The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-09-14
ONCE MORE "OUR TRAMP WRITES,

by the wayside, on a mossy stone" !"
underneath the boughs Of hemlock
that has all gone to limbs instead Of
timber, on this beautiful afternoon of
early September, we sit at rest, and
having come into possession of some
paper and a stump of pencil, no
matter how-and not knowing when
such a combination Of fortuitous cir.
cumstances may again occur, we lay
hold of our opportunity to reuew long.
time'since acquaintancship with the
world through the columns of the Re-
PUBLICAN.
This has been quite a summer, full
of surprises and all kinds of weather.
The weather and the produce prophet
have had hard fortune, but unabashed
they'll rise again, and be found doing
business at the old stand as usual. Our
wanderings since the SHOWS and irosts
disappeared last spring have carried
US over much territory, and if not
happier we're wiser than We used to be.
We've Jared as well as we have deserv.
ed, and that's satisfactory, although it
is less than same can say.
Up in Warren county, in and near
the Brokenstraw valley, we think we
have seldom seen such crops of hay as
were harvested there. One man at
Spring Creek who docs large bust.
ness in which horses figure conspicu.
ously, and who has also a large barn,
offered So per ton for hay delivered in
the barn, and easily filled it at that
figure. With hay plenty as that who'd
sleep on bed of rails? There's somo
fruit in the country, too; tame fruit,
we mean. Not enough for any large
amount of shipment, but plenty for
dried apple pies and vinegar. In
Pleasant township in Warren county,
we fnund a small fruit farm that would
do credit to the Lake Shore region.
; There were raspberries aud black Der.
ries and currants and gooseberries and
Strawberries, and some other things
of some Of these a Der of varieties.
/, There were the fiuest and largest red
raspberries we ever saw grown. The
= The owner of this farm last year sold
to one dealer, from his own farm, over
100 bushels of berries, and this year
his crop would be nearly double that.
This is seven miles from Warren, out
on the hills, but as free from frost as
: the river bottoms are, We saw LON
hardy poplars growing there with nary
dead limb to be found anywhere on
them.
This part Of the State will show in
the year to come that it is capable OF
some things other than timber, oil and
great men. Had it not been for the
more terrible disaster at Oil City and
Titusville there was material in plenty
furnished by the floods along the Brok.
enstraw and Conewaugo to make col.
umns of sensational reading. 1t will
take time and many dollars to repair
the damage done in those valleys.
What pity that sympathy is yoke .fel
low to so poor traveller as memory.
| And still it is a good thing, a short
q memory is. Most of us (not tramps
, alone) have reason to be thankful that
, our memories are not measured by a
:. whole meridian of longitude. Our
y noses would never curl up as they
g show tendencies to do, sometimes, were
j, it otherwise.
The blackberry crop was big one
and is thing of the past. The afore
). said berry has been noted these many
9 years as the basis Of more than on,
product, and has been loved by th,
s wild beast and the civilized human
a alike. And with the changes of tim,
il has added to its original possibililie
some new items. 1t has lately become
n the avowed enemy of strict truthful
!. ness, and has added to many a man
# veracity a stretch it aforetime wot no
!. Of Berry.gatherers and fishermen
hereafter will travel in the same cate
CORY of virtuous prevaricatious. As
IS specimen of whEt-ttfhis industry ha
B. produced we append a sample: "On
s, hundred quarts 10 one day p "Six
'. teen quarts in |! hours" or 12S in
D. day of II hours. These fables teac
If that the spirit of Cesar lives, aud th
d. lengths to which it tempts extend be
5. youd the vision of old julius even.
b TRAMT