Windsor & Richmond Gazette, Saturday, February 24, 1900 - page 7 SACKVILLE Since writing my last notes to you, we have been blessed by a splendid fall of rain in the shape of a storm, which passed over here on Wednesday morning last, doing a great deal of good to the late crops. General satisfaction is expressed here at the acquittal of Fred Barber, who was tried at Sydney last week on a serious charge, but the least said about the case the better, now that it is over. My anticipations of the match between the Riverstone and Park Villa "boys" were not far from the mark, as I stated that the game would be a good one. No doubt if time had permitted the tables would have been turned on the Riverstone players, as the "Parks" were going great guns on Saturday, and showed some of their true form. The Church of England river excursion came off on Monday, and was fairly well patronized considering that these trips are getting a bit overdone of late. We hear that Mr. Norman Tuckerman has taken up a selection on the Wilberforce Common, near Ebenezer. We wish him luck in his new venture. It is rumoured that one of the crew of our best known steamers trading to Sydney is about to enter the married state, the bride hailing from Windsorwards. Most of the people around here have the war fever in a bad way, and it is a pity we could not send a batch of them out to the Transvaal, just to show Roberts, Buller, and Co. how to manage affairs, as they appear to know all about the business, and find fault with the way things are carried on by those at the head of affairs.