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fHE MERCHANT FRIDAY .A.UG 9 1872 RATES OF ADVERTISING PROGRESS The Fireman s Pie Nie Ladies Attention be ng comb ned or assocJated w th a C rcus wonld ]!rove 1t a deception and a humbug and notw thstand ng the fact that ts cpu tat on as a m serable failure was g e o the peop e bv the press where t was first shown and also by p vate nd dual t s under the ga b of Me ag e cou et e general pub c mu t go to see t and cont b te towarl he suppo t of a travell ng nu sauce I can assure n v f ·ncl that t s not necessar; that I should wa t to see another of the tr be before I Uasua. ad e 1; sements w ll b nserted at the It s lmt a sl o t t me ago that the ord n rate of F e Cents pe lrne fi t nsert n and a v q et of our town was dISturbea by Two Ce tape 1 ne each sub equent tl8 rt on struct ons w 11 be nserted unt h· ged .,, o xi ngly New Advertisements be hub bub and loud ta k of two oppos ng part es-not pol ca but progress ve The object of the one-ra hrny connect on " th the back counlly-the other the es ablwh ment of manufactor es n our m dst We firmly advocated tie bu Id ng of a ra lway be ev ng that two Id be of greater advan tage o the town than any Factory that we could bu d and we felt confident that the bonuses asked for from the back Townsh po vould he g anted b t o r hopes were doon ed to bed sappo nted The projectors and supporters of the sch·me worked ass d uo sly n ord r to br ng t to a successful JSsue but their effo ts were an The Ra l way for the p esen at any rate bas rece ved a qu e u But ti e oppo ere of the ·cheme-the ad oca es of Factor es-where a c they l " nee the deteat of the Ra hlBj proJect, we have beard noth ng about them or the r propo ed schemes for as st ng n M· ncreasmg the bus ness of the town they l!llt stied carry ng the r po nt and no v ntend to exh b t a dog n the manger pol cy 1 We hope not n fact we have a Let er op n on of ti en Probably 1 kc a s uo hered fire they smou der for t me only to gam strength a!lli then break out ness h nc eased br glitness; and edoubled BOWMANVILLE AUG 9 NEWS OF THE WEEK v gor Butt me rollson-our s stertownsa e Mr G BBS I as been mak ng he culean efforts to draw trade and Ontar o Ma o sec re success -The Ottawa, Fenelon Fal s we got press and Toronto Ra !way s a certa nty-and ·hat s more certa n th s road · gong to Accident njurc o t ade w th the back country an l ve arc to all appearances enfolded n the embra e ot Mo pbeus It s t me to a o se ourselves and comn ence act on or hall be left farther n the rear than e Possess ng natural ad an h n easy !ages aa we do placed out et by rail or ater we fail to see "hy our tow should not be as p '°speroue as any town n the Dom n on It s true e have mproved somewhat n the last £ w vears and at the present t me we bel eve that the gene al bus neas of the town s good But we have allowed golden oppor tun es to sl p by us We appear to be sat sfi d w h the p esent state of affa rs That the es ab! shment of Factones or e en "e Bo Bells You g Lal es Journal Le sure Hour Sunday at Home Wedd ng Bells Gent cman Jou na fo <\ugust at YELLO LEE & Qu K Meeting of the Board of School Trustees 1872 Memb s p esent Messra M ne Cub tt Mann n 0 0 Ha a M Cluni: and M n tea of ast meet ng ead and TUl!lBDAY .!UG 6 OUR FACTORY A NUAL MEET NG OF SHAREHOLDERS Do I ng on Augu t 7 l 18 2 On r esday last he Ann a Meeting of he Shareholder n the Bowmanv lie Cab et E actory was held n the Company s Wa e oo n T e Pres dent n the c a net Mr Perry was appo nted Sec :etarJ I h folio n0 s op n on of ti e St The fo low ng Report waa ' bm tte I Join Gl be as to the ss e n the GENT E EN P ov cc of New Brun " ck The Gov Your d rectors RETRACTION econded by Mr of M ss Moor ed · ] Y Co"LE S eta"!