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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 295, 24 October 1874, Page 2

Tiik )njb Athpnajutn • <3ommiit.ee ineetin" w;is hid I, we believe, on July 26t1i.• A Oritur swrfp on the' Melbourne Cup is .•inii.iiincc I by advertisement u r dor-the ausi>uv« <.MIr K. T. George, of tlio; Victoria tlo'el. Naseby - •"•_,..

CvwpiwrjcßS will observe that' "Wednesday n'"t' is i'i« d.iy for tenders, at - the fubli.- Works"Ofßce, Naseby, forefoot bridges iivcp t!u* Me.id race. ..-•"•

,on. Tuesday last Mr." Bunny came thnajh Naseby on his way to St. Bathans, t-> rake charge of the St. Isathan3 post' office an A telegraph station. . . ■ . Do"king the early part of the week-the Tai.-ri and its tributaries -were floWel. The dry weather now apparently set in will, however, probably" soon reduce ' them to their ordinary summjrjevel; v Wnr'gret lo le-irn that Mr., Howard,, a \-.-w .>M lvsident afc'the"Keef,< liouan' di' r d «uddrnly yesterday morning., ->,Mr.\J r<>w-\ •*>'-' had lived over the penal allotted toyman,, ■in I ■ ifl.it e his; health and* strength^'wonder-: !ii!!y ]»pserved. Hal been giving way. s •

We hear that the resident, Government engineer, Mr. R.~ H. Browne, ha.s received instructions to visit the" site of- .proposed brhlge over the Taieri below the Lascarino f jrl, far obtaining" the final -information nse led before tenders are called for this most pressing work. "'..'-

"*s|VßiT>,"a "porting contributor to the • MirMi-hurch '.Press,' le.irn* fro'in.ilr. Vrinee,'hi« well known bookmaker, who has just re- ■ m-n.d from Victoria, that; in'the Melbourne G'i i. ~SL: Walt hi«-back.;d Lurlineand P.ipipi u> win him £SOOO, at 1000 -to 40 agaiust -, the m.iiv, and.looo to 35 against the coir,. , Tiik Government barest last agreed lo I /run £,30. tow.irls fencing in'tlie' Naseby Soho il. This w:-rk, as a "matter of economy, ' »h -iild h ivc be<*n done long ago. -Better liite thm never We believe the result is* mainly lu>-to the efforts of ■ the■_ Secretary (VU-. «f. "re n-.ter),.wlio has beep indefatigable in the I matter. "'' ' '

Ix :i \.\\ e number of the ' Guardian' l \ Zep- ' i«.i' »ig mi returns to the .charge, .maintaining*'.i it ns llr. Oliver c.inhot possibly' carry his -.i-.if hwjv with him in>his-pocket, Mount Tdi ■''« ine.ui'," and Mr. Birch is tlie nun : com- ■ iif.r-:. too, in u co<irse way, on the Arrow 'i •", <lr.i«m(r an .authoritative ecliiori.xl that ihe member f>r the Wakatipu docjTnot uVeud ri> o.iieit. the Lakes vacancy. 1 ""-"_ £f Ihk name* of the ladies who have consented to r.tk • cinrie of the 9talls at'tlie erisuiu>» b't-. z i in m aid of Patrick's Church,' Naaeby. Ny tin* week announced in our advertisement . : i>iiini''S - -D .nations and contributions .will hp iv-eived by the presiding'a liee.or members of C •uniiirtee, and should, in any case, be t<>r.v.r Wd on or before the Ist Noveihter. '•" - 11 as«sr> children-(observesthe 'Christian Rec >r i'j, 'sometimes ciatless,* often with bare feet, are s-jen now in Dunedin in some of our .th')ioagbfars3, notably in Stafford street. ■ This "sight is a novelty,- betokening that s.ime of o.ir r:oent ' importations are from the very dregs of great cities. It is very hard, th it the' Agent-General should- revenge our iaiporcuuate cry for industrious immigrants, by shovelling upon us the riddliugs of Lond»n. -

