 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 stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "  Tait's Edinburgh magazine - Page 4591857Full view - About this book
 | 1887 - 892 pages
...suit was brought to recover damages. The engineer of the freight train testified that it was going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that the whistle was blown, and the bell rung, in the manner usual when approaching the station. The plaintiff... | |
 | 1888 - 600 pages
...idle kind. One answer he made is so famous as hardly to need repetition. An honourable member said, "Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...get in the way of the engine, would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ?" " Yes," replied Stepheuson, " varry aakward— for the coo !... | |
 | Constance E. Plumptre - 1888 - 210 pages
...rather than to gain any information as to the question before them. Among them was this question* : " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...get in the way of the engine, would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance r " To this question the witness, not wanting in that sense of... | |
 | Edward Owen Greening - 1888 - 288 pages
...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,"... | |
 | Joseph Hatton - 1890 - 398 pages
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 | 1889 - 1226 pages
...desert him, he certainly would kill the project. One member tried to crush him with this question, — " Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at nine or ten miles an hour, and a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine,... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1891 - 586 pages
...relation to this contemplated railroad, that he was asked, " Suppose, now, one of your engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that...line and get in the way of the engine; would not that be a very awkward circumstance?" Stephenson replied, " Yes, very awkward — for the coo!" Then, again,... | |
 | John Pendleton - 1894 - 612 pages
...the familiar railway auecdote about the relative strength of the locomotive and the cow originated. "Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along...rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow was to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you," asked the... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 pages
...gravelooking gentleman, thinking to put him down by ridicule, said, "Suppose one of these engines to be going at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line, would not that be a very awkward circumstance?" "Yes," replied Mr. Stephenson, "very awkward, indeed,... | |
 | James Paterson - 1896 - 808 pages
...weight in a measure ceases." The senior wrangler was taken aback, but he next put a poser to George. " Suppose now one of these engines to be going along...get in the way of the engine, would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? " " Yes," replied George, " very awkward for the coo! " The senior... | |
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