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Show First Grasshopper In the East. Tho first grasshopper of tho season arrived nt Augusta, Mo., bright and early Monday morning. Tho snltatorlal orthoptcrous Insect wns securely enged In n tightly corked bottle, nnd the guardian of tho bottlo wns nono other than William S. llaldwln. Mr, Baldwin made no claim to bo tho captor cap-tor of the grasshopper1, however, but explained thnt it camo down from North Sydnoy, whero IJd Hughes had caught It nfter an exciting chaso over a bnro spot In tho field. Tho Insect wns alive and well. Boston Globe. |