The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
HIGH KNOBS BERRY PATCH.
a BEAR PLANTED IT, AND THERE
Is ONLY ONE OTHER LIKE II.
II Produces white Observation-Disclosures They
Wore brought from New jersey To Penn-
uylvhnin, sprouted over LaJtoB'n Gravo.
and Were Trnnsplnnted by tho Bear.

wore brought from New Jersey to PENN
uylvanin. sproutea over LaytoB's Grave.
and Were Trnnsplnnted by tho Bear.
MILFORD, Pa, Aug. 2s.-"I was out white
huckleberryin tother day." said the man from
the Knob country. IAN picked sumpin' like half
a bushel OF elm. White huckloberrles That's
what l said. white huckleberrios Seems to
bc su'prisin' to you, white huckleberries docs.
Well. I don't wonder at 1t. white huokleborries
aiD't much plentier than white crows, for there
ain't but one place in Pike county where they
sprout an bloom, an that's back In the gar.
den spot OF everything. tho Knob country.
There's not only but one lone spot In
Pike county where white huckleberries grows,
but there's only one other spot In tho hull
blame country from Maine 10 Texas. and from
Texas to Californy. where white huckleberries
| grows. An that other lone spot is in Jersey-not
more'n twenty miles from hero, in Sussex
county, that other spot Is, How white huckle-
berries ever happened to spring up over there
history hain't sot down, but II they hadn't
sprung up over there. they wouldn't never
sprung up over hero in the Knob country.
"Yo Pike county follors that seems to think
that Jersey never done but ono good thing, Jest
wants TO ponder on this. Jersey has done
sumpin' besides applejack. Layin' appletack at
the feet Of u pinin' world give Jersey a tre-
mendous hist up'nrd 'mongst tho nations Of
earth, but she didn't stop at applejnck. She
opened her bosom to white huckleberries. My
private idee is that she done 1t to give her 70.
vorite sons over yender In Sussex county
sumpin' they could squeeze q juice out of
that'd only need to DO brung up right to knock
the all. jinglin' spots of O. apple juice, but
which them favorite sons haint never took ad-
vantage o; yit. Even netur' can't mako a
favorite son of northern Jersey believe there
could be anything bctter'n applejack. An be-
twixt mo an you, an on the quiet, I'll be Jig
gcred il l don't sort o'belicve that them favorits
sons is poorly nigh right Pervidin' its got tho
age, an was squeezed out O. sound nat'ral fruit,
an nobod, haint gone an made a mistake ON
p'isoned 1t by waterin' OF i'll
Anyhow. Jersey opened her bosom 10 whito
hucklcbcrries. Jest u sample lot, as 'twerc, and
them not being acted on. she quit right there in
that little corner O. Sussex county. 'cordin' to
my idec, TN l don't s'pose they'd ever gone any
furder II sumpin' hadn't happened that give 'em
a start over here in Pike county back in the
Knob country. the garden spot o all creation.
Anybody that's ever hunted deer hack there
knows where Layton's grave is. though
there amt no sign Of q grave there. nor
hRin't boon. not these fifty year an better.
Many y deer has been plinked by hunters stand.
IN ON ~l.nyton's grave. cause It's a runway that
deer sort o like to prance over, but | bct there
alu l Ont ultg nuuisTS tndt > "llt6u on
Layton's grave for n deer to como tearin' along
that knows who Layton was. or how he happened
to plt a grave way back there long the Knob.
Pike county that kin tell en- st.aight about
Layton IN his grave. an so | guess l better w
"L = q" wSss ; 4, S y teacher. an. 'cordin' ia
the way It's been handed down. wh.n he te,Chcd
the Young idse ., that haekwooas dess!ris, how
spruu' knowed tho reason for why. Conse. ence
was ~ whom tho young idee growel ~ in
! lao ~ - ~ NOVA NV IN cheat q laAsl.
bettcrn the young idee OF any other part o the
comrtr did. an Layton had u reputation tbs
from the ~hradwRt"r o the Paupack clean e
Fihtlors Elbow on the shores o Jersey. more'l
IA; Ton lived way down In Delaware town
ship, an his schoolhouse was sot down !nth'
Ono Snos season. %n' long sE n hbml1 th sn's TIM, S,ao O. . Sea .he R IKE
Brink an his wife came over from suisse,
county on u visit to some relations that livet
back nigh where Layton was teachin' schoo!
Layton boarded round, o course. an it happened
ihHt he ND sSt as fTF in Ms circuit as ,his re
ton well. an he was GLAD TO see him. an says tc
Layton. says he. I've fetched along som,
O. Jerseys ch'ices, perduction.
".Leave yor. alone fer that, Baltu:: say,
enart !! says Baltus. Six quarts. If there
p s:s.F ='Sar!s s'yi t'y,Cn: ,JaPi,er.s s bone.
, weeks vacs,ion How old is III, $500,
y 'tN 20 !. - =. ~ iooAih NAM v
, -. Yes says Layton. is 1t your own squee,
oh says Baltus. 4, Amt that; it's Whit
; hnCkleberr!es.. Don't grow howhere's e!so bu
' "Iveheerd that the look Layton turned on Bal
n tvs WIS rcm cachtuller ihan . tyin' does, an
I, was teoched how 10 shoot that afternoon was
> caution 70 Fourth. o, July skvCockets. sur
= with en- 4 hasket o th,ln white hucklehcrric
from that lone patch In Jersey. Their relations
folks had some Of ,em for tea that night. nn
o Layton. although Disappointment had tetche
I his appetite r little, sampled thre" sassers fu.
OF EN- with cream and sugar; and then declare
k ever licked his palate with. ,
4 That Is, says he. looking little reproacf
y lie liked them white huck'chcrrics so niue
t that Ealkcs's wife promised 10 dry, him dow
. a%couplc a quarts or SO when she got back home
II tbs crop wasn't all gone. an send en- 10 hiI
t I've hain't never dried none says sh.
cause they'm too scarce an precious, but l.
dry you a couple, OF quarts or So. says she, ar
send 'em TO YOU
Z q, day or two Baitls an his vito went honl'
- Nothin' more was heerd about the dried whit
z Christmas tint when school was goin' 10 let on
4 for n week, an layton was Roin' down home t
sdp ay be sss lin" ch ri nGl"w' oss ,0T %. BnYius rf b t yfF
behold he fetched the twoqnarts @ dried viii,
hucklcbcrrics that his mother had promise
o Layton. This was tho first chance she'd had I
o send EN-. Layton WAS tickled all but to pieces
I'm have sumpln' for my Christmas dinner
u says he. that nobody else on top O. the hu
blame %foot;tool win have says he. That
= Layton started Tor home that afternoon afte
"a school. II was snowin', an BLOWN tremendous
He never got home. an nobody never seen NJ
heerd nothin' Of him till the snow went of tn
next spring, Then a bark;peeler found hi
n his way in the storm. they s'posed. an frozc
! death. They buried him right where they foun
/ him; an that's how Layton happened to git b
y Tho next summer, so no told me more tim,
than ] got fingers an toes, my pap was lookil
!" for deer signs over South o the Knob. an /
happened to pass by I~ayton's grave. II
!, stopped to take a look at It, an noticed n huckl
berry bush CROWN right ont o the grave. whic
n struck him as sort O. queer. cause II was I'll
only hurkleberry bush any whercs. around Their
- He stepped up TO look closer, an then he stopp,
~ II ne had took root himself. for no seen tn
n the bush was loaded with berries. an they vi
white rs snow! Soon IN pap could Kit h
- breath. he turned an took to his heels, an new
stopped till he got out o them woods. Then !