The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-02-22
THE YOUNG LuMBERMAM'e "sAM.
SON."

The Stoss Pond lots, up to the northeas
Of the old farm 10 Maine, had been at on,
line covered with f1e growth OF pine
Lumbermen, however, had cut 1t of fsrty
years before my time, oil except one tree
grand old pine, which stood near the deer
ravine OF Stoss Pond Brook.
1At first view II might have been thought
sentimest which had led the woodsmen tf
spare this one last pine Of oil the Thousands
- ruthlesslv slaughtered for lumber bui
he real reason was much more prosaic. The
pine stood within about ten feet Of the
brisk Of the ravins, and leaned 20 heavily
over 1t that the axmen had despaired Of
making II fall the other way.
II IL fell across the ravine great difficulty
.ould have attended getting the heavy
e out; moreover, the trunk would BE-
likely, In falling, to be 20 broken and shat.
tered ~ to be unfit for boards.
They therefore let II stand, and went
heir WAYS to other lots.
The gorge Of the brook WAS perhaps for.
ty feet deep, steep-sided and rocky, the
brook being roaring torrent In spring.
line, but later In the reason fns stresm
tor trout. 50 Stoss Pond pine, - We call
I'd II, stood unmolested, although valuable
Passing lumbermen often looked II over,
but gave 1t op a. 9 bad bargain. Nature
D d projected 1t quite efectually. The tree
vas probably two centuries old, whits
pine, more than three feet ID dia meter, tall
,ld without limb for forty or fity feet.
la our time It Increased In size but slowly,
u At all.
One day lats in October, 1874, my cou,
In Addison and bad gone up to Stoss
P,nd to gather basketful Of hiah-bnsh
craLb.rr,es, from bog there, for house.
n "A Jelly, and to look after acme yours
"a tie thatb,d been pasfured during the
unner In the openings about the pond.
A. We were looking for the young stock,
roe grown quite wild and .shy, we went
/, ast the solitary old pine, and were led 70
. op AID contemplate 1t with speculative
eye. For at this time Addison and | bad
osgun to attend wsynor Academy, and
hopes Of fitting for college-then
De. med . somewhat bold design.
The old squire had iptimated TO " pretty
plainly that II ~e went to collegs At all We
.o.uid have TO pay our own way there. A
c mmon-school education was all that be
fel able to gIve Us. Nov po'hipg 20 sharp.
rms . boy q vita ~ an awakening ambition
ob.ain an education; nothing puts him
-. re ke~nly on the lookout 10 make dol
! T. That sfIerLooo ~ the pood our tslL
tartsd 10 pisbs for sarnius monev. IL Was
II ,his 10 miod tha, ~e stoppsd 70 lool
=, tbs old p,Is.
I'm pretty SURF that trs's got tbre
beosabd f.et VI lumber 10 II, Addison 70.
IN ,rted. Is. ~orth fort, dollsrsa thou.
ard after i's h.uled aid saved. Thfes
haLdfsd oolisrs' worth of lumb 10 that
,r.e II Ne could only get IL out.
That's where the li'ch come, said. II
leans iea feet but q p.usb IL 10 bound
o fail into that guil,.
Thsrs ought TO bs ,ou. way Of getting
A clson ,sid. Le,', asg The old squire
/ ie sil l.t q, hsss Is
Aces dinsl,. /. ss sst st supper that
ixtt, aft. ~ .ki's 81 the youbg cattle.
Aoutsol sAk
ST., nay =. have ssoss Ponc plne for our
&C WOOL srpsaf.. paH spiiSg'
Tire old sqsfs laughed.
a.vs lo1i,d II that IRE nsly = time,
..dLs. samson hlmsslf could not push IL
or,r tnls .s, ard Il would be q pity to
suAsh Il up 10 the gaily.