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THE :MERCHANT FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1 1876 After the d scuos on Ta sed byMr E e lyn Ashley n the J3r sh House of Com moos on the Fr day preced ng ti e p o oga ton the e canno I nger a doubt on an) m nd respect ng the cornprow ng conduct of S r H Ell ott, the Br t sh M n s er at Constant nople Tbe Government were compe led to adm t hat great al oc es had been comm tied by t e Turks the ke of wh ch had never been surpaMed n the an na seven of Moslem m arule The appo nt ment of S r Arthur Kew ball to accompany the Turk sh a m cs n the fi Id aa B t ~h Comm ssioner s rece ved as a gurantee that the moral nJluence of England w 11 be x er ed to restra n the savngery ol the I u ko and the r a ds The Government made but a lame defence and although Lord Derby s despatches were repeatedly referred to Mr Ashley po nted out that contrary to the pra t ie observed n all n portant caaes 0 S r H Elliott had not been d reeled to read them to the TurkIBh Grand V z er pol cy on th s euhiect has great y damaged the Government. The people are aroused and ha e n pub) c meet ngs assembled ca led upon the Government o do the ght th ng Recent accounts more tban confi m the first reports of the hornd cruel ea he Turk sh regular and uregular troopa com m t ed n Bulgaria and wh ch they were repeat ng n other places Now the peo nt nd @"Al mu! r ud p e have spoken wo trust Lord D rby w I n be ·4 for pub at on cease tr fi og w th th s quest on and n ore 12 o clock noon on Thur day un on w h the o her great powere ns st upon an end not only to the barbar t ea n IMPOR'l'ANT ANNOUNCEMENT I quea on but to the w·r !self RATES OF ADVERTISIN(} ABOUT TOWN For the MIJl'cha t M.umclpal Matters tenae R pe and rare Fru ts of all k ode \\yll ea at :Mr Thoa J ewe I of th s town has a cur os ty n the way of a cell H s spotted bin k and wh e s m lur to a carnage dog A number of firemen accompan ed by a few of our zens started vcsterday morn ng for the p c n c at N apanee They must have ha"a a hot t me The Port Hope band went w th them The Young Peoples Assoc at B C Church w th the r fr ends the r p c n c th s afternoon, n beaut ful Oro e Just west of m 11 pond on of the w 11 hold Thomaa s Raynes s · The case of Hocker dge for sell ng I quor w thout a I cenae recently heard by our Pol ce Mag strate ·nd i!eo <led aga nst the defendant was appealed The J dge how ever bao confirmed the ve1d ct g patronage d wh ch o r columns tea mony that ·· ohou d have reaolv ed upon such a course "\'(e ha e under the ad ce of med cal fue.t>i and at the earnest ooggeat one of o be I cud long b en look ng for some way of escape f om the c ose opp! cat on to office dut es to h ch we have been oubJect fo some y a s past antl a.s we aaw t we bad to choose between the du ea we owed the B b e Ohr st an Denon na on and the 13 · spe meua NEWS OF THE WEEK The Mellor Jewellery s nd e surpasses any b ng ol he k nd Jct pe petroted n tb s count y T e E at n tro blea a e as m xed as e e an lb Po" e s are ot yet agreed as to what act on Ley w I ake Austr a and England d s e p o e Ru!lB a "ants an nrw st ce Tbe g eat e ent of t e Oen enu al gat a the fo r on ed a e has ended and the Bcaverwi k have car ed off be palm bent ng the Londoa crew ou y a qua er o! o second Dar ng the race le boats led al terna e y and he fin sh wns so close the spe a o s d d not know the resu un n Tl e Lo don crew have form d b r pro crl t emsclves no mean opp nents and go home w th a sp end d record So a the am pa gu aga net the western Ind l(l s has p o ed a fa "re and t s now stated bat y have g en I e U S Uen era! the s p and retrea ed n o h r ast pe ha1 s next spr ng The troops are to w nter here they are A the Gove nment are dete un I I e hos We are n rece pt of Pr ze L sis of the Central Exh b ton to be held at Guelph on the 3rd 4th and 5th of Oct next and also of the Central Ex! b t on to be held at Our Austra an ti e lm gs the news of Port Hope on Sept 26th 27th and 28th he <lei at of the Boucaut Adm n stra on W th h s character st c enterpr