The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-03-22
VOLUME 26.I


as they come. To begiu With the first
which is as trifing an affair, compared "iti
the second, as that is compared @lta n,
third. the shock ffom which, fear my VII.
will never entirely recover to haglh say
with the first must explain that ",
have windlass by which We draw up oul
frewood and water from below, and which
is fixed ia the upper landing III the tower
the rope attached oft passes through hole
in the building along leaden pipe which
holds it out at about six feet distance from
the wall outside. from whence it is let down
4 when required INTO the lane beneath =
4 Fbere is "a large wooden tray, winch Is
hooked on to the rope, and filled with w0ot
below; my wife aud |, assisted by our eldest
boy, generally hauled up the wood, whilst
the younger children, at least those wht
we're old enough, for We have a large fani
iy, loaded the tray We drew up our firing
IN this way once every day. usually in the
afternoon or evening We were thus en-
/ pIoyed onr cv."e'4 When ,ny4.sItt remarked
ItEss tine h1In le'f very ilgt ~nl thai
4 careless ~, -.,. vt ours .nust have
| .,n playing ab t'i 50 neglected. to fill
-, tray as fl sud- We had not long
10 Wind, for Ia, a., came up quickly, aud
on going up aiuft t" pull it over the balcony
Rails, which was "ui Of getting 1t III, to
"ur establishment an. s.orro', Instead of our
/ fiIr.. -. behold IA iI'n-yes, man pale
~ u,,.f aud wit, lack swollen bands
hanging on by the 20 z -on hook Which
| fastened the rope to la, uty which mad
swuG. round aun oh 'cd no longer any
support fa luck!,ss wight appeared Ia
he almost III tanning condltina 38 una-
Dlr 10 sptah from exhaustion 4 F,C
- va, tins,-, NuatCi IA a.f
: / of tling III! II >aeue'i ,.ra
we cuuid possibly rescue uIu4 Ing stren1t.t
must fail nm and ne would b oale inca
pibIe Of holding on any longer. the gi4ztd
iook OF terror III the poor fellow eyes nauuJs
me t. tus day. 1t was no easy matter 10 get
him out of his predicament, az we found
" hen we began to try, and it was nervous
touch and-go-work. Our hands troubled the
the more, from our conviction Of the fact
that the mans life entirely depended on our
strength and the skill with which we exer
ted it. Recolect, the rope hung six feet
| from the wall, and that although it was au
easy thing to fasten upon the large square
surface of the tray, which came Of ITSELF
much nearer, il was very difficult matter
to lay hold of the human being hanging
from the hook, at such distance. iIere
was dilemma what was to be done The
process of letting him down by the wind
lass would have taken too long time,
saw, tor the man appeared upon the point Of
swooning. An idea struck me Rushing
down stairs | quickly returned with my
walking-stlck, and-ah! was | too late
| it was the work of second-life, or death
which was it to be (which did it prove !
the first of these contingencies thank God.
| succeeded III hitching the crooked handle
of the stick into the manS's belt, and, thus
pulling him within range of us, we caught
hold Of him by the head and by the feet at
once, and lifted him over the ratings He
" as one of the ballet-dancers, who | hap
pened, being myself engaged at the thea
ire to know and married man Witt 9
family. As as soon as he was safe, any
wife let out upon him, scoidiug INN round-
ly Tor his wiCkeduess IN trlghteui; her aud
exposing his life, OF which, for his wife and
childrens sake he should have taken more
care. She turned him down stains before
be had half time to recover himself, telling
him never to ascend either by the out
side or the inside, to our dwelling again =
| Lie had made foolish bet it afterwards
| turned out, with some students who happen
ed to be passing az the time the tray was
| let down, that he would get into it, and SO
get hauled up. lie however, little thought
| that there was any danger of the tray s
tuning round from uuder him when he got
part way up, as it did, or OF the difficulty
presented, OF his getting into the balcony
when once up at the the top. His INSULT
Gent weight, and his position on the tray,
had not balanced it properly. aud owing to
this his seat had slid from under him, and
he had chung to the iron hook to save him.
self from falling
Hne next affair, which was more alarm
i Z i'll its way, happened i'll this wise. One
day a servant nIaid brought up child Of
..uout two years IL She was aecompan.
i'd by soldier, p upie did not always ring
the bell, but if tie door was open they
would pass through aud 0a to the balcony.
| did not always follow -lhe visitors out, but
as Lis party remained longer thar
VAS usual, went vi. 10 see what they were
about The grl was as | supposed
talking and laughing uitii her schatz (over)
| but " here VAS the chill, ali where IL
going round tiiS tower Id look Tor It, saw
IL my unnttef pa horror. that the III
lie fellow was etandlng IN one OF I ,taf,
bnttrt sses wllioh suppnftct the b'uStrade
Itltving evidently got out TO 1t between I
gap III the railing. No grown person couiC
nave found standing room where lis litt!I
feet were perched i'telt tingIing sensa
| tion- creep all over me-what should / do
My 6rstSlmpulse Was to call out to the Guild
and to rush up to it to pull it away; but OF
reflection, felt almost sure that this wouIc
lead TO fatal consequences, as the child woulc
probably be frightened and fall over VIVA
then, you will ask, did do in this emergen
cy =? laid myself at length along the floor
and creeping that way unperceived up to tn,
spot where he stood, cautiously reached on
hand thro' the rails, and caught the child b,
the pettlcoats; then rising, with the other,
lifted him over the balustrade, and thus eff
fected the rescue After had him safe,
looked at him, and fancied that had seen hi
black eyes and curly pate before, aud whe
| noticed the initials on his pinafore recog
nized the boy as belonging to an acquain
lance OF ours, | took him in my arms, and
purposeIy avoiding the still pre-occupie
nurse maid, carried the child down II
never ceased staring at me with his Iarg
} eyes, TIL had restored him to his mother
who need scarcely tell you. overwhelme
me with expressions of gratitude, and thi
ring" pointing to handsome signet whic
he wore, in the fashion of bis country, 0
the fore-finger, lis token of it. She an
, her husband then promised to help ME j
; any difficulty | might be in at amy time, an
we have now put their sincerity to test, fc
my family are now receiving the good pc,
: pies hospitality, sharing their root and pa
taking Of their bread until such tine as
shall be able to procure new one for tbel
which shortly hope to do. But to retur
to what | was telling you; it did not TAX
long to carry the child home. On return
ing here, | found the servant in a fine sta
OF alarm, having just discovered the loss
, her charge, She was frantically rushiu
J about, and now and then looking over Il
g parapet. When she saw me, beseechir
/ me to assist Der to find tha child I tn