Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-06-19
VOL. TX. NO. 4e.
Adventurous Curiosity.

! ny paluter named hopcu. lie was IN
the Church of st. Peter, at Rome, one day,
after the hour of prayer, alone, and was
contemplating the many wonders of the
venerable and majestic building, Sudden
y he perceived q rope let down from the
cupola, and a workman approach and fasten
4 bucket of water to it, which was drawn
up. The artist was instantly seized with q
desire to ascend the steeple; and did So
On reaching the top, he saw some workmen
engaged in repairing portion of the roof
Across an opening in the top of the dome,
they had stretched two planks, by which
they drew up the bucket of water The
planks being only designed to support the
weight of the bucket, had been chosen care
lessly without much regard to strength or
Soundness After surveying the lovely
sccnesprcad out beneath him, Robert felt
a great curiosity to view the interior of St.
Peters from his elevated position. With
the rccklessncss of youth, he instantly de-
tcrmined to cross on the planks. FIJI. he
cautiously placed one foot on the narrow
pathway, and then the other and commen-
ced his hazardous undertaking. When he
reached the middle of the planks, being de-
sirous to view the church beneath him, he
seized With vertigo, his head seemed to
whirl, and blackncss came over his eyes
Conscious of his inability to proceed far
thcr, he stopped There in his awful stu
alton, at a height of three hundred feet,
with marble pavement beneath him, and
with only frail plank between him and
certain destruction, he could distinctly hear
the mnttered excavations of the workmen,
who were in momentary expectation of see
ing him crushed to pieces.
Knowing, however, that ifhe remained
in his present position he would soon fall,
the painter walked trcmblingly on. Pre-
sently the plank, which was rotten, began
to crack. "EIeavens the poor fellow will
be dashed to -" exclaimed workman.
He did not finish the sentence, for the mas
ter mason placed his hand upon his mouth,
and pressed it violently
The painter hurried on, and in few mo-
ments was in safety. He instantly threw
himself on his knees and returned thanks
TO God for his preservation. But he was
soon surrounded by the masons. "Oh, my
claimed he. But the mssons Began bs9 'ic to beat
him. "You naughty fellow" said they,
Show you have frightened us p They con-
tinued the beating till Robert, half laugh
ing and halfangry, was pretty sore. When
they ceased, the painter, turning to the
master mason, said, "Why did you stop
that mans mouth 2"
"Why, would you have had me let him
take away the little reason that he had left?"
was the answer. Robert took the mans
hand and pressed it with emotion too deep
for uttcrance &H
COMPLEMENTARY MIR. King, of New
York commenced reply to Mr.. Toombs, of
Georgia, in which he said:
81 suppose L shall not be required to
furnish understanding to the Senator from
Georgia, who has chosen to misunderstood
the facts ofthis case, and of course thus to
mis-state them. will read the law"
To which MIR. Toombs replied
81 will certainly relieve the Senator from
New York from any obligation to furnish
me any brains in this case, because / have
seen nothing in that Senator course which
indicated that he could spare any"
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Kate, the other day, was asserting the
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