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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 105, 17 February 1871, Page 3

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:: (From our own Correspondent.) February 15. The rain, which in your district seems to have been plentiful, and from all accountssufficient to yive a supply to fll your races, satisfied itself here by giving us a' few boisterous showers

biily, which did very little towards filling the races, and consequently water is still scarce, and times are dull, and the greatest amount of work doing at 'present'is the repairing-head and tail races, dains, &(?., and in a good many cases stacking turf, and the other different articles..which go under the name of firewood, for winter use..

The crops are nearly;"ripe, and some are cutting their, corn, but the patches are few and. far beUvqen, niirl it is reserved for oar " heaven born " statesmen who are ivjvv being relumed to the Assembly, to so o'pehi the land that every man may be able to sit under his own —■' - &e., &c*.

It appears that there is only one registered voter here, .so,that neither of our would-be Superintendents visited ! us. • But, iroin observation, I notice that Mr. Keid's supportersjnre increasing, while a good' nuiny are wavering in their allegiance to Macandrew, and I would not be surprised if the 2Lst does 1 not see the groat Mac dethroned. ' We have haxl of the candidates for the The first to appear on t!ie boards, was Mr. Pratr, who .-•addressed'the " free and-, enligliren^d" at Barber's L'nion Hotel, on. Saturday night, when all the genus homo of liamilfcon. were preaejit,

and mv impression of him then was that*, it' he is a clever man, he certainly belies his looks or words: for he :h>. peared to have no decided opinio mi of bin ()\vh; v but'i<rjidkiaUy4'tiit his way, u- 4 d attempted to yarry the meeting aim: ■?, with him. However, T not tliitiir. tVro' is much of'his beinu elected, I no mora ; only t!;U the chairman neemed to imbibe some of the attaclied 4 at the ; <Mwni«lftttj. Mr.- Maiuiysey'\vns represented at the • same Mondfiy by-ijfessi's shannon and whon there was a good ui>teiida»i;e., Mr Treby being called to the chair, Mr.' Shannon dilated at coji|jcl\?rat)le length on tV many sterl'i ft#;* qualities by Mr. MacaVsfy. Indeed, I* question.whether that gent toman \youl(i not haviyh|ujhecl had he been present to, hoar t hVVrumpet of fame so sscaiou-dy blw a.l in, hit; behalf. However, on so:n<' questions tie proxy, lapms lingua.'.at once dispelled the delusion ; and his on sever d of the leading topics of thb day brought a vote of no confidence at the close of tho meeting. Mr. har Red his intention not to contest tu»f election, in consequence of his bt-injj a paid servant of th& Government, y»d therefore disq ujU itied from bein«*eleiMcil to the House of under the Disqualification.Act of 1870, but oun that'll intends to start for the I?royincial' ;CWneil. Mr. Mervyn had a meetingliifet night,,, and entered into the policy—vast and present—of the General" GbV:*rnment at considerable length, and was wSlhrß^ed; in fact; the meeting unanimously passed a vote of confidence in him, and, 1 believe, will vote tb'r'hiin on the day of election almost to a ;n.in. But, seeing that it will be before : this appears, I need say more at present. And, judging that Vou' will'hftve bulllcient inat,t eivioivt.h i s week, I will defer my remarks on" Mr^kolfe^R 4 dtntlida. ture for the Ifrpvincial (Council —who also heM forth last night-—utitil my next. • * ' • -