, 1873-01-12
Sam E0tclss Jump.
"EH Perkins" in tie Stto York Commercial ddF1<

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While In Racheatcr met 3Ir. Hebbard, an olt ~
dent uf Genesee County, who SAW Sam Patch aks h&
famous jump of Geae=eo Falls, thirty or frtS !as
aso He aars ths' jnmp day was great day in Rosa.
@ IT. 1ha g.ssfs1 for miles around
he performed bis Lust feat : shouldn't: y p
intermittent jumper, but chronic jumper, "a
sam w2s ~ the time ~ crazy 70 Jump ayTn ~ 9e.
Presidency, Is crazy to run for the White Houss.
Same Patch had previously jumped oyef Sh81a
Thent, saying "s2me things ea be done sar,s ssa
the Western part Ut the State to LACK up hs rioeea
Before hts last jump he tough! bg bla.k b:af a
circus nan, and led him over the turnpike to Eo@
ter. IT,,
sam waa queer philosopher. Ha hnd theory t1n 'a
each new generation had more knowledge aad eeaa a
do gsester deeds than i!s IEsdeeeseF IL o'.sa aa D
he knew more than his father. ...x
"Why, thunderauou! Sam, by your arsnslfnA 39
Your grandfather u,ust have been dafnea va w.
interpreted l. bystander; but hc only turned atV@~S
and commenced talking about something else. ,..,
Gam Hss great tlaer. His tongue wss Ag.4t
!" on the run" aud his tedy ''on the jump taa
One day, when he ~sa little boy, his nohss @ ~ =
livsi III clearing near BrocEports wSs spe3A1s
SUMS precocity~ ne.. HI
spelling -book, ropeat the cateeiisu from loa 1
and slice aPp}sa well ~ his n1o.her+' >.a nE
.Yes" kasd s'p a.a ys.tetosyn lsyn ,na nI Ian;ss
on tho saw-unl into The aune." .+a
Sam himself said he once carne horne tsgdt x.1
tfc = - Of tha clock, anLsheu wound up toa e.N5
sftsJa irart aitteH ,ni"fttts
LA .D5ut the great Jump. ..-.x.
The morning of tha day came 8.m bad at1tsa nay 10
tnun With the black teas, and tho crowd J;a
Rochester from miles around TFelTe oecet &c. dass~
hour to jamp-.o t1n,p hundred 1ess GO os;an
down the terrible fall into the ho:hngu ggu. - - :
ron below. staging bad been oeut t..isf !
ogcr the water, and Sam appeared "a W ~ 81 !
deeased IN Sailors fancy JACKET. AS ifasI f.na Il
took up collection shore while Sam sx:r.
hat and said after Jumping Limse1f Ae Soua tt.
snd throw tho b.ar oyer. Then, amid
ncas he T.n few s!eps and gave one !eap l - brs--
and fell emitting tho mist like lead stnfss' "a
deed feet inta The xeethio3 whirlpool 1atM.H !:
the staging hss body assumed IN ohh1ue po.lf u
head foremost, but ahuye E.a feet. ~ ne -onsl4
Wzter there WIS dreadful aenre. whe tns IFdas a. {:
avaited with choking breath h!s reappeaIMr ~ rg..a :
mipute-tvo manufactures rn!1ute1-ana W. ID !.
the during jumper. Thea the peOpls eanl ss =:
wall long murEnur Of sorrow. >. J..
This Wiz tbs end OF Sam pitch. ..,,rrx ::
They say he had ben d..aklnE dnf'nH ~ sJr ~ !,
and failed 10 keep hta feet together znu ~ +ssa 9
psndicplar, a. un previous occasiecs eo =. ~ i
struck the water the breath left laz tly, d nj !;
Knocked seneatees. 4 month or 50 asst*. 5tfs2 +
found his bodY away down below Eoe1seas "a et {
unqu the rock Hp rs9er re:urnM TO s11'" ~
bear, or clatsn the money collected 1n,o4at;ea !;
/ believe IN the doctrine OF the tr%ata7n4f,sse
sc,sls bus, "a 1a1tlnR vt tue a.tnaa1e, M a9s
born during the whols VI that fatAi Gay w. - -
francis Train, -