The Holly chieftain., 1899-06-30
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The storm OF last week did moro
damage than was thought at the
time the Chieftain was pubIished.
Some hail around Holly doing more
or less damage, whilo up ~ Hcfse
creek it was the worst hailst0rm seen
In years and absolutely ruined IN pros
poets Of crop for several farmers.
Hailstones fell as large q goose eggs
with such force that several calves
were killed. Al TnomaA who lives
ten miles north OF Holly, tOaether
with his two boys, was caught two
miles from home by the storm and
before he could reach his house he
was rendered unconcious by the ~
fvere pelting the hailstones gave him,
and he had to be assisted tothe house.
1t was some time before he fully re-
covered. He protected the boys some
what by placing them in front Of him
on the horse and leaning over them,
but the oldest received some bad
bruises about the head.
Mr.. Robertson, who lives some four
miles north Of Mr.. Thomas was also
in the storm and was bruised up very
badly before he could reach shelter.
Fortunately the heaviest Of the
storm was east of the farming dis
trict under the Amity canal and only
a few farmers up there were damaged.
NJ. NJ. Brown, who lives above the
Amity canal on Horse creek and who
always has one Of the finest gardens
in the country, had all his garden
and even his trees completely ruined.
G. s. French lost some twenty
head OF sheep.
The Vincent boys lost all their
wheat crop, which was just heading
out and promised fine yield.
At Amityville, James Haged0rn,
Fred Mohl and two or three others
suffered considerable damage to their
crops and fruit trees.
Among the farmers near Holly, u
II. Banks. w. B. Padley, M. =. BEaag,
w. q. Mitchell, A. L. Hare, J. Z.
Wood, had their crops severely dam
aged, those of the first two being al
most completely ruined.
J. Z. Wood and A. L. Hare's dam
age was caused by the dam on Horse
creek on the county road which block
ed the water up and sent the main
current over their farms, covering up
all vegetation in its path with heavy
coat Of mud and debris.
1t is indeed severe blow to the
agricultu rists as they had brilliant
prospects for a bountiful harvest,
bnt there is still an opportunity for
them to make something out Of their
farms this summer, and from what
we can learn they are going to take
advantage of it. They will go to
work and set out all the land upon
which their crops were destroyed to
celery and devote all their attention
and labor to cultivating that crop
from now on. All that do this will
no doubt make some money, as their
land is in excellent condition, and
there will be an abundance of water.
There are enough celery plants in
the hot beds Of Messrs. H0llister and
Peat to supply everybody with all
they want, and if proper energy is d.
rected to this industry, what now ap-
pears to be misfortune may prove
in the end to be blessing.
1t has been conclusively proven that
celery will grow as thrifty or more 20
than any other crop and viii yield
more dollars per acre in proportion to
the labor expended than anything
else. We believe that everybody
should devote every possible effort to
celery culture from this on, for there
is every prospect that by 20 doing
protitablc crop will result.