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L/ G// - z &erº- 1.-Guud TEMPLARs (if º arrayed in their biba and with other insignia of office the Grand Master to carry - - - - - tame pump, second Grand Master to carry the Upas tree of Intemperance. - -- TO BARA, / - zº-yº” In-cLERGYMEN OF Titº Cºuncil of ENGLAND to assume an eastward position. z-Zºrzº, º - iv.–the Rocket Excise, driven by the Laird of Pier mont, accompanied by one of the largest shareholder of ----- - the North-Eastern system. - v.–No. 1 Engine, driven by the senior Member for South Durham in armour (see note), tº take up his position upon the safety-valve to inspire the British ºut-ºwith conſidence inae working of the North-Eastern System vi.--The idols of the nistrict, viz., the Golden Calf and IronPig, mounted upon the Local Board water cart. (N.B.-it is thought some of their worshippers may require this). vil-ºrnact "arians of THE District, the President will play on a harmonium upon the lid of the Tract Wan. tlymns to be sung, viz., “The Gospel Train" and “The Day of Jubilee." viii-MEMiºs or rue Footpaths perence association, armed with the weapons of their craft, and carrying remnants of rich friends' railings, &c. Ix-ANTI-Mortiºn-IN Law Association, with banner borne by victims to this national evil. x-MEMBERs 0F THE School, BoARD, especially Cane xl.--woºtnºy Echo.” STAFF, on van driven by the Editor. xii-rº or in JURED RATEPAYERs thirating for gore, joined by injured freighters ºually thirsty ---------- xiii-enocrºssion of FREE GARDENERs, each Gardener to wear a Jerusalem Artichoke in his button-hole XIV.-scº and BURIAL society, with town hearse and small-pox cab. Prior to the ceremony of unveiling—which will take place at five o'clock,-the statue willbºrobed in white satin. The Grandstand behind to accomodate the wives of a few of the largest shareholders. His worshipſul the Mayor, accompanied by the Lºrd Mayor of Lºndon, will accumulate on the platform in front of the statue to await the arrival of His Grace the Duke of Cleveland. º- %| | º# i i & 3. -- - ; A. : s Laird ºf Pierremont two prºtºr on Rocket): “I tº the Rocket will not go off at present." ce. Director: “At all events, we will nºt put ºf nº coals on Laird of pºrºmentſ: *if I see any tendency on the part of the Rocket to sº I shall put up my umbrella." co, directºr: “Unfortunately, mine was broken when I contested Hartlepool." -- - - - - - ----- --_- in- - --- - --- - well, thou will always find one at the Friends' Meeting House Azzº 7- as 57*** zzº, ºroºzerr㺠24.2 sea re-ºr-arrºw- --- - - --> --- - * *Z & fºr rºe-zz & 242-24-22, 22.2222-e as Ż-ºf-a-zerº-ºwerºr Zarzer-Z. exce wa-7-----> --> -->~~ e erzºz. …, xxº~~~ X*, *, *** Że z >er, ea. 3rs *yzer. Aºez arºzz-Zºrzzzzzze ze, Zºzzº- zz-rººf Je-2-2-e -z & Zºº... ºr • 22-----~~~~ **** ***** * > a cº- ~~~~~~~~ - - N º Laird ºf Pierremont; yARIOUS MODES OF LOCOMOTION PRIOR TO THE INVENTION OF STEAM BY THE PEASES. w à. sº vºy" All the world is indebted to the young man Irion, the inventor and patentee of wheels. He flowrished about 726 B.C., and was contemporaneous with Hero of Alexandria, the inventor of Mangles and Barrel Organs. All must deplore the writimely death of the former young man, who perished at the early age of thirty, a victim, to a wheel of his own creation which, being of very great diameter and somewhat wnwieldly withal, swddenly bolted with him down a steep hill, carrying him round and rownd upon its rim, at a terrific pace, and finally flatteniwg him out to the consistency of a pan-cake ; at least that was his condition, when fownd by his mother, a most respectable woman, who took in washing at the top of the Juill. The wrvfortwmate young man was never himself again, his digestive faculties having received such a terrible shock that he never rallied, and eventually died ot the early age we have mentioned. The patent was taken wo by his brother, whose descendants have since changed their name to Diacon, a family who have produced many eminent Engineers, one of whom is engaged at this preserv time in transporting Cleopatra's needle to this cowntry with a view to its introduction into the sewing machine ; another of his schemes is the making of a Railway in Japan, Parliamentary powers for which have already been granted by the Government the Line to eactend for ten miles, but here great difficulties present themselves, as it is found necessary at about every hundred yards to make a sharp curve, owing to the prevalence of grandmothers, in a buried state, and wherever they eacist, then a stop has to be made, for the stipulation is that no grandmother is to be disturbed on any pretence whatever. The Roman War Chariot was an early mode of locomotion, and was very effective in battle when drawn by a pair of strong JWorfolk cobs. The gentleman who went to the meet on a giraffe did not find it pay, as he was constantly over-riding the hownds, and consequently much sworn at by the Hunt. The Trunk Engine is a powerful mode of progression, but has its drawbacks, as, for instance, when the animal wishes to knock a fly off its back, when it is somewhat liable to wrºseat the Eastern eacplorer, and consequently to retard science. Transit by Pack Horse was a very general mode of carriage where the roads were narrow and bad. JMany pack-horse roads still exist, and may be detected by the cobble, stones with which they were paved. The Dandy-Cart was found to wear out too many boots, to become a general mode of locomotion. The Sedan Chair was in existence during the present century, as was also the Pillion. The habits of the domestic Snail are too well known to require ws to eacpatiate upon them, we therefore refer our readers to several standard works, such as the Snail of commerce, the Snail viewed as a motive power, and the Snail as a beverage. THE P I LLION CONTHEREFTTTRTAN-wºr-TR-R-ra-r TETTRTR-FRT-TTFT-v-FT==T-E-F-Tº-Ta-R - - - --- - -- T H E D A N D Y Ho R s = THE s E DAN c H A R EARLY MODES OF LOCOMOTION, PRIOR TO THE INVENTION OF STEAM BY THE PEASES. wº -- - º 2. * MODES OF LOCOMOTION IN THE PRESENT DAY. “º The Clothes Basket on wheels is a very favourite motive power for the wife or daughter of the flowrishing citizen, and when drawn by a good fast pony, it is a very pleasant way of getting over the grownd. Then there is that wonderful invention, the Bicycle, where the rider seems to have but little visible means of support, but who ean take it out of any horse and cover one hundred miles in a day without any very great fatigwe ; but still we hold Ży the Horse of flesh, for what sympathy can there be between this Iron JMachine and its rider, compared to that which, exists between the rider to Hownds and his well-trained Horse, who will go till he drops in his service, and participates as much in the sport as the man who bestrides his back. * > Over the next picture, it will perhaps be better not to gloat, as it is somewhat ticklish ground, we will therefore draw a veil. . The Squirrelette. This Machine was the emanation of an enterprizing young man, who thought Squirrels might be utilized as a motive power, and designed a Velocipede on such a principle that six Squirrels in cages, connected to each other by cogs show.ld eventually work a chain round a pulley on the driving wheel, thus imparting motion to the JMachine. All went well wrvtil one day a Squirrel burst and fell with a splitsh wbon the bald head of the inventor, causing instant death. and the JMachine to drop through. The Tramway Car was one of our institutions, but the rails having been laid by that immortal humbug, Train, they were found to eacercise such a harrassing effect upon the wheels and springs of rich Friends' Carriages that it was eventually discarded, another proof of the retrograde movement of this lovely town, which boasts of having produced the Pioneers of the Railway system which has revolutionized the world. But we have a Fire Engine, and perhaps that is more useful, although, unfortunately, we never have an opportunity of w8ing it, or at least very seldom. On two eminent occasions, it was called into active service : once when the Darlington Iron Company (limited) caught fire and threatened to burn to the grownd; and on the second occasion, when a Friend's house became ignited, at Barton, and the whole family had to fly into Darlington, clothed in spotless white. The Iron Cart Horse has made ranić strides dwring the last twenty years, but his pace is very slow, seldom eacceeding four miles an hour; he is a cheerful animal to meet on a dark night when driving home with a skittish. horse down a narrow lane. Try it, gentle reader, it is such fun. up tº THE