, 1879-06-04
TIE IRON KING OF WALES,


rh. nronorch or cvfrt1,r. c..,1c-t,ow
w,ri,',,ir. r,J ,,n,,t ~, ,Inn. rc.,,,...
Three oo"sretlon" Of tho t;r@w.l'ays-ps-
ve,ornehs % Ihe.s oraat ir"n Wnrhs--
-NfS' cfn"shay Woh'ai''s h'2hfs Ghn'n-
rton.
1ospos s';sy"is'e. sy oIe1t S@ 1''t c1asSav t the
Iron Klng," is dead. }lls accomplished ylto,
thc ,ulhrr ~ ur,dv 1Ictn. !, ,,,1 = .,xI.t w.
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tosmaF' eaose1 h'' eyes o. cheIteht.am on Sat
urlay. lilo deccascd gentleman hal hscn stay.
}ng tlorc for the bunuitt Ut s health. Iib had
bcon "stono dcafn for wears. Hn t1fctl from
~ ,t,,o,, ~ hr.n.,,,,f. Vi,o, H. fnst t..aa.
,.'a "s,aIs ''u.s"s' , .,', "M1' ~ 'as' s'sas
Wales took placc, he closcti bis works, anil they
hayo ouIv trep pnrttnIjy rro,snatt stncc. ban-
ncnr1 In In y,.,tor nj CyIarthfa f,n.l)c fi,,rl,c
% H. tro,,,l" NJ ~ rr.w.h.v row.d hs w',,,i1 ] ,,asnr
give "ny TO dlctatton; no would rather :loao
hts furnaces forever; he could afford It. I
tlon,t know wh.t lila potsesstons vero. hut ha
,a I'm r.,,,a,t,, ~ hoI,ur a ,,,,1tnnn.ea n,,,.
1.u uu isptta'n! ~ ~ ~ ~ n,n ~. .
where between 4o'ooo'Voo nad Ilo'ooo'~o.
ta1kcd to him BY means oi pencil and pApor.
lie would not learn the dumb alphabet. Some
neon,c tbourht him moro.c. I founa him ar
oeseeae'e' ah'lao'c gentleman. li's nopo1cs
lIis castle overlooked the valley near liA vast
iron works, Ills gardens and bia studio vcre
fruits mn, iiowsrs III Wa!es. in lie hitter be
tank or nrin:e,i liza bcst nict,1res in Emrl ,ui
Some of III, iurtscarc nhot0Vranhu c1hibIteJ MT
tnu 1,ontIun oyhibitions wrrc voted sunerb
by rriljcai ,,ltlrns. Tie best and tnt,st
uattraI likeness have in my aibun-a)wars
rxeentinu thise New York po5fsaIta-are hY the
iatr iioi,crt Crnwshny. Thc ,nost iuscnus
peaches eycr ats were grown in hls houses.
when drum was beaten In biz car, but he main.
Paaca u money o prIxes @ in copotIon Ill W viii I'll tic
baf,tis largo ;,retuf,,nn could bring torethcr. il
Jcjirit M Of Mcrivf ] Tydll, town Which, u unJcr s
tic Crawsiay influence, grow from a village to
ponuIntion OF iWj.0o, Wien he and Mra.
Crawshay wont to witt local watering. pince in
tic summer, tic band woud 70 alopg Md plny
ilnily Tor ,hc amusement Of thesc "cittcs By tl,c
sca y, which hui he eood fortune to attract i!,c
(:raysfnvs. Ahpryatwjth was ono Of thran
rlarcs, aid Mr.. CTawsf,ay showed mo quito q
collection of tic put!,fes to l,ad picked up OH
IN, gnnfai. cfilJ.like snt,icity In ttis strono-
icat,ei mnr,'s tnstra and MEASURES. iIo was n
rare tisiert1an, md naft a lovely little box or,
tic RIycr Usk. which be presented to lis vile
ssSen III. In lis hall at Cyfarthia Uastlo aro "a
nnmnw nra,crvcf nrntnninz II nia nnrifn,r VIZ.
tnrisa. with thcIr weights, and purtirujars Of
ihrir rant,lru. The Lltfie Iaff. trout stream.
Iron f,;rnnces and he lin OF ha,ntners lie scoI,
nrv ia lcnut,f,,l and rnmantlr. When I wa.
there ENJOYING tic iron t,,onarehs l,ospitality.
hr cfnnioy:d at bis Iron and coal works aboi1tt
T,oN Inen. au,l. In ali! families NUMBERING 20 IEU
wero Irnendent on lin for tncIr dailv triad.
