The Weekly register. (Ponola [sic] Panola, Miss.) 1843-1844, 1843-10-07

chemists; and then, before it was dry,
| pressed strips of the fabric on them
with hot iron, by which | made the
whole garment perfectly impeameable.
My next task was to make the head
piece. To effect this, procured come
stout iron wire, and bent it into sort
of frame, Of the shape | had seen the
diver wear. | secured these different
pieces together by twisting finer wire
round them; and then covered1he whole
with the ,same water proof cloth which
had usedIlor the rest, fitting some pieces
of glass carefully in front TO enable me
to perceive objects around me. = | fas-
tened some roughty-shaPed gloves and
boots to the arms and legs of the dress,
and fixed them in q similar manner TO
the seams; and when had entirely COM
pleted the whole apparel, | put it on,
and walked in it about my room the
whole evening, delighted, beyond meas
ure, at my contrivance. 1t cost me
something considerable, with all my E.
economy it is true; but looked upon it
as the means Of leading me to immense
wealth, and I deemed the money invest
ed in a highly profitable scheme.
My next object was to provide for the
transmission Of a supply of air to the
interior Of the hood, as | termed it, ad-
equate to the support Of respiration UNI
der water. Aided by the smattering CT
mechanical knowledge which | possess
ed, | was not long in fashioning a sort
of air-pump, by adding some valves and
stop-cocks to an old garden-syringe,
which purchased at a brokers' near my
lodgings; and this | connected to the
hood by long pipes of the cloth, closed
| in the same manner as the seams Of my
dress. likewise procured lantern,
which rendered waterproof by simi.
lar means; and then | joined it to the
head-piece by another pipe, having OBJ
served that there was, generally, SUI
perfuity Of air from the bubbles | had
seen rising over the Divers head, which
marked his situation in The water.
And now only one point remained &c
care about; but that was the most diff
Guilt was 10 seek confederate. No
but that believe | could have got many
to join me in my Gool-hardy enterprise
but they would have expected an equa
share Ofthe proceeds, and this it wa
not nay intention ioa.low. Still I coul'
not do without companion to mind tn
boat above, and, more especially 10 sup
ply me with ar. / had, at one time
formed wild scheme of borrowing
goat from an old map at the edge OF tn
common, who had trained it to run roun'
in wheel, and assistin making string
bdt the insanity Of trusting my life t
the operations Of an animal, soon mad
me give up the scheme | had formed c
constructing some rough machinery, +
be turned by a smaller wheel, which
acting upoh aparallel motion, or rae
and pinion, might work the pump, A
last, chance threw the required ASST
lance ipmy way. There was a POO
a creature living in the town at the tlmt
named, Or rather called Harry Weston
whom | selected for my companion
He was not exactly in his. right sense:
nor was he completely an idiot; but
that nice balance between the two whlc
kept him from being the sport of III
street boys, whilst it gained the pit.
or sympathy of the charitable people
the neighborhood. He got his living b
? carrying out parcels from the coach-o
fees to their final destination, ofby rur
| ming on errands, and performing diver
g, odd Jobs for the inhabitants; and he GEL
orally bore good character for sobrl
t ty and honesty. 1t was this. harmle
individual that fixed upon as my ass
: ciate. ! brought him my loding
: and bound him down by The most horr
Bile oatEk / gould invent to brighten hir
t and promisesiof large reward, to ser'
me as Should direct, without ever I
tering syllable to mortal ofmy scheme
d and then making an appointment WI
| him for an evening in the next week,
: gave him trifing sum as an earne