The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-07-24
Blondln or hi. Tight Rome.

BIondln or his Tight Rope.
Mr. Willis in his Home .1uual, titus L..
scrlbes NJ. BloLd!n's passage over the Nmgaur
nyer, IN tho character Of AN iul.m ch..t.
"After being dressed in his t',.l c1u.i
tights, walnpum apron, ben. necklace. .ul
moccasins, he came ont with La raniau'.,n
uncombed sandy hair unc,yeroI as y.t ~ its
crown Of tcalhcrs) 10 look q ..t..e a..1 r.
arrangements for his per.nYra aa. l1. IT,
teen or twenty minute, .hs Gtle Tu,urs.h
was hopping about, trying The cords which
held the ropes to tho rtarohiYa., c,c,aar tho
pistol which WAS o be fired o. ana.,.., Ills
return, giving directions for tl. music bind
ing the igatures Of his la.arca-ylla. a.f au-
swering very mcrriy all the ',Gos a,l .u .s-
tions of the lookers.ou. In hi, motions back
aud forward, b. took no regular stop, p. ,im-
rly bounded. Like child a1p-tgl'le. rHa
difficulty seemed to be to -a. g, 90. groad
--.9 sn.r fr.m floating a,ar. DarIg a.l
'a.. '.ur,., I hal tna .r,l ,...
%. Ui- 10 va. ...
81 .'.ut Of ..., o4
l n.a -. go Nho.y
E-.. ,'.t'..'. al nor. oJ.ur.
,.... ...1 - ~ ule l,'i book, Us on, of
tie .o,t co'I, de,umanl and honestly
spanky l.ln tn,.g" he hal eyer sr.u Tn,
top Of us skull, of course, Is .... u,.h with
his bump Of tiunuos-. lis c.aek bones arc
prominent, his nose straight 1 with thin
and expanded uostris, bis 81 ,Aia onl firm,
his check hollow and pao, aal howaql- a
sandy maustache aud impeuJ. Il Ia Louis Ma.
poleon. Though anything ba, a beauty. lie
Is man 1t Is lmposs Ole not 10 take tucy
to. Retiring 10 his shanty tor a minute or
two, after all WAS arranged, ai, reappeargucl
was announced by grand utmost isul from
the band, and forward came Iecumsah, Eitla
nigh crown Of many colorod feathers GO lis
head--not with Il slow pqca a> would be cy.
pected from an Indian Chiaf, but dancing q
jig all the way to the prcccp,ge L wls ca.
rious, however, TO see that the suileon lis
lips and his other signs Of mcuiuent 10. The
many, were altogether mechanical and ,rif
cial, while the clcsly ypresscd cyc.id through
which his keen blue eve was h,rdv visible.
showed the inner minds utter absguion and
concentration in the work be bad to do.
The rope was drawn from shore 10 shore.
eight hundred feet across, and two hundrcG
and fifty feet high over the Niagara Iani.
"a peri'ous bridge for human feet to wal
upon. took hold of III ANN "a. he stoo
trying the rope for a moment with the bal. o.
his foot. 1t was Ike huurh Of iron wir,
wholly unimpressiblo. And away he went
mocalsiGoi feet huggug the two sides Of III
swayiug cable bis balau pole p,a,.ug u.
and down, and his little Uyn,e gradually Il
rniushing as he walked ste l.y va a.d :.a,
ed the middle OF the chn-m, rh ~ 4a ur
ceeded to stand upon one e. aul uo.i tl,
If con,se wnr, al, Lr.5',.....r. .t...,. -.
I f,pnd i much moro Ir,...Ir... ~, ,.,.,
afterwards than T, s,s IT iona All
with such appsrent case and carf.fr.,r. ,,...
WA. like seeing bird Gy o., n -pt. .r,,.,,r..1.. A..
cciIino--pot r. b wonj jaral ~. ,r-'..+ kin.
Of creature qn incline 81, ,l,ipi. +, yy.u..
be moro STARTLING lh,tt,, ,u.rl.r ..... a.. i'm.
aoina hims,lf IN tbc ,c,r.r.. ...... ,I-..l .ri.
wore f. do il in con,,,., ,l,... ..,l..
sc.,calr Iaroar ,I,n =, I,,,,.,i... 81. .. .,,,i..
the opposite shore. BIonlip .e..a.r.l Ga..
or twenty minutes on, # i,.,. AMI tl..d
pistol ,as fired to anr,.,n,.. l;. ,a.r.rr
he s,orncd 70 liz Town -, f,u I,r,,b -, a..
rono and evaenta y,,iors ,.,..,.,,. ,,,i ,,,..',,
ast;c.. and hotwaau this arI ~. ,.grr,,,'. ,''.
sr.r, ..,a,u. IL. ma T.. .oy..,l ~ .t.pl.f .,.,.
...I .o.,.rg hi. balanco-r,a ..rco'a. .s,,.
.a ...s..,,. th,s. .a., ...,i.lI.. ...,v
.......,.. ...',.L ,y.. b.,..' .....,,....
~ ..r,. ~. ..c cam. mo-. Alan, O. IN,
700. q am. ..v ... ,... ,... we're ti.brI,
.rawn t.aar.,, ,ri u,. ,..,..,r, wcrs ROLL
SET with tpa mru.,I ,z.u,an. anil !, was NJ.
cxnre.siop. Of t,c, ,lal .w,,,l l., y.,tr mint.
ing ,s t,r,. ~ 5n,rrr,io.i will rb,,n.,I
ali the anxiety Of a.,......f,,'. ,u,per.e
ceedinglv. and was the first 10 rive him