Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-09-29
B.Cndin and Fariui,

a crowd to the Falls yesterday. At
least 1000 persons went from this city.
B!on,iin's performance was witness
ed, We should say, By at Iersl 1000
people, stationed within his enclosures
on the American AMI Caaaia sides,
AMI upon the B:iise. HIS receipt.
must have been something hanlsona.
Precisely al I o'c.ock-!et him De
coln:aendel for his punctpa!ity-t!la
aat:y little Frellchmlo male his ap-
pearaace, uttered as pe:u.iAr anl IL
reslst!ble sc ,od bye, ladies' AMI gen
uen@n," And raa-Hc use the wori
III ieEstal liny'y-)ut upon his rope
! II ''ia5 proceei-d perhaps two hnl-
| dreI feet, he co.n Il need 4 series of
gymlaStic exercises That We venture
tn say no other man in the world would
dare attempt. FIRST he lay at fll
length upon the rope; thea he turned
4 number of back so:lerSatS; thea h.,
ling by hoth feet; then by one 10 1t !;
then by Ole ieg, Crooked III tho knee
.jolnt; then he stood upon his hca,l-
These teats were ptrtprna'l with AN T.
zn- rupidity "a rapi'ltv that WAS if,a"-
tui to witness-or wo@IA have been but
!pr the perfect self f-possession that was
apparent IN every motion. We were
not ut ail surprised 10 hear ia. nervous
"Ons:: :" OF the lalies-a large nl.nb9r
o! whom were present during this
, daredevil performance.
Hayil2 reached tha centre Of his
rope, Bi,n;tin ial asi ie his balance
pole, placed his Stomach upon the ca
0lI ant wcnt through thu motions of
swim l;ay, after which he desce!:ie,l
the swing, which is 4 permanent tx
ture at that point. THIS swing hangs
ahou. thirty feet be.ow the cable
Here he set himself whir.iny, making
eighteen revolutions III about a. many
seconds, AMI performed various other
surprising feat2, concluding anl eli
King the whole by hln5.ng to the
swing with his head dp,eawartlS. II !,
then asceniei to the cable, picked up
h's pole ana trotted to the Canaia
side. The time occupied in the whole
journey was a little over fifteen min
u.es
After delay Of about half an hour,
which WAS mainly o"cap;ed in ADJUST
ing the guys al! tightening the c..b:e,
II 5asieur =. made his appearance on
;ne Cana;!a e'.:j OF the BIZ. bearing
his -ood-lonking agent, NJ. Hurry c j.
cord. upon his back. C,n~i,,erinr tho
fact that NJ. .. w,igf5 l45 polnlS,
and that B.onl;n himself weighs bat
l25, 1t may be Imagined that he bal a
pretty good loai TO carry. Il was per
tectIy won lertu to with ass the ease witt,
which B'ondm achieved this most diff
cnt and dangerous Of uniertakings.-
CoIcord left his perch-wc cannot think
OF a better word-but twice during the
entire walk. and then stood upon the
! rope tor half minute or SO, for the
purpose OF strengthening ont" In ex-
! ac;ly fourteen minutes from the TIM
that they left the Canada shore thev
were received upon the American sile
with the hearty p!aadlts of the assem-,
bied thousands.
B:oiliin was as cool ali self possess
Ell at the close Of his laborS As he was
before he commenced them. a nhvsi-
clan who felt his pulse, few minutes
after ne lett the rope, assures us that it
was perfectly regular" Coicorl look
ed very pale As he p!aoe.l his feet on
teTra .F'ra1, and seemed to be conSii-
eraD.y excited. It is b,t fair to say,
however, that he has beea confined to
his bed for several days, by a fever,
AMI Oil Y left it for the sake Of keepin. :,
his ensaye,nent-a fact which is muc1
! to lis credit.
Take ii ali in all, D:onI.;n' s ascension
Yesterday, Was Il perfect t,ium Dh -oae
which places ni.n oIt Of reach Of all
would be rivals, AM entities him to the
app:.iation Of "tat Kns Of the Cao.e.'' -
Inose Hno saw him viii not dispute
, oar word. Let thJSe who dill not, Wit
ness his next performance an jul 5e
WAetner We are right or wron-,
We We're not able 10 witness the
night ASCENSION, but entertain no doubt
oi its perfect Success.
Farm! started with his n,,n-a Can.
adam by the name of Mem ,iien-at 5
O'Clock. He entered upon his task
with evident fear and mbI.ny, and
proceeded with it in a bung.in5 an !
awkward manner. Having gone out
about nifty feet, be compelled his ami.
mate load to descend tron It's position,
stretch out its respective legs, place its
hands upon his shoulders and trud e
along after him. 1t was carry AL N.
load, unload and carry for the three.
quarters OF an hour that be occupied in
his "pertormance,"- is ackhowl
edged by al to have been an exceed