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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1876
Page
5
A Nebraska police report details a New York bound boy named Thomas Darkin who ran away with forty five dollars to seek fortune after reading dime novels. Stolen funds and a trip to Omaha left him penniless and arrested before wandering further. The tale warns against poisonous reading in families.
A wedding in Washington featured a Unitarian clergyman from Boston performing an unconventional ceremony. The bride, third daughter of S. P. Brown, wore a handsome dress while the groom Samuel Mattingly stood with a faltering officiant. The clergyman announced two rings as gold, had the couple exchange them, and led a brief prayer before guests.
A reflection on the enduring value of home as a secure center for virtue and family affection. It speaks of a man’s purchase and improvement of a dwelling, and the happiness, safety, and fond memories shared by wife and children as the years pass. The home is praised as a source of stability and moral guidance.
A fragment describes a suitor declaring deep love to marry a girl with parental consent. The father and mother probe the match as the couple declare unwavering devotion, while nearby quotes expose casual attitudes toward consent and social expectations.
A reflective passage argues that flattery is bad money for vanity and that true elevation comes from consecration to virtue. It asserts that truth may threaten established systems yet benefits humanity, and that living well earns respect and defeats envy through consistent, exemplary effort.
A scattered sample of remarks and exchanges from a public setting features an Irish judge addressing a prisoner about a hanging as a warning, a laborer joking money’s cheap, and various offhand replies from witnesses and defendants capturing a slice of everyday banter.
A Homer resident Erastus Brooks was swindled out of 750 by two men who offered a half interest in a farming venture and then sought his influence to coerce a neighbor purchase. Brooks loses his note money and a promised bonus, with no recourse as the con artists vanished. Also notes on alcohol mixtures and a butter preservation tip using charcoal and careful handling.
Surveyors map the right of way between Georgetown and Barrie for the H. & Ny W. R. as work progresses along the proposed line.
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