NOTES FROM ST. BATHANS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 368, 25 March 1876, Page 3

NOTES FROM ST. BATHANS.

20th March. Sickness has been very prevalent here •during the last fortnight, necessitating the attendance of both Drs. Fuliney and Whitton, who, having been summoned from Nascby by wire, arrived with due ■celerity. The urgency of this ens should furnish another strong argument in favor of establishing a medical club here, and it says little for our much vaunted combination in all matters affecting the general welfare that such lias not already been done.

Another epidemic calling for more stringent measures than those usually resorted to by doctors has made its appeartnce here latterly, and until the patients are submitted to the tender mercies of some stalwart boatswain with a good rope's end, there is little chance of their recovery. 'I lie above has reference to an outbreak of larrikinism in our midst, of which we have until now been pretty free. However, having made a commencement, the doings of tnese gentry have been worthy the lowest gamins of our large cities. Two of the leading spirits in the above movement are already known to fame, through the medium of your columns, under the nom tie p'umc of " Quartz " and " Pipeclay." The Post and Telegraph office, which has been so long in course of erectiwi, is completed, and a move has been made into the new building by Mr. Bunny and liis telegiaphie apparatus. It occupies a cominui ding site at the upper end of the town, and reflects great credit on the builder, Mr. Wheeler, who litis done the work in strict accordance with the speci fications. It. is regretted that it has been placed at, such a distance from the business portion of the town, as in winter time the distance to be. trudged will no doubt seriously affect the telegraphic returns.

Tenders have at hist been called for erecting the foot bridge over the Manulierikia river- between this place and Blaekstone Hill, and in this matter there appears to be the usual arnou.it of official bungling, as the specifications for the work are only to l.e seen ot the Provincial Engineer's Office, J'unrdin, and nt flic Police Camp, Kaschy. no copy having been sent here lor the guidance of wouldbe tenderers, of whom there are several. Several applications have been received lor the situation of teacher to t' e Rational School here, many of the applicants being templed, no doubt, bj" the startling announcement which made its appearance in a certain newspaper lately viv., ihat the salary ranged from £l3O to £3'lo per \rnr. This statement probably found its way into the columns through the instrumentality of his Satanic Majesty's representative in the office, and tr.e mercenary feelings of the applicants will likely be somewhat damped when they learn that the remuneration is from £l3O to ll<M) per year only, with house, &c., rent free. The Good Templars here intend celebrating their anniversary on the 24th inst., by a concert, spelling bee,. Sec.— This is the fix&fc introduction of tli®

*' Bee " at local entertainments, and, if properly carried out, will be both instructive and amusing. (Prom m flomapondent.) 20tl»1fcarch. St. Pa trick'a Day was celebifttipil in St. Bathana by a picnic and dancfe Owing to the day falling on a Priday, and in Lent, the ardor of the celebrants was placed under restraint, but notwithstanding this, and other adverse circumstances, all parties attending the celebration seemed to enjoy themselves. The weather during the three previous days, as also on the morning of the 17th, was very gloomy, and no doubt had the eff.jct of keeping many who lived at a distance from attending, but, those who ventured out were rewarded by getting a really nice day. Messrs. Melvin and Deaker did the musical honors, and, needless to say, gave every satisfaction. They were ably assisted by Mr. Kenwick.