Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-08-20
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I UREA, Neb., Aug 9th, 1,

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UTICA, Neb., Aug 9th, 1874.
EDS. OTTUMwA CouR1EE: After
taking stroll this morning, through
the field where my corn ards, Thought
L would drop YOU a line, informing
you andmy friends who read your il
.teresting paper, that my corn is not
there. A short time ago had thirty
three acres Of corn that indicated as
fair = prospect of an extra crop as
Wapcllo county could ever boast OF.
But the grasshoppers came, and in less
time than il took to. plant it with q
planter, they swept it away, leaving
nothing but the bare s,ocks, which
look like sugar can stalks stripped and
prepared for manufacturing. IL alone,
was the subject of their depredations,
it would be 9 small matter. But there
IL . large extent of country here that
10 left almost destitute Of anything ex-
cept wheat and oats, which wero too
far advanced to be damaged By them.
aud which prove TO DO very good
crops. But the corn, garden ,vexeta-
bles, and nearly everything else has
took i,s fight with the grasshopporr,
who LETT here two weeks ago to-day
This stale Of affairs makes everything
look blue here. But when we consid.
er how much better OF we are " ith our
wheat and oat crops and some potatoes
left, than they are in some other places
this year and other years, where they
left nothing, We think we should en-.
dure Il with patience and fortitude
keep stiff upper lip, and try again
next year. We have one consolation,
however, which Is a report that the
grasshoppers are offering ~ per bush
u for seed corn and $3.50 per day for
hands to plant corn next year. sr.
While / could not advise people to
come to Nebraska this fall with fam
ily and team to winter, under the
present circumstances, still can say
In candor that consider 1t the most
favorable timo for men to come and
buy land, and come to 1t when they
please, thar there has ever presented
itself here or almost any other place.
The kind OF ! calamity we hsve met
with will always discourage many
IN any country, and they viii ieave on
almost any tarms, and probably they
will 90 where the grssshoppers will
clean them out next year, while We
may not have any here. The human
family L 90 constituted that they will
do these foolish things. consequently
Il ID . favorable time fora man with .
little money and considerable pluck to
como and bay. find thasf am like
" to airing this epistle ont to an nm
interesting, Il not an unendurable
length, % will cut short by saying
that We are Oh well, and by request.
ing you 70 give our respects to all old
friends and neighhors except three.
viz: Mr.. Acton, Mr.. Hamilton, and
Mr.. Myers, frvm below Agency City.
I cannot send them any compliments,
for tho reason that on yesterday they
came ont from Seward past my place,
and / met them on the road and failed
to recognize them, aud they also failed
to identity mo. They stopped in my
ahsence and did not stay until I came
home, and / did not get to see them
I did Lot learn which one Of the two
or three generation Of Myers It WAS.
I learned from my folks that they
were very much pleased with this
country, Notwithstanding the dcsolate
appearance which the rayages OF the
grasshoppers have givcnit. i
noticed ia the CouRIER that my
old friend Bross and wife are on via
II to yonr town. enjoying themselves
hugely. II would afford Us most nm
speakable pleasure to be in tho same
Ak. We had intended to make visit
TO yonr town this fall. but guess the
erasshoppers have upsct our anticips-
tions. I viii send you a copy Of our.
cosnty paper, this Nebraska Reporter.
and II ron do not exchange With II. i
would Ike to havs You do so. Ilearn
from 8. B. Mills that our little friend
Benny Arthur Is back again ~ his
house on visit; hope he will be ont
10 see ne again. am sorry to learn
that politics OF something else has re-
duced nv old friend S. u. Evans to .
shad, but am persuaded that these
old line Democrats cau't stand the
prossure Of cfncs.
Yours truly,
G. A. DERRY,
p. S.-Piease inform me when my
subscription To the COURIER expires,
for l must renew, - We can't Keep
house without 1t. We take the Chica-
60 later Ocean, Cincinnati Times N.
Y. Ledger, and our county paper, but
the COURIER 10 like the carly sweet ap-
pie tree--it il the first to be tramped
around. u. A. d.
$4,000 IN MONEY sAvFDl
This il TO certify tirt Mr.. Thomas K.
Shsrhesd has put up tor Or, on our farms,
NAYS Patent Windmill for pumping
water of tho pattern or style called "1he
Beat
That after using said Mill we can cheer
fully recommend il a good substantial
and durable Mil. and fully ads,ted to the
purpsss for which It u used--.hat with .
tank of sufficient sxs and 40 uufailing sup