Show they the procession the following amusing storys story is told ot of the late dr Wilkin bori formerly recorder of Dartle pool lie ile was an enthusiastic advocate ot of the first groat great reform bill one day clay walk walking ilig out in the street with an equally zealous friend a highly respectable gentleman like himself ho he 1 saw I approaching pro aching a great procession headed by a band and a banner the litter latter as it ic bt reamed in the breeze was seen to bear an inscription this could not be quite made out but the word was conspicuous in tho the midst ot of it that was quite enough for dr wilkinson and liis his friend without it momen moments tEi hesitation they joined the throng and marched proudly along with the rest gut but presently the wind dropped a little and the legend on the banner became fully legible great was the horror of dr wilkinson and his companion to find that the procession they had so en eagerly L ri T j johnc 0 ed d and in which they had diw ed such prominent figures was ono one of reformed drunkard sill sl family lI herald erald |