Show 21 bright idea that may have averted tragedy allusions to the effective use of ridicule against ills his opponents made by the late lord the term of ills his chief for ireland recalls nn an incident of long ago when n body of convicted prisoners who had been concerned in one of the rebellions the 1848 1849 lind had to be marched through tile streets of dublin the authorities liar had been warned earned that a desperate attempt at rescue might be made by ay the mot mob and even though a military escort had been provided there ans ns some uneasiness in these circumstances a really brilliant notion occurred to the officer in command of the troops lie he gave instructions a at t the last moment that tile the suspender buttons on the trousers of tho alio prison 1 ers were to be cut off and thus they had to walk through the streets holding up their trousers the spectacle was greeted with roars of laughter by the crowd and nomore no more wa sheard of 0 the attempted rescue montreal family herald |