LAKE WANAKA.

Otago Witness, Issue 1955, 9 May 1889, Page 17

LAKE WANAKA.

AIiBBBT Toww, May 6.— A very painful feeling • circulated through the district when it became known that Mrs Elizabeth Welsh, aged 18,ihad been ; found drowned beside the Pembroke jetty. The facts leading up to this sad event are of an extremely painful nature. According to the evidencb brought •out at the inquest deceased got marripd a few months ago principally to escape the ilitreatment 'usually bestowed upon' her by her father 'J. G* H. t Bennett, formerly teacher at Pembroke, and latterly storekeeper there, and who left for Victoria some-, -what precipitately. Her married life pr6ving;unhappy she separated from her husband. ; A dance was held in Mrs Russell's hall on Godd Friday .night, after which one person escorted her to Mr hotel where she purposed staying ftll night. The demon jealousy being aroused to a furious' pitch in the breast of another person, as a consequence of thiß the latter began making remarks -- detrimental to Mrs Welsh's character, which caused the pair to indulge in a fight. It would seem that, the British spirit of fair play whioh we so justly ad- . mire- was absent on- this occasion, for an' onlooker . assisted his mate during the combat, and; strange to ■ say, hia evidence was not aaked, for at, the in^ueit. Mr B. M'Pougall, J.P., was acting coroner, and Mr ■ Joel Oayford was foreman of the jury, who returned a verdict of " Found drowned!" Had the deceased's life started out' under a brighter star th6re<>fa no doubt that she would have been an' adornment to : her own. sphere of life, for she was a tidy, industrious, .ikind-hearted, person. No doubt finding 'herself a lonely. ; waif ', .with, scarcely.af riend to look to.for cpn-- : aolafctottlor eynipathyj and smarting under, the bolds words addressed, to her, she found j that /the cruel • waters of the lake, would end all' her, earthly trials •for ever. -The funeral was very largely attended!: ■ Nobody blamed her,- everybody 'pitietf her, for 1 she i was simply crashed o.utof existenoe. . " ; } - ' Threshing* Mills. B,ariwr.— lt -wHlbB remembered that some weeks back Mir John Doves thresh' ing mill was a,t J . Mrs -Cpoper> farm. iMr Roland. PrifHsh^rd,. of, Arrow, jreplaioed,* it by one of • his own, which was^ih charge df .Mr,. James :B. 1 Templeton^ This , was - also ; burne d; tottte ground - while, threßbingVaat Mr Johd Fox's,, ;Ha^ea Flat. 1 While the mill y?aß;in'full work ib was' nbticed that 1 the chaftwaa on ,fire, and. .before she' hands could 1 reach ttie grbund'th'e flames" were iaßuing ( up through the shakers- to' fclw, top Jhefraili; being fed with - dry sfcr«,w as. it "travelled. -„ To ■say^thq'mill, there- . fore, or thfli'rema^jaer] off the stitojt Yfaa;imposslble, . ao superhuman ekerfcipnß'were made to ■ »ye the oats already, threshed, .and,, stacked? ---Mr* .Fox's lops js severe, lor besides the. ataclt^ containing = aboutJ[2p bag^pl.pafcsVhe^loit dU,hli; ; atfaw. d was, to be, his mainstay to £arr.y the .OaMle Jhrouan,, the winter, ttwb yearjMrF^x, lost all, tiff [stacks byj . v , ■J&Vimhrziti^Mlll-, '$„'s&?sss hlS,i»'. • /plenjtjfuljana are sqmetim^» ( s gr^nwgancg. „^er-, Bona camping oiit have" often been' Beared by came forrets coming in the tents and gambolling round

fche intruder's feet in, the moit complacent manner, imaginable. The new flystem of,, fumigation been somewhat modified 'and lound to be a com-; plete success. AH that is necessary is to place some sulphur inside the hole with a half-inch of phosphorus on the top of it. This when lit and the hole, closed up soon smothers everything inside.! ,' > Twins.— A remarkable circumstance has occurred on Mr G. Bovett's Jarm on Mount' Barker. An,aged' t cow has given birth to twin bull calves, and what Ab more remarkable still all three are now doing well and thriving. .- :