se and on th s wee 'lhe elevat on of I e Hon J des e to supply the wants of tbe p bl c, \\ ay to the Bench ae Ch ef J ustlce and I\ y c has made arrangements to have con the res gnat on of other mem hers of he ·tautly arr v ng fresh stocks of fru t of he Gove nment rendered t n ces a y for M cho est va ety } resh oystere f ow the Boucaut to reconstruct b s Cab net In he latest ternptat on G e the f oel accom p oh ng th s feat he selected three gent emen of the Oppos t ou The House On Er day afternoon W II am Watson met on May 26 h and the Oppos t on led ell known n th s v c n ty met w h an by Mr Colton the P em ere late Treasurer n oved a resol ton of want of confidence ace dent wh ch way cost h m h a I fe He not n the pol cy of the Governn ent but n w th two boon compan one were engaged The deba e n draw ng n gra n Watson was out vn the gentlemen compos ng t .was cbarac er ed by nn amount of b tter the rear end of the b nd ng pole secur ng t, rec m nn on ndecent personal ea and when t broke prec p tat ng h m to the v o at ons of confidence such as baa never ground n h s } ead ca.us ng concuss on of b fore been seen n the assembly A er a the bra n Ile 1 cs n a precanous con three days flgh the Gove nment were de feated by a rn·Jonty ol three A new ad J.. Lac oase Match w I be played 011 the m a etra on hM been form d undbr he even ng o! Thursday next u the Dnl1 nom nal leadersh p of Mr Colton but Sr S ed Grounds between the C ppers of th s Henry A)ere the enemy of all prog ess a town an 1 the I\ h tby Club Prof Hand the ac ual head he s ts n t e Upper Cham the we l known n11n facturcr of e works be G cat d ssa\ a ac on wae man fe&ted o h a ""' slant " I bo p eseut to set off w th the compos on of the New Govern what w I ma e the people wonder The ment ucd t as expe tetl that u the e g ounda w 1 be Hum nated and tbe Cornet aasemb ng of tbe House the tab s would Band p esent to make attrac ou more at be turned upon them 'I hue the ntere,ts tract e We are uformed that the d ·play of he Colony are ea r ed at he abnne · to su pass anyth ng of he k nd yet g en of pol t cal part anah p n to~n Judges who now preSlde w th so m ch d g On Sat rday forenoon a I ttle exc lement n ty n the Supreme Court of the colo l was caused at Mr W r I e · prom ses, by tbe a e all sons of ergymen of v11 ous de d scovery that the manure heap wns on fire A few pa ls of "ater put out the flames and what w gl t have proved a conflagra DOTS Some t ou w·s thus n pped n tbe bud careless member of the fam ly bad thrown Hush Ii ea are ra~ ng n man) place· a pan of ashes n wb ch were 1 ve coals on M J 'l Al xande the heap a abort I n e prev oua and as a K ng of Oen ra I I no a mat er<>,! course the st aw gn ted was n su ed for $7 00 Mr Ba rey s lecture on the F ght" th On the last two Sa urda)S of K ug A coho! vas de! vered n the Coun the adm ss on to the Centenn al has c I Chamber on Wednesday even ng to a p a ed at 2 cents sma I ut apprec at ve aud euce. All A hog d sease s rag ng n Buller County pres nt mu t have been ntereeted nstruct Oh o It ·a ecrolul us ofl ct on and b) ed a d strengthened n the r resolve to the t me death ensoM the an ma! s a rot exert a l the r n u nee n the suppres ten mass. a o of the g eat enemy of man the I quor A unan mous vote of thanks \\as The pe I on aga nst the return of Hon J troJlic. tendered the lect rer w th a request that C Ryke t for L n o w I be h a d on tie he vou d avor tl e to ~n w th another vs l th nat at a more favorable seaaon A dIBaetrous fu o curred n Uolmu g on We sh our re.Uere to underata d that Wednesday las desl oy ng severa thous the columns of the Ob e ve w II be open and dollars worth of prope y for any adverts ng they may ha e to do The cont nued d ought s p ai ng the The Cb erver aa a med um to reacl the peo pll.ltu e and the root pie ol West Du ham a not excelled and crops we ask for t o. cont nuance of the fav r1 The Younge " ll be brought before the wh ch have been g veu so freely to the Judge op Sa u da) and the r fate dee ded MERCHA T About th ee hundred cop es rculate regulorly n th s ne