Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-05-13
The Frost

The frost on Thursday night last,
cut down vege tation of almbst every
kind in this s}ction.--HmJfees
Telegraph, Sd iast.
FRosT.-A father unweldome Wis
tier for May, made his appearance in
this region thi ) morning, in shape of
.hoar Jack Frost At the early
hour Of our gping to press, the ex-
tent of the injury to vegetation can
not be ascertained. We LEARN, how
ever, from a GENTLEMAN who came in
from a neighboring plantatio this
morning, that all the corn is cut
down, and all the cotton which is up
| is killed. Fruit is doubtleBs much
t injured, if not entirely Destroyed
Tascanbia (Ala.) Paper, 2di
FRosr-On Thursday morning,
1st of May, we had a slight frost,
and on Friday morning VIE had a
heavy frost which killed Beans, Pota-
to tops, Tom toes, and We Learn nearly
all the cotton that was up Florence
(Ala.) Gazette, 3dinst.
TIE CRora-For three WEEKS past
the weather has been unusually cold
for the season and the cot ton and
corner D s ha I've beenseriouslyI injured.
We were Informed by one of our
most ekten size planters yesterday
evening, tina a large portion of the
crop of this country will hafe to be
replanted. Several planters have al
ready cbnlmeacedp loughing up their
cotton, and if the weather continues
cold, it is hardly probable that any
seed now in the ground will gerni-
nate.
The wind is still in the northwest
and weather cold.-Ib.
FRosr.- Wewcre visited Thursday
night last, with a most dest ructive
frost. The full extent of damage
done to the crops in the vicinity, we
have not been able to Learnt but it
must be great. Garden vegetation
| is nearly all hlled--so with the fruit,
which before promised such abundant
yieId.-Sparta Times, Sd inst.
Great Destruction of Frpk.-We
we're visited yesterday morning with
the heaviest frost we have had in
Kentucky since the 10th Of May,
1884, the consequence Of which is
the total destruction Of the fruit
crop and early vegetation in this re-
gion. And the leaves Of the trees
wilted and fell as in autumn Lou
IisuUe Courier, Sd inst.
The Fruit KiUed.-The Cnanna-
IT. Com, of the Sd inst, says it, is
generally admitted that the C bid has
killed the fruit in that vicinity.
The Washington, Georgia, Gazette
Says: owe were visited on Thurs
day morning last, by a slight frost
which, in some places, did cohsidera-
lble damage to the cotton. we have
rReard of no serious damage to wheat
land other growing crops From
present appearances we should pre-
dict short cotton crop in thF is coun-
ty- independent of the frost, the
late heavy rains have 50 incrusted
the earth that it is next to impossi-
bic for that now in the ground tic
force its way through the sur face
Many Of our planters have plpughed
up and planted anew on this a count
The LATE FRosE-Aecount is, not
only from the immediate nefghbor.
hood Of this city, but from be low as
/ far as Natchez, give the midst dis
ltressing accounts Of the fatal effects
of the frost on Thursday night
Fruit, vegetables-every thihg has
been ruined. We have cohversed
with several gentlemen from the
country, and they oil concur in the
!, belief that the damage has beFn UNI
versal and irreparahle-Nashp
Wktg.
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