An Aged Pine Before Columbus Came

Ever BÜDC6 t lic days ui" the first settlers In the J'ike eounty backwoode of l'cnnsylvaiiia a pira1 tree. tnmvn atlie "Grent I'liie" lias been a landmark ai Green bownetlp because of lts greal beigbt, the tree towerlng lar above all bhe Orther trees Ju the plae toreat, that then corered the Pike county mountalne. In the clearing away of the pine tiinbiT, Whlch was the mala purpose ui woodsmen r,o years or more, thlfi lordly tree as left Btandtng-, and :i years ago it beeaiue the so]e relie in all that IVilicin oí the great prtmitlve tore&t of plnes, and sinee tiu'u lias been famoua throughoul northern Pennsylvania aa the last pine." The had always regarded the auctent tree with great veneration, luit recently the land on whlch ii gtood p&seed into the hands ol alien ownera, and ome day la-t week they had it ent down. The tree was round to be ■''- feel in height, and the mïaiiibic record oi the rlnga o stem shuwcil its age '(l '"■ l';yeare, so tiiat it was a respeetable tree 62 yeara oW when Oolumbua dtecovered America, It was perfectlv sound trom butt to tip and will