world AFTER T H E Hounds a FT = R T H E B A N Gouet T - E S Q U 1 R R LETTE A G O O D A S K E T F U L L- T H E S T R = E T T R A Nºt \ºv AY F I R = F I RE Ft. R. E. F. R_E T H E c oran a cart HO R. S. E 2% , Nº. < % 2. ^ - ! ---, 1. © | - * - - - -- - - º, | L: - º - - - º - L. ºv º |- - º º º - - º " º º NºN - º → | º ... ." | list || | ſº i. ſ TI | | | | || LO COM OT I O N IN T H E PRESENT DAY. The immortal JWumber One having been constructed at JWewcastle, by the firm of G. Stephenson 3. Co., was brought by road to Aycliffe in a large truck drawn by many Horses. JYo dowbt the journey occupied a couple of days, but of this we have no record. Its arrival was the signal for a general turn-out of the natives of those parts, chiefly given over to agricultural purswiis and the cultivation of the domestic turnip. In many bosoms the arrival of JWumber One caused the greatest consternation. These fled in abject terror, many hiding themselves in the Church, others seeking consolation in the bottle, whilst some of the . more courageous climbed into trees, and at a safe distance as they supposed from the monster's claws, watched it pass. The oldest inhabitant of Heighington, a withered old fossil of some eighty summers, rested wipon a gate wrºdawnted by the black apparition, and when interviewed by a crowd which soon collected around him, gave it as his opinion that the monster was an emanation of the evil one. His opinion was cordially endorsed by the village pedagogue, who, with his two pupils, was out botanizing, and they had wisely esconced themselves behind a hay-stack, from which coign of advantage they anaciously peered, as the future juggernawt swept by, bent on its mission of death and destruction, and all the other glorious results of its career. It is a curious fact that in after years several most terrible erplosions occurred at a very short distance from this spot, which seemed singularly to verify the predictions of the oldest inhabitant, About ten years, during the time of the Engine-Drivers' strike on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, a powerful Engine, named “Eccelsior,” took it into its head to go up and wo, she blew in the most terrible manner, shattering herself completely into fragments, insomuch that *e remains filled ten wagons. The driver, who was oiling the machinery wrºderneath at the time, was blown to atoms and presenting a most awful spectacle when found. The cause of the explosion was never ascertained, but it was supposed by some that the safety-valves of the Engine had been tampered with, and had thus caused the catastrophe and terrible death of the driver, who was a marked man, he having gone out to drive in the place of the regular driver who was on strike at the time. Let us hope however for the sake of hºwn ºn nature that there was no fowl play connected, with it, and that it was merely one of those occurrences that no fellow can wrºderstand. ‘SI I I IT O A V L V . GINI :) N 3 I ON I O T V AI XI XIV yº/ º º - * | ſ N §lºssºs º | U- º: N- - % // | % - { . º sº # sº - - Nº. % Sºº Sº Ž % - º \\AAº - 22*== ºf Z ſº ſº E R- ºf- * → - º º ſº tº - - W - Sºº- Nº) - ''' | § - º -r E º º - -- - N- -Hºº-º-º-º-º/−2ſ. Nº —-A. - º ºr - T - Nº * Wººl * - - -- - - t’. C. | Q-v. - - º º -: º M ºil. D\! \, º tº º - - - %3 N - L. º . |- A P | O N E E R S OF T H E R A ||L W A Y. Pioneering for a Railway has its occasional drawbacks, as Joseph Barkas, Joshua Bleak, and Jacob Dank discovered one fine summer morning whilst peering about the fields of Farmer Grubbins. He had, however, his eyes upon them, and having no sympathy with Railways, and still less with trespassers, determined to make an earample of our Friends; accordingly he rode back to the farm, where he kept his savage old bull “Belial,” which no one but himself was able to manage. Having watched his victims sitting on an ant’s nest in the middle of the field, partaking of a mid-day refreshment, he led his bull down to the gate, and opening it, turned the infuriated animal into the field, who immediately marked down his prey, and, with a terrific bellow, made straight towards our Friends. “I hope Old Belial 'll catch the beggars,” said the old boy. “I’ll teach 'em to come a pioneering about here, dang ‘em.” His wish was very nearly granted, and it was only by the greatest good luck that the Friends were able to get through the railings into the meat field before Old Belial was wpon them, who charged full at the bank with his head, causing the very earth to quake. Meanwhile our Friends had tumbled higgledy-piggledy over the fence in a state of the greatest terror, and did not attempt any more pioneering that day. When slightly recovered from the fright which this little episode had occasioned them, it struck Jacob Dank that Joshua Bleak had made an attempt to stop him as he ran, this caused him to remark in a caustic tone, “So thow wanted me to be caught by the Bull, Joshua Bleak, didst thow f It was very kind of thee to think of me.” “...Yo,” replied Joshua Bleak, “I did not wish thee to be caught, but I did not see why thow, who had no wife, should escape, whilst I, who had a wife and family, was about to be gored.” “That is thy fault, and not mine,” replied Jacob Dank. “The conduct of both of you was eacceedingly selfish,” said Joseph Barkas, who had been first over the fence, “I saw it all.” “And pray what was thou doing, Joseph Barkas, all the time 2" observed the infuriated Jacob Dank. “O,” replied this worthy, “I got on to the top of the bank that I might assist you in getting up.” “..And a lot of assistance show rendered us, thow great gawk," replied both the Friends at once, “for anything thow cared, we might both now have been killed ; but it is no use arguing the point, as I see the old Bull is trying to make a gap in the hedge, and will be through in a minute if we are not off. Let us leave these precincts.” This was soon accom- plished by our Friends, who were quickly seen flying o'er waste fens and windy fields, in the direction of the little public-house, where they had left their trap, having had quite sufficient pioneering for one day, and with a sense of discouragement pervading their ruffled bosoms, ‘A VAWT IV ºn Gh H L IO S RIGH 3 NO I di Jr.' I // - = 2^" Wºzº.” H. ------- - 2. F- -* - /*T*. -- - - , , , * - * V - ºf z/ I r (*/ "- -*Tºt * / 1- --- /. //,.” +4-4- ***/4– 7. | 11,... "/" " ' " . w - - //* / Ž —/2,11 2--17 E-42°471 ºr "…º.) 1 L/PT/Tººl, - *- *T** = --> - : , , , , 27 2 - >:2 - º w L Ş. # % I *% * - 22*, *2 º */ººl -1- ) arº _" % /2 "... 7. -- - - 7, º Z º % { 'ſ \ - - * ---------- - - - QY) * - 2/( ; ;"| * ) Mill. | --—T- == -- —— == - Tºº--e- - - WS —= - - - * * *-*.* * **** %) — ====#= – Tº- º - \t 'l- -- - =#EEE-sºº, --- ~~~ %; \ S-—-TS t - NS1 ======== --T_ F=-“”7727-27777- - -- - - 1) |l. 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E’er ever the Locomotive drove furiously through the land, or blew wo in the midst of own streets, the traffic was conducted by a simple but ingenious method of inclines, by the aid of the Horse; the load consisting of one or two wagons, was pulled to the summit of the incline, the Horse was then whyoked and fell to the back of the Train, where his carriage and dinner were in waiting, into the former he would jump and ride down to the bottom of the decline in state, when he would once more get owt (und walk to the front, waiting to be yoked, then he would continue his career win the opposite incline. Sometimes two Trains would meet O70, Q, comparatively level place. On such occasions there was a good deal of swearing and disputing as to who was to go back to the last siding. Frequently these discussions would end in blows, the result being that the triumphant party went on, and the beaten party had to back to the next siding, an inconsistent mode of progression. The sagacity of the Horses employed in this work was wonderful. Our sketch depicts an incident of wonderful forethought, or backthought. .4 Train of Wagons were travelling down an incline, when a Train at some distance behind broke loose and was fast nearing the first lot of Wagons. The Horse observing this, and not caring to be killed on the spot, thought it time to make tracks. “Blow'd if I stay here,” said the sagacious animal, making a tremendows spring on to the Wagon in front of him, and from thence he jumped to the other end of the Train, and down wbon a bank by the side of the Railway, and so probably saved his life, and certainly he deserved to do so. There was, however, a terrible slaughter of Horses in those days, as the men were very careless, and travelling replete with danger both to man and beast. | |A ſº - - ºffſ º ſillº - I. º t" iſ | - º ſºlºſſº wº- - ſº -- - º- I -- - .