The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-02-01
The Story OF George Hudson, the
Railway King.


hllu ulloJuDlt lDItuHt IltN btIl'ittlDll
has arisen since George Hudson wasthe
railway king, Those to whom his face,
and figure and voice were familiar,
who added to the crush at his enter
tainments, and listened to or retailed
the anecdotes respecting him, are to
be found only among the middle-aged
members Of the House Of Commons or
the most seasoned frequcnters Of Lon
don society. There was q time when
not to know him was to argue ones
self unknown now he is only q tradi-
ton. II often happens that n man
who who has been famous in the past
energies from a long o~bscurity III the
newspaper paragraph which announ-
ccs his death. The first impulse is 70
cxclNim, Has he really been alive all
this time? Some such thought will
occur to many who remember the
George Hudson Of old times, what he
did and what was done for him, his
wealth, his grandeur and his fall. His
social preceded his political disappear
ance. He was a member for Sundcr-
land for years after he ceased to be
Doluor tS;rr tho orLit,,t,, 81 oo,i
taIisto .nJ ~, mount - .ha nrant
IT, ,,o",ar ii,n;nnt~ ~ ~ tia'a ~
tbn nroat ~ mon;o ~ 1oaE q
He wa then dethroned, like so many
other soycreigns, in the revolutionary
period which began in 1913. His
",rl Las naao"I omI shd..
ti,aa sinco s,,Lscr T%J, wno r"isna ~.
%rv on onmniIv Cn! bin TLa ;nl"'
,nrJyt ~ Ihn w%yLi ON ~. ,daro '""9 "
dmat nas at,oL tha+ III, sn"ioT nr'T fnom
,;ai ,a"o ,,l.l INCL - ", o"C'' oi' - LIZA
Il nat h"cn so h o mir% "" %9c" " rnndo i a"t
nrha. s]nrt'no ~" H. Lass. ~ moo ",
ormo nni ~ !, '"'' II "4' -,
LJon",' ~, tL,' IIfo ''''H, wv" 'I1
ho,n .,,,I Li ,a" ~ .n J;Tn,,1. "''m,'
"'o,,iatin, H., iHa - " pr''',It''' ~,
r. a.aot fa1I > "" ""'lJII
h'n shG" 'o tHt, , III ""' LIE" y G"H'
;taI aaIl te|a ,o, L ~ ,i
1 I'" n 'L, a, y ,'Nio ~ was S'I'
"eI " ~ .a' "t't'i a,o",' ~ ~
Ern,' tI.o . ~ I ,"a p 'n,o1 H. a.,
aa r'a ~, N.Y. T -
w. TLa a.'. G.,I WIZ
nin,'I I.J an iuu h''I .lt'L ~ m'' az
1872 y 1877 n' " I"'
'I' "lu :, ~
n century aoo. he turned all he touch.
ed to cola in ortpr yoora his roma
was nnou,b In wilhrr' fine ~nrosnectus
nm ybirb ~ wos nrintod frbo worI1
Which LI;ndIv trnstcd him whirL
cringnd ~ lin onj nottnr,d lin
oyrngol itsolf Inv oyroesiyn and ~s,yorn
ranrnhotinn Tia onrcr and contnmnt
were increased Inv tIe discovery that
he had really nothing Left $50 how,
]iIl.cotton 1oine vnnishV evcIoimoI
those morojists after fine events UoI
he managed TO keen n or two hmm.
1red Thousand noundo bo would mot
have hcon 90 entity what a man CON
hold thc world oasumes that hn Los a
rioht to hold RosiIns his crrdit NO q"
snrrrssfnl man would thnn bo,.o etnoJ
IFS oround nnd snrrcss covers . muI.
titude Of sins, If would he ]r;Jicuions
to auolooiso for him and to drnv HE
forIt, merely horo,,so ho ID do,J!. L,,4
IT il fair to notice tl,ot tn fine Last he
had warm friends onJ that tho.n wcro
o,r,rr iLo man Who krow him L,no,st
and host
M .,
NAVY oi t.'' '"t.""S enter
I",a' ~ nlE,,'"' Is " "'r""S' ole'
'"1 ,''.'''S s", ,"' !.ol'"i u GIVING
pa'', w. tl.;' l',l'Iu5 "I'tI'.Iol "I''cI
""1 ,'''"''pL!", w, "''l,' VI MN
'," .nG iL l' vi Hi,IS,'o,iS. NO
,.l'nb. ~ 'ut il''plS u 'Ilt ""r"' IS
SI,"'1I ,'"n '''' r,l'IlEe TiI'i |"5 c'-
teg.tu I,.ea "ro,3' o.ePI'cniTIt y loco
llo''t' niS1 ran uEon lH'lS WIN p''7ch-
R'iH u'i','i,! il' lrt' Tor nIa,'y years
"Ii, biI'' ',',u,,i T"o n,1' ,,'yIt "fPL-
w. ,,tt '1u,,,.y INV Iio''.'c'd IT, IL
'"!'I'; '.'''' ~ ""S HoIGe" .lonH'
o,,'' CIV y i'.E" "! que hin'rl-
C9''' i~','tT'gltn "' '"G NortlciStcrli
,''t.'. WHY "'l""sH '!I' 'lieLt was
" ue'4yt''oIo ColSIt,'VlFo ,lil0encr
"H"'''9t ~ r''B"',"' "'S 700 pc"''l,ul
&" IG'"''J ~ ~ .'.I up ~ IRON c"',Tl-
'.','Ji.'' N,'""lS ""'iu rum inc
,""Ji'Ii l''C''I'i "n'''II't' o"r UNI
! ''",!,,' DI','' 81 l'o'S'N, pun an ca" 10
'n' o.icI 'ouh,ly Sp.''S' pro-
,n'.' T~e"aor'''''9 II'At,'rG vi c~i'8S'''
E'U'SLn .uc "'l "'au' GeS'Lol EcH''''Ioh
VIC "|,lo,lS '',,',n' VI II' 'o'oIho,
,l, A,n!o'' WY zimmerman ana
',',r,",i way I'""! 90 oppose me
w, LI "y1,o'' " ",,{ '''i %o'HS III MS
io"u nllIe'7' liuot", ~ was
,aIaa r'o" 'o."p"7'.ru io' 'lo l1'I
H,I %,,I ~ ,.s SVl,P''S T"i'I''!'u
"oi''yi Cu' SOUS ~ learning
,aTt I,',o, S'!ioois piploS'so InerSe'-
"S'i'i.; I!o '"ci'l"Sc - bringing
= ,"',iU",. "i,Ialn mics ol mem me
a,iilt ""'' Ioi zen NnG''S "II'r
,,r piinIIlle was Sc'ellllliicllly demon
i'.'t 'ne "u'"lce was Sih"il some ,
.n,I t .L Mtlo "Hliori"ou' pul pc !
,ahi, ''''I "l was limit tentative ana ,
- i"'I'cteIiStic ol 'le Eng a.,
'', P,IP'e .l'l,' tnouSh theF are $40" g.,
''pt " Nv" tl'nP' 'heir "t'iTity =,
D,. ,ht't,'|'in are "oilueriui "heh .
III .'hr u ~ ~ I"9l' 90 IL was +
nna "iiM'tS' ~ was suddenly us +
81 'i's We were hcGlccIiiE the -