26 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1891
Page
1
A damaged text fragment presents cryptic lines about a child and father, duty, and lineage. The speaker asserts obedience and remembrance of a father’s war, with phrases resembling a family conflict or inherited duty. The excerpt lacks clear context or complete meaning.
In this fragment a band of men plots harm against Martin Morgan over machinery jobs at Morgan mills. Deavilla resolves to reach Morgan's mill to warn him while avoiding confrontation, as the conspirators debate killing Morgan and others. The scene shifts to a tavern where a bar owner recounts temperance pledges and Irish immigrant perspectives on drinking.
A cat urges a mouse to trust a promise, then seizes the moment to escape. The mouse admits the promise was made while drunk and notes how such vows are often broken.
A sailor discusses belief as taking hold of what Jesus did on Calvary rather than rituals. The piece shifts to a humorous Artemus Ward excerpt about a shabby railroad, noting a joke about detaching the cow catcher to keep a cow from biting a passenger.
Pasquinade style lines describe a beast freed from sorrow and transformed to a gladsome mood. The text mentions a laugh from a little child, birds singing anew, spark and burst of cheer, and magical spell briefly lifting. The legibility is limited and specific names or events are unclear.
A moral vignette recalls a once bright youth who falls into drink. He believes harm is absent but soon loves groans of wine and brandy, making strong drink an idol that destroys him.
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