Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-11

try. Saturday night the pestilence of severe
frost passed over the land, and has swept Oft
the hopes and labor of months. Accounts
from thirteen miles Southwest state that where
on Saturday morning were green hills OF po-
tatOes are now black spots. Grapes are cut
down to the old wood, corn leveled to the
earth, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, &C., de-
stroyed.
Accounts from six miles East give like
tale Fruit, however, except grapes, is safe
along the Lake Shore, in East Cleveland and
Euclid. Even the new twigs on butternut
trees are killed.
A singular feature of the frost is, that where
the wind swept, there the destruction was the
greatest On Saturday evening the wind was
watched with utmost solicitude, and as it in
creased toward bed time all believed that it
would save us, but its breath was so cold that
it killed where it struck Vegetation shelter
ed, and where the warmth from earth was felt,
escaped"
A Columbus paper says of its effects there
eve trust that the fears of those most inter
ested have exaggerated the damage it has in
ficted. To the wheat it must have been inju-
rious, although some localities have escaped.
The corn which was presenting a very prom
ing appearance, though considerably abused, is
not past surgery. Sweet potatoes are doubt
and garden truck generally must have suffer
ed We have heard of gooseberries that were
'coddled' by the frost, and everything that was
young and tender, even to the clover i'll the
State pasture opposite our office, gives unmiS
taxable evidence of the unwelcome appearance
of that nocturnal visitor, who has no business
coming at so unreasonable a season of the
year"
The Cincinnati Commercial says -
"The weather INDUCED in an extraordinary
freak on Saturday morning. From sultriness
it suddenly changed to extreme chilliness-so
cold was it, in fact, that oyercoats and fires
were essential to comfort Snow fell at Del
phos, in this State, on Saturday morning, and
frost covered the ground in this vicinity on
Sunday morning. 1t was not severe enough to
lnJure vegetation.
Similar accounts of this disastrous visitation
come to us from every part of New York, and
also from Pennsylvania The reports are all
alike. Potatoes, corn, beans, garden yegeta-
ton, and fruits, are all more or less injured.
The frost was severe in the vicinity of Phila-
delphia; and the Pittsburg Despatch says
"ln this county, there can be no question
that corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, and every
kind Of field and garden vegetable subject to
frost have been measurably blighted not IA
tally, it is to be hoped but checked, and put
back a month at least. Fruit is very seriously
damaged. if reports be true, A gentleman ex-
tensiveiy engaged in growing grapes estimates
his loss at $1,000. Another residing near
East Liberty, an extensive fruit-grower says
that his apples and peaches were mainly if
not entirely ruined The apples were frozen
at the stems, and dropped off by thousands
when touched by the sun. On the south side
OF the river, gentleman describes the coun-
try as having the appearance of a land scorch-
ed by fire. From Westmoreland county we
have the same distressing intelligence, gen
tleman writing that all his garden and orchard
fruits are ruined"
We shall probably hear of its operations
further South, for the Nashville Union of June
9th, has the following:
Yesterday was decidedly cold day, rem
dering fires quite comfortable, sudden and
remarkable change from the day before,
when the heat was as intense as it usually is
in July or August"
THE YEARLY MEETING of the Society of
Friends for New England commences at New
port K. l., with sitting of the Meeting of
Ministers and Elders to-day Tomorrow,
NASSAAAiSo III NOISIlp VIII UC llGll, I1OTIliljR
and afternoon at the meeting house in New
port and Portsmouth, and the regular meetings
for business, constituted of the representatives
of subordinate bodies, and of all members OF
the Society within the limits of the meeting,
who choose to attend, will commence on the
next morning. The meeting will probably
continue most of the week, holding morning
and afternoon sessions. Meetings of Commit
tees and of the Bible Tract, and Societies,
are held in the evenings.
The occasion is expected to be more than
usually interesting one as there will be on the
14th, large Society gathering or convention
OF the male graduates of the Boarding School
at Providence, a semi-collegate institution, be-
longing to this Society.
The middle train of the Providence and
Worcester Railroad leaving at ll.3O this
morning, will be in season for the Newport
boat which leaves Providence at 4 this after
noon. The boat will leave Providence, to-
morrow, at y A. NJ, and at 2 p NJ. The re-
mainder of next week it will leave Providence
at $40 A. NJ. and P. NJ, connecting with the
morning and evening trains from this city.
Those who visit Newport on this, OF any other
occasion, will find the Bellevue House (adver-
tised in this paper a capital stopping place.
1t has been thoroughly renovated, its accom-
modations are of the first class, and it has
most obliging and accommodating landlord.
Try it,
VALUE OF SHADE TREE IN CoNFLA-
GRATIoN.-A friend who witnessed the great
fire in Salem, Tuesday night, states that the
shade trees which abound in that city, check
ed very perceptibly the spread of the confla-
grafton NOT only did thav scroan tho bu;IJ