Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1876 — Page 7

Daring Feats at Niagara.

The San Francisco Chronicle gives an interesting account of those who nave, in various ways, risked their life for the edification of a multitude at Niagara Falla, beginning with Bam Patch. It says: Bam Patch appeared upon his platform, and waving bis hands to the spectators, gave a graceful leap into vacancy. He descended feet foremost and disappeared beneath the placid surface of an eady below. A moment afterward he reappeared, striking out for the shore a few yard! distant, wbich'he reached none the worse for the plunge. A few weeus subsequently Patch attempted a repetition of the feat from the falls of Genesee River at Rochester. The conditions were much more favorable here than at Niagara, the descent being less and the water below the falls being a comparatively smooth basin of great depth. But this was the last leap of poor Patch. Whether heaviness in the head from some cause or other had disturbed his equilibrium is not stated, but it happened unfortunately that Patch was unable to maintain the perpendicular, and struck the water flat on his back. The body was recovered some days afterward, several miles down the river. As far as remembered, Niagara was devoid of any extraneous sensations, apart from the usual yearly average of harrowing accidents, romantic suicides, and heroic rescues from the time of Sam Patch’s leap to the advent of Mons. Blondin on the scene in 1858. It is true that in the interim one Morgan, a resident of New York State, who published a book purporting to unvail the secrets of Masoniy, is reputed to have departed the scene of his labors by the Niagara River route, and his disappearance caused a deep and wide-spread sensation. But nothing was publicly known of the time or manner id which his journey was accomplished. Blondin’s repertory of varied feats to maintain the interest of the public was the same as recently performed in San Francisco. His concluding feat, and by far the most thrilling of all, was the wheeling of a man across the rope in a wheelbarrow. The venturesome passenger was his agent, who was also a professional gymnast. The two were connected together by a band attached to their belts, which safeguard would have enabled theih to jump on'opposite sides of the rope and remain suspended in the event of such a course being compelled by an overpowering gust of wind or any mishap from what other cause. Nevertheless, this performance was witnessed with sensations similar to those that might be excited by the spectacle of an execution. After a dispiriting season following Blondin’s departure, from no greater attraction being offered the good people than a bare view of Niagara itself, the ravenous crew who have the management of the falls and their appurtenances succeeded in engaging another rope-walker, known as Bignor Farina, an Italian artist of Milesian extraction originally christened with the name of Welch. Farina, so-called, was a graduate of the circuses and well up in the funambulistic arts. His rope was stretched across the river about midway between the falls and the railroad suspension bridge. Farina repeated Blondin’s feats with equal ease and grace, and added some of his own specialties; but the season proved a comparative failure. At this time, funambulists had multiplied in the land and ropewalking had become the prime attraction-

at all the country fairtr. One ambitious fellow, who dubbed himself Herr Ramos, being supplanted by Farina in a coveted engagement at Niagara, opened a season below the falls of the Genesee at Rochester. Unfortunately he chose for his initiatory performance a repetition of Blondin’s famous feat of trundling a man across the rope in a wheelbarrow. The dare-devil who volunteered his valuable assistance for this exploit was a sailor. It proved admirably successful to a point about midway of the river, when the sailor, by an ill-advised effort to shift his position in the wheelbarrow, disturbed the equilibrium, and the whole establishment jumped the track. Herr Ramos caught the rope and hunk suspended with his balancing-pole attached to his belt and the Wheelbarrow slung to his neck; but the luckless mariner descended* without impediment 1 into the depths below, a distance of about ninety feet, to the surfacd of the watdr. Providentially he was too much int6xichted to suffer injury, and succeeded in gaining the shore, rather benefited than otherwise by the plunge. Ramos, after disengaging his incumbrances, was likewise successful in shinning ashore. At the close of the war the hosts of Niagara were again aroused to speculation to restore the prestige of that attractive resort and another rope-walking season was inaugurated in 1866, with Hany Leslie as the “ hero.” Leslie (George Colby) was from Troy, N. Y., a dashing, fearless young fellow of good family and education, who had adopted the calling of a gymnast and graduated from the circuses. In skill, agility and reckless daring liis feats greatly surpassed those of gymnasts who preceded him, not excepting the famous Chevalier. Leslie stretched his rope across the river about 300 feet below the great suspension bridge, at a point where the sweeping current gathers itself into the narrowest gorge of the river, and breaks into probably the most terrific rapid on the face of the earth. Such is the

