Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-04-28

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hill, or worse still, the slaves in the
South"
Don't we, in the case of the ap-
pie tree" said Marktree, "often see
physically a fine looking, healthy,
vigorous tree, under favorable ad-
vantages for growth and develop
ment, bearing a small, hard, sour
crabappIe? Like some children grow
ing up in luxury and affiuence, hav-
ing every advantage for cultivation
and educational accomplishments,
when they come into bearing yield
nothing but the weason, sour, bit
ter, crabapples of selfshness, cor
ceit and vanity; nothing wholesome
nor beautiful"
"Wa-al, that's all OWN t. tn
breedin' )" said Hunter John. Cos
there's lots rich sile round, that
don't change tn natur' O. tn seed
lin a whit; ye can fuss with that
tree til tn crack O. doom, but twill
never be nothir' m0re'n a crab, less
if faint too self-consated t hold a
graft"
That is so, Hunter john" said
Marktree. It's all owing to the
breeding; look over yonder across
the brook and see that monstrous
maple tree on the rock where it has
grown up in spite of adverse winds,
low shrubbery, and dead logs crowd
ed about it; see how it reaches out
its roots and tendrils between the
crevices of the rock, and laying hold
underneath and over the giant boul-
der, rises up and overcomes every
resistance underneath and above,
asserting its treehood, its loftiness
: of purpose, reaching forth unto its
| crown of life. That kind of breed.
/ ing, vegetable or human, will make
: its way sometime, let come what
5 will; its growth may be very slow
: and almost imperceptible for long
time because of adverse circum-
stances and Imprisonment from the
! sunlight of truth. But the life
z growing elements of the Seeding
. are still there, although buried in
r earth's debris; no obstacle nor hin
2 drance can choke that out, and slow
z ly, steadily, persistently, forces it,
} way upward, overcoming every OBJ
t stacle within and without, and tow
l ers aloft in the clear upper air OF
' conquest and freedom"
There's no give up t them pic.
! neer trees of tn mountains; they
= are high minded creeturs," sale
2 Hunter John.
S "Reverting to the wild flowers
s the lady's slipper, violets and for.
getmenots-to which we were com
2 pairing that beautiful Lovejoy fam
' ily." said hardwood, do we not
r find in them beauty, loneliness re-
| finement of nature, from which
$ nothing can be taken nor added to
. enhance?
! See" said hardwood, as they
started on, How this rock anc
/ ledge are carpeted with green moss
y and how the partridge berry
, princes pine and maidenhair ferr
entwine and festoon the rugged
, bordersW
4, The campers had proceeded but q
a short way when they heard fain
t lamb bleat, and looking back on tn,
g ledge they saw doe with her fawr
h standing as if intently listening will
$ ears erect, and then in few sec
v onds they darted off. Two gra!
}. squirrels then appeared, picking VI
r the crumbs left from their lunch.
it Amt they slick creeturs?" sal,
1t Hunter John. I'D never tax
- their inherent lives ter feed on
/, harmless creeters, if they'll onl
a come round n chatter n chippe
e, t. me once in awhile I'll be glad;
ID love t see 'em skip n play, leetle
D. happy, inherent bein's; who coul
1t be so mean n heartless as t shoe
n We upon those rocks or in the tree
m a-froickin' about? Not |, not 1; ;
D. as mean trick as man or boy ca