Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-05-26

10 walk out as OF AOFe, arm i'll arm, was
also in the catalogue Of impossibiIiiies. He
could not even reach her extended hand,
and was obliged to use stick, BY nieans
Of which to reach her such smaller articles
as she needed.
But more fatal than all this to his hap
piness, and even to health, was the diurnal
necessity for filing with air the fatal gar
ment. The exertion was too great for him
and shortly his lungs became seriously afTec-
ted. But, here his chemical knowledge
came again to his aid. He constructed
vessels. IN which he compressed by mechan-
ical process such quantities Of air as sufii-
eel to extend to its greatest latitude his
vife's skirt. The aperture in this needed
only to b. securely fastened to an openiHo
in the air vessel, and spigot turned, when
in few moments the compressed air rush
ed into and extended the uyed garment.
One evening yaIdemont had gone out
on business. Ills wife who desired to at
tend party, stood ready dressed upon the
floor, anxiously awaiting lis rcttirn-for
she lacked one thing Of completeness-she
was not inflated. The minutes flew bv. the
time drew nigh for her departure, vet no
Valdemont appeared. Despairing Of his
return, Madam at last sends her femme de
cham5re into the laboratory for the..air-ves-
sci, with the determination themselves to
make the application. The girl returns
quickly with the receiver, fastens the vent
securely to the short connecting pipe an
withdraws the stopper. The imitation pro-
ceeds with marvellous celebrity, and in few
moments Madam, to her extreme delight,
has attained greater breadth than ever be-
fore. But alas ! suddenly the poor woman
feels herself drawn upward from her feet
by some mysterious power. Shriekiug vain
ly for help, she is waited ont of the open
door into the garden, and then the frantic
servant sees her ascend with tenible rapid
ty into the air, disappearing finally in the
clouds.
Just then Val1emont returned to his
home. He hears the screams of the SER
want girl, and hastens to inquire the cause.
She points to the suggestions air-recever,
yet lying on the floor. In one moment the
dreadful truth flashes across his mind. The
receiver used contained not air but hydro
gen gas, very highly compressed, intended
for the initiation of monster balloon. Ills
jeanette, by bis own criminal carelessness
bad misapplied the dangerous gas and was
now alas floating away at random through
space.
Walking along the Paris bouleyards Of
late, you may SEQ a forlorn man staring
with vacant, soulless eyes towards the heav-
ems, as though hoping to descry some ex-
traordinary thing in the clouds. 1t is the
unfortunate, Valdemont, who, bereft at one
fell stroke Of bis senses, and Of the wife 81
his bosom, now vainly gazes after the loved
one lost.
1t is known that there arc certain laws
which govern comets and other slightly lu-
minous bodies moving in eccentric orbits
These laws Of motions being applied by a
distinguished French astronomerto the case
of Madam Yaldemont, he has determined
that she will be again visible to the eyes o.
observers in 3 years mouths and twelve
days. 1t is hoped that on the occurrence
of that event, measures may be taken t
secure the unfortunate lady, and prevent
her farther rambling through space. But
as ere that time arrives. crinoline viii b
gone out of fashion, it is feared she will, OF
teholding the comely shapes ofthe fashion
able ladies Of that day, die Of modification
AT the recollection Of her former inflated
folly