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THE MERCHANT FRIDAY JULY RATES OF ADVERTISING SAD CASE OF DROWNUIG On Sa urda) e en ng a sad a dent oc curred at Sm th s Pond near the v llage of Hampton by wb ch two yo ng men wero dro ned The part culars are g ven ID the nquest as pub! shed below The conduct of Mr Pr or n endeavor ng to save Bur rows was s mply noble but h s praJB "orthy act on cost h m h sl fe Wew sh "e could speak of the nob e conduct of the coroners Dr Dav deon and Mr Ohr st e each tell · d fferent tale as to the c rcumstancea con nected w th the r bold ng the rnqueat They both agree however ID say ng that I ey com prom sed or d v ded the epo Is by each tak ng a bod; and mak og a show of hold ng a separa e nquest Such proceed ngs are d agraceful and worthy the atten ton of the author t es We leave these men n the bands of the pu bl c and f they are treated w th as much decency as they meted out to the feel ngs of the fr ends of the nfortunate young men they w II b av a \:J 1875 1o The Un on School PRESENTATION CORRESPONDENCE Ad e t aements ~ER K'A...~T nsertcd m OBSERVER and at Se Cents per l ne first mse on a d 'Ihree C nts per line each subsequent e Spe a.I contract for spa.ce made on applica ton ments se t n w thout ntten n unt o d red out and BOWM:ANVILLE JULY @"A I matter advert sements Sic ntcnd c I for p bl cat on must be band <l n be tore 12 o clo k noon on Thursdn) 0 last Fr day even ng large num ber of the fr ends of Rev Mr Bred n met at the reo1denee "f Dr Patterson Wri tcnfor I ~.t: to share the pleasure of u pleasant farewell The Last Prisoner of the Rebellion w th their pastor pr or to b s re n va to Barr e An excellent tea "as prov ded by AN ClDENT OF 1837 the k ndness of Mrs Patterson niter "h ch a b gbly con pl mentary address accompan No ooe need be told ied by a purse of $102 was presented to here "hat n Ire and wouhl be a ed a A n w S ock Yak Laces-Beaded und Mr Bred n Ruel on but ·h ch n h s count v ent by P a n- very cheap at McCI og B os The follow ng a the Address the mo e d gn fied name ol a Reb l on d ur Rzv JOHN BRED N De} wb cb manv I fllnful nc dents o urred ~[c ant Fo Dea Sr It IB w b unfe gned 1lea w b h ever a verj g at p eponderan e The Manufacture of Cheese sure that we meet you here on le eve of ul the o ca In tho e da) we had no your departure trom amongst us n order to convey to ) o the deep ·) mpathy and tel graphs no ra I oad· and not even g ave! s ncere respect end esteem n vh h yo are or ruacadan ed roads and the oub e broke so Justly held by the Church and Congre the oads we had we e gal on that ha>e so heart ly apprcc ated the M ssages talents the zeal nd the energy wh ob yo have ev denccd n the d scbarge uf your M n ster al dut es d ng the past three Your nob e and unanswerabl~defence of the truth both from the pulp t and the platform .. hen Msa led by the Infidel or the enem) of our con mon fa. h your courteou and gentlemanly deportment upon all oc cas ons and the un varyrng cord al ty nnd genu ne k ndness of your es maUle w fe ex ere sed toward all classes of the comm b t; jl be held 10 grateful remembrance 1 ot only by the Church of wh ch ; ou are an esteemed and d B ngu sled M n ster but olso by the s ster Churches nth s to" n 1' e wteh therefore to con ey to ) ou to gether w h our beartfe t B) mpathy goud w s} es and s nee e praJ er for you fu ure succeRs some tang b1e proo boweve,r nade q ate that yo will I ve n the affect one and Memory of your Bo ·rnauv lie Ir ends thJB puree con ta n ng $102 not for ts n tr ns c a ue but or the fulness of soul tbat acoompan es I as the feel tg ol the Church and Oon 0 regat on as also of all w th "bom yo have n ngled d ir ng our res dence and M n s r a nong t us poor id·a of what the con mon vea th ex pects of them A quest on of the utn ost llllportance to the To ·n a 11 ellare t ea el as a good foundation on wh ch to b LI · fi zle meet ng I couldn t be!