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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1877
Page
4
A poetic fragment describes a modern mummy wrapped in fetters of mystery. It praises the wrappings as a source of power and strength, likening the figure to a mighty epitome among vegetables and stretching imagery from yanden to a long measure.
Advice urges careful parenting to set a model for future generations. It argues that when children become parents they imitate their elders, spreading wisdom and memory as a lasting legacy.
In Ingersoll last Saturday a town firm sued a man for payment for a suit of clothes. The defendant wore the clothes before the judge and asked whether they were a 46. The judge agreed with the defendant and the plaintiffs lost the case.
The Times recounts a Exeter horse trader, famed for his love of horseflesh, trading with traveling gypsies to obtain a bone-shaped horse, valued by him despite a depleted pocket. The beast escapes, is caught by the pound, receives a release, and eventually is buried, with the note that gypsy medicine is blamed for the misadventure.
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