BLACKSTONE HILL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 267, 18 April 1874, Page 2

BLACKSTONE HILL.

I The crbps'. are .now all gathered in this portion of the distrist—yield, certainly; :: aT better average than that pf the previous season. Two patches of wheat have been - tried, and the result demonstrates that a market is all that is required for the successful growth of that cereal. If some of the surplus capital we bear about found its way into a flour mill, the whole district would reap a benefit, but to reach, the seaboard cheaply will be the grand desideratum—as the local demand will not require any great breadth of cultivation for a. year or two. ..,-.. Mr. Stephens, the contractor for school building, will finish by Saturday-next. The School Committee intend holding a grand festival (a concert and ball) on Friday evening, the 24th inst, to aid in clearing off the debt. Some friends of the cause from Naseby have kindly promised fc> St. Eathans also may be ex-pected^'-to put in an appearance, so that anenjoyable entertainment may .be pated. v.. For'creature comforts' the ladiea. are passing sentence of death qn turkeys/, geese, and fowls, &c, - all are caterers in some shape: Mrs. Roebuck,, of Queenstown, has been appointed-teacher, with the sanction of the Education Board. The actual business of the school-will commence on the first Monday in May. Mr. Johnstone will complete his contract for portion of the head race this week—a far more difficult undertaking, than was anticipated. His work will bear a favorable comparison. J