ghborhood N nety head of fa cattle were sh pped from Montreal to L ver1 ool on Tue day and about one h ndred u South Ontar o a d a I ke nun her n East Durham Tl e and more a.re to fol o rv advert s ng de1 artment w I be under The Uobourg Sta pays a h gh con p s on of an exper enced hand ment to the steamer No ema and her H p H p Hoora F r good fellow Regret at par ng one who adorns the h gheet wa ks ol I terature- cs teem-held n remem brnn c p oudest mo ments hr ght page n the volume of my I fe tleetlng happ ness-never forget-ad dreso--process on senators and o her ofli c als handkerch els wav ng-br ght eyes bed mmed w th tears a m I tary figure bow ng on the rear car-and thus S geant b de a long farewell to the P nery vale va e vale The ron bo se ann b lotes t me and apace and soon the iha {JI! I op of th en ~ ne notes our a r al at my nat ve town 'Io avo d a pub! d monstrat on my ret ru bo.s been a profound secret Monday n ght be ng appo uted !or a meetmg of our Ci y Fathers I anx ous to w tness the ben gn nf!uence my chasten ng pen has bad upon those gentlemen betook myself l bonne pe e to the LegIBlat ve ffal But al.. man a born to d sappo ntments Shades of McFeetera of Ha nee of Cub tt what a meet ng What proceed ngs what an exh b t on of ncapac ty pu r I ty b cker ng gnorance, and want of order Unt l the heal ng power o t me had some what emol1 ated my nd gnat on I dared SERGEANT not trust myself to report th s meet ng Ura uato of Mowa s P nery Up h 11 However the lapse ol h ee w ks has I I ost Office V tor a Road Stat on N p B bope enabled me to wr tc mo e n sorrow a ng !\a wni than n anger Alas alas the Counc I has fa !en un ev I d·y· has fa en bad y I om Fo l·Merha t ts h gh estate ts g or) has departed The Excumon to Niagara.. Ha Wor hp I av ng taken the ha r he usual rout ne of bu e!lB was d posed of The Irepreso b e F nonce M u ste ) presented a repo t recooJJmeud ng pay ng of s ndry a counts Co nc I or Buel er hop d here we e no unau I or zed accoun a n the r repu t The F nonce Comm ttee some! mes el pped such n for payment. The Irreprese ble nd gnant y den ed t Buckler What 1 Do you leny t 1 Then tell u all about the !low towu pump andwhat ts! e Yours &c Coune !or M D-c -Ha, ha ha Counc !or Cowie To the Ed o of w '11"1 " t The Township of Clarke ha ha Reeve And ·handle -Ha ha And a bore ol 2i I ep ess ble -Uproar ous augbter Buckler Go on gen le en go on spout away It· not mu h trouble o to handle such a lo ol gen elllRn as ')au are 2} n bore s t I r p es b e 1 Per haps you can tell u "hat sort ol a bor you are 1 Here you ve been and gone and al pped $15 50 n o the F nan ce Repor for a op! t-up pump not wo h $10 and order ng t cul of your O\\ n ead and hen Theres e I er t utb say ng you d dn t nor honesty n such go ngs on Why on earth don t you put a s op o them M Mai or netead of w nk ng at them Mayor nsf 11 v. Est mate By law each prepared for t leav tr p ng untouched the Market By law the pro Fala per aud t ng of the Town Accounte the s ate and amount of the Town Debt the xp anal on of the $30 000 added by the Reeves, to our county vo.luo.t on and othe matte s of mpor ance Sad y I med lated upon the t me when the Counc 1 walls re choed the fervent eloquence of a M lne the rota y logic of a Ha nes the lengthy plat tudes of a McLeod the terae m I ary sen euces of a Cnh tt, the one rotunda of a Fa ba rn the o ly speech o! a Consaul he fo ens c know ledge of a Loscom be the ant he es of an All son and the sten or an v ""et p ew d h l of a Thompson ~hen al all we see th r I kes ega n 1 E ho an swers When 1 On my homeward ay I met h s Wor sh p arm n arm w th the S alwart and I\ y Each graspeu my hand w th aupar ent pleasure H a ·orah p hear ng that I had sworn oil' k ndly presented me w th a po nd of pnme B ack Tea, from an old sock mportcd by the Stalw.rt n the sh p Harlon and a pound of a pecul or k d of G een Tea, from the W ly I as usual m xed them and they have caused a Tempest n a tea pot Yo re The Population of Turkey FOWL E'S PILE & HUMOR Cure FOWL E'S PILE& HUMOR Cure 3 970 000 350 000 15 000 s 000 2 0 000 FOWLE 