The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-06-11
Damaging Erosts.


This locality was visited on Friday and
Saturday evenings of last week by heavy
frcS,s. the amount of damage done by
which il would be difficult TO estimate
The Young corn, 1,,uch Of which was al
ready foot high and had been ploughed,
was generally cut to the ground. Potatoes,
beans, tomatoes, cucumbers,-indeed all
the tendsrer varieties of garden roots and
es4Iients Jared no better. Several vine
yards in the neighborhood of the city look
rs if fire had passed Through them, and
Of course the entire grape crop, which
promised so well ten days ago, IS utterly
cut of What few peaches were promised
are gone; and, III some localities, even the
young apples have been killed, and are
falling of 1t was also feared that winter
wheat uhcre it was in blow. is blasted :;
bat OF this there is fortunately little in
the county
So far as corn and potatoes are concern
ed. the loss of which of course would i'm
Inensely overbalance every other damage
done by the frost, we find it to be the
general opinion of the farmers that their
corn is not permanently injured-that it
will sprout again-and that the only effect
will be to put it back a week or two. We
recollect distinctly the occurrence of a
similar frost about the LIST of June, 1915.
On that occasion many farmers replanted
their corr, while others took the chances
Of its sprouting again; and in the end it
proved that the latter had taken the wise
course. The corn recovered rapidly from
the effects of the frost, and yielded as
abundantly as if nothing had occurred
The same proved also the result with po-
tatocs
We find on looking over our exchanges
that the frosts of Friday and Saturday ex-
tended over large portion of the country
cast and west Of Us from Maine to be.
vond the Mississippi.-northa as far as we
have heard from, and south at least rs far
SIS Springfield. We copy from our ex
changes some nores on the frost in differ
clt localities
From the Chicago Journal.
Ia the regions of Madison and James
vile: in Wisconsin. the frost was very stiff
and even ice was formed to the thickness!
Of an eighth of an inch. At and in the
vicinity Of Gelena. the same was the fact
and SO also at Rockford, Galesburgl, anC
we presume in almost every part of North
crn Illinois.
4 private letter from Fulton city, datec
June ID. SAYS" The late frost has no
injured anything here the gardens lool
fine. and the crops good The water il
the Mississippi has fallen to fair stage
and business is HaproTing"
Telegraph Dispatches
Buffalo, June s
A heavy frost occurred in this city night
before last. 1t is feared that il has done
heavy damage to the fruit Accounts from
the country towns report the crops badly
DANA eed, and il Is feared entirely ruined
Dunsrille. Jane e.
\ heavy frost prevailed in this vicinity
Saturday night, killing all the garden veg
rtables. corn and potatoes 1t is feared
also that fruits of all kinds have been Gu
oil
GAINESVILLE, June s. =
Aheavy frost occurred on Saturday night
Corn Is entirely destroyed A great man,
farmers are preparing to replane. Whea
..1,.,-ir damaged
Cleveland. June g.
4 heavy frost occurred on Saturda.
night The wheat crop throughout north
"rn Ohio is badly injured Corn, grapes
end potatoes were badly frozen
Pittsburg. June g.
4 severe frost on Saturday night great
damaged the wheat. corn and potato
crops. also some fruit
Cincinnati June G.
i severe frost on Saturday morning eS
tending over the whole of Ohio and til
larger part of Indiana doing great damag
- the growing wheat, corn and crap
crops The gardens are universally il
Iured
From the Canton Register.
FEosT-The weather was quite COG
most Of the time last week, and on Satu
'!ay morning there was considerable fros
hut not enough to do any material dan
age. On Sunday morning we had still
heavier frost, freezing the corn and othe
tender crops, in many places, down to tn
ground