The Osceola times., 1882-12-23
UP ALOFT.
A Cnrious Aeclicat which Taught Aim
.As Ne lesson.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

out" remarked Mr.. 10 Weston, the stee-
pie climber, to couple of newspaper
men lately;' 81 had an accident recently
which taught me something"
"What was il ?" was the simultaneous
inquiry.
at was a curious one. You see, was
on top. of st. Paul's spire, on Spring
street. We had rugged ropes to remove
the planks of the scaffolding. The way
we do that is to fasten block to a
post or tree on the. other side of the
street, and another to the steeple, and
splice the end of the ropes together to
make an endless rope off it. If you fas-
ten to II anything you want TO send be-
low, the weight of the load takes it down.
had tied the last plank to the rope,
and ii was going down. Iwore hand
kerchief tied loosely around my throat.
The wind blew out an end of it, and II
caught on the eremoving rope and wrapped
around it. ! was Immediately caNahi
up, first the handkerchief and then my
beard passing into the clock. Now, If |
had an assistant in the street below he
would have noticed the plank stop when
was caught that way, and, as he could
not see anything wrong above, he would
have pulled on the rope. Then | should
haveteep choked Dpotlrbymy.hmd-
kerchkg fand Dy hgIal snd part pfpy
face would have been torn off. Persons
in the street below would have noticed
perhaps, that / was ,yep quiet but they
would not hayee eeslrpected that I as
hanging by the neck.
THAT pull stretched. me, eighteen
inches. Az soon AZ realized the tsoable
reached below, and taking hold
ofrope pulled back ON il until my hand
kerchief came out of the shceve, and l
ideoppUl 9ntQ ting ehooks:beiow."-i could
hsr6yl lotch then With my het." i
do you mean to say that you had
nothing but hooks TO stand on?' -'
Ycs, the hooks OF tie saffold You
wee, wehsd q Snt iil tic lplanks below.
Al called 10 EenGhy, who was on tlie
the otherside of the steeple, and when
he came roursi J tplfof the accident,
and told him how.it pccupp u. Neither
of us viii we& haAdNerehiefs around
our necks again when we are about such
"ffcw.hsth Were-you y -
1--WE were about 22o feet above the
street. You ought top up with me-
We can see all over Mount Auburn into
Kentucky for miles, and have beauti-
ful view of the city. Come, 60 up with
me when you have time"
"No. thank you"
There viii be no danger. You will
be, as secure as On The ground, for we
have plenty of ropes"
II was On a eteeple once with Mr..
Weston, oSpervsd one of the newspa-
per nen ~ ssemsd awful ticklish to
me, ~ II stepr rcd, around like a cat II
made ~ siek % see him Standing and
~ spopnd en top Of that cross,
v}lSg6 thern Nasj Inst space to turn around
ydffSte, the ecypsses end other things on
tw q The Gopp3es wabhle so. They are
perfecely ~, qnd can't give way, but
they shake 30 ~ man feeis that he
will tumble of every minute"
"They are safe enough walking il a
man is neither afraid nor reckless" OBJ
served Mr.. Weston. .A.......
-lt's only question of time when you
viii get killed, Jo," said Jobs comforter.
"You ought not to expect anything else. y
II suppose. But might stay down
below aud be hit by q falling brick and
killed. I've got 10 die, anyhow. .l-s
"Yof can't get your life insured, can
.youYo. inquired one. of the newspaper
mot in gegular companies. have
some AfSsonic Insurance. ---f
"What is the highest you have ever
climbed T asked bystanief. '-
Three hundred feet. During the cen
tenial was engaged TO place streamer
on the top of st. Pauls church, on Fourth
street. Igot q mast up there about fif-
teen feet long, fastened it on the big
hand and a flag to it. i had truck on
top of the pole, and 7 climbed up to that
and stuck q fishhl~pole in the truck,
and stood UnAthc top ofthe mast. was
then 800 feet above the pavement OF
,sEpurth street." lif N
sskSA6ut how could you steady yourself at
4 such . height on se small a support 2''
asked o shuddering bystander.
"By means Of the fshing-pole You can
Z Heady yourself anywhere you, can stand
at all, ii you can only put your hand on
something stolerably steady. Even II
yo6 only touch youf finger to a pole, or
something of that sort, it will help YOU
Doyou only work in Gncinnati?S
"No; am sent Cor from different parts
OF ithecountry around here. Parties want
r ing work done; on ,chimney-stacks often
send for me. The way we have of as
cending tall chimneys would interest
you," addressing the reporter. "We put
~ upa ladder and / 90 up TO thetop where
= l Mstcn IT by a rope passed around the
chimney. In tying The rope ! leave a
loop in it for the bottom of the next
ladder. By this time my assistant has
sbrUught another ladder up, which pass
through the loop until the bottom rests
firm on the next ladder. Then / walk
up 9sat ladder, with the help of another
rope passed around the chimney. No
matter ii the ladder leans away over
from the chimney, or to either side, YOU
y nugt NptJ touAsitgr Al 4 ,jf5 nv right
u Goof tothe next rlAgy ] iIijt1nf right
hand, working the rope up. Then the
n lseAeflan3 &apt dSSanding iirttea.li.
&8d& taltAp a. ti,A laddeS 4 draw il
class. fo the wall by milling on the ,oy,s