The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-03-24
Frea shs cineinnaH Enquirer

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Thrilling scene---Feafful Experi.
enee OF a Lightning nod Man.
vlis Ascent 60 the SuSslintt Of n Ca-
Shedral spire. 90 N
Ar. Thomas Kingston who, fir scvcral yeA.s
has followed the business Of putting up light
ming rods, which, OF course. requires steady
nerves. and firm bFaiu, net viih an accident
rrcsntly by vhch, bet Cor the Rlnsl singular pre-
seiee Of mind, OF rather supernatural inslinc.,
hv would have ALLEN frp;a tie dizzy height, ami
i<en -ilSkel to-slieces. lie Is coHIpelIel to
cIiisb roc's over ehianeyS shd up spires AMI tx
. f5l. witl. Perfect caviaeSo ,.nl ,lgsuiSun hun
dreissl s & sbsvs st..s lsysl oi ti.s earth.
Ia the oA,asioa 20 which Nc rescr, SIR +. had
ascendrd 81 psI,'s Cathedral, whose spire is
shout tW5 hundfel sai tA:Ttr-tivo teet high
t.ssrthe head f0f EfSad%ap, ard sOhe to the
rsst aeip., Slterc having len his ludder lssloV.
h siaiY ly .h>afiils and leg. and fastened the
~. .cot ofthe rod and attached its pOiGt---e,,e
heavy piece Of tmssa!--securvly, a. he sappo-
sci, 10 ahs cross ss,:muunting the steepis. He
had just eonIpleio this 'iiiicult ani dangerous
tasss, satchefly by Il number of persons in the
street helew Snd while booking at the work
sndexpeyicucins Ihat satiaiaetioa wlich results
. sudiluu, something heavy struck him oni Iaqde
his brain reel until ne couLI hardly see. Iustea;
ofrloSing his holiness vt once. as wouii seem to
have hesnths natural and inevitable ,csult, he
cllls with power beyond himself anl vii!
sI2clior 10 lis own, closer and iRStinctSe!y t.
tie Spire. lie knew rot what lrld occurred,
sLi TO his confused senses, 4 appeared that the
ssepie was tpmbliHg; or that some strange
c'usePvaSaJU u bring the vast structure to
thas1 osIial
sSomc forty secends--an age 10 him-niISt
haSe sla,Isdl before he sufficiently collected his
SststtSred thoughts and subyeTted consciousness
%kaow that the entire upper part OF the rod
l.a-l llalleh upsu his head caiising the blood to
ll4ckie over his forehead, anl nearly blind him.
lie Wasan adreadiul perpiexity, and most dan
gaFotS position. lie feared j; he moved, he
woa,d 20 eeaTing the air to terrible death up.
on the stony street below--and, at the same
time he knew that he could not in the disorder
"a state Of his nerves, and his increasing weak
ness, retain his grasp moro the result of fate
of feeling much longer II he stirred be
migl,tsfsI; if he remained, he certainly would
rad SO lIo determined to make an effort for his
life, he put one foot very cautiously, then his
otli,S and then moved his other foot; and after
lnlf u minute of excrton and The greatest dan
nr' :" few seconds was inside Of the steepl,
and safe. ----4se
"a heiiit was Mr.. KS. great staength and cou.
rage iorSOok him, his nerves and and muSce'
relaxed he grew sick unto death; his knees gave
way; his vision swan, and he sunk upon the
platfol1n motoness and insensible. He must
have lain there half an hour before he could rise
and walk and he did not recover from the shock
formorc than fortnight afterwards.
The people gazing up at him from the street
describe the scene as painful and exciting il
the extreme. When they observed the rod fall
4 thtiil Of horror an through their hearts, and
two women swooned away, for they expected
to behold him the next moment dashed to pic
ces at their feet. Destiny had ordered it 9TH
erwise, and Mr.. X. still pursues his dangerous
avocation, but he saysif he were to live thou
sand years, he never would forget the intense
horror Of those century like moments when he
seemed to hang upon the air more than two
hundred feet above the earth and to be momen-
tsrily descending to a dreadful death.