The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-10-04

NM. whl"h so shor;i, merged into The storm
" "eSlav night. WAS PLAYING a!a.ut N
"'''h'rrrnpfr.iir-If had done 81 during on,
a>rrnt-ahd the whole machine soon hc.,,
I" "'''iia'e fiisht!uilv. attrr~ard. rsy.
fuhc sketch of our position at this time +,
one "' the gentlemen connected with the ar
''S''c department OF this paper. ami he ha, re-
rr"Hurtd IT IN Il graphic and faithful m,nrr,
!" '"e accompanying engraving prp,um.
VIZ must have been at ilii. period u, ward. of
'i,i'e from The earfE bat the only way
h'h of l'hf.inS. as before t.t-d. was bv ,,cn,.
Parih" the boundaries of familiar y,r,I;t;n,
wi'h what had before seen when nm with
Mr.. Grcrn.
"" nat were YOUR feelings At th;s mo-.
m"nt :: Is Saqn.,'ion th,t w,. ,.k,.J ,.ora.
o' tunes ON Wednesday. b, friends h ,rall.
So" "a: @'"' n". A.. .''int; ltlrr watv H..
i"it collected a''d Tranquil ,oa degree al
most rrrirrna'ursi; but every imrras<ic,
ct III" m ~ trivial kini appeared 10 t,. ~, all.
with trntold irtr,,,i,y have sill IA. ,,-
P'aran'e OF the lights on the earth before
my eyes almost IA ,iv,.liv as when wac ,o,t
In- At them is though their form, had been
50 i"rriol' impressed On the rrfins thar IN, v
"er'' retained there | coud So. tn. fr,..
works still g"'r: on at Vauxh.Il. and 7
looked alter the river. IN a wild hope that
"" might tai into il. when there wuuid still
bc the chance OF sw m Tor liir But fb,s
as W" shall a!l-iwar,i, SEE, must ha,. term,-
mated fatally
How l;u+- i
NOT Il" >Ig'ites' Id "A: but two minutes mus,
i'i'r been the OUTSIDE. At one position I
threw away an cmveln rom my l,orket. IN
iIl-". IN vague manner of our stued. and
'hr ral'lditv with which We left il t,n,,in. b...
tind proved that our velprirv was friybtful.
The paratiei"crans o. light. too, formed bv
The squares. got v,siblv larger AMI Larger.
IKE an Iin.gr IN phanfasmaroria /: and tb,.
"'ri'.af'on "' the balloon did not ar,trar TO be
?" violent. although the car was .tllI sv;nu.
ing. 1 attribute our preservation alone In
me iart OF III" upper netting of the balloon
having Kept Inn. preserving the empty silk
IN AN umbrella shape. which acted as A Tar.
arhn'c We now saw the houses. the roos. -,
~hi'h appeared advancing to meet us and
III next instant. as We dashed hv their sum-
nit>. the words Hold harl"' burst simulta.
"c'n>!y from al the party. Calcula,lny th,.
h'fih'e a Closely As p,s>Ibr. as the rar took
tir ground On slant. caught hold of the
hoop and Jumped toward 1t. thus break IN,
the fir; -!,n K. winch, it need scarcely ~.
~,i. WAS very violent
We wcrr al directly thrown ont of tb,
EAR. a'nn. the ground. and amidst the cord
a." and >i:S of the balloon. part Of which. I
ihink. had caught upon IA srafipld pole but
II appeared {" he entirely emptied of ItS o,,
W. Were eil'anged in tne netting. HAVING
got orr arms. heads. and legs into the ue,h,
"S that AZ hr>t We could not move and I
saw that tall IN the Thames would bax.
ended IN certain death There wa.a Iar,.
cr"wd " people immediately about u.. and
they assisted us out Of our embarrassment,
te>'ifyins. IN a very hearty and impulsive
manner. thcir.iv at our rxtraor.linarv %.
CAPE. For. incomprelrn>ible as il now an.
pears. noh"l, WI, hurt Torn clothes. crush
ed hats. and few 9razes and bruises. were
all the evils that resulted from descent of .
mile. without gas We found We were in
one OF the rev s'reets-a very small thor
"ushtATc- between the Eauxhill and R.,graya
rott>. AID not above mile from the Tar.
deus. If so much As nv brother and GREAT
nun'rr of o'i'r friends were still there. I
was a"Nlons to get back before anv other ac-
rouI; OF the occurrence rea he'd Them ar.l
my thrrr ieilo" travellers having the police
to aIa IN IN + hiis up the balloon, avail
G" n'>"ii "f cab. kindly Ela,eI at INV dis
E,osai ov 'ntl''in'n who had driven up at
Il
thr n''"irn'' and drove quickly back to
a"xhai. where I met friend at the gate
IN great arm. having just heard that the
balloon hal fallen. and they were fof cour,el
al dashed to pieces. Mr. Gv,,son and the
other gentlemen soon after arrived. with tho
balloon; and the cheering that greeted the
return "f the party. thus providrntiallv res
cu''' was far more hearty than that which
accompanied the ascent.