The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-09-18
In New York the first effort in the direction
of sightseeing was visit to Bedloe's Island
to take in" Rnrthuldi's Statue,

In New York the first effort in the direction
of sightseeing was a visit to Bedloe's Island
to take in" Bnrtholdi's Statue,
LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD.
Butt didn't take it in; 1t was too ponderous-
it wasn't my size. The boat carried more than
a hundred to the island on that trip and about
ten of the party climbed to the top of the
speechless ma: den. From the vicinity of he
heels to the head is a narrow spr"l stairway,
almost perpendicular, with no windows for
ventilation. and rs the day was warm, the
rugged assent up through the anatomy of the
goddess was not only slow but so tedious that
1t required bushels of devotion to keep one
from exhaustion, to say nothing Of discour-
agement was in the middle o. the perpen-
dicular procession and came near giving out
before reaching the top; but the fear or being
guyed urged me on until l entered the maid
ems brain chamber, and from a seat beneath
her classic brow gazed at the Brooklyn bridge
through the windows OF her ponderGus crani-
UNI. was nearly overcome. and gasped for
breath like a diving turkey. Looking around
I saw two ladies who had made the ascent
With trembling voice and feeble breath paid
my rarest compliment to their pluck and en-
durance by telling them that their devotion
cent was severe, the descent was still worse.
Going down the steps was not so laborious,
hut several of the party suffered commissions
of the muscles of the limbs, commonly known
as cramps My own case was serious and
was two lorg. sweaty hours in striking bot
tom. BY this time the boat and most of the
| party had gone and after vomiting copiously
T | lay on the bed in the barracks the place is
|
aided by a libation of brandy 1 reached the
| next boat Some idea of this trip may be had
| upon learning that from the foundation of
| the pedestal to the head is d feet and the
number of steps, 3S5. Besides this there are
three flights of stairs from the waters edge
before these steps in question are reached.
incidentally here are a few points ofinterest:
| From heel to top Of head Ill feet
| Length of hand Ii "
| Length of index finger
! Head from chin to Uranium II .
| Thickness OF head from ear to car III .
| Length of nose
| Length of right arm AZ -
| Thickness of waist IS d"
| Width OF mouth
The statue outside of pedestal, weighs 49,
| 600 lbs or 225 tons. Forty persons can stand
comfortably in the head, while the torch will
hold twelve people. Should any of the Gu
zette readers visit the island to see tho great
statue, take my word for what you can't see
without climbing to the top. While you might
show sand by going you will show sense by
staying down. The soldiers told me that not
one in 100 who start for the top ever get
higher than the pedestal. l went up just five
days ago and haven't recovered yet.
| spent four days in the city and put in the
time to excellent advantage but q description
to all saw wouid require two whole issues
! of your paper. Desiring to wind up my visit
in true metropolitan style, l went the last
| day and took Il
SWIM IN TIE OCEAN,
off Staten Island. l had not attempted to
swim for years and apprehended some diff
Guilty, but the salt water buoys one up to such
an extent that had no difficulty il floating on
my back with only a si2ht movement of the
arms. STILL was Il little backward on account
of the size of the pond, a was careful not
to get out of sight of land l had on the reg:
n smile The Jumper is made of one yard
OF blue flannel and two buttons. the ccs.
tune of the ladies was more complete. 1t in
cluded pair of hose, A lady came up to ME
and said that tUated beautifully ana asked
me to put my hands under her while she
tloated. [ was much embarrassed and told her
| that lived in the country but would do the
best could. presume there were at this
tine go persons of all ages and sexes bathing
within sight. Sea bathing does not consist in
| swimming, but Of standing in the water. per
hapS waist deep. and letting the sulf come
owe you. The more experienced wade in to
the neck a nd when the surf comes jump up
| so the water does not cover the he al. 1t is
| tmpt ssibe to swim without being buried at
| every heavy surf. The bath is very cXhar.
ating, but the brine makes one feel sticky for
| hours.
would Xix to tell more for am loaded to
the muzzle with incidents of my trip which by
the way il not more than ha.f ended, but a
sense Of prt pricty compeis me to dcsist
Yours,
". M. TODD.