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his elevation. Well up in the practical part of his 

 vocation, which he followed professionally for years, 

 he had a very good knowledge of the animals he 

 governed as well as the bipeds with whom he was 

 associated, and made them both subservient to his 

 designs. To the employment of an oratory he 

 could at all times most powerfully use, though it was 

 not adapted to the atmosphere of St. Stephen's, he 

 added an intellect superior to most of his class in 

 shrewdness and tact, and this with a soft, oily 

 expression that procured for him the sobriquet of 

 " Bite 'em sly." 



' It is but due to his memory to state that to his 

 indefatigable perseverance, his application to business, 

 his forethought and general capacity, is to be attri- 

 buted the success of that Company, of which he was 

 so long and deservedly the head, which for its 

 efficiency, and its remuneration to the shareholders, 

 ranks among the first railroad Companies in the 

 kingdom.. At his death he had accumulated nearly 

 half a million of money, it is said — an immense sum 

 for a coachman to realize — more, perhaps, than the 

 industry and talents of any one man ought to realize ; 

 and to his lasting praise it must be recorded that he did 

 not forget, but took pains to provide for many of his 

 dependents, whose means of subsistence were destroyed 

 by the introduction of the new method of travelling.' 



