KYEBURN.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 133, 15 September 1871, Page 3

KYEBURN.

(From our own Correspondent.) On Tuesday, the sth instant, the Rev. Father Royer, so well known and appreciated at St. Bathans, held Divine service at the Piss Hotel. Tie rev. irentleman said mw ai Li o'clock a.m., and in his address to his flock informed them that he had a \ery large district to attend to, and that it was impossible for him to .levote a .Sund.sy to every small community. He explained that the Catholic, population was very much scattered, and that the duty of the pastor was by n » means a sinecure. Father I {•oyer expressed an intention of holding service occasionally on a Sunday at. the Ityeburn, but ?nh/ on the understanding |that the Catlvdie portion of t!ie eominanity would attend the service more mimo-rou-dy than on the present occasion. I must make an apology for the Catholics, and state that fate and the elements conspired against them. The worthy priest, who is accustomed lo brave ail weathers, may look with severity upon the absentees, but he must also reuvmber that an epidemic at present exists on the Kyehuru which has laid many low {i.e., temporarily), and that the female portion of his flock cannot be expected to travel through two feet of snow and encounter the same hardships as his worthy self 1 trust, however, that the llev. Father i'oyer's next visit will give more satisfaction T e snow is fast disappearing from the lowlands iind from the hills, and the <'ons"(]!i".»ce has been that the creek ess -ieen in a flooded state for some days. It is amu-un g to watch the hear l"d and fum-bo >ted miners ploddin r their way through the muddy t >rrent, and speculating whether a capsize will be the result of their temeritv The de/h \> not ijreit, but the current is st:-on '. aid occasionally an amusinv:' hidden' occurs to divert the monotonv of our lives. These incidents principally occur amonjst the " drunken rowdies," as my church friend calls them, and even the sober nes occasionally imbibe more dirty water than is agreeable. The road between Naueby and the

coal pits has lately been in a very had state, Inife it is uettiug better. I presume that the £250 voted by the Provincial Government tor the forma'ion of this road w■ 11 never be expended. I would suggest to some capitalist to take a contract for some of the roads to be paid for in land, and take up his land in such a manner that it would command the worst portions of the road. At such spots he might establish Toll-bars, and therewith make his land pay. I give this idea freely to the public,"and trust that some limited liability company will try this plan.