American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-10-25
NEW. sERIEs-7-YOL, 3 Nc: g5..

Watching AZ Cowes he had been four TINES
nearly drowned-and in shooting on, the
,hoors in Scotland be had left the groase
unharmed, but had blp#a OF tRo IT ihs
own fingers. sA-asts tr bff1tsShif had
Staged handsomely bis eye: brows. hair and
whiskers, and as to railway travelling, his
hGir-btsadtii sscspesaHd MSeihg iilcfdehtS
aid collisiJps; upsets did EXPLOSIONS, wo'd
hase setssd 70 hli,t%o or three volumes Of
the English Railway library, or the French
BibliSiks9us des LteAtihesde Fsf.. "a
At isHgtll; hasiRg tried the three eie-
iincnts Of earth. water and FIRE; It occurred
to Mr.. Brown that the remaiiiRg 1hs Ut ait,
| as medium of locomotive power. might
be more agreeable, and could not be more
perilous, than the others:O HeJsccording-
~, theyear before, when residing on his
estate in DevoHshire, had purchased an
excellent balloon, and, strange to say, had
made several .ascents and had, come down
again in perfect safety On this occasion
he medtated a fight over the Green Isle,
and intended to come down at Belfast; but
the best informed'members of the crowd
asserted that lie was going "every step of
the way to Ameriky. !" o. {, 9
A London friend, who had come to Ire
land on fishing excursion, had promised
to join Mr.. Brown in his flight, but as it
would seem. HE courage failed, and he
came not. Nowise discouraged, however,
Mr.. Brown was just about to step into his
aerial car, when tall, strongly built man
suddenly stepped forward, and politely sa-
luting the @ronaut. said May ask you a
question:. sir
"Certsinly."rtrSHZ 2 Il az
as it'true that you are going 10 Amer.
lea 90 'Hf''lF' !. ''''9' '''' 'il.''
"No; merely to Belfast, Wind and wsa.
ther permitting" ...5,gJ .r.u-.gg
"Belfasl," repeated tho stratiper III a
musihg tiiaHhet-=- "tiie North Of Ireland. -
Well, that's just the direction to waFd which
Want to SO. and ] hate land travelling
Will you. sir. aceept!iiie as ttliipahlohf''
| Mr.. Brown hesilated for moment; bul
as he really wished for some one tosecomr
pany him, he saw ru sefloas objection Il
the plan, and accordingly signi6ed his nc
quiesretce, merely rrmarking to the stran
ger that his costume seemed tt,u light fin
the region of cold air which they would
have to traverse. = -t-- '"A-' y
~'""Bah - was the reply. IL have pass
cd through. more chahgts of climate thar
| that, and ! AM happily very robust" 8.
"Well," said Mr.. Brown, looking at tht
massive frame Of the unknown, "my ca
is large enough. Come, in the name o
ProviJsncel'' So they took their places
asd the word was given: nLet 60 y
! The fifteen men wllose hands were Sc
verely pressed by the strsining cords, de
4 sired nothing betters and in momeiit TIL
freed balloon began to ascend maiestiealll
The crowd shouted and clapped thei
hands. no. sai u.s 'l''iss'
"Ah!" cried Mr.. Brown. this Is delight
ful Don't you think 50 ?"l, 3',- .' .'l y,
Not receiving any answer, he turneI
and looked at his travelling companiod:=
There he asas lyiiig almost Hat onhis fac
and hands, with his head over the side O
the car; his eyes were fixed, his hair bris
Ting. e, a,s....,f '7,io ..,s.s53 : -
Are you afraid ~ asked MI. brown. /
y, y No answer. The balloon ascended rap
idly, and ere long rriyedatthe region .
tho clouds. Turning once more to hi
imnovable companion, Mr.. Brown shoe
him slightly by the arm, and said "are yo
i'll ?" Stillno reply, but a fixed and soli
stare. They are now at great elevation
clouds lay beneath. their feet, above thei
heads a burning sua, and infinite spac
around them. sst :, :. .,.- l'F - =
Suddenly the stranger stood upright
his face pallid as that Of a corpse, ~.
s.Faster faster y he exclaimed in
tone of authority; and seizing in success
sion three Of the bags Of sand which sers
ed rs ballast, he flung them out Of the cal
at the same time laughing in a, strange
wild manner. "Ha r. he cried, tthat'
+ the way to travel! we shall distance, tn
swallow, we shall tower above. the eagle
When / was IN the Abruzzi with my riff
in hand, watching for stray travellers, I
never felt so excited as ! do now. The
their lives were in danger, now 1t is m
own .p01 EJfiTr &Hu ul4tu1 ai0nEISS
Very pleasant !--thought the owner (
. the balloon. i have picked up some raj
cally Italian brigand. ,.s bs-,., ~ a. Il ~
"Better fight with the elements tha
! with custom house officers r. continue
his companion. The balloon ascended
q. terrific rate. In his turn, Mr.. Brow
! stood up. and laying his hand on the slrat
, gers arm, said: .saiarasH e'.'li% b"
"For Heavens, sake, don't stir! Ou
lives are at stake, ! must allow some {
the gas to escape, in order 10 repair you
imprudence. ..'S osa,f a,i''I 4. ,' ,g.ii
,a"IIow do you do that % soas' ..,, li.g,'.
i ''tI have only to draw this string, whic
is connected with valve.'' sS.,...,,
, "And if you had not that resource VIII
, wonld be lheconsequeuce?''T sifFI re-
. "We should continue to,ascepd until 9,
} eFyfFthipg would burst from excessive dN y
tation." The man, continued for a fe'
I moments in deep thought, then suddenl
. drawing out a knife, be cut the cord 4
+ high up as he conld roach. "a. q sssegss
, 2 s'Fasterl fasteri's, he reiterated. III
; stranger was aggiant compared with M
Brown, who. perceiying that he could OF
j tain nothing By lfcrces began totry ccncil
] ao"Sif,E"' said he insasoothing tone, "yo
l are a christians I have NO do4bt.ai'Wel