resistless power of the surge that a bar of pig-iron dropped from the bridge with a wire attached, in an attempt to fathom the stream, immediately skips out upon the surface of the water far below. It is hardly possible for an ordinary mortal to comprehend the quality of nerye required for the crossing of this raging torrent on a rope. Yet Leslie performed the most difficult feats of equipoise midway of the stream. His particular ecstacy was in the execution of feats upon the trapeze of a character which seemed to seal his fate at every instant, causing ladies to faint and stern men to turn pale. The most appaling of all his performances Was a leap headlong from , the rope, secured by elastic bands attached to his ankles. A cry of horror that was heard above the roar of the torrent greeted this act, and thousands turned away from the scene, assured that all was over with the reckless fellow. This exquisite act was varied on occasions by a backttrd fall from the rope, as if by accident, while Leslie was apparently attempting some other feat. The Leslie season at Niagara was fairly successful, his weekly exhibitions attracting immense crowds which arrived by excursion trains from all directions in New York State and Canada. As the funambulistic hero of Niagara Leslie certainly won the palm for never having disappointed an audience from stress of weather. While Blondin on oneorindre occasions postponed his performances in consequence of the freshness of the zephyrs that betimes sweep down the gorge of Niagara, Leslie did. not hesitate to take the rope when the gusty blasts seemed almost sufficient to dislodge a raccoon from

his perch, and on on® occasion he nihil e his return passage in the midst of a drenching shower. Leslie met 11 * H 4e»th two years subsequent by the breaking of a trapeze, suspended from a balloon, at Charleston, 8. C. He fell from an immense altitude and was dashed to atoms. The next season at Niagara opened with a flattering announcement, based on the supposed abilities and likewise “ heroism” of a genius named George Conroy, who belonged to Buffalo, N. Y. This aspirant* for honors and currency proposed to cross the rope in the character of the American eagle, with wings extended to serve the purpose of a balancing pole. The design embodied a very patriotic fancy, and the attraction would, doubtless have drawn satisfactorily. In his preparatoiy trials, however 1 , Mr. Conroy, was not sufficiently successful to warrant the necessary contribution for a rope, etc., and so the debut ’of the American eagle on a tight-rope and his probable descent into the yeasty torrent of Niagara did not occur. But not by this discomfiture, Mr. Conroy finally gratified his ambition by Jumping from the lofty cupola of a grain elevator in Buffalo in the presence of a 'great multitude. In making the descent Conroy seemed to relax his nerve and double himself up, but when the Coroner recovered the body it was stiff enough. The last tight-rope performance at Niagara attended by the writer occurred in 1869, when Prof. Jenkins made his debut under the patronage of the railroad com|knies, advertising to cross the rope on ja velocipede. This announcement created no little sensation, the popular supposition being that something after tlie pattern of the ordinary bicycle was intended to be used in the exploit. Prof. Jenkins was a raw-boned, uncouth gentleman from one of the interior towns of Canada. His rope was stretched across the gorge at the same point where Leslie had performed, and was necessarily without guys. The so-called velocipede consisted of two deeply-grooved wheels to fit the rope, being balanced and held secure by a long iron oar with heavy iron balls at either end, suspended six feet below the rope. The “ veiocipedist” was seated on a saddle between the wheels which just cleared the rope, and governed the movements of the machine by cranks and cog-wheel gearing. The first performance attracted a large 'attendance of spectators, both on the American and Canadian banks of the river, and the general opinion pronounced the show a rank imposition. Prof. Jenkins wks so pointedly denounced by the newspaper reporters who were lured to the exhibition, that in a fit of exasperation he advertised a reward of SSOO to any reporter who would accomplish the crossing of the rope on his “go-devil.” The challenge was as promptly accepted by half a dozen reporters from different cities; but from economic motives the Professor neglected to deposit the stake, and hauled in his rope and departed. The velocipede season was thus closed with a single exhibition.

Baggage-Smashing.

The manner in which travelers’ baggage is handled at most of our railway stations is a disgrace to the railway system of which we boast so much and in general so justly. It will fill any impartial spectator with indignation to stand near the baggage-room in almost any depot in this and other cities as a train is being made up or unloaded, and witness the reckless if not intentionally destructive way in which trunks, large and small, without respect to character, condition or contents, are thrown from car to platform, or from truck to car, or from store-room to truck, with a waste of muscular power in giving them the customary height and velocity such as is rarely exhibited by laborers in any other calling. If the baggage-han-dlers were paid by their companies according to the number of trunks which they dashed to pieces or damaged, they could hardly show more zeal and successful devotion to that end than they do now. So common is this abuse in the handling of passengers’ property that the long-suf-fering American has accepted it as inevi table, and tries to make the best of it by ■jocular remarks. Tlie newspapers also at frequent intervals contain humorous allusions to the evil. One praises the skill *with which an accomplished baggage-man will crack open a trunk at a singl* throw. Another tells about the consternation and grief of baggage-hurler on finding among the arrivals a trunk made of boiler iron, heavily riveted and iron-bound, bearing the defiant inscription, “She'll stand it." Another announces a forthcoming tournament of baggage-smashers, at which a prize offered by trunk-makers for the most expert smashing is to be contended for.

