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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 24, 1875

Page

4

Fall Show Calendar Hits Several Towns This Week

The Esquesi Fall Show travels Friday in Halton Milton to Nassagawe Easbrook and Eramosa Rockwood with events from late September to early October. Exhibits span Centre Wellington Mount Forest Elma Listowel Perth Stratford and Waterloo, with showcases on October 6 7 13 and 25.

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Fragmented Verses and Aphorisms on Life and Talent

A garbled assembly of 19th century phrases and snippets covers art, toil, fate, and social mores. Mentions of piracy, sailors, a musician organist named Meredith, a lawyer, a police figure, and a French idea definition appear amid reflections on talent versus will and the cautions of music theory.

Strange Tiny House Visit With Odd Scarlet Creatures

The narrator recalls encountering a small house with narrow windows and a crowd of peculiar scarlet-clad beings with big heads and long arms. A tallest figure opens the door, and the visitor enters a tidy parlor filled with books and papers, pondering whether the creatures are elves or fairies and speculating on their true form.

Seramsia

Nightmarish parable of headaches and a nurse’s warning

A fragmented scene portrays a little old woman and a hovering headache figure directing children as patients. The mother agrees to let the headaches test discipline, while a stern instruction about health, sweets, and play emerges. The narrator’s voice hints at fear, control, and a cautionary moral.

Grand Street Mia Eadache

The Hopperprass and the Hopper's Desolation

From a distant West region comes a peculiar tale of a grasshopper figure named Hopperprass. The narrative describes his departure through plains and fields, leaving desolation as crops wither and green growth vanishes. The piece decries the impact on ranches, wheat, and orchards, noting a barren landscape after his passage.

Elena

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