The Bristol particular

…This, as the wags termed it, Bristol particular was quietly welcomed by Superintendent Oldspot and his counterparts in the civil and judicial authorities, these personages apprehending that the precipitation might serve to put a damper on some of the more irrational exuberances typifying that parish, thereby permitting at least some semblance of decency during the plebiscite. With the passing of an hour or two, however, the downpour was seen to…