OF DOUBTFUL POLITICS.
Jesse Ferret.—Inn-keeper and proprietor of The Hero—a cautious man, and somewhat afraid of his wife.
Sam Hardesty.—Carpenter, so much under the weather as to have had no time to make up his mind, notwithstanding Mr. Flam's generosity toward him.
Quipes.—House and sign, plain and ornamental painter, glazier, and artist in the portrait and landscape line.
Nicholas Hardup.—Cattle dealer, a borrower of money from Mr. Flam, and, strange to tell, not yet satisfactorily settled in his opinions.
Isaiah Crape.—Undertaker and conductor of funerals—Cabinet and furnishing store-keeper.
Sergeant Trap.—On the recruiting service at Quodlibet.
His Drummer.—A short and ferocious martialist.
Charley Moggs.—Boss loafer of Bickerbray, and promoted in the army as Sergeant Trap's fifer.