ST. BATHANS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 58, 11 March 1870, Page 3

ST. BATHANS.

L There is /nothing unusual to speak of fanning aflairs here.; Ji fhb; chiMights .jof t'empolary ; on j£oun£. St. lave rpnjdnded people r that : Winteris* approaching, audi those 'pakifes who washed up New at Tear's 1 time are by§tim&g;;^Hfemseives^'iti;order to 7 bavs a^jfoer': and" to " put , houses in ,' ; order. again, :lbefore/. Kino- ? IFrost.reass.umes his. iron sceptre. _ ; I perceive,,the_ Uegb.usi* . folks have issued a,handsome;programme-'for-• thejl7tMnst. (St. Patrick's Day) including that most nationxiliofi®iskgames "hurling." I understand their friends in this township meatf id have ii'o pWgramme, and MtW and dancing, which all seem agreed* upon, every will come off impromptu an : the ground, \ihicli'ss situate at the junction of Muddy Creek and the river Several gentlemen .of musical attainments have geneMolu&tfeerett 'ilWr "services fertile occasion, so that the ( ; vo taries of may 'themselves „ to. repletion. music, so all who go. to the picnic Vilf have their hearts gladdened.- • Several Other gentlemen have, in a most liberal spirit, offered , the use offspring carts and crpckery. ; .'foremost in, tfife L 5dM : toaal& tifeinselves use-' ful^-aiid'if f thfe• clerk f Sv'ill only be propitious enough not to throw a wet blanket over.the .affair, all will o-o well. t(y . Quite a ! Jeiisation' was caused here a fewi days isinbe by.?a iru-morl to* th® ef£sct§ that,in Mr. Allan's absence, the stewJbdl looks after' khe< management f of the station is taking steps to deprive parties 'about the township of their little patches of cultivation. ~ This, .if true, is a serious as"it h^ve f 'thfe effect of driving people ou£of the place alto-

speak o? this affair with niol'e ; next week." " TroiijJ?,'' "Mr." bade take up.j his iat was escorted out>idf',town, by quite a cavalcade of- ladies and ''gentlemen, and carries tho. gopd will of^every As a fitting sequel to the love letter which I -sent I have a spice of the ridiculous toJ Jive your readers this week also. A few days since: sdm&pfeksdrfei congregated site a certain store here to listen to what all said was 4he-firing of distant cannon. Onesceptic asked where be ...fired ! witliin ear:shot of .St: Bathansj-ahdi to/ the L amiisemeiit of every body, was-answered with great confidence—^f;lniAucklaud'to be sure'they are fighting. •.the'.Maories." The ?g. ceased,;and, a,-man -witk a .rope and bucket, made "his; appearance, and asked, . " How lpng it continued?" " About thirty minutes.'L " That—is just aboiit-ithe-'tinie 1 diave .beeni. baling >:Wjell-7 it jiV lined boards and .fencedrin' on: : top- with irofe. from 6 to '9'feetdiigh., -iA -bucket ing th'e'ntater; below' n p .IfpHseiQ^e."l'll;^weai*.it yras <4n^6it^' tlie 'iaicklaml' man." " Well, just listen.jwhiia I^ u dip a Again, the^iiing_w.as-lieand,...but prestoJ change.JiAlib]tiQWJigr.ead'thatd;haAuckla.nd cannon had dwindled down into a bucket dipping water within ten yards of tlie in ! How many otheT terrible stories-mi^fit^be ; ifaced to 'an origin equally harinless : "if people only tried.—-A.BIC/ - - •• .