The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-08-09

The Norfok Count, .L,arnal gives the O.
lowing pleasant account OF the de>rrnf OF
Mons. Co,;ari and his balloon. on NJ ,nday
evening of last week al Rnxburv -
We din I 90 Ia the l,all,;on but We wait
ci for fhr ialluo, foroiiir 10 lis. and with
rather moe >ucr-r>s than Ai.hcnpf " ,it-d
for the mountain. W, were. on the hill with
-oo,i cnrri,n and god cigars. and COOL
glass. The appointed hour came. but We
could see nothing hnr the top OF the big, dark
ac'o>fat. rn' vet rr.dv to tiv. lime vent
on. tnI ii did not rise. Hv and hy the dis
tant sea rev dark. anh The light houses
were lit nn. and hv the wav. the new Boston
Iinht i Ina.i.'i..-..nt. \ dark rloui IN the
ives, threa,,Irl Thunderstorm. and it grew
- dark 'ha, wi,iia 700! .!i,> We could but
il>. discern the sop oi Hack bail supposed
to b. ti,p haIlcon We III ano'her cigar.
and as th. wind was in the II sht direction
>fIll wair-d ;or tie mountain. IN and by the
dark h-.li rose slowly ;I.'i mol very high, and
.rew bigger a~ II approached In bee-lne.-
Present., >an IA o. lei prnled-horso
! nj car. but vcrly /; was i.ro..''r time for q
man to be seen, M,n> GODDARD, it is said,
.:.tcrs 10 90 w; al night. probably IN the
/ hone of >0m.tm. reaching the iaooE.
Mon>ieurS ynya " was short one. IIe
was nearly over Us. a hundred aud fittv
.eet HIGH. perhaps. aud descending. tic had
ALREADY lowered hi> nrapnr!. We shouted.
! Monsieur replied, .I'ir'a Itn,- d"ne.' ar
>om.'hin. else. and We ran after him. the
sov D,-s. sinntin-. Wen help you-Dant
he afraid - which ,llubtle>> encouraged NJ.
) Golarl. and down he came. The gripn-l
au"ht Iii :rcr. and the pony touching
I Gronnd lust at III" ircward Of stone wall,
followed .tc balloon at brisk trot some five
or SIX ro +. when the ronr. which some OF 40
hai g~i>;,.i To be luied over small trees,
brought II 10 d sand.
Down cam. Mon. 4. ronaut ont Of his car
N a twihklil.g. and mer. women and chl-
iren s"rin"l 10 spring NJ "'I' "' the rocks
and bushes Mons shouted in French with
nnw AMI thea a word of E'a.'i>h, and cried
Justify tor q. man yho s,,oke French Rrt
the man who SPOKE French was not there.
and the crew! -a,!,crel round To see the
horse that went to pasture in such novel
way. ana 10 feel If iIin I" see II he was re-
Il horse PONY meanwhile ate grass. and
Mons. shouted TO the ',eoIle. who were very
-srer 10 ht';. ruIl down his balloon. But
the j,eu;,le ir I m .,.,-t. and. aud they shout
"a hack. Will. Mons. w..> IN a state of great
cx,.i'..in. Finally. of us interpreted
20 the ..i'i.t;-u.'.. that Mons desired :h''n
to kr., thr bi'l5on still until his assistants
arrived ami l.a'i dozen men got into the
AR tor h.llast Meanwhile the crowd thick
n L e 81. h0,,a
-. tar an! ,tear. If the man in the moon
: had really m. down. Monsieur. having
flown away from one excited crowd. hal a
! lighted in the ,n'l-t of another equally excl
ted. but better ,spo-ed They hal rsn from
: thei, snpprr> i,ut they were not disposed TO
, ga. him or The horse, though he appeared to
'e sf' Al .,f u
Bv an: hr The man who spoke French ar
: rived. AMI The shouting and pulling recon-
n mrnrcl. There \ confusion Of tongues
and ,,,ntu>iun Of lahorin the midst Of which
some vounc ra>~ai fri his knife on the huge
: hall As If he :hnl ,ht it wer" the real green
r chec>,. monn. Finaliv II was hauled over on
us SHE. III" valves wrrr opened. aud II col
iar>el 81 >u,i,lDnly in tll,. dark that half the
= ,,""I,ln thoueh' il h@ II wn awav. and ran
off after II. The half 4, re-mOre or less
OF oiled six was to'l-d. I! q pony was led of.
: and VI G3!irl wi- hos, ably entertained al
= tie rr>ilr..,-,. Of III, pr rietors of the land
where he h,1 aii.'r..l Malame G. and
T. other friends Lad cnn,. u,t I'm carriage
+ % meet him: and bin, composed bv this
= r.l..?sart .in,, of i.i> 3nj;ri ascension. Mons
u Go lard made lim~'lt G.ite agreeable, and
: promising 10 dp better rrN' iirie, refnrned
y - Bo>' I'm on terra f:rrni al about | | oc ock.
Ani liza. J. hpw ~. halo r1.il- down.