The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-07-26
"A TRIP OF

Josh Grifflhs Vita poe
Their Posltio
Anatof
A Couple of Retolati iris
Wheel Do TIP vi
A Graphic Des &unt II
Feels Like q
Feet il
lOwensboro
Josh Griffith retufn,Orld's
Fair a few days al, been
kept busy ever sim beople
who can't go, and 1oey are
going and want "poEne saw
and how he saw it. isand
other things he ton heel,
This is a monster Vh< high,
made like an old III At re-
volving swing, viii inbred
boxes bigger than ~ cars
and capable of carr VII Die al
one time. You pal b Se two
round trips, which ak like
half an hour.
Mr.. Griffith said to 20
up in the thing but pand ]
made three trips e. could
Nscrew my courage u rtWhen
] got in and the doo | felt
like my doom was Sc aharted.
1t went up slowly, | 1T it got
forty feet high my ~ and
my heart was in my b my
liver and lights and swded
into the same place. ght ]
would choke. | WI leath,
There We're about tw enl the
ear and they were a about
the lovely view and a. this
and see that ! col ldhing.
! was down as close 70 as ]
could get and ] had II iy| with
my hands.
There was anOther b car
and he was as badly "a. lie
was white as a sheet ausweat
was running off OF hi1I got
about a hundred feet hbmen
ran over 10 one side see
something. The thin ioyer,
The other scared fellow 1ared
back as far as we could jhinp
level, but it wouldn't tkht
would die. Up, up, VI we
got to the top. You 4 Idea
how high that is. Out
and a thrill of horror 81 Ne al
if / had been sitting iht lhail
and felt the deadly spg{e my
head. 1t was awful. W. in
the sky. with appareR al al,
between you and deaths FL al.
a man feel bad.
The wind was bio bg! :,
me, 900 miles an hou1nd We,
were waving and shakiI al /; =
nest in the top of a III -,
pocket to get my moR. In,
TO offer it all to the coAict1. -,
cut. | happened to thik d, n,
10 no good, but I'll tel lou .,
given $4,000 to have bA o RI
Then We started DIN. -
worse than going up. ie IN
from one side ahB =,
Kept me busy trying ketH IN,
need. If it hadn't beetor H.
ion OF my mind l shoulla&be
ore l got down. AS it VI H.
le worse than ever. FihlyH !
ne bottom and l arose t9et h
said | had tobaMa
up. The wheel makes ! q
ithout changing passen9s. u
I'm TO let me out and III,
uehed at me. l told hill III,
I'M $40 If he would only ,enW,
nd let me jump, but he duld4;
III we started up. It's ndseX
'scribe how l felt onthatlcoN
was weak and sick. TI1 III
rider and the car rocked i'm
omen changed sides Ditch III
'or tilted further. We sIn&
CHER than we did before. NJ
smed like days and | was A,et
$ getting gray. The groua MI
ay the people looked like Nj
W lenvied them When Il
pped and the door opened ]
ppiest moment ] ever experAJ
you It was just like comin9,|
9TH to life. My knees totteA
SO that | could hardly staA
'tled out OF there. When | 4,
und ] made a firm resolve ma
OF 1t again, i don't think |
n go up stairs any more.
NO, sir; l don't want any mol
eels in mine. Ten thousand
ildn't be any sort OF induced
me to make that trip again"
hese words We're spoken with
'e sincerity that the reporter
Josh turned to his desk and r
writingofa letter recommend,
Nv for a position as storekeepc
nder Col. Powers.
Summer Weakness
al that tired faal;,,o H.. - .