, 1876-07-31

JACKSON, Mimi, July ad;-Eai.or. Of ths
Psonatv-Press and Tribune: The grasshoppcrs
came here last snturday-m!llions of them.
cred the ground. We had fair prospect for n
good crop In the southern part of the county.
but In twcnty.four hours our prospect w!1s
blghtcd They COVERED tue ground goinplctcly:
@ irom 'lear Fariaount, sMartn County, !" lIs
west line of the State, n1,d how much furt'lcr f.
uncertntn, aid from tue Northern Pac!'lc to
Sioux City. Tncy are catlug every green
truck, ete. Farn'era ore busy tcuttIugc ything
that will do to cut, outs and wheat, but In this
vicinity will not get half-no, nota aqtiarter crop
They arr. deposlttng their eggs. What is to
become Of us the Lord only HHTs M i s9aes; s9aos;o
WALNUT onovr, nEnsEr, Sobiss n; i: 1;ev c., July
17.-Editor Of tie I'ioaner. Press d'sd Tribune |
ucat myself this beautiful morning TO tsy to tell
yo, something Of the lust tcrrihie raid Il hop
pers. Thry have nearly cleaned out everything,
md Gllcd the ground full OF eggs. HI. umber-
son, 0 Scandinavian, one Of our most wealthy
lie has lost 800 in gratn srnec last Sunday, and
tha. he counted twclya 'horpcrs on Inches Of
ground, al1 laying eggs, So you see they arc
filing lie ground like arye, forty times worse
than ever known before. We have lost 1000
since last Saturday In small grain.
The people arc losing all thcir courage. AZ y
sit lcto writing see two covered wagons going
ulopg. A great many are leaving, but some ~ !,
EttuULEu lke UHfACIfCAs WE AAtE ElNeA RAAAF~
ings, quite stock Of cattlc, aud sltnatcd 50 IL
is quite impossible to pull up md leave wttaous
sacrificing u great deal. think there are somu
situated ~ We are who will stay aud try stock@
ruisug,-go into raising sheep. We cannon
raise Gogs, for we canuot raise enough to feed
them.
ii Is very dkcousugine, but where arc alt
these people to 60 atd find work and ratsS
Some sns. s5e obligcd to 60. Others may Jet have
to 70. We ase now afraid that there Ia such
q numerous deposit Of cg;s IA the ground = tha5
the 'hoppers ~ill bc so % MANI as TO as9 tasa az o.
dark, look ii it as you may, AZ present caa
not tell wlIat we shall do. This ts da.k Tor all
the State Of Minnesota, for It reaches over sucb
large scope Of country.
ponder Oh, where these grasslioppcr troubles
lro to end. will bid you good.by, by saytug
am undtF cloud q then! ~ the mir, ten "
ifteen feet !sep. They shade the sun, and sr1
Ahou afP hf nj dF Rfps5ttr sstrs1 s,s ste,uoon
the greatrs. army Of 'horie1s, ever ssru hers
y,assc.l over In tircctiuu Atslc south Of west.
They were apparently half Inllc uboyc tlic
earth, extending from the western to the catt-
soid nass. Tle sun W.. shning brilliantly,
rcyvNi tho terrible numbers OF the
scaurgc, Directly overhead lot. thc .;t sertn'l:
| tMH63 WIS IhllNilStlau1E ~
tlle eye, auil while most painfully visible un-
der small. dask cloud, their extent could on'y
Tie cloud. Tic exte,t Of this swarm may 10
somewhat nnlc5stood Iy remembering s,, aht t' u!
sun. they represent terrific snow-sturnl, a1ld
Fy we ts sky for fos ;ss1s di,as ~ ts Isoapa eso
MOVES away from direct focus with the sun's
rays, and keep up tns scc'!e from snout 10
In the morning til Ia tn. afternoon, ,,1eF, on,
sun, when In this casc they, not only had
more dense appearance around the snu, but
80 far as the eye could reach IL every direction,
md cspccy overhead, they wero nany times
more dcNse ihan In ous Of thc greatest aights
Immediately bctwccn us and tbs srn, ind gava
firth noise resembling an approaching gale.
Mr.. burlington, tho 'nuiltarrlcr tron here to
Wainut Grove, tells Us ttlut, Oh hts way home
Saturday afternoon. by could see tic hoppers
raise In ihc distance allraa OF htln resembling
dense and tInpenctrabte smoke, which ho At
first thought they wetr, hut soon discovered
TINT the columns were dense clouds OF grass
| lopprrs that llAI lit since he passed OVER tic
| runu Friday morning.