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The Tale of 



"Old Hickory 



For nges the trees were man's shelter nnd 

 abode. He lived in them. They were a part 

 oi his being. 



Hut in the van of civilization, the trees dis- 

 appeared. Cabins, then houses, finally cities 

 Bprung up, where once the forest swayed. 

 Civilization did Its work. The poetry of the 

 wilderness was gone. 



But — the desire of man to live In Nature did 

 not go. The rough bark of trees, the blue 

 skies, still hold their appeal. 

 So he went back Into the wilderness, and 

 there fashioned for himself a seat from the 

 rough barked trees therein. 



li served so well, that he brought this work 

 of his hands, with other pieces of like craft- 

 manship and beauty to match, back to the 

 city. 



This Is the tale of "Old nickory." It is our 

 answer to this call of the wild. 

 Old Hickory comes in a variety of shapes ; 

 but it maintains, at all times, its simple and 

 primitive appeal. Made of bark, interlaced 

 artistically, and reinforced with the strong 

 limbs of The Hickory, it is strong and durable. 

 No porch produces real satisfaction without 

 it ; any summer garden which does not boast 

 its Old Hickory is a mockery. When you tiro 

 of the noise and confusion of the town fall 

 into a chair of Old Hickory and revel in 

 visions of the woods. Old Hickory is the 

 link which binds us to the poetry of yesterday. 



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