The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-06
TREES ALONG ROADS.
Highway Adornment Is Sure to Folio
Highway Improvement.


Highway Improvement.
New interest seems to be centering
about the good-roads movement. Prob
ably this is due in some measure to the
fact that bicycles are coming more and
more into use. 1T only a question of
time until every public thoroughfare
OF any Importance will be constructed,
first, with view to making it passable
for bicycles and rubber-tired carriages,
which are being introduced In every
part Of the country. Already, in some
cities, more capital is invested in bicy-
cles than in carriages or wagons, and
the young men and women of the
country are taking unto themselves
wheels.
Another thing which will have con-
siderable influence on the roads of the
country Is the branching out of the
electric lines. These electric railways,
which In a few years will connect the
important towns Of the country, will
carry great deal of the farmers prod
uce into the towns, so that there will
not then be the same occasion for
heavy traffic that there is now.
Anyone who has travelled abroad
knows the pleasure which comes to
the wheelman, as he travels over the
compact and evenly constructed roads
OF England and the continent. While
they are immeasurably behind us in
everything which pertains to agricul-
ture, they do have splendid roads.
You know the German people as a
nation are very thrifty. They don't
allow much waste in any quarter.
Along their public highways are
planted different varieties Of fruit
trees-pears, apples, plums, etc.
grown in one or two rows on each
side of the road. How beautiful those
roads are! The trees produce shade,
which takes away that glitter and
glare, as well as softens the heat,
which make our gravel roads very dis.
agreeable to travel on during the hot
months
In many quarters of our country
maple or walnuts have been planted for
miles along the public roads, and how
welcome such stretch of road is to
the traveller, and how inviting it must
be to the hot and weary horse. If 1t
were only for the shade, trees should
be planted along every main highway.
But wherever we can combine utility
with beauty and comfort we should do
1t; 30 why not plant the more thrifty
fruit frees along our public roads,
Farm and Fireside.
Lucky Animals.
When Lord Eldon bequeathed his dog
Pincher to his daughter he left also an
annual allowance of eight pounds for
his food and maintenance. Prof. Win.
slow, who died at Copenhagen, 1911,
desired that his carriage horses should
be shot lest they should be ill-treated
by those into whose hands they might
fell, and an English lady of quality
actually left her dog sole executor of
her last will. 81 have great cause of
complaint" she says, against the
men. They are of no value, either
physical or moral. My lovers are tickle
and deceitful; my so-called friends
false and perfidious." A gentleman
who died, 1905 at Knightsbridge, left
a pension of twenty-five pounds to four
Jugs, ueSCenuduLS OF u 1altnful annual
who saved his life when attacked Wv
brigands while travelling in Italy. A
wealthy London widow bequeathed to
n pet parrot, the faithful companion of
twenty-four years, an annuity of two
hundred pounds, the bird to be pro.
duced twice year, failing which all
payments were to cease -Temple Bar.
A Roadside Appeal
They paused beneath the shade Of q
spreading oak.
The tall man with the eleven years.
growth of beard looked earnestly into
the face of his companion.
bill, he asked solemnly, will you
not share your crust with me?"
Tears sprang into the eyes of the
short party with long coat and no
shirt.
Hank" he observed, gazing upon
the citron pie he held in his hand.
you're always looking for the best of
! it."-Puck.