Part 52 (1/1)

We had alotten to speak of the fate of Constable Basset The good people of Hillsdale soon found out that his talents did not lie in the line he had adopted, and, at the next election, chose another in his place Thereupon, not discouraged, he turned his hand, with national facility, to so, successively, the business of a srocer, of a tavern keeper, and of an auctioneer

Somehow or other, however, ill luck still followed hie newspaper, and sticking up handbills This gave hi acquired, in his employment as auctioneer, a certain fluency of speech, he cultivated it to that degree--in town s and on other public occasions--that, in the end, there was not a er and say less His fellow-citizens observing this congressional qualification, and not knohat else he was fit for, have just elected hiress, partly because of this accomplishment, and, partly, on account of his patriotic dislike of ”furriners,” a sentiment which happens now to be popular Both his friends and eneure there; and Mr Tho--in compensation, perhaps, for a youthful trick--has proress a new hat and full suit of black broadcloth, to enable him to appear in proper style on Pennsylvania Avenue

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