Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1884 — How to Save Shade Trees. [ARTICLE]

How to Save Shade Trees.

“How can I prevent tile' borers front killing iny trees?” asked Brown of his neighbor,.Smith. “They are boring the life out of all my large shade trees.” “Have you a dog?” “Certainly; I have a very ferocious “Well, chain him up,” said Smith, sententiously. “Chain up your grandmother!” exclainjed Brown, excitedly. “How in tliunaer does my dog affect the borers in mv trees?” “Why, the book agents wouldn’t climb the trees if you; would keep your dog chained. They would bore you instead'of the trees.”— Paris Beacon.' “ I tell you wot, boys,” exclaimed old Beil, the roughest man of the camp; “ I tell you wot, boys, it made a feller feel kinder watery round the lids to hear that little i‘hif of a thing a settin’ up thar like an angel a-sayin’ her prayers so cute, ‘Mary had a little lamb,’ or sunthin’ er that sort.” The thunder of great words does not always betoken great thought, for many a grand salute is fired with a blank cartridge.