Evening capital., 1907-09-13


f1is last work vas for Mr. James r.
woodward. AZ Coiiisgtsn- Rrines
fseorxe's county. y here ,fr- NaesIs lg.l
owns a large est1fe-- 3eialr. and
has = hne asenne ~ tulfp trees npt
tree ~ which Is less than tw0 1um-
dred years old
The 0id house On this aansisalle
estate bears she date 1885, The
bricks " which tbs oid 1oase vas
built we're 1roHght ever fr1m tuG
land. anI the lumber was hana-1eru
from the oid ozAs in the fgsas1 ln
ghe cemtrg ~ wnien tfe 8Guse was
built. These eld tuiirs em SIR Horsi-
war1's estate are not esfu4t tn size to
this great giant OF - 4ohn's tol-
lege campus. fls largest ere nletstlr
ing rine feet iu diameter whfie ti.d
Liberty Poplar measures sa1rssen feet
in diameter
IL - a costly thing E0 NaEe trees.
aua 81 - tarouzh the geuerssgs snunia-
eeuge 81 SIR Js1es T. FEea1war.i- %
the Hanover National Bank 81 NeN
York. q great friend To- ~ Ie1n $
goIleze. that Ehfs work - trEe sur-
zery IS besag done to save te48 pi1
historic tree. 1fr. Woodward - fo ct-
Johns. what COL Robert - Iholnr
son IS % Tire naval academy and both
local educational institutions are
blest n having sueh heuefaetors and
friends.
ft seems - be impossiblsto - ascertain
fne definite eess ~ suen an uusleria&
ing as that rew in progress ef rest0r-
ing and preserving the ol1 tree- tt
has been Ggmred out- b-wsver. snat
tEe cost. 4pproximzred. vii ne less
than q .CG0.
The cement Is esrsrlg. and wbfie Isl
was expected that &c would 14<e only
twenty-five tons 90 eemeng 90 AlA tns
cavity. il wfil take nearly aftv rons-
Ten tons hare already been ase'l, and
only a few feet from the ground a4s
been filed As stated hefsse. t1s
work progresses slowly eeeause i1e
cement must be pat in In snail qaan-
titles and ieft % dry toat Is may sas-
tain It's own weight. and thar there
mav be No strain en- the rree-
SIR. Withers has an order ffunl tne
National Chapter - - K - lx up
the old trees AZ N1uut Eeruan- tNeoty
ar thirty ~ wnich ase kuoxn - have
been planted by f.eorgc W&sniuEron- y
0ue ~ these Old trees. q maxnoifl.
fs ~ bal share. Tt was tne tast
tree planted ~ General Washington
After leaving Annapolis Mr- Wftners
will 20 20 eoIlington to eonpLsge the
work on trees there for Mr- W0oll-
ward. which re Jeff to eums here.
and frou Co1llnGt0n hs viii 20 to
1T Veshon- After thai ha expects 60
10 his next work IN tree suszery az
Barryt0wn. IN tae Ilslson Nallsy.
for Mrs Jobu J. Chapmau- = SISTER
81 the Iieuteuant-tioEsrnor - <ew
York Tres moving and transplant
ing is also adepartmenE ~ Nr- VITA
ers+ w0rk. and be says this - G1@
proper season for moving evergreen
trees
In digging out ths Old Liberty
Poplar on ~ Jobn's EoIIegs campus
/ preparatory t. plugging tbs tree Win
lcsmeut. there rolled Gus froHn the de-
eaved wood at thc bottom 90 the caE-
kEtv Bn old fork This. = in several
other old relies. Was unearthesI- I1e ed
/ fork = the kind IN use in the ear =
| part ~ the ninetssnth century, and IS
/ handmade It's bone handie j. EiFeresl
on to the irou. and the iron pFQnGs ar
much rusted- \ portion of the bore
handle Is hroken-oa
Mr.. j.. wfrx Randall has this souVe-
mir. The old fork unsIoub1stly vas
thrown into tse cavity oy soldiers
during the C1<iI Mar Il - known
the cavity IN the old tres daEss naeA
70 1910. ~ometime durinG tae fltt'
| Var a branch dropped fEon the tree.
/ Soldiers weEe In camp 1nder the trea
and the huee fimb fell between TVS
% the tents It vas 80 guideci IN q.
| fail that it neither injured the mes
or the teuts- and is was CONSIDERS
miraculous how the limb eeuld TAI
y ith0ut killing or naming souue "a
the soldiers One man haA I1sst riser
/ frem the spot = here TIE branch fell
moment before the fall
That wound made IN t1e 1res - ~.
falling q the old nranch n the - .
ard the wound In the iower part q
ths. trunk known - have heea Ter
In 1880. - tile cause % this xxa41 eas
fify which taxes. appr1xl lra4Eezyr 1fAs
/ tons % cefn@nt to nIL- Tbs doe1orin ~
of the old free has excited mEeh in
! tcrest IN town. especially amon|
lovers % the hisloric. XanY pace
/ grnpbs nave been n1ads. oue - t1am
~ sight i1Itle girls inaile 80 oll
teneftT. AmoAher made tg4Iay VAS
| Photograph - ten younx IaEIies. reD
rssenong the n16st promInsn1 famii a
in Annapolis. and the Foa1h an
bsautg of ihe sznart se1. $50 ~sr
photographed artistically zrespsGl an