LAWRENCE.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 402, 17 January 1872, Page 6

LAWRENCE.

, " otir own- correspondent;. )/ ' ' '• • A , .-■::.•■''.• ,:...'. Ji ;';,;. t '.-iiHii!;j:: iiiiJ-Jiili- : Ci.i ''«'•' ■-..•!!u :: :'.'. so ; anxiously Jlo.okecl andvpfayed; f or ; 'has viqt $y:et" r7Js^e,d?A'is,' I ;and- . co_nßeq\ient)yj the. pulsation; of; our, farming iCQmtimnity r ase sp'i9^vh^t,ofitl^.iowe|^.:..c\rNow^h*e^'^eaveri9.; loplcr.aß/jhard. as.; brass,;! aaidiidust 'ifaianuink; sufferable Amount is the, ruling ;.e.vil,f imaging ; eyfery thing; and i ieyfti^bM^ cunQonijertaitie. -,; j In former years, long ere this (13 days of

• January) we were accustonied; %p liave an abundance ''of hew potatoes, but £ tlifs yeaiy :alas !!tli^'l\ave notrtiaUfe a'n'appeafaTifee j'in 1 fact, in' every branch of ; vegetable^supply others district has been ■larnentab'lyi deficient. I • 1 Hpwdyerivto: counterbalance and' , bomp.en-, sate' for ]the above evils^ we ; haye li,igJb hop e .S; : iri our. quar.tz,,.' fthis now ..forms the grand,. elo<i : uent'?ubject of thouohtand^speech, and 'asa .tria ! tt4r of '"courae tlie riojiiieSs Of 'the reefs are; in; 'keeping with "the ! 'sangdirie;" expectations' of the Koldefs ; o? shares/' 7 Nothing less '/than the 'inevitable ounce is'> even breathed, whilst! » some, more ■ sanguine • than < the, rest even double Tthe ; above. , JSp ,doubt.^ ljtk.ei.the Thames, we will ; shortly be .inundated .with scrip. Well, at' all 6 vents, it^vilt cause scifrie. excitement' and 'a few knowing, otiea, will ho doubt make a'; trifle. ; The "ie& v has : been traced I 'through ' the township; ■ ' so, > you' see, ourfoundationa; are? sure; as-welli;as; golden. : ;| Mr Haughton. (the GoldMds: , Water ,Cony riiissioner, is' anxiojisly looked for in the > dis T trict, and; although the ..Government scheme : is not so l'iberal'as was anticipated, 'still; I : haye;.no doubb'sontie here Will jtak'e advantage of it 'to fortfard ' Works' iioSV in course of ' execution, and 1 that' some will; "try- and: borrow •for the' construction of reservoirs,! as .it as well-known a great deal of water ...is lost in 'consequence of. not being, stored,; So scarce •is water .down, the, TUapeka. Valley that.none of the, miners. ',(e'sccep ting .those'.;. on the flat) have been able to wash for. a" considerable period!', "■'.;'''■" '„"' ";•■. ",'<■ "■,''•','"' Ntft>vithstahding the many.v •drawbacks s tmdfer presently, -suffer^ .everybody seems to havetample' emi)loymen.bv and,,new buildings are in icoursef of ; erection , .also, a great deal of fencing has been constructed in, and! around the township, whicli is, afc all evertts, some eyrd^OTce^KaT-^e-are-making tracks^ however slow. !i >^ - •'"••'•; ; ' - '^- r! ; '^' The little gentlemen (mannikms) ibreeJcs and s"pui-s , are ;beginning' to -'put in^n - 'appearance^ 4nd the ;Way they talk horse is a caution; rpre : sufn6i^at; as Nature ;denied them stature,; she f 4; to compensate thqm^has given in "Heji effrontery- Vahd ' .assurance, 1 _ thus Ijalancing^and^puiiting ;them ' on a/ level with; 'the irest:of ; mankind. o! i.,^ -„ n.^i-^nuyli ' .■.: Little or nothing has .been done m our. migisferial:.6stablis)iment of late- ; r I presume the! viitiousi litigants; will ..not; ,giyej in : uch, tr'o'i'bleiuntil':afcer the races i; when..l: have, lib doubt JiJh^aspirants ±o litigious iame;.w ; ill. .be'foUhd^at'theirhobbyji >ilv „;.,.-.,.;[ .;,.<■ .- -.. - I isee it tejibrted 1 that some changes: are to -lake place ainong-th'e wardens.- That- Warden; jEyke is coining .here;' and 'that' Warden Simp^ son ingoing % t!ake his pla;ceJ : T'uhderstand^ however, tha^tl^^i-ra'ngementwill not take place" at present, ' :as. f ,it .'&; currently reported' that 'Warden ,|^impson.is^^ t going'.home, liavmg got- six months; .leave, 'of 'f^bs^iice'. „l>arne rumor^^' reports "tliis,;tout lam^^ unab'Je to^sayif it is so or not.-. -,;-■,:-, .■-;. .: : . : : , .:■■.■':• isjiM-ii.ti:i:. •^'"6! o'clock. —^yictoriany weatherr-hot^ and : -scprching. :.,.;.; :u, ■■.. Ai;--..-- '-..-. ■■■-■ ?' .v. •:.■■■■■.<.