Burning in Effigy.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 205, 26 July 1884, Page 2

Burning m Effigy.

(Frjom Hemlk Cbrres'pondeht!' * '' * All tih rough the late contest it has been painfully [fytyQ&Jfitffi M|" n Stevens was not getting "fair" play at the han d» ; of tlik 'lo^al pa > pe'rV i ahythi'rig > that \v3«tlH Jtea'd rtb^sii^agtf'-him^iri Ithe eye* ot the electors was eagerly sought latter, and pttoHisheWv *but <>ii tins other hand letters,;— and other ruafcM^ that w O tfld> tell m his favorii • } wWe'-eitlier' angered "ttf ; 't&e 1 views cjf tne'ifiaYtffieMe.*, 1 df Vfae abp-i^ pressed; t|ltogether,' and do opptortiitii ity wad loSfc to daiuage his -chance' of' re-electiotil 1 • 'The fee iingss ■ of the elec' 1 ;i ifcory wejre goaded' tdfcnch: ft pitch th&t - jt wasj felt that) 1 mark ! oo f dißap^obtttiori' ; Mljoiiltr' " be \ made ''Wafc therefori* dobided r s ?thaci ia | solemn ♦* AMd ' d&fe l% - slV^iFd :j take place and it committee of citizens were aiipoitftfed'tO-rtikkw'all'heoes^U'yl avrang^ments. A tracliin' engine being m town froni^fc'n^tbWr '^aitgii-' 1 tikei, it whs caUed r iivt»O TifequiHyipn, and a | large fc^eaih wa* fixed intJthe« Jback->of this, slanting,; tbjijj; I ajl^jyijag about 12 feet from the end to the groundl Steam -was ~got "trp lastr evening;. The town crvar having given tpe Mp|fes^y|-|)fJ|cjaJ^ry of oh yqs, oh, | ye^Qs : yiß^^^ proolaraati(&f^^B^^i^ are invited) to Jpk> w . tip refiitig. place ijie tor of man tob ; 4t|je :^ a lCrbnccjcter of replies^ prevarieato < r a -' i * in*jbhieif to political tconppitalibi?s/ta , toil «^f many ; he now meets his well- ' earned !fa<3t}^: he 'd^.n martyr Tfo'-WM [ fio^ntry/^hVdVdpai'ing" Hy 'i]\sifs&l i the beauties of cieiuatioijj the^- dfily iisfififl 'act m his JoW krts icHe^jlietSed cj^v«er.|' Amiclst a tQrrent..qf groans aqd ye)l%,,i^e ; eg|gy;qf t\)Q gefl^Qijnftn , referred to, carefully atts .aopurately was then, susp.en.deci from o pt % .tfte,[boauv 'ftio f .tprphesbeing lighted, the : bvass bauk struck; up the .l^e^dj March m Sa,til,snd a start vfa?, m,ad;e up^igh-fHreet a,s far as Br6qghtqa's, . thepce* rip .A^ihson- . street, j 9,nd. ,w.<hptv jopppsite v JT r p> Wilson's, residence; a,,«|;pp, was made and threp .rjingijig cheers ; wer^^jgiypn,. for that,, jgejiDjeuian,, thence; past, ; ij^p. . phurc}h of En»"laud to its junction.* . With tba-.lUA^i'n* 1 . uuai| ; , wfien. w« ojjjpy stpp, wa? raade, a.njdf; th,mo groans given for the papev man> and cheor, after cheer tor Mr Stevens, theuco to tjio Itangitikei Hotel, wind again, up Higfefitreefc to Broughton'g corner," opposite^whiqhi on a vacant plot; of lanH H gajlow^ had hcen erected. ,The tiiinsfprred, ,j>9' to^ f and ftft^r £i«^d|iy sh ort i bvjt ' ppi n teli a^d d t es^, a in^'tc^ ' 1 Was app]Te'd to llio.oifigy and tWiast but' bea'uiiful act of ci'eiVirttion was 'fn'ily performed. It was ur.doubiedly the most unanimous, expression of

uublio feeling that baa taken place m p^lls-, fully three hundred of our citizens taking part therein. 'r^\.