"Tun energetic proprietor of' the Rough llulge Qaartz .Reef, at "Ida" Valley, Mr.. vViihjra, has, we-learn, been temporarily disioled in of accident;.. A3 we hear 1, Mr. Withers was shooting at r.ih'>its, when the gun'recoiled with such ve"--lojity as to throw Mr. Withers backjyards, scarring his face, and also breaking his col-lar-bone. The gun had been loaded by some' one else. Po3sibly, the_, gun ..contained_a. double charge. All applications for licenses or transfer'*, to be heard at the December' of which twt-nij-oue days' notice" require tohV given, with certificates of hou euoMers enulo«e I, | mint be sent in or before Monday, tlie 9th of | November nest, to the Clerk of -theLicvnsin'g Court, nt. Naseby Postmarks of th:it date | will not be sufficient.' Applications must be ! in (lie Clerk's hands by that date. Apphcints , who are at all,doubtful bhould employ an"", ageut. - - ,

Ix our somewhat, hastily written notice of the lubt perfornrnu.ee of the Naseby Dramatic. UJub the name of Mr. Clifford, ns.the Widow. I I'w.tnkey, was omirted. Our oflence was nearly «* had as putting the kettle on and fo* - getting to light the "fire. - Mr. Clifford s get up and ucting.were very good—the part not! unduly exaggerated and was we'l sub * t.-iiued. Our omission Ijiust be taken a* one i>f those acts iif palpable obliviousness tJvit.will, -sometimes' occur in spite of care. • --'- ' A Furkcii journal reports a horrible pirodyj of William 1 ell's great-feat performed b\ jij we.-uer at Saint EUemic,.who enjoyed the re-' puta ion of being an'excellent marksuvm ] Inj order to »i»e proof of, his tjnpk ••in I went, into tile gtrdra'wif.h his son, a' la l| iwe.ve yours of ago.- .Here ,he desired his sou ' to pliice -i potato on'his lie-id, .&«& -Vo staud' ,»bmi. fifteen puces off. -The-'son .fchey-jdjihe-i'iither firad. and th«; potato "war cleft iij }»o i'he neighbors present at this tehocki«j» perform i nee shook their, heads dubiously. "' He therefore repeat ed-the'experimentl aYid though the boy OTf oblige « this time to hold hj" lam era .owioiF 10 i lie,inure isnisj 'darknesi the filler loi-tuoitely hit, fhc~ m irk " 'The' special o~rs went, ho-'.iMU-lisjiited, hut; the police took J.j >i.UVreu!, vi <w of tlie exploit, and tlie modern Tell Uin en=to lv. .. '

An ii.quj&t was held-at Murjott's Hotel; "Hampden, on Thursday .last, before'J. Maini

Esqr., J. P., (Acting Coroner), and a jury "of twelve, on view of the bo Yy of Charle3. 'Wil-