~ bus run na g 1>ent to my bo cl and "h le I k p I e and lemon pup tho ht cf e po s b I y ol a day of fi e ahead tor Bo" mun v l e 11 l no cool ng appn a us at I an l lu JA Du 1 ngton J ES ARRt VALS AT THE RUEBOTTOM HOUSE TI sn Y J ly 1st- Mr a d Mrs G Qu gg Hrockv e H W Greene Fenelon Falls H W lien v ck fJ B Borland Orono Un on La ro se Cl b II b tby n Weddell Trenton R Go mloch Toronto ] n DAY G Brenner E Moore J Leadley Toron o ] Tabborne K ngston E W HenJersho t A Go vde Mont ea! A E Mun o Co bou g II i\ B owne Uoches ter s I ob er e AD R ) 6 h 18 1 I· a To I e Ed or of Ii< Mer la t Srn 1 aru surpr eed that the d cuss on abo t the sale of an o gnn n Tyrone has been so protracted but I cannot a ow t e a lover of B h statemen s made by Far Piny to pass and final den al F rst In reference to my ha ng ga ned the consent of the Trust es to putt ng an o gan n the B 0 Church I "ould say that the sum and s bstan e of the I ol matt r s th - That I vent ex You s loc S T Bowa anv @"Not ces of B rtba and D hs w I be nserted n the MERCHANT Ir m th s rough \Jn e of t THE NQUEST la e for 2 cents each nsert un Mar ages oO nts on the bod es was bell ot the house of Mr Thos Sm th w th the fol ow ng Jury -A Any ot uu adt:! ;;1.us" g rul e se llfcLa ghl n ~ oreman Jno..Sm th Robt ments vb ch appear n our columns or send g for booke magaz nee etc. etc not ced Clark Du can 'laylor Noah Goyne Jno 111art n sn r R Worth Jno P L bby Jno I y us " l confer a favor h) rnak n~ men G lbert J no Goyne A Penn ngton on of th a paper to e her au ve ser or The fol o" ng ev deuce "as taken pullsle J no W 11 ams laborer deposed that on NOTICE Saturday about 8 o cock n the even ng he th others went to roll some loga nto As the bange a the Postage I aw pro the pond Boards were put on to moke a v des for prepayment of new paper Po age ten porary raft There wero five men n by the p bl shers on and af er he let of all among "hon .. as the deceosed Somuel Augual next beg to not fy 11 of o r Pr or The party bad prev ously been readers concerned that the sys em of pre ha h ng I was on a small raft of my o vn pa; ment " ll be stnctly observed n order and on look ng ba k sow Pr or tall nto the o 11 eet the extra outlay consequent upon .ater Burro" s was already n the water the change The MERCHAN> w l be f r The other t" o on the raft could ronder no n sled at tl e prese t pnce 76 cen · per aas stance as the. drown ng was so qu k annum 1;1.nd all ne\\ subsc b rs w 11 be Burrows WL1S s nk ng when Pr or went to requ ed to pay rn advance the r scue He caugl t bolcl of Burro NS, Subscr bers n arrears ar0' requested to hut t s more than probable he was pulled settle the r accou ts before the sL of August nder and thus both wore drowned as at that date al papers not pre pad w l Geo Maynard eng neer sad Abo t 8 be a opped and tl e ac ounts collec ed by a o clock on Saturday even ng Samuel Pr or du ; uthor e person with myself and two others were on a raft ~~--~~-~of logs brmgrng it to the m II W thout MORE LIGHT WANTED warnrng the rnlt struck a log or tree "e got off all r ght hut shortly afterwards one of le boards on the top gave way and Bur ro1>s fell nto the water Pr or then Jumped n o the water swam ashore nncJ. then re turned n order o save the drown ng man B rrows They took hold of each other and a n nute bot went dowu and I d d not see them me aga n We were all happy toge her perfe tly sober gctt ng do N"n be raft part J for amusement and pa ti) to have the logs readv for Monday J abe Sou ch cou d add notb ng further tu o mer \.