M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-11-01
tsooIsx Thomnson On a o ,lIoin


GODDARD. 1t is quite intereslipg:-
The ballast being arranged, ouritSr
} rsstidI friends on Ross Hill, BY order
| let 60 OF the ropes, and gracefully we
, ascended'in a norIhseaslerly direction
when a panorama was spread ou; be
! fore our vision, which, 10 be des bee
perfectly, wOutd'require the pen OF al
angel. III angels use pens, Beneath
! were fields OF standing corn, and field
which gave evidence that the harvest
er had gathered his golden grain, towns
villages ard hsmlels, forests, roads anc
Irivulets, all appeared in a dimlnuliye
form, and, as we attained higher al.
htude, men seemed pigmies, houses
toys, forests shrubbery, roads and rlv,
ulets threads, and the noble Ono, with
lis gorgeous watercastles, seemed al
most as small s.Ben BOLTS brook be.
lore 1t nae, gone dry.
Our view, before the rising OF the
moon was glorious; but when nights
mantle gathered over the earth, aud her
queen appeared, Illuminating the face
OF nature, the scene wa5 so grand and
beautiful TO my mind as to compare
lavorably with my preroncelveG idea
OF Heaven, Looking up IRON the
car into the neck OF the balloon, with
the moons rays falling directly on the
nuge globe, il seemed a hall OF fire i,
while the reelection from the outer sur
lace oI the erlsIShip was equally as
brilliant as The reflection OF q gas ght
from a mirror.
Never did happier party start forth
IN pursuit oil pleasure than ours. Jno,
Sharp, Esq, went into hts Of ecstscy.
| cIasped GOdard's hands, and the mu.
tual shaking came near costing both
thelI rlgnt arm, Bellmsn, whose ex>
perence in baIIoonng is greater than
any oILer amateur in THIS country, de q.
clared positively tnat II was the grand,
est trip he had made; and our gallant
Monsieur and his good lady asserted
that tue last, the two hundred and sixty.
seventh ascension, was net er surpassed
IN point oil subllmity and grandeur.
Several times during our voyage, we
ConVersed with persons on the earth,
IN whlcn conversations | proved to my
mind concIuSlvely, this TACT, that it is
a very easy matter 10 hear with dis.
rtncLnesS, ordinary conversation hom
tue eartn, when one mile aud q quarter
lton It's surface.
| | will state two or three facts more,
viz: " hile over Mr.. Ruiiner's larm,
near Carthage, ! enqIired lu a loud
voice, "Who lives here?' Some man
replied, "Mr. Rutfner!" "ls it Ma.
rlne Ruliuer?' tAen asked. mo
Franz" was the response. A female
voice tnen invited us down TO supper,
which invitation We heard as GlSlnclI,
as irlenGs can hear each other IN com.
mon conversation. Mons. GODDARD dis,
charged small quantity OF gas, anC
we descended in a field near to Mr.
Rufner's residence, as easy as a birc
can anght on tree top.
Akotner experiment bearing on thit
IpOlnl, When nall mile above TIM
eaTtn, M. GooaId let lail a small slon,
winch we neard very plainly Strlketn
ground,
Aud still cue more fact and we are
done with this part oil the subject. -
Al about the same altitude, Nous, G
. threw out a handful OF sand aud earth
, and when 1t struck, It sounded precise
5 y ike rain patterlng OIL ROOF Wnert
no ceiling ubsIructS lhe sound.
After taking a lunch with MIR. Ruff
, ner'S KIDD lamlJ, Mr.. GODDARD dis
charged more ballast, aud again VI
. arose 10 ENJOY lne beauties uf moon,
nght erlal ride. Far, lar behind us
3 the shadow oi the air snip follows latin
! iully as mans shadow at noon-day.-
s Above Us ball OF tre-beneath US
P visible ten thousand fields their fence
looking like Selve.
DeaSe forests, Immediately beneatI
: and over their Iopmost bougns We gIId
a gently; Tor our daring Captain has 10
vlted Us 10 Witness the perfect contro
which he mas over his balloon in iai
e weather. Then we ascend to the dis
n tsnce oil 5000 leet, and alter travelin
Il the Lord only knows where, changin
p. around with score of different cur
v rents oil air, we finally descended o
Mr.. John Coxe's farm in Butler coun
:. }, six miles from Glendale, alter hay
II ing been two hours among the clouds
III celestial regions.
II From MI, Coxe'S iarm We wen. /
x eSlcnester, there remained all nigh
q wItn our good host Daniel Avery, an
e Lne next morning repaired to Gleudsl
IS III wagon, took the cars, and are sal
among our friends, ready and wlllin
It 10 maze a second voyage to SKY land
1t --.- R-Y.
O GoVtREoR SHIhGoHs Poslrlos. =
do'' Shsnnca thus explains his potllio
n N letter to Mr.. Lindsly. late Memds
e oil Congress from the SsnGusky district
II The vnth IL, stand on the Kansa