liams. Evidence wa3 ad lucerl sbo/ri'ng'thab the deceased had, on the 7th inst., swal-" lowed a large quantity, of a p-iison known "as sulphuric vermin killer, from - the effects of which he died within a few hoars,- refusing to allow the doctor to a lminibter an emetic, stating that if the poisoned id not kill hiih he would cut his throat. Foroe was used to endeavor to make him swallow medic-ne but without avail: The verdict of the jury-- was "That the deceased died from the -effects of "poison administered by hiiivself while suffering, under temporary insanity." By the Suez" mail, his Lordship the -Most '-Rev.-Dr. Moran-"recei\'eXV let'tef"from the Rev. Father Coleman, informing him of the departure by the-May-Q leen; on the 16th of August, of the Rev. Thomas-Higginsandths Rev/ James Gleason.. A* the Calypso, on board of which -are' Fathers' Welsh and O'Leary,' has the reputation of being a fa3t sailer,"-and"as she is n0w,77 days out, having starte. l on the 2nd of August, her- arrival may looked for at any moment. Indeed, if ~ the May Qaeen bd favored with propitious winls, it would-not be a matter for surprise to-hear of .her arrival erelong, it being no<7 63 days from her' date of sailing. —' Tablet.' - Thb ' Dunedin Star' -writes:—A libel case reported in the papers by the last mail should expose the folly of -.the impression which some people whose dignity may have; been 1 offen led by a newspaper entertain,- all r st'roiig language is lihelio'is. Recent decissions in Tiuglisb Courts have gone altogether against the practice of instituting frivolous suits for libel, and unless substantial damages can. hi shown the juries. have been almost unanimous in tin ling for - the v defendant. The litebt case was one heard in London, in which Mr. fi- Welby Pugin, the well known architect, was the defendant, he bein-r charged with libelling Mr. Herbert, K.A? Some of Pugin's letters were rea I, in soma of jvliich he called Mr. Herbert "a.viper," "a humbug," "a tilthy creature," and "-a shocking cur." -Nevertheless he was acquitted, on the ground thit the letters, - though, fccurrllous, were not libellous. ,'- jpsA.speeial meeting of the Mount IKHospi--talTL'onunittee wasliei.l on Mondty evening la*fc. "Pi ea'ent:— iifv _tl.. W.' >tobiii-o;"i, presiT dent, and Messrs: Harron,. Brown" ".Horswe'l, fndcr, Anderson, Morgan, D.* Stewart,' Jackson, Greer. Green, at.d ihe Rev. J.' M'LWi Smith Tenders were opened "for liew "building in connection -with the tfoaprtul. wl th& tender of Mr. Jacob" f.»r the concrete/ it 17, :uid tn!ll; of r -' Stephens for the'wood'and " iron work of the building, £l2) IOVJiI/'were accepted llnee applicitit.i.s were-'.rei'eired flor t fie appointment of su.-geon, n unely.-froin. Dr. J. D. A'iven (by telegnimi, JJr. Geo B. " Pulteney, and Or j B." LuVe. After-con-siderable a was 10 thiteflYt-t that t!ie'eon»idenitiun*d:'tlw appointment of surgeon'be pDstponed 4 fo*: ei»i>tr days, nnd rlmt freVh applierions be caJedlur.tip^joTip m'priltiie, 271 h'initV/. -

psA QUASi'irr of trees have come to hand for", the pfast-by Cemetery, which the Committeehave .taken steps 10 at onrf havp put iu theKronnri. It is a ptry thit.lrres To.-warded "so lar into.-t.he hiit-nor are rior-'better secured, .against, the weather. lotrCavecome >:p »o bare jnrt dry that the Coin.nittHO will be fortunate if they can persuade on -er eenOo strike. Where' the change of cjim ite is so great ull plants, Hut espeei.tl'y deci.iujustrees, need to have their roots keu r in the miles: vigor. As a rule tree planmig on a large seal? fdjs whcn'yeuiig trues are brought fro.n " Uunedin.'and always' will tail unless nursery-int-n eoul'l be p-*r«u tde"d to tie-a'little less L-are-ful-in unduly for.-1113'the jjrow'tli" rf theitv .young.plants.; A nur-'ery in. the district it_elf is whit is needed, aud would be a rt-muner.i-"tiro undertaking. Posjibjy a sub.-i lyj might * ' begot for mi.-h" a work," eittiW in '. mo Jey orlands, under certain restrictions."-" • .

Goldfields will need to take a ire whatthey areabout in their choice of -representatives to fi'J any vacancies occuringin Goldtield. Provincial electorate districts.

The' Provincial p'lrfcyi-the party of b>rsdi--tary instinct an I immense accumulation of private interests—will.spare no pains to return their own men—specio is with fair promises. Men of the Birch stamp will crjp ud with profiision, not scrupling through their agents to attempt seats not vacant—so sweet, to,them are the juicy jrrapes they have .so-long-been in the habit of crunching between ■ their teeth. We hear nothing or such attempts being made for safe seats va'jant, ow-ing-"to~ absence of representatives, such as. Waikquaiti and Uunedin. Oh, n>! But the dangerous an I noisy outpo-sts are to be secured at all hazar Is. "It is to be hipei that Goldtield3 constituencies will not be.deceived; but will put in theii own men, beitex and honester by far than the general r-.in of campfollowers retained by conservative Provincialism." ' i ' '

