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Two of the most Extraordinary Occurrences of the Day—The Appearances at Salette and Chelsea.
NEUTRALITY IN PLUSH.
The wonders of steam at Manchester and other great manufacturing towns are quite eclipsed by the triumph at which mechanical science has arrived in an obscure locality. Witness this advertisement, extracted from the Cambridge Chronicle of the 10th instant:
WANTED in a Clergyman's family in the country, a FOOTMAN, which must also have a knowledge of Gardening. For particulars address X.Y., Post Office, Caxton.
The Footman which is wanted in a Clergyman's family, is, of course, a Machine; as the neuter pronoun, by the tenet of Murray, held of course by every clergyman, is to be applied to animals and inanimate things; and no known animal is capable of a Footman's place. The Footman thus wanted might have been supposed to be a trivet, but for the requisition that it shall have a knowledge of gardening. This proves that it must be an Engine—and in part a Garden Engine—endowed with intellectual faculties. That it is advertised for is sufficient evidence that it exists.
Necessity is the mother of invention; and the dearth of labour, combined with the insolence, unthrift, and dishonesty of servants, has compelled some clever mechanist to devise the sort of Footman which is wanted by the clergyman; and has been long in general request.