...Committee that Stephenson, when asked, ' Suppose, now, one of your engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...line and get in the way of the engine, would not that be a very awkward circumstance ?' replied, ' Yes, very awkward — for the coo.' In the course of the...

...Commons to Stephenson, " Suppose now, one of these engines to be going along the railroad at the rate of ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon...and get in the way of the engine ; would not that be very awkward ? " "Yes," replied Stephenson, in his broad dialect, with a twinkle of his eye, "very...

...to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, aud that a cow were to etray upon the line and get in the way of the engine, would...not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ?" Authorities differ slightly as to the exact answer of the witness. One writer makes him dryly say,...

...pressed him a little closer, asking, " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray on the line and get in the way, would not that be a very awkward circumstance ?" " Yes," replied Stephenson,...

...committee that Stephenson, when asked, " Suppose, now, one of your engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...line, and get in the way of the engine, would not that be a very awkward circumstance?" replied, "Yes, very awkward — for the coo." In the course of the...

...Congreve's rockets as to trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate." " If a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine, would not that be a very awkward circumstance ?" asked a member of Parliament of George Stcphenson. " Yes, very awkward...

..." Well," asked one, " suppose now one of those engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...you, be a very awkward circumstance ?" — "Yes," answered Stephenson, with a droll twinkle in his eye ; " very awkward indeed — for the coo ! " 7....

...honourable member said, "Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...be a very awkward circumstance ?" " Yes," replied Stepheuson, " varry aakward— for the coo ! " The bill was withdrawn, but shortly after a second application...

...was this question* : " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to...not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance r " To this question the witness, not wanting in that sense of humour that belongs more generally to...

...may as well finish it. " Suppose," said an anxious agricultural member of Parliament, — " suppose a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of one of your engines going at that dreadful speed — would not that be awkward ? " " Varry — awkward,"...