The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-16
A Balloon ina Maine vYlEdernegg.
From MarysvilIo Appeal. ]

lfrom Narysvillo Appeal.l
 Samuel A. King, the ;eronant. riyes the fJ
 lowIns amusing account ofan adventure in the
 northern wilds of Maine: had an un-
 usually long air voyage from Bangor. with sev-
 erai companions and was passing over almost
 An unbroken wilderness of forest and lake look ing in vain for a landing place Night was coming or, and the question where to land be.
 came serious one. No sound Of civilization
 not a gun or an ax nothing but primitive sounds ot nature. "Here IS an opening cried one passenger; "why Eot land he.e% No. bows.
 have a little patience; NC can | much better by
 running down 10 the coas; in the counter cur rent above Us Darkness had come on, bat see "A lightr' TAi9 was the excla nation of one
 who 9 moMent befcre thought be was doomed
 10 starYe in ihe wilderness. Sure eHuugh, there was light; but twas great Way off and might
 not be in our cource, yet gradually we approach It. There IS dark, open space belog. Is r
 land or water l see fence. Over with the anchor, and in moment more We find our- selves swinging by the anchor rope over a newly cleared field, among the stumps aud logs. We had landed i'll tEe only inhabited spot within space of 20 miles. near sawmill on the 0 O. mucto River. The people who run the mill lived near by, and It was from thelr win low that we saw the light. Wishing for some assstalc,- to remove the balloon 10 smoother ground, if possible, before letting the gas out, we remained III lhe car, and takingup my sIeaking tump2t hallooed, but the unearlhy sound was adding terror to the already ir1htcn ned inhabitants. One man, however, little b~ayer thar lhe rest, ven- iurtd out after whilt, and Inquired 'Wha: k it, any hOw?' By dint Of explanation and pcr> suaslon, we succeeded in ge ting him 10 com, to us. Giving him line that vas attached to the car he W2s renusS Strt t9 rnn- ii c--.- till we coulI get more help. Becoming im- pressed with the idea that our lives were in danger, and that our safety depended on him. he rroze to that rope in wonderful mannerr 1t was little short, and though he tried harI to make it. fast every time the balloon would settle, still he could not grt it fastened. hen the balloon would rise, and up he would go 20 feet or more, and down again 10 try the same thing over but he soon began to feel exhanstei, and, remembering his companions, broke cat with, SSay you blasted, golldumerel, coward " sneaks, come out and help me; the alarmed thing i'll kill me !" This started them; soon five others made their appearance and assisted in moving the balloon tosa better pIace. The first they knew of the balloon Was from one of the women who was jus! returning from milking, seeing the monster just above her and descend ing, she dropped her pail anI fled 10 the house, screaming in the most frantic manner. When asked he matter, she could only reply, "Oh, it's forerunner" know it's torerunner In this back@oods place they had never heard of q balloon, and many wee the wonders and surmses as to the meaning of our strange ap- pearance among them. The oldest man of them al however, seemed to have hit upon the right idea, and coming up to me, in jocose way says he: "Ah yeer skedaders r' shook my head, aud, pointing to the balloon, he asked, How many more is there up in th CT ltdidn'5 take SO big coach to bring so few ofye? He was induced to change his mind at last when .'big coach " lay prone upon the ground.