Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-17

WHEN the first great woolen fac
wv tory was put mp at Cornwall. I
Ont, bs the Scotch-Canadian capital
lists who are now Lord Mount-S'ephen
and Lord Observation-Disclosures
their contractor fol the building was
John Stacy. lie was OF great ply ysical
strength. notoriously "a tall man OF
his hands" and anything in the nature
of a practical Joke was dear 20 him,
although he must have been 55 or 90
years old. So nobody who knew him
was surprised when he proposed
luncheon on top Of the factory chin
ney just after it's compile tion.
II cannot be truthfuliy said that
men came hocking % his invitations
The chimney. which stood about 25 !
or 80 feet clear OF the factory build |
ing, was plain shaft of brick with an |
unrailed iron coping. and IN reach this /
top we had 10 90 out on ladder, |
about 35 or 30 feet long. which slant |
ed from the roof Of tho tcu-story stair
tower 20 the coping. In high winds
the tall stack Of brick swayed distinct
~. as all high brick chimneys do at
Euch times.
"It's "a wonder entirely what absorb
ing business the gentlemen Of Corn
wall do be having on the day OF me
iuncheon-party." old Mr.. Stacy told
me. with apparent solemnity and
few touches OF brogue. Il was eN-
pecting the Judge would come and re-
ply 10 the toast ot the learned pro-
fessions. but himself is for holding
oourt steady all that day. Darby
Bergin darsn't be leaving his patients
for two hours. poor creaturesi
when I aXed ould Aleck Sandfield
60 ate Wild US up there. ne fed as one
man. Donald Ban McLennan says
twill be the height OF impossibility
for him 10 get away from his Office
that day at one o'clock.
And even me howld John Ban could
promise no better than that he'd be
proud TO partalSe Of what would be
going II it WAS the luck OF him TO be
able 10 Join me chimney-party. Sure
it's cloudy in his talk John Ban car
be at timesi And ten or a dozen moro
with one accord they made excuse.
dunno what's gone wrong. There
seldom unwillingness among them q
partake of what's going at me eX
pense."
They're afraid OF the height"
suggested. being young and innocen
enough 20 imagine that the contracto
might really he puzzled.
"I.oOk at that nowl" he exclaimed
ewing me with mock admiration. III
seen IL at wanstl The foolish ol
man I am. 'Tis the fut of the chin
ney I should have invited them 10
And me AT the greatest Of pains
instruct them on the picturesque pros
o. pect from the top. and about the eT
ioyment OF sitting foreninst yer pr
visions wild $50 feet of hole undC
your toes and the same OF clear a
beneath your backbone,
then" Stacy continued. "tl
pleasure of climbing out ON the ladd.
with nothing, bar the rungs. betwil
your boot-soies and the groun,
Faith, / discoorsed OF the height
an attraction! And you thinkit scare
theml See the penetration OF Il
youngi"
"And so the party won't come of
said. ignoring his irony.
"Troth. il Wilt There's yourse
and your chief. Mr.. Bell. Ye will re
resent the noble ART of facto
architecture: and the superinten
ent, he'd climb anything with go
lunch at the top of II. It's manuf'
turing industries he'll speak for, a
me son George can stand with yol
self for young Canada; and ther'
meseif for old Ireland; and RI
there's the reporters. maybe. and Nj
Dew-that Is the mayor-and "
Macklem that wants TO be. Su
they'll represent the pr-roud mum
palify Of CORNWALL"
''Macklemi Surely he won't try /
"And why not?'
"That little. nervous. shiver
storekeeperl"
"Arrsh. but you forget the ambit
ne has to be mayorl II initiates
TO that extent he might float up
a balloon. How did I get him to
cept? An. that was aisyi / just u
It for granted he wouidn't want te
climbing high places and ] gent