The Press., 1889-05-23
Cor The Press.l RUBBISH OR SHADE TREES, WITH WHICH SHALL WE AD0RN OUR HIGHWAYSg

 Look at this pile of rubbish. A cracked ! stone churn, two old tin tea kettles, a rag | ged door mat several pairs of worn-out | shoes, dozen or more tin cans, lot of
 empty bottles and broken crockery, with |
 the thousand and one other odds and ends ! which the spring housekeeping has col lected from garret and cellar, and every in- tervening closet and cupboard and top
 pantry shelf, together with gleanings from 1 the fence corners and stone walls around
 the back yard.
 What shall we do with it? We don't
 want it lying around the dooryard, so
 gather it up and dump it a little way down l the roadside. If there should chance to be clump of bushes or few piles of
 stones a little further on, distribute part
 of it among them, it will add more variety l to the adornment.
 Have you not all seen, even in close
 proximity to we'll kept door-yards and or
 namental lawns, just such unsightly heaps
 and struggling piles of rubbish which peo-
 pie were too lazy to burn, or busy, thought less and careless of the appearance it gives
 to an otherwise attractive highway. Of
 course the rubbish which aUiU accumulate
 about even we'll regulated house must in
 some way be disposed of. Most of it might be burned, few minutes energetic work with hoe and spade would bury 1t out of sight, but if we na4st dump it in the road side we will endeavor to make it serve
 purpose of adornment if within the range of possibility. have now in mind pic
 ture of little white farm house set low in green valley, close by laughing brook,
 between two beautifully wooded hills. It has all the accessories of pleasant rural landscape, except that the view is rather Ta lo hia ,1a , ant valley adorned, think you, with tin cans or old pans In my occasional drives through the val , ley have never seen one of either, or an empty bottle, or broken dish of any kind. In fact if they were there it would be diffi- cult to find them, for the rubbish of broken vehicles of almost every known style, to- gether with fragments of every harness ever used on the farm, so completely strew the roadside for some rods that not much ? else would be noticed. I think here must have been the scene of the final collapse ? of that famous vehicle, 'the deacon's one hoss shay"
 know another unpretending farmhouse - set high up on 8 hillside. Two or three r giant pines guard the highway near it, and 1 some high, rugged looking rocks. Grouped : at their base are little rocks, tin cans, old s pans, battered pails and any receptacle for 5 soil, with some rustic stumps and branches, g the whole made beautiful by the flowers U and vines which are growing and climb. e ing among them under the shelter of the ! pines. Our friend has removed his door. yard fence, which gives him quite a sweep of lawn. It has become well shaded by @ the beautiful trees and vines he has plant. ed. Flora has made it bright with flowers, e the walks and drives have become we'll es. 5 tablished, of suitable materials. The lawn seems nearly perfect, but what of the high - way beyond? Are there plenty of trees ft ] l. shade and shelter, or is there some rub p bish yet left that ought to be removed tc
 give place to them? Our diversified coun
 try roads give us wide choice in the va o riety of trees for shade and ornament, an6 p no more delightful drives can be found 1T j. all this reglon than Stafford could boast ot :? it were not for this lack of shade trees or @ many of our highways. In few years
 when the observance of arbor day has be
 come more general, I think we shall see g e great improvement in this respect. Hand l. some shade trees will take the place at oul '- roadsides now occupied by unsightly rub bish and heaps of stone, and each land '' owner will take pride in making the high
 way attractive with shade and beauty as ' far as his line extends. The good work
 has begun, some have already set lines o
 elms and naples, and others have trimmed
 up and thinned out trees already growing l. having single trees and groups of different
 kinds. .- d There are places where single oak ol 0 walnut tree seems more suitable than line Q or group of other trees. For village high
 ways long lines of elms or maple seems d most fitting, or if we wish more variety the ! beautiful horse chestnut, the catalfa, o1
 the stately tulip tree, while we leave the
 poplar, the cherry, the birch, etc., for the 1T by roads. The pine should shelter the
 sandy levels, and the ledgy knoll is the d place for the hemlock. Where the high !, way skirts the waters edge plant the vii d low. There is no kind of tree but is suit 6 ed for some place, and no place but can be
 made suitable for some tree, so if you have @ only place at the roadside to plant one tree ], plant that one, if it be only an apple tree d However far your highway borders extend > you can hardly plant too many for many y years to come. -E- MATRoN. 't Staffordville, Conn.
 JUST MARRIED. How loving they are; thit Is is always sure sign. After the first veal