\ tnesses ev dence John Maynard laborer be ng sworn sad that at about S o clock on Saturday n ght I was o er at tbe m II Some part es on a mt a led to me Hurry up for Burrows s drown ng I hastencl to the spot but l efore I got tL re deceased Pr or and Bur ro s were drowned Tl ere l\ere two per sons on th raft and a few on the shore I str ppe<l off 1 y clothe.'! and went nto the watc but d d not d scovcr the bod es I ould ! ave d ed but t WM dark It as an hour o perhaps two before the bod ea e d scover 1 n.nd got out I ;vns one h others l\ho MS sted n gett ng them out They were 1u te dead I d d not hear of any unpleasantness all ¥ere friend ly an l JOV a w !bout 1 q or The verd ct as follows We the un<lers gned Jur~mer hav ng Leen sum mooed to cnqu re nto the cau e of the death of Samuel Pr or and John Burro\\s ne er been a e of lbe op n o tha Samuel Pr or came tie Po to h s death wb le try ng to rescue John Bu ro\\ a and that they were both ace dent ally drowned Jeu. s among us J ly 6 h no ner t numbers N"ere g ven --- ------ Some of those very cheap st l for sale at McOI ng Bros "° THE CAMP 1 be lo o ng order baa been rece vc l j 3 d M l tary D str t ! I>. ngston June 2o 1870 lhe Dep ty AdJU ant General Con mand ng M 1 tar) D str ct No 3 congratu !ates Lt Co D arcy Boulton and the staff of the 6 h Br gnde D son upon the floe appearance of the Force assembled for an nunl D l at Uobou g on the occas on of the r nspec on by }f JOr General S lb) Smyth un the 24th st I h M JOr h ng h mse f p b ly ex pressed h ' adw rat on of he m l tary el en y of th s Force and of tbe r perform an e at b s n pe t on the D putv Ad u tant General comn ond g he D stnct ho.a ha k Lt Col Bou! on and ti e oft cers und r l R com nand tor tie able an l aa s duou pro c ton of ru tary du es h le n camp "ber&l ti l! orce baa attainod such profic ency as lo el t the pra ee of the General Officer command ng the M l a of Canada A copy of th s or ler,. o be sent to all Com and ng Olli era of corP" assembled at Oobourg for pub! cat on a nongst the officers an 1 nen nder the r respect ve om nands s p IARV s LT COL D A G Com M 1 tar) D at The Br gade MaJor Oobourg 4oTH BATT L ON ORDER Headq s I e Cow Bv la\\ Snow 15 ~ 8 7 " 1 I otal ban L ng 10 ks ti an Cobo rg and 51 lo t Hope In add t on to the abo e we a e assured at the anner n wb cl tie dut es of the Po ce Court are d scbarged i ve general sa fa on and that eyen part es who have been n ade to sma t for her vrong do ng h e n the r cool momen a a I nowledged ustnesa of the b-Iag strates dee s on Thanks for the I ght l THE W D REFORM AS'aOCIATION A meet ng of the Refo m Assoc at on was I elJ n the Town Ha 1 on Satu day and the fo low ng ~entlemen were elected offi ers for the en u og year r es de 1' m TLompson V ce Pres dents-A Lockha t C arke A McNaugh on Ne\\castle J !vI Dongall Bo" manv 1 e Dr l\IcLaughl n Dar ng o S T Ferguson Cart ., gbt W n Mc~iurtry W:RCnc Lt Col CuL Lt command ng the 4 h Batt baa great pleaaure 1 prowulgat ng D str ct ord r of June 2 ult Lt O~l 0 b tt takes tb a opportun ty of repea n n orders I e thanks I e baa al rea ly v rba ly g ven to Ure officers non com mIB oned officers and n en of ti c 45 I Batt f l e r very oruer y conduct and pl"· sew rtby attent on lo the r respect ve dut es when encamped at Oobourg He refers " th ust pr de and gra ficat on to the frtct that the stead nc s of the 45 h on parade the accupc; of ts format ons and tbe lqu