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NEW LIGHT QUODLIBETARIAN DEMOCRATS.

The Hon. Middleton Flam.—Head of The New Lights, Representative
of the district in Congress, President
of The Copper Plate Bank, intimate with the
Secretary of the Treasury, an orator, a philosopher,
and a man of large estate.

Nicodemus Handy.—Projector of the Copper Plate Bank,
Cashier of the same, aud some time second in
command of The New Lights.

Simon Snuffers.—Superintendant of The Hay Scales, and
President of The New Light Club.

Nathaniel Doubleday.—Clerk of The Court and Vice of The
Club.

S. S.—Author and editor of this History, Principal of the District
School, honorary member of several Literary
Societies, and Secretary no less to The New
Light Club than to The Grand Central Committee
of Unflinching New Light Quodlibetarian Democrats—quorum
magna pars fui.

Agamemnon Flag.—Attorney at Law, formerly of Bickerbray.
At one time the Regular Nomination Candidate.
Disposed to be in love with Miss Handy.

Jacob Barndollar.—Son-in-law of Jesse Ferret—of the firm of
Barndollar & Hardbottle, Forwarding and Commission
Merchants.

Anthony Hardbottle.—Counterpart in said firm. Elected
President of The Bank upon the resignation of
Mr. Flam.

Zachary Younghusband.—Post Master of Quodlibet, Tin
Plate Worker, and Member of The Grand Central
Committee.

Theodore Fog.—Attorney at Law. At one time Director of
The Bank, but compelled to resign on account of
his habits. Independent Candidate against Agamemnon
Flag—member of the Legislature—a distinguished
popular orator, and original founder of
that branch of The New Lights known by the
name of The True Grits.

Dr. Thomas G. Winkleman.—Druggist, and Soda Water Pavilion
Keeper, Physician in ordinary to The True
Grits, and a man of great influence in that sect.
Coroner of the County, contractor for the supply
of medicines to The Alms-House, and ready to
take any other office which might be vacant.

Nimrod Porter.—Bar-keeper at The Hero, fond of betting, famous
for trotting horses. A True Grit, but well
inclined to The Mandarins.

Eliphalet Fox.—Formerly editor of “The Gabwrangle Grimalkin,”
but, through the Influence of Mr. Flam,
transferred to “The Quodlibet Whole Hog,”—

an expectant of the Marshal's place, but disappointed.
The Orderly of the True Grits.

True Grits Rank and File

Dabbs.—His Compositor.

Neal Hopper.—The Miller in Christy M'Curdy's mill.

Samuel Pivot.—The County Assessor.

Thomas Crop.—Constable of The Borough and an aspirant
to The Sheriffalty.

William Goodlack.—Merchant Tailor and seller of ready
made clothes.

Magnus Morehead.—Shoemaker, and looking to be made
clerk to the Marshal in place of Washington
Cutbush.

Simpson Travers.—Keeper of The Refectory at the lower
end of The Canal Basin, and expecting to
have the exclusive supply of liquors to The
Recruiting Station.

Sandy Buttercrop.—Express rider, message carrier,
baggage porter, and of sundry other accidental
occupations—promised Corney Dust's
place, the Marshal's porter.

Flan Sucker.—A distinguished loafer, a great admirer of
Theodore Fog, and a regular attendant on
public meetings.

Friends and followers of Flan Sucker
Ben Inky,
Jeff Drinker,
More M'Nulty,

Ferox Tigertail.—Marshal of The District, resident in Bickerbray,
an old Federalist, but reformed into a New
Light Democrat: choleric, and difficult to keep
in harness.

Washington Cutbush.—His clerk, suspected of having an
opinion of his own in politics.

Corney Dust.—His porter, charged with being lukewarm, and
attending to nothing but his office.

Virgil Philpot.—Editor of The Bickerbray Scrutinizer, an
out-and-out friend of the Hon. Middleton Flam.

Abram Schoolcraft.—Nurseryman in Bickerbray, Member of
the Legislature.

Curtius Short.—Cheap Store Keeper in Tumbledown, Member
of the Legislature.

Cale Goodfellow.—Sportsman, Farobanker, &c., of Tumbledown,
and entirely devoted to Theodore Fog.