The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-01-09

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rits deserved whereas your origin
betrayed itself. AMI your nataral dis
position WIS satisfied III giving me II
lnaI. rs your father. the baker would
have done" The king was then
sensible Of his own menlness. and
Immediately liberated the Greek
from prison. aud loaded him with
giits of value.
900
CONSERVATION raustd by Balloon in
Scotland.
On Thursday the Goth Of Septem-
Der, balloon descended in a field
IN the farm of kllbronk, in the par
ish Of Xamphray. I'm touching the
ground. the car rchonnded To some
distance. and pitched out with consi-
derable violence. the intrepid gen
tfrman who was seated within il.
A number ot persons Who We're rails
ing potatoes in Scotland. very
promptly FASTENED 10 the spot, by
whose cxertIons the balloon Was ST.
cured. and every assistance render.
ed To Mr. Green--ior that. il ap-
peared. WAS The name ot the siran-
ger. From the effects of the fall. he
was unable AT first. IL answer any
questions. hut in n little time lac re-
covered 81 far, az tn walk IN the
house Of Alexander Scott. Esq. Of
Stcul.ieshill. Here he received the
kindest attentions, aud after resting
brlefspace, very willingly commu-
nicated the particulars Of his rapid
voyage from Carlisle to Moilat. At
aqaarler past two ho assembled from
Carlisle. IN company with IA gentle
man, who had either lcapr1 out. or
been pitched from the car some 'ime
prc,ions tn the final descent. when
Mr. q. himself wasso much stunned,
i that he had 10 recollection of what
occurred afterwards. Indeed. when
first discovered. he inquired anxious
" for his companion, whom he APP
pcared To miss for the first time ; Il
before he reached Wamphray, hls
bat had been lost. aud some III his
philosophical instruments broken.
The ballooa, however. had sustained
no material damaged Mr.. q. depar-
ted at = o'clock the same evening, IN
a chaise procured from Brattotk
Bridgr Inn, with the balloon safely
packed ON the top. He was then
perfectly sensible and recollected,
though he still complained of cohsld-
cradle pain in the back aud sides.
The good people of Wnmphray
were ol course, much puzzled AZ 10
the real nature aud character of the
vlsltaut who had thus come, as II
were, Ia taxi their scqnestercd par
ish by storm. Though they were
all aware oil the existence oil balloons,
! few of them knew what balloon
was like, and VIC need not wonder If
they felt az much surprise as the
South Sea Indians did on seeing Il
stately barb hearing down With every
sail set on Their own remote isles Of
the ocean. The EsqumauX mistook
A Nhaler for a great sea serpent
the Otabelteans. when they saw a
sailor mounted an horseback .desOlt-
ly believed that hr Was part and
parcel Of the same animal and the
children in particular, residing III
amphray, were equally AT a loss IN
know what tn make of Mr.. Green's
ballonn. A knot al urphins. Who
first behcld il, ran calling out. j" Mi
tier. Mthrr. oh Mithcr there's a
CT at morkle thing Ia a gIitterin,"
(thc sun Vas then shining on the air
ship.) 4 boy. who had been herd
ing the SWINE belonging To Mr Ia
rulhers, NJ lillI,onse. came running
home might and main, and seemed
So terribly agitated that his friends
actually thought he had gone mad.
Same minutes elapsed before he "as
able to speak, and then he gravely
informed the by ISLANDERS that " IA
great mnckle dragon bad come over
the hill. and lighted near the back
of the stack yard !; that it wad TAX
hundrr soi,licrs aud mair to kill it,
and that It's sides were "a red like
blnid." BY this time the hale
country side WAS astcer, and stran-
gers lIockcd 50 fast from all quarters.
that the farm Of kilbrook had all
the appearance Of great hiring fair.
Even after the acronant must have