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Show A Contest, Siiure ! An' shure there's to be a staviu' contest when election d;iy arrives! The gintlenien that run the "opposition" at this ind ov the thrack, tuk our advice and selected se-lected somebody they cud vote fr. I And, begorra. it's Giniral Maxwell they're goin' to make faymous. Shure ' the boy 3 know they can't elect him, but then they can hev their bit av fun all the same; an' it'll please them an won't hurt anybody else badly. The gints at the other ind av the thrack wouldn't younite; they all wanted the honor af the thing ; an' divil a sovl av the numerous crowd av self-nominees bat wud hev voted for himself and "repated" as often a3 the drinks wud hev lasted, if there had bin half a chance. Nivir mind, childer, agrah! Shure the hindmost '11 be as well up as the foremost whin the race is over, for the "Captain" will be so far ahead he might as ?ell hev a walk over the coorse. Giniral, in the language of Lord Shakespear, that iminent Irish, giniral and warrior, we say, Bully for you and the nomination ! we'll vote for you afther the election's over, a3 shure a you're a bould soger and a plain-spoken inimy; an' we won't ax four dollars ayther; no, divil a sint will we take. |