Hospital Committee riot Bncp»e<l in appointing a doctor nt their, Lite' special _ .meeting. The applications were few,.»Tid >h» 'CoiEini'ttVJ were not at all unanimous as to any aDp'icunt, Undent hese circumstance it was no''doubt discreet to postpone' a-oeci*i>in —although a Week's poMponement is somewliat ridiculous. The_ Hospital i< at present well attended to, and ih>re.is'nb h'iirry_whatever. We cannot understand why the Cooiinitfeo did not, when the vacancy occurred," m»lea temroniryarraniiPment for six mjnths. and give,at least r that- amrrant of notice. They cannot. expsct" professional men with high qualifications to be waiting, thumb in mouth, inDunelin Unler sueli shore no--tices, as ji rule, the bulk of applications are. male bjr semi-professional itinerants, who. j'caii fiud ho they "can inspireJ with permanent con idence in their abilities. It is to be hoped that, before deciding rashly on anyone for the permanent pp3t, tht -.Com- , mittee~will give the out districts, who. so li--1 .berally support the Hospital, a full opportunity to sen 1 in their representatives, to attenl. a well notitie.l meeting. Everything is"to be: gained by delay, nothing by hurry.: Tha Hospital, being a district institution, not a Naaebv one! .Naseby partisanhip (engendered by-weekly meetings, friction of opinions, anl. poitponmenta) might very well be dispensed with, and the general welfare alone be considered. ; . ' * —\_.

A rathkr viperous, but withal amusing writer, in the .' Bruce, Herald.' has the following account of an in lividual we lately had to take a little'notice of:—A, correspondent writes to me from Dunedin, "We have a literary being here, who is very fond of hawking about a newspaper which.he* writes in, and pointing out bits of his ownj iaorler that he may receive pmisa. The other day, in a club, he was pointing out a bit about an idiot being cured-by a-kick from ahorse. The gentleman-.to whom he was pointing it oat ran} the bell, and, the waiter appearing, -said, ' Call a cab—quick!' Said the pointer, I ',What'for?' .Heplied the gentleman, 'I want the hor3e for your immediate benefit' I believe, since the literary being has not been so troublesome in haiding newspapers out of his pocket, and saying to people. •'Did you see this?'" v *

■. Tub .' Wakatip Mail' writes:—' •Up to the . - jperiod w< write-very little has transpired regarding the forthcoming election, of-a membai fcm.tlie Provinc al Oouucil for.tha Lakes I district. Two candidates are yet onlv known |tobe in tha field. Mr. Wanders has issued au address, but has not yet held any-meet-ings of elec.Eors.' Mr. Innes may not, after all, prove to ba a can lidate; but we do nat think that, should his courage fad him, the election will be a walk over, as several gentlemen, we jjndeistand, .-are anxious to fill the vacant t>eat v Their nimes have. been ; mentioned; "B'tt,? as Wi/~do not know how far~ they aro interested or r consulted-" in the iu.ati>

ter, we sha 1 ! not more definitely refer to them. The eleventh hour may bring forth a si tong champion of Provincialism:."* It would to strmgu if the election should not be . fought out upon that issue, t'rie thin;/ that no doubt miki s quietness so far otrvade this election is that of the dreadful weather which has ruled the last three weeks. With it, canvassing and election meetings are quite p.it of th-.» - We clip the following extract from a cursory report upon three Catholic schools pub% liahed in the • Tablet' from the pen of the Hev. E. Hover:—On the 2nd inst., [was en-j?-"iß*yod in the.quarterly examination of the "Catholic School in connection with St. Patrick's Church, Naseby. The number of children on the roll is 4G, viz , boys, 'ifl; and girla, *l7. Of these, 44 w*-re present on the occasion,' and two were absent. The'children, considering the few. months they have . been uinler Mr. .iff. J; Sproule, have made remarfttyhle progress in reading; writing, arithmetic, grammar, and catechism. Almost all are well'up in the first four rules of arithm tic and tables; some can do all the compound rules, and several have some ■ knowledge, of Algebra and Geometry. Almost all the children ian read and pronounce verv fairly, their spelling is good, and their proficiency in 'physical geography and history (anoient, and modern) is excellent. Nearly all presented very creditable specimens of. writing in cipy-books The children appeared to be. docile, obedient and clean;'their'progress reflects the highest, credit upon their teacher'.—Pear Sir, every Catholic ou\lht to know that education must be essentially religious, and where religion i 3 excluded there is no education. Schools ■ - without religion may.give. instruction, but education they cannot give, they cannot educate the \ outh. Let it be called secular, public, or national instruntion, but in the name of Christianity let it not be called education. Not only is education without re-lii-n impossible, but instruction without religion Ist instruction without morality. Our youths to whom morality is not taught cannot be moral; but.Christian morals cannot be . taught without religion; for what is morality but the law af duty which arises from our personal rdlationtowards fhe. Almighty God ,iwid man ? And how is it. posible to fea.h , . this law of duty without a knowledge of the . persons.to whom these exist ? But to know this, unless men are going to reduce ."•our population to the level of Heists, etc., Christianity, must be taught in schools." ' ffKDip.ir. CgMFOiir—Mr •R. If. H.ikewell. -'$ C t> ,• w,rif.i-*(j fu the F.diinr of fhe ' OiiHrilinn' .._■'. oti th" Pidmer, Digwiui-*, s»ny4; —'• I.find that \ . in my 'letter Tip? day, written very hur .<■ riedU*,, and with ■ frequent interruptions, I omitted one or tw» point's) of considerable iuiporti'uic',,. One'wav ilip situnlion in which