ckness and ntel geuce d splay ejl n 1J L ght Infan ry movements attract l\Ie a S '"" Hats at aln o·t notl ng at ed the attent on and marked commenda s McO ung Bros t on not on y of officers hold ng the h gbest Pie t} of Pr nee of Wa es Celer; Plants rank b of other er cal JUdgee of m l ary To Ed tor of I Ne cha t eflic ency as well at Mr P Coleman· The Pubhc Meetmg B order Forepaugb s great sho v s to st Bow W J McMunTR' n anv lie on Tl ursday 22nd net Sm -Be ng m your to n for a ew days MaJor and Adjutant and find ng I utel 1 fe monotonous I "as The fa mers ll surely wear sm ng Lnd es "h te S rts at reduced pr ces pleMed to observe that a meet ng ·as an faces after tl e cop ous showers of the pMt nounced for Fr d~ n gbt to d scUlls I re week ~rotect on Two mach n sts of Oshawa \Ibo vent to at I a tended n due co rsc and found a a small st r was Cal forn a about 18 months ogo have JUSt sl ort n an who had been appo nted cha r returned tl e) say tbe t mes are very bard made by the clear ng out of a horse belong ng man talk ng n a language not eas ly under n he Go den State and ad 1se Canad ans to Mr Qu cl attached to a p ddl ng ·agon stood at least as be rendered t As far as A corner was turned n good stile the to stai at home I could comprehend h B scheme was very an mal1 ·· ca gbt before any damage""" elaborate and from tl e manner n wh ch Our ne 0 hbor speaks as to h s c rculat Oli done !le was applauded was rece ved th favor but g ves no figures He I nows better '!he quarter deck .., next occup ed by Cert n k n l l ends have been c r ulat Our bo l figures bona fide are 1000 rng the report through tbJS town (and two one of yo r c t zens l av ng the appearance Ad ert s ers make a note of tb s or three townsb ps) that 111 Clung Bros a of an anc ent Dru d when return ng fron 1' e notice that m ddlemcn All he sa d and all be d dn t ti e cheapest place the County and the devotions al e and nre mal ng money report turns out to oe orrect 1 Why you sa; "eul<l fill )O r olu n sand a"ake be has been dr ven Jrom h s o n d s net 1 ut never before saw a ch Ba ga ns as they are sl mbenng anger and n pat ence of you he s gather ng bouey n another readers The expense of el able fi e pro now offer ng The S mmer Exh b t on of the Ho t tect on mu I be borne by up to vn nen the On Wednesday al ernoon Joseph G let a su bu b property could look af er t e u tu al Soc e y w 11 be held on Thursday He next It a cxpe ted that the show w ll be teamster of Darl ngton a. at work draw looked af er h ' but ha I ne er found t ng a"ay t mber fro n the Bak Creek mo e a peg yet, save n al e and tie er; f ne Br dge between 0 ha"n u d Bo vmanv le surauce kept pace w th he nc case 'Ihe An ual F st val of th Sabbah The t n ber swung ound anJ knocked h m fact s r he 0 ot to be egot st cal about Un tcd llietbod st Church do vn H fo tnnate y ol ed nto a hole suburban proper y a d I got to b eari 111 e held on Sunday and or he wou d bu e been k !led As t was aud as about leav ng hen a sl out Monday ne t A 6 r m a sermon w ll b s l·g was broken and he euffere<l se ere ma le for t1 e Town Counc be p eached bJ Rev Mr llarrnss T aw 11 bru sea He was carr ed to b s brother 11 be ser ed from 3 to 5 p m o M U wtts alle l for and a ter .. 