Show IN A I 1 farm lo in rau nix hour SOT nov the following orizio all and od chalso recount of tho the kansal gross lagae is u taken from a ia tatlo loletter letter to 0 o a gentleman in this city SALL COUNTY CoCi tIT IU KAN N i sapt 8 1876 ij dear ta raider ther no man oa can fight against nature the contest is crual earing caring no moro more for a man tin lor for a gnes hopper ahl abl tho the hopper today to day I 1 ott lout sixty acres of wheat talon to in the ground in less thau an aa lour hoar I 1 tho I 1 had bid seen locusts locusta two yeara year mo ago but bat I 1 wai mistaken mis laben at about 10 this morning J 1 unlined noticed a hemy heavy imoto arsi rhioe a g ia a tho the we west st I 1 said 1 to myself that tbt isa ia a ft i looking bokr what causes it iti I 1 set rat on my drill and watch watched ellit it it roso smoke rising r abing to tho the south booth to tho the north to tho the northeast jo in a few cw minutes tho the column ot of extended from tho the south around by tho the west frost to the northeast to he limit of vision while I 1 woo waa saying to my self yes I 1 understood yoa now my I 1 heart slowly sank bank toy by team I 1 put pat my full W hol sacks colci 10 in the waon hitched to it drove to tho the granary gri oary unloaded drove to the tha lowe hoano got my gun gaa and ni vent prairie chicken shooting sly my vita looked it at me in mild surprise Bor prise quitting work nork on a beautiful day to RO go shooting wall a 1 queer r thing the n tb ought I 1 did not hc ve the abo heart to toll her thit that in less lesa than lour four hours her nio nice garden would be b cleaned out oat and nd that ill all our conr wheat would be gone soon boon the low hum v ot of a dutant mechina m filled tho the nir air the advaney 0 of f the I 1 louder loader ever louder the I 1 till in a mar tho courtless bilionis of devou atre on ell tip aa ai around til as the thab I 1 air wag eliar with thorn them I 1 could look at t the rua ana without blin kisK they set constantly the earth was covered red with them yet not ono in ia a tholand stopped to botho thomast tho ost cast they went in a vast cloud clond A west wind A RI blow blew atheni l for six eix hours houra they flow flo a solid cloud nod to light eight thoro there is u not doi a wheat plant left in icy aby of 0 the tha bont about here biro I 1 ut list on a hill and ad watched them end and smiled as I 1 saw some roma hundreds tackle a eun ann flower I 1 and laughed as I 1 saw that sunflower too flower vanish H how ow thick they berol how baroll res they looked bat bak kret great jove JOTO low bow they alel alt aba what appetites they have it would mika make a dyspeptic turn preen green with envy enty to see eo the be way they fasten to anything and everything edible the ch char a r sot eristio of 0 a grasshopper I 1 lip p polito is that all ho he cats runs inns to appetite sixty acres of my wheat WM was up r now it is i dobo the gullets of I 1 suppose they will iske tho the residue as a s it cornea comes through the tha ground well I 1 shell have to that is ill all hut but the loii ot seed aall labor is pretty sore core on we me abi this your year I 1 lave hive joy la in saying thit that I 1 sava h have ei eighty sores of corn that will try their teeth somewhat it ii as bard escorn 03 corn can lo 10 I 1 walked donn don thia llila to t ECO ece how they were making ont with it they had bad tho the stalks all stripped of leave letven and D were edwing at the corn but bu I 1 could NO tbt it was wai deign no go they teeth slipped over I 1 ibo be yellow surf Burl see tro I 1 have late gone ronato to haying again and I 1 will bay cotil ll 11 tho the locusts leavo leave I 1 a aill keep three plows running and w will I 1 11 as aa soon coon as is possible our garden is ii perfectly cloirec clo ired beans cabbages tomatoes toaia melons everything utterly gono gone tho the vaca to tho potatoes are ara gone cone and I 1 am expect leg IOK a boes lopper up hero at any in auto to repeat the I 1 ilia ot a spade to dig up my potatoes I 1 dball reboso hr his request witti wita stormi |