ST. BATHANS.-Aug 18.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 181, 23 August 1872, Page 3

ST. BATHANS.-Aug 18.

Mining operations have; br>en; suspended s:nee Saturday, the 10th inst. I On that night occurred the greatest i snow storm of the .present, winter. Laru:e quantities of snow also fell.,on Sunday ni_rht and .the first three, da.vs of the week, during which time occasional hard, frosty winds and drifted, the sjiow to the depth of several l feet into all- the sheltered t)r ullies of the ranges, so that there is every probability of abundance of water for the next summer. The Naseby Hosjiital isnow receiving attention here... On Sunday evening.last, after vesper's: the lie v. Father Boyer kindly handed the amount of the evening's collection (£! 2s. t>H.) to the local treasurer, for the benefit of that institution. T.iat the amount was not at least three times larger is owing to the iireat depth of snow which lay on the ground, and prevented all but about a fourth of the rev. gentleman's congregation fr m leaving their home?. Messrs. J?owe, Smith, and Purton have started on their c . several beats 'to collect our first annual subscription for.the-same.--purpose, an 1. I believe the sum - total of their jointefforts promises to bo very handsome, i The third entertainment in aid of the National School cam« off on Fri- I last: Mr, A. M'Phail in the chair. Owing to the severity of the I weather and bad roads the audience i was not large. Miss Hanger presided at the piano, and considering that-this may be. regarded, as her first < unaided' <cffi )r t to perform before a public audience, the effort mav be regarded as ext rem el y successful. The Chairman havinir read a letter of apology, from Mr. Wilson, for the non-attendance of himself and other Nas by friends in consequence of the impassable state of the roads, the entertainment commenced with the farce entitled " A Day after the Fair." The: various, characters were sustained by Miss Smith, Miss Hanger, and Messrs. Wilkes, Pyle, Prescott, M'Cormiek, and Hewit, all of whom went through their several parts in a very clever manner Tlie prologue was particularly \Vell rendered by Mr Pyle. The singing of Miss Smith, Mr. Murray, Master Prescott, and others was extremely good. I must not forget to mention the dropscene? the Cove of Cork. The numerous ships resting quietly at anchor, meadows, trees, forts, and cottages, with groups of pleasure-seekers, were all so naturally depicted that the artist, Mr. W-. ICelty, was- repeatedly called i'or, and upon presenting himself before the curtain received the hearty piaudits of the admiring audience.— A.BC. [ln reference to the above letter, we regret to state that from this date forward we shall lose the able services ofour respected correspondent A.B.C. Though declining, however, to be con-1 sidered from this date "our own," A.B.C. has kindly promised to: supply us from time to time with items of St. Bathans news. intend to make arrangements for another correspondent, and we only trust that he may prove uimself to be as true, as just and honest, and be as perfect a reflex of public Opinion at St. Bathans as .A.B C. has been.