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Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont film6s en commen9ant par la premiere page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par la dernidre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparattra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbole — ► signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre film6s A des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reprodult en un seul cliche, il est filmd d partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oonfldentlal.— To b«' publiahed in my KKMiMgcENftKs or an Kvki(ti.I!L {afv. —JOHN LOVEtJ. Monstrous ! ! ! — Who is the Culprit ? — Ask Mr. Meredith, the persecutor of John Lovell. JOHN LOVELL AND THE BANK OF MONTREAL. CONTENTS OF THIS SHEET. VAliE .. 1 1. To !be Editor of The Dally >:t;ir 3. John Lovftll to E. S. Clouiitoii, Cjoiieral Maiiaj;er, Bank of Montreal i 3. E. S. lUoiiston to iliihn T.ovell '.i 4. Jolui Lovell to E. S. ClouBton 2 6. Jolin Lov«U to tlie Preslilciit and Directors ortliM Lank o{ Montreal '.i 6. E. 8. Cloneton to .lohn Lovell 4 7. John J.oip.! cn.iipelloil to fiTcclosu hin HC(!ount in th« Bank of Montreal— bin compulsory rembrkH 4 A. John 1.0VI.U1 in an e»tiintablc iKwition 4 To the Editor of Thf. Daiiv Star, DiiAR Sir, — May I solicit publication of what follows. My letters show tht- animus of the Ilraiich Manager of the Batik of Montreal and my imtortanate position in his eyes. I had occ.isioti to call on hint to (ii.scoiinl a note fot $150. I no .sooner entered his office than hv abruptly asked : " Do you want discount ?" I said ; " Ves, for a small aniouut." He .said: " Yi)U won't gel an\." 1 urged him to look at the note. He replied: "1 will not; get one of the Directors to indorse the note and I will discount it '' 1 said : "Have I your perniissio.i to offer it, through Mr. Cloi^slon, to the Hoard?" He said' " y'ou can oaly do so through iiic.' Suiely a gentleman would have looked at the note. He almost tnrnen me out oi his office. I want to know if a customer is to be grossly insulted by a Branch Manager, a would-lw nabob, without PAO* n. IjBttei from the Editor of Anu^rican Dlcr tlonary of Printing and Bookniaklng r. 10. .loliii Lovell'B reply to the Editor of American Dictionary of Printing and liookmakinjf ii U Biographii^al Sketch of John Lovell r, I'.', .tohn Ix>vell'« letter containingt the i-opy of hU UiiigraphioHl Sketch ami hi!> riiot.> •) 1:.. Jiihn Lovell to liix Wife and Clilldren. ... C 14, John l.cveU'B Memoirs —His Kiimily und Fellow-OIUcen* may jt>t thi of the Branch Manager. Yours respectfully, JOH.V LOVKLL. Montreal, 29th February. 1892 I an JOHN LOVELI. AND TllK JJRANCH MANA(JKK <»r THE BANK OK MUNTREAl. MovTKKAi., 16th February, 1892. E. S. (,'LOl8Tl>N, Ks«'il uote, l>iit he ahuolutely refused to even look at the note. My upplica- lion he ^oemeil to de!if;bt in treating iritn Con- temjit. Hill comlui't wait utTunHivo. I tried to tc'.l him that I had un uccount in the Hank i;est monied institution in Ihe world. Uurinj; tiie time I had the Pailinnient- ary printing I made lar^e de|)o»ita. One was for .$24,1*0(1. WIkmi the Hank was attacked for an over lut of .Mr King's, both the Hun. Thomas Ryan and Mr. Rose called on me. 1 was then the owner of the Daily Newt. Those gentlemen wore anxious to know from mo what course I ))urpo*ed taking. 1 told theui that I Would cause the matter to bo alluded to in a favorable manner, notwithstanding my light opinion of Mr. King's wisdom, t did so. and afterwards received their thanki-. I am now in my S2nd year. Km 1 lo be sacrificed through Mr. Meredith's rudeness and heartlessncss ? In juf tice to him t do state that lour months ago. when I personally ualled on him for II small ilisconni, he told me that he "was not there to throw away the Hank's money," adding that he did not like the |iaper I offered, but on my saying that I would not trouble him again he discounted thi/ note. Then I supposed that my son would be easier in money nnittors, but unfortunately be had some wonderful inven- tions in hand