Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-04-14
No. Is.

Where cannon might have bristled q tidy
steam-engine worked great athes turned un-
der the towers that frowned defiance at James
forces in the stables, where racing stud or war
steed might have been sheltered, most ingen-
ious and powerful apparatus for polishing the
great speculum was fixed; in the corner of the
castle yard was furnace, and close by stood
the moulds in which the monster reflectors were
cast by his lordship, with face and hands be-
grimmed with sweat and cold dust-an event
more important, but not as worthily recorded,
as the casting of Schier's bell. Scraps of iron
and smiths coal strewed the ground and, in
stead of the baying of hound or the horn of
hunter, you hear the sustained deep breathing
of pair of forge bellows, above which rang
the measured cang of sledge and anvil; for his
ordship is never idle When Lord Oxman-
town, he represented Kings county in Parlia-
ment, and, when attending his duties in London,
would sometimes escape from dull debate to
the forges of Birmingham or the ship-building
yards Of Blackwell.
Some amusing circumstances occurred during
these incognito visits. His lordship is strong
built, misunderstanding man, and many a
time has brother operative, in admiration of
his ability, pressed pot of porter upon him.
1t is even said that he once or twice shared the
honest porter, on such occasions, with the file
busted engineer sooner than part with a clear
headed handicraftsmen.
One anecdote is well authenticated. He was
at some manufactory-the name | have heard,
but have forgotten. In walking through the
works he met with the principal, who finding
him well versed in the subject, and taking him
for a practical man, explained some improve
ments that he was about to make. His lord
ship discovered falacy in the plan, and pre-
dicted that it would fail but the other was con-
fident in his calculation, and so they parted
Some time afterwards, when his lordship was
walking to the House of Commons, he was ac-
costed in the street by one who turned out to
be his too confident acquaintance, and who
said:-
81 have been often, since we last met, wishing
to see you. You were right. and | was wrong
and am going to make you an offer. My en-
gerneering foreman is going to leave me, and i
you will come down and construct the work
your own way / will give you post"
81 am much obliged replied his lordship
"but could not accept your offer without con.
sulting my father"
"One would think you were old enough" sale
the other, with some scorn, "to be out of lead
ing strings And when can you hear from YOU
daddy"
81 can give you an answer at once" said Lore
Germantown, who saw his father, the then Ear
of Rosse, approaching.
When the latter came up, he was informed
of the offer, and, entering into the joke, said h
was quite willing his son should accept tn
post, if it did not interfere with his parliamen
tary duties.
'And who is he? and who are you, old gen
tcman ?" roughly demanded the Brummagem
81 am Earl Rosse," was the reply, land thi
is Lord Germantown"
Eventually, the latter consented TO lool
down for a few days in Warwickshire, and Civ
his friend the benefit of his best advice, whicl
ended, this time, in the thoroughly successful
completion of the improvement in hand.-Cor
respondence Of the Bristol Times.