NOTES FROM ST. BATHANS.
The weather during "the pnst fortnight has been most variable, and, as we have already been visited by snow and frost, there is every indication of an early winter setting in.Mining operations are being carried on vigorously here just now, thanks to the plentiiul supply of water with which we have beeii favored, although there has been a slight diminution in quantity latterly, attributable to the severity of the frost. A most singular case concerning the ownerships" of a number of pigg is likely to bo brought before the K. M., on his next visit, which, from its peculiar surroundings, will probably suggest niauy knotty points for decision. The dispuiauts reside at Cambrian, and the circumstances are roundly as follows : —A, being of an adventurous turn, *.nd having more leisure time at his disposal than he could conveniently utilise, determined to set out on a boar hunting expedition. Accordingly, having provided himself with a double barrelled shot gu i, ar.d sundry other v eapons, he repaire-i to the haunts of the bristly monsters, and, after a deal of trouble aud considerable danger, succeeded in heading a number of them for home. When within about a mile of his habitation he appears to have left them, proceeding home himself to prepare for their reception. And now comes that part of the story out of which the case arises. After A's departure, B happened to come along, and, beholding the live stock, immediately proceeded to appropriate them. On this being objected to by A, B urged, .n justification, that he had intended going after those pigs himseif when convenient, and pointedly refused to hand them over. In the meantime numerous owners for stray pigs have turned up, and the query now is, To whom do the animals belong—A, B, ;he various claimants, or the runholder 2 Perhaps John Government may yet step in and solve the problem, after the manner of the fable.
The Ret . ilr. D< we, of Clyde, held Divine service here ou Sunday evening last iu the School-room, on which occasion a large congregation wus ppeseat..
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 374, 12 May 1876, Page 3
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351NOTES FROM ST. BATHANS. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 374, 12 May 1876, Page 3
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