Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-21
Perhaps people in Kennebec county have al

Perhaps people in Kennebec county have al
ready enough Of the caterpillar pest to thor.
oughly disgust them. A gentleman from River
side informs us that "thc sound Of their going"
among the forest trees is like the patterug Of rain
Some of the largest fruit raisers in Kennebec have
abandoned the attempt to stay their onward march.
Their efforts are as fruitless as their trees will be
this fall. Our farmers may be consoled by the re-
Election that they not the only parties afflicted
The grasshoppcrs out in Colorado have rolled up
their sleeves and gone to work in good earnest
and in extensive swarms. A late letter says the
farmers are fighting them by all means in their
power. They sluicc them down the bitches with
water. gather them up in heaps and burn them
for the water will only collect, and will notsrown
these very vital pests. They set cans of coal oil
dripping slowly at the heads of their ditches and
slightest touch of the oily film, floating down the
ing water destroys the young grasshopper
They drag the ground with huge harrows covered
with blazing brush, and the flame scofchcs its tiny
millions TO death. They draw papers or platforms
smeared with tar along the fields, and the insects,
in trying to hop over fall on the tar and stick
there. With all these devices they only thin out
the unwelcomc visitors.
The following delegates from this city to the
republican State convention, to be held in Bangor
On Thursday, were chosen on the 10Th Of May
last Amos Wilder, j. d. Myrick, Ira d. Sturgis,
w. I. johnson, III. A. Dewitt w B. Lapham,
Dearborn Longfellow, S. W. Wyman, w. III.
Woods, p. S. Percval, Ira II. Randall, B. Z. Saw
age, Erastus Haskell, G. {. Vosc, g. S. Ballard,
S. 2. Plummer. The delegation was authorized
to fill vacancies. II is to be hoped that the dele
gates will, make an effort to 60, or report, that
their places may be filed. One fare for the round
trip. Persons from this city and vicinity may take
the 3 80 train ON Thursday morning, and return
by the evening Pullman.
Thorndike Locals.
Some of our citizens are fond of having good
roads, but do not like to do the work, which is
necessary, in order to have them good themselves,
so they must have the county commissioners on to
lay cut the work. and see that some one else does
it. This does not seem to be hardly the way
things should be carried on.
Some of our Young Americas thought they
would have some sport one day last week. SO
while on their way to school, one of their number
obtained some powder from one Of our storekeep
crs, and with this and some liquor they had quite
a celebration. The first days sport passed with
out any harm being done. But they were not sat
isfed W it'll this and tried it again the next day
Some of the powder was strewn upon the ground
and the match applied but it failing to go, one of
their number stopped down to blow it, when it ig-
nited the powder, and it exploded burning the
boys face n bad shape, and injured his eyes. so
that it is doubtful if they ever so be can see
again. Let this be a warning TO the boys, and al
so to the storekeepers who should never sell such
stuff to boys
Mr.. r. S. Rich has been having him family
monument made during the spring. lie has just
received it, and is preparing to have it placed IN
his lot in Ssywards graveyard.