Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-11-26

tiiH iitllS II OlAi 4sAN ItlsAt III S7tANN
would no longer fatten, his horses
would start and shy when al the plOw.
his houses and barns would be burned
to ashes by the fire thrown from the
engine chimney, and the air polluted
by dense clouds Of smoke his hay and
oats, usually so saleable, would rot in
his fields and granary. his agricultural
communications be destroyed. his
lands thrown out of cultivation, and
him self reduced TO begoary There
would no longer be any use for his
horses, and the breed, nay the very
species, would soon become extinct
The poor rates would he largely in
creased in consequence OF the number
of lab0rerS thrown out OF employ
ment. Every calling WAS to be utter
" ruined. Hundreds Of excellent inns
would fall into decay; and in II short
time, not solitary house of this dis
cription would be found within our
kingdoms; posting towns would be
come depopulated, turnpike roads de
| serted, and the institution of the Eng
lish stage coach destroyed forever
The noble sport OF the chase, the love
of which was born in every true Eng
/ lishman, must be ended for all time in
order that few merchants and cotton
spinners might build railroads, and
send their engines screaming through
| the heart of the fox covers and game
| preseryers. 1t was another deplora-
/ bic Illustration of the leveling tend
ency of the age, II put an end to that
gradatIon OF rank in travelling which
was one OF the few things left to dis
| tinguiSh nOhieman from Manches
ter bagman, There was, however. one
consolation left none bnt fools would
trust their persons to the conduct Of
| explosive machines like the l0como-
| tive. and the canals wOnll beat them
after all
1t may well be believed that such
doleful picture of evils rs this was not
! without its effect on those most inter
ested. In the large towns meetings
were held denoHncing the railway sys
TEN as delusion, similar to the many
other absurd projects of that madly
speculative period, when balloon com
panies proposed to work passenger
traffic through The air at forty miles
an hour, and road companies project
ell carriages to run on turnpikcs at
twelve miles an hour. with RELAYS of
bottled gas for horses. In the coun-
try, owever, where not one man in
five hundred knew any thing about the
railroad, other than that he had been
told it would a3suredly pass through
the heart of his cabbage patch and his
bean field, the fury Of the opposition
led to blows. When Mr. Stephenson
was making the preliminary surveys
for the projected Liverpool and Man
chester railroad, many of the nobility
stoutly refused him permission to en-
ter their land. At Knowsley, Mr. Ste
phenson was driven back by the keep
er and threatened with rough handling
if found there again; Lord Derby's
farmers turned out all their men ts
watch tlie surveyors guns were dis
charged over the property of then
Duke of Bridgewater, and men armed
with pitcEfOrks. were stationed at tht
gates; while at St. Helen's, as chair
man was clambering over gate, a Ia
borer ran at him with q pitchfork ant
; thrust the prongs through his clothe:
into his back; others OF his party com
- | lb2 W HIS GSSiSlStt4CSs GtIS IibOtGESsN w II
had now gathered in force, poured il
l a vOlley Of stones and finally com
e pletely demolished the harmless theo
dolite. Finally, in order to protec
o both his surveyors and his instrument
Il Mr. Stephenson was forced to max
his surveys at night with the aid O
|. dark lanterns, and to employ a NOTES
q bruiser' to carry the theodolite
Forty mine years have passed sine
Il George Stephenson finished his rail
< road, and all doubts of the merits c
J. this great invention We're set at res
n forever. Fifty years ago it was til
n dream of mechanic; to-day it is
} great, almost the greatest achievemer
s, of human ingenuity and human skill
le the great civilizing agent Of the nine
&c teenth century, increasing the mean
8 Of public Intercourse, removing II:
e tional and provincial antipathies an
II binding together all the branches
~ the world family.
st Never did so marvellous an inveI
v ton pass through more vicissituGe
g or struggle mp through more bite
n opposition to q more glorious triuml
Is never was courage tried by more +
s, verses and disappointment than W:
H. George Stephenson's; yet that bac
IL ground Of disaster only sells in brioh
all er relief the spirit that bore up und
nc all, the faibh that never gave way, al
ils the patience that never was weary.
y" Who will draw the $25Q,O00
- the fifth and last grand Gift concert
- the public library of Kentucky, is nc
~ the agitating cOnundrum. Some O
=" will do so with ticket costing on
" $50; and the name Of the lucky m:
- will be known to all the world on t
first day of December next, for Il
~ drawing will certainly take place
- the Both of November. Two and
- half million dollars will then be d
~ tribnted in prizes among twenty tho
> sand ticket holders. This maoniffce
oao - scheme is under the management
nv Gov. Thos. E. Bramlette, of Lou
~ vile; and the same high toned dealt
81 =" will characterize this final drawing
=, - was shown in the preceding ones
tSo w. The public library founded by th
~. ~ gift concerts is an honor to the ST
nJ'9 n99 of Kentucky, whose best men are C,
.I .Io cerned in seeing that precisely W
~ is promised is performed. Orders
';ao tickets accompanied with the cash, 4
,9e be sent to Gov. Thomas f. Bramlet
my Louisville, Kentucky, Thomas
~ Hays & Co., Eastern agents,
:" Broadway, New York.