The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-09-05
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CiliIIincys.

Two gentlemen were walking
through the manufacturing district
along the North river above Fourteenth
street the other day, when their atten-
ton was called 10 tall brick chimney
of an unused factory. The chimney
was more than $50 in height and stood
apart from the building 10 which IL was
connected by mn iron flue about six
feet from the ground, but the flue had
been taken away. Under the hole
where the flue entered the chimney
was a pile of brick and stone. The hole
itself was apparently open. but sec
ond look showed that heavy coffee
sacking hung over it on the inside Of
the chimney wall, which seemed 10 lac
about twenty inches thick. When the
men first looked at it n boy Of Is years
was climbing through the hole into the
chimney.
The boys have den in there. |
presume" said the elder OF the two
men. 1T is warm and dry and very
like The caves they read about in their
dime stories, black as VOLTS mouth,
you know"
Don't the ligh shine in at the top
OF the chimneyP" inquired the young
man.
Yes, but IL does not reach them.
Let me tell you something about CHM
ncys. That pile of brick Is twenty feet
square, and where that boy went in 1t
Is 20 inches thick. Then comes space
that is more than three feet across and
then Il twelve inch wall surrounds
fue that IL about seven feet on a side.
That vacant space between the inner
and tho outer walls makes fine cave
for the boys. The chimney is thick for
its size. There is one in Lawrence,
Mass, 234 feet high, and is no larger on
the base than this one. Down town
near the North river ferries Is the larg-
est chimney in the world. The inside
of the fuc Is q feet 10 inches long by s
feet inches wide. 1t is 22l feet high.
1t takes the smoke from four tiers OF
boilers, 32 in all, in which 1000 tons of
coal arc burned in Il day.
There are some very queer CHM
neys in the world. have read Of one
in Mexican factory which was made
OF sun dried bricks that were ten inches
long and seven wide, and three thick.
There is chimney in Pennsylvania
that Is made of old iron rails that does
good service. Queer, isn't it?'
Yes" said the young man. THE
house that Christine Nilsson WAS born
in was made of unhewn logs piled up
with mud chinked into the cracks. The
chimney Is said TO be Of wood also
Long fiat pieces were split out of Il
logs and laid up rs were the logs Of the
house, but into the shape Of fireplace,
tapcring off into ilue where smaller
sticks were used. Inside OF the fire.
place n wall of round stones was piled
up and thickly plastered with mud, as
was the inside OF the wooden flue above.
When. rs occasionally happened, the
mud fell of, her father climbed up in
side and plastered more on. Whether
that chimney was made so or not,
plenty OF others are in the West and
South.
Speaking about lireplaces. said the
older man, reminds me of very sim
gular place where they were formerly
used. One hundred and fifty years ago
stoves were unknown. The fishing
smacks that sailed out Of Gloucester in
those days were small affairs of from
twenty 10 forty tons, but they had 10
carry fire, OF course. In the fore
cuddy they built brick fireplace, with
brick ilue running up through the
deck. never heard that any OF them
burned. either, though the back log
must have been well shaken up when
they got into n chop sea on the Georges
bank. Tho Willow. the Blaney, and
the Squirrel were 'pinkerys' when they
fitted out in that way between 1920 and
1880. Tradition says that the fues
were good places 10 smoke herring,
and that the fishermen were about as
badly smoked in the cuddy as the her
ring were in the lue.-M J. Sun.