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Show Pest Let Loose on Country. H The gipsy ninlh was Introduced In- M to this country nl Medford, Mass., In B I860, In couiiectliiti with some expert- M menfs tn ibrldlzlug silkworms. A H few specimen escaped, nnd about H twenty jonra Inter the liiH.-ct hnd be- H come n serious pest, Hi'tweeti 1800 H and JltOO tho state of Massachusetts H Kfieiit iilmiit h million dollnrs In com- H tinting- the Insect, which became B SLnrce feiniriirll., but speedily re- M sumel Its depredations uiien tiie cam- H palpi iik'nlnM It wax discontinued. H |