At the time, the number of cylinders in the engine meant the car was more expensive and therefore had more status. Four cylinder was low end and eight cylinder was high end.
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Prussic acid is also known as hydrogen cyanide. The comic is making fun of this American who implies that being in Northern Canada is so deadly that use would be better off poisoning yourself than dying in the cold if you were lost. Of course, no one would carry it for this purpose, and whoever told him was pulling his leg.
This is in reference to the Canadian National Exhibition, but feels like it could apply to any fair at any time in history.
The Stay-at-Homes were people who stayed home over the summer rather than go to a cottage or summer hotel.