When asked by Ingolby what he called the Governor General when he took His Excellency over the new railway in Ingolby's private car, he said, "I called him what everybody called him.

I called him 'Succelency.'" And "Succelency" for ever after the Governor General was called in the West.

Jim's phonetic mouthful gave the West a roar of laughter and a new word to the language.

On another occasion Jim gave the West a new phrase to its vocabulary which remains to this day.
Having to take the wife of a high personage of the neighbouring Republic over the line in the private car, he had astounded his master by presenting a bill for finger-bowls before the journey began.

Ingolby said to him, "Jim, what the devil is this--finger-bowls in my private car?
We've never had finger-bowls before, and we've had everybody as was anybody to travel with us." Jim's reply was final.