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Show THANKS OF THE DAILIC Pettlbly More Truth In Speech Than He Intended. Thero wa an excellent man who, ftf ter erlnR hla fellow cltliena In (Hat now hi a councillor, at lensth was promoted to tho dlKtilty of bailie, or alderman an tho rank la railed 111 Knitland Though ho n none tho worce on that account It It tho almplo fact that hla education had been neglected neg-lected Thla ho proceeded to prove hlmtolf happily uncunicloui In hli pcech of thanka "I cannn but ay, my frlendt, that I am proud of tho honor of being made a balllo of thlt great city, and I afn ei en. I think, entitled lo tho honor, for I hno gono through a' the vnrlout tagea o' degradation that a balllo hat to doto reach 111" Thlt recall tho famous alory of tha rounclllor who objected to a proposal to place n candelabra In tho council chamber on thu ground that they would need to pay tonio ono to play It! |