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

for well bred tree, naturally sound
and good, than for an ill-bred tree,
abnormal and perverse, grated
upon; because in the first instance
all Of the fruit are a good kind, and
in the second, there are both good
and bad; unless the bad tendencies
are kept pruned back, the CRAFTS
only bearing the good. 1t is true,
however, that the grated fruit may
be Of such superior order that the
poor inferior native fruit will be
wholly overlooked by the harvester,
like the little meannesses in some
characters, for their noble qualities
and attainments. This thought is
also we'll expressed by Scott in
Locksley Hail." one of his novels,
thus: Good fruit will sometimes
grow on sorry tree; and evil times
are not always productive of evil
alone and unmixed.'
That's SC" agreed Hunter John,
"nuther is it economy to leave a few
good ones up on the top limb, as
good many folks do, cause the rest
are bad. 'Nuther is it economy t.
be sort wastful, speshly when gent
crops scurse; better be toler'ble
savin' m charitable O. the poor
ones; mebbe taste better'n they
look, n sweeten up in the winter'n
make good sass; they're likely t be
scUrse 'nough fore spring. I've
seen once a nice honey apple tree
get lazy n not have a 'sass-basket
full ont, n them purity poor, with
briers n bushes CROWN up 'rounC
it, n lots O. sucker limbs GROWN
out ont"
That would apply to the neglect
ed good nature, uncultivated anc
unpruned, growing thriftIess anC
rank, and the suckers of evil habit,
and briars Of evil associations
springing from and about it, per
verting it's life" said Marktree.
We'll, | wanter tell ye," sale
Hunter John, Il jes' took my axe =
went out t that honey tree, n SCI
|, Tree, your gittin' tarnal lazy
Now if | can help We any t git intel
gear Pm yer humble servant. Tht
OF honey tree sorter made bow e,
if it said: Thanks, do help me- 81
chopped inter those bushes RICH
n left, n cleared 'em all away; thel
| got up in tn tree n cut off ev'ry
dead limb n sucker. n give the oil
tree a thurer barkin' down, n ther
dug round it n fed it wi the NOR
sci o. truth; n tn way that OF tree
went t bearin' that mex fall wa
'stonishin'; great wallpapers! Big
yer two fsts!"
Horace, the Latin poet, spoke
right" said hardwood. Finally
sift yourselves thoroughly whether
nature has originally sown the seeC
of vice in you, or an i'll habit ha
done it, for the fern fit only to bt
burned overruns the neglected
fields"
That's so, every time" sale
Hunter John. The only sure wa!
t. git rid ont is t plough deep r
turn over tn sod, n harrer it mel
J Ter, n then seed down new; but tn
pesky witch-grass, the only way
git rid O. that is to dig it out with
spade n burn it up, cos it'll roo
again n grow all the ranker eff "
don't do anything more'n t ploug'
, it up. Land'll go t ruin n all it
goodness Slapped in few years b
t lettin' it grow t weeds O. all kinds
: some wus n others, witch-grass fe
= instance, like some blamed habi
e gittin' wus'n wus, til it chokes on
tn last spear O. grass in Teller.
!. And again." said hardwood
: might not a seed, or a Seeding,
e rare plant or shrub, however choice
be accidentally lodged or plante
: into such conditions and environ
ment as to greatly impede, if nj
check its growth altogether, and III
til through some kindly interventio
a the obstacles hinderinp and stol