The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
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Anecdote Of George Stephenson.

At Drayion, on one occasion, AN ami
mated discussion took place between
Stephenson and Dr.. Buckland on one of
his favorite theories as to the formation
of coal.., But the result was, thataDr.
Buckland, much greater master iof
tongue fence that Stephenson completely
silenced him. Next morning before
breakfast, whiIeo he was walking in the
grounds deeply pondering, Sir William
Follet came up and asked. him what he
| a1 am its thinEisss s ovef that M afeument | had
With Buckland last night + knUw'I am
right, and that tif Irhad thei conlmandtof
words, he has, I'd hays beaten him.
Tet me know all about it," said Sir
William, "and I will see what can do
for you" The two sat down in AM drbor,
when, the astute lawyer made himself
thoroughly acquainted with the points of
tie case; entering Into it with all the
zeal Of an advocate about to plead the
interests ofahfs client After he'nhad
mastered the. subject Sir William rose
up, rubbing his hands with, gles,, and
ssid, "Now I am ready for hin" Sir
Robert Peel was made acquainted With
the plot, and adroitly introduced the SUBJ
ject of the controversy after dinner. The
The result was that in the argument
which followed the man Of science was
overcome by the man Of law, and Sir
William Follet had at all points the mas:
terry over DR.. Buckland. -. -, t4aa .
''What do you say, Mr., Stephenson" I"
asked Sir Robert, laughing. ~,
'"Why," said he, ~ only say this, that
of all the powers, sbove and under the
earth, there seems to me. to be no power
so great as the gift of gab,n, l.. ;, s.d. 80
One day, at dinner, during the same
visit, scientific lady asked him the
question, "Mr. Stephenson, what doyou
consider the most powerful forcein ma
ture% .,o,io :. ...:a..
will soon answer that question; it is the
eye of woman for the man who loves
her; for if woman look with affection
on a Young man, and be should 60 to the
uttermost ends of the earth, the ,recollec-
ton of that look will bring him back;
there is no other force in nature -that
could do that" 80
One Sunday when the party had just
returned from church, they were standing
together on the terrace near the hall, and
observed in the distance a railway train
flashing along, throwing behind it a long
line of white steam. "Now, Buckland,"
said Mr.. Stephenson, ~ have,a poser for
you. Can you tell me what is the power
that is driving that train ?"
"Well," said the other, II supposeit is
one of your big engines"
-"But what drives the engine?" -.
"Oh, very likely Newcastle driver"
"What do you say to the light OF the
sun ?" ~.
"How can that be?" asked the Doctor:
"It is nothing else," said the engineer;
"it is the light bottled up in the earth
for tens of thousands of years-light, alb
sorbed by plants and vegetables, being
necessary for the condensation of carbon
during the process of their growth, if it
be not carbon in another form-and now
after being buried in the earth for long
ages in fields of coal, that latent light is
again brought forth and liberated, made
to work, as in that locomotive for great
human purposes" L. .,.,. ...,
The idea was certainly most striking
and original one; like fash Of light, it
illuminated in an instant an entire field
of science.-Mts of, George Stephenson.