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· RATES OF ADVERTISING THE SPRING FAIR TOWN COUNCIL THE MERCHANT FhIDAY MAY 5 1876, · The a trac on off red last Fr day n the REGULAR llEETING horse and beef l ne attracted a a ge num Counc l Cham be May 1st ber o the ) eoman y from the r farms, and Mayor n the char Present -Measr ma.DJ of ou c z ns to the fa r ground Cowie Pa terson Treleven Dav dson The mp heavv draught as left a together Porter McDougall McClung and Buckler to M Iona ban Po er the o her classes M nu es of ast meet ng read and approv cd Mr Treleven pre ented a pet t on from Thomas Tucker and o gl t others, for STALLIONS J nk for a s dewalk on Ann street. Mr DRAFr 01 e to a l 1 Jonathan Por McDouga I presented a pet t on from :.ARL UA Ei:I 2nd do Con Vif liam Jackman and twe ty one others S ot ands Glo y for plank o as dewalk f om Scugog street M Con to McDouga le m both referred to1Roads and S rcets Comm ttee A commun ~ton was presented from Dr McLaughl n Cha rman of Manag og Com n ttee req ues ng the Counc to grant the use of the 'lo" n Ha I for a Mus cal Con vent on at less than the usual charge Grant ed The Mayor stated to the Ooun l the re eult of the net on to quash the Tavern and Calogran ~txthnnt._ Shop cenae By law of the Town BULLS The and tors report was presented and 1876 DORBHI BULL 2 yeara and over lat on mot on of D :Uav dson t was reii:olved Rob Co acott s Doctor 2nd Wm ntend Leask a Ober y P nee 3 d Arch bald that the accounts be fina ly aud ted by th s Counc I and that the Cle k do pubheh an n be Arnot s Duke of Denmere DURHAM BULL under 2 years lat W abstiact as the Jaw d recta J Roys Bonn elnd 2nd \\Im Leasks A number of accounts were presented D ke of faun ton 3rd R C a k, S r and John A and referred to the F nan e Comm ttee READING OF DY LAWS Yours AN OLD F AR:dElt Hang away C etons and Cotton R·pps m ke e gaut cu tn ns JlfoClung Bros have JUSt opened out a magn ficent assort m nt of heae See them and a few yarde w l be hangmg at your w ndowa before the next sue of be ~:'IERCHAN eure An Ex:pla.na.t1011 Wanted! Ee u T es n lace or Neta Lacee &c lad · and gen s colored and black K d Gloves gen s Mcrnel Ca f G oves Fr l ng and Rufi! ng· var ety at McClung Bros ON THE EDITORS TABLE 'IHE PHRE 0 OG CAL ABOUT TOWN SUGAR The man a for P o ect on baa brougt t the ts to be fo e There a e to I ose of the consumers o econom a s tea h us at the bus nesa of a Go ernment s to se k o promo e the grea c·t good of tl e g ea eat number If that be a ue pas t on then we ba e s mply to aek what do be sug':lr man tac urers want 1 Tl ey wantJnc ased Protec on n the ar t eth.y podu e "heh pu oo pan Eng Ulh means ti ey I\ ant to mnke us pa) f om one cent o one ent and ha f per lb nore for our suga than we now pa.y for t One u <lred m I on pounds of sugar s our annual consumpt on or about 27 lba pe heal ol the popu a on Mr Reilpa h be h o of the sugar P otect on s s cla ms tha 300 hands are emp oyed n h s es ab I shrnen and of ou se the who e th og n u t co pse uo. ess they get prott!c on L t us eee ho v th v.ork Go to M U ng B os for seeds S ow on Sunday las Apr ls exit day Old 1875 gave us anow on May day Spr ng e here sbuah It sounded 1 kt! old t mes The melt ng stra us of ti eat eet o gan was bo ne to our ears on he gentle even ng zephyr on Wednos Jay We kept our sea however A By aw s n fo ce n th · town pro. v d ng that the s del\ alk· sbal o be used for the d sp ay of art clea of mercband · & There s a mer ha or two up street e tl er gnora.nt of th s fu t or v;aut nly gu lty of break ng asher adver sed n tb~se co um ns s the best o eve y sense o he word we hava yet seen They se l ap dly nd never fa o please Labor and hard ash ore sa ed by hav ng one n Con man S nae Mr Buckler preaentea a By law for the exemp on of the l::anada Furniture Coy f om taxat on for the space of one yea In lo ng eo be sad that he By aw ca\ised a great deal o! ta! k an ong the c t en· far more than he had thought fo when he gave · he not ce of mot on at he last meet ng He hoped the Mai or knew wore of the law bear ng upon the matter than he d d but he bad ser oua doubts f a y of the exempt on By Jaws wou d s ..nd a egal test. Ile moved sec by Mr Mc Ulung that the By Jaw be read the firat t me Counc llor Dav dson thought t atrange that Mr Buckler should eubm ta By law of the legal ty of wh h he had any doubt Counc I or Cowie asked Mr Buckler what reasons he had for doubt ng the legal ty of the By Jaw and who were ha author t es Uouuc llor Buck er stated that he was not prepared to ment on names Many had expressed to h m the r doubt& He asked hat any further cons derat on of t be left o er unt l the nex meet ng ti at the mat trr m g t he fu ly vent lated Counc liar McDo ga thought the BJ Jaw ought to b p ocecded w h u a bus ness l