ptuous swell
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again
And all went merry as a marriage bell.'

A majority of the members of both branches of the Legislature were
present on the occasion it is said, together with the Mayor and Council
of Lexington. For ourselves we did not play a part in the mazy dance but
was content to look on others--

'Steer with care through all that glittering sea
Of gems and plumes and pearls and silks to where
He deems it is his proper place to be
Dissolving in the waltz to some soft air
Or proudlier prancing with Mercurial skill
Where science marshalls forth her own quadrille.'"

The same paper contains an account of an "elegant new locomotive," which
says:

RAIL ROAD.

"An elegant new locomotive of improved model has been running on the
Lexington and Ohio Rail Road for several days to Frankfort. The success
which has attended the experiment thus far equals the most sanguine
hopes of the projectors. Since the application of steam all doubts have
been vanished, and we confess a very great change has been wrought
in our own minds as to the utility and value of the undertaking. Its
advantages to the town are manifest now and if it should be completed
to Louisville it will be an immense advantage to the whole commonwealth
and reflect the highest credit on those who have planned and executed
it. Its superiority over every other kind of locomotion will carry
conviction to the minds of any who may doubt and convince the country
of the absolute necessity of completing it, to which purpose the
Legislature will no doubt contribute largely.

The trip from here to Frankfort will occupy about two hours when the
arrangements are complete."

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This "new locomotive" may have been the "Nottaway" or "The Logan" or the
"Daniel Boone." The latter, which was inclined to run behind time, was
the butt of many jokes. One traveller is said to have asked "What is
the matter, will we never arrive?" and another replied "Let us ask the
engineer to feed 'Boone' another stick of cord wood, or we will never
get there." Capt. Alfred Pirtle, Secretary of the Filson Club, says "The
Baldwin Locomotive Works have a record that they built an engine named
'Daniel Boone' for the Lexington and Ohio Rail Road in 1842."

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The Observer and Reporter January 24th, 1835, says:

"Several hundred of our citizens had the