CLYDE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 323, 7 May 1875, Page 3

CLYDE.

(From a correspondent.) ■ " May Ist. j A man, one of the employes on the Earnscleugh Station, has been brought to : the hospital with a broken leg. Dr. Allan set it, and the patient is progressing favorably, though suffering from a depression of spirits consequent upon the result of the accident.

We are now getting a foretaste of winter. On Friday night a large amount of snow fell. The Old Man is covered to a considerable depth, making travelling in that region a hazardous proceeding. I hope the above is not libellous ; but in these enlightened days, when threats of actions are so prolific, there is no telling but you might get notice to withdraw the foul charge, or suffer the consequences by being put through your facings by some of the Dodsons and Foggs of Colonial notoriety. "What shall we do with it?" is the name of a popular novel, but, What shall we do with them P is the knotty question regarding the goats. It would seem thai the whole of our population have gone in for breeding goats. Mrs. M'Paddin says —" It is a real good thing to have a little cheap milk, it so helps the family," but does not concern herself as to how her darling goats procure their food, so long as she gets cheap milk. I believe on the hills in the immediate neighborhood there are at least two goats to every man, woman, and child in the place, and it is not an unfrequent occurrence for them to make raids in the gardens, doing irreparable damage. Some one has impounded fifteen head. Ido not suppose any one will release or purchase them. I hear the poundkeeper is quite satisfied with the one lot, and would rather not have any more under his charge, and exclaims, What can I do with them ?

There was one case in the R.M. Court, Kirk v. William *S; Douglas, Manager oi the Pneumatic Company. Claim for £lB, wages for looking after the company's plant. Judgment by default for plaintiff. The engineer making the flying survey of the railway between this place and Palmerston passed through on his way to examine the Cromwell bridge. lie again left here for Lawrence by Tuesday's coach. " There is a rumor that the Salamander dredge will shortly be put into commission. It is said that Mr. Benjamin -Knight is to command, and that he is making arrangements for a crew to work her. Mr. Knight was formerly one of the successful dredges on the river in the palmy dajs. It is hoped that he may again be successful in his attempt to wrest the golden treasure from our modern Pactolus.