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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
2
A rustic poem extols a village smithy offering a gasoline powered forge and repair service. Throughout the verse the smithy is praised for steady work, punctual repairs, and enduring daily labor as customers bring in punctures, greases, and tools. The piece ends with a musing on Sunday toil and quiet gratitude from the smithy’s community, attributed to Percy Waxman.
A reflective piece traces the odd and vivid patronymics found in family names, noting trades, natural features, and even months as roots. It catalogs grotesque and humorous examples, asks how such forms arose, and considers the role of historians, heralds, and genealogists in decoding these peculiar legacies.
A fragmentary ancient dialogue features a statue named Loan vallent Opportunity by Lyandopus. Two travelers question its purpose as it stands on a highway to remind people to do good. The piece argues such chances are fleeting and once missed cannot be reclaimed.
Tom and Dick Wilson fish by Tother Creek with a city stranger who offers a reward for minnows. They catch forty plus and meet Walton the angler who amazes them with a rare clam and a sudden fortune promise. The widow Mrs. Wilson later learns a cousin’s note offers two hundred fifty dollars to settle debts and repair their home.
A Canton anecdote recounts William McKinley defending a surgeon amid a crooked trial. McKinley reveals a second letter hidden in the public record, forcing the plaintiff to reveal the surgeon’s true misdeeds. The judge orders disclosure, exposing greater graft and shaping the case.
An orchard note from Kentville stresses initial branching at about 24 inches and balanced growth. It advocates careful heading back of late branches to avoid weak crotches, promotes a moderate pyramidal form with a strong central leader, and warns against excessive large-branch growth to enable future fruiting and sturdy framework.
An old Highland tale recalls a farmer who sought a loan and received a written receipt binding him to repay. The reply mocks reliance on paper over a neighbor’s honor, illustrating how Scots valued personal word and the moral weight of trust over formal instruments.
A clergyman delivering a sermon at an insane hospital misinterprets the audience reaction. After the sermon ends, the superintendent asks what the man meant by his remarks, and the speaker stumbles but offers a puzzled reply.
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