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L E r E S .
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F e b ru a ry *4
T he w ea th e r is s till dry. T hough th is is
very si ita b lc fo r th e bai vest, itd o e a not
agree w ith th e p o ta to crop. U n le ss Tain
fa lls soon i t is lik e ly th e g ru b b w ill be
prev alen t tip s y e a r, #p th e cra ck s in tb e
ground c su re d b y tb e loDg d ro u g h t afford
fu tilitie s fo r th e m o th to d e p o rii its eggs
in (lie very c e n tre of the (gbere.
B e a |in g is going on g e n erally , th e
machinpR b e in g em ployed w herever
tho g ro u n d w ill p e rm it. T h a red r u s t
has m adovad h avoc wi h tb o crops, and
th e farm ers a re m uch d i s p r ite l th e re b y .
T ru ly , farm in g is a n u n c ertain em ploym
ent.
I IThc d ro w n in g O ccident th a t happened
to young S tu tta rd la st w ork have evoked
m uch com m iseration for th e p a re n ts, w bo
sre resp e ctab le citize n s o f U lvereione.
T be p a rtic u la rs o f tbe case a re n o t stric tly
know n, b u t i t ap p ea rs he w as b a th in g
w itn one o r tw o o lh c r beys a n d bed
crossed th o r iv e r and wos re tu rn in g , w hen
h e suddenly sa n k . H is ecm panioL s, n o t
being sw im m ers, im m ediately g a v e th e
a larm and a ssista n ce was soon pro cu red ,
b u t life w as fo u n d to be e rtin c t tfh c q ib e
body w as recovered. T h e theory
is th a t (b p atretift stre am w hich
Yfas t h w 3^ n n ip g eomevfh&t confused
him . aq d b js fe a rs g e ttin g iu th e a s ­
c endant p r o d u c p i tb e c a ta stro p h e . I t
is w ell kqow n th a t fea r c o n tra c ts tb e
ch est and d im in ish e s the buoyancy of tb e
body, an d a t th e sam e tim e g e n e ra lly th e
su b je ct th ro w s u p his arm s, w hich m akes
m a tte rs w orse. T h e best r em edy a g ain st
d r.w n ic g w o u ld appear to be to avoid
gettin g frig h ten e d .
T h e new sto c k ta x o f 2d a he^d a n d id
on sheep is e a rn in g piqeh ^ s a ti s f a c t io n
here, ^ f tf h re g a rd to th e ta x on sheep
being d o u b le d , i t does icem e x tra o rd in ary
th a t now tb e scab h is b re n subd
u u d ' a n d th e country q u ite clean,
th a t tw ice a s m uch m o se y should
now bo re q u ire d . I t Is g 'n o r a lly b e ­
lieved th a t i t 1b e asie r io p re v e n t th a n
cure, b u t h e re w e have th e m axim revereed.
I t ie sa id a fund j r re q u ire d to
x tirp a te r a b b its . W ell, l e i i t b e raised
looally iu th o |B vjaoea needing its a p p ti
c a t’QQ,
T h e new p o s t office is p ro g re ssin g , th o
foundations, w h ic h a re of conorete, being
com pleted. V e ry fine b lu e sto n e has
been procured f r r tn a q u a rry u p th e riv er,
hioh w ill h o p k o e d o v er th e concrete
revious to la y in g ib e b rick w o rk . T h e
it roc1q re W ill b e q u ite an o rn am e n t to
b a t w as f o r som e tim e r a th e r an
UQsightly c o rn e r.
‘ 7 b e r a ilw a y fe n c in g h a s re a c h e d th e
tow n, b u t tb e em bankm ents a re incom ­
le te . T h is is t o 'b e reg retted , a s ib e
a rth © bout h e r e to o f a sa n d y n a tu re , a nd
egnired time for ^onipljdfljioq. ‘
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