/ M TOWNSHIP COUNCIL 2 - - ls it Forgotten? Ask Archbishop Lynch COMMERCIA L ad debts so far as asce ta ned $lo wb h s equal to one th rd of the prud up cap taL Your D rectors I a e ca e tully aud ted the accounts for the past year w h a ver} sat afaetory resu t Tl e sta ement show that tie pa cl up cap ta! 18 onl) $53 000 a cap tal qu te too sn a I to do a busmess of ea Iv $200 000 pe ann m Your Boa d would theretore urge the stockholders to nd ce the r fnends to nvest ti err surplus cap ta! n the om pany s stock as t s no" establ shed be } ond a doubt to he a safe and profitable n vestment There s st II $2 000 or fo ty shares stock nsubecnbed wh h may be had at pa by appl; n0 at he company s office In order o meet the n rea ng nemand fo the Bo manv le Furn ture ; our 1) " tors have recommended that an add t on be added to the Bnck Factory and al o one to the F n sh g Shop These add t ons are n co e of construct on t r ng Board trust that these w II meet w th your appro al are respectf lly subm ttcd J of!N MoLEon BO\\ M i'.NVII LE . Miraculous Escape On Sa u day las Mr ru kc hands emplo} ed n the Bowman dry had a na ow escape of 1 I engaged n work g at a I ece nery h s sh rt sleeve cau 0 ht n I e geanng Fo tuna c and he was thrown to the floo ly the garment was ot compose:! of very strong mate al and he as devo d f t qu ck time DJDred GRAND UNION PIO NIC I Great Gathermg of Fl.l'emep '" 1 Y M C A Pde Bli'.MgCo - The people of Ve ula n have passed a Bye Jaw gra t ng a benu. of$26000 n a l of tie Omemee Bobcaygeo" and No b I ete boro Ra 1 ay It s rumou eel that Gree ey s ban es for the P es deney are good Sever 1 ra I way ace dents h e o u :ed re entl) n Eugla d by "h upwards of cnty lives were lo t Pu I amen\ l as bo n asked o nvest gate ti e cause of t e d sasters and nqu e nto the 0 ene al ma age nent of a roads w th rela on to he safoty of passengers. The Grand Lodge o Oddfe ows for 0 tar o commenced ts s tt ngs n W ndso on Wedneetlay last The e ere about 15C representat ves and Grand of!i e"' present There are now xty t" o Lodges rn Onta o e ghteen of wh eh have been fo n ed dur ng the yea tl e to al member h p be g about4900 The Prov nc al Exh b next Sabbath Schools Excnrwon The repo t JS cheerrng n the extreme and the very fact that the ea es are largely n eas ng l early" clearfy proves tliat the co corn s prosper ng The bus ness of the past year was nea y $40 000 u advance of the p :ev ous year and would have been much larger but the Compan.Y were unab e to ~II all the o ders rece ved To M JoaNs ON the manager and the offic als ~hose untir ng eal bus ness tact and able management I as condu ed so m ch to .ards bnng ng about the present enco rag ng state of afta rs g cat pralSo s due W th a reserve f nd of $15 000 afte p·J ng at n per cent d vidcnd to the share holders and deductin 0 all bad debts so far as asce ta ned nd the prem ses fully u sured the shareholde s are at no n k B t a few hund ed dollars ot the stock no v re ma ns lo be s b cnbed and we I ope to bear n a fe ~ days that the cap tal s a taken up Every encouragement sbo d be g ven th s n t tu on by cap ta! sta and o hers n the to n fo t s ev dent to a 1 that w thout o r ~ acto y th town "o d be a mere nonentity An nc ease of stock s ta ked of and we trust that the res dents n th s loca!Jty who are able 11 do the r dutJ when the opport n ty presents tse f A vote of thanks as passed to the d rec ors and to the offic als for the able man ner n wh ch they had performed the r du t es The sum of Two Hundred Do ars was o ed o the ret ng Pres dent as a sma 1 rccogn on of his services dunng ti c past yea The old board of d ro tor · ·