Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-22
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wen. TO the Pals ye..erday to sec Il Ia. they
were made of, And II all Ito stories he had
heard ufraAra sosheir imtsensity and ter
rors, We're true. He was Herkimer coun
g person, and according 70 the nature Of the
hsfkimer county people, exeeedingly inquis-
tive The ffst thing, therefore AFTER arriv.
ing At the Falls, was 70 9nd all the "hobiects
OF hinterest. This be accosnpiished II, the
us,ias way, by inserting his hand in his peck.
ct, sre4asntiy. and extracting it full of: anar.
ters. distributed among hackmen. guides, abo
aigine, gate keepers, pagodaowners. book
pediArs, and inclined plane keepers, soon
brougti sssm IN contact with, the .'hobjects Of
Interest alluded to, and with mind nat
uriiiy comprehensive he grasped them all
a. once. lie didn't stand dawding over the
American Fall nor faint away ut the sight
OF the Horse Shoe Neither did he s.s,p to
take sketch behind the great sheet II water.
but he did the eatire BaiIs. wonders, caves
ani nil in the course ofatout three hours
an unparalleled feat except "a Herhimer
county people and "Iihgiisb pedestrian
tourists 4 II he had arrived at night he
would have hired n lantern and guide, and
per ormad the operation in shorter space
Of time
Hts'ng finished this seventh wonder Of the
world, he thought he wonid 10 down TO the
Suspension Bridge. and not wishing 10 60 ND
the inclined plane again, and go to the
trouble memploying one II Those polite hack.
men, he concluded TO walk IL, by going down
Mt the foot Of the bank He picked his VIA,
sere raj miles ever rocks and lodges with an
immense insnr,ncuntablc prccipice froynine
above him, and the waters ii the Niagara III
riouIg ctreering along yawning ike damp
grave FOR q victim close vt bis feet Yet on
he went couple of honrs elapsed after he
lett the landing used by the steamer sMad
o!tbe Mist when he missed himself "He
hal been sitting" he relates upon a large
stone, almost beneath the great Suspension
Bridge, reading some of bis private papers,
when all at once he heard q terrible splash
ing in the water close by him On turaina
r"nnd To see what il was. Che thought it was
large fish in the water) he discovered tlrat
it was himself lie recognized himself by
The dates n The papers he still held in his
hand There he was in that fearful current
OF fifteen or twenty miles an hour, which,
like devil, was bearing him away to perdi
ton. fortunately he saw n large rock Just
under the bridge, and with supcrhuman
strength, he seized aud st,aiafea it.
Here was fix sure enough. Several PEG
PIE were standing on the brink nearly two
hundred feet above him With frantic dis
regard Of expenses he tore of the basement
part of his shirt and waved it furiously,
brcathles.ly waiting for aid Instantly a
movement was seen on the hrdre--on the
bank. ut the depot, at the groceries at the
hotels. The telegraph announced his extra
perilous position in all directions, and in the
course OF an hour, some two thousand peo-
pie had collected to witness his straddling of.
tina. internal rock, which BY this time had
rnsped away the basement Of his pants also
Many were the experiments suggested -
Many thought he WASH worth saving, and
these would periodically 90 up and Get n
drink. and then return and gaze at the vie
tim until they got dry again. Some said,
let him slide. while othe y, more charitab'y
inclined, snid, "lct us save tim-he may hare
money This was q convincing argument
with Suspension Bridge people, and long
rope.'alder was obtained. 1t was let down
to the Herkimer county person. who still
contemp'atively strnddled the rock, (then al
most a rock OF age" to him, as he had re-
manned there over two hours, and as he stat
eli, ii seemed like two centuries, with that
internal rock grinding into my pantaoons y
Alter much swaying, and .jostling ard
swinging about the Herkimer county man
reached the top wet through, md too cold
even to swear. Before the ladder hid been
let down, there had been an argument on the
bridge rs to whether they hadn't better uqree
up"a price for sacing him before holdiag
"af oHy hopes Of a rescue, but it was over
rnied by hackmar, who stated TINT the
cove had % vallyablc trunk up to the depot
Consequently, the llcrkmer man was hlu
c NJ. We haven't seen or heard of him
since We hear q runor that man came
up from the Falls yesterday, and the conduc-
tors say TINT he swnre nil the way to Utica,
that's all we know of the affair except that Il
butcher nobIy rerilled his life on the rope.
ladder which had been hurriedly made on
the spot
1t seems that the rock which the man
was seated. WIS not beneath the bridge and
the butcher went down upon the ladder, and
was swung like II pendulum, until he reach
ell n rope to the man. This rope was r,sten-
ell Ia the Ia ider The butcher then wensup
the ladler, AMI the man on the rock fastened
the ladder 10 the rock went up it and was
saved
seriously, the whole affair was q terrible
one, and the position of the man on the rock
more reriionS than any one could imagine
VINO was not an eye witness. He behaved
very well tEirnuhcont the whole ahairand got
home with the satisfaction nf HAVING accom-
pushed a ieat that no ono ever performed be-
fore this or will consummate hereafter The |
bridge and banks We're black with people. |
antsiic utmost excitement was experienced. |
We are Very glad indeed to chronicle the es
cape OF the man, and hope it will be warn
lnT TO INN when AMIN in donporous mr.
slippery places.