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Show THE GRASSHOPPER. 1 1H-T. d;Y Of TUK niRD HY f; Kl'.Snt. rFKNISMTrS. Ws.iie il is iMt diJiu-ult to obtain inl'.riiiatiuh ri K-'idiiis tn nature ami iialiiU of the locu-U ur gra-suppi--r. no p.irltruiar in tln-1-' f -r ihtir filer 111 111.it ion or tur pn.t-1 tii ni frmn lln )r ravii- bav,- yd bu n 1. und to any -iti.u. ti-y lit. ol. o c-u U-nri. wiluotil much tr'-iiMo v'. the grv.it do Iru.jli' 11 ma-bi by thTii in l..i' dill'- r--til nlali -H, iliidi.-p i-l:!) Ituhc Mi-Ji ij. 1 valley. Lot i:.e -.Hal luvi iiy oi liio hour, a uecu-ijniy di-m.mdni by int; t)i .il utlentioI aru -ailure, is " -tn i dy, pr ti lieal r umly for tin grown:.: owl. it.e- bureau ot v;ri-..tniii'i', v;ri-..tniii'i', at V..rhi:'glon, i.t .K;nio! i,-r tiie n lvaiii'i ni' i.t uf our gn n .rieu.tur.il i:.t-r-tt i ii-arlj aiivnt, ,in r.-ard t't I'.iii-' or gr j.iihupptT I idcv 1 -t t ttiy ttlt-'iHiMii nl Hie th- 1 1 i irtim nl liol luivuii; I 1111 ihr eti d to l tlii; 111 l: -n id It ie Mibi.Tt. I ihere nl ii great lan'.l Inal Ibis de-j.ii de-j.ii linriil h.ia h"t tiiVfl) this ii'lralU'ti iii'iru ait. 'i. l. ..1.? .ui- ' lb K dep.til-.iiluI dep.til-.iiluI tuu .l m-t, in any maimer, n.d ir iiilvanco the itil'TK.Ls id iigneiil-turi; iigneiil-turi; U-lter than by tuo.'uug.i in-vi'atigatum in-vi'atigatum ol a hiibjuct f.) u ohiv alli-tl wit 11 Iho vital prosperity nf the roiimrv. l'li luileat lulormAlinn upon th'! ai;t.i'.-t id rintalioil in the r. purla n( the n i-iiia wt the Sniiln-Miiuan Sniiln-Miiuan iii-liiut...n lx 1 Wilh n view to bring III sul'ttel readily be-t,r be-t,r you, I d. em it pn-pur to rsvien nn-tlv, tiin tlrptrtl' huh whn-li li i" ie. n 'iiuiile by Ibe l"t'usta iu vurio'i r-nuiilina iiinl it dilli rent peilinls ol tho pAi-l. hx'dl'cr wilti Be un ol 111'1 me. on wiii. ii have bef.i cinnl. 'ytd fT lel' in'i! ntuiint ihcnn inruails. I'. iii.M t.i trhe.t reconU'l p j..'iirane of tho y rn-Htu ippera lip.n 'ln-Nnrtll Aineriean roiitlllflil, W-if .ip.. tue luiiilri of the Jeatlll HH.i'it'N-.ins, HH.i'it'N-.ins, in Uihluiniii, in llui year IV--I hey re.iiM'aii d ineru iu IV I1'', and lin n in 17.ut4.nml again tor lliree M urs tun'etrtively, l ginning With 1,'ij. ('apt. Joint t'nrver. who ex-,ilnred ex-,ilnred Iho viift ri'nimi of Iho extreme northwest in iT'-h, di H.Tibes heir np i. unmeo al tlial 1'iiily day, and flay l hut they ilile-ited U.i'He prla, ftnd 1 lie intern. r colonii'H in larg Hivurmn ind did a ureal deal of mii-ebirl. The lirL rerord We are able to find of Ihu iippeitrmicn ot tho lueusln in Linn eenuiiy, win iu Miuiinaotii. It oceuned in the liitl river nellli'iiient in tint years 1M8 and 1M'.', and wa-an wa-an inviit'on tn great (free, emuinc niucli BiillVring in a young colnny or. inly Hlriinling Willi llm nuilil'er lens bardnhipa incident 1o early pioneer hie. Tho ao.oiint uluten that the granslmpperc eiime from Ihe west one iilleniooii in the la-d wyi'k ol July, 1SIH, alrt every green thing ami LlepiiUlleil Uieir r:v.r. ni' ' wein oblin d to "end to J'riiirin du Uliien, o old iin -d for thoir nexl crop. ' 1'iom bsOto 1Hi."j theriiHeem-tti theriiHeem-tti have ln'Mi nn marked loeul invasion inva-sion iu (hn Mississippi valley, exeopt inK lim ravngen in in 1SI '- 1,1111 .gain in IK m. This lung inK-rval ol ..nil t may perhap bo explainrd by Llm fuel that within thu interval levern fiilatinni were felt in C.ihtoi nhv in isi.'M, IM:m, ami If' W, anl by tlio pnnaihlw liuil that Ihu loemln may Imvn eiomi'd tho lo.rky Mi'iinhnn, anil made their advimeeH weslwanl ibiring tliort 1 y ih. Hut it in plain from tho woidti of linrver, ahemly .iinl"d, that Ihe uppraraiiro of lh loi'iml in the ntitthwi'wl was a thing "I repeated o'Viu teiiee bulnrn tbo lino when he visited thn Country I17'n), and it in more than prubable lliul veil pnllinim of Minii''Hila were vinihtl at timcH h. hveeil 1 Ml Uhtl Tlio invtml-in of Mimienibt in I KM j 7 was eon lined tno"lly to 11 iinrmw belt iion