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Local News, etc
A WltsTKltN paper, publishes n tolegrnm
staling ' that " twolro bridges have been
swept nwit) in tho Raymond Torrace district.
What a prodigious nbom I
Wk wore minded to say no moro nbout tho
Observer 6cribc, but the poor follow is In
trouble, nnd we ennnot withold our Bympnthy.
Ho fecms quite mod because wo did not
publish all bo hnd to sny nbout us, especially
wo mny suppose, because the contents of a
.?? confidential circular to publishers" which
ho ehoso to ha?h up, were not reproduced in
the Argus. Wo got somo more nbuse on this
score, nt which wo enn nlTord to laugh iv
spile of our censor'smndocss. If lie lias nny
friends in Singleton siifl'.ciently rcspcctnblo
lo be believed on their onto, ho is nt liborty
to send two of them to us, nnd wu will pro
duce tbo duo bill. And then wo will calmly
nwntt tho publicnLion of nn apology, twice
promised on condition of our proving thnt
tbo meddlesome Stupid published nn untruth
nbout us. This ought bo somewhere near an
end of the matter,
Neotpfield first brought big turnips
hefoiu the notice ot newspaper readers, and
ISarooiia mid Mnlson Dien soon followed, each
with larger specimens, Unrooun having Inkon
the load. But it seems thnt .Ncoltflcld Is not
to bo beaten ns rcgnrdn this speciality. The
champion turnip wns brought to us yesterday
from that fnn'ous estate. Its weight is
twenty-one pounds, nnd its horizontal aud
porpondlculnr mensuiemonts are respectively
S icot 4J inches and 11 feet GJ inches. If
iheso specimens of fnim produco nro to be
taken is sn indication ot wbnt wo arc to
bnvo nt the forthcoming show, wo nro
inclined to think our Mnitlnnd friends will
lmvo to " <;o one moro" next timo in order
even lo equal us in agricultural exhibits,
which fotm their speciality. Never have tbo
agriculturists of FalrlcVs Plains hnd a moio
fnvornblo season, nnd It Is to bo hoped they
will not fnil lo make tho most of it nt tho
approaching show, for which thoro nro
upwards of 100 entries.
An accident that turned seven columns of
malic." into pyc, 1b accountable for onr one-
Bided supplement this morning. A formo
dropred through— that was all. Printers
may imagine the rest —the public cannot.
Tub Lornnir.o troupe ore announced to
appear in Singleton on * riday and Saturday
next. A Jlurrurundi friend wlui has ecou
their performnncc, writes us concerning Idem
ns follows: "Prom my own knowledge of
tlum 1 believe tliem lo bo deserving of
support. In'contradistinction to tho many
strolling vagabonds who try to obtain n
living by public exhibitions. I.ortwixo as a
mnglcinn dooa no new liick, except the bird
in tho cego, which I hnd not seen before ;
but what- ho docs ho performs cleverly. 11 r,
Blillls us ? ventriloquist, to my mind (and I
Imvo rccn tlieui all) has ncvor been cqunlled
up this wtty. Mr. Cioft, ns n plnnlst, is
clever, mid sings souio r.cry good pongs of n
select chnrncter. "J ho candour of this testi
mony slinks for ilw.lf. Wo may add thnt
the ngont of Haves mid Ucnbamo'a ci i£?&
?poko very fiivorably of the Loranxo brothers
whsn pwolnj through ginfUtoo,
Tlie approaches to tho Bedbournberry
bridge baring been so far destroyed on the
town side that the bridge is impaaaable. ?< *.
..;" MilTl? TArtOB 'Troupe —-notice \next
issue. ? - ;'-' '; i' . ';'""?. ,"
- TttE Illustrated Sydney Nent for Angost
contains the first portion of a largo Exhibi
tion map of Sydney, and when completed
there is nd doubt It will prove exceedingly
useful, especially to visitors. The streets and
all tbo principal buildings are very plainly
shown. In other respects the News: main
tains its usunl standard of merit, and con
tinues 'to reflect credit on its publishers,
Messrs. Gibbs, Sballard and Co. ?
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