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Show "Iinrj;( nnd Ilcspectalile." Thcio is a largo coinage of trood stoiies about the Hon. IIuiinili.il Hamlin Ham-lin up In Maine, and this Is ono of thuni: In Ids earlier dajs, at a ceitaln I caucus hi Hampden, thu only nttnnd-j nttnnd-j ants were himself and a citizen of very I laigo statuie. Mr. Himlln had some I t evolutions lo pass which he began by I leprcscntltig that lliej wcio piesontcil ' to a "laigu and respectable'1 gatheilug of voters. "Hold on." died the other man; "wu can't pass tlint, for it au't Intel Itiin't a laigu and iespt.ctr.Llo caucus! Theiu's only two of us." I "You keep still, brothei!" commanded the wily Hannibal; "it's all tight, for , you urn large unit I am respectable. I You just keep still." So thu losolu-tioui losolu-tioui wciu passed without further demur. |