unfinished, and oould uot give roe any money. I trust that yon and the Hoard will order the discount iind spare me from being branded as unworthy of a discounl, with two names and my indorsBtion for $1.50, particularly now as I have a large work ia hand in the interest of this country. The issue will cost $200,000. Yours obediently, .lOllN i.tn-Ei.h H.tNk or Md.strbal, Montreal, liith Feb., I8'J2. John IiOVILL, Esq., Montreal, Ueak 1?IH, — I regret that I do not see my way to aulhoriKe the discouni of your note of $loO — returned herewith I make it a rule not lo interfere with Ihe Managers of the different Branches, iis they are held solely responsible for till paper ihey disiouiit In this case, accord ing In your own statement, he is only larrying mil the condition of the last Uian ho made you in refusing this, and I cannot see how ho can be blamed — besides, I iinderslaiid you keep your iii'count at Ihe Merchants' Hank now, and it seems lo me that you should apply to them. Yourfc truly, E. S. CLol'.STON. Ueneral Manager Mo.NTKKAi,, 17th February, 1892. E. ,S. Ci.ousTOX, Esq., tieneral Manager, Hank of Montreal, Dkar Hm, — I have just received yours of yes- terday with the enclosure — note for JI50 — it was doomed by Mr. Meredith. It appuan by it.s return to me, it had no bettor fate in your hands. I asked to have the mutter jiut before your Hoard of Directors. [ am left to feel that you declined this simgile net of justice to an old customer, whose account lias been in the Bank of .Montreal since ISIiJ, without a Protest. T iim sure that yonr Mr. Meredith must be the author of luy taking iny account to the .Mer- chants Ilaiiic .if ("anadii l,cl inc tell you. very truly, that my account in the Hank of Mimtreal was never taken from it, nor did 1 ever try to open an account in any other Bank in this city. In 1871 the late Sir Hugh Allan requested my firm to open an account in Ihe .Merchants Hank of L'anada. Me did. We were forced to do so. Hut I have always kept my Hank account in your Hank. No later than l»cc., 18W0, I deposited a Merchants check for $0,272, and that was for value received. I have made other deposits before and since. It is only recently 1 had occasion lo iisk lor trifling discounts. 1 have been cauliou.s in puttirm myself before the public, among whom I ha\ many valued friends. 1 have wilfully refrained from making i'liown uinuy incidents in my eventful life, .V iw I am driven to indulgein an frpo.if of mnnv, of il;em. I may heri' repeat that I have no paper of any kind, personally, under iliscounl. I. never speculated in money matters, nor in real estate, nor in any other risk oiitsicle of mv own lef^itimale business. I have loaned large amounts without ever charging or taking a cent of interest. 1 do not owe even a cent for the brea.l I eat, for l!ie clothes 1 wear, nor for rent for the house I reside in. I have always worked steadily. I never used a pair of skates for want of time. I never indulged in a cigar. Above all I lake pride in saying lliat I never touted liqiiii in n public house. Hut to save luy.self from further inortiflontion I have lo tell Ihos.' who have generously Iruf-ted me for the neces- saries of life that I have still sufficient means !•■ meet any debts 1 may incur, espc(\iiil|y for the bread I eat. I say all this in the Impe of my supplies not being slopped through Mr. Merc-, ilith's heartless conduct. I now respectfully notify you and the Hoard of directors, of Mr. Meredith a high opinion ol some of them: that he u-onll itarount my noli: lirovUled f j/ot oue nj the Ihrectorf lo iniorie it. What generosity ! F now claim the right to publish the entire correspondence. But before doing •<>. I nil! put a printed copy of it into (he hands if each of Ihe Directors of Ihe Bank of Montreal, except into the hards of the Honorable .1 J. C. Abbott, for whor i entertain marked disrespect. Vouis obediently, JOH.N LOVKLl. I have patiently awaited for six dav« mi aoknowledgineut of the precedinif letter. Now [ feel at liberty to place tho 'orrespondenco before the estimable President md Hoard of Directors of the