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Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties therein; and of the Election of a Member to serv

           Therewasanopencarriage-and-four,fortheHonourableSamuelSlumkey;andtherewerefourcarriage-and-pair,forhisfriendsandsupporters;andtheflagswererustling,andthebandwasplaying,andtheconstableswereswearing,andthetwentycommittee-menweresquabbling,andthemobwereshouting,andthehorseswerebacking,andthepost-boysperspiring;andeverybody,andeverything,thenandthereassembled,wasforthespecialuse,behoof,honour,andrenown,oftheHonourableSamuelSlumkey,ofSlumkeyHall,oneofthecandidatesfortherepresentationoftheboroughofEatanswill,intheCommonsHouseofParliamentoftheUnitedKingdom.Loudandlongwerethecheers,andmightywastherustlingofoneoftheblueflags,with‘LibertyofthePress’inscribedthereon,whenthesandyheadofMr.Pottwasdiscernedinoneofthewindows,bythemobbeneath;andtremendouswastheenthusiasmwhentheHonourableSamuelSlumkeyhimself,intop-boots,andablueneckerchief,advancedandseizedthehandofthesaidPott,andmelodramaticallytestifiedbygesturestothecrowd,hisineffaceableobligationstotheEatanswillGAZETTE.

           ‘Iseverythingready?’saidtheHonourableSamuelSlumkeytoMr.Perker.

           ‘Everything,mydearSir,’wasthelittleman’sreply.

           ‘Nothinghasbeenomitted,Ihope?’saidtheHonourableSamuelSlumkey.

           ‘Nothinghasbeenleftundone,mydearsirnothingwhatever.

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