The Blondin Spirit
Dare-devilry equal to that of Blondin who walked across the Niagara Falls on a tight-rope, still lives in the famous acrobat’s descendants. Not long ago one of Blondin’s grandsons walked across a chain stretched between two high rocks in Cornwall, while one of his brothers recently stretched a rope between the tops of the masts of a ship and then walked the rope, although the sea was none too calm.
A great, grand-son of the Niagara hero is revealing the family talent at his home in Vancouver. Although only seven years old. he is performing ail sorts of amazing tricks on his own account. The day may come when ho also will walk across Niagara with a man on his jack and make the return journey on stilts.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 291, 8 December 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)
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131The Blondin Spirit Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 291, 8 December 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)
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