Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-05-24

on the occasion.
s1-The ingathering of Israel for the
redemption of soul and body to enter into
life eternal, will be preached by Catharine
Scherz at the Apprentices Hall, on Thurs
day evening, 24th May, at o'clock.
b9-A cow owned by George Lyon, of
Union township, has had four calves in
eleven months, all of which are living and
doing as well as could be expected. In
this respect Union is undoubtedly the BAN
ner township.
THE WEATHER AND CRoPs.-The ex-
traordinary rains which hive been falling
during this month continue to be a subje
of general remark At the close Of last
week several thunder storms, accompanied
with hail, followed each other rapidly, and
on Monday afternoon and night the light
ming flashed almost continually, torrents OF
rain falling in the meantime. Corn fields
have been badly washed in many places,
and large quantity of prepared ground
still remains implanted Wheat, rye, oats,
and grass never looked better at this sea
son, and unless some untoward event takes
place, good crops are anticipated.
BALLOON AsCENsIoN.-The ascension
of Mr.. Light, which had been deferred on
the previous week on account of the
weather, was to have taken place last
Thursday, when large number of per
sons from the country came to town, bpt
the heavy atmosphere and an insufficient
quantity Of Gas prevented him from going
up, much to the disappointment of the
crowd, few of whom however blamed the
young eronaut. On Friday morning our
citizens felt bent on seeing the thing out,
and the Water Company having given
permission to attach hose to fire plug for
the purpose Of filing the gas company's
tank with water, another attempt was de-
termined on. The Juniata suction engine
was also brought out, and the boys worked
with will by drawing water from the ca
nal and forcing it into the tank These
measures soon enabled the gas company to
supply what was wanted, and shortly after
II O'Clock, just as many dinners were
ready, men, women, and children were
startled by the court house bell announcing
that all was ready, The scene presented
on the streets for some time after this was
truly ludicrous-all fastening towards the
Jail yard or its neighborhood as fast as
legs could carry them. In few minutes,
Mr.. Light took his seat with on y two bags
of ballast, but this had to be thrown out,
on account of the damp air, when the bal
loon slowly rose straight up to the height
of about thousand or fifteen hundred feet,
when a current of air carried it due north
across Ards hill. Having reached the
open ground beyond, Mr.. Light saw at
glance that there might be some difficulty
in crossing Jacks mountain without bal |
last, and accordingly made preparations to |
descend. The crowd soon perceived this,
and such scampering over the ridge by
men, boys and girls, through clover and
ploughed fields, was probably never seen
before. Others rushed out Third and
Valley streets to a field, near Mr.. Kline's |
dwelling on the outskirts of the borough,
where the balloon had descended, and in
a few minutes the eronaut was surrounded .
by hundreds, who at once took hold of the
anchor rope and with Mr. L. seated in his
car, hauled him through Valley and Market
streets down to the square, distance of
about half mile, with his balloon still in
fated. It was an imposing scene, and
successfully executed amidst the huzzas
and shouts of thousands.
Of the dozen or more ascensions we
have seen, this with its closing scene was
one of the best-the only regret connected /
with it being that the numerous strangers
in town on the day previous did not wit
ness it.
TAKING THE CENsUs.-The following
questions were we believe specially prepar-
ed at Washington for Messrs. zeigler and
Coplin, the deputy marshals of this coun-
ty:
What is your age?
Where were you born?
Are you married, if So how do you like