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divided in the manner before spoken of. In the heavy gale of Sep- 

 tember, 1815, it was again doomed to a similar fate ; almost all its 

 limbs at that time were either split or broken, and it appeared doubt- 

 ful, for some time, if it would ever recover, — Ijut such was its won- 

 derful tenacity of life, that it rose again, phoenix like, as it were, from 

 its very ashes. At this time, the soil was looseued about its roots, 

 and, for the first time probably since its mtroduction into this coun- 

 try, there was a large quantity of manure spread around it. About 

 the year 1823 it was protected by a fence, to prevent the cattle from 

 injm'ing it It continues to produce fruit yearly, and the avei'age 

 quantity for several years past has been about two bushels." 



" With proper care and attention this tree may yet continue many 

 years, and will serve to remind us, by its own ti'ials, strength, vigor 

 and durability, of the enteqjrize, hardships, perseverance, and untiring 

 zeal of our ancestors in the fii'st settlement of this our cherished 

 land ; and may we be permitted to encourage the hope that it may 

 prove the precursor of the dm-ability of om- present free and lib- 

 eral institutions. W. P. E. 



Salem, November, 1837. C. M. E." 



"THE ENDICOTT PEAR IREE." 



NORTH ASPECT. 



"The Endicott Pear Tree is evidently of great age. Its main trunk 

 is entirely hollow, and much shattered. About a foot fi-om the ground 

 it divides into two distinct stems, which, although mere shells, yet 

 have produced exceedingly strong limbs. The actual thickness of 

 live wood on the main bi-anch, which faces the west, does not exceed 

 six inches. The eastern bi'anch is much sounder, and supports the 

 greater part of the spraj', which denoted the power of producing an 

 abimdance of fruit. Proceeding from the root are two suckers, of 

 nearly the same size, one on the eastei'n, and the other on the west- 



