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

           AndwhenhesaiditwasHoratioFizkin,Esquire,ofFizkinLodge,nearEatanswill,theFizkinitesapplauded,andtheSlumkeyitesgroaned,solong,andsoloudly,thatbothheandthesecondermighthavesungcomicsongsinlieuofspeaking,withoutanybody’sbeingabitthewiser.

           ThefriendsofHoratioFizkin,Esquire,havinghadtheirinnings,alittlecholeric,pink-facedmanstoodforwardtoproposeanotherfitandproperpersontorepresenttheelectorsofEatanswillinParliament;andveryswimminglythepink-facedgentlemanwouldhavegoton,ifhehadnotbeenrathertoocholerictoentertainasufficientperceptionofthefunofthecrowd.Butafteraveryfewsentencesoffigurativeeloquence,thepink-facedgentlemangotfromdenouncingthosewhointerruptedhiminthemob,toexchangingdefianceswiththegentlemenonthehustings;whereuponaroseanuproarwhichreducedhimtothenecessityofexpressinghisfeelingsbyseriouspantomime,whichhedid,andthenleftthestagetohisseconder,whodeliveredawrittenspeechofhalfanhour’slength,andwouldn’tbestopped,becausehehadsentitalltotheEatanswillGAZETTE,andtheEatanswillGAZETTEhadalreadyprintedit,everyword.

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