Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-10-06

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} 'p7uhcliun. was advertised TO mako am
! ttsyousion rom spot contiguous to the
. iu gl'un'1 ON Friday evening, after the
'''lB exercises OF the Fair. Instead,
however, Of going up himself hc Welded
4 70 lhe solicitations Of young man who
'os oeeh travelling around with him
learning the theory and practice ofbnIs
looming and who begged that. as lho
evening was so fine, he might hc allowed
? TO test the value of his know ledra by q lt-
ue experience. The Young ntu. whose
P name mas escaped the recollection of our
informant, made the ascension I'm bcuuu.
lul style, IN the presence of thousands of
aomirlng and wondering people. The at-
hlosphere vas so quiet that he rose almost
vertically to n great height aud then.
When Il was supposed he would deccnd,
the balloon passed into current of air
Whlch bore II away to the southeast. and
, hnally carried it out of sight. It was said
Ihat Mr.. Brooks was much annoyed at his
Pupll Tor refusing to descend before strik-
ing the current OF air which bore him
away from tho scene of the ASCENSION
lie dld not return until Sunday morning.
about day-break, and then communicated
an account OF his most thrilling cxueri-
ences. Tho current of air which bore him
OIL to the southeast carried him a distance
OF about twenty miles before he THOUGHT
of decending. BY means ofhis rraping-
irons the decent was made with safety and
ease and he found himself alighted near
Il farmhouse, the inmates of which re
garded him with the greatest wonder and
qualification. ... ... .
Inc balloon was made fast to fence.
and, after short conversation with the
Farmer and his wife, they were pursuadcd
to make ascensions of few hundred
p, feet, at time. The balloon. relieved Of
all extra weight, rose readily and was east
ly pulled down again by means of the an
'chor rope. The farmer and his wife we're
highly pleased with their trips and while
expressing their qualification, two of their
small children, one FIVE and the other
three years cRage, who had been looking
on with astonishment, scrambled into the
car and cried out "Let me 90 ppn-"Lot
aie go up" " -
The eronant proceeded at once to graf
ify them, but from some carelessness or
accident as he was letting them up, the
rope slipped from his hands. and the bal
loon Eounted upward with the velocity Of
a rocket. The frantic agony of the pa
rents and the CONSERVATION of the zero
naut may be imagined. In n minute or
two the balloon had passed entirely out of
sight, and was lost in the blue depths Of
the sky. Nothing could be done but to
hasten back to Mr.. Brooks, at Centralia,
and ask his advice
Saturday morning at daybrcak, a farmer
near New Carthage, rorty-three miles dis
tant from Mr.. H0ryey's place discovered
the balloon suspended in the air, attached
10y the graphing rope to a treem his yard.
He Immediately hauled the balloon down,
and found theyoungest child asleep in the
bottom Of the basket, and the eldest care
fully watching over her little brother
They had been waited about by the differ
ent currents o air throughout the night,
and had come to halt but a little while
before they were relieved. The story the
girl told was that as the balloon asccnded
she cried piteously to her father to pull it
down. She said She passed over a town
where she saw a great many people, to
whom she likewise appealed at tie top Of
her voice This place was Centralia The
balloon was seen to pass over there, but the
people little imagined it carried two per
sons in such danger. Her little brother
cried with cold, and the heroic girl took
off her apron, covered him and got him to
sleep.
In handling the ropes she happened to
pull one which had the effect of bringing
the balloon down, and although not un-
Iderstanding the philosophy OF the move.
ment, she was quite content to keep the
valve open, so long as by so doing she
found she approaced the earth. Tho
youthful m'ial voyagcrs were in the bal
loon about thirteen hours and quarter
1t may easily be imagined that among the
neighbors where they landed they were
the objects of much curiosity and interest.
The girls presence of mind and love and
consideration for her brother. may well
entitle her to remembrance, while the in
cident itself was Of such q remarkable
character thtt we opine it will not soon be
forgotten IN that section. The boy and
girl were conveyed home as soon as prac-
ticable, and it is needless to say were re-
ceived with outstretched arms.
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