1 ch add essea v ll be de! vored now do ng very well r Coleman s cho ce Fowers are - Vind ato for ·ale at tl e close of the Hort c ltural Ex The S ra berry l! est al g ven Ly lie h b on and ma; be had on Fr day Morn Y M C A wa th !) a t deJ b t ng the 16th nst All may be se<n a d s proved very ntcrcs ng ~less 'S }le son any selected dur g the Erb b ton an<l 0 Joi J!e each 0 a vo a r ad ng a d the Rev Mr J oil Jfe del vercd an ex ellent ad "as complete tun y seemed to oft r b cb ·ould com plete the l st t tie Colo e only had luck but there s no l ng c ta n n th s war d unt JOU hn e t <lo v l roa A long legged sh ngle maker was s ng aslr de a sh ng e horse making sh g es w h a draw ng kn re. H s ba k be ng to the oad and h a aue no sy one he d l uot percc e be Oulonel a u h s men The Colonel (as nall an n stat e) ba ed h s men got o I h s horse "h ch be ca 1 d on h s o derly to hold and determ ned to show h"' s l ere a d<ed of p rsonal a!or got o er the fence and " th ha drawn sword he d aloft ready to s r ke na.rched towards The the unsuspect og sh og e maker Colonels drawn sworl descended w th a whack flat on the sb ngle makers back ancl "as then dropped by the Colonel w th the You a e my po nt touch ng the ground pr son er n enl!oned the Colone as be b t The h m w th the flat of b s sword g e maker looked o er li s shou der com prehended n an nstant the ne es es of be case and throw ng h s leg over the sh ngle horse put one knee aga n I the Colonel s chest and the dra v ng kn f n bot! hands over the back of the Colonel a e k "h w tb an oath he hreatened to draw the Colonels head off mak og fe n s at the same t me b~ ierk ng the ilraw g kn fe n 11 e most feroc ous style What could tl e Colonel do 1 Spare ny l fe be begged Ill dra\\; our head off \\as answcre l I v; on t ake ) ou pr son er the Colonel p coded You are my pr s o er the sh a 0 le mal er answered and I II draw )OU lie doff at he same t me mak ng the nee stomed Jerks ol the draw ng kn le Alt ougl the Uo one s I ead "as not muc of a 1 ad he con d not 11 ell epare t ao o. treaty on honor waa en ered nto the Colonel .., released on pa ole of honor and fin shed h s march to Toronto forty pr soners hav og been taken ol wh h be h rose f was the fort eth and la t p I e n nl ers ol 111aple Gro he!U a open Insta at on of Mo day last Qu tea number we e n t tendance The officers nstalled were W P J Ste ens W A !.. E Po \'er A R S E !..xford G S G Po ver T W I o"er Sr Ohapla n W Po er Jr Conductor E G Power A E N \'I e h I S 0 A·ford 0 T Rumb e After the Ins a at on speeches were made by the D G W P Chaplu n an I J \'I Harn don dwell ng at length on the ev ls of In tempe an e and the advantages of be g connected w th the Order Mus c ""s g ven and select read ngs by the by the Cho memb rs of the D vis on ul er wb h the meet ng broke up all be ng h ghly please I w th ti e ente ta nment D r ng he past quarter Maple Gro e D vs on has been stead ly ncreas ng uut 1 t no n mbers We hope for con about fifty member t n at on of s ccess Co~ Gen s n ck T e' at 5 cc s en b ·t Mc Clung Bos RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY Jl LY , I ,.,..,, 1th 187 TOWN COUNCIL Bo AN· LLE JOfu'< S CHURCH ANGLICAN- J fty 5 nesday e en PRJ'\1ITIVE on Sabbath ng l ext a 10 ~O anlatG30rnth e e g Cade DISCIPLES Se as clean as a new D f ~ ~ncJ::a:r::.:o:n A I a !or and Ga den Uo cert \\ 11 g ven on the pre n ses of Mr R Cl m c on Those vho "ere Tuesday even ng next present at the last fes val g ven by Mr 0 Personal are s re to aga n tteud a.nd many more 1be Rev W Aye sof W nd or lso Mr ill be nd ced to f om hear ng of tho ve y T Bo den an l M T Ma on of h s town enJoyable even ng then spent I he Comet I l c e last c n ng for Engla d ere Band v ll e present to d sco rse s\\Cet they ntenl rerua n ng or about th ee mus c Proceeds n a d of the CongregaL on n onths al Organ Fund 1 h s est h shn e1't s ler the mru age n ent ol Mr WI am Joyce 11ho spent sevc al years le11 n ng h s bus ness and manufactur ng nder the superv s on of one Cheese