Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-11-20
MR. BROWNS LAST ASCENT.
AN UNPLEASANT COMPANION.

~ oh1o o'litc, thtfe was WUlICtftl,I TX
cAement N the Irish village Of I:al
lydooley: All the idle men, womc,
and children in the neiyllborhou,l-
comprehending about rine-tentl,
OF tie popuIation-were aSsen,|let
on tue large level Common which
served as & race-cour>e and cam
onng~ green; and all tbruneed to
wards some object in the centre
which formed tie nucleus OF the
crowd.
| ca, then, what's the name of i,
all, at all!' demanded on. ragged
g0sS00n.
Is it tied to the tail of it he's
going to 90 upI' asked Another.
'Ah, don't be tooljshn exclaimed
an old man, the sense carrier OF
the district; d Mt We see the long
ropes he's going to hold on bvz' :
Well, weIn groaned an old
woman. taking her dudee7>, or short
black pipe out Of her month,
and sticking it, lighted as it was,
within the folds Of her cross barred
cotton neckerchjef; them Enclish h
are mighty qnare people l'n1 sure,
when We heard that this Mr.. Brown,
with his sack Of goold, was coming
to kItc|arn, after Duying out the
raIe ould stock Of the Dvasys> we
thought he'd have carriages and
horses galore, and maybe a fine
yacht III the harEor: but it never
entered the heads Of any Of Us that
nothing would serv< him than going
coor5ing through the air, like wild
goose, at the tail Of a bal)one, or
whatsomever they call it.
For some time past, the process
of' initiating the balloon bad been
going on, and now the great gaiIy
painted orb t''wered tre,nulously V
above the heads Of the gaping spec
tators, and pressing against the
cords by which it was held down,
1t seemed only to await the arrival
IT the bold pronant to dart urvards
Oh its way.
Here he is = exclaimed the ont
ward strayyIers Of the crowd and
presently a carriage drew np, and
Mt stepped Mr.. Brown, the En-
y}is} millionaire, who had lately
become all Irish landed proprietor
>lr. Brown was a little dapper man,
whom very small amount OF pugi-
liotjc force W. uld have sufficed to
lay level with the soil Of his adup-
on. He was ne OF tliose unIucky
individuals who meet Al, accident
At every turn-Who, in entering d
room, invariably slip, tumble, knock
down some piece Of furniture, OF sit
down beside their chair instead Of
upon it. lie seldom escaped up.
setting his ink-stand, sending his
meat and drink the wrong way
and then coughing and choking for
half an hour; cutting his fingers,
.earjng his coat, or knocking his
forehead against door, SO that he
rarely appeared III society without
scars, plaster5, or bandages. IN
practising gymnastics he had knock
I'd ont three teeth; in yatc]aing at
Jowes, he had been four times
nearly drowned; i'll shooting on the
noors in Scotland, he had left the
ylouse unlarned, but had blown
IT two Of his own fingers. A taste
or pyrotectny had singed hand |
omeIy his eyebrows, hair, and
and as to railway travel. |
ny. his hairbreadths escapes and |
accidents, amid collisions,
lpsets, and explosions, who have |
erved to ill up two or three hand
ONE orange-co|ored volumes OF the
english Railway Library OF the
French BibIotheQa1e deS Chemins
{e Fer.'
At length, having tried the three
dement's of earth, water and fire,
t occurred to Mr.. Brown that the
emaining one of air, as a medium
+ locomotion, might be more agree
BILE. and could not be more peri
Gus than the others. He accordly,
he year before, when residing IN
,is estate in Devonsbire, had pur
hased an excellent balloon, and,
TRANCE to say, had made several
and had come down again
', ,,o,.f ,.t CO +otv On this tccaSI,n |