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1. C../1 ,t)r:id in Ay, 137°, inl 7ettled oa fat%
on ple ereei.. In 1874 or 1875 T:o were visited bY ErassrloPers. I
hal never ior4e1 an lien Cl anything so Alsastrous. «lieu t "beP-
peril 6are ilyinr J,r, air wag ful. tiiex. As 1.41•
tiley
seernel 1140
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eevere t'Lô storm.
:17-1^k1 or 7Ypt. Pi,teY ao"n
It 141'4t ),-Pn J 1
3c b41 tr^ lay that tl'ie passenger train
hr f!
or. tf! ni;3r.!1 fie ;11.11.PC %nra. 1 Typnt ,to 70 triin
clor frc-c t;ie crr1 e!,ects was 11r4e tint-. I tinr train
was Ker. dere for three he%r3.
The enrine wan ne7mearel
w15 sirnt. The rills and rrounl were ;:r,v,,r..1
witf, t c.:1711M into the houses inl cne
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1-1Pr pr.or ono .ay Ind rer lice curtains cn t,*(04 flccr, -11r.t.
otntlrely n 'ten. r3. 'eorce '.11rner 1111 it she came tn
one 1 -J .en the "hoi:pers" an4 they werc: thl t,"!
the ;Ic:a rinl L barn. ,,rs TIzrher's ef.11 had a fiell
cg corns w...;.Tilson hlz r4 ft d Vcr it,
t;an to w1;r. it t Pre 'WAS ne t h .:n or 3
threw %Ir. 7^-,t rrtYll qIP Lc, rinisnel his work an:1
picise(1 '1p t oy t -Jr A.7r:Isric-rers.
I he t°, -,in t:rtt. tcls (11t try
stoPz,e1 U.% A flf'11 ci.Wriaat where LIA wricprraw wan
telY C011.11 tilr n11i3 wcrkin,77 t :eY
flew lorAel like a trlln Of cir:4 in toticn. 7orler wcill not
face the,,: unle7ns co4pelled. rp'f, ,'ear 1 '11 eirtY icre
or corn Yrli':n
tAylrr cultivated. ‘rte T..en c-tme in ml sill tae
ris
2. t.1ra3shonnerLtry
Whoppers u were taking tae corn. The' did n t stay lcnr-, 7-71t wHen
they left no one would nave known tnat taere nad ever beer any :;rn
in that fl ld. My brother fro olifornia cae in 187. On tae
way to the fara a thunder stor41 ca,ie up and e sipped t fricn'S
until it was over. My brotuer said, "I would not go through tue
experience arain for $1O,000, and I would not lose the experience
for tar satie a.aount." Tun ,'hoppere" ca.,e -00:Lorn the 1-,cria and were
thick on the ground, it was a wonderful experience, in those days
we cut olr all rrain with "headers" Ifte rrain head was mt and
fell into ooxes on wagons.
After dinner one day, the aen went cut
to find tax!. Tasshoppers in full possession. at which had been
left hancinc was co.:.pletely destroyed. Gardens ant fle--d crps ere
their delicht. Thej would at an onion entirely oat -1' taa aard
(uter ,;kin. I aad a thirty acre field of oats wMcn looked fine on
Saturda.Y. ni)t. hal-rest it taen and on ,orday .1or41 like
an inverted whisk broo:3. Oulie of te mhopersw r'e three inches
lonr. The oaoks were between brown and slate color and underneath
was white. I t,:iinr e received visits froa for five years.