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

The yestry were prompt 10 express Their
readiness 10 try and meet these terms. The
rector, however, wanted u week. time 10 RI.
fleet on them He took two weeks, and then,
Jan. 2ith, called the ycstry together and ten
dcrcd his resignation to take effect April llth
the ycstry 10 pay him 500 by Feb. LIST, and To
pay him in addition at the rate Of so per
month until April lith aud other terms "a he
has stated, viz, privilege OF absence, ana
offering of last Sunday.
The reason why he must have 500 lmlnc.
diatcly, he said. wa, that he was 500 in debt,
and he read OIL list of his debts, and he must
have the so month in addition to live on.
II was useless for the vcstry 10 remind him
that this was considerably moic than The
| Bishop's propositions, aud that besides IN the
present condition of the parish il was simply
ridiculous to think Of raising $500 in cash IN
one week and so month for two and Il half
months thereafter, However, if he wa, will
ing to let the yc,try pay his indebtedness IN
their way, they would undertake To do II ana
rive him some money besides. To pay these
debts they must see the men aud on some OF
the larger bills get time, for 1t would take
month, to raise that amount; besides some oil
| the creditors might he willing To contribute
i'm the way Of deduction, toward, aiding the
ycstry 20 pay these debts. In short, the vc,,
try put their proposition in this form;
Resoired, That the resignation Of Mr.; Gregg be
arccptpd and that the vestry will undertake, IN
addition to the money already paid him. to pay
$500 of specified Indebtedness and to ralse ss2 N
cash by March LIST, the above sum to be IN full
payment Of all claims and demands whatsocver
Mr.. Greggs resignatan to take ettecton or before
April II, issi II beng understood that thus II a
| settlement IN full of everything. releasing all
claims for services after March lat, 1881, and he
to retain the Of the rectOry for his family up
to June lst 1881
The $50 were meant 10 raise the sum OF sllS
already supposed to have been paid Mr.. Gregg
Cit was somewhat more than that with the
800 debts to $500, ora little over SO month
! to April 18th, though We released him (as he
had asked from all services after March i,t.
! After sleeping on the proposition one night
Mr.. Gregg accepted ii in the following terms
ACCEPT the terms imposed by the vestry in a
resolution adopted on the 9Th INST IN connection
with my resignation Of the parish offered on the
nth ult and to take effect at noon Of Easter Mon
day April II. 1884; the financial terms being the
assumption of $500 of my obligations IN bills now
due and the payment of So IN cash on or before
the first day of March, 1884. | do thus however
under the most earnest protest, feeling that my
rights to my living have been violated, greatly
to my hurt and to the injury of the PARISH; but
seeing no other way to deliver myself ana family
from the perils of starvation to which for months
| have been subjected. | will present a lust OF
bills Tomorrow at II o'clock a. m, at which time
| shall need $40 on account of present needs.
The ycstry proceeded at once to carry ont
their part of the agreement. They called up
ON every one in the parish from whom they
by meeting the term, the parish would in two
and "A half months be rid of Mr. Gregg, the
appca was met by Il prompt and joyous re-
sponse $40 to meet his present needs were
paid within two days, and by March l>t We
were able not only to pay him the balance OF
| the $50 i'm cash. but to present INN with re
ccipis in full for all the bills he had given us
amounting not to S29o.2l as he says, but to
1914, for some of the bills, when we came to
settle them were larger than stated IN his list.
Most of the bills were paid in full What with
generous subscriptions by some smaller cred
itors, we fell short but S2l 30 of paying every
bill i'm full and to meet the outrageous dis
count" we have $50 Of uncolccted subscrlp-
tions In every case the creditors accepted the
settlement pleasantly and gratefully. The cX-
| cepton he names. is II surprise, for the party
has put his name to receipt which does not
state the truth and which was evidently writ
ten to give Mr.. q. an excuse to break his
agreement with the yestry.
| We have met our agreement in letter ana
spirit We did not agree To raise $500 and
hand the money to Mr.. g., for to do that we
knew TO be impossible. The sentiment among
the contributors was that they would give to
pay his debts, but not to place the money in
his hands for then they felt certain mighty
little" would ever reach his creditors. We
agreed to assume" his debts and pay them in
our own way in the best time we could make,
and his acceptance of our proposition shows
| ,bot he al understood il for he saws. II ac-
' ',',,, ~ Farms hrin~ thc ass,imntiou of
s9no ~ NV nhliootions now due" &c.
| In vio, of thrSn nloin facts If well becomes
,,in, y, cnmn,oiu ,bot Uthe terms imposed by
~, H. W. -, hn yn hnon Grossly violated" How
Ooo ,,a, -" cnmnloincd IN him that Mr.
Sw,if, had Maid him 30 less than the face of his
In and NJ r. generously Maid him the differ
cnce. We suggest that, instead of paying bills
Would h,ve hncn y more graceful act if he had
,,I'a amt of No. money and Maid for hi. mar
r rinen ,iGcnnsn
II H., tho tor,s os tho vostrv were ssimnosed''
,,,,,' h;n, u,hen no ,yos hclnless and he saw
""p" d ,,, ,av ~ deliver himself from the
,"r;,s ~ starvation to which for months he
poa n, '' snhinctnd y His GROCERY hills
shnv. bn musf have starved on n well filed
PHI 9momn III Ia stnryei He looks ike n Starving
,n Man nntohle for cheek and ~oll with n
ni'I ,','un;t,' tn nrcv unnn never starye
t ii" '''I'int thot h., / onnosed and desert.
ad d'I lis wea,h~ narishionrrs because he has
La,!' instrunnnf,} In hrnrin,, many moor
oeo. NV, nrsh l. 49, foIse -. if i mean
po1pi,o i',o Wv iTh, h,rn Inft him heco,,se nf
Anu unnt"'u2 AKA ar trova,anro in sonar
n lla tIn r;,nito5 mean. IF the norish din.
WIN w.. ~ = ,,or,,n,,,al crv for money
,aS II, imO dail, Inennr and dcener
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