, 1874-07-31
1nTs..n.eeehlng wrong with tho climato, and eiyn
olesoh vida borth in seeking holnoB.
THE LOCUSTS,
ot tao Martin County tNllnn,1
Atc1fg1 Uhtumittnt4:

TIE LOCUSTS.
Address OF tho Martin County tr1lnn,,
ncliuf Ubtnmittco.
10 tho Ftop'e Of tac United States,
In Connty. ". o: MINI, through .tla. Committee
fosem fns ny tuo, d 70 appeal 70 their countryon
rdr }iny aynpdt;h1Y nta1Y aa sa Most ot tho disasters
r strength tobst, Th dani,.gra di,sers
tion Of cltins, Or ta buratnk 81 ieyjsa nauS3 -
gHntlea against, nnd sanitary tskalatihns d sd,13
largely dlnaFm peaatilenco yet whom tiioao% % o..
ha,,ls extonlotl to llolp them. :, "A'4A"s'
Tho devastation Of loarsta II d thing that bo
hrman Agcnty oan provsut or dhock, Du1nrtSIieH
Us ont toohlo afo, to lbok fdtd!uc Id iii faSo'
no ffstsn of osas RssfSets ss oe why S Il d
By oxpcrienco We know tho facility viii whtc,,
leBttts. 'Aso
% Ono year sEo vhbt clouds Of tho Fod;logBsalo-
agltol down up6it dur lo1ds and commenced fd
ravaging. til \ month they had destroyed ali
our Cropa saYe grain and corn, Of which, owing
to the latonoes OF tho season, small portion oss
eaeed aee ta',s M 81 whcat' ahout three buehola pr
0at pooplu afe exclusively M agtlcy,ttures ,
pe6bld, as eatly 7ettlere must ot heedualty Be,
Gnd liShc6 This diaester Aoroly triptaotl tliem:
noyofl o oter ai, eoutiea u aotea ofe 5r lsSg b
by to stas to lid aosAatsd dsttfat MattI
County, with ovor one.fonrth tho ettif6 botjita-
ton, i.e reegoiyod less THAN one-twentietd 1jaft
small amount Of soed wheat was also fecciye5,
which, divided among u small nutnber Of tLoo
most Destitute, gave them oght bushels to
family: with this holp only. our pooplo strug-
gea through, though cuthptlted to facrines
mitch atock aud othor property thoy tonll llly
epaio,
Iul tho loousts loft tho erouha 1i.etatty filled
with their oggs:: Iii tho following spring, hftdt
getting oil tllo information poseibo cu,curnlng
concluded to hazard crop. In May tic locust
oggs hattftol, ind riew host, iflcuncei1ablo il
number, commenced their dpsotntlng career. und
have paused not till liow ,Ctulyl wien nothing
q t9oa Tor n a or he1st relaips eroTng u
Of thecorn, mid IN tlis our bhemioa nfo busy al
work.
III Tho ycars Of pionoorlng. our .pooplo had to
struggle with too many difficulties TO got rap.
ad df Industry tat tl'is seeond yesr Of G tlisas
ter loavos them llttlo to fall batk hpoh. Ii tha
disaster wis bInhl in o1teht, tho 4,600 people df
Martin County could ottafn. fofiof ,ssitho1b dE.
pou'i'ie to the coutltty, at large; bqt,, tltungh
latlon, tho disastar y 1oto or less ae9efd over i
large axtent Of ooiintry. Labor viii I'D a6ol ili.
saablo' for tho supply from tho doYaatated tli3-
tricts will far outrn tile limited outside donnd.
All TINT industry eau do tp such oircu1patanooa
our people will do to llolp themselves. II ocon-
only could atretch their atlntod meang oyor thq
next fourteen months our peoplo would nalt tsa
mid. Hardship aud pflyatior are too familiar ia
us to excite dread, but whnt shall we do when
labor will not buy .t,B bread, and economy be-
comes useless boda1tso thofe is nothing to ccon-
omizo?
What shall wo do when winter ra4cs wrath
fully over theso bleak pralflos mud our children