The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-26
History Of the GCAsSllOppcrH.

W. puDllSA tLS io!!'TiiS tG''h Is "AD'
some customers To show ang readers where they are and
alss they are doing since they ief. Minnesota, and also
to show how their society is esteemed by thos: WHOM
they aflict witt, their disagreeable presence.
a day or TWO since we mentioned the arrival III thi.
city and vicinity of untold numbers of grassboppers;
We sad that Oh the plank fences, We saw them so thick
that We thought tney would average thirty &c. the square
foot. Nc think that in that statement We were incor-
r~ct We believe that they will average fifty to every
square foot o. iand III this vicinity. III our corn field,
We have 40 douht out that they average one hundred t.
each stalk OF corn. just before snndown, after they
re toae flying, and are al Oh. going to roost, the cor.
field looks more like q field Of dead oak brush than n
field Of green corn. Every stalk and blade OF corn IL
completely covered With grasshoppers; SO completed:
that what little green is left of the corn is covered b.
the grey or brown grasshopmrs. In the middle OF the
day, they ure Aging in every direction, and strike ike
hail against ones hat as he passes along the streets. II
we cast cur eyes towards the sun, as far as the eye cais
reach We see grssshoppers-the whele atmosphere Is
filled with them. Our corn is nearly stripped OF all ATS
blades, end the husl is eaten off the ears tor two inches
trom the poiot lownwards. What will be the result
and effec, II they continue until frost, no one can tell.
They have already eaten up all the young turnip plants,
and if they continue here, must destroy the fall wheat.
fCouncil Bluff Nowa) Bugle.
By adr:cs from different parts of the Western coun.
ties, we lca,a the grasshoppers have appeared in great
abundance and are making sad havoc with corn and gar
UCu VCycGiUlcS. AL NOuUCIA DJNAS HLN 'H~AN
ity, they appear in immense swarms. The B~9fs, OF
she 2nd inst, in estimating their numbers, says: W
believe that they will average Fifty to every square foo;
Of land in this vicinity. In our corn field, We have no
doubt but that they average one hundred to each STOCK
Of corn We have them in Crescent City, but not 80
numerous ; yet they have made great de.t u lotion IN the
city garden belonging to II. A. Terry & Co.|lCresc"nt
City Oowa) Oracle
We sac by the Kansas Mus that tho grasshoppess
have been visiting that Territory. 1t says: { On Friday
morning the air was filled with swar,ns Of grasshoppers
flying in a southern direction. We may be thankful it
the unpleasant weather of the past week has caused
these troublesome vegetarisns to seek some more con-
genial cline We had not heard before that Kansas
had been visited by these ravagcrs We suppose likely.
that they immigrated from this Territory, if 40, we are
glad to learn their course is still onward.
Terrible Marine Disaster.
The steamer Ceutsul america, better known as the
old George Lao, foundered at sea on the 18th instant.
during a severe storm off the coast. She was or. her
vay from California to New York with SIS passengers
and a crew Of 100 officers and men, together with treas
ure on board to the amount of two million dollars. OF
all on board, only sixty persons, nearly all OF the women
! and children passengers, are known to be saved the
rest, with everything on board. went to the bottom OF
the sea.
Accounts in regard to the Chinese sugar cane crop
are not favorable this year, much Of it having been de-
stroyed before maturing by the late frosts. SO extern.
sive and severe irosts have not been felt SO early for
years past. All New England, New York, and other
part. Fast, we're severely g bitten !" on the 9Th and It'll
inst Only two months in the year have those places
been exeup from frost, and it came nigh being but one,
How thankful 81. ,uid the people Of Minnesota be thas
their lines are not cast in such regious Of protractei
cold weather.
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