The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-04-05

about its going upon the record; nut 40 you
accept the terms" Mr. Gregg asked until 81
trtlay MAY 26) Ia make up his mind, ana the
ycs,ry adjourned to meet at o'clock r. W. on
that day at the Office Of NJ. II, Swift.
saturday, May 18th, 1883, vcstry met pur'
s,iaut to adjournment Present. Warden Os
man and NJ. II and T.. {. Swift Other yes
trymcn enough to make quorum were with
in easy call and would come rs soon rs sum
moncd, IL Mr.. Gregg made his appearance;
but Mr.. Gregg did not make his appearance,
Warden Osman remained from until nearly
, O'Clock and the Swifts from 3 until 5O'clock,
but nothing was seen Of Mr.. Gregg, though
he wa. known to have been in town all day.
Efforts were made 10 ret up meeting al
forwards, but Mr.. Gregg refused 10 call II
meeting; aud when meetings OF which he had
been duly notified were held by the ycstry on
their own motion hc ignored them and de
clurcd them uncanoncal, not having been
called by himself,
Meantime, however, Mr., Gregg, consciou,
of what he had 10 depend upon, presented Il
plan which substantially did away with pew
rcnt- as a system, proposing 10 adOpt III lltu
the pledge and envelope system.
He said he had had considerable experience
with that system elsewhere and it had worked
we'll and he was not afraid to try 1t here. so
due notice was given to the congregation that
In lieu of the pew rent the pledge system had
been adopted OF course those who held
pcws and preferred could continue on the
same terms but pledges of from D cents TO
any larger sum per week, month or quarter
would be asked Of all, and Il seat should be
assigned to all who gave such pledge, large
or small and paid it,
At Mr.. Grogg's own request he wa, placed
ON the committee to obtain these pledges,
! with the assistance Of the senior warden. Mr..
Gregg did make some efforts in that way and
obtained few pledges. The senior warden
| al, I N assist him and "A
short time the matter seems to have been
dropped.
Meantime the finances were at loose ends.
Pew renter, were undecided whether they
held their pcws or not, or whether they should
pay rent or wait 10 give pledges few stllI
paid when called upon. Others sent up
pledges in envelopes through the oitcrtory.
| But the receipts fell of 10 less than $40 II
quarter.
The rector was getting very little money,
but he had credit and things gldcd along.
| About August, however, he began to get
pinchcd, and he marched up boldly to The
treasurer and demanded his 800 per month.
| The treasurer knew nothing about SlOO per
month His understanding was that he was
to pay over to Mr. Gregg all moneys he had
left after paying current EXPENSES. Mr..
Gregg protested that that was Il great mis-
take. The treasurer thought not, but sug
rested that he should call a meeting of the
vcstry and have the matter settled. IL was
not, however, until Sept. 26 that Mr.. Gregg
concluded to call a meeting OF lhc 'c7'ry' IL
! was held in the 'tiuild Room.
Inc recoru 81 ,mn '"vos n at s"mc
length and the meeting adjourned until Sep
tcmbcr 18TH
That adjourned meeting was no n9V no'o, nov
ever, untl inc cNchlh" Oh 'cl' ~ o. ~ thc
ycslry room =,
Present rector warochs; ana Vestrylheh W
II. swift, Barton. Nasi, ana j." =, o"slt. 1T
was AT tlllS iiccl'he ,iat WI ".cSS w ''o
first time boldly stated his claim to the vestry,
that his salary OF sl2oo year was unchanged,
and demanded OF thc VcStry ita payment AT
that rate. but, sald the vcstry III astohisii.
mcnt, do you not recoiIccl tnc resolution OF
| May 20 hNihG us youi p"s 'hc ic.oiPVa VI ''ic
parish above running expenses! ANA was not
thc arrangement lot aiVo n,o'itM cN Plc'9il
.Il'' ,; ~ ,"e p,'Sp" ..tbc r"snI,,lon
I u1 NJ, n''n, and ,hn .,l,rv wns not changed y
u,o hoT P"o' """ "r.cnt i N. thc sense # Tho
p.. "'u ~" IA ~ th, * i,nnI,, az mottor ~
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"o,"'y W. yt tun rrcnrJ and mo acted mon ~
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s'"rl' ','u o'i d hoon ,.;clcJ ar -, Ic,st horo
ne 'o $3.50 ,,,t ~ ,rinL Kan,
we VA, a., u S'sti ~ Ma nni, ,,o,I.hv man
, r. 49,, a. ,,.,,r,, l,,d A Lit,h ,,nod hon
lclt uPo,, VIZ nos'' ,"'' ;n5;',nant ~, t,a
o!no'e EoI.'' ,h, we ,i',,ad ~ sna, II, tho
WY J"SSi' 'n", " I,is soat !, tbo ,hur,h in
ntous "'" T"'' W '''' ~ -
VIZ "o.. =, fo.o az ,ho o,,tr.,ro ,,,ou,,,t
WV. ,i , ostr,, NJ ,,ot r,oot;,,, ,an
GU uP1. 'uou, ~, 30 ~ nrassin,. n,,ods Of
sci''cu .l,"', T." ,, - ~ H., H., ,hn
.,c iri'1,' "n "pPj;"' n;rc',nr ,n,tnr w ~
shou," W. NAV, -, ,d om aroI'n' co,lnn
mi.o,. ,ons ~, soiia,in,, Sund' ,,hinh
wos done and some $40 were raised in his
behalf
Three ar fo,,r other yestry meetings now
fnIlnwed In rand succession. the point in dis
mia heinz thnt ,hc ycstry insisted ON ndhcr
mo- Ia The resolution of MAY 21d while Mr..
Grr~,, continued to press his demand for 800
a montb
mo nositiou of the vestry was formulated
in These words.
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=, hWS,,', ih"' ,no 'ostl. ."''.s Si.un VI.
heN; i"rcSS uuc ho.lcc a, u n wv ioS
ularly neiu on me ~ u,s VI way -, anu At
Whlch hc "as P,coo',., l' ~ loo .t
ing year beginning June Isl. itn'' 'ney "1u,i
pay MN rs compensation GUY WV NY 'o.,'p
"l the parish from olicr'o'S, pew lcnse' P'cuS
es ana othcr usua' means Vi ra'slhS ,unus LOT
Tue support 81 lnc puo''c services apoNc rui
rent expenses ior inc parish, a',cl Ply llS
lahllor' orgal's'' gas iuc'' aou l'u iie'vso"'
incidental expenses lhai pelng thc ut,'ios'
lhcy coulu UNDERTAKE 10 no III no'o, anu jus