Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — PECULIAR CHERRY TREE. [ARTICLE]

PECULIAR CHERRY TREE.

•■nh ltNli with a Very Ferceptibla Wat A peculiar botanical phenomenon is reported from Linden, lnd., sajß the Indianapolis News. In the yard of Ktev. J. 1. Dudley stands a large cherry tree, which bloomed for a second term this past season This fact in itwriff was not so remarkable as that attar hlnqmrngr it gave off a continual 'mmk —a mist of sufficient quantity to .leap tile ground under the tree soak* ag wet. The boughs and leaves of the tree dripped with moisture and every thing adjacent to it was saturated. A person standing beneath the fiaaha was almost at once conscious of the fine mist which was constantly given off. Should a person stand under tiie tree for 15 minutes his clothes would be fairly soaked. Several small Krnbs were cut off in the effort to solve the mystery attaching to.the tree, but to structure and condition presented no unusual appearance. The mist ah times wits stronger than at others, asnl most apparent on dry days. His ties win be watched with inter* esc. west scaron for any freak nature may haws imparted to it t Finger satis grew ah the rata of rifcar ware titan an inch and a half in