The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-16

I. EsyUNE, 1889.
u sctually vent thre1gh Ccile of fofest |
tearing dosn tsses and break.Og branches, :
!. sued iis rssistIess course, dsshfn9 our pasty
81 the willow car 70 and fro against truntp |
III limbs, until the stout neseing lad broke1 ~
/, BY litsle and The balloon itself had no lonl
: any protection, when striking tall tree the Z
, was paucsreed in dozen places and rent 4
J ribboGs, Iexving the ear suspended BY The y
! work twenty feet above grouad. - ceoEsD
the balloon through the woods N0 patl
lar 70 thas OF 1 tornado. Trees half The SIse
mans body were slaps In twain - thou
they were pipe stems, and huge limos W
scattered like leayea II Is difficult 70 see ht
any one Of the quartette escaped eith his n
Il happened that the landing wa6 made With
one hundred and fifty yards Of 4 a4l9Dner
and the crash as 70 great that the ~ Il
70 the spot 70 see whsxb happened. Sing
the four iDS5Fe1 - the least-<M LAmounsai
i receiving aom xhsaDonte about one
his4Oips, sdd - Rmsinder escaping without
scratch. When W est down, which was de-
parsly By ropes and partly BY means Of beok<
tree. seyerd persons we're stan1ing Meean
| with open mouths and eyes full u wondsn W
| then learned that We had landed on the plac
| Of Truman O. Whitney, near Sackett6 harboI
ia the township VI Henderson, jefferson county
New York. BY Mr.. Lamountain's watch. th
time was two o'clock and twenty minutes. w
had been nineteen hours and forly minutes trav
cling Q distance which cannot be computed q
less than nine hundred miles, and il is said t,
reach as much ~ twelve hundred.
Our landing, though SO hazardous, was ii
one important respecs fortunate one, inas-
much % We fell among hospitable people, who
treated Us in epirit Of politeness which mixh,
% emalated By persons Of more genteel pre,en
spns. About twenty women and young gfrl1
surrounded Us, apdanAd million questions "a
PROFOUND relative 0Nhe extraordinary voyage
But We soon got 60 that sort Of thing. III
the bottom Of the car We fouLd couple oi
copies Of the st. Louis Price Cussent and sbe
card Of Fred. Kretschmasy c1nlidsta for .the
Office Of Clerk Of the Criminal Court, which
we're seized and appropriated Al once, perhaps
Tor some cabinet Of curiOsties.
y Alter the Naeiveo had soniew bat recovered
A0m their surprise, We we're beses On every side
20 accompany ali sef them home, and take
smack of something to eak" One e1derly
lady insisted on our going home with her be-
cause she wanted TO give Us good sc0ldinR for
making such fools Of ourselves as 70 undertake
= trip Of the kind. We finally went TO the hoe
Of Ar. Justus Wayne, mot . great ways Cd.
wheee the won1enAolks setT about TO get up 1
''stAving. 6rstsAte dinner" And @ firss-rate
dianer II was, whe1eat Ne sat dosns 70 an ex~s
ceIient copU Zee aeachs superior brea dlsnd but
ter, leesuces aad other we'll prep red Wanda, in
cluding cherry and blackberry pie. Having
1nshed our meal, and being anxious to let our
% N In. ,f ns1. .frtv,
p she nearest telegraph station, which was n
Adams, ten miles distant, on the Watertown and
scme Railroad. NJ. Wayne geared up team
or Mr. eager and !, while q naig Dor performed
AXE service Afor Prof Wise and Mr., La
donntatt.s On the road to Adams, one OF Mr,
Naynes acqaantsnces met him, and asked him
ne had heard about the air balloon which
'ad alighted "a: the woods. glow Of pride
nd complacency spread I'll over our drivers |
lonest ph!z, - he replied, with an s1irmatiyc
make Of thehead, @fet, and here's two Of the |
men TIA: wes Ia it," Che foo. traveller III.
that be had been eclpsed.
Our arrival At Adams WAS such an event ae to |
eserve notice.s We made our utainecs known |
8 the telegraph Office without delay. and sat |
oSn 70 prepare dispatches a-haH 4 dozen |
,ungers gathering around Us, aud Is they were \
lvlly answered. the news spread like = prairie
2 fire. We bad scarcely finished oar messages
hen each Of rs found himself snrru1pded. and /
ad to 90 thfUBgh the entire account.
One alter another came up, each wanting us
repeat the whole narrative. There Was q |
ress parade Of military going on in the street
Mt il had 70 pale. its inc ff.ctual 6re.before II
foreigners.n They are very sensible people in
dams, probably, though they hesitated TO be.
eve that journey had been accomplished to
leir county from 80 remot, a region as st.
ouis 10 less than twenty hours. Some excuse
'ay De found for their incredulonsness in the
ct that they had recently been swndled BY a
lserabie hoax coIcocted by some ingenious
e e"spaper editor, relative 10 the descent Of an
meteor somewhere in that vicinity
was suggested that the aaT0lite was nothing
ore nor less than bag OF sand from the Al
ntsc balloon. The Adamsites are ..down = on
ewspsper hOaxes.
Some gentlemen remarked that il might be
ell Tor Prof. Wise to address the multitude on
'e subject which seemed To agitate them with
'cn transverse sentiments OF faith and disbelief.
10 the Professor 10 obediencesga out thatif
hall could be procured he would relate Q his
nv OF what our party had done and seen,
hefeupon meeting was concocted on the
'ot In halt an hour the whole town knew of
rof VS. promise, aud in few minutes = COM
10 J1utHeN lHst z0t l4Q10S EUU NJ /
'ntiemen anxious 10 hear "all about it.n So
e veteran Wise, Mr.. eager aud myself fYr.
Mountsin had returned 70 look aaftef,the
recked bailoon,) we're trotted out on Z large
atform, . President and Secretary wefo an
united, aud the assemblage being thus organ.
20, Prof. Wise proceeded to lay before his au-
ence an interesting account Of the voyage
om point to point. When be had concluded.
:. Gager was called on, and made some ap
opriate remarks relative TO the cold shoulder
llch is usually turned to projects Of Importance
Their Infancy. Both gentlemen stated their
tlre satisfaction with The experiment made. |
q annousced that they we're more -than ever
nvinced that the sciences os aerostasion would
amount % something that would astonish
e world.
Inc Aoovs very hastily prepared narrative is
Feady 60 long that no room 10 Left for com.
ents On the objects attained BY or the results 20
ant'c,pated from the voyage. The journey
the longest one by far ever made. M.
go. .ths ceisbrated English aeranaut, made |
p some ysafs ago Of I've hundred miles. &C.
mpanied by two others, bur this 10 nov en-
ely eclipscd, and Prot. Wise ANNOUNCES that
ne can raise the requisite means he will i'm. /
ediateiy undertake 10 sail in an aerial shin
ross the Atlantic ocean. believe the under.
KING can be accomplished.
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