tliW'..t<*nt slioiflil ,be pitched. A. f<-w feel i fiiirher prloW.r tni'ikp* 11 very gr v iit diflV-rence Hjf in llie tri*pii"»; On'tioafHuitit. pitch anient; oti or nnirr til; if you tia'i'i <po.-<«ib!y avoidit.'. 'lhe higlipr nbrive nil '.-tngnant or Blow)j-flowing »a!«'r the bt-ttor! Kccpevpiy t: ing, pTphh"ab'iut. the; tent,-.mid .lifter yt»u luv.fi dug yoar. .round . it,' to parry off - ruin Watpr, dig a pit-a'd'w'v-'irds off (hot. l»f>s than eight, if (b juit in.ah' tiff.d. jpfime, irml tilth of ptp'rydespriptibn ibut will ' <ith»'r»iße "ahout.. the lent. ,Tlip p ; t mdy nleo be. nmde tr> gervp 111* a lntritie. Evpvy day the refune depodtftl idimil be ooverpcl vtilh a InyVr nf the ptirth dust out, unlit the pit is full, when another should he. .dug. ' Rpnipmbp'r t.)ii-»,,tl>at whnt'iii a < temperate ~ climnttst is tnervly a nuittnnce to the rji- and i'nosp; hPeriniesin the, tropic* a source "of the moot deadly disrnse.' Trojiicil <(is miscs. onU ' ; ht'rome malignant'Wjt ilieuddiiion.of the pro ducts of unbind aiid veei'tublp. dproirpositipn to'the original fliitenoe "gerni —lf there is niiy douh 4 ' ubmit. the purify.rtf the. water you % .drink,, boil it bi-fore drinking... Nothing' so ■ .suit'Jv, isiv'-».dy-t'.,tpry a? bad "cur ioh'H feeling fomei" over nle'iis [, write these Jineii,.froin the knowledge that 'f the.Tlien •who r"nd theinnnd go to"tl'te*dieririni>s' not one-in tew will cone bin k -alive. Mf thev

