Niagara and Chautauqua . Hefirst stretched his rope, a two-inchcable, across the river below theOld Suspension Bridge. Aboutevery eight fee. stays were attached to his rope, and running from each shore to near the centre of the span ; and at eachpoint two ropes diverged, one on either side to the nearest bank. Across the rope at this point, and afterward at a pointmidway between the old Suspension Bridge and the Falls, he repeatedly crossed the chasm, performing tricks, at one timewheeling a wheelbarrow ; once carrying a man on his back ; once with peach baskets on his feet (this when the Prin
Niagara and Chautauqua . Hefirst stretched his rope, a two-inchcable, across the river below theOld Suspension Bridge. Aboutevery eight fee. stays were attached to his rope, and running from each shore to near the centre of the span ; and at eachpoint two ropes diverged, one on either side to the nearest bank. Across the rope at this point, and afterward at a pointmidway between the old Suspension Bridge and the Falls, he repeatedly crossed the chasm, performing tricks, at one timewheeling a wheelbarrow ; once carrying a man on his back ; once with peach baskets on his feet (this when the Prince ofWales was a spectator), and once in the night, when an attempt was made to light up the chasm. He carried a heavybalance pole, by which he steadied himself. He was a man of iron nerve, and could he have obtained permission, wouldhave stretched his rope from the Terrapin Rocks to the oppositehave assayed to cross the yawning gulf, and he probably would hiSince that time not less than three men and one woman —IT^MCRICAN FAt, ore, and thus,: succeeded,rformed the f< the midst of the spray and walking over the chasm on a tight 3cc (£ream Soba, Bonbons i^ (£I?ocoIate5 r\0 NOT FA IL TO GET A BOX FOR THE ONE YOU LOVE.
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