The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-08-10

weight Of Mr. llaltc, ty, although he Lad
a heavy tumble, did not loose his self
. possession, bu, Immediately cau.h, the
cable and lriel 10 secure il, but his
poor strength was Of no avail. The
anchor broke loose and away | went
did no, Use high. The balloon moved
IN very soon in horizontal direction
s'r.igh, towards The sea. which W.
i were then 'apidiy nearing at the height
If about twice the length Of the moo,
ing cable. The though, had strnrk me
several times 10 try bv any means 10
. make u rent III tie balloon for. although
| had NJ knife, might have torn the
| silk With my teeth. / climbed up a
short distance, but then 1t occurred to
N. that as sot-n as the gas escaned, the
anchor would strike The ground again
, and should not be able to support the
concussiOn while hanging in the Letting
as l was suffering good deal from the
shocks had sustained. l descended.
therefore. into the car. and to my great
relief found ,ha, WIS graAn. .lly com
ing nearer 10 the earth The anchor
struck the ground several TINS, bu
; never held fast, scattering abun, the
turf and stones ike feathers. / saw
men working in a ticll and shnntcd To
them, "F"r Gods sake help me, or
shall be lost-se, ure he anchor.' The:
understood me 81 last, bnt too late.
Away We swept before them the anchor
i blowing up the ground several acres in
length Coming To farm | shouted
out 10 the people standing there ,ht
same appeal. Some women, with their
i quick, humane instinct, were the frs,
20 conceive my danger and cxhor,rd
he men 70 hurry TO my assistance, they
themselves running as fas, as they
could to ,erder what little help they
mi i:ht he ;.tlc to give me. The anch.r
struck in Il :llnw t,ce | shouted out
TO the people below to secure the cable
and anchor by ropes. which they did
The evening was now beautifully still,
tie breeze had died away. and the
balloon was swinging calmly at her
mornings above The farm yard Oae
It NE men asked me whether | had
rope with ne, or how intended TO re,
cut l'oiI them nnl. 10 take care uf
he cable, because the balloon would
settle ,.ewn herself by ard by | was
eoneratn..iing my self on speed.
escape trom my dangerous position
bad no. counted on tho wind; breeze
IN about SIX or eiyhi minn:cs sprnny up
and tossed tne balloon about like a
large sail A c,ash-and the aucher
was lno>e again. II .urc through the
,rces, tlnginy the limbs and branches
ahou Ike matches. II st uck tie ro +
Il the fam house, splinterirg the CHM
ncys and tiles Ike .lass. On | ven,
| came near another farm, shouted on
for help. anl told the men to Secure the
anchor to the taot # la,ge tree close
by. The anchor was soon .le fas.,
but this was only a momcntary relief
The breeze again filed the half empty
balloon like a sail; ,hc," was strain
on the cable; then dull sound and
a severe concussior Of the basket. Til.
eahle-s'range fatality had broken /;
and the anchor, my last end only hope.
was gone was row carried on in \
strait direction toward The scs. which
was but short distance ahead. The
anchor being los, gave mp all hope |
sat down resigned in The car, and pro
pared for the end. All a, once l lis
covered that a side cufrcn was diff ing
me towards the mountain :: the ca,
along at . fearful rate, knocking down
stone fences, and breaking everything
career. | think must have gone a,
least at the rate Of ten or twelve nile.
an honr. Almost certain death seemed
before me, yet TO jump oa, on it's pas
sage would have insured nv being
dashed 70 pieces on thu rocky ground
beneath. was tossed about in the
askct as the peas in child's rattle,
and cam OF comprehend a, this momen,
tha, my bones were not all broken. By.
ana.hv, the knocks became less FREQUENT
We were passing over a cultivated conn
try, aud the car was. as il were, skim.
ming the sn, face and grazing the tops
4 tho hedges. Isaw a Tick hawthorn
hedge at come distance before me, and
tn" bale ~ rap,uly sweeping towards
,,; i,a' Was ny nnl. crancc. / rushed
!, " the e.iac .! the car, anu 1ung myself