The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-02-23

L. Ism.
hv Tcknor& Fields IT will he aix i,u> Y ., v,i,cL
hv AL the v"un~ folks who have rcad the ..nes.r.
Home. The I"nne Novare>rs." &c. We cx
tract from the proof sheets of tho forIr.hco,niug
work. an account Of the "Iocu>t F iig,t" cr,n,,.
ic episode in the life of Dutch family at the. C
Of Good Hopc:l
''Non Bloom slept but little. ANXIETY
kept him awake. lie turned and tossed and
thought of the locusts. He narred at irter-
vais, and dreampt about locns.s. and crickets.
and grasshoppers. and all manner Of great.
lonc-iegCed. go.elc-cved insects lie was
glad when the frs: ray of licht penetrated
through the little window of his chamber
lie sTrang to his feet: and. scarce stavinc
% dress himself. rushed ont in. ,.,c cper ain.
1t was still dark. but hp did not REQUIRE 10
see the wind. lie did not need IN toss a
feather or hold his hat The truth was tco
plan. \ strong breeze was blowing tram the
we>'
Half distracted. lie run further ont to as
sure himself. H., ran until clear o! the walls
thai enclosed the karna> and garden.
He halted and felt the air Mas. his first
impression was correct The breeze blew
directly from the wcSt-lircctl, from the To-
Gusts He could perceive .lc ctilnvinm borne
from the hateful insects: there was no )orc-
er cause to Doubt.
GroannH in spirit. Won Bloom returned
to his house. He had no longer any hope of
escaping the terrible visitation
HIS tlr>t directions were T., collect AL tbo
loose piece Of linen or clothing in the bouso
and packed them within the family cheS,
What would the lucuSfs be likely to ea.
them:
lnle"d, v"S- tor these vnr,ciors c~c,.rrns
are not ia>'ilions. N rartirul,r vo,,tal!.
seems 70 be chosen bv them. Th, I.,ros of
The butter tobacco plant arrear 70 hn as much
20 their lIkirr as TIE sweet arJ surcu,ort
blades OF ma'z"' Pieces of linon. cotton and
"v"n flannel. are drvourcH wv .hr,n. As thou-h
hey wcr" t"nd"r shoots of rlan.s STONES
ron and hare wood. are about The ONLY OBJ
l""fs that eSrar" tLcr fierce ,na>ticators
Won Bloom had heard his. Hans lad ro,1
ut 1t. and Swarflhov confirmed il from LIS
own cxocrienrc.
Consequently. cvcrv.hinr +h,- w,s ~ ~,
1">'rnc'Ifi" was carefully slowed away anJ
then breakfast was cooked and eaten in 81
lrnco.
her" was c'oom over tho r.ccs Of al
h"rau.e he who was lisr Of al was slow. AVID
detected. What chance within tcw Lorrs
IN: th" "vin'nc before the nrG-cornnt and
ms MI" family were in the fall eniovmon.
Of h,''pincsS.
lher" was still ono hope. thorch .,;,At
one. Might II vet -ain ? Or mi n, ". 1,v
'nrn ont cold?
in "l'h"r cas-" Swart',sov sail ,'o lorr>.s
could not tax" wing for they ronIJ no. H.,
III COZ" or RAINY weather. In the event or 4
cold or Wet day th"v wond have 10 rema:,
rs they were. ard r"rh,nS tbo w;r1 ,;,,.
harrr ronnd AGAIN before ,,or rcs,.,
their ni-ht ON. Cor a torrent Of r,: or /,
ro'1 cloudy dav'
Vain wish vain lorc, In half an
hour after The sun rose nm in African s,,,o,
lor. and his no, r.vs -,
The sIccninr host warmed ,A.n rc.
'ctivitv. They commenced to cr,x, 70 hon
,hout. and then as if ono ;,,,,,,
rose into the air IT,. hr,o.
n the direction IN w,;c,, :, ,,
he direction Of ,l,c d.vo.,1
In less than Gvo
fev had take, vi. ,,o. - ','
IRA Al, an, 1r,.,..;nu "
-, 'i'
i'.h'. ~"n'in thoir descent and 70 Cha ~
,. those beneath ,b.r n.o,.,
snrc ola shower of h,.t snou c,,:a
aryc featherv fakes
yround was comn,.+.l, ,
stock of maize. every ,,,,n. ,,uh
is hundreds O, tbo ou.
y the eve cou,d 60. d.. ' ~ ~
I'd th,klv and ,s .n =,
rasscd 10 tho e,s,,,,u1 or, :,
disk was ac,;n b;11on H.. .r. -, ~ '''"
r!inse ''''
Tb.r soo,oJ.
tbe bands IN tho
front. and ,b.p b,l,;, ~
these were headed hv o,h,u. ,.,.I,, ''''