Show A VENERABLE TREE th ak wh ch wu two tui one of the most celebrated oaks in llie state hotd for ita trees liaa fallen a victim to the vandals axe at Woodbri lse conn the quinnipiac as it baj known waa considered ly professor daniel C eaton abe yale college botan wt to b the oldest on abe atlantic chaat he placed ila age at from 1500 to laou yeara while oliver wandell and abbott u new york respectively it 1800 and 2000 yeara old tle circumference of the tree twenty seven feet and abe diameter ul tho ecaca cohered by ltd branches ninety three feet it stood in the hills of and could ba been fur mills around i from itt lie regicides goire whalley and dixwell kept a lookout upon their twig from it made abe hip with which humphry norton waa pun for harboring ft junker jeu eral lafayette and other officer of army once noted under its spread ing shade while on tho march and a to the treo by woodworth Wo is ti have inspired the poem the old oaken bucket twice wilbin the laia the oak was raus omed brorn by the paro ent of to ita owners and in 1882 ex governor for the tree nod the luibl on winch it to it with an iron fence but was ilu aej the matter was ped the cooil of the oak hai now been purchased by prominent men and will be preserved in the shape of chaira aad other useful articles |