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XV11.
NOVE11BER, 183,9.
PRICE
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THE PROVOSTSHIP.
This office has one almost a-begging, our good old friend,
Provost Milne b'ng out. Blaikie, Crombie, and Webster
were talked of, ail � since the election of Councillors, Webster
was said to stand
a
good chance. As for Lewie Crombie, it
was ridiculous: We don't say but what he has as much talent
as any of the other tv o, but he has no standing—no presence—
=a qualification we always swear by, and, besides, he is an in-
significant, waddling body, and incapable of commanding the
least reverence from a stranger. Sandy Webster, O nonsense
'Who would hmm to th
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e Provrstship � Even I
NS
to arts
cronies, political, clerical, and otherwise, would never have at.
tempted such a thing. But let us drop them, and have a look
at the real provost.
Thomas Blaikie is provost of Aberdeen~ Now let u-s see
what qualifications are requisite for such an office. tFirst, the
candidate must be of pure moral character; he must not be
suspected- of corresponding with loose womeu, when he has
an amiable good-looking wife of his own ; he must not be
,
known to have had a child through such correspondence, nor
send the girl to Edinburgh ; nor must he be known to contri_
bute to the support, in Longacre, or otherwise, of any woman
of pleasure°_ This is so much for private character, and
Thomas Blaikie is the man who is a second
Danziel
as to-pur-
ity. No body in Aberdeen can hold up his fare and say that,
Thomas Bl ikie, Plumber, has ever had, even by the blasting
breath of slander, such things imputed to him. No no ; virtue
in private life, and consistency and uprightness in public, are
his characteristics. Who, then, is fitter to enjoy the civic
,
chair? None say we; and we have no doubt but his
private
and public characte.r will strictly beer out our
,
expectations
Mr. Leslie Clark fflls'a baallie's seat. We don't suppose'
,but, what he may do well enough-;
,
but we dislike his manner.
Perhaps he does not prove as he looks; but he has an unpre..
possessing appearance ; and, for all that John Forbes may
,
say
to the contrary, lie has something like a bleachgreen fence
about him, as much as to say,
'
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1 am Sir I Consequence.' !
And in his forhead, the inscription,
"
those transgressin ,will
be prosecuted, the ground being private property." We will
be able to
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judge by his actions however. We have between
Bailie Urquhart and him, however, a good mixture—cream of
tartar and copaiba to treacle-and soft soap.
This closes the election, and within a few short weeks, we
will be able to comment on tlie,py i igs and doings of the hon-
ourable, the newly-elected members.
GEORGE STREET MAGISTRACY.
Tn.E election of this venerable body has not been behind its bro
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ther, the great municipal. A sad falling off there has been this
year, the Dean of Guild, Bailies Taggart and Stephen were ab-
sent, the two former for dread of home wrath—petticoat govern-
ment—and the latter, because ye see," lie was some fou'ia
the afternoon and was busy'amongst the
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parceliie.s." IVe
would have willingly spared room for a list of those elected ;
but, on enquiring at every eligible quarter for information,
we were informed universally, v-ve could not expect to see s<)-
and-so, as he had never been sober since the election I There-
fore we will require to postpone oua report till onr next, when
we shall treat our
,
friends-with a full, true, and faithful account
of the-evening's proceedings.
We cannot believe that the a:r_iable darrgliter of Peter A bt
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couid be guilty of what malicious people lay to her cliar•ge, is
gallop1ding over night with certain spree fellows. We kriwv
honest Peter would despise to countenance such conduct, al-
though he is himself a dro l eaough old fellow. Let hire see'
to this }pint, then.
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