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A Mason's Adventure;
as performed . Being a little cunning in science , I quietly surveyed & l IT . ls'ove " - t _ * £ ? central carria S ' deemi » S * to be the safest and least liable to be affected by motion " heat or noise . I remembered , too , an anecdote of my university pupil , who , travelling once by the Southampton Railway , and being exceedingly nerveless and careshoo d t Vf ? Ctly ****** th , , effects ° ^ p losion in case the engine had P ' acd Junself in the very last of the first-class
iS « T- / car-\\ £ f ' . 7 r "S the /? rth , est off J but , to his horror , when the train attach ,, ] T'i , SC 0 VereC h l the " ° ise and heat > that an engine had been attached m the rear , to his carriage , to assist in pushing the train along ! fas n ^ riJll t ^ ' f ^ ^ minutes after eleven o ' clock , A £ ., ( as nautical log-books have it , ) off we started for Birmingham , with __ ™^*
in W ^ P of passengers and baggage . It was a lovely day 1 1 ! iTt S " l . sun shone joyously in the blue firmament-the ™™ t 7 * f t S ^ USf W ' , the odour of the hay-fields , filled with 3 , / p ? n rt an ^ t 0 lhn ?> ham , S- an ( l l eontinuall y raised my eyes in giatitude to that Great Creator who had gifted man to accomplish such stupendous works as my journey was everv instant nresentinox blpB 0 .,. < r
beauty " of man ' s ingenuity with abundance and M , n ^ rt Sati ° ? P , oduced ° n my mind on passing through the long tunnels-the total darkness for above a quarter of an hoifr-the flare of fav S iT ^ * 6 r 0 a i , ° / , the resisti "S ~* e sudden deprival te 2 „ * i f , lly Sudd - em ^ ging into the broad glare of the sun-strongly pictured to my imagination the wanderings of JEneas Sn ^ ereg' 0 nS ° f 1 { ? " ?> ° terriflca » y described b y the ancient poet , borne persons complain that no view ofthe country is obtained in railway travelling . _ A 11 I can say is , that my exoerienee differs , rt
country , to my vision , from Primrose-hill to Tring , was one movin ° - ? uCaT , tfi ° u 7 anim ? tetl Chams of Nature ' ™ h scenery- ^ iigSy h ^ Slr , ~ tax ™ ous pastures-wood-hill and dale ofthe most « K . i ^ f P , character-winding canals teeming with traffic-boats wethraSi ; rdU : " built cottages < indicalns the iocaii * ° n « i _ rf ^ ^ howeve ^ smiled at my own anxiety , as the animal CLtf f U ° X 7 nd then remi Pded me to lean / if we were not ? f % l I If 8 ? . train reached Birmingham ; and the stopping at the half-way station for refreshment was as asmiahlv S „ m _ -Uinl =
„ IvJn X ™ ° - % stem > Electing that I had breakfasted at tlvSi " f „ mornin g- Every sort of accommodation is afforded the ST , ! 7 ° T erton ' , >* amusing to remark the variety of individual character , as each person alighted from the different vehicles . Ihe eager and scrambling voracity of one or two , inclined the bystanders to suppose that a flash of lightning had nonoed th ™ 1 m ™ L Z
, 2 Km * w ™ minent risk ° f S }^ ses and bottles , allowed them but an instant before they were to he taken off their feet again . The scene was replete in comic incident . b t ^ - \ t 0 f T o ' e 10 ^ - ^ found us safely under the roofs of U ^ "ST terminUS , ' anda h ^ smok ^ ^ ell-conducted place it , . J . , ° eV einoved me in the mail train to Wolverhampton , in a luxuriousl y fitted up . carriage . There I halted , fixing my headquarters unconsciousl y , at a Brother Mason ' s , Paul Law of the Star Z fi , m ? 7 - ' * \ ™ a m ° gentlemanl y , attentive , civil host cannot oe round m the three kingdoms ; nor a more pleasant hotel at command
