The Aberdeen New Shaver > The Aberdeen New Shaver issue: 4

No. IV.
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THE IMUNICIPAL ELECTION
THE
OCTO3ER, 1838.
DRkws
on apace, and the following members of the Counci
go out
First ward—.VSessrs. Donald and Bisset.
Second ward—Bailie Simpson and Mr. Philip.
Third ward—Bailies Rose and Lumsden.
That there will be considerable change in the political char-
acter of the ensuing Council, seems to be, pretty gener-
ally believed. One conservative; at least,`-Bailie Catto, will
)e returned fern lie f rst ward ; and as Bailie Rose will
,
noz ge
u
it, and Bailie Luinsden is not seeking it, two conservatives
are verily expected to go in for the third ward. Report saith
not
who shall go up for the second ; but as it is Whiggish, we
Uuspect that side will triumph. But, Whi- or Tory, whoever
'is returned for any or all of the wards, it will be found that a
different sort of men will soon find their way into the Council
than those who have , hitherto sat in it under the new system'
The Council Room has been filled with chaff—with men who
had no status---no experience ; nothing, in short, to recommend
them, but who, by a little agitation, have got themselves into
a forced and an unnatural elevation during the struggle at the
late change of national and municipal legislation. Then they
,got themselves into place
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the scum which gathered when the city boiled.
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but the electors now see that more steady, stable men are re-
quired, and, careless of political principles, they are returning
men who have time, and talent, and influence, to enable them.
to
act
properly as' city rulers. We shall have no` more Broad-
hill orators-' no raore merchants' clerks, and gentlemen's gents
tlernen--no more vulgar merry-andrews, nor old female fools
,
wearing breeches ; but men of standing, men Iof integrity, men
o£ sound judgment, gentlemen with a presence; who will corn.
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C'
PRICE TWOPENCE,
mand the respect of those who dwell in the city when they
shall meet them in the gate ! .
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BOTTOM."
A gentleman with yellow hair, and a brown coat, cut away
after the fashion o£ the honourable members corporation, was
observed soliloquising one night lately in the neighbourhood
of the Gunpowder magazine, having on a particularly lugu�
brious cast of countenance. He pulled from his pocket some.
thing like a pen-knife : some fears ;were entertained for his
safety, ,but we were glad to perceive that it
was
no more deadly
weapon
than a pencil case. He then whipped out a rather
suspicious-looking book+ from his pcck et, on the vac'k of
tla,;
title page of which he wrote the following lines. How they
came into our possession concerns only ourselves. Here fol-
low the verses :
Was ever poor wight cut up in such plight
As I with that Doctor, plague rot him !
To be quizzed at by
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all, both great men and small,,
And then to be nicknamed
Even __ is so vext, ban)boozled, perplext, '
If she could, what real thumps she'd allot him.;
1 think now I see her, with her beautiful leer,
Revenging the wrongs of poor Bo: TOM.
When my cudgel so knotty, round the head of that Crotty,
I spun with the virr of a totem,
I little thought then tha these. Reverend mere
Would
g
et such revenge on poor Bo
,
rTOX.
But now, lack-a-day, let me do what I may,
Since I've brought clown the Doctor, I've got hirn
To drub me so strong, I'm afraid that ere long
He'll break the hard heart of boor
BOTTOM.
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A HINT.-..Several times have we intended to come over a,
'customer who keeps a whisky shop not far form Collie's Arms.
Shiprow. We entreat him to take this warning to heart, and
if he cannot forswear drink, at least let him keep his distance
from widow wives and young girls. We know all about the
chip of the old block in Long Acre.