n akers n of the most successf Onta o one I o ght add whose Cheese baa al ways comn anded the h g est u ark et pnce l\ir Joyce con es a nong a vel recommended and has th l I confi<lence of the patron· of tl e estab shment and events have shown tLat the r onfidence has not been m splaced fo be has not to e a techn cal pbrMe m ssel a cu d du ng the season and an average sale of three Cheese a da; to th g o ers of Oshawa Bowmanv lie and others I l y t the q al ty of the Cheese The es ab! shment commcncet! opera 0110 " th 507 lbs. of ru lk the 1st ay of Ma; and now there are l Uheeses made da ly a crag ng abo t 00 lbs each Tb first sa e of Cl eesc for eh pment to England I ok p ace last week and the e are now ~bo t 500 Cl eesea on han I Abo t 10 du) sear 1 er the c tab! sh ment as s ted by one of the largest Cheese buyers n the East vho tested every day s Cheese old enough for sale anu made an olfe fo1 all o~ band of abo t ~ cash down and ti e balance 4en he should get h s returns b t tl e Sales men Aieasrs T B Oke and E Foley se r follo · g the caut OU)l vol y wl ch has en r cl el the farmer ol the front of par ng ton and Wb thy dee ded not to a~cept t be J e ng that a sale ID wb ch a l s cash do n ' n U at res ect at least pre!e able to one ¥01¥ g son e , s/.: Tl e far i;ier 1 !ace the Oami on Sta <ls by I e ro~ sWe and there o Orn same day ti cy rece Ye he whev e urned ~o ~en by lr!essrs Qke <\I McK n wllii draw th~ JN k retu )) tqe vhey n ake the Cl eese pa~ the ln'll ~nee fu sh boxes pack and de the Gh1'1! n fact do all the worl for 2~ cents per e po nd Tl c pal o s Ill o h I the pub 0 j arc n e I a e Iteld on the 2nd Sat rday of Ql I montp a i h J the p oceed· of ea es are ·)'PO/ on <I tQ e~cp .\'nd ~II n;i;oµi]t! set )ed e&lnb h s I OOM~fERUlAL 0 BOWMANVII Lil I by J M Do al P o u e £e chant BOW1 \.NVILLE J Ll y 8 l 187 t O QQtO~· LJo~o 1 00 OSotooµo 000 to 000 0 Q Oto OQO 0 1 to 0 lil 0 40 to 0 43 I ren u n J ll Compet1t1ve Exammat1onli Fnl!WI ~ E oOOtoOOO O00 to 1).00 04510050 012\-0000 oa oo to oo oo 101ON10 Oo21<000 Q 0 ro Juy8h 1870 $0~-jtoOltl Oll'JtoQ!)'.j e a Rye ct Sprmg Whe Barey P ea Oats Bu ter D esae Ho I O!<lt <li>~ lily~· \\ool Hay 000 oOOO OOOtoOOO OOOtoO()() OnOt Otil 051\tOoil ~ 00to190~ 0 15 to 0 16 UOOtoD5il oCOtoOO u i, 1ootli l ~thrrrtt.\irmrutll ---- -- Wanted. Immediately. /l R W NJ{ ew H~ n Anniversary The Ann ersary of the Method st Sab bah S hool Homr ton "as held ou Do n non Da)-lgood turn out, and a plea sant ne Speaker T SI ter A R ()an pbell E Barrass and W D Wash ng t< Net proceedsabout $60 Sunn er l:lha ls-Grenad n B a ze B acl un l Colored Pushed La c Si ,all at reduced pr ces at McCl n_g Bro Mr Don el Cryder an a about 60 year vas on ru sday last se ously gored b) a yenrl ng b o ned b ~fr Sawuel B Jacobs \\ho re ee a shot distanM uo ti qf le v !age of Hao pion An alarm w s mude and lfr bcob s dog came and dro e the au na off otherw se ~ a probable dea h oulu ha e resulted Tbere s a skeleton of a t en: endous 01. on 'rwo n gb bors Robt. Clark an I Obas exh b t 011 at London Ont The ho ne are StonohoWle hea. ng of )Je affa r went to over s~ feet lo g and .26 nchse n c e m the field w h dubs anq as soon a.s ~I;ey pu ference tl e J· v bones are 5! feet long and tered tl e b l made for them a)so 11 a I~ b t after owe heavv c !) and the teeth we gl from 5 to 7 lb each the sh o test r b ' feet long and every bq))Jl n iroporl!on Tb se are aa d o 1 ave t e on ma a on~c or secµr.e t beenfo11. <,l !be 1ownsh p of Canboro County of l)io l.< OIJ the farQl ol Mr Isaac 1n some mnnner ao as to I revant turth r us ·I t Do 1 0 l NOTICES J Wnrue J !lan a., · ·