Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-03
RETURN OF TEE CANINE
AERONAUT.
He Descends from Eid-EHeavens
into = sage Field.
Is Somewhat Shaken up and
DemOraIiZed.
But is in TOIerabIy Good
Condition.
His Misfortune Due to Human
TrickeTy and the Demon
Alcohol.

We had the satisfaction, yesterday
morning, of shaking paws with Mr.,
Britton's little dog, joey, who went ar
the other day as an sppeldsge to Prof.
Brooks big balloon, and came down in q
style not anticipated nor approved by
himself nor anybody else. lie does not
appear greatly the worse fcf his lofty
fall from the empyreal regions, but
walks rs if sore and stiff, aud his whole
air and manner, while the affair was
discussed between his master and others,
assumed q decided protest against bal
looming and parachuting generally. BE
is an elegant little fellow, Of the terrier
persuasion, the tan portion Of his mark
ings being of q pronounced foxy hue, his
legs and tail ~Sttenusted to a degree, his
ears cropped to the proper expression Of
astuteness, and be probably weighs sew
eral pounds more or less than many
other dogs who have I'VE achieved the
glory OF an ascent to the skies.
The machine which was intended to
graduate his descent so that he should
sIight as gently as the e foot Of time that
only tresds on flowers" was al um-
breIla, properly strengthened and ar.
ranged to open Immediately or being
cut loose, by the upward press
ure of the atmosphere. 1t is
stated that just before the bal.
loon started a drunken fellow tempered
with the parachute, ard although re-
quested not to meddie with it, managed,
sitter the Professor had entered the car,
to close the spring Of the umbrella. The
consequence of this act (mean and bar.
bsrous, If Intentional was rather fright
full to the canine passenger, who had
protested as well as he could against go
ing up at all. When a. an altitude of
nearly two miles the parachute was cut
loose, and down went Joey towards the
+" internal center" with the combined
speed of rockets, race horses, cannon
balls, etc, and was quickly lost to the
view of his do~wn-gszing AID plying
fellow passengers. Relieved of even this
small weight the air ship shot upwards
more than a thousand feet with amazing
velocity.
La its descent the parachute swayed
to and fro, and whenever it assumed a
vertical position it became partially in
hated, and butf3r that unfortunate spring
would have spread itself splendidly, and
landed joey as softly as q mother de-
posts her bxby in the cradle. As il was,
the resistaDes afforded by the occ tsisn-
ally hslf-infated parachute broke the
CAA1bAD - o1A4ASACLtJ W ONOJ NUN
being altogether reduced 10 jelly.
A gentleman passing along the road
about a mile and a half from the Park,
heard a strange rushing sound, and saw
fail near him, ia a a field
BY the roadside. Upon examination it
proved to be q little dog fastened to sn
umbrella with 8 broken handle, and it is
supposed that the handle struck first,
and thus aided In breaking the shock. |
The gentleman had heard that it some
times rained cats and dogs, and locking
up to discover what sort of clouds were
above him, saw tie balloon, looking no
than 2 football and soaring away
at a vast hight, like a hawk that had
dropped his prey.
Joey was soon afterwards picked up
by Mr.. A. P. Lowry, who carefully at
TO his wants, and yesterday
brought him to town and delivered him
to his owner, who gladly paid the re-
ward Of twenty dollars he had offered.