, 1875-12-25
Eplarat Transformed into Real City
with Reai Houses,
How tho Journey from Melbourne to
D0llarat USe,t tn IIo Made.
4 Woman's Experience With Ocntipcdes
sEaiis. and Tarantulas,
fepor's Of Fresh Cold. Discoveries at a Crca
oeph...Esci'cr,en among MiEcrs.


AoFhs " neS' 'lef'n'A' : Nra'H"hA'fElts
bept. 9o, l575.--Tho projected nf,-country ter:
i8 pohtponod. ~ion sec, therefore. 1 n,r.s ri;
Oh otbor sources to u,lIo this ,ottsr ,u.ctcsti,,r
Vail thar e+. .,}o,,;y,I III. -,,, ,.,,,t "a, ~
.' .Au, e'' p'ons",' ''s '''a's ~ l u
Hot use thene "ises. eau scarcely realize TIN
change that las taken place In this colony sinr
MY FORMER visit here twenty yeats ego. It m
pears
.x,u
"''''''A h"h'' """."'.' 'h""'.
thcn there WAS miserable litt'o railroad, th'
only ono In tho colony, from Melbourne Il
Goptopa and It took tlrno good nnrs l., tot rorn
rho ~ ,,,,to, ,o,,no, NJ, r,,I.n.J -, 49,. =,
49,, -, 49, ,.l.st.'., ...',... ."u ~ a.
n'oes al tlo l'll"o't'at tntnlhR ceEtree' ana IN
carriages "Ee comfortable, a'hl Tho Journey mad
III good tl,iu. There iB d difference tn gc..,n;
into a raiIway.roacb NJ vc tli,t II f,,v v,,.,
.oo - ~, txns u.,,'... 1."''-. "es"'
~ - A''"o'.n" ~ h'.''"s'
"nI1'ea a'ohE ~ talo rae oi ~ mites an hour
and going aa l did tho first limo made tl,s
}o,{oey. Part Of the way yo want With lis
hu,inck -.,ravu Tint carr;oi our .tor, ri ,,,,.,.
son,,,;,a. a. 49, ,,,.r, 49,, 49,, at,,s ti;,. u.
otA'''"'o IN s''o "'1s a''o eo".o4'''os oeSsA9 H.
~ ~aa ps'rhllfE-hot Teather, and Hntcttng-placca
wcro fan mud lar between. Thu road was
.hro,tgh tho fosost Cseat mart OF the
v,v. rrt ~ n;lna ~ Inn Instance ~
80. - ~. ~ wv
"'ee' "as "n A'o' NJ ""Hetea. Was
fo'lng shtn and conId c1lufttc, tut Ela'l wns
III BE
n matc tLe rc4tof ill.,, ;u,rrov il, tt,o ,c ,,,nt
.,,,;n, ,I,. ,,,..,, ,.u - ''''
w. ~. '"o ''o'"' "a"'
nhat 'lnees o'a place thas hoe1elry Was.
lud what motley group Of g1,ea:s wero ihero |
hhcn wo arrycd my husband left mo IN tia
,iitl6r.roon,. md vent Il, ucrrr,, of tho
s,,d,a,'. H. sa.,,>, ,'a. ~ s" " s"'
eu''"'s' Aie 'oa''a "as III 'ao haE, anu
ON Acr no "an'ea d'ahes immediately,
md room, for his wifo WAS III from oycr.1s-
i.uc. Sle t.aye him lcr Eoys. nntt s,t1 :.
n,csu xo,, .;r r ,ou,,,,,,, io,,.o H., ,,. a,,,
~ ~, ,,,''..a. 81. le''' t'o na' " 'a''', !,
W. As lnaeses so''e ~ so"'s OH spsce' a"a
he ecFsanta arc drink. There are ovcs plxty
bullock drivers canlped ont hcrc, anil thcy mug.
10 xeryed or tl,cy break tI,o bur and .,oip .,,m
...,,. rr.,,. ~. - ,,,, vs." A''F ''''"'
m,s s.'es; - iaEo tno Ae:s. 1hls oae opens
tno pest pedroom' thls one beonSd to
fuAt Le!p yuureeyea" And ia wn
lid. TI,a nn,r wo,,a,, 1,.1 ,,or 1,o, i; ,r.. t,,,
A,.h,n ,'-a, t,,a,,
a"eoa"a a"st' ."Feo natlse servants lylnE drtlnk
outside tito kitchen. md her bar besiosed by
Eowd Of hnf-dEuukcn drivers. Now Mt Rocky
Bank. wltre tIrero wan n hnr,nn. sa,,,,v >y,ato
.nl mt trcc m ho aro, f,r ,,sI, ,,1 ,i.n,r 49,
ona-.,o nco,,s ~ ,roo, aro nv 'r, ' 'A a, - .no .
s1It. ucaei', Efosrt G:e giowlI'' aicl:
tn'0 nas oee1l hla'ia possible ny
A aYsTEst Of nEn,AEln:;,
nd snce the t:eea have t'ccn planted tile srnss
'hs toecntB we're NO eloarng4 aud pretty In
klish cut!asea iicstlrd In aieonerY. AZ WI r,,al
pabtt btlinf unr iron AoyHe, l remember Tia
sous usly lno Ut aulcck-aasorB. tho wuru,
wealy trAn.pn With I'll lholr worldly goods
"ew1as" aH thoy called lt--huug u, = rolo
,ud carried over tho shoulder, or paeko,l q, u
khecibarrow anil truudyed bofo.o them; tho
Iekl bLllvcGs living ut Intervals slunE tho
Nay nhcre they had fallen dy.nK from Thirst, Or
broken lplr ,.ecLH by falling nttlpr tue luau ro-
VI, down ronlo steep uecllY,tv. | remembered
lii. terrible lido through tho burning wool lilo
Trees hIazinE In tho mir, cI,arr,ue acI osH tho
!unsiwny, tnilins here mud thrgo 10 our im,unyl,t
peril, aud settled myself back in TIC c,3;pf,rt
4uio CUSHIONS III the railway cRrIilE9. ant Tc5
tevoutfy lAnnkf.u for prugrcba! Noye,tne)epb
HAT tlt.t journey Was not without It's ,loastl ca
7ur pMlvrn "F THE ROYAL MAIL.
Fro young 'nan u good education and great
M:tlEEcnce, albeit ho bad pi29cl vi, snue coinn
II ascoppl'shn,cutH not preclaely .: relIs.uun
.o't, as no aha! aea pseae'll!y. lilo lnev tho
oaine, common aud uotuu.cal, Of eyory trso. and
shrub, aud plant OH tho roatl..,tso: ca1.M to
tLcir bpccial Iun!i:ies mil ns,s sud ,;aa eyer
ready to answer questions or To l,upart infurua-
tion when 40 roor noyloea did1't itnow e,otrA