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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 17, 1877
Page
4
A fragment appears to recount a playful meditation on beauty at a ball linking dark and fair looks with varied tastes. It contrasts personal charm with nature's claim that beauty resides in all, then meanders through aphorisms and curious lines about hats, financial woes, and odd quotations.
An elderly Lincoln Park watchman recalls how he reads nature to predict seasonal shifts. He cites scenes of a man writing poetry under a tree and a woman gathering leaves as signs autumn is near, and a pair by a bridge signaling spring and summer ahead.
A brief moral note on bearing each other’s faults followed by a simple corn bread recipe. It suggests wheat flour and corn meal bread with buttermilk or water as a substitute, including quantities for flour, corn meal, soda, egg, salt, and baking method.
The Toronto Telegram notes Mr. Wm. Cawthra and Mr Wim Goodetham intend to donate 10,000 toward the erection and fitting of a new wing to the Toronto General Hospital. A tramp arrested in Orillia for theft was found to have bibles and hymnbooks among property and was committed for trial.
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