…- in- Tºº- ul º - - L - | - -- º - |-> ºt- - - - |^i}/ º- 7- % º % M º/º/ º ſ |2 º - ~ 7 || - - , == | X | l ſº - - lº- - / × - ||||| º º tº E== - Tſ. Sº ſ º - - - . - S. ſt- ſº %:1 **- - - º U ºr. nº. º D IS CRE TI O N T H E BETT E R P A R T OF V AL O U R. STA | N M O R E FE L L--PAST AND PR E S E N T. 'Y|YIS a grewsome place, towards the close of day, In an Autumn evening's gloaming, When a wraith-like mist encircles the way Through which lost souls go roaming. And waste and moor on every hand, Stretch far as the eye can scan, And bog and morass, with coarse brown grass, Repel the approach of man. And there you may walk for many a league, And never a creature see, Save starved sheep and goats, and the night-bird that floats With a shriek away to the sea. And the houses which sometimes skirt the road, Are dreary to look upon, And the natives who stare, with a savage air, Have a famished look and a wan. "Tis an ancient road over Stainmore Fell, Stretching een to the Scottish Border, And adown it of yore, the Scots would pour, The English hosts to marauder. But they travel by rail in the present day, A large and a kilted band, And the canny Scot still, clegg-like in will, Bears down on merrie England. But he seldom returns to his northern home, To his haggis and hotch-potch soup, But his roots they coil, in English soil, And around him his clan soon troop. Here in earlier days the ranks of Rome, Encamped midst the stones and the heather, And historians say, that they made this way, Notwithstanding inclement weather. * "Twas the high road, too, in the coaching days, For those who betook them forth, And arms have flashed, from moss troopers, who dashed On the mail as it journeyed north. And the land is replete with wondrous tales, Of the knights who kept the road, And there still may be found, stalls underground, Where they stabled their steeds of old. And the chaise and-four, with the runaway pair, Have crossed this waste like the wind, Making tracks, you may ween, for Gretna Green, Whilst the Pa'-in-law puffed behind. But they are gone, the coach and the shay, No more o'er this road shall they pass, For the Iron steed, with a whirlwind speed, Has sent them all to grass. And he holds his own, doth this Iron Horse, And the fleshly may not prevail, And he plunges at will, through dale and hill, With his ten ton trucks as a tail. Adown from the summit of Stainmore Fell, Like a dragon of flame he bears, Through the day or the night, be it dark or light, Down his iron course he tears. By Greta's wave, he pursues his path, Then away for many a mile, By Eden, by Tees, over Deepdale's trees, And on to bonny Carlisle. What wonder then, that the horse of blood Could not keep pace with his foe 2 But the coach and the shay, were hidden away In the darkness long ago. - And with them have declined, throughout all the land, The hostels which were of old, And where once the guest, was fed and caressed, Now he meets with the shoulder cold. And his bed, once clean, is full of fleas, And his breakfast greasy and dank, ºut the bill is as long, as is getting this song, And the waiter slip-shod and lank. On a mountain ridge, near Stainmore Fell, Is a gulph to make one shiver, A thousand feet deep this gulph doth leap, Then slopes to the Eden river. e And High-cup-Nick is the name of this gorge, Sheer down from the moorland level, 13lack sides of basalt, enclose this vault— A favourite haunt of the devil And the base of this gulph is strewn with stones, Where the Styx his course hath followed, And laid midst the stones, are the bleaching bones Of those whom the gulph hath swallowed. And many of these are the bones of Friends Who have perished in hat and coat ©e In days of yore, whilst grubbing for ore, To Limited Companies float. But 'tis also the gate of a beauteous plain, Which, when sunset gilds the land, Brings out to view, through the distance blue, Half the lakes of Cumberland. And mountain and mere and stream and wood, Lend a charm to the distant scene, And far, far away, shines the subtle Solway, Lit up in the setting sun's sheen, Owr sketch depicts a party of Directors on an Engine soon after the opening of the line, and who have fallen. short of steam, and fuel near the summit. Thus we see one of them negotiating for the purchase of the Coach to wtilize as firewood for raising the steanu. The offer was indignantly refused, and liberal curses showered upon our Friends for their audacity, together with fervent hopes that they would have to walk home, and carry their Engine by twrns. C R O S SING STA IN M O R E, P A S T A N D P R E S E N T. º - ºw- H O R S E M O N D A Y. .4mongst some of the advantages of Darlington, , is the above Festival : a time when you may pick wy any class of animal, at any price, with any amount of unsound ºttributes, the manifold advantages of which are of cowrse apparent, --4H--;. P . dº .Although quite as famous as the Cow Festival, the IIorse Fair is of less frequent occurrence, but here we have valwable animals ranging from eighteenpence to fifteen shillings, brought into the town, from whence none can tell; they come and go like those Horses who fought so well for Rome, when ridden by the great Twin Brethren, but here the similarity ends, for these are galloped, and walloped, and goaded up and down the streets, greatly to the peril of passers-by, and to the suspension of traffic, and yet there is something melancholy in the sight of those poor jaded beasts, many of which bear the unmistakable stamp of having seen better days, as they stand shivering in the cold street with heads down and bones protruding through their skins. Yonder stands,-or rather, we should say, has not a leg to stand upon, a poor beast which has evidently a º . } pedigree (something to be prowd of in the present day), probably foaled at some racing establishment; of illustrious lineage, he did not fulfil the ecpectations of his backers, and was sold for an old song to some winprincipled ruffian whose only idea was to get everything out of him with as little expense as possible. Thus our poor Horse, cradled as it were in the lap of lwa:wry, well fed and sheltered from every blast of wind, suddenly finds himself badly fed, worse sheltered, over-driven, and generally tormented. This is the sad end that many a celebrated horse comes to, and who can help pitying him 7 In another place, the eye rests on a Horse of a very different mould, namely, the Cart IIorse. His is also a sad story; perhaps he has served his master faithfully for many years, and at last worn-out in the service of that master, he is no longer of wse, and is sold for whatever he will fetch, and so falls, for a few pounds, into the hands of a Coal or Wood- leader, who ekes out of him the few remaining years of Juis life, with heavy loads, and still heavier blows, wintil death. at last puts an end to his sufferings. These are cases of everyday occurrence, and, although “The Society for the Prevention 9 y of Cruelty to Animals” has done much to put a stop to barbarity, yet there is an enormous amount of misery inflicted wipon :-;{} :s*.>4 our faithful friend the Horse which never comes to light; probably the Officers of the aforementioned Society are not much in the habit of following the Hounds, or they might find ample scope for their efforts in the service of humanity in the Hunting ** there can be little dowbt that our grandest pastime is too often the scene of terrible cruelty wrvnecessarily inflicted upon ohe of the noblest works of the Creator. § r IITM ITILT ITTTTTTT L ºſ- F. || || H O R S E M O N D A Y. COW M ON DAY. On this day, the beasts of the field have it all their own way in Darlington, and gorm about the footpaths and pavement of the above highly-favoured place as though they were in their own green pastures. Strange to say, the dwellers wpon the High Row revel in this sort of thing, and will in no wise hear of the JMarket being removed to a more commodious site, This seems to savowr of that towch of nature which makes the great world kin. But one would hardly suppose that there was much affinity between the bull of Bashan and the draper, or the sturdy bullock and the jeweller, and yet they all cling to each other as though they were the nearest relative. The young men and maidens attendant on the beasts, also seem to imagine that the High Row is their especial property, and march and strut up and down with an air of great self satisfaction. The nymphs dressed in the most gorgeous colours it is possible to imagine; whilst the young men blossom forth in resplendent neck-ties, generally of a brilliant