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DISTKIGT NEWS.
SINGLETON.
frnOM A CASUAL VISlTOIt] ....
This placo has boen quteilygolng-ii-heud during tho last two
years, but from tho tiptithy ofatrlir importing publicity ta Us
movements, tho mmie «eldom appears In your eqluinns-still It
Is " gotng-n-heud." To persons who hare lett It lor two 1'Wc,
a rellim convinces thom of tilla ; now buildings (a grand lost)
appear In every direction, anti tho lines of the Intended streels
aro by fencing becoming definitely marked. We happened to
bo there a few days since, and were present at a preliminary
tucothig, got up tor the purnoso of calling > a public
mooting with reference to the raliway, and from Its tone, wo
ceri alni y predict: that a stir will at length be mudo on the sub-
ject, ami we hope that the result will bo communicated to yon,
so that tho press may Inform Ula country of tho result. It'
appears to us to reimlre a little energy to bo exercised to cain
a right to the Shiglctoiiluiis ? to claim tills concession, as ¡hoy
have delayed so long their request, and wo must ull hold'that
a thing worth having Is at least vvortli asking for, and all " poor
Richard's" maxims lead to the same point.,
'The weather has boen scarcely moist enough for the fanner«,
imno of whom cannot plough ns It should bo, but It appears
that a largo quantity of wheat will be «own. Although wo con-
trived to get a tolerable meal or two. whllo there, they.cannot'
boast of a too plentiful supply of vegetables, yet wo saw ono or
two gardens in good progress, and which bid lair to remedy tho
defect. .»..». '.'
A dinner ol the Odd Teltows nt which about 70 ant doun nt
host Williams» followed next dat hy a ball, at which the fair
sex vv ere ii splendid sample of ilia better half ol the c,uius
homo rather Interfered hi the quiet survey we lind Intended
to tukc of the localité but we cannot help remarking that it
uouhl bo better If such scenes wert more frequently enuclcd
On the whole from what we could see mid hear Singleton is
dtcidedl) on the move We heat 1 one or two rtmaikon the
luct that li» allotments were lu the market and on all there
wnsnheiivv ultima in Milne mid readv niiieliasers Ihlstimii
seems lohne au Incubus upon It which has kept It bael but
If that is once thrown oil It must become ii place ol importance
\\ e lmv e know n It for milli) long ) ears mid lor as mum Inn e
though! bul little ol it, being only an occasional v ¡sltor thereto
a id tiling ncmiiiutid willi mil) a fen ol I 9 prisent inhabitants
as most ol the old litmllies have gone to their long homes but
our memory still recalls some happy hours in the tittie) of Oltl
Singleton and ,011 Co\ names that will long ho held in
respect and reverence In those who knew them tes the liberal
anil Jolly host» ol tin. liarle) Mow on the bank ot the i lv or
Hut stop-lit us hear lion their railroad meeting gets on
Hutt vvlll prove their spirit or want ol It \\ c will try to be
there and 11 no Singleton turitsponilcnt giv ts ) on a line wc
will do It ourselves and indent our to pick up a hatch of the
singleton gossip Into the bargain_
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