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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1876
Page
4
A dated verse pleads for temperance and abstinence from drink. The speaker urges readers to sign a pledge to curb drink’s ruin, promising transformation and moral restoration, citing the ruin of life, soul, and reputation by intemperance as a warning.
A derelict man, drunk for a week, begs Judge to sent him to Potter's Field rather than life in the crowding tenements. He recalls his mother warning him against liquor and longs for one last moment of quiet with old school friends before death.
A tale recalls Judge Stiles in southern Kentucky hosting a late night poker game at a country tavern. The candle goes out. rivals settle a five dollar draw with a spit mark in the cold, grimy back room. A wooing lover flirts with his courted companion amid the tavern’s rough contest.
The narrator recounts an odd wager between a man named Johnson and a lawyer about the eye's power to tame a wild dog. If the eye fails, the dog bites and Johnson may sue for damages, raising a legal risk from a fanciful debate.
An illustrated fretful stroll through old society quips and rural notes. The piece recalls graveyard epitaphs, coffee lore, river divides, a telegraph line joke, and an editor’s lament on aging subscribers. It also lists a Can-Loap cargo tally and sunflower seed claims for horses with dry humor.
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