j The subject, however, is too serious for a joke. It is no joke to recklessly and wantonly destroy or injure the property of a confiding traveler; it is a barbarous and brutal act for which no excuse w hatever can be given. It takes no more time and strength to lift a trunk and set it carefully down than it does to hurl it high in the air and propel it violently to its destination. There is abundance of time, especially at our great terminal stations, where these abuses are most common, for the proper handling of baggage. pNTo train will move until the baggage is all taken on or unloaded, and the smasher Cannot make a claim of necessity for his barbarity. An express company will carbox of eggs 1,000 miles without cracking a shell; a baggage-smasher will frequently knock off the hinges of a trunk, break the lock, split the bottom and smash (every fragile article of its contents on the trip from baggage-room to car. It is high time that our railroad superintendents took summary steps to reform this evil. The property of passengers should be as sacred as their persons. A railroad employe has no more right to break a passenger’s trunk needlessly than to smash his hat or tear his coat. This mistreatment of baggage is never seen upon European railways. There the railway employe is the servant rather than the master of the traveler, and treats him and his property with civility. If a luggage man handles a trunk with unnecessary roughness he is pretty sure to be warned by a uniformed official, and if he repeats the offense he gets his walking-

papers. We do no not mean to say that all American baggage-men are guilty of the abuses complained of. There are many creditable exceptions, but no one will deny the general truth of this picture, and our railway officials should at once put a stop to these outrages, as they can easily do, by a little exercise of their authority. Let the baggage-smasher be reformed or abolished from the American railway system. He has disgraced it too long.— Age. —The Pittsburgh Commeroial reaffirms the story that “Many houses, and even whole blocks In the down-town part of New York belong to the ex-Empress Eugenie, purchased by third parties on the account of Napoleon III.”

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

< -The Ithaca (JC. Y.) Journal notes that a resiaent of that town has a fuchsia bearing 419 blossoms and many buds in all stages of development. —ln pupqjiasipg buff Cochins , bear iq mind that a clear, even buff, without penciling of black in the neck or body, is essential to a first class bird.— Exchange. Fhemind is the man. Farming, in the highest sense, is not simply doing the hard work necessary. This can be done by muscle when directed by brains. The true farmer is he who can plan, direct and control skillfully.—JT. Y. Herald. —For corn-starch cake take one cup of butter, worked to a cream with two cups of sugar; one cup of milk, in which is dissolved one teaspoonful of soda; two cups of flour, in which is sifted two teaspoonfuls cream tartar; the whites only of six eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Mix all these ingredients well, then add one cup of corn-starch. Beat well; bake in a moderate oven. Will make one large loaf. —For black fruit cake one pound of butter, one pound of dark sugar, one pound of flour, twelve eggs, ope coflee cup of molasses, one cup of milk, one cup of cream, -one teaspoonful of soda, two of cream tartar, four pounds of raisins, four pounds of currants, one pound of citron, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice and mace, and salt. Bake two full hours in- a moderate oven. This makes three large loaves. —To make peach jelly, stone and pare the peaches, and for every four pounds of peaches allow one of sour apples. Boil separately in water enough to cover them until both are tender, ana strain through a jelly bag. For every quart of the juice allow one and a half pounds of white sugar; boil over a sharp fire till done. To determine when done, let a drop or two of the liquor fall into a glass of cold water; if it reaches the bottom of the tumbler in a solid drop, without dissolving, the jelly should be removed at once from the fire, and poured hot into dry tnd heated glasses. The pulp may be boiled with half a pound of sugar to every pound of pulp until reduced enough to keep; it should be stirred constantly with a wooden spatula. For common use this jam will answer gpry well.

