The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-25

&arsSGsASss IAs 5SIs~ As-kE tia
III ] ] ntue town 81 Green~llis, Pa.
III lives The MAJ who can now csa.-,
TIE hoDor % havs1g made tire
largest SsiYey-ou-giazs telescope
aesas f. TIA world. TIE srax's nasus
+ yoan Pea.s. he e retired Meth
sdzs preacher ard Tbs L. his erss attempt
1. telescope building n aas been entirely
= sater o. love with sszn, fer the great len.
vas built for gAe ase Of the new Methods,
uaivesEssy II Washing ser, ard Is sods. to
be mounted there.
TIE new telescope is interesting. 20: only
because is lens IS the largest in the ccuE-
sry, BIT because CT the scceatric character
q It's hais4eT and the fast tina; he devised
ssost % TIE machinery for his Gellc4ta
work as hs went along. He .etlrs. from
the pulpit several years ago ard is row q
rssrs % age. Ills ereet. stalwart figure and
sEaw-wAite beard are familiar ali through
western Pennsylvania. In spite OF nearly
fo,sr-sCcre Fsars. Ut. psatg Is Still as a.
tive as 8 hoy and ne recently walked
fw-aty-seyes miles In a single afternoon
without nsinding IL at all In sas winter
be nay b. seen almost any Are day CT the
X
WITH swift MUSCULAR stroke that ls the
snyT Of the town boys. He Is known All
aYsr tais part % the state and his sisrswd
ecrmoa-aaE.ss sayings ara quoted all
through she Shenango valley.
John Peate was born III County Cavan.
Ireland. and his conversation In still rs.
vore3 By = l!ss quality of Irish bxo2us AID
marked 5y Irish Wit as keen as when i
nd 70 his teens ha Landed III America ard
sought employment AZ the trade of brick
laying.
While young man re was converted at
. Methodist revival. left his trade, took to
preaching and became one os the clergy
men and later OH Il presiding elder in the
Erie conference. About fifteen or twenty
pears ago he became interested in the max
ing OK lenses, through Dr. Wythe, a fellow
pastor. and since then has devoted all his
spare moments 20 that work
From first To last, excepting such little
Information as he got from Dr.. Wythe. and
seine slight technical Instruction from
John A. Brashear, the Ptttsourg .ens
maker. DR. Psate has relied upon his own
skill and inventive ability In the perform
ace o: his delicate work.
DIR. Peate's OHer.
Nearly four years ago. at the annual
meeting OF the Erie III. f. conference, 10
which Rev. Peats bears a supernumerary
relation. Bishop Hurst presented plea for
tbs support OF the American university
sad tod In such glowing phraseology of
tae hopes and prospects for the school THAI
the ciergymen wsre deeply impressed. Az
tie conclusion OF che bishops appeal. Rev.
Peaie rose and quietly offered to make for
TIE university the largest rejecting teIe-
scope lens In the world. The bishop ard
tie ciergymen present knew that Dr. Peats
had been successful IL the making OF sew
erai sGlall lenses and other optical glasses
but the su3denness and magnitude OF hts
ofgsr for . moment embarrassed them all
The offer was SO remarkable that ii took
ehe hearers by surprise. The bishop Looked
lrto the face OF the erect and venerable
nan. He knew him. In what time Will
you DO it?'' he asked. TN two years
promptly responded Rev. Peste. HIS offer
vas accepted soon afterwards and the con-
titions fixed BY the university authorities
we're that DR.. Peate should do the work
tie school to bear all expenses. No ilmta-
nens were set 70 the latter. Or. Peate lost
&c time upon his return home. His arst
concern. Of course, WAS tn get the glass in
the rough. That was an enormous task
and the difficulties encountered were suffi-
eiert To have thoroughly dishearteaed any
but the sturdiest spirit He could have