Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-11
MISSISSIPPI.
Good Crop OF Cotton and Corn in Tai
lahatchls VALLEY Suggestion for
the determination OF Cat
terpiliarS.
Cotton WOrms-An Invasion Of Squir-
rels-Sardis Fair.
From an Occasional Co-respondent.I

From an Occasional CorrespOndentl
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, Miss, Oc-
tOber 5, lS72.-A CLEAN Of light 10 the
general darkness may have the effect to
dispel some OF the gloom, and produce a
gleam Of hope and eheerfulness. / find
such a gleam down here. 1 don't know
that l ever saw such corn crops in my
life as | find in the valley, and where l
expected 20 find the cotton crop but a
mere remnant Of what it promised when
! was here in the summer, 1 find snowy
fields, that look as if no blight had ever
touched them. ! was not only gratiied,
but really aStOuished, this afternoon, to
see such beautiful and int-laden fields
Of cotton as passed by and through in
the valley, and this inspires the hope
that the blight on the crop is only par
Jial, and not general
As I remarked before, the corn crop
is magnificent, and / have no doubt
the price Of corn viii rule low, and were
il not for the difficulty and expensive
ness Of land transportation, / have no
doubt a good deal Of it would find its
way 10 other markets than that in
which it has heretofore been sold. As it
is, the abundant crop wiz render it
cheap at home, and probably incline our
people 10 hOg-raising again
Speaking Of the csops, and my mind
recurring 10 the ravages Of the worms
and caterpillars, / would merely throw
out a suggestion as well worthy Of con-
sideraLiOn by our Southern people gen
orally and l must do CSlOnel Frank
White the justice 10 say that 1 am in
uebted TO him for the ideal and it is
that an experiment be tried with the
E'rrrHflH In Nark 1aaH
month, took the pains 10 inquire the
parJiyular a. to their introduction there,
and / was informed that before the in
PRODUCTION Of these birds, the eaterpl-
lars-JO destroy which they were intro
duced-were as numerous as they were
in Mississippi and tennessee last spring,
but since their introduction these pests
had never appeared at all. The birds
destroy the egg or the worm while very
young. Last spring ia Memphis and
North Mississippi they were spread al
over woods, groves, dweilinghOUses-
even parlOrs aud cham bers were not eX-
empt from their presence-and in els
terms, and il is a we'll known fact that,
by stopping trains, they caused consid-
erably more swearing among railroad
men than was healthfIl. Now, / be-
lieve few Of these English sparrows
introduced into each neigh b0rhood, in
time, would prevent their appearance
next spring, and l believe also they
would have the same effect upon the
WORMS that have hitherto proven 50 de-
structive 20 cotton. The experiment. If
entered upon by a community, OF neigh
borhOod. or say the city Of Memphis,
should be but a trifie Of expense to each
individual, and it is certainly worth
trying. Where il has been tried 1t has
succeeded These birds sre protected
by special law in New York, snd they
seem TO know il for they are a.
gentle as chickens. So they would be
with Us, aud our greatest care and trou-
ble would be 20 protect them nom the
hawks. indorse most unqualihedly
Colonel Whites idea, and urge the ex-
pertinent
The weather became quite cold yester-
day aud a fire was comfortable last night
and this morning, and is tonight
The woods down here are alive with
squirrels, and they seem to be making
their way eastward They are much
more abundant here than they are
ia Pamela and DeS0tO counties, and
though they are slaughtered daily by
the hundred, not TO say thousand, yet
Tie uuAlIEI NDe5 HDL seem 70 QluAnl-l.
They can't last, however, at the rate st
which they are being shot, and the
probability is there won't be one in this
country next wear Don't forget the
Sardis fair next Monday, the fourteenth,
nor let your folks.
The popular preacher Slower, Of Ken
lucky, has been an elder " since he was
thirteen years Of age.
The Russian Gar, on his departure
from Berlin, left two thousand dollars to
be distributed among the poor Of that
city.
Herr Musikal-Dirctor Taubert, OF Ber-
lin. has been created Ritter OF the order
Of Francis Joseph, by the Emperor Of
Austria.
John OiKeefe, the New York news
bov. has been well received At AnnapO-
lis as a candidate for cadet in the Naval
Academy.
Billy Tweed yesterday told a reporter
that he had not been ten miles away
from New York in s year, the recent re
ports to the contrary Notwithstanding
that he was not going 70 leave, and
that he would remain in New York
perhaps, longer than some would Like e
have him. Bully for Billyi