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THE MODERN SYSTEM 



Manchester rail-road, now asked the Quaker, 

 as he " seemed to know all about them kind of 

 outlandish concerns," why they did not give 

 them Christian names, and not call them 

 Plutos and such like ; or, at any rate, why 

 not give them the names of wonderful men, as 

 the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, 

 &c." " Of a surety friend I cannot inform 

 thee ; but, peradventure, it arises from the 

 idea of propitiating the Heathen Gods ; for 

 my own part, I would rather they vvere called 

 after individuals whose names are honoured 

 and revered, as Franklin, William Penn, &c., 

 or even living persons of fame, such as Friend 

 Pease, Bowring, and others, whose objects are 

 the well-being of mankind." 



By this time we had arrived at , where 



we lunched, and I had to take back the up- 

 coach. On wishing my passengers a pleasant 

 jowney, the Quaker put a shilling into my 

 hand, and, on my declining it, saying that J 

 took no fees from the passengers I drove from 

 Town, he said, " Well, friend, 1 bid thee fare- 

 well, for verily I believe thee to be a conscien- 

 tious man, as well as a skilful driver, for thou 

 hast brought us safe and speedily hither, and 

 canst even refuse money, which truly is a very 

 difficult thing for any of us to do : and remem- 

 ber, if thon should'st change thy mind in re- 

 gard to the matter of the stokership, call on 

 me, and I will assist thy views." On this he 

 handed me his card, and mounting to his 

 place, he and liis companions were soon out of 

 sight. 



I should almost liave been glad to have gone 

 through with them, though the load was light ; 

 but when I thought of my engagement to go to 

 the play with my little wife, to see my favorite 

 iaughter-loving Mrs. Nisbet, visions of Quakers 

 and steam-engiiies were soon put to flight, and 



I was glad to see a full load, which was a 

 far better thing than any promised promotion 

 to the stokership of the " new safe and fast 

 engine, Joseph Pease." 



On starting, I found my passengers in the 

 midst of a violent altercation, in which the 

 names of i eel, Melbourne, Wellington, O'Con- 

 nell, the Bishop of Exeter, and the joints of the 

 tail, taxes on knowledge and on soap, working 

 out of the Reform Bill, &c., &c., were strangely 

 mixed together, and, as I make it a rule on 

 such occasions (and they are many) to say 

 nothing, 1 had but a disagreeable drive, par- 

 ticularly as at one time, in the heat of debate, 

 they nearly came to blows to determine whose 

 arguments were the strongest. But as sweet- 

 est pleasures end the soonest, so the greatest 

 annoyance must cease at last; and my arrival 

 in Piccadilly relieved me froni the noise of 

 angry voices, and gave a higher zest to the 

 quiet enjoyment of the evening. 



BREAD FOB CATTLE AND HORSES. 



The French frequently feed their Horses 

 with bread, and various other attempts at 

 economy are practised out of the common 

 management of feeding them with raw corn, 

 which, no doubt, may be beneficial. We re- 

 collect seeing an account of a team of Horses, 

 at Liverpool, whose corn was always boiled, 

 and the water afterv^ards given them to drink. 

 This was said to nourish them at much less 

 expence than the common method of feeding 

 them. 



It is equally necessary to seek for economi- 

 cal food for cattle as for man. To lessen the 

 consumption of food by cattle without injuring 

 them, is to save so much for the benefit of 

 man. Many neglected grapes, plants growing 

 in marshy ground, the tender leaves of different 



