10 Dec 1885
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1885
Page
1
Lowl and prostrate before Thee I crave the spirit of prayer and pardon. God of mercy hear the sigh of my heart as I seek light and peace. Christ to be all, ransom me from destruction through Jesus my Saviour Bend Thine ear to my cry for strength and life.
In a turn of fortune, Nelly Torrance, seeking work to support her mother and sister, cooks for her hardhearted cousin John Brown. Impressed by her skill, Brown offers Nelly a place as adopted daughter and housekeeper, transforming their bleak poverty into a new home and status.
A Rural Home Co offer invites farmers to subscribe for one dollar to the American Rural Hose and receive free the Farmers' and Stock Breeders' Guide. The four hundred page volume covers oxen sheep swine and horses with simple cures and practical farming guidance. It is bound in cloth and edited by Youatt Mills Skinner and Clater.
The Chicago Tribune hails What Tommy Did as wildly mirthful yet wholesome for youths and parents alike, praising its saintly yet dreadful little hero. Alden publishes in dainty cloth binding at half price, 50 cents, with a grand list of grants books by John B Alden, New York.
A proposal to curb telephone profanity suggests tying a Bible to each instrument so users survive delays by reading. Ohio rules prohibit profanity on calls and a citizen’s phone was removed after an ordinance, with suit to restore it dismissed as justified. A Buffalo man is said to have attacked someone.
The December issue of American Agriculturist urges farmers to modernize practices. It condemns old methods, neglect of details, wastefulness, and reluctance to adopt new ideas. It advises improvements in composting, animal housing, and disciplined packing of poultry with explicit but neutral guidelines.
A December agricultural note argues farmers should butcher their own meat and produce staples like flour and wool. It warns small towns lack good meat when locals fail to slaughter and dress stock, citing farmers could earn more by selling processed meat locally.
The Dublin Mail prints a correspondent note about a medieval Latin inscription found at Cork Hill near a church dedicated to Ducatus Ambulans. The excerpt shows phrases like ay iZABILLI- HERES and NOVIS INNEM, as the Freeman’s Journal ponders a playful aside about a joke and a quip about peas and ducks.
The passage urges parents to support district schools by voting for capable trustees and funding a first class school. It contrasts parental obligation with a noblewoman’s vanity, recounting a scene where a footman is directed to fetch the girl’s “Mile dear,” highlighting class pretensions.
A fragmentary verse echoes a rich man claiming abundance in food drink and wealth yet confessing one missing thing an extra appetite revealing ironic hunger beyond riches and health. The incomplete text hints at satire on material plenty and desire.
A pompous dialogue about a London man’s steam discovery reaches Richelieu through a British nobleman. The madman’s tale of power and progress mirrors early skepticism of new science, as a jailed innovator clings to his vision while critics doubt its merit.
Fragmentary note discusses the value of careful observation in learning, noting that quick action without guidance can mislead. It emphasizes watching others and learning from their methods to avoid errors in practice.
A brief note indicates a gazette offers a "Florids Cate chism" with complete information for tourists or settlers. It will mail a sample copy of its paper to any applicant upon receipt of two two cent stamps.
A fragmented dialogue shows Landseer promising to draw two portraits at once. The scene references an old Holloway drawing and hints at a race or contest, with phrases about blessings and experience.
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