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Mr. Weller the elder delivers some Critical Sentiments respecting Literary Composition; and, assiste

           HummroseandsaidThat,withthepermissionofhisBrickLaneBranchbrothersandsisters,thenandtherepresent,thesecretarywouldreadthereportoftheBrickLaneBranchcommittee;apropositionwhichwasagainreceivedwithademonstrationofpocket-handkerchiefs.

           Thesecretaryhavingsneezedinaveryimpressivemanner,andthecoughwhichalwaysseizesanassembly,whenanythingparticularisgoingtobedone,havingbeendulyperformed,thefollowingdocumentwasread:

           ‘REPORTOFTHECOMMITTEEOFTHEBRICKLANEBRANCHOFTHEUNITEDGRANDJUNCTIONEBENEZERTEMPERANCEASSOCIATION

           ‘Yourcommitteehavepursuedtheirgratefullaboursduringthepastmonth,andhavetheunspeakablepleasureofreportingthefollowingadditionalcasesofconvertstoTemperance.

           ‘H.Walker,tailor,wife,andtwochildren.Wheninbettercircumstances,ownstohavingbeenintheconstanthabitofdrinkingaleandbeer;saysheisnotcertainwhetherhedidnottwiceaweek,fortwentyyears,taste"dog’snose,"whichyourcommitteefinduponinquiry,tobecompoundedofwarmporter,moistsugar,gin,andnutmeg(agroan,and‘Soitis!’fromanelderlyfemale).

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