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Show Crinolin o A Rich Scene. In tlie Canadian house of assembly some time since, they had quite a spirited debate on the bill to prohibit Me use of hoops and crinoline, introduced intro-duced by Mr. Aikens. We publish a (V.r of the most brilliant passages: Mr. Gruimnond was a lover of hoops fmi:i childhood. When he was a child of tender growth, he used to trundle his hoop, all unconscious of the fate in store for him. I ater in iife, he swallowed a ring, which resulted re-sulted in whooping cough; and even now the sirht of an empty hogshead brought tears in his eyes. Mr. Urown complained that it was impos.-ible now to choo.se a wife, since her defects were so hidden by hoops and crinoline that the naked Speaker Order. Brown .Mr. Speaker t-peaker The honorable gentleman is out of order. lirown .But, Mr. Speaker, the naked Speaker Hold your tongue, sir. lirown The nuked Speaker Upon my soul, Brown, (silence, or I'll have you arrested. Urown Permit me to explain, Mr. Speaker. When I said the naked Speaker (yelling) clear the galleries uf the ladies, Mr. Sergeant. Brown In the name of the seventeen seven-teen graces and the fifteen muses, Mr. Speaker, let me apologise; I only meant. 10 say that hoops and crinoline have reached to such a rotundacy, that it was impossible to arrive at the naked Speaker (frantically) Death and blue devils ! Stop, or I'll brain you with the mace. Consider the impropriety impro-priety of Hr'own (wildly) : Truth ! ruth ! truth! Naked truth is what I was going to say. Mr. Dunbar Boss understood his honored frieni to say that people could not pass along the streets without with-out being assaulted by highwaymen. ISow, surely, the honorable member from Lake Ontario cou!d not but be nware that the character of every member mem-ber of the house was affected by such dam Mr Talbot objected to such unparliamentary unpar-liamentary language. lioss protested against interruption. He was going to say by such dam Mr. J. Bameron : The honorable member should not swear in that dreadful manner. ltoss : Wasn't doing anything of the kind; but would be tempted to do so if not .allowed to finish his sentence but such, a -dam order, order, a dam tremendous uproar. Mr. vV'right stood up, and moved, amidst the wildest confusion, that Mr. lioss be expelled .from the house for such awfui language. Mr. Rosa (black in the face) exclaimed ex-claimed that damaging statements was idl he meant to say when he was interrupted inter-rupted by a f ool Mr. Talbot. Who's a fool? Mr. l'oss : Foolish ass Mr. (.'ameron : Who's an ass? Mr. Ross (wildly) : foolish assertion of profanity. |