The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-05
The Nan on the Steeple.

The hundreds of people who have
watche the oJerations of The man pom
tie tcwerins eeple OF the Third Street
Baptist Church "a nting the wooden
sJire an1 arr n , ng the weather-va1e.
have expressed wonder as to the means
q ell to rea h this lofty position. A re-
Do ter Yesterday went up into the bel ~
aud nterviewei the most experienced
sIeepie clim Der in the world, James
Ferguson. ..Whv, M dear bow said
he, with an b nestv of expression that
struck home at once. "Eve spent the
greater part Of nv life up among those
roll.ng clouds. For ghteen wears |
sailed the sea between the East indies
and China before the mast. and = ter
ward occupied ever station excepting
that of Captain. Hh. Il was sixteen
years o. aye q m ned eeple N q as
row 30) feet higl in half an hoIr.
The same fe..t it took the noted ee lie
JACK three da S to perform. I've been
moaniing stee .,les for the past seven
years. as business. The last one
went up previous to this was the Cha .ei
Street Presbyterian, in Aibany. wnicb
IS three b n1re feet in eight
took dawn the wealth r vaue, in the
shape o. a fish, which weighs 81
pounds. being Of copper and loaded
with lead. 1t was the first time any one
hal been up the steeple in thirty Years.
The highes steenle ever climbed went
up 80 feet This was in Ayrsh re,
Scotland. The general i'm oresston IS
that when Oh sleeple it is easier to
| 10 ,k up than down. This is al a mis-.
take. y hen loo%ing up an almost ire
| sist BILE feeling comes over YOU to jamp
ut h@H nj
! this kiud whi on the stee ple of DIR.
Darlin IS ch Irch in Albany. l gazed
steadily up ror moment into space.
! when, without any ing OF d zAine 8
or an tn ~ OF that sort, be anne a.
most be-i,ie mvsnlf. an i kind o de-
lirium came over me. l had to gu t
right then and there, Tor amomeDt latcr
! l would have sprung from M seat.
can loo, steadily down and it does not
affect me / seldom Climb s'e.pies in
! COIL wea,her. Ii s too confounded dan
gerous, the sides being icy and slip
gerv. | was up on Hudson ste PIE
last January, and then vowed L swear
OF climbing W nter. as | eariy fell.
"Thag ell me this here steep e
shakes when TIE wind blows Do YOU
- now, it's all the better iOr that. Ii
q YES he iron rods Oh the inside play.
LOOK ont Cor those taut an ,parentl7
solid steep:es. They 60 sometimes W tt
IA ldd n ra,h. and. be des, enjoy
a ride on a swayin steeple. 1t re mind
me of the days W zen | was at sea. Try
looks immen-e from the top of tha
soire. The psople Il pear Ike mites
while the six, bears tn, same aspect a
from the street. | never RENE uber Ol
hiv NJ felt dizzg VIII N on a steepie.
feel lust as much to 10 ne away up taert
where Gods nan work can be viewet
il ali its beauty as on the round. ~
got to, in tact, for il diin'G sou ,
never catch me hundreds of Zee
rom god walk NJ. That arrow Ol
the sDire o. the church tpok down
glied it and re lace it. It is ten fee
i, length an :, eighs all of 200 pounds
Wnen putt n it back held t in psi
t On witt ona hand and tightehed til
ou A man at til bfls ne 5 can ear
from seven 10 ten d liars ,'av. AS Z
the manuer IN wni. b ascend that mus
rema secret, L never aiioS an osit
sider TO handle or exam ne my ropes
| atte 1d strictly to business when II
on hiyn. and If I saw even ms vie o
the dewa.k would refu-e TO recogniz
her l ust CORY i'll be ng as hi b a
ever | Can ge1. It's my home up there
anil tninn ii 60 be ow when d,e
will be t-:rr, lie piece o. bad iu1gtner
on somebody's part-prooabiy IN
own. ."-4r"y (N. ~ Ts.les.