En route for our thriving metropolis is a personage no
less distinguished than the Honourable George Augustus
Vane-Basingwell, only brother and next in line of
succession to his lordship the Earl of Brinstead, the
well-known British peer of London, England. Our noble
visitor will be the house guest of Senator and Mrs.
J. K. Floud, at their palatial residence on Ophir Avenue,
where he will be extensively entertained, particularly by
our esteemed fellow-townsman, Egbert G. Floud, with whom
he recently hobnobbed during the latter’s stay in Paris,
France. His advent will doubtless prelude a season of
unparalleled gayety, particularly as Mr. Egbert Floud
assures us that the “Judge,” as he affectionately calls
him, is “sure some mixer.” If this be true, the gentleman
has selected a community where his talent will find ample
scope, and we bespeak for his lordship a hearty welcome.