Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-05-25
LIE LoCuSrS.

Siaer onr last, We received The following letter
fon GiDEoa d. SMITH, Esq Of Baltimore, in re-
l.tion u our notice of the expected coming Of The
i.5cAate. Our attention va. drawn to The subject
b, the simultaneous predictions Of their appear
aaes th, year by the Richmond Wing and Enqui-
,.r sgi it aeetned remarkable to us, that while
tnry came iJrth in such numbers in this region in
ls1i ,Aey dad M, show themselves at all about
K chnobl At that time which goes to substantiate
,.s idea eule tanned by Mr. Smith, that they sp-
tsst Ia certain districts" of country, anl al diff
psfiods, though tie interval always seems to
=. IT, .stae, viz; seventeen y'ars. o. to the
it--ent sutius, We h4ys seen nothing Of them
TO- o.. q correspondent of the Richmond Wing,
tn lI-h,ico eoaniy. writes TO tho ed Ter, that his
,.aptse! has hcen fulfilled he having ob'erved
i.-.'h.rs Issuing ,ora bis grounds and a-cenli1g
-. tsrce. and trees. The periodical appearance,
sri, Ing an io,etvnl, OF the Locus,', !. worthy Of
i., -''cation and should be pleased io The
'ara'ecnon explained by ac7uain ed
% tic So .ec', who msy have paid more alien
t-G .o /. ,lan ourselves.
BALTIMORE, Mar 10, 1913.
Etitor Of ihe Minimizing Gazette:
hes- jHst seen your paper of the 18th instant,
10 which you notice The subject Of the Locust, IN
reference to couple Of articles from the Richmond
papers, stating that the Locusts TO appear his
ssor. Excuse fer saying to YOU, and If you
please, 10 your readers that the Locust docs not
appear at he same period, or year in all parts Of
the country. have sixteen different districts Of
iha Uaon marked my map, where the Locusts
appear in different years, entirely disconnected
with each Other. Thus they will appear has gear
- Farqhet county, Va, and South, possibly, "a
fsr IA Richmond; but not as far north ms Berkeley
county. Berkeley county belong. to the Locust
District Of al the middle end northern portion OF
Maryland, southern and eastern portion Of PENN
,ylvsria aud Delaware, and the Locust. will no'
arreor in this district ill the year 1851, having
aprea,sd 10 ii in 1894 1917, 1900 SC &c A
i.N scattering insects may make their APPEARANCE
}1t HI great swarm will he in 1851. There ia a
p,-uoa " Vitsi1ia in which tho Locusts have sp-
Psoroi eyery eigs. or nine year,; shd they sppea
ej in the southern part Of Loudoun county in 1866
l775, 1893 1902, 1900. 1902 1917. 1896, 1894
sl wQi again il l843 that they are a5,c tktre
l Lave no d.gb,. The reason Of this ia, thai The
b. ae,s Of oar Maryland and northern Virginia dis
~ ,cnarecea ,ha, portion Of Virginia, aud hence
rae Importance Of the Locusts in 1884, 1917, s.
AMI Ia boundaries of the Fouquier, and more
sr.;asrn portion Of Virginia district also embrace
the same patti'd Of territory, and hence the Lo-
cuts 2ppearsd there in 1926. and noe fhsre
q have no other knowledge that they are there,
ttaa hat afforded by my records You observe
,tqt theirs is miashag Of the districts in this
rose and hetce tha Appearance on this double
b.rdcr territory, OF Locusts in every alternate
eighth ard ra'h yeur,
The LoeaaA arc to appear Ihi- year IN western
Coanee.eut, .oU,h eastern New York, and western
sla.saehu.et,s, Turning district; 10 Middlesex
county, New Jersey, and adjacent territory, form.
,ag another dis'ric,, and in Fauquior county, Vir
c,nia and south, forming another district, Possi-
by ,aey moy appear a, other places bot have no
o,het n n.y memorandum.
Respectfully,
GIDEON y SMITH.