green, with a scarlet centre, the whole crowned by a paper collar. The more venerable agricultwrist is scarcely more pleasing, and their ladies block w/o the thoroughfare in a most effective manner with their baskets of eggs, butter, &c., &c., which they shove in your ribs, if you attempt to force a passage through their midst, or perhaps drive the long point of a gingham wºmbrella of claimant-like dimensions into your eye, or drop it empathetically woon your toe, whilst their husbands drive hard bargains, and tell as many lies over a solitary heifer as though they were paid for it; and indeed far more, for things are reversed in the present day, and a good day’s wage for a bad day’s work is the principle. It may seem hard, however, to rail against the pastoral state of society which eacists in Darlington, in the matter of the Cow JMarket, and especially in the present age when the old land-marks and everything that was at one time held sacred are being ruthlessly plucked down, wrvless their e.vistence is the means of making money, in which case they are cherished, but if not, woe betide them, they are trash, rubbish, and must not eacist. What is this to lead to ? Does it not mean that e'er long we shall have but few links to connect w8 with the past £ and to remind ws of the grand deeds done in days gone by, and yet there does seem to be objectionable attributes connected with the accumulation of Cattle at our doors, and about our pavements, but there seems no help for it, and probably it will continue wrºtil sofrve rich man is gored to death by a maddened bull, then it may be that a stir will be made among the dry bones, and vitality show itself. In the matter of essential changes, some of the Boroughs that vaunt their Liberalism and Radicalism, the most, are often the most Conservative of change that may affect their purses. e % J% % W.Y. iſ] --- | |||||| | #| || || |||ſ|| *Nº ºf Hill . | | Q % .2% - º \ - | º T ºff. 4. a- M --> *, Zſº ºxtº-S - 25 Sº A - - {{ wº- w *. | I-N- \ \ C O W, M O N D A Y. º º - * ºw- r w) W H O | S M R. J U B | L E E p SCENE tº o AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, TIME tº e HARVEST, FARMER S.WODGRRASS (loq.) TO FARMER BEETROOT:—Aw say / wha is this Mr. Jubilee we’ve heerd sa much aboot lately f .4 w”ve heerd of JMr. Stiviswn, and JMr. JMewburun, and JMr. Pease, but aw niver heerd tell of JMr. Jubilee—Wha is he 7 FARMER BEETROOT - Wal, Snodgrass, aw din't naw wha he is, but mebbys he's ane of them gents as goes aboot for the Jews wi a carpit bag, thoo knaws, tryin' ti find t'lost tribes ; but aw think aw’ll spend half-a-crown and gan’ and hev a luke at 'em. tº S.WODGRASS :- Well, Beefroot, aw’ll come ti. JMornin’ ti that, JMornin', Once upon a time, there was a small and dull town rejoicing in nothing but its dullness and river, a beautiful and limpid stream of coffee-colour and slug-like pace. For some reason wrvknown, it came to pass that a large bird came and laid a large egg on the margin of this stream, and then left those precincts. Mothing was thought of this till one day it was discovered that the egg had hatched itself and a most extraordinary animal had come forth, in shape like nothing that ever had e.tistence, save that it seemed somewhat to resemble the Laidley worm of Lambton. Then were the wiseacres of the district, sore afraid, and some said drown it in a oanal near West Auckland ; others patted that worm on the back, and lent it tracts, and invited it to tea, but all were filled with wonder, for it grew exceedingly every day and seemed evermore to increase in bulk, and at last it was found that this worm took up so much room that it was stretching between Darlington and Stockton, and at length arrived at the latter place, then a mighty crowd collected to see it, and those who had been the most clamorous to have it drowned in the canal were now the most anacious about its welfare, and patted it much on the back, and assisted it in its wriggles with their wmbrellas, and offered it goloshes, tracts, &c. In after years that worm grew and grew, and became very grewsome ; multiplied wntil its offspring stretched to all parts of the earth, and until there was not a county in England in which some of them were found ; so it came to pass that on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the worm's departure from Darlington to Stockton, it was thought that some demonstration show.ld take place to celebrate the occasion. It was therefore decided to raise a Statue to the son of the man who had originally advocated throwing the worm into the canal, and u’ho had made an immense fortune out of the worm, which was appeased by coals powred down its throat in scuttle loads, and the constant ery of that worm was more, more, nor was it particular what it ate, and has frequently been known to swallow up those who have done the most to assist its growth, but have had the misfortune to get within its clutches. --- wº º º --~~~ º'" | 2s ſlºw fºº “W H O IS MR. J U B I L E E * * J O H N W E S L E Y H A D A C O AT . * * * * - s sº JMany Wesleyans since his time have had Coats, but the special-coat to which we refer is in connection with Shildon and its Jubilee Junior (as “The Stockton and Darlington Times” facetiowsly styled it), more especially ta. the speech of JMr. Hackworth, relating to his father's well-known exertions towards improving the breed of the Iron Horse in many ways, notably amongst these the introduction of the Blast Pipe, that much debated and fought for piece of mechanism. Owr sketch shows. JMr. Hackworth attired in his long tailed coat, driving an Engine at the rate of eighty miles an howr, more or less. JWo wonder, then, that the terrific draught caused by his rapid flight through space, show.ld have had the effect of making his coat-tails fly owt behind like whip-cord. We presume they were working e.cpansively at the time, and in this we seem to see a connection between the past and present; no dowbt in the simvile employed, Mr. Hackworth remembered the application of whip-cord in early youth, and cowld therefore speak feelingly on the swºject. It was only a wonder that his teeth were not blown through his head, and his hair off, as his transit was doubtless before the introduction of Weather-houses on Locomotives, and consequently there would be little or no shelter for the driver. It might occur to some minds that Shildon, as being the nwrsery-ground of the Iron Horse showld have been more honoured than by a Tea and JMuffin struggle, in combination with Bradshaw's Railway Guide and stale Banquet Ticket, for was it not the place,—we may say the cradle, “ thºut bore the ſues.” not of Rome, but of the whole world, a prowd distinction for Shildon, although, as “The JWorthern Echo" remarked, a mere fungus where the station is only one of the many symptoms of its being a part of the JWorth-Eastern system, yet, notwithstanding this evident drawback, it has its advantages such as the Esplanade, the Picture Gallery in the JMechanics’ Institute ; it has also the benefit of a sort of social Sanitary Inspector named Windex, whose business it is to look after and repair the moral state of the Inhabitants. Here also the Upas Tree of Intemperance, receives some of its rudest shocks, and is often compelled to bow its head before the storm of Anathem as hurled at it from the platform of the JMechanics’ Institute. Perhaps there is no place in the County of Durham, where the wants of the poor people are more carefully or tenderly watched over, not by the religious element of the place, but by a lady who looks wbon the gº denizens of the village as her own children, and whose ear is ever open to every tale of sorrow or sickness, || || - - | | | | | - | Tº - - - |*|| ||||||}| || || | - - 23. Al'ſ hº | | - - - 1. ". º - \ - * º: | - tº ſº. --- ºf 2 tº - --- - - -- -- - - - - ||||}|| Jºiºſº | | ||| Nº Wºº || || "JOHN W E S L E Y HAD A COAT.” ºr ‘R * '. tº º ‘. . . THE BATTLE OF THE BLAST PIP E. So all day long the sownd of battle rolled, and all swiss the Blast Pipe men fell down, and many were the stabs and blows that rained from umbrella and from iron glaive, for many claimants were there jºss that field, and each one said the Blast Pipe it is mine, and some there were who lied no dowbt, alas ! Yet, who was riºt was quite wrvknown, I ween. There fought the gentle J.E.A.MES, above the prostrate form of STEPHEWSO.W, who hugged wnto his breast the prize for which all men did fight; anon his grasp was loosed, for on his back a stalwart claimant fell, and stunned and hurt they both a while did lay as those who had been killed; and yet at last uprose the mighty STEPHEWSOW less dead