Sealing voyage tale ends amid fog and drift
A Newfoundland narrator recalls leaving home in 1854 to hunt fur seals aboard the Utopia under Captain La Clare. After months across Canada to Victoria BC, ill luck and a heavy fog drive Ned Cultus and his Swede companion Andersen from the vessel, forcing a perilous two hour search to find the lost ship.
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Canada
Victoria
Bunter
Utopia
la Clare
Pacific Ocean
Vancouver Island
Andersen
Cultus Jobo
Hopkins
Alaska
Dutchy
Aal
Cultus
Todian
Renson
Culina
Pacific
Rights Impaired by Attempts to Exercise Them
A fragment states that the fundamental rights all husbands enjoy are impaired by any effort to exercise those rights. The note underscores a perceived barrier to free use of marital liberties.
You can't cement friendship with a borrowed trowel
A concise proverb notes that tools borrowed temporarily do not build lasting bonds. It counsels self reliance and steady effort over casual favors. The saying uses construction imagery to warn against pretending closeness through reliance on others’ resources.
A Bachelor Who Can Hold a Girl and His Tongue
A quip notes that a bachelor is someone who can hold a girl and his tongue at the same time. The line plays on social tone and dating humor.
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Lamu
Creepa
Flooded Rails and Deluge Talk Between Traveler and Waiter
A traveler seeks shelter as a railway floods after a heavy rainstorm. In a village hotel the man asks about a deluge and Noah's Ark, but the waiter replies no papers have appeared for a week.
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Ark
Ararat
Vweek
Peanut on Track Becomes Butt of Jokes
A playful fragment describes a peanut on a railroad track with butter in its heart as a comical train arrives in a cartoonish scene. The odd verse plays on sound effects and absurd imagery to create a lighthearted joke.
Coffeehouse Debate Echoes Through The Derb And Hut
Patrons choose between two local spots The Derb and The Hut with chatter about coffee culture and daily routines. The exchange highlights community dialogue over casual gathering spaces.
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Bu A. E
Colbourne
Frente Rot and Gun
Tania Newtorndiander
Newfoundland
Californian
Mt. Fairweather Shoals
Auecers
Anderson
John
Srch
A'askati
Alaskan
Cuilus
Gotifi
Curtus
Leeward
Tay Roisi
Boye Aera
Gerald .S. Doyle
Lta
Conte
Hice
Brick
Berald & Doyle Lid
ST. Avi
W. Twillingate
Néld
USA
Gene KY Wek
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