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Excerpt from Spring Blossoms and Autumn Leaves
Oh I what would Grundy say, or Lamb, If, without aid of 'bus or tram, They sought up there their heads to cram All right Excelsior - but d - n The Town Hall Stairs.
On resuming his seat, amid shouts of laughter and applause, Alderman Lamb rose to reply, but confessed it required consider able nerve to follow the new councillor. Ben Brierley had made his mark, and the first vacancy found him one of the Free Libraries Committee. His municipal experiences, more especially in connection with the Nuisances Committee, led him to raise the question What shall we do with our poor No man was better qualified to give an opinion on the subject, and the dailies, by ventilating the question, proved that he had hit the right nail on the head. The Artisans' Dwelling Act, although shelved by the Health Committee, was another instance of Brierley's sympathies for the humbler classes and his letter on the Domestic Economy Congress, entitled A Flourish of Trumpets was described by a well-known barrister as a skinner.
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