I ween than did at first appear, and J.E.A.MES did rub his temples with his book, and once again he grasped wnto his ºus the much-loved prize, and now it seemed as though the prize was his, for all around the earth was strewn with those contenders for the prize, but now lay in a pool of gore, with gamps all riven as men whose race is run, and are asleep in death. But, Swddenly, a shout arose, JOH.W. W. ESLEY" is at hand, and through the throng there marched with head erect, and coat tails floating in the breeze, a man at whose approach both BILES, and STEPHE.W.S.O.W., and J.E.4.MES turned pale, for now they knew their time was hard at hand, and if they kept their prize 'twould only be through much of blood-shed, for even now to right and left there fell such killing strokes dealt by the hand of Ivim, who whirled a mighty gamp three furlongs round his head, and brought it home with such effect that all the earth did quake, and soon it seemed that he had won the day, and knocking Jeames' Book into the Skerne, he sent him afterwards wnto “a Chatsworth of the JWorth,” then dealing BILES a bumper on the head, he forced into his smiling mowth, his “Life of Stephenson,” and said—" Begone, digest it as thow wilt.” Then, did he take the prostrate form of STEPHEWSOJW from off the grownd, and tapping at his head, he cheerfully observed—“Thou’dst better leave these precincts wrºto me, or very quickly will I send thee too, to look for those I’ve sent before.” Then taking wo the Blast Pipe drenched with gore, he in his off-tail pocket placed the prize, then turning to the multitude, he said, “Behold / how he, who hath not riches, or has lost his all, hath filched from him his own, that which the once he had, but now I go on a long journey, to a land where I shall have substantial justice rendered unto me.” So passed, and no man barred his way. ||||| | | | | | | r -)/ 40f. / - #! | |! #/# | N # 4 | , 2 - | \ | - | - - % - \ \/? - - W// \ \ "//||\- - 2 $/ ) - \ # \M - - $ \l'\- |'Al-fſ \. # W . \ \ſ@. C) \ é=# # xX | " - |'! - fii .. #'. - · - | $ 7 - ) \ | | S%$ #Nº) % s\ \N $ - F, l} V - | \ ||| - - | | | | | TY) · \ ^ \|,- º\ " | | | //3, \\ # ! * ) \ T| j\S \\， A / =#= º>=-Ess=S - " l' % | | % | | | - - # # | % | ， - \ - | # C> \\-f. #, * - - " (ſ ==-=-= - -- T H E B A T T L E O F T H E B L A S T P I P E. | 2 · · | T H E J U B | L E E S E R M O N. * * The one and only thing of which Darlington may be justly proud, if we eccept “The Chatsworths of the Morth,” The Large Stone in JWorthgate, and a few new and ornamental buildings, so arranged that they swarm, owt into the streets many feet in front of the line occupied by the other houses, thus reminding the beholder of the wealthy Friend showing a poor Friend aside, but we are guilty of a digression—the only thing worthy of note is owr Parish Church, dedicated to the Sainted Cwthbert, erected nearly a thousand years since, e'er ever the god of mammon was planted in our midst, at a time, as the Poet beautifully has it, “WHEN ART was STILL RELIGION.” Query, if that was so now, how would it affect our architecture ? Should we have the awful abortions which offend the eye at every twrn, the frightful steeples of our. Churches, and the awful masses of bricks and mortar, falsely called houses, but this is another digression. We are dealing with the shrine of St. Cuthbert, in which the Jubilee Sermon was preached, and which is the only ornament in our midst—“The Jewel in the Toad’s Head,” as it has been not inaptly called. Amongst the beawties of the place, we would mention the Reredos, a noble work of art, by Boffin, occupying nearly the whole of the end of the Chancel, considered by some connisseurs a great masterpiece; others think its present position. a mistake, and that the horizontal would have been more appropriate. An illustration of the above Reredos is to be found in Cassell’s Family Bible, and to it we would refer those Friends who do not frequent St. Cuthbert’s Church in the evening and yet are ancious to see the Reredos, but whether the design in this Family Bible was taken from Boffin, or Boffin from the Family Bible, we are not in a position to state. Then we have some very beautiful stained windows ; also hot and cold baths in the morning. “The Fashion of this world changeth,” so spoke the talented young man who preached the Jubilee Sermon, not in one of his famous fifty minute bursts without a check, but in a discourse of moderate length, wherein he raked win all the good qualities of the veiled Statue, and they were no doubt many, and laid them before his hearers, telling them to follow his eacample, and do as he had done. JMost people would dowbtless like to make the fortune which he made, and will be very thankful to the “JMeenister” if he will put them in the way of so doing. But may it not be possible that the great wealth of the Statue had some little weight in causing its erection ? for it is a sin, to be poor, and righteous to be rich in the present day. Otherwise we think that his memory would probably have been allowed to slumber like that of some of his relatives, who have been quite ignored during this Jubilee, but without whose calm judgment and wonderful business aptitude the whole fabric of the family fortune would have crumbled to dust. Some were heard to express their views on the DIS-course to the effect that our great Pattern and Gwide had been put on one side, and another eacample held up for our imitation, but perhaps these had sat in a draughty place during the Sermon, and were rather biassed in their views. .4h 1 how the fashions of this world have changed. Is not this proved by the enormities of female apparel which meets the eye on entering St. Cuthbert's Church 2–the Vegetable Garden Bonnet, the Bog-oak Hat of beehive shape, the Vandyke up and down, the turn-up altogether Hat, the Bonnet at the end of a pyramid of hair, the Pigtail with bow, the dowble Pigtail, and the treble Pigtail, and lastly, Oh 1 my brethren, the Dog-collars and Padlock. What would the impulsive Apostle have said to these ? * See Jubilee Memorial, by J. S. Jeans. - & - + º ºf º | -: Jº | l º º gº º + º - - - ſº (S t |\!\! {{||º - º 27t-E32 - -S/\\ º 32% A==#=\;=} º - ſ|| A =/====\- -— T H E J U B I L E E S E R M O N. sº (Communicated.) AN UN WILLING LISTENER's VERSION OF A J U B | L E E S E R M O N . $, * PREFACE.-This Sermon—published by request-ºogºtains some passages which are reproductions of the thoughts of another.—THE AUTHOR. º &º ‘‘ YE SHALL HALLOW THE FIFTIETH YEAR. IT SHALL BE A JUBILEE UNTO YOU.” • : These words speak of a Festival held in ancient times. Hallow the Fiftieth Year-cause ye the Bellman to sound through the streets—release the poor and needy-oppress not one another. Let not the lump of fat press down beneath the scale. Heap wp the measure, and let it run over. Return to each other your eactortions, with interest ; give back to the starving poor the wn just profits of the Coal Famine. Erect tombstones to the bronchial dead, to whom the cold air of a fireless room was as the gentle zephyr that waſted them to a better land ; and let every poor man enter again into the possessions of his fathers. We, my brethren, are on the eve of a great Jubilee, on the morrow will be celebrated a joyous Festival. Peace has its triwmphs as well as war. Great blessings have been conferred on the world in alleviation of human toil in the blessed nine howrs’ movement; in the vast increase of material wealth in the hands of the few, and in the enhanced prices of the necessary beef and boots in the families of the crushed-owt middle-classes. Bravely gleam owr banners, brightly flare own burners; be not careful of the cost, for when the day of reckoning comes, let the parable of the wrijust steward be not forgotten. Let the Scribe of the Gas-house take his pen and on the bill of him that burneth, three score, write quickly five score; and on the bill of him that burneth five score, let him write ten, and the cost shall be as a tale that is told, even as a debt that is liquidated, and then shall the voice of murmuring be heard in owr streets, and the letters of grumbling be seen in owr papers. Wonderous thought ! that fifty years ago, owr modern transit on the wings of fire and water was wrvknown. JWo first- class then. JWo Government Train crawling over the country-side at witéarthly hours. Daily now, thousands of trains are speeding north, sowth, east, and west, changing at many junctions, creeping by many sidings, crippling their many thousands. Daily does the Steam-Engine flash (in its progress of a week or so) across the vast plains of America, and bridge over that great Continent, wiviting