Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-12
The Army Worm.

It's Great Ravages on Long IsIand-Fear-
 fuI Devasfation-Its Supposed Origin
 and a Supposed EfectuaI Remedy-Ap-
 pearance of the Worm in Connecticut
 to Slight Extent.
 The Long Island plague of the army worm continues without abatement, and the pest has also made its appearance at Madison and down near Stamford. The worm is in great force near Northport, and as on the shores of the Great South Bay is making havoc, de- vouring everything in it's line of march Some central parts of the island have escaped thus far. A close inspection shows that the worms do not feed at night, as some have thought, but in the afternoon and evening, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon the ground begins to be literally black with them. Early in the morning few are to be seen, but by turning up the sod, clumps and other places which they can crawl under, they will be found in gangs of from twenty-five to fifty. So far trees and shrubbery and potato vines and clover to some extent have escaped but rye and wheat fields are stripped so com pletely that often nothing but the stalk re- mains Corn is cut off even under the earth, so that it is feared even the roots will be de- voured, and timothy and fred top" are eaten up so completely that a fire passing over the meadows would not leave them more arid Thirty acres of rye in one place were com pletely stripped in 60 hours, and now the stalks are dying in the ground The field looks as if ripening for the harvest, but at the head only the chaff remains. Even the boards have been eaten up.
 Where the worms come from is a great sub iaof If OJoa o11fhoritxy ha1iouec that the moth deposits it's eggs in the fall, and that if there had been an early frost or se- were winter the worms would have been killed in their incipient stage. The deposit, he says, is made at the junction of the second leaf in the formation of the first joint, as with grain insects generally. Heargues that, where rye and wheat were sowed late the second leaf was not yet forming when the moths were laying their eggs, and in proof of this points to wheat fields which were sowed late, which have escaped almost scot free from the worm. The largest of the worms are now burying themselves in the earth, having apparently finished their mission, but there is another crop coming on.
 The great desideratum, remedy for the worms has been sought for most earnestly. It is stated that an effectual remedy has been found in fighting them thus far. This is to dig deep trenches dividing the field, to be pro- tected from the one already attacked The
 
 improved by pits or wells dug still deeper. With these trenches and pits it is claimed 8 boy and broom can stop an army, but it is well to keep fresh fred top'' saturated with Paris green or London purple in the bottom so that the worms may eat thereof and die.
 Rev. MT. Williams.
 A correspondent says: 'The resignation of Rev. Charles H. Williams, pastor of the Howard avenue church, has been accepted and he breaches his farewell sermon to-mor- row afternoon. It is great loss to New Ha- ven that so many able clergymen have left us. Many warm friends in and out of the church are greatly affected by these changes. Rev. Mr. Williams has done a great and good work here, was one of the most reliable work CTS in the great Moody meetings, and has won here many friends who will long remember his services"
 It is not always perfectly safe to soothe the baby with opium preparations, but you can rely on Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup; it con- tains nothing injurious.