A countrytnan, not long sinpe, on bis first sight of a locomotive, declared that " he thought it was the devil on wheels ! " " Faix, an' yer worse than meself," said an Irish bystander; " for the first time I see the traytbur I tho't it was a sthameboat buntin' for water."
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4685, 12 January 1884, Page 2
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49Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4685, 12 January 1884, Page 2
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