, 1863-07-11

hia passengers slowly went up: an who saw It.
p:ouonnees it to have been majestic and beautiful
ascension. TO ns who made The Journey the scsne
the sensation highly norel and e3hiltFat1nE; TEo
"ra1ifh1ps point must have been title less
th1l. two miles high,
did FRO: pect that fa ep1ao ont before the rona,tt
1T fl like the operfns Of. = new world The
Fun vas yelled b5 clouds which served TO Hatlsats
y iinptnccrtibte otherwise than -by the sppase.t
sinking down of the Garth, The last sounds we
heard Tsre the snoats Of thousands OF voicss and
The sensations on rising are rapid. all exciting,
the concrntration OF new emotions into few no
mente. The "sea OF upturned taccs," the swiftly
unfolding prospect OIL every side. the rapidly y.suk-
frg earth the rnehof sound suddenly dying, then the
unb1okeu silence, and the conscionsness Of being
-aloEe in the boupdless wavee Of upper mir which
eagle ii his snn-seeking nyht-aN serve to excite
THE Eoyager al make him forget TO analyZe hia
cnotsons. There was no unpleasant sensssion: no.
urop the respiration. In the twsnklin3 Of an ere
w wet- the sole observers Of panorama such as
IS reler seen exetpt from balloon. No view
for here We looked directly down upon variesa.
ted, cultivated, beauttfn1 county. The city OF
Hartford lay under ns HE map- The Park, with
Iil:putian village; tlc intc.scct1ng strcets Of the
city we're mere lines; the horse cars were aboata
foot long.
surrounding county. ior SON SONS tnir.y niles @ oa
ether side. By throwing out feathers we could
te1l whether we vert going up or down: fnp, the
festhc1s would sink rapidly. II down. they woald
mutpAere Was damp, but through the white sEad
1t was not They were thick masses OF vapor,
heavy to breathe, ard 20 dense tnat IN Passing
tln nough' them ercM the body Of the balloon was
inrieible1 Up. up we went, at rapid r.lta~ until
l,seFpace beyohd.'
f,.1k af
wtrt the mass Of clouds which had obscnred tue
tua dining tie dag, looking like huys drifts OF
EnoW, while Tar out ou the horizon. the deep blue
Of the eky prescntc.l exaet1y tha appearance: onc
+,ee when statelDs upon an outer beach Looking
oil rEon the open std. Above us was tue pure.
deep, dtep blue. sky: while the reflection Of the
WARMER tllan wien We had left the city, though Tho
thermometer was some six or eight degrees lower
thnl. when we left. Looking, directly beneath US,
This pnenomenon was not visible when 1ookin:.
th.nIer ar, caused tie balloon to expand. aud we
throwing ont feathers. 3Ir. Brooks Judged tho
eouds through which Ee pssEcd, to bo about 1906
Ne kept on ascending until VIC had reached al
altitude Of three miles We then thought Of de-
*esnc1ng and! nd!nscertainfng wi,ere ne wers- Pull
ipg the valve str'ng soon lit us drop through the
Northern end Of the ciry, Here, striking current
Of air, were drfrcd gently up the river, passing
o1ur h1ch We could distinctly see the bottom: :
even the knottcd roofs aud stones were plainly
visible on Its white,; sanity bottom, aud
at times fish could be observed. This
,cs Ts one notee 9 as m1st ans1
pea,ance oftlc water, which ercn tn rapid p1aces
fct med stationary: Ne could see by the ripp!cs
orcr dams, as We could plainly hear the noise 1t
msde still all thte water etcne to US to he notion
Les, solid tc., every wave looking though frozen
TIE railroad cats ALTO seemed 7stationaIy. We
Kept III this CURRENT hoping to b. able TO reach
Springfield before sunEtt; but after saillug along
slowly for some bali hour 20, we be: an grad.
ua1y to drift OF 10 the Westward aud passed over
TcGuonnock TT about 1:a0, where we were greeted
By cheers and shouts from school gathered III otla
Of thu groves for apicnic- in this SAINT direction,
though going resy slowly, We kept about three
qua1tcrs Of mi from tht ground being repeated
" hailed and asked to etop and take some rtfrrs-
meltB We neared The town Of suflcld. Before
ne We saW rung. OF bills, which 1t would Tot be
we'll 10 attempt 10 cross, 20 VIC gradually neated
thu ground, and threw out the anchor.
Coming too near piece Of wood, We threw ont
the last bag Of ballast. and rose again quickly.
our anchor struck tho ground in meadow. bufdid
not catch. Over CO :udcld VIC passed. bounding
along till the balloon finally Secured in tl.1d,
hy several men who hsd come ont to meet us
Prof. Brooks had Just previously pulled the q cx-
plcsse cotd.f' which tipped ko1e some tep fret
lorg in the eide Of the balloon j. ttIp. out the as
with Iush. and greatly facilitatn. our easy land
ing The balloon struck three times, euch time
-honIo11g mp tpme ten OF twenty feet, like great
1utber ball It was quarter before five, wllen we
landed, having been two hours On our airy voyage