, 1860-07-10
RIondfn on Ills Tight Rope. .
Mr.. Willis in the. Home Journal, thus des-


r. ns,,:~ - ~ .~.'
crlbes n Blondin's passage over the Niagara
river, in the character Of an Indian chief:
Ana, ,o;,,ox <a.o.,o, - -, a..,. ..,s
,;,,te ran,r,,6, $500 I.aoa 10 ta,.1aes aed
nnnccas;ns X na,na ~ ;,;,I ~ san.;e,,,sr1t,
nncon,had sand1h,;. ,,,ao!aro 10 ~ pat ~ 10 ~
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ra,oe,,ont. f1r ~ ,,.r[ar.nanna - AsIaar,
~ t,rantr ,,,;n,,.a. H. 1:,,,o To,.nosa,. 49,
honn;n,, ,,ont ,~r;aor tba cn-,, .,t;o,, hsI1
ia rorss ~ IN s+3,c5;ons ,,oe;,t, +,s ,,;sto1
.ytich wa to I,a fred ~ anno,,,cs bs r..,,,ro
civ;,r 6;-act;ons for ,ha n,uz;c h;nd,, ;ha
Ii,,at,rca of h;a ha1once-nola and :onaucr;no
yery n,errilv iii t1e ;nkos on,i ouest;ons of tso
]oojsars.on Tn h;s mo,ions haci- ard forsrard
ha too}z m rao,,lar sten, he s;on]7 toundad
Like c1,;1as scan.Iuhhle the ;1;fT;cn,t1- seem.
ef3 IN ha m ,,ot ~ tho o,o,n3. to Lao; fr,n,
ho.t;r<, a,,,,7 n,,r.1, e., ,h;s .;n,, aFa,,,:sa
T lad tha cas;rad o,,,rt,,,,y for h st.,a,.-<,r
his faro n waa nnn which n;ne,ean 1aonlo
out Of twenty, an seoinc it in n crowd wopld
naee oxnr no u.,,o,l, un'n,orset;nn- ,1,a t,ron-
t.,h nd ,,o-<, cl,, ,,,o,, Ie;.,;,,a. t,,
1aoa fao1- - n,c ~ - .aos+ ao.1Iss 5a.a.
n,;1,.5 nn5 1,o,e.i,.. sn,r,.,- ,;t+1a io;1oa, 10
had % sxor ne ecan ria +n9 ~ liz sla,1, % - ro,rs"
ia ra-r h;trl, ,v;,t h;s h,,,n, If frr,noss ~
o,a aro,o;narr liz aaao stro;1h,
end ,r;tl H., axpsndad rast-is L;s ,;,,s IT,
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Te,;s "a1a,n y 'Ao T,ennh .aa nn.'1,;r. =. H.. .
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cno, 80 - pa,;-;na - ,;s s,,an,,- ~ e., "
49, ~:s.,.. 4' -. ~" -, ~ 80 y ~ L.
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t., %s ~ 49," y. ..l.any So.o.5s
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slio"su lao iaaet L1au ut 49, Psson N44o
Tna .r @ ~ 1ren., dro ~, w sha.e ~ ~ s,o,
o;,. up9 "" cs"t ..o+ 20 ao 40 ~ tnI suI
~ SO" -" tarI ~: "e r.a aa ."o "5o "s
49, s .s ~. ssos ~ E.. 1a,a fa. g. ,,a,4
,aa,. ,e,.l - ,;a 49, H. staad t-.;nax ~
-ona H. ,norno,t 1r;tt tt, hs ~ h;s ~
II ras ~ ,;En n b,,ncb If ;ron via ~ who1tr IN.
;mnr1sa;,,e A,d a,var ho uont-h;s roocca.
snfd feat I,oc;r :. the iwo ~ sides Of tho avsr-
inr c,,,e h;s 1,slonce.no,e nlarinr m and
down md h;s little fic1,ro rradnai1r din,in-
;shing a. ho walked steadily on and reached
the middle If tho chasm. where he procecaed
tn stand ,,non ooe lcp and hold tho other out
at rirht ANGLES. Tie spectalors. Of course
were iii breatblesslv silent: tho1rh found #
muc1, moro hrea,bless to think of afterwards
thou to see It donc. He did it With such m.
nar.nt easc and certainty. That il waa like
sccinr n bird t1v or n sn;1er wall; The ceiling,
moi to bo Wondered at for that kind Of
crcat,,rr I nm inclined to think It would be
more startling (oetter enabling ore to imagine
himself in the ncr.Jorrner's nlace) if hp were to
do it in common. clothes. Looking scarcely
larzer 1han a butterfly G. he reached the oppo-
site shore. BIopdin rem aimed fifteen or twenty
mloutes out Of sight, and then tho pistol was