ke wa.y ~1r Buck er was a t ng n a ery .strange manner He ntroduces a .By Jaw and hen endeavors to throw cold water on t he eb} I v ng to humbug the Board The Orgnu Fnc o y and be Maoh ne \'\ o k we e exempt f om ta a ou for a per od of yeara be old Fu n ure Coy ha been ex mpt fo ome t :ue n. d no good r ason cou d be shown I) be pres ent Company aho d not be .xen pt also C un o M () ung do s d he sen men ·of Mr McDouga It "as then reso ved su pen ed Ooun or Buckler urged th·t t e second read ng of the :By aw be a d av for one onth The pr nc pie of exempt on f on axa on v. as a ro en one and I the By law \\ns ubru ed o LI era e pnye P t w ou d be d fen d He bnd s roug don s about I e whole ma er a d won d be pre pared a the nex mee ng to brow fu her gh upon t Ile had s ong <lou b a and bcse w re supporte l b) the best au hor tv n the o n Tlle Mn) o cad the law relat ve to the mat er n qu s on Couuc lor McO ung ho ght the law very clear nod could see o d lli u ty u ess M Buck er had d a" n up the Bi law w th a loop hole u t The mot 011 to read a second t me was carrel I was then Rcsol ed that the ma le be the next meet ng of the Couu la d over J OUR>TAL for May I ls fil ed w h By g v ng the lo low ng enqu r~ a col~mns you w I obi ge Yous lJ DYER 76 A the ast n m na on for mun c pal of ers for the Townsh p of Dari o too t was a ed on be p a f m by Mr Sm th Dep ty Ree e that a larger assessment l\ ae Out of nothing notl S' m a made for 87 han \.\RS ea y necessary You s tru y aa a a ge sum of moo y was n huud I SE GF.A T ec by the pub she l eta cment of the Graduate of Mova · P nery Up l Tr a u e hat on y sou e $570 wt e n Post Office n ar V ctor a Roau Stat on hand on Jan 1 t, 75 What d d Mr Np a ng Ra !way Sm h mean by na ng such a statement 1 and " 11 he plea e expla n What about tho Hall! from one to two ) ards e J,Jo u~t MOugBros y B Mun101pal .Matters Womnna C u nde aga at the q uor tr file The Real unreal AB d Be 0 n ng Spec mens of Arner can Long v ty How "o man Suffrage works The S ent Speake How to Teach The M ss on o! the Heb ew Race Joe ph Lan cast r the Educator & &c The Jw, nul shou d be read by old and yo ng r ch and poor Subec pt ous taken at tb s offi e One copy per yea $3 S ogle cop es 30 s S R We ls & Co publishers 737 Broad '°) N Y TOWNSHIP COUNUIL THE ASSIZES RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY ST Se ea n h s hurch tw y Sunda.y -at 1 o o k n he ro n ng a d nt 7 n the e emng by R D Macnab All pa a open to the public e l;!ry S bbatl · MAY 7 h 1876 PRESENT!: ENT Counc We the Grand Jurors of our Lady the Queen beg to make the Jollowmg present ment We have much plea ure n tender ng to your Larde p our thank& for the k nd and aat sf11 ory mu.oner n wh b you exp a ned some ot t e new laws, and also many a ter at ons n the o d ones wh ch you thought general y affected the commun :y u.ut.l we th nk such explanat ons wou d be very ap I ropr a e by all the Judges on those occa at PRIMITIVE :\1E'.IHODIST -~ vice n Sabbath ne a.t 10 30 n the m n n and at 6 30 n t e even n Re ll 1' GARNETT Fo eman 102to OUR LOOAL EXCHANGES OSH WA 10410 10 04 0 581 0 5 038 010 0 21 0 73 OOO toOOO 0 02·to0 23 0 00 0 00 0 12 t 0 ~ 04 to050 20 00 24 00 0000 t 1200 600to700 7 7!i 8 25 BIRTH In Bowman il of D } d ng of on be 29 b ult 11, <laugh e st 11 ceed too fast Counc l or Trelevan ex1 n ned as to the mo on made by h m Ho be ved the Coy had not yet rece ved th r charter ao<l t wou d be w I wn t nt l they had done ao It vas to the n erest of the town to he p our manufac o e he l oped the By law "ou d pass Co nc Hor P on declared n favor of the By law a d thought that part al ty shou d no be abown Conn I or Da dson "" d the BUILD NG PROS KCTS -Tbe pros pee a for bu ders th s summer e. every ~ood D O·ha\\a A large numb r of bn Id nga s There ore s x new 1 kely to be erec ed ho es n p ocess ot er c on on the Kerr prol)t:!rtr a.ad be owner~ are ta.lk ng: a out a. s dewe.lk 1or the r accommodat on -lb A lvertiae The mercl a t man ujactu e o deale wl o k eps hi s wa es bcfo e tie public seldmn com pla 8 of dull ti nes n I ere >8 tZ e utilit of laving fa sale tZ e best fab cs in the txJ ld 'j t7 e would be purcl a e s l; ow not vie e to obtain then Au To :.M.a.ke J3us1ness, Thorough bred Durham Cattle FOR SALE. (..i Two 32 2 sam b eed :.i.s d 2 and IHOROUGII FRED COWS f sa e A tw m hs DURHAM if C· ca Ap y to THOS vl>H THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS COMMITTEE 2lw Dwelling House for Sale m HAMPTON · t ue that some o otJr o. bo a are gl d to get a p ug o! pound of tea on c ed t 1 I bave autho } th·I a Gm ge "eu uto sto Mked for th e d o nt and then wanted th em booked A mon so d to be a foo once sa d M !era ha e fa p g s r but we don t know whose corn the} cat s r We )mow L ot N May 5 h 18 6 17 4 h Con - -~ -