Fella citizens an’ taansmen o’ Haworth, wen I see before me so many smilin’ faces an’ so many distingwisht citizens, I awn I felt a pang as to my unfitness for appearin’ afore yo on this occashun; but yor cummittee wor so urgent in thair appeal to me that I wur certainly induced to akcept th’ honor o diggin’ th’ first sod o’th’ Grand Trunk Railway, which will be th’ gratest blessin’ ’at iver will be i’ Haworth. But yet it’s nut for me to say wat is kalkulated or unkalkulated for th’ people o’ Haworth to do i’ th’ 19th centry, yet I may ventur to say ’at this glorious moovement na baan to tak place will shortly prove th’ greatest blessin’ iver witness in ’t city o’ Haworth (Loud applause). Look at th’ export an’ import of th’ city, an’ compare th’ spaven’d horse an’ cart wi’ th’ puffin willyhams an’ all th’ fine carriages. Look at th’ difference between wen it tuk a week to go to Liverpool an’ a month to London in a oud coach, an’ hev to mak wur wills afore we went. (Enthusiastic cheering.) Yes, my friends, we stood good chance o’ bein’ robb’d an’ plundered if net summat war. Besides, wat an immense diff’rence it will mak to Haworth, wen shoo can export her awn manufacturs to all th’ civilised an’ uncivilised world, an’ by means o’ steam find thair way into rejuns niver trod but bi feet o’ wild craturs an’ beasts o’ prey. But to makt story short ah mean to say it will be a grate comfort an’ a blessing to both th’ lame an’ lazey, an’ speshally to th’ latter. But as th’ time wur gettin’ on fastish, as it ollus does wen thare’s owt to be done, so Mr. Ouden finisht his speech as follows:— Put yor shoulders to work an’ ne’er be danted, Think yer behint an’ there’s no time to dally, For na is the time yor assistance is wanted I’ makkin yor railway along the Worth Valley. Th’ Spring-head Band then played sum o’ thair favorite tunes, ‘Oud Rosen the bow,’ ‘Jessey’s Pig,’ an’ ended wi’ ‘God save th’ Queen,’ an’ all departed to thair homes wi’ smiling faces. CHAPTER II. Double, double, toil an’ trouble.