The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-10-31

ing of "simpsons sweet cider,
which, when fermented to the proper
point and drunk with the rich frotn
on top of the dipper, was SAID 10 DC
more potent than New England rum
and more enduring in It's euec'
than Holland gin.
While Simpson was surly toward
all clergymen and inclined to scoH
against religion, he was good neign-
Dor, though nobody could ever IN
duce him to sell an apple or scion
from one Of his Simpsons sweetins
trees.
"I'll give you all you can eat ana
welcome" said he, "but you must
return every seed to me, so / may
raise new trees for grating into my
cider fruit"
In short, his chief desire seemed
to be to collect all the apple seeds ne
could get and plant them. When he
had soaked out the apple pomace
and squeezed 1t through this press
for the second time, he would spend
days going through the mass OF cores
and skins to pick out every seed,
On the melting SHOWS of March
Simpson went forth to the woods and
fields with large bag Of apple seeds
on his back, and sowed his savings all
over the adjoining lands. The soft
mud of spring permitted the seeds
to get under the soil, whence they
sprouted and came up by thousands.
Many of the seedlings were cut
of by scythes when the hay was
gathered, and many more were Bit
ten on by cattle out at pasture, but
as a majority sprouted and came up
again and again, and as not a few
grew in glades of the forest or by
roadsides. 1t was not long before the
apple trees which owed their origin
to Simpson could be counted by thou
sands. And every Seeding was
grated to scions of Simpsons sweet
ing as soon as it was large enough,
so by the time the old man died, ear
ly in the days of the Civil War, it
was estimated that he had started
more than 10000 trees in business.
William Davis, who had married
one Of Simpsons daughters, took up
the business. but the Maine liquor
law interfered with the sale Of the
Simpson cider, and then the noun
tain was sold to a New York firm, and
a granite quarry was opened. The
company fell into financial troubles,
and borrowed money from Captain
Goodwin, wealthy citizen of Ban
gor, who later on foreclosed on his
mortgage and took over the property.
For some reason unknown, Cap
tain Goodwin follows the policy inau-
gurated by Simpson, and will not sell
an apple from his widespread orch
ard.
Go right in, boys" says Captain
Goodwin to all applicants who seek
to buy apples of him. Eat all you
can hold, and make yourselves sick
eating apples, if you wish to. Shoot
all the squirrels you can find and
dress them and roast them outdoors
before an open fire, and then pile a
lot of apples onto the coal and roast
and eat them with the squirrels, and
learn how good they are; but don't
ask me to sell you an apple. All 1
ask is that when you have eaten an
apple, you go and drop the seeds in
some place where they will have a
chance to come up. / am going to
save all the apples the birds and men
don't eat for feeding the squirrels
and birds when cold weather comes
and the snow gets deep"
Owing to the stunted and irregu-
lar growth of his scattered apple
trees, they do not yield large har-
vests. though it is estimated that
Captain Goodwin donates from 1000
70 1900 barrels Of apples to the wild
creatures that haunt the mountain
every season.-Boston Herald.