The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-06-16

Inc Indianapolis journal OF the 9Th lnst.,
In speaking of the frost, says:
We don't hear much about the matter in
this State, from which we infer that there is
not much TO complain Of. We guess the
wheat has generally escaped pretty safely,
that the corn may be "cut down" in some
localities, but will recover or be replanted,
and that the chief danage has been done to
the injury generally is as light as it now ap.
pears to be in this State.
From Mr.. Nebeker, Representative from
Warren county, who has had unusual oppor.
tunites to ascertain the truth about the do.
ings of the frost, we. learn that no injury at
all WINS done in either Fountain or Warren
counties, or anywhere on the route from
there here.
The Columbus Gazette of the l1th says !:
Mr.. Klippart, Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, has just returned from
Zanesville, and he gives it his opinion, after
examining carefully many specimens of
wheat, in that locality, Notwithstanding all
the croaking, that not one head in hundred
has been injured by the frost. Mr.. Klipp1rt
is excellent authority, and we have every
confidence in his judgment.
The St. Paul Pioneer of June 9th, says
We have no accounts of the occurrence
of frosts in Wisconsin, and we have nothing
of the kind as far as we know in this State.
~ We have letters, to. day, from Peoria,
Cass, Knox, Carroll, Edgar, La Sale, Ken.
dali, Lee, Stark, Coles and Champaign
| oll ho nd
their contents may be summed up thus:
Frost did but half the damage that was
at first anticipated. The crops on the ground
generally look very promising, particularly
spring wheat. Corn backward but doing
well, though in some places little black
ened by the Freeze"
Out of thirteen crop letters we have not
q really bad report. A few Of them speak
Of an unusual quantity of grass, and few
more of the fly; but the tone of the whole
is satisfactory and highly encouraging
Chicago Press.
On Saturday night last, severe frost Wis
tied this section Of the State, the effects OF
which will be severely felt. The fruit ard
epriDg cereals, such as corn, potatoes, and
other vegetables were almost, if not entirely
cut down. In some places ice was found
nearly quarter of an inch thick, and in the
morning OF Sunday a heavy frost covered
the ground. Farmers with whom we have
spoken, however, hope their corn, potatoes.
&C., will again spring up, and should such
be the case the damage will not be so great
as might have been expected Port Huron
(Mich) Commercial, June 9.
On Sabbath morning last, call the region
round about" was visited by hoary headed
parsonage known as "Juck Frost" Hi:
visitation was unwecome, and just littl,
severe, in consequence Of which, beans
vines, tomatoes, and other tender and unpro
, tected vegetables went into mourning, while
the corn fields dressed in half Mourning
! The injury to corn, however, we are salts
fled is not permanent, the frost having only
set it back q week or two. 1t has q strong
root lett uniniured, and a warm July will
bring it forward like magic. Fruit in thi
vicinity entirely escaped harmless.-An'
Arbor (llich.) Argus. June 10.
A GRUMBLER TAKEN UP AT HIS FIRST Or
: FER.-The Guernsey Times says:
One of the growing kind of farmers-th'
kind that the crops never suit-who woult
grumbe if he was going to be hung--visite'
our place on Monday, and after Auch lam
entation and woe, and offering to sell his en-
tire st ock of wheat, was very much surprised
r frightened and bored when he was taken VI
! at his own offer, and his entire crop, min
acres, bought for $25. The specimens h
had with him were good, and it is probabl
that by giving away his wheat crop for les
Y thun the seed cost, he has bought sutticien
: stock of wisdom to enable him hereafter T.
D quit grumbling and trust in Providence.
r In Mahoning and Trumbull counties tn
f destruction by the frost of Saturday night
depIorable enough. Corn, potatoes bean
and tender garden vegetables, are generall
e blasted, and the fruit greatly injured. Th
gardens and orchards about Youngstown or
8 not so badly injured as those on the high
e lands surrounding. Still, everything tina
. could be killed by the frost has perished.-
9 The grapes, which gave abundant promis
l. of glorious yield, are entirely cut off, an
II apples, peaches, and cherries have general
\ shared the same fate. The blackberries an
raspberries, and even that forlorn hope, tn
!. eIderberries, are said to be destroyed. Br
d these are as nothing when compared wit
ID the probable loss of that great staple, tn
ID wheat crop. The prevalent opinion is' tha
most Of the wheat.ields on the up.lands wi
not be worth cutting, and we have heard
'e whole acres being offered at dollar apiece
= Opinions and accounts, however, are col
at flicting as regards the wheat, and it is to
y. early yet to despair of tolerable yield
= The farmers seem to be panic stricken, ne'
or ertheless, and all tie mills and -four depo
is of this vicinity have been besieged sine
!. Monday morning with people from town an
,e county, anxious to purchase flour ere 1t gel
!. up TO starvation prices. We understand th'
over five hundred barrels were sold at reta
a' in Warren on Monday, and nearly th
ut same amount in this place. Prices range
<. from $3.50 to 80 per barrel in Warren, an
n. from SO to $3.50 in Youngstown.
A still furthe advance took place in bot
places on Tuesday, and it was going
rapidly al the increased rates. Buckwhe'
e is also 10 demand among farmers, for SOW
Or ing, in anticipation OF a faihre IN the whe'
crop. Others are plowiDg up their fallo