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Mason's Adventure;
as performed . Being a little cunning in science , I quietly surveyed & l IT . ls'ove " - t _ * £ ? central carria S ' deemi » S * to be the safest and least liable to be affected by motion " heat or noise . I remembered , too , an anecdote of my university pupil , who , travelling once by the Southampton Railway , and being exceedingly nerveless and careshoo d t Vf ? Ctly ****** th , , effects ° ^ p losion in case the engine had P ' acd Junself in the very last of the first-class
iS « T- / car-\\ £ f ' . 7 r "S the /? rth , est off J but , to his horror , when the train attach ,, ] T'i , SC 0 VereC h l the " ° ise and heat > that an engine had been attached m the rear , to his carriage , to assist in pushing the train along ! fas n ^ riJll t ^ ' f ^ ^ minutes after eleven o ' clock , A £ ., ( as nautical log-books have it , ) off we started for Birmingham , with __ ™^*
in W ^ P of passengers and baggage . It was a lovely day 1 1 ! iTt S " l . sun shone joyously in the blue firmament-the ™™ t 7 * f t S ^ USf W ' , the odour of the hay-fields , filled with 3 , / p ? n rt an ^ t 0 lhn ?> ham , S- an ( l l eontinuall y raised my eyes in giatitude to that Great Creator who had gifted man to accomplish such stupendous works as my journey was everv instant nresentinox blpB 0 .,. < r
beauty " of man ' s ingenuity with abundance and M , n ^ rt Sati ° ? P , oduced ° n my mind on passing through the long tunnels-the total darkness for above a quarter of an hoifr-the flare of fav S iT ^ * 6 r 0 a i , ° / , the resisti "S ~* e sudden deprival te 2 „ * i f , lly Sudd - em ^ ging into the broad glare of the sun-strongly pictured to my imagination the wanderings of JEneas Sn ^ ereg' 0 nS ° f 1 { ? " ?> ° terriflca » y described b y the ancient poet , borne persons complain that no view ofthe country is obtained in railway travelling . _ A 11 I can say is , that my exoerienee differs , rt
country , to my vision , from Primrose-hill to Tring , was one movin ° - ? uCaT , tfi ° u 7 anim ? tetl Chams of Nature ' ™ h scenery- ^ iigSy h ^ Slr , ~ tax ™ ous pastures-wood-hill and dale ofthe most « K . i ^ f P , character-winding canals teeming with traffic-boats wethraSi ; rdU : " built cottages < indicalns the iocaii * ° n « i _ rf ^ ^ howeve ^ smiled at my own anxiety , as the animal CLtf f U ° X 7 nd then remi Pded me to lean / if we were not ? f % l I If 8 ? . train reached Birmingham ; and the stopping at the half-way station for refreshment was as asmiahlv S „ m _ -Uinl =
„ IvJn X ™ ° - % stem > Electing that I had breakfasted at tlvSi " f „ mornin g- Every sort of accommodation is afforded the ST , ! 7 ° T erton ' , >* amusing to remark the variety of individual character , as each person alighted from the different vehicles . Ihe eager and scrambling voracity of one or two , inclined the bystanders to suppose that a flash of lightning had nonoed th ™ 1 m ™ L Z
, 2 Km * w ™ minent risk ° f S }^ ses and bottles , allowed them but an instant before they were to he taken off their feet again . The scene was replete in comic incident . b t ^ - \ t 0 f T o ' e 10 ^ - ^ found us safely under the roofs of U ^ "ST terminUS , ' anda h ^ smok ^ ^ ell-conducted place it , . J . , ° eV einoved me in the mail train to Wolverhampton , in a luxuriousl y fitted up . carriage . There I halted , fixing my headquarters unconsciousl y , at a Brother Mason ' s , Paul Law of the Star Z fi , m ? 7 - ' * \ ™ a m ° gentlemanl y , attentive , civil host cannot oe round m the three kingdoms ; nor a more pleasant hotel at command