.rhn,Ti, t," tnsn,rnrs cnme tn ti,a s.n:ttc .nii,
VIII ,,c lnftnTs InT consultation and a,iyIrr ia
tIfT nat nt,ut.ar to take Of, urtiyc part IN tic
management, Ills carlcn, hts studio, his fish,
mr hs1 hsd II, continnaI S,,i cousts,1t ettrntinm
n. '..w h"i fnr rnars' Ind ns t1,ey recniv,i ~
tn tn t tl,r ,ast. nat, "N' ' '~e~A W.
The Tic v. history Of tho Cyfarthia 1ron.Wo,ks Is
thn raid. .,irijs an s;lycr. of t.aIifornta
t%o,,G' NJ eco" ~ ~ sal, wniiov ri IN; ,ntias
from i.tnttntl. 4 hundrej ycars aro lie snu nf
Ynrxsh shire ycntnnn trrcw iasa ististl wiki h,,ne
and wantuI to see tic world, liz lad an insni
ration nf Tt,,,,on,c. ffestra ia sen hts fnrt,,n.
He iii, mt rvn.Iiv RIM away frnrn I.nIna nv In
im .t,rt nf rnsr,t tt, rn FORTH Of, hts fuynrlto
| jarul nor,y md scs wlIat he could do, I1ku
,Iau I je sct t,,,t m iis nour Al, to % wsv iron
Nnnoot.r ~ Vnrbnhtra n In ,oa. ~ ;1't,,,un
iIsrv bc ,rus root, sI,Urt of t,iourr Lou.Iun Ia
| tyrnspiult tiuInu md d hnri stcpruother Tie
Enristro " Inv sol'l bts nony f,r fc,s ronn,is'
aI fnr s 3 @ s s"e,t ,s pIs TX Us nnnos c fomd
| ,.,nnInrnrrt nj NJ, frnnrnnnvrrv sfore l,rn, hT
n succcssftll trader uuipci 1.ckiuwltlj, The
Louloi, traIcr Iispu the Ynrkshlrc Ind. who WA
nt;nr to Mnkn himse,f s,nt,nrafIv @ ,,1cfni' nj Hr M
1,i w.. I'D "d,s r1nna Iii r',,,na 1,i"rfnwtt,,
,n"dc n"t lin sirn Snd t., stav With l,tln threc
yrnrs. BsInr. thai time Ind unuacei fi,' York
thr., iod hn.i nrmyrd hItn,nif M, lnvnItnhin ss.
| siatant Erant,ml1v- N. n,astrr rnyo lin, n
nnrtmnrsh,n mi nj ',he ,it, mnns a,.atn th.. Inv
hsi s,,r"rn,'r,i tn lin h,s,n"ss Y."rs ma nasssd
IN ami Hlrkawithis sI,,Icssnr ,,rrw ri" hv
@ tralr W ",ui i,r.nmn knoS,l M n cSmi,al1sts 1iis
,,nn,o ,x"s ;3r}."r] Crawsl,nT Enw.' imst n, th,,
I'm" .yHrn Hin rn,Iv f,il,,;y wa. iraylnr. MN.
cntnn o,, htx Yorksl,irc ,M,ur me Hnthont In-
.n,, nn rnmrl,ninI n 1c,se ~ n.ncty y.nnc vonr.
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~" . ~ M.r.hSr ;rviitii E,v,ani ~ ~, ~
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"i f,r,.n. for ,na 'nan,,farure NJ j., rro,, rI'
tancI irum fha CnvrruIuruk n rnntract 9nr
,n.Isi,u, ''" rnnunn NV NJ nonrrav. via j'o1 IN =
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@ tarar nd ,ner ~ hi rnni hn.ness u,,f{ tnn,,c
a,'t,in..nt ,nnncv in ntHrrnf nvsr "tIT ti"et" IN
s.i III nv nt,st ~ ,i,rr ,'r,nartv n"w r,ni.
1a;.t wns tounH. tia 'nnn,, and fnn'a In,
r".rtr,i Tprarthfa oni ,"rihyr hctorn In iii
ttni.isS n"rt,i @ ,tn,r w Whr,, tic hnr,,nfn trns
str,.r ,i,o l"rni ncnn,. .rcmcd N r,isn mir
hcni,s !. ~ II ~ irstuct 'l NJ" u pnnt., iVars I.
,mnI"n y II ,"a nre,frt"i ;hat In nr,r mar,
WIFI wns The risht au'1 iur iilr work, @ Wlneu he % a.
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