Volcano weekly ledger., 1855-11-17
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Mr. Browns Last Ascent.

Il One fine Summer morning. a few years
Since, there was wonderful excitement in the
Irish village Of Balydoodley. All the idle
anen, women and children in the neghbor-
hood od-comprehending about nine-tenths of
tie population--were assembled on the large
level common which served as a race course
nnd galling-green; and all throngcd toward
some object in the center, which formed the
nucleus of the crowd
Yea, then, what's the name of it at all,
sat all Z" demanded one ragged gassooH.
Is it tied to the tail Of it he's going TO
30 upY" asked another.
Il "Ah, don't be foosh!" exclaimed an old
1nan, the sense-carricr" of the district;
. don't we see the long ropes he's going to
lold on by!"
"Wcl Welt" groaned an old woman,
BAKING her dudccn, or short black pipe out of
Der mouth and sticking it, lighted as it was,
Rithin the folds Of her cross-barred cotton
neckerchief; them English are mighty quare
people I'm sure when we heard that this
Dir. Brown, with his sacks of gold was com
b. to Ritclarm, after buying out the r0le
tuld stock of the DeaSys, we thought he'd
have carriages and horses galore, and maybe
b fine yacht in the harbor; but it never en-
tercd the heads of any of us that nothing
less would serve him than going coorsing
through the air like wild goose at the tail
~ ballone, or whatsomever they call it,"
For some time past the process Of initiating
tlle balloon had been going on; and now the
great gayly painted orb lowered TREMENDOUSLY
aboye the heads Of the gaping spectators,
and pressing against the cords by which it
vas held down, it seemed only to await the
arrival of the bold eronaut to dart upward
on its way
III Here he isl" exclaimed the outward
4ragglerS of the crowd; and presently car
Qage drew up and out stepped Mr.. Brown,
Pc English millionaire, who had lately be-
Rme an Irish landed proprietor. Mr..
Brown was little dapper man, whom very
nall amount Of pugistic force would have
mhced to lay level with the soil Of his adop-
~ He was one Of those unluckly individ-
who met an accident at every turn-who,
entering room, invariably slip, tumble,
ock down some piece of furniture, or sit
Npwn beside their chair instead of upon it,
seldom escaped upsetting his nkstand; !;
Ending his meat and drink the wrong way"
nd then caughing and choking for half an
our; cutting his fingers, tearing his coat, or
knocking his forehead against door. so that
"a rarely appeared in society without scars.
zPlasters, or bandages In practicing gym.
hastics he had knocked out three teeth: in
3Rtching at Cowes he had been four times
neary drowned; in shooting on the moors in
scotland he had left the grouse unharmed
M had blown off his own fingers. A taste
lor pyrotechny had singed handsomely his
9ebrows, hair and whskers; and as to rail
Hay travelling, his hair-breadth 'scapes and
loving accidents amid collisions, upset, and
Explosions, would have served to fill two or
hree volumes of the English Rdiiloay Ii
HdrH or the French Bi5ii0theqac des CAemtRS
A Fer.
AT length, having tried the three elements,
9rth, water and fire, il occurred to Mr.
4own that the remaining one of air, as
mdium OF locomotion, might be more agree
PC, and could not be more perlous, than
20 Others. He accordingly, the year before,
hen residing on his estate in Devonshire,
purchased an excellent balloon and,
Fange to say, had made several ascents, and
u come down again in perfect safety On
p occasion he meditated fight over the
cen Isle, and intended to come down at
liast; but the best informed members of
crowd asserted that he was going every
" OF the way to Ameriky,"
London friend who had come to ireland