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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1877
Page
4
A playful but garbled verse remixes the Mary had a Little Lamb tale. It weaves a surreal scene where a blue lamb causes mischief and a teacher expels a student, ending with an odd renaming Horace Greely and a bridgeside twist.
In a rural anecdote, Uncle Silas, aged yet spirited, challenges two nephews to load hay as fast as they can pitch. The top-heavy stack collapses, the old man is buried in the mass, and he mutters for more hay as he struggles to rise, fed by his stubborn humor.
Hugo Richards recounts a humorous tale of two companions on muleback pursued by Indians in Arizona. Arrows whip past as one rider strains to outrun the other. The lead rider shouts to urge the wheels of escape while the second is urged to hurry.
Reported line claims the first creatures to emerge were a pair of calves tied to Noah’s legs though the text is unclear and garbled with numeric remnants. No verifiable details or sources accompany the claim.
Daniel Webster dines with a Boston merchant. A dusty old port bottle is decanted and the host boasts a cost of 31.20 per glass after interest. Webster replies with interest in stopping the charge as he drains the glass.
A frightened laborer fleeing an enraged bull nears field boundaries and shouts a defiant slogan about defense funding versus brute force. The remark reflects the charged mood as danger escalates.
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