Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1877 — The Toad. [ARTICLE]

The Toad.

The toad is not a beautiful animal, to the eye; but he is very serviceable to the farmer in his way, and lie should bo kindly regarded. The Ohio Farmer well remarks that the number of insects that a toad will cat is almost incredible. A few of them in a garden will keep it well rid of bugs, plant-lice, etc. They generally spend the day in some dark, secluded spot—often a hole under a sod, or clod, or the side of a rock; and in the evening they come out and hop about in search of a supper of live insects. They may be induced to take up their residence in the garden by confining them for two or three days to the place, when they will become quite well contented. A iniard laid about two inches from the* ground is just the kind of hiding-place that suits them. They arc long-lived, being often known 12 to 16 years old, and it is said one lived to 36 years old. On account of their propensity for destroying insects, toads should be encouraged to become permanent residents of our fields and gardens.—lndependent. Lieut. Catesby-Jones, formerly of the United States navy, and afterward of the Confederate ram Merrimac, was lately killed in a street encounter at Sebum, Ala,