HAMILTON.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 270, 9 May 1874, Page 3

HAMILTON.

'/'' (From a correspondent.) „-»<'T: May 4lh. ' James Nicholls appears to have been 'aggrieved at my communication of the 20th ult., and was going to give the lie to all X)f it, but has failed to do so in any particular. Had my services been required, , and 'two guineas paid for them, ; mos'L likely a particular account of the and ,'ball would have been ''•'given'.' :JJ should have said in my.last , 'jJtfc'.suppej. was got up for Mr. Bailey and Mr. Cunningham Mr. Cunningham '■ .being, invited the evening before it came . '.off/ when fears ' were ' entertained of its being,altogether a failure, as only thirteen tickets had. been disposed of. The Haniiltonia'ns who. escorted them to the Kyebilrn were Nicholls nnd his mate, and two'. relatives of Mr. Bailey. No one will deny that Mr. Bailey has contributed . to the amusement of the people of Ha- . inilton —that is his only contribution of any kind, I think. Not having seen the hospital subscription list for this year I cannot say for certain whether all have subscribed, but will venture to say that every English, Irish, and Scotchman here have done so; if any one has not it is a CornishmaTu' That the sum of £lO 6s. only was collected here, when there are five who have given over £l, is difficult to understand. .If Nicholls is one of the five it is the first time, probably. "Let ypur light so shine before men," should be Nicholls' motto. When tendering his thanks for the kindness he received at the hospital, it would have looked much better, had he thanked the people of Hamilton too, who willingly gave their services gratuitously during his sickness. The person to whom he has alluded in his letter so disparagingly was one," and certainly it is an ungrateful return for his kindness. In conclusion, Nicholls*. effusion' about subscribers will do miuh more: harm than good to the Mount Ida;HospitaL; , There is nothing in the shape of mining news to giv6 you. Water is.still short. ' The last load of moa bones left here on Tuesday. How such a large quantity of ■ remains ever came together in such a -.small space is a mystery. .',-.. We are to have a wedding on Tuesday ' next—a thing, of very rare occurrence . , ;^6i ; e.'' Our, Sowburn friends are more '. -.inclined for the comforts and happiness of . domestic life than we are. There have /'been three marriages already at Sowburn "', this year.