The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-30

THE LOCUST QUESTION Upon our table
are several branches of white OAK trees'
These branches are about the size OF Il
common cane pipe-stem, such as Sooo sell
sihle old men and women use IN clay
pipes. They are split through the bark
almost into the heart, and upon opening
them we find a large collection of eggs OF
long, or elliptical shape, deposited IN as
compact a manner as it is possible for IN
renuity to do. These are the eggs OF To-
Gusts, and they will hatch gruos' III the
larya state, and into the ground they Will
90 to come out locusts the ensuing Spring
So our Dr.. E. c. Marks tells US. and we &C
cent what he tells us as true, since we
have not time to examine into the matter
for ourself.
But. the genealogy o. locusts is not the
question to be decided. 1t is enough 1or
ms to know that they are of very ancient
date. The Good Book tells Us that wheh
Pharaoh persisted in refusing to let Ills
neonle 90. Moses and Aaron went to him.
saying:
"lf thou refuse to let my people 60, be-
hold. tomorrow will bring inc iocusIs
into thy coast. .,o
And they shall cover the face OF the
earth, that one cannot be able 10 see I'e
earth. and thev shall eat the residue OF
that which is escaped, which remalneth
INTO Iou from the hail, and shall eat every
tree which groweth for you OUT Oh Ihe
field; ,a .be
And they shall fill thy houses ana the
houses of all thy servants, ana tit hounes
of all the Egyptians; which neither .ny
fathers. nor thy fathers fathers nave sen ~,
since the day that they were upon 'he
earth unto this day"
And Pharaoh could not stand e'e ~.
Gusts, so he "backed," and told Moses AM
Aaron to 90 and serve their Loro' ant
take all their people with them.
These were very grievous locusts. Inc!
deyoured every herb of the land even al
that the hail left. In consideration OF th'
fact that we have had some severe nal
storms this year, it is to be hoped that t''
locusts will NOT be as savage and gluttoh
ous as in the times we refer to, and we ar
ouS Go III WIN
encouraged when we read in Holy Wrl
that no more such locusts shall ever be.
Rut still we have locusts among us, an
we wish it were in our power to max
them swarm upon the head OF U.S.'rar
in the White House which he disgraceS
It is a wonder the Lord does not sen
forth such an edict. But ntnlporte.
The branches before us give evidence Z
grand preparation on the part OF locus.
this year for a grand demonstration !
1873, which we may expect II Tue no,
winter should be a favorable one for u
development of the grubs, as the past VIII
fer was. and to which fact is due the gre
influx of locustsjust now. But We "ou
correct the impression madeo on our min
az well as the mind1 of Others, that locus
poison fruits. We are satisfied roni !
lection and conversation, that iocu'
never Law their eggs in vegetables ..
fruits. and hereby retract our lntiha.'
in last weeks Home Journal that IL my
be dangerous to eat Strawberries III Ia
We can't divine how a locust could nhu
in his heart to defile such luscious oeri
as Messrs. Houghton & Cherry proa'
in their nursery And We are farther 5
isaed that the danger lies not IN tue pr
cnce oflocusts. meddling, but m over Nv
of the dclectable esculent. Neveftiei'
locusts are a terrible scourge ever 10 .
day, and we cannot see what goou III
do, { or Radicalism Is hurt no "o''
them than honesty is. cea''