a muster of farm servants with on the side of church and king but the bolder men were rather gratified by the prospect of being groaned at so that they might face about and groan in return mr crow the high of inwardly a brief address to a crowd in case it should be wanted having been warned by the that it was a duty on these occasions to keep a watch against provocation as well as violence the with a brother magistrate who was on the spot had thought it desirable to swear in some special but the presence of loyal men not absolutely required for the was not looked at in the light of a provocation the benefit clubs from various quarters made a show some with the orange colored ribbons and of the true tory candidate some with the of the the orange colored bands played and a louder band came across them with oh whistle and i will come to thee my lad probably as the tune the most of which their would furnish there was not a single club bearing the radical blue the club members wore the and mr wore so much of it that he looked at a sufficient distance like a very large it was generally understood that these brave fellows representing the fine institution of benefit clubs and holding aloft the motto let love continue were a civil force calculated to encourage of sound opinions and keep up their spirits but a considerable number of heavy and stone pit men who used their freedom as british subjects to be present in on this great occasion looked like a possibly force whose politics were until it was clearly seen for whom they cheered and for whom they groaned thus the way up to the was lined and those who walked it to side they belonged had the advantage of hearing from the opposite side what were the most marked defects or in their personal appearance for the of that day held without being aware that they had s authority for it that the bodily of an opponent were a legitimate ground for ridicule but if the wit by being handsome he was groaned at and according to a in which the was tory or radical as the case might be and the a blank to be filled up after the taste of the speaker some of the more timid had chosen to go through this ordeal as early as possible in the morning one of the earliest was mr rose the gentleman farmer from he had left home with some having his more vital parts in of flannel and put on two great coats as a soft kind of but reflecting with some that there were no resources for protecting his head he once more wavered in his intention to vote he once more observed to mrs rose that these were hard times when a man of independent property was expected to vote but finally by the sense that he should be looked ill on in these times if he did not stand by the gentlemen round about he set out in his taking with him a powerful whom he ordered to keep him in sight as he went to the it was hardly more than nine o clock when mr rose having thus come up to the level of his times cheered himself with a little cherry brandy at the drove away in a much more courageous spirit and got down at mr s just outside the town the retired he considered was a man of experience who would estimate properly the judicious course he had taken and could make it known to others mr was the removal of some shrubs in his garden well mr said rose twinkling a self look over the red of his cheeks have you been to give your vote yet no all in good time i shall go presently well i wouldn t lose an hour i wouldn t i said to myself if got to do gentlemen a favor do it at once you see got no landlord i m in that position o life that i can be independent just so my dear sir said the faced his under lip between his thumb and finger and giving one of those wonderful universal by which he seemed to be recalling all his garments from a tendency to themselves come in and see mrs the no no thank ye mrs expects me back but as i was saying a independent man and i consider it s not my part to show favor to one more than another but to make things as even as i can if i d been a tenant to any body well in coarse i must hare for my landlord � that stands to sense but i wish body well arid if one s returned to parliament more than nobody can say it s my doing for when yon can vote for two you can make things even so x gave one to and one to and i wish no ill but i can t help the odd number and he hangs on to they say god bless me sir said mr down a laugh don t you perceive that you might as well have staid at home and not at all unless you would rather send a to parliament than a sober well i la yon should have any thing to say against what i ve done said mr rather crest fallen though sustained by inward warmth i thought you d agree with me as you re a sensible man but the most a independent man can do is to try and please all and if he hasn t the luck � here s wishing i may do it another time added mr rose apparently a toast with a salutation for he put out his hand for a passing shake 