Grip, March 20th, 1875.
THE NERVOUS PASSENGER.
THE POLITICAL SPELLING-SCHOOL
The popular craze at this date was “Spelling Matches.” The persons represented in the cartoon were prominent members of the respective parties; those on the left (Conservative) being: Sir John A. Macdonald, Hon. M. C. Cameron, Messrs. P. Mitchell, Beatty, Patteson, Bunster, Alonzo Wright and Rykert; on the right (Reform) Messrs. Brown, Blake, Mackenzie, Laird, McKellar and Mowat, with Mr. Goldwin Smith. Mr. Samuel Platt, M.P., for East Toronto, had just passed successfully through the ordeal of an election trial, and is commended for his correct spelling of “Purity,” a word which had often bothered some of the other boys.
Grip, May 1st, 1875.