. Echoes of old county life : being recollections of sports, politics, and farming in the good old times. \ STOP 5T0^ ;. CHAPTER X. The Railway Mania—George Hudson, the Railway King—ServingNotices in Ireland—Railway Enterprise and Landlords—GeorgeStephenson and the Eldest Child—In Coaching Days—OldTimes in Winter—Dr. Lees Prophecies and their Fulfilment—The late Duke of Buckingham and Chandos : an Uphill Fight—Stowe in Days of Prosperity—-The Queens Visit—In Daysof Adversity—Sir Thomas Aubrey as an Upright Judge—SirJohn Aubrey and his Dinners for the Free and Independent. In our days, when the
. Echoes of old county life : being recollections of sports, politics, and farming in the good old times. \ STOP 5T0^ ;. CHAPTER X. The Railway Mania—George Hudson, the Railway King—ServingNotices in Ireland—Railway Enterprise and Landlords—GeorgeStephenson and the Eldest Child—In Coaching Days—OldTimes in Winter—Dr. Lees Prophecies and their Fulfilment—The late Duke of Buckingham and Chandos : an Uphill Fight—Stowe in Days of Prosperity—-The Queens Visit—In Daysof Adversity—Sir Thomas Aubrey as an Upright Judge—SirJohn Aubrey and his Dinners for the Free and Independent. In our days, when the country is covered with a networkof raihvay lines, some record from personal observationsof the great raihvay mania of 1846-47 may be of someinterest. In the previous year Sir Robert Peel, thenPrime Minister, had given his vote in favour of directthrough lines, and consequently of shorter routes. Thisstimulated engineers, lawyers, financiers, and a wholetroop of company promoters to concoct and bring outschemes for easier access to various points, some ofthem undoubtedly useful, but many
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