St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-16
Il PeriIOHS .1dceHtu3'e.

startling story of an adventure in tha
place:
81. Patrick's Cathedral has a stccp!l
surmountcd by a ball, on which is ;
cross. The top of the eros is two hun.
dred and fifteen feet above the surface o
the ground, the height being but ty,
feet short of that of Bunker Hill ALonu.
mcmt. The stccple Is of wood, square at
the base and taperiug 10 a point. AIoug
each angle, from the base TO the point,
are nailed, at distance of four feet
apart, ornamental knobs of wood.
All this wood work, being weather
beaten, in the course of time ruts: a..
pccia!ly the knobs ald the cross. which
present many small angles; 50 that il
becomes necessary to attend now and
then 10 the repairing of thosr part. T.
erect Il staging tor the purpose when {.
man OF sufficient daring and GOODNESS
might climb and DO the work, wuuld not
be the most economical method. Such
n!cn are rare. but they are To be found.
The price paid for each ascent i usually
about twenty five dollars The risk does
moi consist merely in becoming gildy and
ucthor"il|ed "hI.e cIIn-ln@ III mId ar /"
the outside Ot Il Stceplc. while the nci.h-
bors AID pa>>crs-by are collecting in
groups below AMI gazing upwards. with
batcd breath and trembling knees, at the
climber. lie must - up 10y cliuaiug
''ol anu h"ia 10 what he fln4H; AN
what lie must cling t" are these N'ry
Nhoo-' io''lh% ana weakening IN The
weather. ana ilna'ly I" the eros ''Irr"d>
ntc'yrd ana almost ready TO "rol. im
he iha'i WI" dos tiIl> sort "t work IN
-\e"hFh l. A!r. fI''nk |ar"huS-
One Gay last month he Wa cn-a-'d {"
"''"c III ascent OF thr cathedral >'r"pl'
Tor the purpose at removing the old cross
ana replacing II VIII new one. ''onH
up Inside Inc Hie'pIt /" ihc highest adj
hiisei"ir point he reached ont from tie
mario" WinHow and lclt one "i the knobs
10 l'9' lis S'rcn-th. 'u1-l"s II I" Ia
o''"''T 'i'NI" L' swung il.'','I! OAK "l
~ anu 'CT'Hiiol'ii- ul' caught H"'d oi t"'
lieN' n'-ll'F hhoo ana Ie>'ti Ii> ''tI
upon 'hc lower one. =" lar a" Ii5ht.-
ile 5'''''ce'' "'ould hiIn ana me" looked
up "'oh@ 'ile Iinr oil hil""- mat reached
i''r up 10 tHe "'d anu the 'ioN>' maIhlnI
"'- hazardous way IL W" @ome'hin-
oi an eNP'r'Me"'. were the other hnoh',
100 sirong CROUCH carefully and
4"ich!y ne scrambled up and ici "i The
"noO next higher IL seemed to haHr
sufficient strength. iit pulled upon IL.
IL bore hia "ciELi' and up he wcni.-
gathering confidence he made hI' tests
an" drew Ills conclusions rapIdiy' lie
went more an" more IucN'y, at last
Scar'e'y caring 10 Try Inc strength ol tie
nnooS oe'or' trusting H'1 "''Sh' TO them,
Already 'Wo- Ii'ii"S "i tHt S'etpIe Were
G''m'"' u lew more '"'r'' "hi ms
hand "ou'u De ci'.'S'h4 10 Inc cross,
ne reached lor'" 10 ia'>r himself y
-hsn' Ser"p'''5 r'"''''' MS seen car even
IN the Orrezc blowing strongly about m>
ears The knob had moved under hI-
puli-";'' giving away \ AiHt spread
before ms eyes. lie ieIt himself falling
""cNw;'r"- M"n r9h'ulHl'e effort
'n'' E!h''' ms '"'H, ht ''n'ch'd a,
something an" drought himself forward
again. ann I""h he S.'u' Ills pt'-ehcc
oi mlhd had not once i'it n'm' lie even
tested the knobs a. he sIli over them, to
see where ne m'2h' trust TO stop nIm-