COMPARISONS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 123, 7 July 1871, Page 3

COMPARISONS.

One evening lately Mr. Bathgate endeavored to be very facetious at the expense of the member for the Lakes, Mr. Haughton, whom, in a very labored illustration, evidently the work' of days, he compared to pulex irritans, anglice a flea. As might have been expected, the Provincial Solicitor had not long to wait before receiving a " lioland for his Oliver." In the course of the debate upon going into supply, Mr. Haughton observed that " the allusion o r the Provincial Secretary, though intended to be very severe upon himself, only reminded him of a peculiar and very beautiful characteristic of some hations—mostly savage—who had romantic affections for some animals ; the Arab, separated from his native desert, pines for the horse which had borne him safely in peace and war. The sound of the ' kaur de vaches' draws tears from the eyes of the Swiss exile —and the pride of Peebles is its fleas ! The arms of that ancient burgh are a ' fleece of wool,' well known ps harboring these interesting insects, and the place is notoriously infested by them." Mr. Haughton then proceeded to read and comment upon Mr. Bathgate's election speeches, causing much amusement by the constant references to accepting office at £IOO to £l5O a - year.—' Star.'