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om. ! *'illy v v# y • • ■Here was then at mire a new version oftlie ohi fired; fable. and umd.mt Prometheuses |were ad:,ally as * plentiful us hi .ck hemes. J n.I In farl, I fotitsi! i![oi» inquity. t!s;ii -miety was (l)(I now divided into two go- :t lt;living andI locomotive nrm. the I.'.•!lt;■;■ !• r:' modi t.:lt; . fhcMrr and liouc •!!' pf-t-jdo ni the two; anil !-j-| . Insl.ionai/le poji't -! ■•i-.neinisl of tho nameMalllms. a Ine-:! o -'tt.d.l!;! of on anciel.tam! M iappear ' r.tlhei luveir-n-'eot ? v-siem monger. had j ^ ^|j11t }*.i!.!i-died aa lt;-j iin»rate pumphiet, showing jj :||(; mtOiildd ad; .images of prop !g it ifig those j ‘| no provender cr.-Msuming individuals in prefer-'cnee to any oiiier. So that ;t appeared, t!ia!anv industrious nteHn.mc might in inouilis have n lull grown family about him. j * with the full and comfortable refieetion that, ns ,the man savs in (Jhronouhotontliologos : ‘ they• » t I Jme all his own and none of Ins nr.ignbours. , {j( Them things atilynidicd hnt always perplex- ;(;d and wearied me. My spirit grew sick, and I longed for the old world again, and its quiet and peaceful mode of enj'»\merit. I had no fellowship with the two new races of hem*;* j“f. around me, and nature and her charms wore |sf] no more. Ml things seemed lorced, unu.wur- j ral, unreal—indeed, little hotter than hnrefa-i^ red impositions. 1 sought the hanks of my native river; it alone remained unciiritigod. The noble stream flowed tranquilly as of yore,(nit even here impertinent man had been at work, and pernicious rail roads were formed to Iits very verge. I incautiously crossed one of 1 .them, trusting to my preconceived notions nf f)j titne and space, the abhorred engine being I about three quarters of a mile from me, b«*t l*w ' scarcely had 1 snipped over, when it flow Ij whizzing past the spot where 1 had just quit- I , ted, and catrhing me in its eddy spun me 1 ° j round like a top under the lash. It was laden js■ at;an m ! '11r01c(iUK*aI!w»rmw»r I wilh passengers and went with headlong *ur.vla . straight towards the liver.It*woanelieI1t1iftft I -.....~ —Its fale seemed inevitable—another instant and it would be immersed in the waves, when j lo ! it suddenly sunk into the bosom of the earth, .and in three quarters second was us-** Irtmdin^ a perpondioular \w\\ on ilm oppoaili*I hank of the rivi*r ! I was petrified, and {jazedround with an air of kplplos* bewilderment, ^when a ye.nth man. who was doubtless astonished at inv asto!ushtneni. sho ited in passing : What’s the fellow starring at V ami another asked 4 if I tiad never seen a tunnel before V liiko Lear, ‘my wits beyan to turn.9 I u j wished lor some place where I might hide mvself from all around, and turned insiinefive-ly lo the spot where the village ale-house used to stand. Hut where alas was the neatIII vrdisI-m*e-17re(thatched collage that was wont so often tonimpartAn hour’s importance to the poor man’s heart!”Iti(tc(.one! and in its place stood a huge fabric, labelled : ‘ CZrnml Union Rnil llond Hotel.’ sHut here also it wus steam, nothing hut steain ! The rooms were heated by steam, tho beds were made emd aired by steam, and instead of n pretty rosy lipped, rosy checked chamber.. . maid, there was an accursed machmemnn,I smoothing down the pillows and bolsters withmathematical precision: the victuals werecooked bv steam, yea. even the meat roastedby steam ! Instead of ihe clean swept hearth, 10 | •((j I * Willi a*pm lioiu'h.s, iiml (lmvcrs, and feme Igny,’tueInicr- Tlir.ro was a patent sfcnm stove, and the place J, was altogether hotter than anv decent manI. would ever expert to have any thing to do.1Ult;1with. Hooks and papers lav scattered on Ihe Sable. 1 took one of the former; it was filled with strange new phrases, all more or less relating lo steam, of which I knew nothing; hut i-1 as far as I could make nut tho Unglish of the r- several items, they ran somewhat tints :I:d I jlnothrr Shocking Catastrophe.—As (ho ,s 1 warrentcd-safe locomotive smoke-consuming, s* fuel-providing steam carriage Lightning, wasor this moinmg jmiccrdinp nt its usual Itireequarter speed of one hundred and twenty seven miles an hour at the junction of the Ilnn-ningtnn and Slipsby rail-roud, iinfortunalcly eaitte m contact with the steam carriage Snail,going about one hundred and five miles per hour. Of course both vehicles with their passengers were instantaneously reduced to powder. Tho friends of the deceased have theVfiVt;Iri1fIrtiri\iinynilnilpivotill)*\vusiOlioIVr., Iatconsolation of knowing that no blame can heattached to the intelligent proprietors of theLightning, it having been clearly ascertained that those of the Snail started their carriagefull two seconds before the time agreed on, inorder to obviate in some degree, the delay lo which passengers are unavoidably subjected bv the clumsy construction and tedious pace of their vehicle.v-VOIuvn | JWelancholtj .lecident. — Asa beautiful andaccomplished young lady of tho name of,limps, a passenger in the Swift-as thought locomotive, was endeavoring to catch a flying glimpse of the new Strain University, herIas 1 breathing apparatus unfortunately slipped from •'lljher mouth, and she was n corpse in three quarters of a second. A young gentleman : ll‘*i|who had been feiuloilv attached to her, .for ' several days, in the agonv ofiue feelings wilh-jdiew his air lube and enlf-d for help—he o!antoei| Ish*|eour e shared a siu-il.ic I*..to. Too much Icr‘ .praise cannot he givm to »!.lt; rest of the pas-1;t’ly j.ci.gers, who. with riimitnhio prcsce.ec of rt’ ! mind prudently lu hl their I icnthing l.ladders!. ru* to then mouths during the whole of th trying'1Ist* I scene, c.
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Athans Athenian
Athens, Georgia, US
Tue, Jun 01, 1830
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