New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-02
A ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY.

HooeFlek Gordon Fairbairn, who succumbed last
'ssk 70 an overdose Of mornhine in q prison cell
aShaseport Conn. in which he had been placed
Es his arrest on charge Of 5rrnkenness u.as
second heir TO the bsronetcy Of his deaf and
.-0 UNCLE Sir A".hur Henderson Fairhairn. who
@e president Of the Royal Association in Aid
Dest ana Dumb, and graduate Of Cam
- University Sir Arthur is childless. and his
- ana next heir, Thomas Fairbairn, is the
hdsaih. '-aS JUST met Win
- 10y o. me Fsirbairns is what may be de-
- - e romance Of Industry A little over
49, ssIs ego farm laborer at Kelso.
= lslrbairn was blessed with two sons Will
Feyef' who started life as bow emplovAs
Escy Nan colliery. near Newcastle-on-
~, = vas there that William Fairbairn the
t,,. slO'hef' made the acquaintance Of George
A. .s--H ne father Of railroad TRANSPORTATION.
s,-,,-, sI-pIoyeo as brakeman on the colliery
~. - eiiu me tRo young men rendered each
r,h - 80 assistance, and formed a friendship
q -, through life. While George Stephen
h,stsa -. une locomotive, William Fairbairn
10 an. :. machines, etc, and developed
su-. u me greatest engineers Of mis- age.
lse MS many creations heinz a. -,
4 . across the Mensi strai, he ms -. -
a,oo....'.. o. the British Institution. received
q. -. - ~ 4'Ss and died At the age Of ninety IN
IA s,n.-ses 1s heir 70 his honors son Thomas
4, So hiia TO the grave in 1891
n II, 80 son. Arthur, the third barors, is
ssrb =, member Of bis family who Is dear and
g-l,,r -. sister, Miss Constance Fairbairn Is
iF,ry s,,,--' In spite Of HIS infrrnItv. he &
hu,ons,-,s tempered man, is a keen snortsrosn
ussi iona Of hunting and Of shooting and
Ai'toFsr bo -. % paintings and bric-A-brac
ee a - ,. zone mucn 10 srneIiorate the L.. ~
My sDso-..s eioW sufferers who are not SO bopn,,-
Nv us.f,, "llh me goods Of this world. and is =
lssf az :. '1pected and popular citizen. About
naaou rs,,s,I r1siued AZ banquet given at the
nus IN heeht' IN London. by English d4sr
Rsss : nohor Of delegation Of sno,,,
n L ..s-'iuets' who had come over n Nv
he OIL, 70 visit the French exbini,,o, g.
- As cls... mat broke the silence Of the dinner
e'lgh So OF knives. forks and dishes 81.
pSbsssd,.1 - were made toasts honored and
egub sb, "''llcisrns approved but ali siIentI,,
= sssr.,, Sir Arthur Fairbairn. oor,r,e,c,re
Nssd og welcome after the coffee ranI5l,,
saasnsn. ~ ,iS fingers the phrase. Ladies and
sss On 80. go Silence for the toast" and The
e the 49,, oee showed that all present en-
~ o. the El,,1 wound up by proposing the
\, nsae the L. ~i'leh though drunk in silence.
= ioyally and enthusIasticaIlv hon
= o. s,.iuf has had man. odd .vD.r,o.
70 eario. had invited to dinner two men
ts,ey yr,,, snsenoe had called Al his house
ssss he Vim al letters Of INTRODUCTION. when ~
y nssts ba,s nag room a little late he fo,n6
!, hegtes !, whom We're endowed with their
sus.,, speech and hearing ende "a, rim,
g lanvuag. with each other By means OF tbe
aau sia'." with which they had the mos, In,i,
~ vas ~ each fondy imagining 9Th tbs , ~,
~ he ,o ~ deaf and dumb host No one ~.
more heartily than Sir Arthur him.
~ bsrss.s,' me- that Sir Arthurs grandfather -.
srss dishes, ,aese two Peter by name c''' uk4v, ~
80 9as Of n. 'Delon' and having carved ont !
% I.s a'srs Of machinery was X kn,p Ig S'' n,
:. 'n Of 49, y 1858. by Queen Victoria on ~.
y. hasrsp PAST, .aa to that city. His SON the lat,
Asriesss ioairn. ~ill be remembersa Ne ~ al -
,+,s.f srsst !. railroad men who have taken nsr
49, g lnusl .,s, ssi railroad congresses r.
Mayor !, hsured as president Ne roo q
l<ss,. nsFFynAa ana was knighted by Queer
~ Eno n 1e.. s'el OF Admiral Sir Lambtor
NV fork =. received the freedom of IN,
saying The executions Of IN,