their pots during summer) shoulil.be taken out in September, have the ola soil well shaken from tlie roots, and be repotted in the same sized pots. The soil most sqR-; able lor rose culture is good, fresh loate,. mixed with about one-third well-decayed cow manure. Very loose open soil does not pareduhfe such'wie budSt nor are .the flowers so highly Colored as when grown in stiff toil. When pbttinaj’? nidke the soil good around the roots, and leave no Uftipvjhspace around the edgos-of the pots. Prune the plants well back when.they afe.Caken put' of thepbts; it js notjonly muCh jniore ednytoient to do sd at this time, but they generally make finer to^tothaa u,|gsttmtil lal^r,—^tn^ner»’ i —A lioree .can pull more backwards by a strap the top of hia head Xhan he cafi pull forward by the breast, and when he has learned this he will break almost any sihgle strap of leather; but thjs te not the worsf of itl is great danger of his injuring himself as well as doing,in jury to the harness or/carriage > hen loose. There is much less danger of injury by tieing him., witii a strap around the peck. Tvheahtf cannot or will not ifeert as mfifch force. A handy way with a carriage, horse is to haie a strong! twoinch strap, with a Strang buckle fasteitod to ap!iron, ring; this can remain oh the horse’s neck ; then have in ydur buggy a new strqng rope with a large knot on one end that jaU nbt pass through the ring. Draw thnrthrough the ring when youjtie him, and he will try tlie” strength of it but a few times. Such is my experience.— Car. Rural New forkeT.

The Correct Way TO Pluck Apples and Pears.

To plupk fruit ox any sort signifies to take hold of it by tlie hand and sever the stem from the twigs. If any one will examine tne stem of an/ipple Jie will perceive that thene is a seam between the end of the stem ana the twig. At this season the stem should be. severed from the twig. Hence sAb stem should be clasped by the thumb and one finger in such a manner that tlie stein and twig will separate at the seam. Many ' apples and certain varieties of pears adhere s<s firmly to the twigs that iL'ons takes hold ■of the fript anff pulls tfye stmiirip be draw’ll out of tlie cavity of the Spple or the twig will be broken off. Many times when apples are hard to pluck a long piece of twig and several fruit buds will be torn off the limb. Beginners should be taught, when fruit will not separate easily from the twigs, to seize the stem and thrust the thumb nail against the stem close to the seam, at the same time bending the stem across the edge of the nail. When the stem is handled in this manner the twig amfttem will always separate at the seam. If the stem is drawn out of the fruit, as it often will be wheji fruit comes off hard, premature decay' is liable to commence in the cavity of the apple. Another reason why the stem should be severed at the seam is, the fruit buds, from which the fruit for the next season will grow, should be left on the trees, or there can be no fruit. When an ignorant and heedless helper clambers about in the tree tops, crushing the buas and twigs beneath his huge feet, and when he breaks off numerous twigs and ends of fruit branches and thrashes the outside of the tops with a pole, he will often destroy buds sufficient to make a bushel of apples. Let the unsophisticated be taught that if they destroy the fruit buds the present autumn they will ruin tlie crop of fruit for next year. The next thing of prime importance is to handle valuable fruit witii as much carefulness as one transfers eggs from one basket to another. When an apple drops into - a barrel, or falls on other fruit, or encounters the limb of a tree in its descent, it will be bruised more or less. Bruises will sometime dry up, but as a general rule bruiges will promote speedy decay. Hence, apples should never be poured from one basket to another, nor from a basket into a barrel or box. When plucking fruit it is often the practice to hang a grain-bag about one’s neck, or across the shoulder, with the mouth before the operator, who puts the apples into the bag as fast as the fruit is plucked. But a bag is the most improper receptacle that can be employed for holding fruit of any sort, for the reason that when the bag of fruit is moved about a large portion of it will be bruised more or W .Let th,A incTOdulogs fill > bag with apples or pears and then lift the Bag or fruit into • wagon box and take it out again and carry it to the fruit room. He win hear the fruit creak and bruise by being pressed one against another. A basket, pail or tub is the only proper re-

O Vs; captack for holding valuable fruit When it tri- desirable that it should not 'be bruised. R '-ji « When plucking large pears we employ a grape-plucker. which consists of a combined shears ana pliers. The instrument is taken h one hand as if it were a pair of ehears. Th® stem of the fruit isttien cut with the small blade secured to the end of one of the jaws;-and as the stem is cut in two the Jaws of the pliers close on the stem and hold the pear, apple, or bunch of grapes. It is a capital little device for plucking fruit. Buch pluckers can ( be obtained at hardware stores in largo cities.— N. Y. Herald.

Care of Looking-Glasses.

