Litchfield enquirer., 1850-04-18
TerrIbIe \ AehIeVsment,

k is rsnaEkable for it's spire, the lofticst of Sk Petersburg.
 An, anecdote corrected wi h this church, and not known. believe, out of Russia, is too remarkable to be omitted. The spire which rises
 -" Lofty. and iigh. .,and small" md is probably representedin in he cngra- wing as fading away almost into point iR the sky, is, in reality, terminated by globe of considerable dimensions, on which an angel stands, supporting a large cross. This angel, less respected by the weather than perhaps his holy character Deserved, fell into disrcpair; and some suspicious were entertained that he de- signed revisiting, nninvoked, the surface Ot the earth.-The affair caused some un casiness, and the government a length became seriously perplexed. To raise a scaffolding to such a height, would cost more money than all the angels out of heaven were worth-and in meditating fruitlessly on these circumstances. with 0at being to resolve how to act, a con- siderable time was suffered to elapse.
 Among the crowd of gazers below who turned their eyes and their thoughts to- ward the angel. was milk called Te> Jouchkine. This man was ro ofer of houses (a slater as he would be called in countries where states were used,) and his speculations by degrees assumed a more practical character than the idle wonders and conjectures of the rest of the crowd. The spire was entirely cov- cred with sheets of gilded copper, and presented surface to the eye as smooth as if it had been burnished gold. But Teloucl. kine knew that the sheets of cop per were not sy n. T .iformly closed upon each another; and, above all. there were large nails used to fasten them. which projected from the side of the spire.
 Having meditated upon these circum- stances, till his mind was made up, tbe milk went to the government, and oFer- edto repair the angel, without scsGold. ing. and without assistance, on condition z of being reasonably paid fer the time expended in the labor. The offer was accepted for t was made in Russia. and by Russian.
 On the day fixed for the adventure, Telouehkine. provided with nothing more thAp coil of ropes, ascended tue spire sp the inter or, to the last window. Here he looked down at the concourse of the people below, and up at the glttering "needle,'' as it is called, tapering far above his head. But his heart did not fail him, and stepping gravely out upon Ehe window, he set about his task.
 He cut portion of the cord in the form of two large stirrups, with a loop at each end. The upper loops he fastened upon two of the projecting nails above CTS. Then Gg gging the fingers of one hand into the insteicis of the sheets of copper. he raised up one of his stirrups with the other hand SC as to make it catch a nail higher up. The same ope- ration he performed on behalf of the other leg. and so on alternately. And thus he climbed, nail by nail, step by step, and stirrup by stirnp, till his start. ing post was undistinguishable from the golden surface, and the spire had dwin- dled in his embrace, till he could clasp it | all around.
 So far so well. But he now reached the ball-a globo of between nine and ten feet in circumference. The angel, the object of the visit, was above this ball, and concealed from his view, by its smooth. round and glittering expanse. Only fancy the wretch at that moment, turning up his grave eyes, and graver beard, to an obstacle that seemed to defy the daring and ingenuity of man.
 But Telouchkine was not dismayed He was prepared for the difficulty; and the means by which ho essayed to sur- mount it exhibited tho same prodigious simplicity as the rest of the feat.
 Suspending himself in his stirrups, he girded the needle with q cord, the ends of which he fastened around his waist and, so supported, he leaned gradually back, ill the scles of his feet were planted against the spire. In this position he threw by a strong effort, coil of cord oyer the ball and so coolly and accurate ly was the aim taken, that at the first tri- al, it fell in the required direction, and he saw the end hang down on the opposite side.
 To draw himself up in his original po- sition. to fasten the cord firmly around the globe. and with the assistance of this auxiliary to climb to the summit, were nov an easy part of the task and in few minutes more Telouchkine stood by the side of the angel and listened to the shout that busrt like sudden thunder from the concourso below, yet came to his sai only like faint and hollow mur- ynur.
 The cord. which he had an opportuni- ty af fastening properly, enabled him to descend with comparative facility; and the next day he carried up with with him g ladder ofropes. by means of which he found it easy to effect the necessary re- pairs.