Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1837-09-01

The church Of St. Peter and St.
Paul il remarkable for its spire, theIl
oi'tiest Of st. Pctersburgh.
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Al anecdotc connected with this
church. and not known, | believe, out
ii Russia. is too remarkable 20 he'll
omitted. The spire which rises
lofty. and light, and small,
and i probably represented N the
engraving as fading away almost into
4 point into the sky, is, IN reality
terminated BY i globe Of considerable
dimensions, on which an angel stands.
supporting alargc cross. This angel
less respected BY the weather THANH
perhaps his holy character desoryed,E
fell into disrepair; and some suspi-I
cions were entertained that he del
signed revisiting, uninvoked, the sur
face of the earth. The affair caused
some uneasiness, and the government
at length became seriously perplexed.
To raise scailolding to such a height
would cost more money than all the
angels cat Of heaven were worth
and in meditaiing fruitlessly On these
circumstances, without being able tol
resolve how to act. CONSIDERABLE
time was suffered to clapse.
Among the crowd Of gazers below,
who daily turned their G yes and .i!:ciir
thoughts towards the angel, was Il
milk called Telouchkine. This man
was d roofcr of houses, IA slater as he
would be called IN countries where
lslatcs were used,) and his speculations
eby degrees assumed d more practical
character than the idle wonders ard
jconiectures of the rest of The crowd.
4 The spire was entirely covered with
sheets Of gilded copper. and presented
ia surface to the eye as smooth ASH
lit lad been one mass Of FURNISHED
lgold. But Telouchkine knew that
\ the sheets of copper we're not even,
!. uniformly closed uFen xs2cFi satherl
land, above al, that there were large
mails used to .asten them, which pro-
ljected from The side of the spirc.
Having meditated upon these cir
Icumstances till his mind was made. up.
1.-THE milk went TO the government,
and offered to repair the angel, with
out scaliolding, and without assist
lance, on condition of bciEgreasonably
flpaid for the time expended in the la
Dor. The offer was accepted; Tor i
was made in Russia, and by Il Russian
Il On the day fixed for the adyen.
] turc, Telouchkine, provided with no.
I thing more than a coil Of ropes, as
ccndcd the spirc in the interior, tc
the last window. Here he looked
lIlown at the concourse of the people
llbelow, and up at the glittcring ''nee.
Il Idle" as it Il called, tapering far above
: This head. But his heart did not fail HIM
! and stepping gravcly out upon thu
I window, he set about his task.
Z lie cut portion Of the cord 10 the
. form Of two large stirrups, with :
loop at each end. The upper loops
! he fastened upon two Of the project
/, ing uails above bis head, and placed
{ his feet in the others. Then dIgginl
. the fingers Of one hand into the inter
! sticcs Of the sheets of copper, h
: raised up one Of his stirrups with tn
$ Iother hand, so as to make 1t catch
6 mail higher up. The same operation
: he performed on behalf Of the othe
E leg, and so on alternately. And thu
: he climbed, nail by nail, step by steE
{ and stirrup by stirrup, till his startln
= post was undistinguishable from til
d golden surface, and the spirc ha
J. dwindled, and dwindled, and dwlndle
d i'm his embrace, till he could clasp
&c all around.
h So far, SO well. But he no.
If reached the ball--a globe Of bctwee
If Chime and ten feet in circumference
IN The angel, the object Of the visit, Wa
= above this ball, and concealed fro
ID his view, by its smooth, round an
TX Iglittcring eypanse. Only fancy It
es wretch at that moment, turning I
ry his grave eyes, and gravcr beard,
~ an obstacle that seemed to defy Il
"a daring and ingenuity of man.
he But relouchkine was not dismayc
h lie was prepared Ion the difficult.
al and TIE means by which be essay
he to surmoupt il, cShibiied the saa
AL prodigiqus simplicity rs the rest
t,)ithc feat.
oil sSnspending himself IN his. stirrul
ofllsc eirded TO needle with O cord, I
npIcnds Of wEFcb he fastened arou
q, Ehiswaist; nui u supported, he lean
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