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A correspondent of the San Francisco Examiner, in speaking of the big trees of Calaveras county, says: ‘‘In the stump of one of these a ball-room, thirty feet across, is built, and it requires a ladder of eighteen steps to ascend to the top of the log, on which was built a ten 'pin'alley. It has been burned up, but the body of the old, charred monarch of the forest still remains. Think of it—a Hollow log through which one can ride on horseback and come out through a knot-hole. There are some ninety of these big trees, measuring from fifty to 100 feet in circumference, and reaching up to the skies—from 300 to 450 feet. From the rings that denote the annual growth of these trees science has esti mated some of them to be 4,000 years old, while they stand over the fallen bodies of a much older growth, covered over with earth and large growing trees, as it is one of, the peculiarities of this timber not to decay. It appears to be a species of red-wood.” Dr. Pierce’s ‘Favorite Prescription” is not extolled as a ‘* all,” but admirably fulfills a singleness of purpose, being a most potent ific in those of weaknesses pr¢ jar to women. Particulars in Dr. Pierce's pamplet treatise on Diseases Peculiar ie Women, 96 ages, sent for three stamps. Address Worup's gPENSARY Musical Association, Buffalo, act A wavy once asked Thomas Carlyle if he would recommend some plain, inter esting “history of England,” suitable for her little girls, of whom the oldest was not more than 10 years of age. ‘«Qh,” said the philosopher, “they had better read Macaulay's England ; it is the most childish I know.”
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The Clermont Sun
Batavia, Ohio, US
Wed, Jan 04, 1882
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