in one the bear-garden. of JWew York, and the gambling dens of San Francisco. In , 1vstralia it has annihilated many a sandy waste. The Engine came, and the sandy waste blossomed like the rose. In , 1 frica, it invaded the haunts of the Lion Stanley, and the Elephant “Daily Telegraph.” This, dear Brethren, is but a figure of speech, but must nevertheless come home to the hearts of you all. From the cold regions of snow and ice, to the warmer atmosphere of the skating rink, an endless network of Railways bind together the civilized nations of the earth. In the words of the Juwmotorist- Prodigious ! ! ..As the human mind is the reflec of the divine, so is the Steam-Engine but the reflea of a machine a thousand times more elaborate and beautiful. - So quietly and mysteriously does the body perform its functions, that two hundred and one generations lived and were gathered to their fathers before the circulation of the blood was discovered. We celebrate the Jubilee of the Locomotive, but, alas ! no grateful people celebrated the Jubilee of the human body—that Engine of which the Steam-Engine is but a reflec. Behold the eacquisite mechanism of the eye / Behöld the constant telegraphing between the grocer's apprentice and the fair milliner—his beloved one-as they sit, and listen to the words of holy meaning that drop from these lips. Four years ago, died the greater son of a great father—one thing he lacked 1 JWo, brethren, the one thing needful he did not lack. As his end came nearer, he alike considered the interests of his family, and the dearer interests of his cowntry. He departed to his rest, and his silent monitor near the King's Head encourages those on the Lord’s side who walk by on the other side of the way. And now to-morrow a great multitude will throng our streets, be mindful of the feelings and the toes of those around yow; strive not to occupy a position which may interrupt the view of another. Follow diligently in the procession the foot- steps of your betters. . . Let this iron enter into your sowl. Be meek—be always grateful for the parks to come, and this day shall be indeed a Jubilee wrvto you. | | AWE you heard the mournful story . Of some very wealthy Friends, Who came unto deaths untimely, And to most depressing ends— Travelling along the Railway, Over the North-Eastern line, Going to the Quarterly Meeting, With some more rich Friends to dine? Thomas Bat was just remarking— Is it not nice so rich to be 2 Oh! that all poor Friends were gathered What their use is, puzzles me. Isaac Daw was just exclaiming— 'Tis a slur on any town That Cathedrals are permitted,— Gladly, I'd pluck Durham down, And erect a spacious Meeting On that once dishonoured place, Much more suitable for worship Than that Abbey's Romish face. Quite forgetting aisles and transepts, Glorious windows carved in stone, “By a former age commissioned As Apostles to our own.” A J U B | L E E J U M E L E . Quite forgetting bold crusaders, Who had trod that marble floor ; E'er for Holy land they started, In the Knightly days of yore. Quite forgetting Sainted Cuthbert, Who within that shrine is laid, O'er whose tomb the pilgrims tarry In the dim-lit cloisters' shade. Quite forgetting evening sunlight Streaming through the stained pane, Making tombs of warriors olden, And their armour gleam again. He had never heard the organ, With its deep and solemn roll Echoing adown the long aisles, As the vesper bell did toll. He had never read the archives Of that ancient shrine so hoar, What cared he for Saint or Martyr, Passed away for evermore ? Mammon —it was mammon only. Which entwined around his soul ; Gold ! and what procured it, only Was his chief and final goal. Thus we see that wealth avails not, We poor worms from ashes formed, Gentle readers, all take warning From these wealthy Friends so gormed. Thus they talked in worldly fashion, As they cut through vale and hill, When all suddenly there sounded Loudly forth the whistle shrill. In another moment, shaken, Battered, thumped from side to side, With hot bottles settling on them,- Luggage floating far and wide. Then their engine writhed in anguish,- Roaring like a maddened thing ; Over parapet and girder, Next it gave an awful spring, Dragging down behind those coaches, Where those wealthy members sat, Like a bolting horse affrighted By a broad-brimmed Quaker's hat. When below, that engine lighted With a most tremendous shock, Naturally its boiler bursted, Ilike the blasting of a rock; And, in bursting, blew to atoms Every carriage, every Friend, In small fragments they were shattered, Never more to be regummed. A J U B I L E E J U M B L E. T H E | R O N – H O R S E S HO W. * On the arrival of the Procession at the Worth Road Works, Mr. Pease mounted upon the footboard of No. One, the Pioneer of all its race, and with one hand worked the Engine, whilst with the other he waved his winbrella in the air, at the same time declaring the Show opened. JMany valuable antiquities were on view ; notably amongst these, the Original Dandy Cart in wse at the time of the opening of the Line in “Twenty-seven,” and with the same horse which had worked in it at that time, which, was now Acindly pensioned, but not over-fed, by the North Eastern Railway Co. There was a Glass-case containing a stuffed specimen of the only civil Railway Porter the world ever produced, who perished in attempting to carry fifty Carpet Bags. There was the Umbrella used by the first Pioneer of the Railway to denote the direction which the First Line show.ld take , and there was the pair of Boots worn by the .N'avvie who cut the First Sod of the First Railway, with which Boots he afterwards kicked his wife and all her relatives to death, and was eventually hanged in them, There was displayed the Door-step of the First Booking Office in e.vistence, and there the Tail of the Cou' which found an encounter with the Iron Horse somewhat awkward. JYot far from these stood the latest arrival in the way of Iron Horses, viz., Gin.v's Baby, whose career has been quite as chequered as l{}(0.8 that of her namesake; in very early youth, she took to larking, showing a peculiar aptitude for leaving the rails at wn- accountable fimes, and on more than one occasion has attempted swicide in the most determined manner. These little vagaries naturally cause her friends some uneasiness, for her bulk is so great—her weight being something over forty tons—that it is no very easy matter to render her assistance at these times. Happily, however, she has as yet come to no very serious ill, and is therefore probably destined to be blown up, with which comforting reflection we will close our notice of the Iron Horse Show. Since writing the ſtbore, the , 114thor has been struck with the similarity of the career of Gin.v's Baby with that of the Iron Duke, whose third or fourth accident has just occurred ; in both nases there seems to be a predestina fion to go to the bad. T H E I R O N H O R S E SHOW. * A GLORIOUS RESULT OF T H E J U BILE E. z-----------> ---------- It was thought by some that at a time of general rejoicing and festivity, the dear Working Classes (so especially dear at Election, times) would have participated largely in the flow of hospitality which all those in the service of the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company, were supposed to receive, and that all would at least have been entertained in a suitable manner calculated to impress them, with a lasting remembrance of the day of Jubilee, also proving to the world at large that the much vaunted virtues of the JWorth-Eastern Railway were real and not imaginary. True it is that about 1,700 of the men wore favoured to partake of a meal at the JWorth Road Engine Works, but these were men who had been ten years or more in the service of the Railtray Company; they also received half-a-day's pay, whilst the remainder, numbering nearly at thousand, got nothing e.vcept the half-day's pay, but had the privilege awarded to them of loosing a day-and-a-half's wages, which will doubtless cause them to remºmber the auspicious occasion at the meat Election. Amongst the Officials of the Company were many who had lost legs, arms, &c., in the service ; others there were who had lost their heads, these were wnavoidably prevented from taking part in the Procession shewn in our sketch, but the residue of the maimed were kindly allowed to march, through the Works and see several stalwart policemen feeding at a long table in the department of the Works set apart for the manu- facture of wooden legs and coffins for those slain by the Iron Horse, and his followers. Would it not have been a pleasant sight to have