William Porte Diary, 1881

Sat, April 2

A Mr. Samuel Lount Everett of Village Constable renoun, moved out bag and baggage to day. I am led to understand that not one solitary individual called upon him to bid him good bye. He left unwept, unhonoured and unsung, without leaving one friend behind who cared a damn what became of him. [...] But he was the greatest unhung scoundrel in every sense of the word that ever set foot in the corporation. [...] Be he played traitor to his very best friends upon the slightest occasion; and this alone stamps him as a scoundrel of the first water. [...]

Source: J.J. Talman Regional Collection, University of Western Ontario Archives, William Porte Diaries, B4940, William Porte, William Porte Diary, April 2, 1881. Notes: Transcription in J.J. Talman Regional Collection, University of Western Ontario Archives, Donnelly Family Papers, B4878, File 24.

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