, 1889-09-28

i~nferentinlly halls from the States
anil not from the Dominion. The
c"sk III which Graham was rash
eno'igb TO stake his life is said to bp
OF wellAScasohed Chinese 1ocn~twood.
four and u half feet long, twenty-five
inches in diameter ut the top and
fifteen ut the bottom. The weight
is a hundred and fftv pounds,
aud inside were two fftv pound
bags of sand, while n piece of
railroad iron weighing twenty FIVE
pounds WAS attached to .fFtv feet of
rope to act as n drag. Inside we're
canvas straps arranged TO sapport the
ad"enturrr during his voyage.
Altogether the description Of the n
ratus and the elaborate preparations for
launching the au,lacious cooper to what
might have proved eternity are curiousIy
suggestive of the proceedings of a man
who has condemned himself to death, and
is making the most careful arrangements
to carry out bis, own execution. According
to one of the interviewers, it was on the
river bank at Chippewa that Graham EN-.
barked and his tub, it is said, had to be
carried through a graveyard before the
shore was reached. at this stage it would
have been far from inappropriate had the
reckless COOPER read the Burial Service
over himself. AS it was, when he removed
his outer clothing before entering the cask,
1t Was found that he was clad iE q suit OF
black tights. Handing his ~OverallS and
his watch and money to the amicable con.
stable, be remarked that it was uncertain
whether he wOuld7cOme. out alive or not /;
that If anything happened to him his chat.
tells were to he given to his wife. Hal he
obtained the consent of that good lady, It
may be asked, before going over the Falls7
IL realise" added Graham. show anybody
feels WHO is going to die. Fasten down
the cover tight, and We will have it over"
The intervipwprh allege that when the final
nom mtIIt arrived the bold poIice-cOnsta.
bile from TIL" American side turned pale,
and felt a Trembling in his legs and he
afterwards explained that he t0!t Il "kind
OF sickness inside" just IN he had Zone
when, on "a previous occasion, he had had
TO assist the sheriff in hanging II criminal
ct LOckport. However, Graham having
the barrel and fastened himself
down with straps, Constable Horn Oblig-
inglS headed up the barrel, hattened it
down with a tarpaulin, and tOwpd it into
the middle Of the river u short distance
above the Falls. When turned adrift it
slowly, and naturally 80, for n
couple of hundred yards above the brink
OF the preCipice over whicll the stream
plunges there liz a calm smooth interval,
caused by the swift rush OF the current.
When the CaSk reached the Horseshoe
Rapids it began to be- whirled about, now
above and 10Y below the water. Then it
went plump over the Falls, and for a min
ute and a half disappeared. AT the ex.
of that time the barrel waS again
VISIBLE, tossed to aud ltrn in the foam at
the base of the Falls, and then it drifted
into the eddies about a hundred feet away.
Meanwhile two men, friends of Graham,
we're stationed in q boat at the earest
point to the foot of the roaring cataract
that it was possible to attain. One of the
men swan out and caught the drag rope,
and the cask was hauled inshOre on the
American side. No sound came from
within the barrel, the trapd0or was smash.
ed in, and it was thought the man was dead
he was hauled OUT, stimulants were poured
down his throat, he speedily, recovered
from his state of insehsibiiity, and was
conveyed in a carriage to an hotel near
the landipg-stage of the little river stea.
merr,. the Maid OF the Mist. Half IN hour
later he was well enough for the interview.
ara to hold him with their glittering eye
and to, obtain from him q catalogue of his
sensations. during his tremendous and