Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

Monday, amOnster iron bear trap. weigh
ing twenty-seven pounds. and measuring
fourteen inches across the jaws On
each jaw are four teeth three inches in
length, fastened on with rivets three
quarters Of an inch across the heads.
1t IS pretty well eaten up by rust. the
springs being entirely gone. 1t must
have lain IN the woods for thirty or forty
years-perhaps longer. 1t was savage
old trap IN It's day and IS quite 4 eurios-
ity, now. It can be seen at this Office.
Capt. R. H. Little IS now erecting d
block On the old site on the square,
where his hotel was burned some wears
since The new block viii have an east
front Of so feet, north front of So feet
and west front of los IL feet. 1t viii
be two stories high. and finished with
French roof We understand that much
Of the building IS now rented-parties
being ready to occupy as soon as It can
be finished This building will fill q
blank space in the village that has been
too long vacant. and will be very useful
for business purposes 1t viii be well
built, and viii add much to the coed ap-
pearanee Of the square
The grasshoppers out west are worse
than the shakes. this year 4 letter
from J. B. Skinner. formerly Of this town
to his brother Charles, gives some idea
Of what they are doing IN Kansas
/ They eat the men from out their trous-
ers; eat the hoops from off the ladies F.;
eat the gew-gaws of the babies eat
whatever they get their hungry jaws on
His letter Is dated August %. and says :
Il am IN Nc mood for writing tonight !:
I have got the high-po the worst kind.
l never worked harder than I have for
the last year, and I shan't make one
square neal out Of al l shall raise.
What little Of cur crops were left by
the drouth and ehineh-bug, has now
been taken by the grass-hoppers, which
came on like i snow-storm yesterday
noon They have eaten corn. cob and
all, apples, peaches, and everything that
would help keep poor man from starv-
ing It Is the hardest time I ever saw.
I had ten acres Of wheat DESTROYED.
Corn, now, Is one dollar per bushel. I
thought l should have four or five hun
dred bushels TO sell, bat now I shan,t
have enough TO fat pork enough for i
white man $ dinner" In another part
Of his letter be states that there has
been 10 ram to do any good since the
middle Of May, and that he shall not
get his seed back, from any Of his crops
except his oats. It's WONDERFUL how
the grasshopper increases from year to
year IN the west and yet no method Is
presented for It's destruction Let Us
suggest to you, 10, most efeetuaI mode
which you can try next year., and We
viii guarantee that the fun Of the thing
viii prevent you from having the high
po- Place the grasshapper On rock
and sulte 1t with i hundred pound
sledge-haumer. 1t would never recover
sufficiently to depredate again TO any
distressing extent. P S. The grasshap-
per should be held on the rock BY some
person. between the thumb and fore fin.
ger, to prevent its escape If you havs
no mother-Tn-IaE OF friendly ueighbors
we viii send one Of our delinquent sub.
seribers TO hold it for you The chineE
bug can be served the slime way
Some weeks ago, IN OUT Barton locals
We mentioned the fact Of huge femaIt
tumble-bug, thoroughly walIaPfng out
other female, and then with rocks ana
curses, driving NAN across the lax
and following him up and capturing hin
IN sheep pasture. Since that time 81,
has been going about like rearing IIol
. seeking chance to devour somebody
keeping her blinking eye, most Of til.
: time, upon the same man, who. meal
: time, has kept aIoof as much as possible
and thus avoided Il serImmage. Las
: Thursday however, she got suEfeiientI
| viii filed with bean-water to bring O.
one Of her fighting fits. and Ike MAIDS
: pointed her snoot and went for the raj
t road dump where her man" was tryin
to earn an honest living BY the sweat c
his brow. The gang Of sectian-men SD
: the approaching hurricane and nigh
i, have escaped the filthy slang that was t
~ come, by retreating, but they stood thei
ground Ike veterans. On, the pettyeoat
came. gracefully @ topping IN til
breaze, leaving behind them winruw
blue foam and wrathfuI muEterings. III
dump was gained For moment til
: creature paused. and gazed q scornfI
gaze at the village below AstonIshed
d1mbfaunded and stupefed. the NE
c stood before the awful hoppoean ass
Il When their senses returned . pair
L angel wings were seen Plunging to Il
y IarhorJl and starbGard- and one Of the
u crew was somewhat mixed up therewiIttl
The man made no attempt Co attacl
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