. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . y.—Private Owners of Railways.—OtherPassengers by Railway : Horses, Cattle, etc.—Legal Definition of a Pig.—A Lap Dog.—A Tiger.—Fish Traf-fic—Milk Traffic—A Goods Station atNight.—Coal Traffic. HE legal historian records a re-markable judicial opinion. Itappears that some years ago awitness observed that he had ona certain occasion examined thepages of Bradshaws Guide forsome twenty consecutive minutes ;whereupon the judge declared thatthe evidence of such a person must not be relied upon—that hewas a fit subject for a commissi
. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . y.—Private Owners of Railways.—OtherPassengers by Railway : Horses, Cattle, etc.—Legal Definition of a Pig.—A Lap Dog.—A Tiger.—Fish Traf-fic—Milk Traffic—A Goods Station atNight.—Coal Traffic. HE legal historian records a re-markable judicial opinion. Itappears that some years ago awitness observed that he had ona certain occasion examined thepages of Bradshaws Guide forsome twenty consecutive minutes ;whereupon the judge declared thatthe evidence of such a person must not be relied upon—that hewas a fit subject for a commission de limatico inquirendo. Weare so unfortunate as to differ from the learned gentleman. Weare of opinion that one of the most valuable, if one of the mostunconnected, periodicals issued from the monthly press, is thatwhich bears the name of Bradshaw, and that it contains datawhich even the statesman, the philosopher, and the humoristmay ponder. The name itself is suggestive. Some men, it The initial letter represents a temporary 382 I l R tRON ROADS. has been said, arc born to greatness, others achieve greatness,and others have greatness thrust upon them; and to one ofthese orders o( fame we must assign a position for the author ofthe work in question. It is something to leave behind us a titlewhich posterity will ponder ; it must be more to win contempo-raneous renown ; what must it not be to write our name uponboth the present and the future literature of our country? Toinsert his name in the almanacks of his empire was an honourJulius Caesar laboured to deserve, and Augustus intrigued toshare. But to make ones name a necessity in the language ofour country, and every month to have it proclaimed and re-proclaimed amid the busiest haunts of men, must be a triumphthe Caesars never won. Sneering critics may extinguish ambi-tious enemies by the mere use of an indefinite article, when theyrecount that a Mr. So-and-so then addressed the meeting ;b
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