tho upper MiHHm mppi valley, unti though liinih d in aiea was 'eAceeditig soveio. They reappeared in 1804 aud 1SG5, chiefly ia tbo northwestern portion ot the stale, doing but little damage except in a few localities. Their next appearance ap-pearance was in 18GS, when they made a slight incursion. They appeared in limited numbers, doing little damage iu 1S71-72. But the period of ihe most prolonged and destructive visitation ol the pests is that which began iu 1873, and which continue to this date. In the vicnity of the Sicramento" valley, California, in July, 1855, the jlociats made their appearance in great numbers. The air for three days, at au elevation of from twenty to" two hundred feet, was literally thick wilh them, resembling a dense snow storm. Great numbers fell upon iho Btreets ot Sacramento and the city seemed actually taken by Blorrn. Thoy immediately commenced tho wholesale destruction of every Ereeu thim? in tha noiphhnrhncd. In the sacrainento valley whole orchards, rineyards and gardens have been con-uiuied con-uiuied by them. Entire fields of srain and other crops and vegetables were eaten up in a Bpaco of a single Jay. In some portions of Lhe valley they annoyed the passungers and horses of the public stages to such an extent as to cause the greatest inconvenience, and in some instances so as to positively endanger human lite. They oven consumed the leaves and bark ol the older trees, and the young leaves and bark of the email branches uf tho cottunwood or willow, and even the soli green parta of the buHrushes, and in Boroe parta ot the valley they Ate through the gauze and textile coverings of all kinds, which had been used to shelter animals and plants from their altack. In the same year they visited Oregon, Utah aud Texas iu groat numbers, destroying destroy-ing everything in their way, and . fully ono half of the untire crops of all kinds. In lboti, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and other states were visited. Tneii ravages were fully as destructive as ir. Cahiuniia the previous year. Xb the locust has been the burning of j tho prairies. The Indiana take the locusts, sweeping Ihem by fire and driving them into the center, thusj roasting them, and afterward using' them for food. As early as the years, 1749, 1754 and 1750, the locuala rnadej their appearance in Maine (see VVil-, hams' history of Maine), and do-J vuuicd almoat every green thing, even j to polatoe tups. So great was the , alarm occasioned among the people, that days of fasting and prayer were ( appointed on account ot the threat-) ened calamity. Iu the year 1S20 tiie locusts made their appearance in New Hampshire by millions, and were tully as dUlruclive as in Maine. They destroyed the entire crops of tlio aUle or nearly so. Lale in autumn a tltjud cauie, after which toid weather pet in, ami destroyed the eggs which had been deposited during L tie autnmcr. bo abundant were these in.ccts, that Arnold Thompson, ot Mernmac couuty, aiicceeded in ratt-hing, in a single evening, brlween the Iiuura of ft aud 1-, live busheU and three pecks, by means ot a sack, fastened lo a crosi-pole. In Dwight's travels through New Lufci-uJ -4.J ;-.v VtirU yparrj 17l'7 Vs, It. ere is an account ot the lucu-ta in Vernnl, Mar-sachuif-tU, .n.d New Hainpshirii, and the iiii-ecta in Ihooo uiales were, if jn.si.bie, ever more detruclivo Tney destrnyea; c over, inntie, Uibaeoo plant-s, burdeick all Tfgeiab:es, sou even garments 01 men luy in the fit id. They alao devoured the lix.se particlea of eaw du-at left on irochly sawed boards. In) S i Baltimore waj in(irlfd by llitae, HiTei Uj. Tno locmta w. re so thick ( nd tbtructive in gariens and: gri"HimIrf that ii'f!rrj"B vere inip! yt.l to dnvi) Ibeiu from the fields and, gardens wiUi n-1. and i:i l:ii way t.10 in-pcla weru r.peat'-d-y whipped ,.nt ot the grx'Utids, leaping and tlyir.g ,he.f.-e the line of t'sligilli'll like'; I tl v its o( fo (tUi e wre red I'v-l'' 1 l.oaij'a). I |
