If this is an allusion to the present ministry, we
should say, emphatically, NOT.
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REVENGE IS SWEET.
The Tories in Beverley have been wreaking their vengeance on their
opponents at the late election, by ordering their tradesmen who voted
against the Conservative candidate to _send in their bills_. Mr. Duncombe
declares that this is a mode of revenge he never would condescend to adopt.
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If Farren, cleverest of men,
Should go to the right about,
What part of town will he be then?--
Why, _Farren-done-without!_
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"WHAT HO! APOTHECARY."
Cox, a pill-doctor at Leeds, it is reported, modestly requested a check for
L10, for the honour of his vote. Had his demand been complied with, we
presume the bribe would have been endorsed, "This draught to be taken at
poll time."
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QUESTION BY THE DISOWNED OF NOTTINGHAM.
Why do men who are about to fight a duel generally choose a _field_ for the
place of action?
ANSWER BY COLONEL SIBTHORP.
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