From an Old Hoss
Postboios Athanat'oss
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Railways, Steam-power |
Written from the perspective of a horse, who reflects on his redundancy in 'these Railway Days', but thinks that 'steam people' are returning to horses since he overhead two railway directors upholding the need for advertising 'Posters' (an archaic word for post-horses) to make railways pay. | |
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