Bank of .Monlronl for their deciKion. V To the President and Board of Directors of t/ie Bank of Montreal, Gentlemen, Allow nie to appeal to you for redress in a recent matter wherein I was grossly insulted by your Branch Manager in language not becoming a gentleman. I respectfully called on him to get discount for a note of $150, with three names. In a rude manner he positively refused even to look at the note which I held out to him. My having it gave him a chance to sneer at me, by telling me that he would not discount anything for me ; but in the same breath he said : " Get one of the Directors to indorse it, and I will discount it." I am at a loss to know what he meant, because I never asked any gentleman connected with the Bank to indorse a note of mine. I respectfully desire to know from your Board if I am to be branded by your Branch Manager as unworthy of the slightest credit, even with good names, unless indorsed by a Bank Director, My account in the Bank wa^ ojjcned in 1835, fifty-six years ago. During all that time I never had a note of mine protested, nor did the Bank ever lose a dollar by me or through me. Why shut down on me now } Had my account been of a few years' standing, instead of fifty-six, I might have endured the rudeness of your Branch Manager. Should I be forced to publish the cxpcs^, it will give me an opportunity of putting myself before the public, and of telling what I did for this Country, especially in 1837. My fate will serve as a caution to the Bank's customers to be careful how they approach the Branch Manager of the Bank of Montreal. I am aware that there is no law to punish his insolence, but through that mighty engine— The Fres.s— he may be called to the Bar of Public Opinion. He will be lefl to regret his insolence to an old citi/.en of sovcnt)-t\vo years' honorable standing in this city and in this country. I shall wonder if he finds a sympathizer in the world. I most sincerely desire to avoid the publication of the rudeness which caused the accompanying corresponden-e. I now look to the Board of Directors of the Bank of Montreal to order my resto- ration, and save me from further mortification. My discounts are few and far between. Yours obediently. MONTREAI., 24th February, 1892. JOHN LOVELL. \ J t k Bank or Montvkal, MoNTaKAi., 2«th February, I8V2. John Lovkli., B14., Moutrcftl, ° Hi>, — Your printed oommanicKtion dated 24th initan*. kddrened to the Proiident and Dtrectora of the Hunk, rt'oeived connlderat ion at the Meeting ul' the Board thia morn- ing, and I am requested by tbi- Board to >tate that, while ihey regret that you fhould feel aggrieved in the manner you mention, they have inquired into thv I'iruumataiiueii and fan- not find that there wai* any diieourteiy or inlentional offence uffrrad you in the interview alluded to, or tliat you have been treated unfairly. Your obedient aervsnt, £. 8. CLOIISTON, (leneml Manager. The preceding closes my unfcrtunate (I am not Ashamed of it) position in the Bank of Montreal. The Branch M.iiiaKet is sustained in his nefarious act, without reliable information. I am grieved to say it makes him an unmelted nabob. By a one-aided trial he has escaped. Were he on examination in a Court of Justice, before an intelligent Jur,', 1, as my own Advocate, may be excu.sed for giving the probable words of a verdict : " We And that the Plaintiff ha« been nhair.efuUy and infolently treated by ihf Branch Manager of the Bank of Montreal. We recommend the Bank to diaoount the note and to restorr th« Plaintiff to tho [tniition he ha« honorably held, for the la^t flfty-itix yenra, in the Bank. Wv further recommend that the lald Branch Manager be re)irlmHiided." Feb- 27, 1892.