The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-18
! crowd nssemhled. Sam Patch cllmbed

larger crowd assembled. Sam Patch climbed
PLY. escaped from the river as before. aud
again poor Patch. bowling to the crowd, sprang
and sce The S Wa es below FIN onG nose
seen Of ihim until tho next March when his
body was found by fishing party at the mouth
OF the river. seven miles below"
a, 1t was stated in effect that sam was under
keep his balance fell and struck upon his side,
instead OF entering the water In his usual way.
and thus was killed, On the contrary Joe CoGh,
sam thanked him for and tossed OF in his
to the tails, but that little was in a light heart
cd inshion. The Rochester historian continues:
were present. When sam climbed the pole to lis
platform, hand oyer hand. The multitude
we're shiyoring in the chilly air and undergoing
Woil.knS@n citizen biting on u tho end Of lis
Queruious Voice III there's anything in
dreams that man is dead Sam made little
Of The roar 'oH the waters ate but but was as follows
Napoleon was grent man and agreat Gen;
ernl. He conquered armies and he conquered
Falls wellington was n great man and great
soldier. He conquered armies and he con
but he. couldn't jump tho Genesee Fails. That
was leit Tor me 70 do; and can do It, and WILL
effect on the crowd In less than i've miuutos
almost every one had lied from tho locality,
silent, sober, and melancholy,
But Sam patch's fame still lives and his
name is familiar TO persons who never hoard
OF PawtucKet Falls or OF Genesee Falls. Sam
iooW St ov SP tho ssnature o. @ 0
And iIst with moGrniui brow
1f,you hive any tears TO shed,
sam n'F Stch i ' dead T 'Sa. smou. man.
we s.eS ter ter veal veal s sn d Hf fss Gs
with rim nil torn before.
III i' heart was was Z fn OF q S SESy
THY TE. ray HS,, no o. i Killed by jumping on
Full six score feet they say he jumped.
And thus assam Sam Ps "e hI he died. i"'u
Tho following copy OF his poster. announcing
Sans Last Jump" will be Of interest. 1t was
sent to. this city by, friend ia Chicago. who
e Of his ea e9 %ss az IN Inc he
highest style OF the art typogra phic, and was
healed with big spread eagle:
no mistake in Sam Patch 20 the truth Of this
b. at oelock r NJ HAVING N Determined nG do TO
astonish the natives OF the world before he re-.
Twenty-Five feet in height erected on the banks
Of the Genesee Falls. in this village from
low, Il distance OF l25 feet. At o'clock pre-
cisely Sans bear will make the same jump.
and follow his master; thus showing conclu-
siyely that some things can DO done as well as
others Moreover, sam hopes that all the
good people who attend this astonishing eXhi-
bitiOu will contribute something toward re-
muneratinG him for tho seemingly hazardous
experiment."
1t will be seen that the expression. Some
things can be done as well as others " appears
twice in this announcement. and this EXPIRES
sion must have been favorite with Sam, ms
Major Jack Downing, in his e biography" says:
To show that some things can be done"
quo'h sam. rs well as Others"
Patch lies buried in "nameless grave in the
little burying ground on the east side OF the
Charlotte Boulevard near Rochester-a sunkpn
hilock. almost hidden by riotous myrtle and
pine needles.