ABSTRACT

The logic and eloquence of the prospectus overcome the reader, and before his last cup of now luke-warm coffee is swallowed, he resolves to write, without delay, to the Provisional Committee of the "Grand Diddlesex Junction," and to request, in accordance with the prescribed "form of application" which is subjoined to the prospectus, that there may be "apportioned " t o him "shares in the above proposed railway;" and he engages to pay " the deposit of £2 10s. per share upon such allotment," and to sign its subscription contract required by Parliament, and also the subscribers' agreement.