— To day I rlrew the balance in ray favor, |i8.6o, and of course asked to have my unsullied account of fifty-six ytars closed in the third large.st monied bankinfj institution in the world- My original tntention teas to publish the preceding correspondence, but on showing it to a few estimable friends they particularly requested non-publication — to endure the baseless fabrication silently. For tlie present I will, because I have still a hope of publish - ing lvOVEU.'s Gazetteer AND Hi.sTORY OF Canada ; tlierefore, I must tr>- to keep in a quiet moose.C., the other in New Vork The first one called at my office last summer (1891) and enquir- ed for Mr. Lovell. Hi came to my desk. He shook hands v/itli me and said : " Mr. Ix)vell, you do not know me .' In 1836 I was your apprentice. Vou were alwavs kind to me. Vou knew tnv father and mother. I left you to seek a fortune in tlie I Tnited States. I succeeded. I am now more than a millionaire. Trim the President of a Bank in Washington, O.C. .Should you cotne there ask for G- T . I am as well known in Washington as you are in Montreal. Come direct to my house." The other is a gentleman residing in New York. He controls millions of dollars. I am proud to have hnn as a Stockholder for one hundrrd shares of f loo tai-h in The Canadian (iAZETTEHR I'UBUsniNn Company, Mniited. On subscribing he offered me his check for I500, beinf,; five per cent, on his shares, to enable me to begin a canvass for subscribers for LovHU/s Oazkttekk and History ok Canada. I declined taking his check until I had dis]x>sed of 1175 shares. To this gentleman I sent a printed copy of my correspondencf with the Dank of Montreal. Here follow a tew wonls from his letter • " I regret to hear of your treatment by the Branch Managei of the Hank of Montreal. It shows his unfitness for the position he holds." I mrw enjoy sincere pleasure in complying with the request of the Editor of American Dictionary of I'RINTINC. AND DooKMAKiNd, because I have always been a devoted student and practical w orker in the art of printing N'kw YoiiK, :ir(| Februiir>, IH82, I>KAK Mr. IjO^km., — I should bo obliged if you could favor me with a [ihntonraiih of yourself with n>m» Wicigniphiciil loateriul, for my Diiiio.vaHY op I'rinti.no Ann Kookmakinu. I could not think of issuinff this Look without a flki>tch of the lending printer of the Dominion lif (Jiiuuda iiiid no i'l<)K<>ly identified with the hintory o.' the art in Caniida. Youri" truly, W. W. I'A.SKO. .AloxTKKAl., lilh IVbruary, IHi)?. \V. W. 1'ahku, Km|., New ^ork, KkaR SlK, — I Inivo your kind letter of the iird, I'leiiio' uccc|>t my thank.- for your de.-iie to hine luy |ilioti> with Konie bionniphit'ftl information relativu to my life. l'|i to tins I have ileclined to have my photo taken, but u* v«u defire it for your .Xmkrkan Dictionarv ok PBisrivi and UooKHAKisti, a work that must he highly prised by every lovei of the art preservative, I will have it taken. 1 hiive been a resident of thi.' I'ity «ini:o Angu't, 18'.;(l. in Auunsl, l«2;i, I entered a (irinting othic aii an apprentice, .'Scarcely knowing n from '/ I wax fortunate in getting into buHin«i<>, on my own account in }b.\'i. \^ the publii^her of t'omd useful work>. my incnnn- onabled me to as.sict, occaiiionally. come aspiianti* to literary fame, by printing their books with no hope of compensation other than the conviilion if hein^ tlie mean." of helping literary venture/'. 1 never presumed to niake any public ui>u of events in my life. You have, Viy kind words, induced me toatteinpt putting on record some of tliem. I will try to sen! you the re-ult in a cfuiilenscd form, l.it me say that J never had the lulvan tiige of one year's schooling in a school room, consof(Uently my attempt I checrfolly submit to your pruning knife or, perhaps, to your waste basket. 1 gratefully aaknowleilgij the instrucli'/n I always received in 11 printing office. I am now engugod on liOVKU.'s (Sazkttkkr anh lli.sroRV oh 0aX4Oa, an iinpoilant work for thi* l/'anada of ours. It is- to make, if published, eleven Royal 8»o. volumes f will .-end you the Prospectus. Please get. your publishers to put me down as a sn))scr;bci to the Hookmiiker ; also to American Diclicmary of I'rinting Mild ilookmaking. V iui> runpcotfully, lOIIN t.uVKLI.. MoNTRKAi., atitli February, 181C.' \V W. PiSKO, Esq., New York, Dkah Sib, — On the .Ith inst. 1 received ycuiis of the .'