Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-15

He found himself cruelty separated from his Wife by his unrelaxing invention When ar- Erayed In her new garment, no one could ap- Eproach within four feet of her person. To kiss her, was evidently impracticable to the atfectionate husband. To walk out as of yore, arm Tn arm, was also in the catalogue of im- possibilities He could not even reach her ex- Itended hand, and was obliged to devise small tray fastened to stick, by means of which to reach her such smal CT articles as she needed But more fatal than all this to his happi- ness and even to his health, was the durnal
 necessity for filling with air the fatal garment The e3ertion was too great for him, and short ly his lungs became seriously affected But liere his chemical knowledge came again to his aid. He constructed vessels in which he was enabled to compress by mechanical processes, such quantities of air as snfficed to extend to | it's greatest latitude his wife's skirt. The ap- erture in this needed only to be securely fast ened to an opening in the air vessel, and a spi- got turned, when in a very few moments, the compressed air rushed into and extended the loved garment
 ElOne evening Valdemont had gone out on business His wife, who desired to attend a party, stood ready dressed upon the floor, anx- iously awaiting his return-for she lacked yet one thing of completeness-she was not infa- ted. The minutes flew by, the time drew nigh for her departure, yet no Valdemont appeared. Despairing of his return, madame at last sends her femme de chambre into the laboratory for the aid-vessel, with the determination them selves to make the application. The girl re- turns quickly with the receiver, fastens the vent securely to the short connectipg-pipe, and withdraws the stopper. The imitation proceeds with marvellous celerity, and in a few mo- meuts madame, to her extreme delight, has at taiued a greater breadth than ever before. But alas suddenly the poor woman feels her self drawn upward from her feet by some mys- terious power. Shrieking vainly for help, she is waited out of the open door into the gar den, and then the frantic servant sees her as cend with terrible rapdity into mid air, dsap- bearing finally in the clouds.
 Just then Valdemont returned to his home. He hears the screams of the servant girl, and hastens to inquire the cause She points to the supposititious air-receiver, yet lying upon theehoaE In one moment the dreadful truth flashes across his mind The receiver used contained not air but hydrogen gas, very high ly compressed, intended for the imitation of a monster balloon. His Jeannette, by his own scrimipak eareIessness, had misapplied the dan gerous gas, and was now, alas floating away at random, through space.
 Walking along the Paris Boulevards of late, you may see forlorn looking man, staring with vacant, soulless eyes towards the heav- ems, as though hoping to descry some extraor- dinary thing in the clouds It is the unfortu- nate Valdemont, who, bereft at one fell blow of his senses, and of the wife of his bosom, now vainly gazes after the loved one lost.
 It is known that there are certain laws which govern comets and other slightly lumin- ous bodies moving in eccentric orbits. These laws of motion being applied by distinguish cd French astronomer to the case of Madame Valdemont, he has determined that she will be again visible to the unassisted eye of observers in years months and l2 days. It is hoped that on the occurrence of that event, measures may be taken to secure the unfortunate lady, and prevent her farther rambling through space But as ere that. time arrives, crinoline will be gone out of fashion, it is feared she will, on beholding the comedy shapes of the fashionable ladies of that sensible day, die of modification at the recollection of her former inflated folly.