The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

" ny lne
Scotch Canadian capitalists
who are now Lord Stephen and
Lord Strathcona-and-Mo nt-Royal,
their contractor for the building was
John Stacy. He was of great physl-
cal strength, notoriously "a tall man
of his hands," and everything in the ma
ture Of practical joke was dear to
him, although he must have been
fifty-five or sixty years old. SO no.
body who knew him was surprised
when he proposed a luncheon on top
of the factory chimney just after its
completion.
1t cannot be truthfully said that
men camo foeking to his invitations.
The chimney, which stood about
twenty-five or thirty feet clear of the
factory building was a plain shaft of
brick with an unrailed iron coping, ,sand
to reach this top we had to go out on
a ladder, about thirty-fve or forty
feet long, which slanted from the roof
of the ten-story stair tower to the cop
ing. In high winds the tall stack of
brick swayed distinctly. as all high
It's a wonder entirely what alb
sorbing business the gentlemen of
Cornwall do be having on the day of
me luncheon-party," old Mr.. Stacy
told me, with apparent solemnity and
few touches of brogue. II was ex-
pecting the judge would come and re-
ply to the toast of the learned pro-
I. 10 In.
court steady all that day. Darby
Bergin darsnt be leaving his patients
for two hours, poor creatures!
when | aXed ould Aleck Sandfield
to ate wild us up there. he fed as one
man. Donald Ban McLennan say
twill be the height of imposslbility
for him to get away from his Office
that day at one o'clock.
"And even me bowld John Ban
could promise no better than that he'd
be proud to partake OF what would
be going if 1t was the luck of him to
be able to join me chimney party.
Sure, it's cloudy in his talk John Ban
can be at timesi And ten or q dozen
more-'with one accord they made
excuse dunno what's gene wrong.
There's seldom unwillingness among
them to partake of what's going at
me expense"
They're AFRAID of the height"
suggested, being young and innocent
enough to imagine that the contractor
might really be puzzled.
Look at that nowr he exclaimed,
eyeing me with mock admiration. "He
seen it at wanse! The foolish old man
i am! IT'S the fut of the chimney
should have invited them to. And me
at the greatest of pains to instruct
them on the picturesque prospect form
the top, and about the enjoyment Of
sitting foreninst yer provisions wild
one hundred and thirty feet of hole
under your toes and the same of clear
air beneath your back-bone
"And then" Stacy continued "the
pleasure of climbing out on the ladder
with nothing, bar the rungs, betwixt
your boot-soles and the ground! Faith,
l dlscoorsed of the height as an at
traction And you think is scared
them! See the penetration of the
young!"
"And so the party won't come offY'
said, ignoring his irony.
"Troth, it will! There's yourself
and your chief, Mr.. Bell Ye will rep
resent the noble ART of factory ar
rchitecture; and the superintendent,
he climb anything with a good lunch
at the top of 1t. It's manufacturing
industries he'll speak for, and me son
George can stand with yourself for
young Canada and there's meself for
old Ireland; and then there's the re-
porters, maybe. and Mr.. MacDew,-
that Is the mayor,-and wee Macklem
that wants to be. Sure, they'll rep
resent the pr-roud municipality of
Cornwall"
''Mackleml Surely he won't try itv'
"And why not?"
SHAT little, nervous shivering store
keeperv
'Arrah. but you forget the ambi-
tion he has to be mayor! 1t initiates
him to that extent he might float like
a balloon. How did l get him to ac-
cept? All, that was aisy! just took
1t for granted he wouldn't want to be
climbing high places, and l went on
telling him how Mayor MacDew had
accepted, and how I'd arranged for
the Montreal Daily Gazette reporter,
and that the Cornwall Sentinel would
give two columns to my chimney party
and how the owners of the factory
wished me success in it-them that
VIII be able TO influence so many Corn