!rd. f answered or. the tlth, oftering my thanks for your desire to have my Photo and .i-omc Biographical information. The latter i^ «ent herewith; also, my Photo, a copy of which is now being ougraved. The plate will be handed to you shortly •ly my son, C. W. Lovell, of the (j.xford Bindery, 142 Worth street. Yours respectfully, .IDIIX LOVEbL. for Amfriean Dirtionnry 0/ I'rtHlini/ and Hookmakinj/. BIOdltAPHIfAL SKETCH oF .lOIIN LOVKM,, PKINTKR AND Pl'BMHIIKR IN .MONTRKAL. Can. WKITTIIN RV HIMHItl.r. 1 was born in Har- bor Hill, near Ban elon, county Cork, Ireland, on the ■Jtb Aug., 1910. At the »ge of nine I was taken to Uandon to be sunt to school. For some lime jire- viouslj luy good luuther taught mu the flrst stops in Bngllsh. On arriv- ing in Bnndon, my mother arraiiged to ««nd m-j to Mr. Pat- rick liowd's school. The school hours in th(>«« days were from It a.m. to d p lu., an hour being alloweil for break- fast and an hour for dinner. .tuhii Lov'^tl .My father and mother, with H children, arrived in Montreal on (th August, 1820, my tenth birthday. My father with his family were on a farm lor about three years. (In our return to Montreal from .Maxkinougc, in the fall, he rented a large Hold from Colonel Evans, at Cote- i. Baron. In Angi.st, Ih2.!, I was walking on Notre Ibime street. A boy, .lolin Curraii, an apprentice in a printiiigr,|Hco, stopped me and .isked : " Would you like to be a primer?" I said yes, without eveo knowing what a prititct wa-i. He look me to .Mr. Kdward \'ernon Si.arahawk's office oil .St lean Baptistc street. The foreman, Mr Enos Kolsom,gave mea piece of copy, covered with Monks and Friars.* I could not read it. My straw hat was under the frame, I picked it up, pl.iccd it in front of me, 1 saw that I could get to the backdoor without being notio'd. Unfor- tunately- I should say fortunately— the gate leading to the street wii.s ten feet. Iiigl; 1 tried to climb it, but on reaching a certain hoighl 1 fell backwards to the ground. From loss of blood 1 biy senseless. On being missed from tlic office .Mr. Folsotn scut Curran v, find out what had bceome ol ine He found me lying in my blood He could not lift me He then got one of the men to help him 1 was carried in|o the office. The bloo.i was wi]>ed off. Cd I water restcjreil me to 1 i.n- sciousness. Mr. Kolsom asked me why I tiied to leave. \ told him I hat I coul.l i't,t read the copy he gave inc ; that I wanted to go home to my mother, lie was a considerate, kind and good man. He said that he gav mu the blurred copy to try how I ccfuld read it. Then he gave me a piece of well printed copy and he showed me how to set it Hii finding that I sirarcely knew o from '., he advised me tcaine a fair compositor, a tyjie setter. After Ijeing two years in .Mr. .Sparahawk's emjdoy, he Uilcd. Ho was the owner and editor of the Cnnuiiinn TiiiiiH, a weekly newspaper The off"'! was sold in l.S2.i, to .1 number of Canadian gentlemen. Ti.ey were the owners of the CmnirliaH iS/jec^itor, then being printed by William l*nc. It wa-s the advocate of the then powerful Papineaii party, It was edited by Mr. .Joeelyn Waller, an able writer and a • Di iho«e days Monks ami briars were fr«(jiienil\ seen on printed pages or slieeut, caused by careless ink-taking .ui lialls imd a want of pr.iper dislilbutliui of the ink. The black daubo werecalleil Monks. A want of sutHcient Ink on balls, couse Huently on the tytie, was called Krl.'irs, Bonietimes too pale to lie read by a novice such as myself. ^ wiirlliy Irinhmaii. I ruuiainrd in tlic oDii-i-, Mr. FoUnm t>c)nj{ relainoil a." toroiiiiin. In about nix laontlm lliu ownrrK found the coaid me Sl.7.'> per wrelt, lint his buainean vmn light, lie hud two DtfWKiinperK to proviile for with non-paying nubsoriplion lints and few ndvcrtineinunts In IH27 I got a gooa offer from tin- foreman of the Miinirml Omiiif, whioli Mr. HuviTiiay allowed tno to accept. Tk<- (I'lmitc, now a Hourishing paper, wan then owned by Mr. Koberl .Armour, a wliolonalc wooliwi nierchanl. and u nohli" upecimcn of a Sootoh gi'iitleman. .My eiigagi-- lOunl uxpiri'il In I.S,'7 of them happily in a [irinting office. JOII.V LOVKLl,. MoxriiK.\i,, '-'.itli February. 