23 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
1
A fragmentary verse lament reflects on lingering pain from unkind words spoken in the morning and the lasting sorrow they cause. It contrasts hope for evening peace with the ache of hearts that never fully mend, warning that late remorse cannot undo the morning’s harm.
In Mayaville Mark Lamson, mocked as lazy and dull, battles poverty and parental indolence while taking over the worn family farm. A turning point arrives when he falls for Essie, a beauty who brings hope and renewed resolve, despite social snobbery and hardship.
Essie Lamson loves Mark Lamon who, despite poverty and ridicule, doubles the farm’s output and builds a new house. Judge Lennox backs the match after seeing Mark’s grit and care, and Essie becomes wife and homekeeper as the Lamson farm gains status and respect in Mayaville.
A Sunday Magazine writer extols Scotch Street boys as obliging and civil during her tours. She recalls a mischievous bicycle watcher guarding her bike, a Christmas mission treat with barefoot children, a brave little girl in cold dress, and a chivalrous Edinburgh street boy. A Utica Press note recounts Indy and a calf blocking a hill descent before a bicycle passes.
A landowner on a day ride encounters a tenant who horses are swapped after a playful exchange. The tenant explains the horse’s behavior signals game nearby and a subsequent easy bargain leads to a swap for a saddled mount. The tale ends with a quip about the horse’s versatility for fish as well as game.
Readers urged to keep postage stamps as changes in stamp designs create a potential windfall for collectors. The article notes shifts from three cent stamps to two leaf designs and color changes from lavender to pale blue and deeper lavender, with new imperial issues expected to gain value over two to three years.
A reflective piece on the generation after generation persistence of a tramp archetype. It argues tramps lack families and nation, yet show striking physical uniformity across countries, shaped by wandering life and social exclusion, with recruits absorbed into a uniform corps and named only by descriptive nicknames.
An elderly Fitzroy resident recalls a time when a single darning needle served twenty households. Mrs Dickson lost the needle on a rough journey, triggering a countywide search that drew families along forest paths to recover the tool. A little girl found it and joy spread through the community, ending in great rejoicing.
Mrs Moylan’s yard is troubled by a billy goat. neighbor Mrs McBhantes asks Mrs McSquatter to open Moylan’s kitchen door to release the animal onto Moylan’s property. The plan aims to keep the goat from damaging her yard and provoke Moylan’s return.
A British Association meeting recounts a scientist who sought a German article on magnesium. The translator delivered a German rendering of his own English piece, doubling his costs when the English paper published the original. The mishap left him outraged at the mistranslation and duplication of effort.
The London Chronicle reports Father Stanton engaging a visitor at Ms Albans Solborn service who argues against incense except a tree fragrance. Stanton quips about choosing between two odors in the next world while promising Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for disease symptoms.
A festive verse describes sleigh bells and merry frolic along a snowy path. Children and revelry brighten the countryside as winter winds blow across meadows and mills.
A detailed guide on inventory practices for merchants. It covers classifying and cleaning goods before measuring or weighing, repapering and reticketing, tagging with cost and quality, avoiding misrepresentation, and updating tickets when stock changes. It recommends annual depreciation recap, balance sheets for creditors, and ensuring accurate stock records through careful entry, called and entered stock, and proper post preparation.
A visitor recalls an evening in New York where a friend offered a ride and explained strict stable discipline. The groom enforces no drinking, speaking softly to horses, and no profane language to keep valuable blood horses calm and responsive.
A colored exhorter in a sermon asserts money is a major worldly trouble and urges believers to bring money to the altar for prayer and blessing. He likens the devil to money and calls on listeners to come forward, count, and lay their funds on the altar for divine favor.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows a witty exchange about superstition and a left handed man seeing the moon over his right shoulder, tying personal apologies to a quirky belief.
A Windsor Ontario user reports eight packages of Diamond Dyes delivered perfect results on wool yarn woollen yarn and cotton goods. The note says other dyes failed to satisfy and commends Diamond Dyes as unequalled for carpets and cotton goods.
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