seen all the workmen, and their wives enjoying a hearty meal, and would the eupense have been a very great sacrifice to a firm, who made at least £5,000 by the Jubilee ? But things were ordered otherwise, and so it caſive to pass that the officials in the Commercial Department received no recognition whatever of their e.vistence, although some had been over thirty years in the service, but they had to remain in the office on both days that the Works were open, this to add a lustre no doubt to their Clvief who, esconced in his glass-case, did the honours of the place in his w8wal affable manner. i $ 3 --- - - - | | --- - - ----- - ------------ - -- A J U B I L E E TRIUM PH. J U B I LE E FAS H I O N S. -E Asºº ..At a time when everything was permeated with the Jubilee, and nothing else was talked of throughout the length, and breadth of our town, it was not wonderful that the fashion should also fall into the same vortex. We have depicted a few of the most becoming of them. We will commence with the Water Column Chignion, and Angle Iron Pannier, what can be more becoming to the juvenile figure, especially when in combination with the double rivetted polonnaise tunic and tippet, which might also be trimmed with brussels sprowts 2 Then we have the Train worked, it must be confessed, rather on the block system, but still with many advantages. One of the principle of these is the introduction of a patent bogie at every five feet, thus keeping things dry, and making travelling much more easy, and with far less wear and tear to rolling stock than the ordinary form of Train, but of cowrse it is essential that a lifting jack should be carried at the side to assist in regaining the rails in case of accident. The only objection that we can see to this fashion is that it does not effectually cleanse the streets in the manner of the ordinary train, thus causing additional work to fall upon the Local Board Scavengers. Then we have the Dome Bonnet and Hawling Gear Pannier, and why not wtilize these wriseemly projections which take up so much room in Church and elsewhere ? One of the advantages is that it leaves the hands free, does away with that very awkward habit of running a perambulator full of twins full tilt against the legs of the pedestrian, a custom very prevalent in the present day amongst mothers and nwrsery-maids. 4. * e .4 neat Fashion is the Blast Pipe Petticoat. Although perhaps a little skrimp, yet this is fully compensated for by the fulness of the Chimney Bonnet and spark-catching-top, the whole forming a becoming garment singularly adapted for most inclement weather. The rage for Jubilees has become quite a nwisance since the commemoration. On more than one occasion, that old sinner the Skerne has had a Jubilee, and made everything very nasty indeed. Then the Gas has followed suit, the result being that all the streets were full of water, and in total darkness, of course thousands were washed away. Then the JW wrserymaids of Shildon had a Tea and JMuffin Jubilee, with good advice trimmings, as the paper said, and in fact we fear it will be a long time before the rage for these most wrvSeemly eachibitions is forgotton. T-ºllº ||| --- º 7 ea- - = || -T as:"…” " T H E J J BTLE: Bucket| T H E J UB I LE E MUSIC J U R L E E T R A 1 N \w T H L 1. FT | N. G. J. A. C. K. J U B I L E E F A S H I O N S. " - BLAST PIPE PETTicoat º º -- & T H E B A N O U E T. .As the last strains of “Daniel's Band" were coming to a conclusion, and whilst the waiters were distributing to eack guest a copy of that much maligned work of Mr. Jeames', in which work the waiters seemed much interested, and to partake fully, and just as a large Shareholder had landed safely on his back woon the floor (owing to some unaccountable influence probably animal magnetism), and just as the champagne—at a guinea a bottle—was beginning to diffuse a generows glow over the noses of the assembled multitude of eminent philanthropists, who had either made or been connected in some way with the making or development of the JWorth Eastern Railway, solely no dowbt with a view to the elevation and advancement of the hwman race, never thinking of possible profits which might accrue from such a scheme, preferring rather to mourn. diminished dividends, if by so doing the welfare of the town could be advanced, &c., &c., but this is a digression ; all things being in the condition we have stated, JMr. Pease rose to his feet amid deaf’ning cheers, and at once got under way with the speech of the evening, enlarging first on the size thousand years of gloom which the world had passed through e'erever the Iron Horse drove furiously through the land, or adown the ringing grooves of change, or, as JMr. Pease expressed it, over the parallel lines within a few feet of each other (four feet eight inches and a half is the guage). JMr. Pease went on to eacpatiate wbon the glories of the Steam-ship and the Railway, and the things that shake mankind. Did he ever take part in a collision, we wonder * From thence he proceeded to inform his astonished hearers that “we transferred the old line of Railway to the vulturous maw of the JWorth-Eastern system clear of gore, that is to say, the gore of any of Her Majesty's subjects.” This was a remarkable statement. We show.ld have thought in the trords of JMiss Squeer's the line was “steepled ” in gore, but perhaps he does not consider the working-classes as Her Majesty's subjects, otherwise we cannot understand it, for at the opening of the line and ever since, what with eacplosions and accidents generally, the Stockton and Darlington Railway has been a regular battle field for the poor mortals employed thereon. Then raising his glass to his lips for further inspiration, Mr. Pease observed that this freedom from gore was mainly owing to the fact that the line was conducted upon strictly teetotal principles, also to the absence of Sunday Trains, a most demoralizing thing; but methinks Mr. Pease had forgotten his own Go-to-meeting-first-day-train from Stanhope to Bishop Auckland, in the working of which no less than nine men are employed. About this time the noise of various fire monsters burst upon the ear, thus warning Mr. Pease that the great ever” of the day was about taking place. Thus warned, he brought his remarks to a close, and there was straightway a general scuttle from the pavilion, and a general scramble for wmbrellas, hats, &c. Fortunately for JMr. Pease his hat brim being of the same guage as the Railway, he had no difficulty in finding it, no one being audacious enough to steal such a marked garment. Very few winbrellas, however, survived, one Foreign Potentate we heard of in particular loosing his unbrella winder singularly harrowing circumstances. º ||| || | ||||| | - - - | | liſk- - - - | | | - | | T || - |T. < T H E BAN QUET. T H E S T R E E T B A N O U ET. r ... Tº .4 sumptuous entertainment, in the Street, was provided for those who were not sufficiently influential or wealthy to partake of the Banquet in the Pavilion. This Entertainment consisted of Tea and Pease Pudding. The former brewed in the Boiler of Mo. 1 Engine, whilst the latter viands were piled upon the Tender. The Tea was distributed through the Sludge Cock of the Engine to all comers with mugs, whilst the Puddings were forked out to applicants by a Railway Official, who accompanied each, Pwdding with an oath. The spiritual welfare of the multitude had not been overlooked. 