tree was destroyed
during the wars of the Revolu-
ton, but Gen. Gates got a branch
and planted it on his farm at
Rose Hill, now a part of New
York City, where the tree still
stands. From this tree all the
weeping willows of the country
have their origin. Some fine phi
losophizing might be drawn from
the Prudes Spite, but this we
leave to the class on compost
tons.
No doubt many of our pupils
have seen the famous Logan
Elm beneath whose branches le-
gend tells US the old indian war.
rior made his memorable speech.
The tree stands in a great level
plain ON the farm of MIR. Boggs,
of Pickaway county, about seven
miles from Circleville. 1t is low
branching. the trunk not being
over thirty feet. Tire branches
extend nearly horizontally from
the trunk, and are forty or fifty
feet in length, giving the tree a
width of nearly one hundred
feet. 1t is as broad as it is high.
The tree is enclosed by a sub
stantial fence, and a few years
ago showed no signs of decay.
Hooking county has some no.
ted trees, a few only of which we
will mention, hoping that our
readers and the school children
who know of others, will send us
a description for publication in
the Sentinel.
A noted tree in Hooking was a