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The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Distinguished Mechanics. (search)
Mechanics. --One of the best editors the Westminster Review could ever boast of, and one of the most brilliant writers of the passing hour, was an Aberdeen cooper. One of the editors of the London Daily Journal was an Elgin baker; perhaps one of the best reporters of the London Times was an Edinburg weaver; the editor of the Witness was Hugh Miller, a stone mason. One of the ablest ministers in London was a Dundee blacksmith, and another was a Banff watchmaker. The late Dr. Milne, of China, was a Rhyne herd boy. The principal of the London Missionary Society's College at Hong Kong was a Huntley saddler; and one of the best missionaries that ever went to India was a Keith tailor. The leading machinist on the London and Birmingham Railway was a Glasgow mechanic, and perhaps the very richest iron founder in England was a Moray working man. Sir Jas. Clark, her Majesty's physician, was a Banff druggist. Joseph Hume was a sailor first, and then a laborer at a mortar and pestle in
The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Scene in the London parks. (search)
katers and sliders, nearly all of whom carried lighted torches and performed their evolutions by their light. The centre, as well as near the banks of the river, was lined by several hundred tents, consisting of skating booths, refreshment pavilions, &c. Several displays of fire-works took place upon the ice, and blue, green, and red fires were ignited, which produced an extraordinary effect. Shortly after nine o'clock a large number of tents were lighted up with variegated oil lamps and festoons of Chinese lanterns, and further displays of fire-works took place. The festivities were carried on with the utmost vigor for several hours, but at ten o'clock a large number of persons retired. Several thousands, however, remained upon the ice until a much later period. A young man and young woman fell through the ice, and when rescued were in a state of great exhaustion. The other parks were very much crowded, and there were a few accidents, but nothing of a serious nature occurred.