The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-11
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| One fine summer morning, a few years since
there was wonderful Excitement II the frisht
Isallage aHyrdoeley.oo ALI thetidlel menl
bWomeny and children in the peighborheod---
eomprehending about 7tenrhs lI, Of the popu.
Hatior-were assembled on the large level
common, which served as arace-course, and
all tffo fonged toward some object IN the center
which formed the nucleus of the crowd
| 5sYes, then, what's the name ef 1t at all, at
ALP demanded one ragged gossooas~ v,5sq -ft
t'Is it tied to the tail of it he's going to gol
up2p asked another ~ - al
sAh. don't be foolish!'' exclaimed an old man
the sense CARRIER yaof the district ''6onst ye
see the Tong ropes he's going to hold on by?"1
q sVpEel zwelIs' groaned an old WOMAN takingl
her aaaeen or Hslfort black pipe out OF herl
mouth, and sticking it, lighted as it was, With
In thelifolds4 of 81 her cross BARRED cottont
handkerchief; | 'the1n English are mighty qtrare
people. I'm sure, when we heard that this
Mr.! Brown, with his sacks of goold, was COM
ing to Ritolarni, after buying ont the Iale ould
lstQck Of the Deasy1s, Ye1thoughtofhe sd have
Carriages and horses galore, and maybe a fine
Watch In the harbor; but it never entered thet
theaasso any sof sus that thing less would
serye. hinn than going cooTsing through the air
Ikea Wild goose at the tail ef'sballeen, or
Whatever they call it, ,i;fxa siaT ,1nuol
For Some time past the process of initiating
fhe 'Bal1o5n had been going on; aud now the
great gaily-painted orb lowered strennuloaslyl
dabefe, the heads of the gaping spectators, and
Epreseing against the cords by which it was
lheldF down. it seemed only to.awaitthe arrival
Iof the bold aeronaut to- dart upward on its
gI5yay:Hi1g yllaFgsiis ts0u ss3d est G0i ,qn9 v
i a.@Here. he is!,, exclaimed the noutwaTd strag-
IIglers of the crowd: and present. yoa earrings
1dTely. up and out stepped sME. Brown. the
i English millionaire who hadlately become an
4 Irish landed Proprietor. Mr3oBrown was a.
1ofpugilistic force would. have suffced to lay
level with the soil of his adoption iHewas one
of those unluck y Individuals who meet an
accident .,atfseFery turn---who, in entering a
room, invariably slip, tumble, knock down
some piece of offurniture, or sit down beside the
lchair Instead of upon it. He Seldom escaped
Etspsetting his ink stand; sending his meat and
drink the 90 s.'wrong way, y and then soughing
land choking for an hour; cutting, his fingers, |
tearing his coat or knocking his foreheadl
1asaihst dacr, SO that he rarely appeared in |
1society without scars, plastersy obandages. In
lpractsing gymnastics he had knocked out |
three teeth; in watching at CoWes, he bad been
4 four times nearly drowned; in shooting on the |
Imoorst in Scotland, he had left the grouse
unharmed but had blown offtwo of his fingers.
A taste for pyroteehny had singed handsomely
his eve -brows, N haird and cwhiskers; and as to
railway travelling, his hair breadth scapes and
moving accidents, amid collisions, Npsets and
1 explosions, would have served to fill two or
1 Three handsome orange co1ored volumes of the
i English I2dSEaeay library, or the French BtbZi-t
l5g1eqaedes GhenSSas de fer.s6 oai al aEw nioo |
: Atlength; having tried the. three elementsl
tof earth water and fire, it occurred to Mr.. 4
Brown that the remaining one ofair, as
medium of locomotiofs might be more agree /
able, and could not be- more perilous than the /
lothers.5oHe 4 accordingly, TTthe year before,
when residing opl his estate in DeFonshire, had
purchased an excellent balloon, and strange |
\ ffo say. had made Several ascerits, and had come
down again in perfect saety:H On this 'occa-
fsioff. he 1neditated fight lover the Green Isle,
and intended to come down at cBelfast;s but
the best informed members of the crowd asser- /
ted that he was going every, step of the way
ffoA 10 saaa s-s os tss'oi9Saaoi bslsss
Eo AIondon ifriend,9 who had come to Ireland /
lon aefishing lsexcursien, had promised to JON
Mr.. Brown in his fight; but as it. would seem,
his courage failed and he came not. In nowise
discouraged however, Mr. Brown was just |
about to step into his aerial car when tall +
strongly built man suddenly stepped forward,
and politely 'saldtihg the @rohaut, said: "
EsossAfayI ask you a question, sir ss9mtad ijsn
sssf fCertainly.asa y4ay 3 zba ,y15ngc3 edt 3
s:Is,it true that you uag are going to America 2
1 sNo: merely to Belfast, wind and weather
/ permitting. - - =.
uianner4--sFthe North of Ireland. ANells that
is,iust the direction toward. which want to go,
land | hate land d-traveling. Will you, SIR, ae- |
lcept me as a companlonG,' ,'~-
Mr., Brown hesitated fora moment; but, as
lhee. really, wished for some one to accompany
him. he saw no Serious objection to the plan,
land laecordingly dsignified his acquiesence,I
merely remarkipg to the Stranger that his eoss
tune seemed tolight for II the regions oficold
lair which they would have to traverse. ge.,.
"Bahp' was the reply have passed
Through more changes Of climate than that and
am happily very robust y fi1llsJ sa1 -
d aWelig,lsaid Mr. Brown, looking at the
! nassiyefrarne of the unknown, d inly car is
q Large, enough. Come in the name of Proyi-
!. adencet,, So they took their places, and the
: word was given Let got,a piss gssAS 's''. -
= : The fifteen men whose hands were severely
: 1nressed by the straining cords, desired nothing
! lhetter and IN a moment the freed balloonlbe-
leafl I'd ascend majesticallya Theerowdshouted
4 land Aelapped their hands, : s.ssgs sse5g qaa
= ."Ahn, cried Mr.. Brown, sthis is delightful
5 don't YOU Fct think so Not receiving any an