Mr. Davenport's Experiment

On. or abcvut the 21st day of Jume tMarion Davenpout, the janitor at tlie oourt house, peeled two monll clm reea on, opposite corners of tito eourt house square thiat were showlng eigas of being infested witto insects nd it was tht wonder af people pass Ing to eee tixem keep au growing wittoout aoy bark to protect them. The tree on the sauthwest coraer of tihe square did n,Dt Bucceed in getting tthToiigh the 4th oí July celebratioo, but t(he one on the northeast coa-ner ïared better, thonghi it receíved Borne roufi'h usage tlnat day. Xevertheless It is alive, and apparently doing wéü and a new bark is joraning wlhere the old bark was strtpped oiff. There-, is an idea afloat that if strip the 1ark o ft a tree oa tto longest day cf the yeaP the tree -will live just the sanie and form new bark. These wo trees were yaumg elms. A person, wlha was lookuig at them ïemartced : "No ether tree but aa elm could stand that treatment. An elm will stand anytlhing." But then, ainl elm is nat so luudM toug-her than ay Jfher forest tree.