History of Wells, Vermont

Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Wells, Vermont: First Century After Its Settlement; Hiland Paul, Biographical Sketches We are informed that in 1824 the spotted worms appeared in great numbers in this vicinity, eating the leaves of the forest and fruit trees, as they passed from west to east. Many maple trees being special objects of their attack, were destroyed. In 1826 there were so many grasshoppers as to cause much damage to the grass and growing cr0ps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.