Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-houseHead, Francis Bond, Sir
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Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-house
Head, Francis Bond, Sir
London and North-Western Railway; Railway Clearing House (London, England); Telegraph -- Great Britain
Having, in the refreshment sketch which we have just concluded,
partially detailed, at some length, the duties of the seven young
persons at Wolverton, we feel it due to them, as well as to those
of our readers who, we perceive, have not yet quite finished their
tea, by a very few words to complete their history. It is never
considered quite fair to pry into the private conduct of any one who
performs his duty to the public with zeal and assiduity. The warrior
and the statesman are not always immaculate; and although at the
Opera ladies certainly sing very high, and in the ballet kick very
high, it is possible that their voices and feet may sometimes reach
rather higher than their characters. Considering, then, the difficult
duties which our seven young attendants have to perform--considering
the temptations to which they are constantly exposed, in offering
to the public attentions which are ever to simmer and yet never to
boil--it might be expected that our inquiries should considerately
go no further than the arrival at 11 P.M. of “the up York mail.” The
excellent matron, however, who has charge of these young people--who
always dine and live at her table--with honest pride declares, that
the breath of slander has never ventured to sully the reputation
of any of those who have been committed to her charge; and as this
testimony is corroborated by persons residing in the neigbourhood
and very capable of observation, we cannot take leave of the
establishment without expressing our approbation of the good sense
and attention with which it is conducted; and while we give credit to
the young for the character they have maintained, we hope they will
be gratefully sensible of the protection they have received.
_Postscript._
We quite forgot to mention that, notwithstanding the everlasting
hurry at this establishment, four of the young attendants have
managed to make excellent marriages, and are now very well off in the
world.
_Gardens, Libraries, and Schools._
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