St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-06-28

to the strap from which the youngster
daneled, started on its fearful journey
down the tightened rope that is stretched
for the purpose from the dome to the
the middle box of the dress circle. As
the frs! creak of the miniature wheel
was heard, deathlike stiffness prevailed
throughout the vast auditorium. A sec
ond creak. and, with the speed of light
nlng the body OF the young performer
shot down the rope and reached the mid
die Of the downward course, when. TO
the horror OF the thousands who were
Gazing upon the awful movement, one OF
the cords attached to the dreSS-clrclc ilX-
ngs, to brace the main rope, gave way.
The latter, relaxing its rigidty by
the sudden outlet, fell few feet
downward, and then shot upward with
a twang like the swapping of an arrow
string, and the little performer was flung
from his hold high into the air, and in
IN instant WAS dashed through space full
fifty feet to the floor in the middle aisle
below. Ii would be useless to attempt
10 picture the scene that ensIled. The
scrteches of the terrified women rang
tearfully piercing through the halls while
the men, with cheeks blanched to the
whilcncs- OF "a corpse, sat rs 1t frozen to
tl.eir seats with terror.
Several Of the ladies fell swoonin. in
their boxes and were carried out into tie
antcroom-. In 4 second. when partly
relieved from It's trance, the audience
Jumped to their feet and rush was made
towards where the body of "All Right
lay, rs if dead. lin the midst of the con-
fusion the Japanese performers on the
stage, who themselves at first seemed to
have lost al! their presence Of mind at
lhe unexpected catastrophe, jumped into
the orchestra, over the railing, and were
at the side Of the boy i'll the twinklin@ of
mn eye. Hestoratlvc' were applied. but
Tie sufferer lay bleeding and still uncon-
-ciouS. DR.. Geo. Bcakelv arrived soon
afterwards, and did his utmost to resus-
cilate the little fellow, but all to no pur-
pose From the dressing room he was
conveyed TO the rooms OF the Japanese.
III Fourteenth street. where DR.. Carno-
chan WAS called and ordered the apart
mrnt TO be cleared, and by dint OF skill
and care ne was enabled to cause reac-
ton III the system of the inSen>ible child.
1t was 4 full halt hour after the accident
had happened when the boy opened his
eyes upon the group bent over him. Ills
father Was kncclng by his side, with his
lace lowered to the level Of the sufferer ,
pillow. The fathers presence attracted
ms attention at last, II smile crcpt over
hi, face. and he stretched out his little
arms towar! him. The father bent over
him, and lii japanese asked linn how he
was, AMI the little fellow. as if still before
the audience, >tri,ln. 10 please by speak
I'M the only English sentence he knew.
raised his head never SO little and softly
murmured All right" The effect o.
this enumeration on those present can bet
ter be imagined than described. Up to
midnight the doctors We're in faithful At
tcndcncc upon the sufferer, and at that
time were surprised that he had received
no injury that would prove fatal In his
tall the right side OF his head was fear
fully crushed; both his ANGLES We're very
badly >prainel, his right side and Iii,
peivis were also seriously injured. The
physicians believe. however, that not
the injuries he has sustained
that ii there be no internal hurt. OF
which at midnight there was no sign, he
will recover iii short time from the eff
feet, of his fearful fall. They pronounce
his escape from instant death Is almost
Not Il bone of the child'>
body was broken.-.N. J. WraN