Perhaps some readers have wondered why looking-glasses sometimes get so dull and dim that no washing or rubbing will make them clear. The dimness is caused by heat. A looking-glass or mirror, subjected to the sunshine several hours a day, or to the hot air from a furnace, register or stove, or to the heat of a gaslight or kerosene lamp, will soon become ruined. At first some portion of the glass looks dim and misty, then more cloudy, and, finally, spotted or speckled with black; for the heat has caused the coating of quicksilver to expand and loosen its hold upon the back of the glass, till, after a time, particles fall entirely away, and the glass,once beautified by fair reflections, is rendered unsightly ana unattractive forever. << Oil paintings are often seriously injured by the same cause. Much of the blame laid upon the careless mixing of colors—especially those used by modern artists—rightly belongs to those who hang the pictures. Care is taken to place them “in good light,” still greater pains should be taken to secure them from heat. If, during some portion of the day, the sun shines directly upon these paintings, or heat rises constantly toward them from stove or furnace, the canvas gradually takes on a dull appearance, and soon presents an array of cracks that fills us with dismay; if they are not speedily removed to a more favorable position, portions of the outer coat may peel off, and the ruin is complete.— Exchange.

Bottled Bumble-Bees.

No man can tell when a bqy of nine or ten yeast is going to break,, out in a new spot. A Cass farm lad, who has been noted for .his quiet demeanor and steady ways, all at once took a notion to Bunt Ebumble-bees. He armed himself with a wide-mouthed bottle arid wafiaped over lots and fields and entrapped many alucklessstinger. After securing them he had no further pleasure except to see them trawjup fijuadown the bides of the battle and ylifcck tfieir stingers into each other, tie Was but early yesterday mortflug, gathering in the bees while they were benumbed, and when he entered the house for breakfast lie,tad about, thirty-great, overgrown, wicked-looking bumble-oCtes. They Were packed into the bottle heads arid tails and other ways, 'and. we catching sight of them, spoke up:

/‘See here, bfiy, I don’t want any piore o£ this fooling , around after bees. After breakfast you heave that bottle out doors, and don’t bring another bee aroSnffthis house.” i The boy placed the bottle ,behind the dining-room stove. There was a gentlo fire, and tlie bottle had no cofk. The family had got through with the first cup of coffee, when they heard something goings 1 ‘ Jteg—ring—ding— Qn£— long—rong--B‘® fire warmed the bees up, "and they left the bottle to warm the family up,. It was a business affair, and the beek w e «» in to do their best. The boy slid out at the firat alarm, but the old folks flourished their napkins until sliding, out would have done no good. - The bfir gent got a sting on his left ear and another on his head aX tMci same second, While the old ladj’ was punctured in the shdulder and yelled “ Muqler!’’ with all her might. “Maul—maul em!" shouted the old gent, waving the butter dish around and getting another, needle into his neck.’;. ‘ r Police! Police!’ ’ squealed the old lady, diving under the table as a big bee settled, on the lobe of hej ear. It was a very even fight for a while, but then die man got down arid the woman flew for a bed-room, the one*s deep bass voice shouting: “Gimme the camphor, Betsy!!’ and the other squeaking out- “If you love me go for a doctor!*’ No ofie knows what became or the boy. He is reported as missing. Seated under the swaying head bf some stunted thorn treeton the commons, he looks longingly toWard home; but he realizes that his reception will be red-hot.— Detroit Free Press.

From reports from forty-two factories in Ohio, in 1875, the following averages are obtained: Average number of cows at factory, 310 W; average time of running, eight months and four days; average amount of milk per cow for the season, 3.642 pounds; average amount of milk per cow, per day, 15% pounds; average amount of cheese per factory, for season, 115,092 pounds; average amount of money per factory for butter, $462.51; amount of milk to a pound of cheese, about 10 3-10 pounds; average price of butter sold, 25 cents per pound; average amount of money per cow for cheese, $35.25; average amount of money per factory from combined product, $11,764.56 ;average amount of money per cow from combined product, $36.70. ■ i . ~.4—■ —A San Francisco paper furnishes an interesting account of Eawin Booth’s first experience of acting. It was when he was twelve years of age. He then organized a small company of boys, and established a miniature theatre in a Baltimore residence. The admission fee was two cents. One of the members of the troop who afterward became almost as famous as Booth was John Sleeper, who, when he adopted the stage as a profession, added the name of Clarke, and became famous as J. S. Clarke. , 7 WiLuorr’s Tonic!-A Safi, Surn aVD Scientific Cure!— Tlie unprecedented sale of this world-renowned medicine proves incontestably that no remedy lias superseded the use of this reliable Tpnic. No spleen has been found bo hard as hot to yield to its softening intluence, and no liver so hypertrophied as not to give up its long-retained bilious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has yet refused to fall into line. G. R. Finlay <fc Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. If you buy a stove this season be certaln that you get the genuine “New Rotary” base-burner, tor no ft coal, made by the Cooperative Stove Company, of Cleveland, O. Pbusshw’s White Wine Vinegar, warranted pnreand to preserve pickles. A superb article

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