cottld only see wlmt'l have i»een thry ,'vroi,hl ■ .'«urely in Vir go. If' they could-see, a* I have,, 1 the ghastly'remnants of the Fr'tich prisoner trun«ported to Ciiyenne—their. wiin,_euinnei - ated frames—their hbriihle pallor—awl know the (ii«> aces they liiire'jiK. e«cu'ped from with .burp lift-, •mid the. diseases t liey, still, suffer * f Mm) tlx-v would surely not bo mud enough to jjo. Yet. these priso'crs have dt-ceii' food, ■ .properly/-noked awl t'nvevert lit*l«» work to do. I hope those vho •will go distinctly understand that, after a few weeks, more or 1 less, , ticcor ling to ihe constitution and habits of , \ihe person, thev will certainly get dysertry or fever, or both: that is, if they do mining work. They will then be laid up. and, if they recover, they may go to work for a time again, when they wid again bo laid up. The second attack will probably prove fatal. \ OiTit Munivwlimiti i correspondent writes : The weather in this locality ha« been veryuu Bottled. After the htu 1 1 Winter we have a lat'c ftnd Backward soring, thin fsfiisrquetice. beingr ■ that vegetation is ve'y Blow this season. Great compla nts ans tri-i fe. by our am ileur girdeners al>ouf hat seed*, but the cause" of •complaint li-s, in my o'pinioi, not in'the-sued but partinilar'y in ihe cold wet uinthorand in tlio iih-ence of bent. '1 fie fntnbing; season lias been a very bad one—a large nilm, : ,cr »>f bimbs haviug succumb d to the VnVeta o) the . recent seiere weather. I counted iia'iiiany as twenty in tin English gra«« paddock'; and a» mHiiy other* on the way utile on the nutiinil grans ; which, if tiikf-n ns'a criterion.over the runs, would Ninnmt to large-figures—The railwnjs in tbic part of, tlio-country are beinu pushednl fad. J lie plate. Injinc'i'n the .A woUioko line is vigorom'y prncee ln'rl ui"h ;' which, when jmt pletcd, will be a g cat, hene,| - fit. to f]ie r is pbntiful bete at! lireaeut W'iiii the rnjlwnyp are c impleiedj f is bartl to suy when- nil the nun are going to fin'l employment. A- few month* morr, awl the greiiter hu'k of this railway work wiil be completed. It is tiiitni'iiL to I xpect that, jnnty will'return'to Mount Ida, wheji th«v Murtge < hanfiel in brought up, 114 it'.'is well known that a'good deal'of the ground-will'; pay i'ln per week per limn, df H* Cbawni-l is| deep enough to ,uot.tohi tle-prouti'd ;'if ti«.>>.j -the gnfd friu.'t re'majn w'lens it if;—ln niinine) matter*, the claims' rfre in of Wite bi'firtf available j and dOiear a fair •hare of gold in being uncart he'd'.—'•'ad news romes.fr.nui Mount Ida. jof the'deuth of Dr John Dirk . hverybody seems. t,o, have been btrucfc .with .consle-riatio", • The news came.so sudden wjd unexpected as ,t« fill,all with, wonder and ii«v«zetn<nt. - Ue was so young, so' vKtuou*. and possessed so nrtniiy .goml quali-' ties. He wai .woll up in every'hiiineh of bis. profession but it was in surgical operations that \mfoite lay. ll isnowor-iierMiat/htHoldi 'friend' and tu'or. .Professor'. Kedfern -shotildl pai-s Mich high encomiums upon one srt-iileveri ' »wl proiniidiur, who lit spared) would ihavei. beeti an f>riinfneiit. to the profession. I t'liirkr it flouhtful if his equal could have been'found ) in fhe Colony, n ! j

jfollowdi/ 'if Pills —Opo-f DigeMion,—iTTHlowny's l/j/ltuire univcrfajly ncknowh'dprd to . be tie' Mifrßt, Bpeedie«t, and best njorrcptivo for. indigestion ; loss of Hppnite, aridity, flijMift nee, o'lHltinue'ii uro but a "W of- the hifCifiTenifiicpp ft hi "h hre remedied with fni»e by tlu-ae pimPring Pillfi. 'jliey Rfrike uk the rnot. ('((•nbdomiitHl ailim-fim, rxcite in the sioinndi a proper Beeretion o> ffdnlrrc juice, iii.rl rcjjiilntti l.ho aclion of flip liver, thrreby p"rom<>tin|* a ci.pinug supply of pure, wholenjutf Mr witl.oiit vli cli tl.ere cmn tip rinjfoocl 'rhwVtUv-rrtMrmiriXflvUuin and 01/dtrui'lion, mid from their hiirinli'!>i>

conipnwifam nre i>eciiliiirTv, well ndnpfed for delicate prrcoiis ntif) vting cbildrrn ; whilst, castintr out imruriiipn tin y strengthen the »ys . U'tn urid.'giif nj^cvjar'lo.je.