1882, ,IOHN I/iVKU, TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. .Mv onK WiKK AM' Cuii.nuh.N, — The preceding gives yon an idcii of the nnealled-for Ireulmiiil by which I hiu sti^'- mafixed by the lirancb .Manin?er of the ISuiik of Montre:il. anil, I regret to say, inilorsed by those in authority in the Bank. Vou can easily perceive that I have been wrongfully nnd foully treated. 1 defy proof of any kind that inii\ jnstity the course taken by my tradiiccrs. The \ery fad that 1 lia\e been a cnstonier ol the Bank fo' tiity six years, witlKiiit h protested note of mine, ought to give ine a standing for a small discount. The venom of the liranch Itmk .Vfanugcr hud its -ting, but the jinison was only a nola.'e to cheei the decision of the Krancii Munugcr against me, I defied liim ti> bring proof derogatory of my sol\cnt I'ominercial standing 1 look with pride on my long life anil lionoiable standing among my Fellow-Citizens, In after years when tliis stntuinent is being read by any of yiii, I want yon to know that h licnvy hand — a liranch Hank Manager's— was nnscriipulounly Mined to w:intonly injure nie, without cause, especially while I ivu,'. engaged making financial and other arrangements to enable me lo successfully undertake the publication of l,o\ ki.i.'s (lAZKTTKKii \s\.> HisTiiav or C.\,vAiiA — -A Work that would be ably edited by three of our estimable citiiens — .A Work that would put thi,s grand country in its true and wonderful light before ourselves and the outside world — A Work that would show our beloved Mother Country our loyalty nnd devotion, os a strong lover of British i;onnection. May the noble spirit of loyalty be ever, as it now is, our pride and de\otion to our magnanimou.s Uritish Nation. Before closing this letter to my Wife and Children, I am ^ glad to b« able lo miy ilmi wr arr hal>)iiljr (^njoying pvaiwful and prx'prrouM boinei, uiidi'. tho guiuaiic« of benign Uovem- incntu — Urltlah and Hritliih ( anadian. I am proud to ho Your alTeattiinata Husband and Kather, .H»HN \A>\'Kl.h MoTTBKAl-, 2«Ui Ffbruary, l««. .lOIIN I.OVKM.IS MKMOIRS. To he I'lihliihed ivilhin a i/nar from Miirrh, 1892. Spvoral w»ll-wi«li)'r!i Imvc repeaU'clly uHked mo to writu ii Aleiiioir ol uiy Kvenltiil life \iiH by lli« liniiuili MunaxKr of tbe Ititnk nf Mntitrval. in a h\iiiiiliiitiiiK p(>!|i Point witli flvu <>f my ''on:' and a large staff of Canadian workmen lo -n'ck ."hclti^r iukI pro'cetion — afterwards to imjiorl into thin Canada nf loirK the printed •heel' of bonkr at a nominal duty, tbu printing of which in Canada, at that time, wiiulil Nubject ine to nix immthK imprisonment, and a Hno of $iU liir each and every nopy of raid nook* printed hfcre. Tb« whole matter will he explained in my Memoirn, if publiahed It la poiiNiblr I may b« eubipelled di bring painful traniiao- lioiin aniH'liiig wime «l nur groat men before the public II no, they uiunt heap their aiiathenian on the bead of Mi. Mcrnditb. the llrancb Manager »( tli? liank of Mnntreal. Thmugh biin alone am I forcod to write a Memoir of mynelf, and to put a few of oui prominent men in the net of scandal. Dfi'uur'si' I will not omit Mr Mrreditii. I will try yently In make bun iiotoriiiiin ; ami I will nay tbHt be bad not enough of honor left in hi* curunna to remeily liin nabobiam or hia deputyinm. I rball ha\e much co intMduen and much t" lentilate of oecurroioe't within my own purnoiial knowledgi'. The ground work I'f my projeclnil Meiuoira i» being laid out I will work it into aliape, whenever time and opportunity offer. The iletaiU are likely to make a 4(IU |iage volume. It will be niiid lor $1 lO, in April, IHUH, or looiier, nhould I be .spared to complete my KtMIMftCIMIIiH of event.^ which have ocuurred in my time in this gloriouk Canada of ours. Thank liod, my present healtli in good, I am able to do a fair day's work cheerfully and willingly ; therefore I expect, in (jod's I'nivi- dence, to compleio my MltMoiug by tiie time atnted. Subseriptionn will be rceeived at '.>:< and 2.') 8t Niobolan street, MillX U»VKI,I,. I'rinlrr ittiil /'"hlinhrr MoN'riiiM., '>!itb FebruHry. low. i ■i i ..? ■ 56