4 portly advocate of Teetotalism was engaged to hold forth from the foot-board of the Engine, on the sin of infemperance and intocication. This was dowbtless to obviate any evil effects that might accrue from taking too much champagne at the other Banquet, and was beautifully in accordance with the eternal fitness of things. Every thing went on very well for about three-quarters of an howr, when the Pease Pudding swddenly came to a conclusion, and all the Pease in the Town being required for the Banquet, there was not the where withal to make more. The Tea was also eachausted, although there was plenty of water, there had only been a quarter of a pound to begin with. The Driver and Engineman accordingly adjourned to a neighbouring public-house for a little Refreshment after their labours, leaving the Engine to accumviolate steam at its own su'eet will. This it accordingly did, and as there was no eacit for the steam, and the boiler was rotten, the veteran Engine very soon e."ploded. Spreading death, and dismay on all around, seventeen houses were completely shattered, and all the in mates who were fortunately out, were blown into the middle of neut week, where they still remain. The portly Teetotal videocate was blown completely through a shop front, and up into the second floor back, from thence into the front sitting room, and out through another door down the back stairs, and into the back yard, when he was found convulsively clutching a pump in a state of apparent into.cication. From this position of e.vtreme peril he was rescued, and in about an howr restored to a state of consciousness, when he was able to give a slight sketch of the catastrophe as it occurred. it seems that he had unconsciously seated himself upon the safety valve of .Nºwmber One, and being of a somewhat portly bºtild had prevent "d the steam from escaping in due course, consequently the surplus accumvwlated, this acting in conjunction with the molecular deterioration of the component particles from which the atoms were formed, which made wo the whole (we quote from Professor Tyndall) had in point of fact given way, and the evplosion therefore became general. After a short period spent in looking for the remains of JWumber One, none of which could be found, the Fireworks and Illuminations commenced, it having been given out that the earplosion was part of the performance, suddenly, however, as a wealthy Director of a foreign Railway was gazing wowards, a wheel and arle descended upon his nose, apparently from an unseen place, killing him, on the spot. This was the signal for everyone to make a bolt home, as no one seemed to wish for a further instalment from above and so terminated this eventful and happy day. The moral of the accident is not far to seek, the whole disaster was occasioned by not looking after Mumber One. We may safely assume that this is the first time on record that the JWorth Eastern Railway Company have not looked after the interests of Mumber One. ~"w ** * ** * i. | | - | º L- - -. - º Fº -T- tºº | - | Lºſ |- º º - in- - º - º | º i- º - º - - - - - - … º . º --~~ - - º - º f milli. | HARW |||º T H E S T R E E T BAN QUET. HERE was a sound of revelry by night, And by the banks of Skerne had gathered all, To celebrate with dance and minstrelsy, The world's first Railway Jubilee and Ball. There pranc'd with graceful gesture on the floor, The Friend who'd laid his coat and creed aside, And all untrammel'd by its dreary weight began, Like any two-year-old, to gambol in his pride. Yet, ever and anon, his conscience prodged at him, As he the consequence of this debauch did con, And thought—Ah, me ! the Friends will hear of this, Also, the Monthly Meeting's quickly coming on But soon with copious bumpers of champagne, His conscience and its prodgings he did drown, And thought no more of Monthly Meetings grim, Nor of the Ministers’ and Elders' frown. For who unto dull care could give the rein, When Daniel's Band was stringing thro’ the room ? And who could keep his legs from dancing at the sound Which chased away all thought of ill and gloom There danced the Shareholder of stalwart form, Who, probably, had never danced before, If one might judge from how he puffed and groaned As he was towed across the slippery floor. There danced the modest youth of bashful air, Who scarcely dared his partner to surround, But with one leg did sweep a passage clear, Whilst on the other he did hop around. T H E J U B | L E E B A L L. *E*r ===== There “glode” the modest maiden just come out, This, her first dance and entry on the world, From girlhood unto womanhood she's step't, Her wings of childhood now for ever furled. ‘Alas! for womankind who will wear trains, What wonder, then, if there should come to fall, Some young men who in head were rather light, And did not know that they had legs at all ? Thus fell poor Stiggins from his high estate, His foot entangled in a sweeping train, Leaving his partner to bemoan her fate, And mourn for joys that come not back again. For who, when such ill luck had been their lot, Would dare again to mingle in the dance 2 Nay, sooner far would they retire beneath The withering smile and the cold cutting glance. A platform to the left, on high upraised, Where mothers of the flock and chaperons did glower Adown the room with eagle eye, and gaze, At daughters prone to flirt in that sweet hour. Some gathered there who did not dance at all, These gazed with scornful look and wearied eye, On those who gambolled thro' the mazy dance, Or amourous nothings to each other sigh. Then there were those who took a higher stand, And gazed askance at this frivolity, Wond'ring how souls could thus disport themselves, Whilst journeying onward to eternity. But all things end, at least all pleasures here, And towards the dawning did the music stay, Then also stayed the wearied feet of those Who'd danced their soles, and some their hearts away. Then there was robing in hot haste the forms Of lovely maidens, and of matrons prim ; Then for the cabs that waited them they made, By the gaslight that shone above them dim. And some there were, who knew not of the way by which they got them home, or came thereto, But found themselves in bed at break of day With dancing heads, and deathly thirst also. And there were other some, it seemed so strange, They found themselves in houses all unknown, Their watches gone, strange hats their heads upon, Whilst wits and senses all abroad had flown. And there were some who waltzed as in a trance, Still thinking they were dancing at the Ball, To a policeman one of these did prance, And ended in the lockup's spacious hall. Thus did it end, as all things end below, The Quaker borough's great festivity; But when it comes again, I'd like to know, Shall we take part in that centenary 2 - º - - Gºa. - T H E J U B I L E E POLKA. T H E C O N G R E S S OF STATU E S. SCENE . . DARLINGTON MARKET PLACE. TIME . . MIDNIGHT. STATUE OF J. P. IN DEEP MEDITATION. ENTER STATUE OF NELSON, WELLINGTON, SCOTT, BUNYAN, STEPHENSON, GREY, LONDONDERRY, HAVELOCK. JWELSO.W’:—Statue, ahoy! What Statue's that 2 J. P. :-Joseph Pease, First Quaker .M.P., First Railway Treasurer, and— SCOTT –First Quaker Statue. .WELSO.W –Shiver my timbers, not a bad built craft, but a queer rig ; but, how camest thow wrºto this pedestal of fame * J. P. :-Wot through making holes in my fellow-creatures, or in their ships. JWelson retires somewhat abashed. WELLIWGTOW’:—Halt 1 JWo disputing ! As you were ! J. P. :-Wowld'st thow kindly keep thy horse further from my lamps, Arthwr Wellesley 2 WELLIWGTOW':-These are lamps, are they 2 I thought they were only night-lights. They look rather gimcrack ; I would have had them, higher at any rate. J. P. :-Thiſ horse's tail does not look quite so straight out as it was when last I saw it in London. .1 ROAR FROM JWELSO.W"S LIO.W 3–Talk about tails, look at my tail / it has nearly all vanished ; in fact I’m. becoming bob-tailed. STATUE OF BUYK.A.W –I may say in passing, that thou wilt find a residence on a pedestal very dull work, with little or no progress for the pilgrim, save towards deterioration. J. P. :-.And yet methinks that a progressive e.vistence must tend less to Bunyans, than being ever on the alert. BU.W.Y.4.W’:—I still feel a Bunyan. GREY”S MO.W.I.M.E.WT:—Rejoice / O, Joseph Pease, that thou art not on the top of a column. I can tell thee I find it very draughty. .M.ARQUIS OF LOW DOWDERRY:—Wothing like the Coal Trade, Eh, Pease 2 THE FOTHERGILL FOUNTAIW –I don't see why I should have been removed from Bondgate and deposited in the Park, and such a Park / I am sure thow art far more in the way than I was, and close to a public-house. J. P. :- Well, thow sees, thou wast in the way of Friends' carriages when driving from Meeting; and, besides, my being here may be the means of stopping people from entering the public-house. STEPHE.W.S.O.W 3–Did I make thee 2 or, did #how, make me 2 J. P. :- 1 little of both, I should say. Other Statives loom”d through the rain, and mist, but did not turn up ; then a silence fell upon the Town, and one by one the Congress vanished into the night, and Joseph Pease was left alone. Suddenly, “The Last Rose of Swmmer” chimed forth from the venerable tower of St. Cuthbert's, proclaiming the midnight howr. Then all was still,— ‘‘ JWhere stars silent rest o'er us, Graves under us silent,” --- T H E CON GRESS OF STATUE S ~\ BY THE SAME AUTHOR, “THE FRIENDS IN COUNCIL, A HUMOUROUS REPRESENTATION OF A FRIENDS' SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS' CONFERENCE, HOLDEN IN DARLINGTON DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1874. FRICE FIVE SHILLING S. S E CON D E D IT I O N, REVISED AND CORRECTED, WITH ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIVE POEM. The Illustrations are Photo-Lithographed from the Artist's original Drawings. DARLINGTON : BAILEY, 7, HORSE MARKET,