Grinchuckle, December 2nd, 1869.
“HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALE.”
“I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT SUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE DIVISION OF THE SURPLUS DEBT OF THE LATE PROVINCE OF CANADA AS TO LEAD ME TO EXPECT AN EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE QUESTION.”
Lieutenant-Governor’s Speech, Opening of Quebec Legislature.
ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST.
This was an allusion to the debate which took place on the Nova Scotia “better terms” resolution in the House of Commons. Mr. Blake introduced a motion setting forth the unconstitutionality of the bargain which had been made after the Act of Union, under which Nova Scotia got additional subsidy. Honorable J. S. Macdonald, on the other hand, supported the action of the Government. In connection with this cartoon Grinchuckle addressed the following lines to “Joe Howe”:—
It’s of no use, Joe Howe, to be craving for plunder,