ST. BATHANS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 77, 29 July 1870, Page 3

ST. BATHANS.

(i'vpra diu- own Correspon dent.)

July 23, 1570.' W,& have been favored with'a--visit from the Lancashire Bell ringers, arrival, was looked forward to with great interest by the.liibabitailts of this place.., They arrived hereon Thursday performed in "the ; evening,, and vanished oil Friday, to dis p lay t \ eir talehis- to the iiihabita&ts of some other district. The frost has apparently broken up \\Te have had same rain yes-Lerday. and to-day r byvway of a change. , '' "• , IJp to the present date no mail has arrived; (except the JDunstan), which' a sbiirce : of'great. annoyance 'to' iho'se who. are looking-forward for Colonial, Home, ©r Foreign news. ■; _ Generally speaking' our township is very /quiet, especially after the hour of 10 p.ml, there biiw* no wild beast in ( (;hi3 district whose nocturnal wanderings* are-likely to disturb the peaceful inhabitants whilst in the arms of Mor'pheus. On Thursday morning last I. jvasrawakened from a sound sleep by a ; ■series.of groans, and smothered* ■screams,'"apparently at some distance, but' approiichiiig slowly towards me:

As I of dream "*' J ou ]y to this. sitting bolt uprjerbt in Bed, I listened attentively, I could bear some human heinggroau,. as if in MhJress. .'J slipped quietly out and opening the door; 'peered' into -the gloomy darkness, but saw nothing; after waiting a few minutes, those un-. earthly sounds were again to be beard, plainer than, ever, but. imagine l my aston ishmen fc when ; I "discovered tboso horrible sounds to 'v»roceedt from the mouths of sbiue ; twelve or fourteen de- ! iightftil little creature* known by the name of Domestic Cats. Without respect to age .or-sex, I introduced a species of biren, which is-known to grow tbrougbout the wbole world, to those nocturnal wanderers, and then resumed ihy position in the arms of Morpheus.; Should t;;is meet the eye of. any gentleiuan' wishmg 'to study cat-olorjy, I beg respectfully to inform him Bath im will- p?>ojvf a fair field for his talent, should visit