The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22


famous, the gifted, the crowned, the
titled Jesus did not pronounce these
people happy for the simple reason
that a great part of the time these
things bring much misery in their
TRAIL and there is abundant evidence
to prove that myrlads of human flow
ers are happy who possess none OF
these so-cslled dlgnities.
'Iet us think for a moment OF the
human flower by the name of johnnie
Appleseed. This remarkable person
was man with a mission, something
as John the Baptist was a man with
mission. That is to say, Johnnie
Appleseed was possessed with an idea
to do a certain thing which made him
oblivious to consequence and oblivious
to the opinions of men. He was
wanderer on the face of the earth, by
many considered demented. His one
object was to plant seeds OF the APP
pie and in order to accomplish this
he travelled, mostly on foot, from one
state or territory to another The
name of this historical character Will
go down through posterity as pubic
benefactor. His was plain and sim
pie work. He devoted his life to it,
and behold the result. Whenever his
feet trod the earth there sprung up
trail of apple trees, many of which
continue to bear fruit at this moment
throughout vast range of country.
These trees have furnished shade and
Nesting places for the birds and squir-
rels. Beneath their boughs man and
animals have received protection, and
from the fruitful branches almost
every living creature that passed that
way have been sustained and strength
ened But more than this, planting
and orcharding have been encouraged
throughout the country by this exam
pie of Johnnie Appleseed. Was he
crazy? Perhaps so, Perhaps not.
There are thousands of human flow
level headed who are doing far bet
ter work for mankind than some who
are considered sane.
Come, let us shake the Cobwebs out
of our minds. Let them flourish and
If the soil is good you will bring forth
harvest of ideas that will mean sue
cess in abundance. That is what we
are here for, not only to reap, but
to SOW also. There are many people
of today reaping great benefit from
the grange who are opposing it. We
are enjoying many good laws that
would never have passed and became
law had 1t not been for the grange
and it's work. The time has come
when the farmers must,unite and there
is no better way than to join the
grange. of which there are over 800
organized in the state of Ohio and
growing rapidly Wake up and fall
in line There isn't human flower
possessed of all his faculties who has
not in him an idea that will lead to
something useful, if he will have
stamina enough to adhere to it until
the dawn. or plod along and finally
realize all their dreams.
"These are some of the things which
have made Mrs. Shepherd, of Califor-
MIA, the witch of the floral world,
creating new varieties of Towering
plants. just as the famous Luther Bur
bank produces fruits and vegetables
before unknown to the common mass
of human kind This human flower
or wizard of horticulture. God did not
consider weeds In that big soul gar
den that he saw fit to destroy by
earthquake and fire. Mr.. Burbank's
gardens escaped. his photograph views
escaped miraculously. The building
was splintered except the portion
where the views were stored. Is there
not a valuable lesson to be learned
in this valuable truth. Undoubtedly
what occurred on the surface Of the
earth will be found and described
But what will help In any way to
foretell or guard against the next
earthquake. To build church for
every $50 people and one saloon (if
must be) for every $500 people is the
only advice your humble servant is
able to make for the new city, as it
was estimated that the suffering city
maintained one saloon to every $50
people and one church for every 2500
people. However, California has the
sympathy of the whole country in this
awful calamity.
"And now to return to this fam
GUS human flower, Mrs Shepherd. The
work that Mrs. Shepherd is most in
terested in is that of hybridizing. In
this way she creates new varieties of
blossoms by carrying the pollen from
the flower of one plant to the pistil
of another. The seed of the second
plant is thus fertilized with the pol
len of the first and a blossom is pro
duced more or less distinct from eth
er. The new variety may be finer
dteea,on& pro,, aitbar Of tho othar