ST. BATHANS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 171, 14 June 1872, Page 6

ST. BATHANS.

. June 10. 'Jue gentleman who writes the : " Casual Notes " ibr the ".' Witness ' seems to be. afflicted with, Mervvnlsm or anti-Merv.ynism on the brain. 'Having soundly abused our M.P.C.in the ' Witness * of June Ist, "for daring to be true to his constituents, the. wnte-r winda up his violent, remarks with a quotation meant to indicate Mr. Mcrvvn s nationality • but thedisepverv(?) that " he did Scotland great injustice" by. that insinuation,,gave. diiai'another chance-to indulge in. abusive language, so he comes out' again in last, week's . with- a-flourishing doodle-doo, expressive of thanks '-thVit he was. spared the, humiliating reheetion " that Mervyn; could .s*ll him countryman." - . iV uvr; a writer who tnus deliberately and < needlessly tries to provoke national antipathies can be no great credit to 'any country,, and, tnerefore,, the. lucky escape from the " humiliating reflection" noticed above wi.li,.doubtlessly, be as much a source; of satisfaction to -Mervvn as it e vi»r can be to the writer of the '• Casual Notes "

I o tne.able and truthful vindication of Mr.Merwn's conduct in the I louse; by "..Tustiii:,," w!uef» appeared in"your last, issue,, there is no need to add a, word—-the entire, district . would endorse it: . The weather eonfiniies to be very fine;.nntfiWiiiiri.Vaffiiirs--both here arid at Wel,s'.?n:in's are being pushed ahead vigorously. llally and party are making pood progress with the construction of their new water race., TiVrney and Geharfy have all but complied the construction of a tunnel about 3*. H) yards long, leading up =t o the face of their claim on-Surface Hill. The time occupied in"its'.construction is about seven months, and at .a rough' guess i would say it cost considerably over £500.,5< <?. . J

As ye«; J. Ewing is the only party who has substituted iron pipes' for the old canvas hose, it is now about six months since- he began, to use them, and from the rabidity with which they break up* and send, away the stiftW pipeclay, ;he expects that'in a very short time they will have effected for him a s.ivingin money and labor equal to t' 1 e amount he paid for them. This is something of a consideration for parties having large areas of ground to work. "7 .

Ti>e Scandinavian, Company are i»Ji»e«| iii constructing an extensive tail race to their claim at Smoker's.! The - work will be expensive,- but,the Coinnahy think it will be reproductive. Taking it altogether, the workings goin«* on in this direction are on an extensive scale.—A.B.&

I >s .—Nince writing the above "the weather has taken a very wintrv turn, suddenly to biitereolii; with severe frost and occasional showers of hail. ...