The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-07
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A Tree That Was Growing Four Hun
dred Years Before Columbus Sailsd
Observation-Disclosures Plants From
North Carolina Enough to Fin an
Apothecary Shop - inhabitants Of
Carolina Forests = Something From
the Argentina For Railroad Men.
Some Other Valuable Things From
the Great South American Republic.
Beavers From Canada Give 5ustIe to
the Forestry Palace.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE BY
MARK BENNITTl
A tiny iced Of a yellow poplar tree
fell in southern soil one day some 400
years before the western continent was
discovered by Columbus, and a tree
sprang up. & remarkably fine specimen
of treehood 1t must have been-llthe,
stalwart and self reliant The other
trees of the forest must have stood
about it and, pointing toward 1t with
admiration, said with common voice,
There Is d tree" In summer it laugh
ed with the breeze with its brilliant
leaves and In winter sang to the wind
with its bare branches. Each year 1t
wound about Itself a new ring lest 1t
should forget IT'S age and lifted its head
higher among Its fellows What tale
1t might tell of "I'he Trees Knew or
1.-THE Animals That Were Ny Friends
BY diligence and strict attention to
business this tree had put on enough
rings to make girth OF 100 inches
when Columbus broke into history No
act of Columbus was permitted to IN
terfere, however, with tile purposes OF
this yellow poplar and It continued its
ambitious career for another four cen.
turtles, the boundaries Of North Carroll
ma meantime having been thrown
around its abiding place This IL how
it comes about that we find In the
North Carolina forestry exhibit this
section of a yellow poplar tree 500
years old, registered from North Caro-
lima. but representing a prehistoric age.
1t comes from Cherokee county and
grew on the banks of Hanging Dog
creek. The specimen, a section OF the
trunk, Is seventy-tw inches across. Il
was $50 feet high, 90 feet 70 the first
four limbs, a compact and magnificent
tree.
In the North Carolina exhibit In the
Palace OF Forestry are seventy five
kinds Of commercial woods, all dis
played Ii commercial form Each spec
linen Is q four inch plank, four feet
long, with bark on both edges. Half
the surface Is natural and half finished
with oil and varnish. OF the seventy
Ave specimens the most abundant In
North Cardinals vast forests are the
yellow poplar, pine, cypress. gum, oak,
maple, birch. chestnut. ash, red and
white cedar. Here, too. Is a great col
lection of forest seeds, as well worthy
OF q few minutes examination as any
thing ! can suggest Upon shelves in
glass Jars are 40 kinds Of medicinal
plants, roots, woods and barks from
North Carolina, and l am told that this
collection is incomplete BY about sixty
specimens. And yet osteopathy con
tinues to flourish, not even counte
nancing boneset
The shredded pine leaf industry has
sprung up in North Carolina as in
other states having pine forests, and
the product takes rank as a staple IN
the manufacture Of furniture, mat
tresses and pillows.
A famous old black walnut tree Of
Moore Cove, Jackson county, which
contained originally 5000 feet Of lum-
Der. IS represented here by one OF the
big logs. The other parts Of the great
tree, owing to the rare beauty Of the
grain. are doing duty DIS veneers on
numberless fine pianos scattered
throughout the world. TO what great
uses may humble tree come at lasti
That tall animal, With lank body and