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Show THAtK8 OF THE BA'iLIE. Possibly More Truth In Speech Than ' '! Ho Intended. 'v' Thero was an-oxcellont man who, af ter serving his fellow cttlsions In Glasgow Glas-gow as a councillor, at' length was promoted to tho dignity of bailie, or alderman, ns th,o rank' Is 'called In England. Though ho was nono tho worso on that--accountMlt Is tho simple fact that hi? eduqatloij. had been neglected. neg-lected. This .ho proceeded to prove hlrnsolf happily unconscious In his speech of thanks: "I ennna but say, my friends, that 1 am proud of tho honor of, being mado a balllo of this groat city; and I am oven, I think, entitled to .the honor, for I havo gono through a tho various stages o' degradation that a balllo has to do to reach It!" This recalls tho famous story of tho councillor who objected to a proposal to placo a candolnbra' in tho council chamber on tho ground that they would need to pay somo ono to play it! |