, 1870-08-27
pERIlOUS ADVENTURE.


Climbing u ChUrCh hSEeSpAe-A NAA0sH
ihE Job at the Summit.
Tie Newark Advertiser tells this startling
story OF an adventure in that place:
st. Pattick'e Cathedral has 4 eteeple enE-
mounted By ball, on which ia Cross. The
top Of tho crces is 2l5 feet above the surface
Of the ground, tho height being but two feet
short Of that OF bunker Hill Nonoment-
AID tarering 10 apoint. :A1org each xDgle,
fron the base to tie po'at, arc nailed; at the
distance Of four feet apsrt, ornamental knobs
or wood. .
ali this wood work, being weather-bessen,
in tie cuu1ee Of time rols; especial; tie
I1obs and The cEoss, Which present many
email argles; 20 that it becomes necessary to
attend now and then to the repairing Ut these
parts. TO erect staging for the purpose,
when man Of sufficient daring and cooiness
might climb and do the work, would not be
the mort economical method. Such men
are rare, but they are to be found.
The price charged for each accent il
usually abouttweut3- fire dollars. The risk does
not consist n,e1el, IN the danger Of becoming
| gicdy aid demosalizel wl.le cliugiug 10 mid
air to tins outoide Of ! ssesple, Aad while the
ueighloEs and passerr-by are collecting III
| GtonEs below and gazing upward, with bated
treath aud trembling knees at tho climber
| He nrst SO up By clinging foot and hand to
| wlAt he finds; and what he must cling to are
these very knobs, 1otting and weakening in
| the weather, and finally to the closs. already
| ueca. cd and Almoat ready to drop. Tho man
Who Goes this scrt Of work in Newark is Mr..
| Frank JscollA.
One dsr last month he was engaged to
| make At ascent Of the cathedral steeple for
| the pur,,ore Of removing the old crcss and re-
placing it with new one. Gpins up inside
the stecElo to the highest adn1issitte point,
| he reached out Of the na11ow window an1 fel
| orc OF the knobs 10 test It's strength Jud9-
| ing it 70 be strong enough, he swung himself
| ont by it, and. ecrambiing up, caught hold OF
the next highest knob, and rested hs feet
| glanced around him, and then looked mp
| along the line OF knobs that reached far up
| to tbs ball Of tho cross, marking Ills ha7Ad-
Gus way. II wAs sonsthing Of An e1peEi-
mont WeIe the other knooe, too, stsonE
cnouelI Ca1efully and quickly be scrambled
to hare sufficient strength. He pulled upon
it. Il bore his Weight and up he went.
Ga.hcsi1g confidence, La made h1s testa and
drew Lib conclusions rapidly. He ven up
more and more quickly, at List scarcely caring
to TT the strength Of the knobs be{oEe trust
IT the stetple was climted. A few more
efforts and his hand would be clinging to the
| crots.
He reached forth to raise himself. A slight
ecrapihg eound reached his keen ear, even in
the oreezes blowing strongly shout his ears.
/
lug way. A must spread pefoto lia eyaa. BE
.elt himself falling backward. With con-
yulsiye effort that launel his back he clutchsd
i, something and brought hlm+elf forward
again. and down he cid. His presence 81
even tested the knobs I'd he slid oye,
them, to see where he might trust to stop
hmrelf with the momentum Of Ma FILLING
Gradually he even loesened the momentum
Then he fastened Ills grip upon a knob. L
1 81 Il /. 81 r1k
went up fion the obaerrerEers in the stree
Lelow almost reached his quickened ears, ant
il grew into shout. lie was not dcmorAllzed
lie might have come down and given up ths
job. Not go His purpose 10 60 up to th'
co.s WAS not changed. Bat he could no lou
Of tho stcep1e. He must get across to th
I | ,.e8t au6le. lie tried 10 reach, but tho kno
: was juet be, ond his utmost strength Of foo
| or hald.
The observers below were looking on i
hreatiless suspense. They saw him 50 n
. | higher, almost to the very spot whence b
hsd fallen, and then at last reach out an
Ewirg hinhtlf across. lie was now o
auosEer angle, clipging to Id untried plac
aud looking up Al the long line Of Ut
tested ihobs. He went up moro catofuu!
> lcss sapllly, than before, trying, every kno
liz was at the ball. Graspins that, he sli
himself up over it and sat hineelf down on il
!. | with his feet on either eide Of the croe
). There he waited awhile, though be seeme
;, etill to be busy. Then rairiug himself to b
: : feet lie stood bsile the crosf. With his han
Le broke it in piecen.cal and threw the piec,
i dcwn, aud they fell Into fragments as tht
|, touched touched the stono wax. Then he i
) seeded. aud IN few minutes was cn Il
gleu.d again, to be surrounded ty come 1
4 the Observers.
= "a little frightened, eh. Frank" quizze
5 one Ct them, '' n hen . on slipped taere:"
n Net bit: Just as coela Tam hero, no'
!. It thi. minute
l "Risky, though, wasn't it = '...
"Wcll, yes. ii WAS risky; but the worst
: itwas tore my pantaloons."
II don't see it,"
e "Dut mended them"
, while you we1e sitting on the ball there
'.Yrs: wasn't coming du1n with such
= rent ~ that in them. The wind was blowit
! hard and things tapped, but I hap2oned
have f-ihrcader that Billy withers Il:
!. sir.u me this very morning, aud IL atu:k
il my ye-t. threaded the needle vi: 30,
: looking At it, aud sewed up the rent in
; | hurry"
.Well, Frank, yon'ze a COO. one"
. ~ s-1ve to be," he said, and h3 g1.acs
around at sorae ladies who were grouped
, few yar1s on, looking at him.