1S PILE & HUMOR l 0 OO<i Cure FOWLE'S PILE & HUMOR Cure ant Irrcp Sfllb e you uae Am dst the chaos of d asol ng ews St knot at t Hes act you p[l.l't on em e Be eckle.ss ca.re esa selfish as befo e ue sense and bo11 sty m ke game Of nterfe o The large m·JOl'.lty however en Joyed all the p ensure of ti e so I and the deck. of he No s man rang w h happy es and shone w th faces of la r men and fa er women The party numbered n the v n ty of 350 the lad es, ae usu~l be ng n the maJor ty There was the m n ater f om ha pup t the law) er from h s br efs he me chant from h s counter the mcchan c row h s bench and the aborer from b s Wanted Immediately l;la.I S A GOOD S'.IE \DY GII I t oet' an Ap ya Office g n No ltole Ring I Your end onfus n y ur ward be ehame- Buckler bav ng thus completely squelch ed the Mayor and Reeve let well ulone and the pump talk dr ed up The est m·tes and by law ~herefo introduce I and pa s d a bey ere p e pared by the Clerk of course they we e al r gl t. Imp oper and d sorderly d scusa on on a med c ne ac ount eso ut on moved sh rked and w hdra" n for Ha I offi e s She s qu e sa and hey are ak ed and affable The old say "~ Many men of mani m uds, s true n th a as n other matters F om all parts of the country the crop reports are of one c a ac er o.nd ha s not a chee ng one The coa ee g a ns are very I ght we ght and the wh at crop s a fa I ure Acres upon acres of the atter w ll not pay for the harvest ng One fa mer who es des near Hampton says he II not get sufli en from twenty acres to make a hundred we ght of flour and he s not alone n the n sfortune Farmers thro i;;i:ho a e mu h depressed and cono ny s the o der of ay From Great B a a the ateat epo t facto ly and the bulk ol the g a n been secured The wheat ban ave age and probably llOt larger Iha that of 1875 The resul s d sappo n ng however the qual ty a fine and the .e ght heavy New bar ey · eat sfacto y T e most dastard y c mes are be ng com led th oughout o laud and a though the rm na s a e speed Jy captured o.nd pun shment meted out to them er me d m n shes no The Chatham Pane o Mo da) last g ves an account or nn out age on m led by a ) oung man e ghtee years of uge on h e s s er a 0 ed th r een years. The w e h plealed gu ty before a mag s trat and was entenced to one year and eleven onths n th pen tent ary E ery morn pg some new deve opment a made n PERSONAL We earn that M E D Armour son of R Armour E q of th a town has com uenced the pract ce of law n the c ty of T ronto n par ne b p \\ th a son of D Tupper Harvest Home D nner The Methods Some of he <lei ud d may now aee thro gh cent· the the mvs e y pat on sed ~~~~~--- The auct on sale at th e res denee ol M~ ak plaoo on Monday be S ahba h school Ede Hamp on w eevedatC Bar next Sept 4tb A tend and obta n bar ga DA Buckler subm ted a ~mmui; cat on from Mayor of W ndsor offer ug a stea.In fire en g ne for sale at $2 000 neor y new t rat INSTRUCTIVE VERY e aes cost $4 500 \\ ndsor hov ng water works has no further use for t. Buckler of the 25th gbt th s an ex e lent opportun ty f the tho c'Jnta us a cou mun at on from wh ch we lea n that recently n the Par ah Church of town le.s red an eng nc Irrepresa ble couldn t see what co Id be Rox ou Fa! s, the Cu e preached a funeral done n t the people voted the b) law sermon to a young oman who had d d a true Cathol c h·r fathe a Protestant, re down la·t ye" Buckler Why bless my heart you and fused to pay one ce t for the serv ces of the Comm tee last year went yo r prec ous p est In the ourse o! h a aermon th s n and agreed to pay $5 000 for a S Isby and now you don t \\ant to look at a better eng ne !or $2 000 How s th s n y gentle men 1 Dav daon I th nk an nques or en q ry should be had nto ts men s Co le I ask Mr Bu kier for nfor be al owed 1 But here Bone of ou yo ng and '1.BC nn.t 'lhat the ng ad es and she a cv Jent y ge ng the worat oj the en o nter She a fearfu y s k and at he r ak of ev I t d ngs be ng borne o my Jl use I I ed to comfort and n u tt e go con·ole h r Although t was I tile I d d or coul<l d yet I an aa fied that f there here s w re