Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-22

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 us threw himself upon it. and the Hyper;
 on was brought to a stand-still. fasUo1l
 "Quite q crowd, including one or tw
 ladies. quickly gathered about the basket
 one of tho number being 2 young man wh
 had been present at our ascension iron the city. After sufficient number of mel had taken hold of the basket to proven
 the balloon from ascending. Professor Kim gave permission to those of his passen gers who wished to get out and stretcl
 thelr legs to do so. which we did. After pleasant chat of fifteen minutes duration
 the command was given to re-embark. w
 bade our friends goodbye. and soare' away amid expressions of good will an,
 hearty cheers, which we duly reciprocated 1 AWAY WE GO. rkrx
 laa feAscending with speed we soon reache
 an altitude of a mile, and while driftin about. ate our snppers and chatted pleas antiy. At twelve minutes past seven, w struck Q current. of colder air. and travel
 led southerly at a distance of a dozen mile from the lake shore, as we were told b
 Professor King, although to the untravei led balloonist it appeared but across :, couple of fields or so. Getting hay again At twenty minutes passed seven o'clock passed over town which might have beer Boston, and probably was,a unless it hap pened to be some other place.. At twenty four minutes past seven o'clock, we de scended again for 8 few moments, but dil did not approach closely to the. ground Heard voices again and dogs barking Presently the shout came up, sHow's tn, weather up there?' The answer was Good -and Professor King gave an Indian wa Whoop, or at least what was splendid i'm itation of 1t, concluding with the inquiry What town is this?' Collins This wa about twenty-two minutes to eight clock
 ov s THINKING OF DESCENDING. saqk
 li Large patches of woods now began tC appear on all sides, and it was though ad ylsable to look out for a clear place to make final descent. Descending slowly, w reached 8 point but Q few hundred fec above the earth. sailing finely away, an6 soon commenced slowly to ascend again small lots of thin paper being used in lieu Of 8 barometer. At twelve minutes tc eight, the Hyperion went up considerably higher, and the air became so much colder that We donned our overcoats. No fayora. ble place for descending discovered sa~1 . i''' ''f THE GAS COMING oUT.a soo9iac . P, At four minutes to eight, the gas com menced escaping from the mouth of the Hyperion, and now, for the first time, Pro lessor King opened the valve. This was done to relieve the pressure upon the! bal loon, which was distended to the utmost in consequence of the ightness of the atmos phere.i At six minutes past eight, threw out more sand to enable us to clear large piece of forest towards which we were go ing, in the hopes of finding suitable was armosr paIntnI. Again saw the refec tion of the setting sun, us wetwere getting well across the woods. E.. r .,.,o.,z,.g4 raan THE LAST BAG OF BALLAsT--DARK.
 l" We were now reduced to the last bag of ballast, and still in search of resting place. At eight o'clock, we passed ovel Cataraugus Creek; soon it became too dark to make additional memoranda, and penci and note books were put aside, ,...r sg 4s1 GQ5 .acs4a". DRIFTING" sier4
 For what transpired between this and daylight, we are compelled to rely upon memory alone. We passed several villa. ges where the celebration of Independence Day was still in progress, and we heard the firing of cannon and saw the displays oi fireworks. In one place, which we gtook to be Jamestown, the display was particu larly brilliant, sometimes presenting the appearance of balls of fire traversing long wires. We could see the fash-o of the can mons, aud in one instance, by counting. we set down the length of time which elapsed between the flash and the report at thirteen seconds. A- '~l 4 r. "We now commenced drifting about, we knew not whither, but in seutherly di rection. The balloon kept turning around, the North Star being now on our right hand and now on our left. Vain were al our efforts to discover what might ration. ally be consideredYa 's.,clearing" of stuff cient size for our r.purpose., ~ E
 Still continuing in a" southerjy direc tion, the woods seemed lengthening as VI went, and thus we kept our way for nearly three hours. The ballast was well nigh ex
 hausted, and at the order of Professor King, we took up the boardsin the bottom of the balloon. and passed them to him Splitting them upon one of the prongs o the anchor, he cast them out as occasion to lift the balloon demanded We nov near mountain top, the dark outline Q
 which could be discovered against the tsky; and, discovering what was thought to be g. less densely wooded place, we de scended some distance and the anchor wa let go. @~" Ao17a29sos4 oa 5iia .dje55 ..,
 1Gza CHASING THROUGH THE TREE.ToPs.3
 aissWe could now distinctly see the trees apparently in front and on either side o
 us, and here again Professor King coun
 selled us; Hold fast to the ropes of tn
 basket, but be careful to keep your hand
 out of the way of the anchor rope, or yoI
 may get them torn off, I Look out also fo
 the branches of the trees, lest they hur you from the basketp ..s
 Tbe warping came in time, and ever. man grasped the ropes and braced himsel for the shook. n On drove the balloon lik an enraged monster. oyer the trees.
 -..rz THE VALVE ARD EXPLOSION CORDS,
 is"sOnce more the voice of our good mentor sfOn no account touch those two smal cords hanging from the mouth of the bal loon! One is the valve cord-the other tn. explosion cord.~ By pulling the latter tht balloon can be instantly sexploded.a
 L "Ona againl and another tree was borne down. and though the dry limbs cracked and fell about us, all remained unscathed Now the anchor caught in the ground, ant fora moment.aonr progress was checked Tearing loose again. however, almost i'm mediately, it was carried to the top of al immense pine tree, where 1t held! For 1 moment the balloon swayed and snrged a if, 'twould break from all restraint. In