a s4al1 !um y relat onsh p and a ~ca Q ty al he rs lllY na1I1e wou d !igure n s her last w and testament aa one who d d No Yea what he cou d for a fe low ·lllf·rer We Mayor had aloo ti e !!tr ng ma den the happy 0 de 0 <le The na nes hat a tie l a hero ne ot the hou Iu whatever n compan) she s found her obJects ore t e '.l'he May the Reeve M D uga John aawe and she p ays the same ;a ole con Buckler exc tedly Th a s but a eh k quest e her great des re and she 1 sks ng of the quest on Tller s no F re Com al saenfices everyth ng to atta n t m tlee theres only that lot that couldn t Then there JB the old papa and heJs watch or wouldn t report last spr ng your Wor ng w h Jea ous eye h s olfspr ng who are sh p a action s an insult to Dr B rd and 9s eager y watch pg Ii1m lqat lh~ r eonduct to the Mayor and Oounc I of W n<lsor fo mav lll·r t no reJ:iqke at h s ]jand qnd wh o are part al unfo r t)ley revere he father they wou d be as Oonlue on r ch and h1sc pus M·lona at Wyl wcl p eased were he at !iome to day But 'l'he 1'!ayor n a vo ce of thunder lw c my mlls PC m11st be d ~turbed The a earner sounds her approach to land ON THE EDITORS TABLE wu out o catch a gl mpee of the expec ant laces Some t ysts have been made and as " CR s FLO ML Gu 0:1< No 4 for 1876 Irreprcss be 130 k er how da e you we are landed on t a firrna there are be ng the last No for he year s a gem n u. few vel om es such a.s nd cate long absent nsult our Mayor 1 sown line It s pub! bed 1uarterly at one· We are soon abou d for the Fa ls, Buck er 2 cents a year and all customers who rade and they ook aa grand aa ever the ra n Irrep s b I n d no sue peat w th he pub! aber to the arno nt of one bo v spanned he Ree h ng flood and the ule dollar or n ore rece e he Gu de free ol · Ivery spray ose h gb n the a A strong He ho bamboo o h not s a f p~stsge The fi st N o for 1877 w 11 be The Irrepreas ble ega n d concerted s t w nd wao blo ng on he occa· on of our pub! she<! n Pecembe1 !'lend n your sub teth dpwu ~n~ ·Hlli:e h the remajuqer of v a t and the excus on sts enjoyed some ac pt on the sede nt For the ake of ob an ng what ak n to a aho,,er bath as they ·low v ew ng the m gbty calaracl As usua harmony n the F re Comm cc he Sta i!thi>ol Books. sowe people pa d or her eDJoyruent One wa t and W y were added here o A. new supp y pfacho 1 books and general The m no ma~te a "e e then d sp sed of the most nte I gent res dents of t]je sta onery at IJ Barker a own h ~ w h s ady \hough as the of ~nd the Ooun a JOUrned a t!i~ 'I': ops a sa e y F esh Oysters ti st of tfle ~eason at n ght hour alter hay ug con um pd fo ur harvest as fin b ed and W1llee !!our§ q pa a ng " F nan e Repoxt and the hoµ sed \bev n fih enJOJ he Ju ur s ol a v ne the r feel DH· a bei ond my po" er a d JC! what a p cture for the art st s brush Tb at young mon "ho 1s s t ng go ng ·O w st!ul y down u er tbe s des of the boa nto d·rk blue aters, and whose lace s marked already w th oare a furrows could el a sad s ory That other young man who s at red neat y and "ho has a com pan on of the weaker eex w b h m e plan n ng Ho hWl 1ust reached manhood and to all appearances th s very day may dee do a ques on w h b m upou wb ch h nges h a who e f ture I fo Y t anoth ape " en fro n th s BBS omes under ou no cc He a a bea d ees boy and were wc pern tcd to dra ~lesson& from our O'\\D exper ences at h s ug we would eport h w a ve y hap PY younm man I h a a h s ti st appearance h h m The r n pub! c and h s Ju et ls llapp net>e la rl) r us over "h le tbe r n nocence p ovokes many a good natured .re mark f on be passengers and "h e there are many ·ad and sober hearts an d the happy throng th s oouple al lea·t have ea d be gone ull ca e As I w th many o I .rs, wa ch them n the r fro 1 hum to ao app oab e to the· tua ov ~I - -- [m 48 ti] SI \DDE N NOTICE 48 t i RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUJll D \ Y SEPTEMBEl:l. a 1876. Farm to Rent, by T( nder a a 48 2t 48 I A NEW open bw:0cw op buggy and a. Ono ool<lh A py I Ro nanvi e Aug 2 DOMINION ORGlN lAC'l'ORY FOR SALE - m-47 ) Servant 'Woma.n Wa.uted. q 1